Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Clark TOC can be found Here

I hope that helps clarify things. Hmmmm. Do you think that require a WHAM warning? Nah, that would have ruined the fun surprise.

Comments?

Another flashback. I'm wondering... What happened differently that changed Miranda's fate?

I was re-reading some parts of Another Lois to refresh my memory and it got me wondering... Will Lois find the note she wrote in the past about saving Clark, researching Tempus and H. G. Wells helping her? There are so much timelines and resets that I don't know anymore... It's amazing how you find new (and more logical) reasons for events that took place in canon.

Andreia

Hi Virginia,

Happy new year, everyone! And, if I'm allowed to write a few words in my language: Bonne année à tous!

I'm back at home after a few day with my family.

Still reading, still enjoying the story, specially all the little twists from canon...

Like Andreia, I love how Lois explains her need for a relaxing night at the honeymoon suite.

And Ralph tied to a chair in the storage closet: what a great idea!

Clark, come on. You tried the hardest to do the right thing. Maybe you could have done better, but it was hard to know what to do.

Clark: Which just makes it tougher at some level.

Clark: I just hope this makes her forgiveness of me a little faster.

not only is she drugged, and would be so mad at me, but if I did her, she would die.

Clark: This is so tough.

Lois: Clark, how did you resist.

Clark: Well, I knew you would accuse me of "taking advantage" if I did anything.

Lois: Clark, you were taking advantage of me.

Clark: You are so desirable.

Now the question is, how well does she remember this incident.

Clark: I don't care. It saved me from givening in. That would have been horrible, on all sorts of levels.

Clark: Fortunantly my libido had been slowed a little.

Clark: Lois, I am sorry about that.

Lois: You could have pushed me off.

Maybe it is good that Wells told him that. Just dealing with a drugged Lois might not have been enough to stop him, and Lois would be really amd.

Although, if he had told him he was SM, who knows what would have happened.

I guess I see why he did this. I guess since Lois was being so suspicious about his initial reaction, she can't consistently get on his case for this.

Lois: Who ever said I needed to be consistent.

I have to say this was a wise decision. He was also wise to tell Lois about this, even if he wishes he could hide it.

Lois: This is so embarrassing.

I am unsure why she wants to hear this.

Hopefully Lois will see that he wanted her, loves her, but knows that he can't act on it.

Hopefully Lois realizes he loves her, and that is why he did what he did.

Lois: He needs me? I like the sound of that. Still, I have to be mad at him. He mad me humiliate myself, and even if I would be more mad if he had just given me love like I thought I wanted, I need to be mad at someone.

They sounded like an admission of desire.

Lois: Well, I was here the whole time.

I love the changes from canon.

Clark: I hope she does not wear that one. It will just tease me the whole time.

Lois: I hate depending on other people.

Clark: Well, she is less angry than I feared. Although maybe it is the calm before the storm.

Clark: .

I still don't think Lois would have died.

Clark: This is going much better than I hoped.

You really do like to torture Clark.

Lois: I can't wait to get my hands on that no-good Miranda. he admits she affects him.

Now that really does not fit here. Clark has never denied finding her attractive.

Not likely to work, ever. Even if the evidence was more conclusive.

That is really, really unfair.

I am still shocked Clark demanded the payment. Well, maybe it makes sense, but I think he would be better ofcv not pressing Lois so.

I guess I am not surprised Lois is not giving up easily.

He has a point, but should probably just bow out.

I just hope Lois does not really believe this.

She does have a point.

And Lois is wrong again.

Hopefully Clark humors her in this line of thinking.

Clark: I just hope I would not be affected, otherwise she might end up dieing.

I like how Clark is so good at banter.

It seems Lois is still very mad about the whole course of events. Clark needs to moon over her more.

Clark: I did one thing right.

Clark:

Lois: Another man who does not listen to me.

I have to say that I like how for the first time being in the honeymoon suite fully makes sense.

Maybe that is where the roses on Lois' desk came from.

Good point.

Clark: Plus, if we actually did get married, and we did want to tour something, we would do it in our own special private way.

Lois: How?

Clark: I don't feel up to telling you yet.

Lois: Which is not me.

she is still really mad at him.

