Now that you reminded me that there's such a thing as reincarnation in Lois and Clark I feel much better.
So maybe we shouldn't be so hard on people who cause the deaths of other people in the real world, either. Maybe there is such a thing as reincarnation here, too.
Personally, I thought Clark's behaviour in ATAI was absolutely shocking. He wielded a lethal weapon, his superbreath, on Lois, and put her in mortal danger, just because his parents were in danger and because she had asked him to do it. That is not a reason. If you have caused the death of another person, a person who wasn't asking you to kill her, should you get off the hook just because she asked you to do what you did, because she was in such awe of you that she thought you could do what you did without killing her?
After Clark had put Lois in mortal danger by freezing her, he had the nerve to propose to her without telling her about his other identity. And then he had the nerve to sulk when she didn't immediately accept him, after he had nearly killed her and then proposed to her under false pretenses.
The only rewrites of this episode that I find acceptable are the ones where Clark either isn't acting like such a total jerk, or else fics which expose Clark's full, utter jerkdom, and punish him accordingly. And having him grieve for Lois forever isn't nearly enough of a punishment, since if Lois dies, then she is the principal victim here.
Ann
