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'Nuff said. His eyes must be on the verge of popping out of his head.

LOL! Oh, man, I can just imagine his face!

Of course, I have a feeling that Lois might not mean what we think she means. But I would crack up if his reaction was "Oh crap! Is it that obvious?" when all she's thinking is, "I just thought of something this author I interviewed last week told me."

Clark is really juggling three different personalities here. I like how he sums it up to Pete and Lana, that the man Lois likes is neither Clark Kent nor Superman. It's kind of like the way they get to know each other in S3/4, just done in reverse.

Looking forward to more.

Kathy

Fun chapter

Oooh, can't wait for his reaction. Until I started reading the FDK it hadn't occured to me it may not be quite as it seems, I don't know why. We'll see!

If she has already realised it would make sense (apart from the looking the same thing, which you kind of have to discount!) that she is able to see clearer having more distance from the two of them than the Lois in the show. Because Clark was so close, working with her every day and a 'hack from nowheresville' it didn't occur to her. With both Clark Kent and Superman in this fic she's been intent on unmasking them to an extent from day one.

This line made me chuckle:-

Nice way to just drop it into the conversation and hope they won't notice!!



The thing is, of course, this Lois already (ending aside!) knows who he is, the 'Clark Kent' side not being the real him either. She may not seem to like Clark Kent the author, but he is no more the real guy than Superman, if anything less so.

He sums it up nicely here and he's so happy about it.

I like that she's choosing to read his novels now.

Nice image!! Though pretty risky approach on Clark's part. He doesn't want to tell her the truth yet, but maybe he wouldn't mind too much if she worked it out on her own - we'll soon see!

Great ending, can't wait for more.

Em

Tee-hee! Shades of comic book canon!

Why do I feel so worried about this?

Other people have already pointed this out, but I just couldn't resist repeating such a great line. Hilarious!

Again, other feedback posters have pointed this out, but you've got a really interesting new take on the usual Clark/Superman story.

Let's send Tank after Jimmy. He'll never be interruptingly annoying again.

And, the cliffhanger ending! Has she figured it out? (I'm assuming so.) If not, Clark's look of panicked truthfulness will give him away regardless.

Please tell me that you'll be posting more soon!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Ooooo!

I missed that edit! You did make it the CK novel! Love it!

/me feels helpful!

Edit - okay it was in my inbox and I hadn't had a chance to look at it yet - and yes - this was a much better break than any of the ones I suggested...

[See FoLCs - I'm not the evil one!]

Very quick fly-by here, will leave better feedback-feedback tomorrow, but had to give Carol her props for the Clark Kent novel.

Quote: "Come on, you know you want to!"

And, yes, I absolve Carol of all responsibility for the evil cliffy. That one was all me. But Bob voted that I should do it.

Loved, loved, LOVED this chapter. You've got some great lines and explored some interesting angles with the love triangle (or is it a square now

More soon, please!

Em, I agree that the fact that Clark, Superman, and Tall, Dark and Handsome all look alike has to be discounted. I take it as a given that Lois can't tell that Clark Kent and Superman look alike. Otherwise, we'd have a plot untwist for the entire show.

And, yes, Lois knows that Clark Kent is a facade, but Clark doesn't know that she knows. See what trouble assumptions cause?

Iolanthe, I love how you laugh at my little throw-away lines. I have fun with them and it's good to know that others get my silly jokes.

I wouldn't worry too much about the tail. I don't think there's much that Clark, Superman, Lois, and the Rosses can't handle.

And don't sick Tank on Jimmy quite yet; he hasn't even done anything yet. The poor kid was falsely accused in this case.

Ooh, I got a drool *and* a wildguy from Queenie; I must be doing something right.

Carol is always helpful, so I won't even dignify that with a response. :p

And BJ, I think it's still a triangle; Lois knows that Superman and T,D,&H are the same guy. Glad you're liking the story.

I'm saving the next part until tommorrow, aiming to get back to M,W,F postings if I can keep enough buffer coming.

And, Michael, when you make it this far, welcome to the party. Your 'late' feedback to the earlier parts is actually very helpful. It forces me to review and say "Oh, yeah, I need to follow up on that hint."

Thanks again, everybody. You rock!

Catching up with the last few parts...

This part was so great! I love how Lois has set Clark free to be himself. And I loved the cliffhanger! Though I suspect you are playing pranks on us...

Can't wait for more!

Amber

Me, Amber? You really think I would play a prank on you? You cut me to the quick.

Part 9 coming up.

LOL (and thanks) on the interview remark.

Clark!

I'll spare you having to bump this feedback thread...I couldn't wait to read this part.



Oh my! What a place to end a part! I don't think that she is saying this to identify Superman here, but I am not 100% certain. One thing I do know, however, is that I can't stop reading here... Part 9, here I come!

Joy,
Lynn

Thank you, Lynn. I'm glad you're enjoying this. The nice part about reading after the fact is that you don't have to wait for the cliff-hangers.

This surprised me! (I'll just join the feedback club). Superman showed up as the original Clark Kent (only without the name).

Cliffy! That's a great one! You really know how to make your readers beg for more.

I'm glad I read this story AFTER writing Green-Eyed Monster, because -- HappyGirl -- I would have been too intimidated to write my Superman dates story. You set the bar up really high! Those were just some great scenes I had to COME back and comment on. On to part 26! (You make procrastination too easy!)