You do like to torture your characters.

I guess it all makes sense what has happened between her and Clark, I just wish they would find a way to tell eachother how they really feel.

I wonder how much torture you have in mind for them. Still with you. I hope things get ironed out soon. I can't imagine where this is going to end up.

I think this is a major inprovement over canon. This actually makes sense as a line, not the accusation she would go somewhere and try to bill without approval.

Well, OK, maybe this sort of makes sense, I still prefer the first part.

Clark: I remember it to. I hope she eventually forgives me for then, but not yet. She said the words of thanks, but she is mad at me still.

his name is still on it.

Clark: Was she really plotting a wedding. Is she still stuck with the hotel costs. I wish we could get married, but then she would die.

Why oh why did he ask this?

Clark overheard that line.

This has to be really, really hard for Clark.

From a story point, this is much better than canon. The events of PML make sense as still overshadowing what is going on here, which they didn't really seem to do in canon.

I also am glad that Clark knows she is there as Mrs. Clark Kent.

I guess the fact that he was able to get her to smile and laugh, and that she did thank him for not taking advantage of her are good.

Still, Clark really and truly loves Lois, but she does not see it. They both feel for eachother, but are too afaid to open up.

I am surprised Clark has managed to go without telling anyone.

I am hoping he at least calls Lois at the Honeymoon Suite. I have to say from a story point of view it is good that they are working through the events with the pheremone. I am encoraged so far.

I do wish Clark had told her everything, but I am really, really glad he told what he did.

There is still hope for them.

I am still really confused by why Clark asked Lois if she was going alone, and even a bit more by her response.

She seems mad at him, but torn between being amd at him and feeling that he has rejected her.

I hope he figures out how to show her he still loves and cares for her, but it will be an uphill battle, especially since it seems to him that there is little hope.

I actually have to say that I have more hope for their moving forward now then I did at the end of the last installment.

I am a bit shocked that Lois has not even tried to get Clark to tell her what he was about to tell her. However I guess between being sad that he seems to have rejected her, at least how she sees it, being embarrassed by everything that happened and wanting to move around the awkward events, she is not up to bringing it up.

I am trying to not get too much hope for things inproving in the next section. Still, since Clark told more than I really hoped he would in this section, and since he does know the reservation was for Mr. and Mrs. Clark Kent, I am feeling optimitic on the whole. I probably should not be, since this story has a lot more of a ways to go.

Ultra Woman: Thanks for responding.

Something as simple as Miranda had decided to bring her perfume sample with her to that first meeting with Lex.

In canon Miranda survived. In "Another Lois" Lex had her killed in prision after discovering that her spraying of the newsroom had endangered Lois by having Ralph attack her, which made Lois adverse to progressing their (Lex and hers) intimate relationship.

I've always felt that Miranda had many options for how she might react to Lex's rejection.

She won't find the note, because it doesn't exist in this timeline. That possibility was erased with alt-Clark's arrival. Even if she could have found it, keep in mind the note didn't arrive into this timeline until March of 1995.

Um... Thank you. I like that scene too. I've considered taking out the scene and posting as a "stand alone" story for those people not reading this story. I find it a fun challenge to come up with reasons why characters might have acted why they had.

Sydney: Hi Sydney! Thanks for the FDK and letting me know you're still reading.
Feel free, but I can't guarauntee you that we'd understand.

Thank you.

Merci. I enjoyed writing that scene as well.

It's a punishment, which keeps him out of the way without really harming him.

Thanks for popping by!

John: Thanks for the in-depth FDK! <<And for moving it over here>>

Trying his best doesn't mean that Lois won't beat him over the head for it.

He's trying not to think of it, which you can see isn't working. It's kind of like saying "don't think of the pretty girl in the bikini" and even if you weren't thinking of her, you are now.

Which is why he brought it.

He maybe being honest, but that doesn't necessarily make Lois feel any better about how she acted.

CLARK: No, no! Just about what happened (to her and between us) during the last two days.

Just because she hasn't said she feels mad, doesn't mean she isn't mad.

CLARK: She wasn't herself, and I did something she wouldn't have approved of (as far as he knew) had she been sober, hence "taking advantage."

