Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Fun with Polls Good, Bad, or Ugly?

OK, this is a totally ridiculous topic for a poll, it was probably discussed to death ages ago, not to mention it has nothing to do with fanfic, but I'm curious, so here goes...

I was watching a video this morning which had in it the scene outside the church after Lois' non-wedding to Lex, where Lois runs into Clark's arms for a hug. Clark is wearing a black suit, pale yellow shirt, and a black-and-yellow tie, and d***, but he looks good!

Which got me remembering how, when I first saw this show, I loved Clark's ties. I thought it was so neat how, even though dressed in a conservative suit, Clark would wear these bold, avant-garde ties, as if asserting his individuality. I don't know, I found it incredibly sexy.

It didn't take too many fanfics to convince me that many others found his ties to be loud and garish. Am I the only one who liked them? Do I have hideous taste in men's clothing? (Remind me not to buy my husband any ties for Christmas!)

So, plain and simple, that is the question.

What did you think of Clark's ties?

I think when fanfic mentions that Clark's ties are ridiculous or ugly, they are saying that sort of "tongue in cheek" because those ties did represent that individuality of Clark, being the guy he was. Labrat did it really well in "Epiphany" when Lois was thinking Clark's ties were a sign of mental issues, he'd be the guy in the clock tower with an AK-47 someday, and the ties were just a cry for help. But I loved the ties myself, I sort of compare it to the Hawaiian shirts and rainbow suspenders I wore my Senior Year in my deep south high school, boy! were those hillbillies perturbed.


What I think someone should do is write a story that explains where all those freaky ties came from; did Clark pick them out himself? When? in college? while he was traveling the world? Or does he have some crazy aunt like the one in "A Christmas Story" who sends them to him, but he's just too nice not to wear them?

TEEEEEEEEEJ

Hey, thanks, TJ. Personally, I think in Epiphany Lois was somewhat over-analysing <g>, but that was fun to write. Getting into Lois' head in one of her more left-field thinking sessions always is.

There have been a lot of theories about why Clark wears colourful ties in fanfic, many of them quite inventive and thoughtful. And at the moment I'm out of examples. <g> I have a vague memory of one author postulating that Clark wore them to divert attention away from his face - another attempt to stop people looking too closely at him and putting two and two together and coming up CK=S. Which makes some sense to me. Didn't work with Lois though.

Oh, and Vicki - polls don't have to be about fanfic, they can be about anything. And certainly LNC definitely qualifies! <g>

LabRat (who should be working but is having far better fun trawling the mbs today...)

Clark would look handsome in a burlap sack!!! (Kathy B's 'Definitely the Black' is one of my favourites! )

Mirage

I never noticed them until they were pointed out in fanfic. Now, I sometimes notice them when I watch a video, and I do think they're a bit ridiculous, but they're sort of okay.

Julie

I remember reading 2 different stories that explain where Clark's ties come from. One story had his mother painting at least some of them. Then I believe in the story where she has his son Chris from a night together in London when neither knows the others real name, a shop in Metropolis is mention as where he gets his ties.

Personally I love them. Me I'm know for my large chandelier earrings. I love earrings and have over a 100 pairs for the bottom hole. Just starting my collection of studs for the second hole. Wish I could find a pair of Superman Shield studs.

I was pretty much oblivious to his ties too, my attention was caught more by Lois' suits. Some of them - most of them - were waaay out there.

I look back, and I'm glad I was too young to be affected by early '90s fashion.