DJ, thank you for working so hard on this story to give us readers something to look forward to each week. Your mixture of the A and B plots was fantastic, and I'm sad that there'll be one less story to follow. Thank you for making our days time and again. And when you do write again, do another one with Sue so we can have the pleasure of reading another amazing story. Pretty please?

Not that your solo efforts weren't good as well.

Sue, thank you for doing whatever you did to help this story be as amazing as it is. Despite writing other stories, you still found the time to keep this going. Thanks again.

Edit:Due to a recent thread, here is the part itself:

50 First Revelations-Part 24

I'm sorry I have so little time to post FDK, but I may have no more time this weekend, so...

Like Woody said, thank you for all the time and effort you've put into this great fic, DJ and Sue. And thank you for both having contibuted to hugely to this site and making it such a great and enjoyable place to visit. (That sounded like an obituary for Babbles... I just hope it wasn't, DJ!)

Just a very few comments here:

Thank you for making this part 24/23!!! (Just think of all the too-angsty fanfic moments you could get rid of!)

And thank you for making Dan look like a really nice guy. You know, I kind of like him. Well, as long as he doesn't end up with Lois.

And although the WAFFy moments here were very gficky, they were also very WAFFy! And you know how much I like WAFF, so c'mere and let me hug you!! (Okay, since I can't find the 'hug' emoticon, I guess the 'sloppy' one will have to do.... )

Once again, thank you so much for this fic, DJ and Sue!

Ann

Now THIS was the ending I was looking for. I love it, I love it, I love it. Umm, did I say I love it?

Jackie

What did I do? Not much. I was basically a lazy bum who made a lot of smarta** remarks. I was in charge of the snark. Sometimes I played mind games with her (or is that him?). The trick was to sit on the first draft for days and then pretend that she hadn't sent me anything. I'm sure, by the end, DJ thought s/he was losing her mind.

well, the room is still spinning (stupid ear infection - aren't these things supposed to be like Trix cereal: for kids?!) and even sitting down my concentration is about zero... so I've read through a little faster than I wanted to. And FDK is light, but I'll try to be back later when the stupid dizzy spells stop.

I totally cheered when he asked her to marry him - once more. I love proposals. *dreamy sigh* Thank you for putting it in there.

This was a great ending to a great story!

*snarky jojo pre-FDK comment*

Actually DJ... I think it depends on how thick the glass is. If it is a heavy crystal vase I think that it might not shatter. But if it is one of those vases that are the thin crystal I think it would. I can't imagine one of those just cracking. What kind of vase was it?

FDK coming once I'm not at work.

The "it was just a dream" easy way out of a problem. :rolleyes: I knew it would be difficult to have Lois actually not remember anything and then recover all her memories after the electroshock.

Loved the story. Thank you for sharing it with us.

malu

Ok, your forgiven and I hope to have a parts 5-7 out to you before the end of April...

James

*big sigh*

That was such a wonderful ending. It completely made up for the slight hysteria I faced when I saw "The End" on section 23. Thanks for the amazing story... But I'm so sad that I don't have it to look forward to anymore.

Laura

To steal a quote from Aladdin, "Oh mighty evil one!"

A HA! I knew she was involved! Kinda sucks the fun out of the fact that she was never a sinister character in disguise. What can I say, I love villians. <g>


Are you serious? Is there really just tax info in there? Or am I forgetting something from a previous part. If it really is just tax info, I can just see Lois breaking out her taxes to burn in the midst of the Monumental Journal Burning Moment.

Awww, it's over!
I truly loved every minute of it. Take a WELL-earned break! ...Then come back and give me another adventure. <g>
JD

Thank you so much for this part, DJ! This was the end i was waiting for.

Thank you

Babsi

Wonderful waffy ending! Thanks so much for taking the time to write this amazing story and posting it! I really enjoyed the ride.

WOW 4 months...
WHAT A ROLLER-Coaster ride that was... you should definitely patent the M(DJ)R roller-coaster (refer fdk 23/23)... but then there would be no shock value so ?????? and the "only a dream" excuse becomes tiresome after a while (but it worked here, so no complaints)

Trust me Sue... if there are scientists willing to conduct "experiments" (really surveys) where months of work and
hundreds of thousand dollars produce results showing
**parents of girls are more worried about teenaged pregnancies than parents of boys**.... when it comes to developing sex-ed. programs (a real paper I had to read for psychology)....
then there is probably a paper out there somewhere looking into the number of electric shocks before one passes out

(although I think it would be more to do with voltage/frequency/amplitude... I'm not a physicist... of the current and not the number of shocks)....


