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You can find the [i]Another Dimension, Another Time, Another Lois[/i] TOC here. FYI: Will try to get this Part posted in tonight. Thunderstorms have already blinked the power once. If it gets knocked out, I'll post tomorrow.  It's posted, now! My apologies to anyone who found the description of the dead body a little too much information. And you all thought Lex was a bad man.  Comments?
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I've been deliquent in posting comments lately but know that I've been following this story and have been enjoying it.
I'm not one who is ususally fond of strict episode rewrites, but the absent Clark twist makes it more interesting. It's fun to watch the clever ways you are able to hold to canon while 'filling in' for the absent Clark.
Now we are heading into one of my favorite parts of Lois' journey. The... (wait for it)... haircut!
Aside from liking the way Lois looked in the shorter style, I've always thought of it as the physical signal of the change in Lois and Clark's relationship. It represented the 'change' in Lois and the change in her attitude about love and acceptance of another.
Since the show never revealed Lois' thought process behind the decision, it should be easy to incorporate it into your partially altered storyline. It could be as simple as a miscue at the salon or as complicated as some convoluted series of events which lead to Lois' losing some hair.
I can see it being a move on Lois' part to further discourage Dan's affections. Hopeing (or based on some comment he'd made) he won't like her in short hair, she gets it cut. Obviously it's her hair and no man can tell her how she should wear it.
Looking forward to more.
Tank (who would think that Lois' decision would be supported by her 'Clark voice' since we all know that Clark likes Lois in short hair)
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Poor Jimmy. Lois isn't going to fall for him in this dimension either. I half thought a Superman from another dimension might show up when Lois called out his name.
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Virginia, You know by now that I am not one to pick nits, but, I think if you check you will fine that the song is "Cats in the Cradle" and it is NOT by Cat Stephens, it is by Harry Chapin. It happens to be one of my favorites. Such a sad tail. He died in an auto accident on the Long Island Expressway in 1981.  Cat Stephen's most fameous song is "Morning Has Broken" which he wrote after converting to Islam and was written as praise to Allah.
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Tank: Thank you for you the comments. I will take your advice about Lois' hair into consideration.
Joan: What? Jimmy can't get his shot now that Clark's out of the picture? Gee, that guy never gets a break. :p Hmmmm. Superman, huh?
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Originally posted by KenJ: You know by now that I am not one to pick nits, but, I think if you check you will fine that the song is "Cats in the Cradle" and it is NOT by Cat Stephens, it is by Harry Chapin. It happens to be one of my favorites. Such a sad tail. He died in an auto accident on the Long Island Expressway in 1981.
Cat Stephen's most fameous song is "Morning Has Broken" which he wrote after converting to Islam and was written as praise to Allah.  Thank you, and you are completely right and I have corrected this in my story. That YouTube Link confused me. At least, I am not alone in my belief of Cat Stephens having covered this song, per Wikipedia: Cat Stevens has been mislabeled as singing this song, but his website said this: "Recently there have been a number of Cat's In The Cradle MP3 files on file sharing services that claim to be either Cat Stevens, or Harry Chapin and Cat Stevens. They are not, it's just Harry. Or in some cases some other artist who recorded the song. Cat not only didn't write the song but never performed it. Not live, not in the studio, and not even privately." Grammatically "Cat's" with the apostrophe short for "Cat is in the Cradle" or "Cat's Cradle", possessive for the old game played with string. (Hey, at least I got that right, huh? ) Yes, I love that other  Cat Stephens song as well. Beautiful.
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Hey, Virginia, you've got another reader! This is a pretty cool story; I like the premise very much. It's interesting to see how everything is the same, but different, without Clark. I'm enjoying the conversations with Clark in Lois's head. Lots of fun to read! I like it.
PS - Not to highjack the thread, but in regards to "Morning Has Broken" - I was in shock when I read Ken's post. That song is in our church's hymnal. Could it be possible that we have been singing praises to Allah in our Sunday worship? No. According to the United Methodist Hymnal, the lyrics were written by Eleanor Farjeon in 1931 (and are based on Lam. 3:22-23) and the tune is a traditional Gaelic melody. (Not that I usually put much trust in what I read on Wikipedia, but if you look it up, Wikipedia says the same thing. The song was written by Eleanor Farjeon and erroneously attributed to Cat Stevens - who did, indeed, convert to Islam, so he probably did intend it as praise for Allah when he performed the song.)
