There's also She's (I'm pretty sure Terry mentioned legal proceedings.)
I did, although in that story, the DA's office declined to pursue charges against Superman because of Lois' impassioned claim to responsibility (on videotape and obviously not coerced in any way). I'm not opposed to making Superman legally responsible for his actions. In fact, I put Superman on trial for murder in
Rebuilding Superman. Of course, in that story he'd killed Bill Church in the heat of the moment, not Lois.
I'm always amused by the consistent assaults on Clark's character when this subject comes up. Because the writers wanted to put Lois in mortal danger once more, and because they chose a way which also put Clark in a terrible personal position (and which, incidentally, confirmed Clark's other identity as Superman to Lois), he's viewed as being stupid, insensitive, thoughtless, reckless, uncaring, and ultimately dangerous. Oh, and he's a complete jerk because he asked her to marry him ("I'd love you even if you were a normal man but I can't stand Clark Kent." - Lois Lane to Superman) without letting her know he was also a super-powered tights-flashing babe magnet who Lois had all but attacked on several occasions in the past.
What about Lois? She asked Superman to do something which he didn't want to do, something he strongly advised her not to ask of him. Why didn't she ask him to carry her into the room as she pretended to be dead and just throw her on Jace so she could beat him up and let Superman take down Nigel? That would have been just as dangerous but maybe more in character for Lois than being passive. But no, she had to choose a course of action which put her in mortal danger. Despite what you think of Clark, Lois wasn't smart enough at that point to think of anything better.
I think that sometimes we get a little too invested in these fictional characters. Some of the best writing on the archive and on this site takes some aspect of their relationship and changes it, then forces them to work to resolve it. For example, look at the WIP "From the Ruins" by Alisha. In that story, Lois revealed Clark's dual identity early in their relationship and destroyed any chance he had for a normal life. Yet I've not read any accusations against Lois for being stupid, insensitive, thoughtless, reckless, uncaring, and ultimately dangerous. Or a complete jerk.
True, no one has defended her actions in that story as being totally right, but for some reason Lois making mistakes or being dumb doesn't trigger the response that Clark making mistakes or being dumb does. I don't know why that is, but it appears to me that it is true. Maybe it's linked to the reaction to Lois deathfics as opposed to Clark deathfics. (I offer as example
Gone the Rainbow , an incredible Clark deathfic which should have won about eleven Kerths and which garnered critical praise but no condemnation for Clark's death.)
We have to remember that anything Clark or Superman did in the series was scripted by writers who don't think about Superman the way most of us do. They were looking for dramatic storylines and good ratings. They weren't necessarily trying to be consistent.
And how come no one gripes about Clark freezing Lois during the Leslie Luckaby/Lex Junior arc in season four? ("Voice From the Past," which was quite operatic in the last segment, very evocative of "Phantom Of the Opera.") That time it was Clark's suggestion, although Lois willingly submitted to being frozen again. Also very risky, even if they'd done it before successfully.
Opinions are just like armpits. Everybody has at least two of them, and sometimes they don't smell so good. We should all be careful about shoving our armpits - er, opinions - into other people's faces and do it gently so as to avoid stinkin' up the place.
