flowerpot Re Clark ... Martha is probably a little more available than Lois is.

Lois got a shock when she found herself thinking about a story when she should have been concentrating on Clark. Plus the situation with Lucy. And, she still loves Clark, she just lost sight of that.

Thanks for your FDK.

DW I tried to show that both of them had contributed to problems. Thanks.

Betty Thanks for your further comments.

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instead of getting her input about what they should do now.
I tried to show that they have already done all that. Clark genuinely believes there is no other way for Lois to have a child.

Lois's behaviour the last year has suggested she wouldn't really miss Clark all that much.

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One reason Clark is less sympathetic than Lois for me is that he seems to be in denial about the depth of his own pain, so we're not seeing it fully
That's true. The problem is that when I'm in Clark's POV, I can give what he's feeling and thinking, but not really why because he doesn't fully understand it himself - and he's lost all perspective. And when I'm in Lois's POV, she hasn't got too much understanding yet either.

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Or I should have saved my fdk until the story was complete and I saw where you are taking these characterizations.
No! The FDK along the way is great encouragement for a writer. The opinions and speculations (even if they're not where I'm heading) are really valuable and force me to think more deeply about how I've portrayed the characters.

Thanks for your well-thought out comments, Betty.

Kathy Fascinating point. To what extent can our actions be attributed to the behaviour of others? Ultimately, as you said, we are responsible for our own behaviour, but the behaviour of others certainly affects us.

Thanks.

Vicki Thanks for so clearly putting Clark's side to this. He is wrong, but in his mind, it makes sense.

Michael It's perfectly OK that you're having fun! Thanks for you FDK.

Rac I really appreciate your comments and I hope you'll understand that I'm not going to answer them here - the reason being that if I do I will get very close to a part that is still to come in the fic. Thanks - what you said made a lot of sense.

Ann You admitted up front that you were on Lois's side and you give a good explanation from her point of view.

However ... this ...

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Yes, Clark wants Lois, but it seems to me that he only wants her if she can have a child. He wants Lois with a child. Lois, on the other hand, wants Clark, whether or not he can give her a child.
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To Lois Clark is good enough in himself, but to Clark Lois isn't good enough in herself.
In my opinion, that is not justifiable from what I have written in the fic. Clark's concerns are that HE is not good enough for HER, not the other way around.

Thanks, Ann.

Evelyn Thanks, Evelyn. Your comments go deep into the reasons and thought-processes of both of them - which is great because as I explained above, I can't really do that as the writer.

Thanks for all your input into this conversation.

Thanks everyone


Corrina.