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So, uh, here's the next part.

Hmm... Are you spying on me? Just like with the first part I posted a new chapter of my currently running story earlier today.

I liked this part. The bit where Lois almost burns Clark's shirt and her plan to have Clark be struck by lightning, especially the final moment were my favorite parts.

I'm looking forward to part 3.

Next part ...

I really enjoyed Part 2 of the story, Virginia. Great dialog and such fun use of the Lois' powers .



This sentence near the beginning of the story was a great starting off point. Loved the wordage .


Really enjoyed this dialog. Very fun...could just picture this back and forth


GREAT!!!


Enjoyed this part, also. Great writing--you've kept with the feel of the episode, but made this really unique, too.


True!


This-Was-Great!!!


Ahhh...Lovely WAFFYiness


Whoa--big cliff-hanger here! Can't wait for more .

Awesome story, Virginia--really enjoying it!
Laura

I love this image. This quiet, tender way of Clark helping Lois deal with the powers...lovely! Looking forward to the conclusion.

Many thanks to everyone who commented. Remember, I'm using your comments to decide whether or not this story needs a fourth part or Epilogue.

Lady Loisette:

I guess great minds post alike. Wait. Where is it?

Thanks. I guess this mix-mashed story actually draws from 3 episodes.

I'm feeling much more sure about my rewrite of Part 3 than the first 2 drafts. Thanks for reading.


Laura: Do you know how much your love of WAFF inspires us writers? I know I look at your FDK for other writers and think to myself 'would Laura like this?' I'm glad to see you did.

Banter is much more fun to write than arguing.

Thanks. I often think in terms of food metaphors, and Lois being a lover of ice cream... I always worry that I'll tip over the edge into corny / cheeseyville.

Clark making fun of his lunkheadness is always fun.

I had great Beta readers who kept pushing me to drop the original canon dialogue and come up with something unique.

My guess is that Ultra Woman's invulnerability would reduce her PMS symptoms, but she's in full-out panic mode here.

This is where I edited to please you. My Betas thought Clark's original corny joke killed the WAFFy mood.

Part 3 is written and will post next weekend. I like cliffies.

Thank you.


groobie: Thanks for commenting.

That's one of the things that I love about Clark. The more spastic Lois gets doesn't impact Clark's calmness.

Virginia posted:


Well...first off, YES! definitely Virginia, I am so very much enjoying this story . And secondly, thank you so much for saying what you said . Seriously, you made my night with your comment.

I fell in love with the pilot of the show back in '93 as a pretty impressionable 13 year old--and it was totally because of the WAFF. Seeing them fall for each other throughout the four seasons, and seeing such a great example of a 'relationship', was so inspiring to me at that time in my life. It really stuck with me--to this day . Anyway, I'm pretty--ok very--into 'romantic comedies' (you should see all the movies in the armoire ), but, IMO, L&C definitely will always take the cake for lovely romantic WAFF (thought I'd use another food-type sentence to go along with the FDK comment above ).

It means a lot to know the FDK I'm leaving on the boards is thought about during the process of creating great stories like this. Thank you .

Laura

I couldn't have said it better myself! As an author, it's so nice to get feedback and see that people enjoyed the story and appreciated the time it took to write. Laura's feedback always inspires me to write more!

Well, it's a Chuck fic, so I'm posting it over on my fanfiction account. That's my main writing fandom. I've been writing Chuck fics since 2008. Once I get my current Chuck story finished I'll start working on getting my LnC story ready. I actually had the rough draft of the LnC story finished just before Christmas, but then I decided that I didn't want post it so late in the year. So instead I got the bright idea to come up with an idea for a Chuck fic and have it ready to post on a strict deadline date, less than a week away. Clearly, I must be insane.

Originally a one-shot, it has grown (at reader request) to what I think will ultimately be 7 chapters, each with strict deadline dates to be posted on.

You're in better shape than I am. My next and last chapter is not yet written and must be posted on Tuesday. If I don't succeed, to me, the story will become a total failure. So basically the fic I'm writing has been an experiment in torture.

You're welcome. I know you've often made my day (and other writers as well) with your terrific comments.

Dean Cain's Clark is unique among Hollywood leading men because he's so a-typical of the sleezy, roving, barhound committment-phob most men were (are) portrayed as on TV. Perhaps that's why we still love him today. I wish this show had been around when I was young and impressionable. Luckily, I stumbled onto a good man, nonetheless.

Young men are consistently shown that they should sleep with as many women as possible, be as drunk as possible, and as stupid as possible, why should they act any better? Imagine how different America would be if most young men on TV were shown with the qualities of Clark Kent. It would raise the bar for their behavior, a bar many men could easily meet. But, alas, that ship has sailed. Although, it makes one think how Lois would react being tossed into such an alt-dimension. Hmmmmm. Challenge Time!

That you still think this way after my cliffy is a big boost to my muse. Thank you.

I agree. We do love our commenters on this site. They are often our inspiration. Seeing comments almost anywhere else on the web is like taking a visual tour of cyber-bullying and personal attacks. People tend to be mean just for the sake of being mean. We truly are lucky here on the L&C Message Boards to have such great readers, who are kind enough to give us positive (and hopefully honest) feedback. They speak to the work / story, and not about the author/writer.

