Please cast your vote for your favorite supporting regular.

Boy, this was difficult. It was hard to decide between Perry and Martha...and I rather like Dr. Klein as well. I also enjoy Henderson, but we just don't see him much!

@Deja Vu: Sorry about the difficulty, but we're trying to narrow down who it is FoLCs love most in the supporting cast.

I chose Perry. I think LnC's Perry is the best Perry ever. Also, he is so very supportive of Clark and Lois's relationship and has always done everything he can to bring them closer together.

Martha Kent is my number two. She is also the best Martha ever, by far. She is delightful, but my reason for choosing Perry over her is that Perry is more like a bystander, while Martha is so strongly linked to Clark. Let me put it like this - it's not as if Lois goes home to Perry to have him comfort her with some Elvis stories and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches when she is feeling down or needs to unburden herself.

As for the other characters, I'm not a big fan of Jimmy myself. In the old comics he tended to monopolize Superman, so that the Big Guy had no time for Lois after "tending to Jimmy". In the show, Jimmy was unbelievably annoying in his "Jimmy Interruptus" function. I once read a fanfic where Jimmy needed to return something to the married Lois and Clark, so when he came to their house and found it locked, he picked the lock and walked in on their married intimacy!

I tend to be irritated by Lucy, too. She combines Martha's nosiness with a selfishness that makes her barge in on Lois in almost the same way as Jimmy barges in on Lois and Clark.

But I, too, really like Inspector Henderson! He is so delightfully crusty and dependable.

Ann

I'd have to say that the best supporting character is Clark.

He's fairly well-developed and one could almost see him as a second lead to the shows true star Lois Lane.

Tank (who is amused by those who think that Clark is actually one of the lead characters)

@Tank: The show is Lois & Clark. Would you mind elucidating how Clark is not a lead character in such a set-up?

Tank is joking with you, Saori. He has a known fetish for Lois, especially with short hair. And don't get him started on Jimmy! It's a little Minnesota humor from him. Now, he will reply and protest he was dead serious.

Artemis

@Artemis: that's why i'm asking him to explain. btw, you can call me Sayo. everyone calls me Sayo.

LabRat, where are you? Dr. Klein doesn't have a single vote yet!!!

Joy,
Lynn

@Lynn: Labrat probably voted for Perry. :p

I voted for Perry because he is my favourite supporting character.

However, I nearly voted for Jonathan, because he comes a close second for me and I didn't think he'd get many votes.

Corrina.

@Female Hawk: I also voted for Perry. I think he's the best. He's such a character; such a dyed-in-the-wool Elvis fan. He's so endearing.

Lane Smith, Rest in Peace. May the gods be with you.

LOL, Lynn.

I considered voting for Bernie but I really couldn't choose just one. I'd have had to vote for Martha and Jonathan and Henderson and...

I suck at choosing.

LabRat (who would have lied and told Bernie she voted for him though, if he'd asked. The man feeds me kibble, I wouldn't want to annoy him. )

No one noticed that Cat isn't on the list. Haha! I guess she really isn't that popular.

An interesting poll would be for writers, "Who do you like to write?" or "Who do you have the most fun using in your stories?"

I like Martha but when I write, I love to find things for Bernie or Lucy.

Bernie gets to talk science. Enough said.

As for Lucy, I like to write Lucy - Lois sister talks. Especially about Clark!

Bob

that's an awesome idea for a poll, bob! i hope you put it up soon. i'll be the first to vote. well, unless you yourself go first. XD

Or, a companion poll - who do you least like writing? Who do you find it most difficult to capture in your writing?

LabRat

Labrat wrote:
Or, a companion poll - who do you least like writing? Who do you find it most difficult to capture in your writing?

It would be interesting to see responses to that one. I know there are a couple of characters that just froze for me.

c.

I thought it would be easier to just post it as a question over in Fanfic Related. That way all characters will be covered. (Also, I was feeling too lazy to think up a character list for a poll. )

LabRat

I too noticed Cat was not mentioned. Her character is often over looked, but she was the perfect foil for Lois. If Cat did not disappear after first season, who knows where the character's direction might have lead?

Anyhow, my favorite is Dr. Klein! Perry may have been supportive, Martha a listening ear, but Bernie provided the answers!

I had to vote for Perry. Like me, he is an Elvis fan!!

However, if Cat Grant had been on the list, I would've voted for her. I think Cat is hilarious! I was so mad when she was not in S2 and beyond!

i loved cat too! ^_^ it's funny how i used to blush when she made passes at clark. it's like i was embarrassed FOR him. lol.

sometimes i wish clark had gone out on an actual date with her. lol. just to ruffle lois's feathers.

I had to choose Perry. I loved his crustiness. How he was uncomfortable showing his affection for Lois and Clark.

Jimmy as s supporting character who was meant to be the annoying little brother, so he tended to annoy us.

Martha and Jonathan are hard for me to seperate in someways into individual charaters. They go together so well. I also found them to be more than supporting characters in some ways because they were, at the time of the show, so essential to Clark dealing with all the crisises in his life, particularly emotional.

As for Cat, Henderson and Bernie they either weren't on the show long enough or not enough to be truly supporting characters. I would have loved to see much more of them in the show.

Now for least favorite supporting characters that would have to be in equal measures Lex and Tempus. Lex because I just can't believe he wasn't caught earlier. The way he treated people you would think someone would have turned him in or killed him before the the time of the show. Tempus I just couldn't believe how dumb he was and yet he thought he was so clever. Ugh.

My vote for character who was least utilized would be Cat. There was a real opportunity to use her to grow Lois as a person, to bring them together as friends after they started off as almost enemies, but that didn't happen. I'm glad some writers have taken the character and done so many nice things with her.

My favorite supporting character to write is Lucy. I'm not sure why, but she has so much potential. She's smart like Lois but not driven to succeed - in fact, she's almost driven to prove to her parents that she's not going to succeed no matter what they do or say! And writing her so that she grows through that to being a mature adult is a real challenge, but for me it's worth it.

(I have an alt-Clark WIP where Lucy is quite mature. I may pull it out and polish off at a later date. I think my muses have had their interests piqued.)

And I'm the only one to vote for Lucy as my favorite (so far). Poor kid. She always gets the short end of the stick.

Yay!! Martha's winning!

I voted for Klien. I was about to vote for Martha, but really liked the doc in Toyman.

Here is how I would arrange them, if I could here

Dr. Klein
Martha Kent
Perry
Jonathan Kent
Jack
Inspector Henderson
Ellen Lane
Jimmy
Lucy Lane
Sam Lane

Martha, Perry and Jonathan are almost neck and neck. Jack and Henderson, ditto. Jimmy and the Lanes take dead last, though I marginally like Ellen better than Jimmy.


James

I love all of the supporting cast, but I especially love Jimmy. Especially once Justin Whalen took over the role.