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Originally posted by Vicki:
Hey, Virginia, you've got another reader! This is a pretty cool story; I like the premise very much. It's interesting to see how everything is the same, but different, without Clark. I'm enjoying the conversations with Clark in Lois's head. Lots of fun to read! I like it. Thanks, Vicki, welcome aboard. Clark's going to be a little less shy from now on.  Or not. PS - Not to highjack the thread, but in regards to "Morning Has Broken" - I was in shock when I read Ken's post. That song is in our church's hymnal. Could it be possible that we have been singing praises to Allah in our Sunday worship? No. According to the United Methodist Hymnal, the lyrics were written by Eleanor Farjeon in 1931 (and are based on Lam. 3:22-23) and the tune is a traditional Gaelic melody. (Not that I usually put much trust in what I read on Wikipedia, but if you look it up, Wikipedia says the same thing. The song was written by Eleanor Farjeon and erroneously attributed to Cat Stevens - who did, indeed, convert to Islam, so he probably did intend it as praise for Allah when he performed the song.) I guess praise for God works in any religion. Poor Cat (Stevens - oops, I had his name spelled wrong, too. Hmmm, I'm going to fire my fact checker... Hey, Virginia! You're fired! Oh, wait... :rolleyes: ), he's consistantly credited for stuff he either didn't sing or didn't write. Either way, I love both these songs.
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Well, we've gotten to the part where Lois is either completely loopy when she answers the voice in her head, or she is living two lives at the same time. She refuses to say goodbye to the part of Clark that resides inside her, but she also seems to reject the flesh and blood males who are making a bid for her company. Lois is in trouble all the time lately, and since there is no Superman to help her out, she is really nearer the edge of insanity than any other time in her life. If she survives the latest of the threats on her life, she is going to have to start facing the reality that she is not living her life, merely existing in it. Poor Lois! You need to put her out of her misery! We really want you to include Clark back in her life, but if she can't have him, maybe one of these threats will do the job. You have Lois over the edge of the point of no return!
Enjoying the story, Virginia. Keep up the good work, but be kinder to Lois, please.
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Ooooh!  More feedback!  Originally posted by angelsgmaw:
Well, we've gotten to the part where Lois is either completely loopy when she answers the voice in her head, or she is living two lives at the same time. Yep. She refuses to say goodbye to the part of Clark that resides inside her, but she also seems to reject the flesh and blood males who are making a bid for her company. Why would she? And why would she? Lois is in trouble all the time lately... Isn't she always? Enjoying the story, Virginia. Keep up the good work, but be kinder to Lois, please. Oh, dear, nobody told me it was Be Kind to Lois Month! Maybe I should wait until May to post the next part.  (Just joking.)
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Her partner heated up a cocoanut and banana soup for dinner. Umm…did you mean coconut or coco anut? I guess a chocolate banana split soup would be just to Lois’s liking. /goes back checking. Huh. I completely always read this as ‘coconut’ instead of ‘cocoanut’. Except for the coconut-based sun lotion of Jimmy. Oops “Do you want to hear something funny?” Jimmy asked after they had been quiet for some minutes. /expects Jimmy making fart joke/ He’s been in Vegas, blowing up some old casino. So, taking out a mob boss by blowing up his casino with him inside? Before I got your call, I had been thinking, more like daydreaming, that maybe he’d visit me this weekend.” This will be important later. And, umm…which ep was the one with Jimmy’s dad and the NIA? “What? A