An interesting exploration into research ethics would be found if you looked into the NUREMBERG CODE, EDIT: developed in response to the Nazi Experiments on Prisoners within their concentration camps

Milgram\'s Experiment into Obedience (courtesy of Wikipedia)Conducted at Yale as an attempt to uncover some sort of answer to the dilemma faced at the Nuremberg trials in association to the "Following Orders" defence used by the soldiers
EDIT: NOTED IN POST BELOW THAT NUREMBERG AND MILGRAM ARE INDEPENDENT HISTORICAL EVENTS
In the experiment, 37/40 participants proceeded with "electrocuting" another participant (actually an actor with no electric shocks involved) well past the point of death, just because they were told to by a 2nd actor giving instructions on what to do
Milgram wanted to know when people would pass on such high levels of responsibility to authority ... Read it if you are interested.... Full text (pdf.) of Milgram\'s Experiment (free)


The results are also relevant to some recent trials of US soldiers within the Abu Grahib (spelling????) prison in Iraq...and many other scenarios, with lots of reality television shows repeating the experiment as a part of their required tasks (refer Wikipedia) but I wont go into politics or Reality TV ethics here...

Thanks again both to Sue and DJ

Lenny Benny Canary: a wealth of useless (?) information about totally unrelated (?) topics...

except the ethics of the drug and the electrocution stuff is sort of related.....

:rolleyes: DJ and Sue pull a ‘Dallas’. (I promise I wrote that before reading Ann’s feedback.)


Wonderful waffy ending!!


Aw, gee thanks, DJ.


Yes, thanks, DJ and Sue for working so hard on this story. Now, I want to see the sequel to New Beginnings. Babbles must not take time off. It isn’t allowed... Hehe... Okay, so you can take a little break - but just a little one.


Thought that was a candlestick... I think, like JoJo said, that a thin vase would shatter (but not a crystal candlestick).


I believe that actually had the ripped out notes from the journal in it.

Ok, fine. I'm letting you off the hook! Nice end!!! But I gotta run now, so I'll try to come back later (probably tomorrow... busy Saturday ahead) with real FDK.

WOOPS>>> WOOPS>>>WOOPS>>>

the Nuremberg code mentioned above was not what I was thinking of,
In actuality the Nuremberg Code was in reaction to Dr Mengele, of the Nazi's

Milgram's experiments were done along the lines of following authority, and is FOLLOWING ORDERS a reasonable defence... resulting in the reduction of responsibility

Milgram was interested in the NUREMBERG trials, as the Nazi officers used this defence countless times, but was not associated with the development of the NUREMBERG CODE in the way I think I may of (accidentally) implied

The 2 are distinct events in the history of Experimental Ethics, and although linked through their foundations/inspirations in a horrific period in history, are NOT LINKED POLITICALLY

Another aside from the LBC dictionary of unrelated facts ,

Nancy is right.

From Part 11:

malu

Hi everyone! I'm so glad everyone enjoyed the ending. I know several people have called it a "Dallas dream" but seriously... I thought Clark needed to have at least one dream in this story... and I could totally see him worrying about Lois while she slept... wondering just what might have been lost and whether or not she would be okay.

<shrug>

Woody. Thanks for the "Grand Finale" finish. <g> Your fdk was so sweet... awwww. Thank you. I'm so glad you enjoyed the mixing of plots. And I'd write with Sue any day of the week. <g> It was a pleasure and I had a great time. Thanks.


Hi Ann! I hope you are having fun this weekend. Thanks for your sweet words. I've loved being here. And no, no obituary for Babbles... she's just off on some tropic island drinking martinis and sending me post cards that say "wish you were here"... don't worry, she'll miss me... eventually. <g>

I'm glad you were able to enjoy Dan <g> that was my goal - to get people to feel for Dan. <g> I always kind of liked him <ducks from the rotten fruit> I just didn't want to see him with Lois.

And I'm glad you enjoyed the waff. <hug> Thanks for the hug (oh, and all that chocolate, though I'm loathing my treadmill now).


Hi Jackie! You know, I just figured maybe it was. <g> Glad you loved it! Thanks!


Hi Sue! WHAT?! Not much? <DJ rolls her eyes and reaches through her DSL line to smack Sue>

Oh how I loved those snarky remarks. <g> HEY! I am not a heshe! Or a himher either! <snort> I really am going to need counseling after this. LOL.