CLARK:

LOIS: I have no idea what you're talking about.

She believes him now, but it doesn't make her feel any better.

CLARK: But... but... Herb said...

He's not feeling very optimistic at the moment.

LOIS: You might have... imagined it.

CLARK: Trust me, Lois, I'll never forget it.

Especially since it would have made her realize she had acted so wantonly with SUPERMAN!

Because it seemed like she was acting more like her true self.

Ooops. Thanks. Fixed.

Pretty much.

She remembers everything that happened during the past 2 days, only to her, her behavior didn't seem out of the ordinary.

That possibile future is now gone.



See, he's learning.

True. I had forgotten that.

Laura: Thanks for the FDK.

A lot. It isn't too fun if everyone is happy and coming up roses.

CLARK: Roses, ugh.

LOIS: My thoughts exactly.

It's going to end up at the beginning.

-- Response to John's FDK -- Cont.

Because what he had said might not have been as bad as she remembered it.

Maybe it will sink in eventually.

Maybe a little bit.

They've moved their relationship forward a bit more, so that necessitated a larger change here.

Actually, that IS the suit she wears.

It helps shows that she believes what he told her.





It's probably best if she doesn't at the moment.

Actually, I was kind of surprised in canon how cocky Miranda was during the perfume shop scene.

I don't think you can sue someone who is legally insane, (which Miranda was by the end of canon PML)

She's not thinking that clearly yet.

LOIS: He's making it very hard not to still be in love with him.

CLARK: I'm glad that she thanked me for not taking advantage of her, even though I did, despite telling to take advantage of her the next time she was inebriated and threw herself at me. I'm glad she's still talking to me.



Best not to mention it.

Does he need to?

He could hardly deny it... oh, wait, canon Clark did.

LOIS: Well, he didn't TRY to do anything with me. He kept pushing me away while I was kissing him. What am I supposed to think? That he's that nice of a man? Please! He's not Superman.

So, he should just stop trying?

Probably. But who says that Lois plays fair?

LOIS: I'm hurting and humiliated and Clark isn't telling me that he still loves me and wishes that we were together. Misery loves company, and I'm miserable.

CLARK: Why not? It's what she would have done.

LOIS: I'm sorry, what does this phrase "give up" mean?

CLARK: So, I should be a pushover?

She could just not want to lose the bet.

LOIS: Of course, I'm right. I'm always right.

LOIS: Ex-cuse me!

CLARK: Why not? I found it quite funny indeed.

-- Response to John's FDK -- Cont.

Thank you.

Right now, he's in a lamenting mood.

LOIS: More than one thing, until you left your apartment, but I'm not going to admit that out loud.

LOIS: But we haven't even TRIED yet.



Another man who will do anything to get what he wants out of Lois. No surprise he works for Lex.

Thank you.

The hotel?

LOIS: Then you'll be sure I won't be up to accepting your proposal.

Probably being that Metropolis is a big city like NYC.

Yes, they should, but then anyone could claim that they made reservations in error.

The honeymoon suite over Valentine's Day weekend? Yes, they could have re-booked and easily.

It's always possible.

She threatened him first.

Probably.

Not necessarily, since the reservations at the Lexor were made AFTER Herb stopped by.

Who me?

Give them time.

Thank you. But I think Perry's speaking from previous encounters with Ms. Lane. Actually, I was watching the George Reeves version of AoSM recently, and THAT Lois booked a flight without getting Perry's approval first, too.

She's mad at the situation, and that Clark hasn't tried to convince her that he wants a relationship. He's kind of leaving her hanging.

CLARK: But we can't make love!

LOIS: And *that's* the only reason to progress into a relationship.

CLARK: Well... um... no.

Thanks, Mr. Fredericks.

He doesn't know that the reservations were made before. Marriage doesn't equal death.

CAT: Speak for yourself.

Because after her date with Lex, he's worried that she might not be.



CLARK: You can say that again.

Thank you.

CLARK: At least, I know she wasn't planning on meeting up with anyone else.



Tell anyone about what? The curse? How exactly would he explain this? Plus, he hasn't really had much time.

Glad you approve.

