The following got me thinking,
How about a tale where BOTH Lois and Clark lose their memory at the same time?

Picture first season L&C during nightfall. Superman was completely successful but no one knew it until the last huge chunk everyone thought was going destroy all life on the planet bounced off the atmosphere like a billiard ball.

A hundred thousand small chunks impacted various places causing countless problems but no major catastrophes. Lex Luthor however is in his underground shelter unaware that above most all is well. And with the Boss missing his criminal enterprises are coming apart.

Lois and Clark have both lost their memory and have been placed in Deter's care by Perry and Henderson. Assume the Kents have not been able to travel to Metropolis.

The memory-less L&C have to stop Deter and his allies, mop up Luthor's criminal enterprises, and stop Intergang.

All they know is
A: they are partners
B: they are investigative reporters
C: there is something different about Clark, which Lois believes should be kept secret.
D: there is a bond between them.

That's quite a challenge.

My story On Plot Reuse is a tongue-in-cheek story outline that almost answers the part about L&C both having memory loss. But the loss is sequential, not simultaneous.

Joy,
Lynn

I could not even BEGIN to write such as epic. Has anyone mentioned giving it a try?

I joked on my Lunkheaded Loser Loophole Challenge about what would have happened it Clark accidently mind wiped Lois before he took off to take care of Nightfall. So, when he returned both he and Lois had amnesia.

Your story idea sounds intreguing. Lots of good angsty drama (or comedy).

Wouldn't they also have to find Superman to save Earth from Nightfall 2?

No. Notice in the original post

Sorry, missed that part. I need to start reading slower. :p

How about earlier. They cross paths in the Congo, drama and explosions ensue. A chunk of kryptonite is involved somehow so you end up with both having no memories and no one around who know who they are.

Oooohh... You know that's an intriguing one and could potentially be semo-canonical as I don't remember Lois saying anything about the Congo assignment (did she go? they never mentioned in "Tempus Anyone?")

If it wasn't there, maybe in Lois and Clarks, someone mentions something about it being a gun-running story in the Congo. (I think it was Lois, because I got the impression that she went and came back from the Congo, unlike alt-Lois).

From "Tempus Anyone?":
And from "Lois and Clarks":
and

Does that jog *your* memory?

Joy,
Lynn

That is the story Claude stole from Lois.

Here is a quote from The Pilot part two
Which sparked the only tale I have in the archive. Hindsight

Chills! Framework4, that's what you just gave me from reading your vignette. Chills! How am I supposed to sleep now?

Whoa. Wow. I had never even noticed that little mention of the gun-running story in the Pilot. to think it all swings back to her hang-ups about professional relationships.

I do find it worrisome that Claude was able to make it back and Lois didn't though. I wonder how and why that happened.

Patrick, I agree with Virginia. Your vignette was chilling. I had never put Lois' throwaway pilot line together with what we learned later. But in my mind, your story has become part of canon.

Well done.

Joy,
Lynn

I can easily see Claude not digging anywhere near a far as Lois would.

Just read Hindsight! Yikes! That was fantastically chilling!

Thanks

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