ROTFL at your list of philosophical questions. Those were so interesting to ponder. Heh. But as someone mentions later in the thread... it was a crystal CANDLESTICK... remember? Not a vase! Yes, of course a vase might break. But a heavy crystal candlestick... nope. Nope, trust me. <snort>k

<hugs> Thank you, Sue! I had an absolutely spectacular time.


Poor Lara! I hope you are feeling better today. I used to have earaches all the time when I was a kid, they are no fun. I will look forward to you hopefully coming back when you feel better. I'm glad you enjoyed that final proposal. <g> Thanks for the "great ending to a great story".


Hi Jojo! LOL! It actually wasn't a vase at all <DJ glares at Sue> It was a candlestick <snort - it was Ms. Scarlet, in the library, with the candlestick> LOL. Ahem... I look forward to further fdk. <g>


Hi Malu! <sigh> It really wasn't meant to be a cop-out. I had that dream planned from early on in the story (or a dream like it). But I'm so glad you loved the story. Thanks for reading and replying.


Hi James! Yay! Forgiveness is cleansing to the soul <snort> even an evil soul like mine. Heh.


Hi Laura S! Awwww, thank you for that sweet fdk. I know, I'm a little sniffly sitting here typing these replies and realizing it's all over. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.


Hi Jen! LOL at the "oh, mighty evil one". <snort> Poor Mandy, you really wanted her to be sinister and evil? We didn't have enough bad guys for you??? <g>

LOL. In part 11, Lois tears out some pages in her journal and writes "Tax Info 1995" on them so she won't be tempted to open them later. <g>

Yes, sniffle, all over. I'm so glad you loved it. Yes, break time... but yes, I will be back. Thanks. <g>


Hi Babsi! Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it and loved the story. Awwww, thank you for the great writer -- I have to share that with Sue. She has shown me and taught me so much. Thanks!


Hi Symbolic! I'm so glad you enjoyed the ride and the waffy ending. Thanks for reading and commenting.


Hi Beethoven! LOL! I'm glad you enjoyed the rollercoaster. And what fountain of interesting information you are <g> And you're right... it was sort of related. <g> Thanks for reading and commenting.


Hi Nancy! <snort> You all should know me by now well enough to know I just love "dream sequences". I put them in a lot of fics. <g> Thanks for the "wonderful waffy ending" comment and for reading and all the fdk you've given us.

Yes, it was a candlestick - a heavy crystal candlestick. <g> And yes, you are right - the tax info was actually notes ripped from the journal. <g>

ACK! And here I thought I could just let that sequel die a horrible fiery death and no one would miss it. <sigh> Apparently I was wrong. I actually did write almost 120 pages of it way back in October before I started this story... but then I wasn't happy with it... and it sat... and Babbles got bored with it and started writing this and well... Oh look! What's that? Over there? It's red and blue and...

<DJ sneaks off while Nancy is preoccupied>


Hi Cristina! <whew> Nice to know I'm off the hook. Thank you. I'll be watching for those other comments. <g>


LOL! Hello again Beethoven. <g>


And hello again Malu! Yes, thank you for posting that part from part 11.

<DJ reads the quoted part and feels her jaw drop>

Ack!

How did I EVER miss that horrific grammar? ACK!

<DJ runs back to check the story and fix it... is surprised to find that the mistake is not in the story...runs off to check the post for part 11...>

Ahhhhh.... I see what the problem was! I can blame it all on Sue! Eeeee, hee hee! Part 11 was the part Sue posted while I was on vacation. Yes, that's right Sue, your apprentice has turned against you and is blaming the typo all on you. <g>

<DJ shakes her head at herself, knowing that she is going to get slapped for this later...>


Thank you again so much EVERYONE! I had a blast and you were all great. Thanks for all the comments and fun times. <g>

-- DJ

Good job! Terrific story. I am looking forward to your next work of art. Laura

A really wonderful story with great A and B plots. I loved the "real" ending!

Annette

Oh wow Laura! Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks Annette (and thanks for the e-mail). I'm so glad you loved it.

Thanks again so much everyone. <g>

-- DJ

Sorry I took so long... With all the time that's gone by since you posted the last part, one would think I'd had the time to come up with proper FDK... Well, not really. The story has been an incredible ride. I must admit I skimmed through part of the A Plot because I really kept looking forward to seeing how you dealt with the b-plot, and I have to say, I loved it. Loved that it didn't end like the movie, loved this particular bit

My favourite part, though, was 17. That was certainly one beautifully written proposal. I've actually re read that part quite a few times (I used to print out every new story part and breack it afterwards; some, like that one, I kept and reread)

Again, sorry I took so long coming back to comment.