There will always be hope, even when the characters cannot see it.

So true, so very true.

Clark: Now I have images of Lois in a bikini in my mind. I would not mind, but now I can't do anything with her. Grrr.

True, but at least this way he cannot be blind sided by someone else telling Lois about this and having him accused of being a liar, again.

Of course, maybe it would have been better to do it all at once. She will still feel some of the embarrassment when he does finally tell her, or she figures it out.

Clark, I think you had better tell her before she figures out.

Clark: Hey, I have made it nine months, I can make it a little longer. I will tell her once things are right.

Reader:Which at the rate you are going, will be never.

Lois: It worked. Lois looked at me more.

Your explanation that Lois remembers all of it but does not really see that she was acting out of character makes her later actions make sense.

She may at some level know that Clark did the right thing, but she still feels rejected by him and that hurts. Between being embarrassed at almost giving in, knowing he can't have her, and figuring she is still mad, Clark is not showing that he truly, deep down loves her.

Lois is really feeling like he rejected her, even if he has tried not to send that vive to her.

Clark:Lois, I will explain the whole matter before I propose. No one would be that much of a lunkhead.

Canon Clark:What? Why are you guys staring at me?

Even some not very big city's have such egregious rates. It is a popular thing to tax since the politicians can tell their constitutients "we just raised the hotel tax, a tax you don't have to pay, becuase you never use the hotels hear in our fair city, so it won't effect you."

Well, it is not like getting sprayed by Revenge is an everyday occurance.

Clark: There is no way I could marry Lois and remain celebate. And I don't think Lois would be keen on that idea either. That would just be pure torture.

I guess her "he finds me attractive" line did suggest that.

Well, since M&J know he is a time-traveling visitor from another dimension, it would not be too difficult to explain the curse to them. At least compared to explaining it to anyone else.

Sandy: "But there's... NOOO where to run! I'm hopelessly devoted tooo you!"

Lois: Oh shut up you.

I can just imagine how much worse this might have been for Alt-Clark than Canon Clark. If Canon Clark had gotten the same visit from Wells he might have acted this way too, it's just that things were not quite the same level of heat between Lois and Clark as Lois and Alt-Clark.)

*Imagining a Marilyn Monroe-type motion*
*Alt-Clark is ever so glad that he had been unaware of her movies until recently*

*Alt-Clark moves to Lois like a moth to a flame*
Wells: Hold your horses mister.

Canon-Clark: *drools* If Lois had done this you can bet I wouldn't have held out to morning.

Canon-Lois: And you would have found yourself out of a job the next morning.

I'm sure that pushed him even closer to her for a second before (probably) dumping her (mostly unceremoniously) on the floor.

I get the feeling this would have been even MORE hilarious than the episode actually was.

That's actually really romantic. Wonder which spin she's placing on it.

Lois (v. 1): He doesn't want me at all. He's just trying to sugar-coat things so he doesn't hurt my feelings.

Lois (v.2): Awww, that's the sweetest thing he could ever do for me.

Probably even more erotic than anything she might have done on the pheromone because (at least to him) it's fully Lois and fully REAL.

I can't believe he's placing himself in the friend zone like this. I also think that making Wells come back a few WEEKS after the event and not a few HOURS after being warned away unnecessarily cruel. He's acting like there's no hope for the two of them when I suspect that most certainly is NOT the case.

Never thought I'd see the say when Clark would leave himself in the friend zone (and to be clear, I HATE that phrase but it's rather apt at this point.)

I know you said that they are (maybe) a 95% percent soul match (or did I say that?) but I really think they may have lost 5% through this encounter.

So it's fairly obvious to me that she would have taken the opening given by the pheromone if given half the chance, even with the partial secrets that still lay between them. That Clark had been warned away probably killed that possibility (at least at this time and likely sometime into the future.)

I can just imagine the "evil!Lois" look on her face (I've only seen it in a comic or two of Superman's Girlfriend: Lois Lane").

Lois: Wouldn't that be fun to have a Clark Kent uninhibited and making love to me? *sighs dreamily*

Revenge has nothing on Lois Lane. (of course a Revenge-addled Lois is an enhanced Lois when it comes to inihibitions)

She's going to be thinking about Clark's comment for a LONG time to come.

