A general comment WRT the Kents and Nightfall. Clark did take Lo to meet with his parents at the end of the first week. So, they know that Lo is in on the secret. This means that when Nightfall happened, they had no reason to come to Metropolis. Lo was more than capable of helping him through his amnesia.
I guess I need to clarify this before the story goes to archive.
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Framework4:
Nice part, I liked the way the scientist and Lois's Mom crystallized the problem. I like that Ellen had good questions.
Yes, Ellen was making very good points. If she would have been able make those points without being so obtuse, perhaps her daughter might have listened.
The only way I can see you finishing it in three more parts is if part 7 leaves them apart and part 8 starts five years later, when Lois has calmed down and worked through her feelings.
I will comment on this in time.
Ken:
Personally, my choice would have been to go to Star Labs, not Lexlabs. That will just give Luthor information he shouldn't have.
The reason they are at Lex Labs is that Lex is funding the research into the cure. Remember his parting words from Chapter 4. He would use his own facilities.
I guess they don't have to comply with patient confidentiality as a hospital would or else Ellen wouldn't have been able to get the report.
Did Ellen say that she saw the report? If so, I need to fix that. Ellen only knows what Lois told her on the phone. Then Ellen was able to talk with Dr. Jensen, but Dr. Jensen didn’t tell her anything specific to Lois's case. She told her some generic information about Revenge victims and asked Ellen to come in and provide information about pre-Revenge Lois for use in their research. (At least, that was all she was supposed to have said.)
Queen of Capes:
Aww, poor Clark and Lo-Lo. ^^ Although, I suppose it's good that Lois is showing signs of her old self. Maybe the secret of curing her is to keep ticking her off?
I believe if/when Lo-Lo has been around for a while, there would be a lot more of Lois there.
The science was easy enough to follow, by the way. Although of course, I have no idea if any of it is true or not.
As for the science, the Amygdala and ACC do pretty much what I said. One interesting note, as I was wrapping up my research, I turned to Beverly and said that if I understand the science correctly, if the ACC were not working properly, it sounds like a person would end up with something very close to bipolar disorder. I did some more research and that turned out to be correct and a compromised ACC is often implicated in that disease.
I hope the armadillo joke wasn’t too lame. I couldn’t resist.
As for your other observations and/or questions, keep reading.
John:
They made it through Nightfall. That would be an interesting story.
See my note at the top for some of this. Still, it could be fun. I wonder if Lex tried to get her to come to his shelter? However, most of the rest of the story would be N/A.
The're going to Lex Labs. Is that wise?
Per my note above, Lex is funding the research and doing it with Lex Labs.
I figure at this point they should get married. If Lois recovers and really does not want to stay with it, she can get an annulment (being not in your right mind is grounds for an annulment, whether the marriage has been consummated does not matter).
They probably should. However, I still think Clark would have a hard time crossing that line. (Yes, I think he’d have a harder time with that than he has simply sleeping together.)
Clark: But Lolo, I have only slept with you.
Which means he should marry her.
I sense a pattern to your position on this issue.
This is because we do not interact with Luthor.
This is precisely correct!
Lolo has a backbone and is still having things her way.
I think this is very important. Lois is still in there. As long as she under the influence of Revenge, she won’t be Lois, but I believe more of Lois’s traits will surface.
So, I do have to say that you are correct that there would be serious advantages for them if they’d gotten married. However, they didn’t.
Thank you all.
Chapter 6 will be along in a few hours.
Bob