Looking forward to your next story (in the meantime, though, you could kick Sue's butt and see if you get her to finish Platonic )

Bravo, Bravo

Excellent story all the way around, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

doublel

Loved the entire story.

Ooooh, lookie! More fdk! <g>

Hi Cristina! I'm totally squeeeing at how much you loved the proposal. I was pretty pleased with it and am so happy so many people enjoyed it. Thank you.

Thanks for coming back and giving me the fdk. Maybe it will entice Babbles to come back from vacation. <g> Now as far as Sue is concerned... well... just between you and me... She gave me a sneak peek at part 13 of Platonic just this morning. It's good - really good. <g> I'm so glad she found the WD-40 and got those rusty wheels to moving again. <g>

So nothing to report as far as when it will be posted... but at least she is writing on it - in fact, right now, as we speak. <g>


Hi Doublel! Awwwwww! Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!


Hi AnKS! Thank you so much.


Once again - thank you everyone! The fdk has been awesome!

-- DJ

As much as I loved the end of part 23... Ahem, where was I?

This was a beautiful ending to a lovely story. I agree with the Dan comments. I thought the cordial tone between Dan and Clark made Clark look good, as well. They truly had reached an understanding.

Nicely done. (Except for the part where you wasted two perfectedly good bowls of rocky road. How could you do such a thing?)

Elisabeth

Hi Elisabeth! Thanks so much for your comments (on the last several parts) I'm glad you got to get caught up. <g>

LOL! Yes, I'm terrible, aren't I? Oh the horror! Rocky Road just shouldn't be wasted like that.

-- DJ

I saw you responding to FDK today DJ and realized that I have been terrible and haven’t give you official FDK on this. I could have sworn I did. ^_^

Aww! Such simple words but what an impact they have. Me and Clark and feeling a bit relieved at this point. LOL

I didn’t tear up at this one the first time around but I sure did this time around. Poor Lois. Now I have to take a second and ask who wrote this part? Cause if it is DJ I’m going to have to demand that you stop making Lois lose her wedding ring (even though she really didn’t here LOL) cause you have done this to her before. Poor Lois… I’m going to have to buy her a safe that she can use when DJ is writing a story about her. ^_~

Those last two lines. Ah… beautiful.

Gosh… you guys are just making me feel all kinds of warm fuzzies today. I’m just sitting here at my desk sighing away. How come fics are always better the second time around?

You guys did something with this story I didn’t think possible. You made me like Dan. I like your Dan, he isn’t quite as annoying and I love that he and Clark are friends in the end.


Ladies, I loved this story. I was fighting the whole time for her to get her memories back and at the beginning I was a bit scared that you might actually leave her with out them. But, then I remembered you guys always give us happy endings (even if it is a bit stressful to get there) and that I shouldn’t be worried. Thank you ladies for writing. It’s great writers like you that keep us coming back to these boards and refreshing them over and over again.

Jojo! <<<hugs>>> You did come back!!!

Well, it wasn't like you didn't give me "any" fdk. I just figured you had forgotten to come back. <g> But I'm so glad you did! Wahoo!!!

LOLS! Yes, it was me who wrote her thinking she had lost her ring. Do you know I had to stop and think for a moment about when I made Lois lose her ring before? Ha ha ha! It finally came to me, Supermen United. That's pretty sad, isn't it? <g> But technically she didn't lose it this time. <whew>


You know, I"m not sure... but a lot of times they are better the second time around - so are really good movies. I think it's because you already know what's going to happen, so you can sit back and enjoy the details. <g>

<DJ does happy dance> Yay! Mission accomplished.

Well, we try to give happy endings. <g> I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I treasured all your fdk. Thanks so much.

-- DJ

Hi,

Great story!

Thanks Maria! I'm so glad to see you again. I hope things are going better for you. We've all missed you! <<<HUGS>>>

-- DJ

Wow guys...what a story. I read all 23 chapters today! I just couldn't put it down. And now I'm too tired to post roper feedback. I would have had to hunt you down. And as it stands I just couldn't stop reading!

Anyway it was awesone...fabulous...as usual for you two. Wherever your muses are from and whatever you feed them, keep it up!

~Sheila

Hi Sheila!!!

Thanks so much for that fdk. I was so excited to see a 2 month old thread revived and new fdk! Yay! I'm just giddy that you enjoyed the story so much that you couldn't put it down. Hee hee hee.

Well, I can't vouch for Sue's... but mine lives off of fdk. So this was a nice treat for her. She feels quite fat and satsified... so much so that she's going to run off and post the next part of my current story. <g>

Thanks Sheila!

-- DJ