weekend with a beautiful woman on a tropical island or one spent at home waiting for my dad not to show…” Jimmy shrugged. “That’s a no-brainer, Lois.” He smiled at her. Oh dear. Oh dear. And he isn’t one for using the phone. Duh! Traceable. “My turn,” Lois said, slapping her knee. “I’m glad you’re here with me instead of Dan.” Oh? “It was getting too serious, too fast between us, and, well…” She looked away. “I don’t love him.” So, not having Dan here is an excuse for not sleeping with him? Not that I’m complaining. Lois sighed, putting a hand to her head. “I tried… but someone…” She winced at her gaff. “Something keeps getting in the way.” Denim? Telling her pseudo-therapist Sarah was one thing. Telling Jimmy was quite another. They’re both not bound to doctor-patient confidentiality? The note she had written to herself had said that Clark was real, but that he had died. His voice kept whispering to her, inside her head, where only she could hear him. Not only did Clark talk to her, but he answered when she responded. So, cuckoo? So, either she was tiptoeing down the road to Nutsville If the straightjacket fits? Lois didn’t believe she wasn’t crazy; /checks off list of things to look for with a crazy person/ so, Clark must somehow be reaching out to her from beyond the grave. Like in Ghosts? Or Ghost? “Gone?” Jimmy said weakly. “Oh, Luthor.”  “He’s a bespectacled farmboy from Smallville, Kansas.” Yep. Cuckoo. “I bet he wouldn’t have followed you home after being sprayed by Revenge,” Jimmy grumbled. Wouldn’t have had to. Lois would have been sprayed, too. Oh, wait, that wasn’t your point, was it? . Clark had too much respect for her to take advantage, even when Lois knew he had been dosed as well. Not too much respect to bruise her ego, because he had finally caved by the next morning. /remembers recent scene from middle-age-like show/ They took a bucket put a rat inside and strapped the bucket to the naked belly of the guy holding information. Well… the guy unlucky enough to be today’s candidate. And then they heated up the other side of the bucket.
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I mean, we both know what the Boss was capable of, but do you think Luthor liked…?” “What do you think, Nigel, should we use the 2x4 next?” “Possibly, sir.” “Awwww. Aren’t they adorable?” said a strange voice as two men appeared out of nowhere, pointing guns at them. Rescue!  Michael
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 And Michael! Is it Be Kind to Evil Writers Day and nobody told me? Umm…did you mean coconut or cocoanut? I guess a chocolate banana split soup would be just to Lois’s liking. /goes back checking. Huh. I completely always read this as ‘coconut’ instead of ‘cocoanut’. Except for the coconut-based sun lotion of Jimmy. Oops Um... According to Dictionary.com there are two different spellings for this one word. Sure, I - of course - used the less common one, but that has more to do with my creative spelling techinique than ignorance. Really! “Do you want to hear something funny?” Jimmy asked after they had been quiet for some minutes.
/expects Jimmy making fart joke/ Actually, Jimmy's joke ("Me, too, whatcha got?") had been buzzing around in my head driving me nuts until I FINALLY got around to writing this scene. See, THIS is why Dan couldn't come to the island. So, taking out a mob boss by blowing up his casino with him inside? If I tell you the details of NIA business, I'll have to kill you. And, umm…which ep was the one with Jimmy’s dad and the NIA? "The Dad who came in from the Cold" So, not having Dan here is an excuse for not sleeping with him? Not that I’m complaining. Hey, Dan not being there was DAN's choice. But he wouldn't have gotten to sleep with her either way. They’re both not bound to doctor-patient confidentiality? One is bound by psdeuo-doctor-patient confientiality, the other is bound by the DP-Lois-Lane-Partnership-Clause, whereby no secrets may be revealed (except to Perry) unless one is willing to die for such revelation. So, cuckoo?
