I appreciate how your story is written in such a way that the farther it goes, the more divergent it is from the original timeline. Of course, all of it is logical: Superman isn't cloned because he doesn't exist, Clark pursues Lois more aggresively because he has less to lose, The Star doesn't manufacture incidents because it is already regularly scooping The Daily Planet. All of this makes sense and in both a logical and an emotionally logical way.
Elisabeth
PS I'm convinced that the other Lois was the woman Clark was with during whatever stunt they don't really remember