Yep, sounds like he may have shot himself in the foot in her eyes.

Goes to show what you know, Lois.

I like your version of how she ended up in the Hooneymoon suite. I had always wondered if the "It was the only room available" had more to do with a certain billionaire upgrading her room surreptitiously. I think I like your version better.

I always found it neat that he was the first to notice she was getting ready to leave.

Perry: Now are my two best reporters have an undercover tryst I'm not being made aware of?

He loves her and yet won't become involved with her (purportedly because of the curse.) He has no RIGHT to ask her that question.

He deserved that.

Lois: *nods*

Two hearts crying out for each other. The gulf of the curse lay ahead of them. (Personally I think it's simply a little valley but until Wells says otherwise it might as well be a great huge chasm.)

CLARK: Now, what were we investigating, Lois?

LOIS: You! Of course! My darling!

CLARK: Right, the perfume.

Another reason to be 100% truthful about this.

CLARK: True, I could have, but since she apparently will never forgive me for all my sins, it would be better for her protection if I didn't tell her my secrets. If we were just friends, I would tell her someday, but if we're in a relationship, it's best that she know as soon as possible.

CLARK: Phishaw! She won't figure it out. I wear glasses.

CLARK: No, not "never" in the strictest sense of the word.

Yes, that's pretty much where Lois is at this point.

How is that?



Lex is always good for making Superman / Clark jealous.

Possibly, but it's not exactly the easiest subject to bring up.

Christina: You're all caught up. Hey, look time to post another part.

Perhaps.

<It took me three readings of this to realize you were quoting Sandy from Grease.

CLARK: I notice everything about Lois.

CAT: I love this interpretation.

And, yet, he can't let her go without asking it.



Luckily, one of them can fly.

LOIS: What? <<nudging Clark>> What did she say?

CLARK: Me? I didn't hear anything.

LOIS: And you call yourself an investigative reporter?

Showing to her. That is the only showing that really matters.

Darn, and here I was hoping to have a few days to write some. *j/k* Looking forward to reading the next chapter in a bit.

Now he's going to be dreaming of the Marilyn Monroe movies with Lois in the Marilyn roles.

I thought that's what you had said. Maybe I need to go back and re-read the chapter with Wells.

Mostly because Lois had (seemingly) been more than half-hoping he'd take her up on things (and he would have had the pesky Wells-and potentially the curse-got in the way.) Because of that, Lois is believing he's not interested in her as more than friends (which he is, but he can't act on it thus-"friend zone")

Good point.

Sadly, I don't see how that's evening the playing field. Sounds more like she's goading him for his actions to me.

Aren't those to the silliest, Cat? They are so totally in sync it's not funny and yet they are trying their darndest not to admit it!

Not to me.

CAT: They don't even notice it.

I think this is getting confusing because of the way time travel is working here. Wells did return in just over a week, before. However, sine he then went back and changed the best, the future to which he went no longer exists, so he does not show up. At least I think that is how it works.

Lois:

If Herb DOESN'T find a cure right away, he'll stop by in May 1994.

Herb's not specific about how long he'd take in looking for an answer to Clark's dilemma before coming back in May 1994.

CLARK: What? I should try to woo her, only to then tell her we can't become initmate?

LOIS: Thanks. Thanks a lot. Now he’s discovering truth.

No?

/points at Clark/ Guy?

May I please slap him silly for that thing? You do *not* tell a woman she’s humiliated herself. Not if you’re hoping to get any more.







Ooooh! Just like Ralph and Lex!

Wait, would Clark bet on someone just having been killed/committed suicide? Also, Lois was completely beside herself when they discovered Uuuuhhhh Doc Rocketscientiest in the pilot. And a strangulated body looks quite ghastly. They had this scene in Mad Men. Lois should be very subdued.

Yes, she was engaged in some rough sex with Lex, and then, she committed suicide when she got sent home with a 50 in her pocket.
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Right. Clex strangled her. At first I read it as someone strangled her unconscious before turning her into a dreamcatcher, but actually, there’s no proof how she got up there. It really *could* have been suicide. Maybe even one due to the 100% solution.

