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So, I did mention that these get LONGER, right? Yeah, I tried to cut it down, but apparently, I had a lot to say about this premise -- which makes sense considering I've been wanting to write one since nearly the first time I realized fanfiction was a thing.  Anyway, I hope you enjoy! I really did try to stay a chapter ahead in writing, but I'd already made you wait two weeks for this one, so I still have a bit to go on chapter four. (Chances are, it's long, guys...)
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The chapter seems to be cut short, did it get cut off or is my browser just acting up?
"HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE." -Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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It's happened before on other stories. There's a character limit for a single post, which it appears this chapter exceeded. The message boards will truncate the post when that happens.
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"Honey, we didn't care if you were a Russian or a Martian... You were ours... and we weren't giving you to anybody." ~ Martha in Strange Visitor
"A love that risks nothing is worth nothing." ~ Jonathan in Big Girls Don't Fly
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The posting limit I've found is 20 pages. Sometimes it'll let you go over by a page or two but as a safeguard keep it under 20 for each chapter and you're good.
You can split it into a) or b) to help.
My suggestion Anti-K. I'll be back to FDK in a few weeks. Super swamped right now.
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Just FYI. Anti-K also posts her stories on FanFiction.net and that site does not have a page limit. If you want to read the ending the link is here . I am sure she will fix it here (probably split it up into 3a and 3b). From what she wrote here earlier, Chapter 4 will probably have the same issues. Just FYI Mike
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Remove all the misery you are able to remove.
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So sorry, everyone, about this! I've posted pretty long chapters before and never experienced any problems, so I guess it's cool to know that this must be my longest chapter ever...?
Anyway, thanks for everyone who posted here to let me know or PMed me about the problem -- hopefully, it wasn't too long a wait!
And thanks for the helpful link, Mike!
Anyway, now that the story's all posted, I hope you enjoy it without the transition between posts being too jarring!
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“No, not really.” She shrugs and presses the button for the elevator as she pulls her jacket back on. “It’s just strange. Takes a while to get used to. We seem to write a lot of stories about him.” Interesting how Lois catches on about their involvement with the Man of Steel so easily. The little grey cells will be back up to speed in no time at all. Don't worry Clark!
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A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.
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Another wonderful, but heartbreaking, story. Poor Clark, going out of his mind trying to help Lois, but his heart so fragile that it crumbles at the slightest (perceived) set back. And poor Lois, shouldering the heavy burdens to trying to regain her memories, coping with being an engaged woman, and thinking she's cheating on the sweetest man ever. I'm relieved they both found their way back to each other in the end. And thank goodness it happened without creepy doctors!
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"Being with you is stronger than me alone." ~ Clark Kent
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Thanks, Morgana! I've always wanted to see what would have happened if Lois's memories had been allowed to come back like Clark's in 'All Shook Up.' (Interesting that Superman is the first thing they BOTH remembered.) I didn't figure it would take Lois long to be back to normal without all those doctors scrambling her brains!
I'm with you, DC -- so much better without the 'help' of those crackpots! This was actually the easiest of the four to write, so I suppose I'd been storing up ideas for it in the back of my head for a while. So glad you enjoyed!
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Oh I just love this. I can just feel Clark’s heart breaking and Lois’ guilt. Beautifully described. So glad they got things out in the open and how perfect that their kiss is what brought all her memories back.
Superman: I hear you've been looking for me.
Lois: All my life.
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This was really beautiful. We really get to feel al the mashed-up, conflicting emotions that Clark goes through during Lois' amnesia. He's so thrilled that she's back and physically ok, but he's so heartbroken at the same time.
At least she summoned the gumption to tell him that she thought she had been cheating. There's no telling how far it might have gone without Clark telling her that he's Superman otherwise.
"It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then...he shoots fire from the skies, and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him." -Batman (in Superman/Batman #3 by Jeph Loeb)
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