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Ok, so I realized AFTER I wrote this that HG Wells makes Lois forget in Tempus Fugitive by sending them back *before* they disappeared and not with some magic... I thought of rewriting it, but wondered if you could accept it the way it is?  That way, Tank gets a nod about the haircut  and I really like Clark/Superman talking to each other, er themselves... If it seems too outside believability (we are talking about flying men and time travel, after all!), I'll consider changing it... what do you think? And hope you will forgive me not giving 1993 Lois a revelation! Or will you come after me with pitchforks?! 
Reach for the moon, for even if you fail, you'll still land among the stars... and who knows? Maybe you'll meet Superman along the way.
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I think this version is fine. If you time-loop them too much, things are going to get more knotted! Clark remembers everything that happened to him in "And the Answer Is", so he will eventually know what all happened.  Artemis
History is easy once you've lived it. - Duncan MacLeod
Writing history is easy once you've lived it. - Artemis
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That's cute that '93 Lois is jealous of whomever Clark may be married to. How complicated?" she asked, her cheeks flaming. "I mean... there's nothing... unusual between the three of us, is there?" This cracked me up! I loved these lines: Herb smiled kindly, "No. Because your love is destined, it doesn't matter *when* you fall in love. Just that you *do*. That's why Tempus won't win. He can't keep you two apart. Love will win out." and "But, you can't *force* your destiny, either. You have to let it happen naturally. Which is why, I'm afraid you have to forget that you are destined to marry Lois Lane." With time travel, think of all the different pathways they could take to meet at the same end. I loved Clark and Superman talking to each other. That was a good bit. Joan
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[I] wondered if you could accept it the way it is? It worked for me. LoL at her confusion regarding her relationship with Clark and Superman! 
"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution" - Daniel Webster
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Merriwether
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I have to admit that I was sad that 1993 Lois wasn't forced to cut her hair. I find it hard to believe that 1996 Lois spent all that time at the Planet and only Jimmy saw her 'haircut'.
You jettisoned the younger Lois rather quickly. One has to wonder where the older Lois is now and who she is displacing this time.
Tank (who says that wherever Lois is now he hopes that she can influence a proper haircut to the Lois of that time also)
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Yes, it worked for me too! I too found it satisfying that Lois was jealous of Clark being married ... if she only knew that she is/was? jealous of herself 
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Apparently Wells has picked up magical whispering memory loss powers in the future, LOL. I was surprised that 93-Lois was returned home as quickly as she was, but it makes sense that 93-Clark would have to forget, too. And, of course, I liked how Lois was jealous of whoever Clark had married; I agree she would have been, even this early. Her heart knew they were destined for each other way before her brain did. I wasn't expecting Tempus to kidnap 96-Lois again, either. I wonder where he's taken her this time? Clark and Wells to the rescue! Kathy
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Was he married too? She felt a jealous pang and she didn't understand why. Why would she begrudge happiness to Clark? that's right, this is before even Linda King showed up. It's funny that Lois gets her first Clark-possessiveness about herself  "What is Clark doing these days?" she asked.
That caught Clark's attention. He lost altitude for a second, but quickly gained equilibrium.
"What happened?" she asked, clinging more tightly to his neck. Oops? "Yeah. And why do we have a picture of me and Clark on *our* mantle?" she asked, her voice rising as she was starting to think in some ...interesting directions.
"Well, it's complicated," began Clark, using his favorite phrase when being elusive with Lois.
"How complicated?" she asked, her cheeks flaming. "I mean... there's nothing... unusual between the three of us, is there?"  Michael
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