LEX: But it’s *fun*!
NOR:

Did Lois just emasculate Superman right next to him?

Clark!

Huh?

Michael

Michael: Since I just sent 91 to Beta, let's see if I can squeeze another FDK response in before dinner.

<<Maniacal Laughter>>

Clark blushes sheepishly.



CLARK: phew, I knew that there had to be a valid excuse.

Why not? Canon Clark did.

Yep, Clark will never be able to see Lois in a business suit again without...

And you complained when I jumped forward just one week while Herb was in town.

So, if she invited Clarkie to join her in the suite and had to pay an extra $250 for that honor, does that make him a male prostitute?

Oooooooh! almost a 100 already!



/goes checking/ Right. For some reason, I visualized the suit as color matching the underwear.

/scratches head/ I *think* I was referring to Canon-Lois there. Future Canon-Lois. Married to Canon-Clark.





Didn’t they meet her in the elevator for a minute or two?

BATMAN: Hey!

Well, it’s unseemly to blow your own horn like that. Also Lois would be much better at doing it *for* Clark.

/goes consulting wizards and spells dictionary/

Clark’s pretty fast. He can squeeze an entire fortnight’s worth of activity into a single night.

Whatever helps her not to pay the bill?

Hmm… the complete set’s about 20 bucks a month with my insurance. Usually, that pays off if you need legal consulting just every now and then when dealing with a landlord, the odd legal question, weird contracts, and what not. Of course, it’s always a question of whether you ever try to balance the insurance cost to the money saved and if you ever actually have a real, big dispute that lands before a judge.

LOIS: Well, you’ve had your chance. Again. And again. And again. And Claude, he at least functions.

Michael

Yes. <<sigh>> And not an ending in sight. (You'll notice that the ? past 75/??? are up to 3). So, much story to tell...

CLARK: What?

CLARK: Phew. I don't often get that one right on the pop quizzes.

Suit was dark blue, the negligee was baby blue. (PML harem outfit blue)

CLARK: Oh, wait, I've already got a Lois friend in *that* zone. We'll have to put you in another zone.

Riding in the elevator and exchanging a couple of lines of dialogue prior to making out... not really "meeting".

CLARK: You're right. It was a good analogy.

BATMAN: Hey!

How is blowing his own horn to say it was a nice honor and he was flattered to beat out Lex as the most eligible man?

So, you're saying that they can go at it like bunnies as long as they don't involve a priest?

CARLOS: Hey!

LOIS:

LOIS: <<grumbles>> I wish I had thought of that.

Most times, one doesn't bring a lawyer to small claims court anyway.

CAT: Claude may be functional, but it worth the added expense of having to buy more batteries afterwards?

LOIS: Oh, right. I forgot about that. Never mind.

CAT: Blondes? Only Blondes?

CLARK: Well, there's one brunette which I can't...

LOIS: What? Cheat on?

CLARK: Hey! Look at the time... I've got to run....

LOIS: So, that's where he keeps disappearing off to. His "side business".

In one of M.L. Thompson's stories this was offered as an explanation why a Lois and Clark in an altered time line had not been effected by the curse.

However they never actually figured out if it was because of that, or because the undoing the curse in canon still worked for the splitered time line.

The most clear result of preventing the curse from occuring is that it should make a situation where they no longer have a reason to think they need to go back and erase it. The whole thing boggles my mind.

I’ll admit, I was too distracted with the actual story to keep noticing the title… Hey, maybe you’ll even crack the four digits one day?

Well, he did. Strangely enough, he kept trying to commit suicide to avoid being chained to her.

Oh boy. Lana must have had a very muscular hitting arm by the end of their engagement. Actually, the true reason she broke up with him – she started to look like a discus thrower.

The “Long lost but recently reunited sister” zone? Just like Luke and Leia? Unfortunately, Mrs. Cox makes an awful Chewbacca to Lex’s Han. Or would Superman be Han in this case?

Michael

I haven't read that one yet, but rumor has it that MLT has enough stories on her list for me to be kept busy for quite a long time. Aw-darn.

Well, if LabRat becomes more strict on what constitutes a sequel on the Archives...