You've got to watch out for those readers who inspire you. I'm sure Wrong Clark wouldn't be as long as it is without Michael's prodding. (Okay, we all know it still would've been long.) I look forward to seeing your new LnC fic.

Missing Lois was 3/4 written before I started posting. I was able to finish writing it with a huge cushion. Most of my short stories (this one being my exception) are completed before I post. I try to have a large cushion between where I'm writing and where I'm posting for my longer stories. I find it's easier to meet my posting deadlines that way. (Hence my several month hiatus on Wrong Clark to build up my cushion again... currently, I'm at least 10 parts out.) The nice thing about a large cushion is that when I finally post the next part, several weeks have passed since I've last read it and I can read it with a more critical eye, because it isn't so fresh in my mind. Little tweaks can then be added at the last minute, smoothing out any bumps I hadn't noticed before. (Such as that paragraph that groobie commented on. I fleshed that out to make Lois and Clark's actions more clear right before posting. Apparently, for the best. ) I find if I have five or less parts as a cushion, then I feel the weight of the world more profoundly, making writing less fun and more of a chore. I sympathize with your current predicament. I wish you the best of luck and speedy fingers.

Virginia posted:


Completely agree! A huge reason why the show has always seemed so special--why I'm always coming back to it--is because of how 'unique' Clark is, and just how different the story of them falling for each other is to me. And totally what I mean by this is that Clark actually has integrity (unlike a lot of male characters ). It is so refreshing to have a character that is a GOOD person--one who falls completely in love with his best friend. And the relationship-aspect of the show? Its 'unique-ness', IMO, comes from how heart-felt their journey together really is. Working together, becoming friends, very best friends, each falling for each other (and really needing each other in so many different ways). Getting engaged. Getting married--happily married. Wanting to start a family. There is so much more connection between Lois and Clark, so much more feeling, and so much more love shown--totally, IMO, unlike what's normally out there to view.

I'll stop now--seriously, I could go on forever praising how much a step above the rest these characters and their story is to me . But that would be hijacking your thread--which I definitely don't want to do.

Great idea for a challenge, Virginia--and always, great story. And again--thanks for the kind words .

Oh--almost forgot:

Virginia posted:

And us readers are so lucky we have the talented writers here--keeping the story of the show alive . It's SO appreciated .

Susan posted:

My plan is working! . Love your work, Susan . And thanks so much for your kind words, also .


Will be looking forward to Part 3 posting next weekend
Laura

I hope it'll be an enjoyable story.

I've always had my stories, both long and short, completed before I started posting, which is why I have a 153,000+ and counting word story which I haven't even begun posting yet. I never imagined it would turn out so long before I started writing it and I'm still no where close to the end.

Thanks. I managed to meet my insane goal and finish the story and posted the final part this evening. Now I just hope that people liked it.

I have dealt with a far more insane goal before. One that occasion I had less than 2 hours to come up with an idea, get it written, edited, polished and posted, ready for people to read.

ULTRA WOMAN: *munching* Oh really? *munching* You think it’s a good idea to tickle a miserable superhero? *munching*
ER:

Also, Ultra Woman in a Superman shirt!

They transplanted his brain into her?


NELL: Lucille, I suggest a new strategy. Let the superhero win.

Yes. He was a nerd in college. So…well…



Maybe she should break up with him for his own protection?

STUFFY OLD MAN on news desk: And While it is nice that a woman is trying to help out, I sure would like to know where Superman has been this past week. Those poor souls in Brazil would still be alive.

NERD SQUAD:



Well…he might get a stiff neck.

Oh? Uh-oh?

Ah. She apparently wears the smarts pants in the family.

So, it affects women differently? At least once a month?







Michael

Darth Michael: Thanks for your patience as I respond to my full inbox.

What? She might be dumping him for his own good, but that doesn't mean she won't still love him!

Apparently Clark's joke fell flat with more than just Lois.


BATMAN: Always a good strategy, and yet so few of the villains out there use it.

But he was also a football player, so...

Apparently it wasn't clear that's exactly what she did after she banged her fist on the Newtrich sister's table causing a splinter to lodge in Clark's forehead. Hence, why she went home and was crying into her chocolate chunk ice cream.

SUPERMAN: /rolls eyes/ I never can win, can I?

I guess they'll have to stick it out with WW's fan club instead.

From kissing Lois so much?
CLARK: /shrugs bashfully/ Well, if that's all I suffer...

CLARK: And this was ever in doubt? Wait. What?

Do you think mankind really wants to know the answer to that question?

CLARK: Sounds unreasonable and stupid.
LOIS: And familiar?



They should add it to the handbook?

Either way, he likes women dressed up in spandex?



SUPER VILLIAN HANDBOOK: No.

While she’s floating and he has to tilt his head back.
LOIS: Wait, *only* your neck?
CAT: See? Ice Queen.

But crime rates might show a noticeable drop every 4 weeks.

Michael