LABRAT:

<<Just joking>>

Interesting interpretation of events, there, Michael.

LOIS: Didn't he try to commit suicide so that Superman wouldn't touch him?

CLARK: No, Lex kept trying to kill himself so that he wouldn't end up in jail.

LEX: It's a moot point, since none of them were the real me anyway.

And she thought breaking up with a viable man in this condition was preferable to sticking with him?

Nigel or Asabi could always play Chewbacca, but Lex really isn't a Han character. Superman is more of a Han character...

CLARK: What in the world are you talking about? If anyone is a Han character, it's me! Superman is soooooo totally a Luke.

LOIS: <<crosses arms>> Still makes you my brother, doesn't it?

Exactly!

Yes, but the only member of the Scooby Gang who knew he was tooting his own horn was Cat, who thinks he's very eligible, indeed.

Yes, they both unintentionally took the same tube train.

CLARK: Step-sibling?

Michael

Oh, is *that* where this week's bout of writer's block came from? And here I thought it had something do with writing a pivotal scene which I've been thinking about since this story was a germ of an idea, mixed with my birthday coming up. BTW: I try not to think about how long this story will be by the end, I find it easier to breathe that way.

Still an icky line to cross.

Michael

EW: <<eyes the bags suspiciously.>> Am I supposed to put it over my head? How will I be able to write then?

Yes, I am blonde. What does that have to do with anything?

I believe Queenie wrote something like this...

Also, it worked for the Pharaohs of Egypt.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/health/13real.html?_r=0
Also Michael

Yes, I knew that about the paper bag. Just found a good excuse for a self-depreciation blonde joke.

Per several people's request that I re-work the scene in Miranda's shop, due to Clark and Lois's lack of reaction to finding Miranda's dead body... Here is the updated scene for the Archives:
I've also cut the Bet from the end of that scene and just mention it at the beginning of the next scene (with Lois being the instigator, this time):

I hope these fixes for the Archive version are acceptable to my readers. I apologize for taking so long in getting the rewrites done. Sometimes, my muse is a fickle friend.

Hi Virginia!

And yet he left his DNA all over her cold dead body. Plus, he looks strong enough to hoist her up there and because of her his relationship to Lois got into jeopardy. I think we have quite a good motive. Should be enough to convict him by a jury of LexCorp employees (i.e. 12 guys from the pool of 50% of Metroplis' slave labor force)

Clark!
CLARK: What? I grew up in foster care. There you learn to grab money where you can.

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I'm a bit iffy about that fleck of dirt on the screen.

No, that's called 'assisted suicide by third party'.

What a trip from the past!

Michael

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I don't distinctly remember the original versions, but I like these updated snippets.

Darth Michael & Mrs. M: Thank you for your quick beta of this revision. You know, I looked at that word, regarding that thing on the wall which controls temperature for a given room/set of rooms, and it looked wrong / off, but it didn't get flagged by the FireFox spell checker, so I didn't think about it. Serves me right.

Clark touching Miranda's ankle was in the original scene. Since Lois and Clark found the body (and called it in to cops), I'm sure Clark mentioned that he was wrong (LOIS: /cough/ 'Lunkheaded' is the correct term.) to have touched the body. What we learn later on is that all employees of the Daily Planet affected by her perfume were suspects in Miranda's death, but since Clark was never arrested for it, perhaps someone decided that he didn't have enough motive to have 'done her in'. (I mean what self-respecting policeman is going to give credence to any motive for a straight, non-married man to kill the woman who had made a beautiful woman... i.e. Lois .... drape herself all over him and offer himself to him repeatedly? Lois, on the other hand, has plenty of motive.)

Thank you for caring enough to check out my revisions.

Perhaps more so... um... should later on, should those millions of people ever find themselves out of work.

Yes, his moral structure isn't as tightly wound as canon Clark.

Thank you, Mr. Bender.



Thank you. Mostly, I added in Lois's unsettled stomach and her and Clark's reaction to finding Miranda's body which was woefully absent in the first version. Plus, I deleted the part about Clark making a bet with Lois about Miranda being murdered before leaving the shop, because it was in poor taste.