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... /checks off list of things to look for with a crazy person/ Am I sensing a theme here? Like in Ghosts? Or Ghost? Not sure which "Ghosts" is referring to, so I'll go for singular Ghost for $100. Yep, theme. Wouldn’t have had to. Lois would have been sprayed, too. Oh, wait, that wasn’t your point, was it? Nope. Look who’s back up and running! He's shy. So, naked Clark and naked Superman, rolled up in a red blanket and tied with yellow bow for Lois to unwrap and…well…you know… Not on this side... Ralph’s sleeping with the fishes? Whispering Pines, I believe. He didn't really have a choice in the matter. “What do you think, Nigel, should we use the 2x4 next?” “Possibly, sir.” Good thing Ralph didn't actually suceed, huh. Define "rescue". Yes, he missed the Tiger clue and hoped for some campfire snuggling. Poor Jimmy. I don’t know. He doesn’t sound very sincere to me, does he? You're right. Clark is never sarcastic. So, first he apologizing for puppy love, then he tells her he dreams of her making a man out of him? Okay, I did move this forward a bit too. In canon, he does this at the top of the lightning rod in "Just Say Noah". Trying to scare him off, Michael! Oooooh! His Dad is coming to his rescue because the watch has some whacky emergency signal built in that gets activated when removed from Jimmy. See, his Dad will be important later on. Fine! Ruin it for everyone else. Maybe I'll move things around and just give Spencer a haircut fetish instead. Because it hurt less when she said it to Clark? Lois has lots of brotherly love? She always wanted a brother... a twin brother... like in John Irving's The Hotel New Hampshire... *that* kind of brother. Funny how she tries to gloss over him. Oh, dear, I was funny? I wasn't supposed to be. Bad writer, bad! Well, Mel Gibson is a good eight years older. Back then, that was quite older… Again, Lex was HOW much older than Lois to have two sons approx. her age? So, he wants her to commit suicide by crook? No, but if he keeps up this topic of conversation, she'll be really tempted. No, but to be Ultra Woman, she does. Yes, but they never got that far in their relationship, so they don't know about UW. /waits for Jimmy’s Dad to show up. Don't hold your breath. Give it time, Lois. I’m sure you’ll start hearing more voices as the show continues. /points to previous chapter. Also, what about Perry? Fine. I'll give you Perry. So, she’ll kill him on the day before his 30th birthday? Yes, if she doesn't kill him before then. Umm…Lois? Isn’t that illegal? She's planning on figuring out how to save him, THEN she'll marry him. Not marry the dead baby! (Where's Nigel's 2x4? I'm sure he left it around here somewhere?) Ummm…See, there was that other guy, Tempus…and well…back in the day…umm… Oh, sorry, she doesn't remember about Tempus or the day in the Smallville woods. He actually *died* to get away. And he ACTUALLY thought that would work! Ha! Men! Why? Sounds like sound advice for the next time a girl tells him ‘you’d have to kidnap me first’. ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/midi/konfus/a050.gif) /tries to fight end of part/ Sorry, Michael, but my contract with the boards says that my posting parts must be shorter than other people's entire stories. You know, to be fair to everyone. BTW, I think DC might be posting another part tonight, unless Tuesday night doesn't count as Wednesday on her calendar.
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“Let us go!” Jimmy yelled, pulling on his chains. “Or I’ll cancel my subscription to Love Fortress International!” /falls over laughing/ By the way, since Clark is missing, what's the body count now? Darth Michael, weren't you keeping track? Anyway, with Ralph, the BC is +1.
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Originally posted by IolantheAlias: “Let us go!” Jimmy yelled, pulling on his chains. “Or I’ll cancel my subscription to Love Fortress International!” Hit those billionaires in their wallets! By the way, since Clark is missing, what's the body count now? Darth Michael, weren't you keeping track?
Anyway, with Ralph, the BC is +1. Oh, yes, I meant to remind Michael of this, let's see... Clark, Lex, Johnny Taylor (Metros), Calvin Michael?
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Is it Be Kind to Evil Writers Day and nobody told me? Huh. /goes and marks day in calender/ According to Dictionary.com there are two different spellings for this one word. Michael
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So, good thing he bolted, then? Well, by this point in my story is becoming clear that either Dan would have to bolt or my readers, and I personally prefer my readers. Ghosts - Episode on S4. Ghost - Movie with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze. Duh! That 'Ghosts'. Hmmm. Well, let's see, Lois doesn't end up making out with any females psychics. Does that clarify matters any? Or is that counted as a spoiler when I tell you what she doesn't do? She also doesn't make out with Perry. Or Deter... did I say Deter? No, he's not in this story... Don't even think that... moving on... So Lex didn't ask him whether he preferred to try the glowing poker or the 2x4 first? No, Lex asked Nigel and then used both. Rescue: Action which removes city-folk from nasty outdoors and exposure to elements and gnats. So, does it count if they are "rescued" from the elements by bad guys, but then they still need to be "rescued" (different definition) from the bad guys? That vacation sure went South fast.  Oopsie! BC: 7 (Virginia forgot Tempus) But does he really count, because a) Tempus did this to himself, and b) is it really killing him by failing to get him conceived? <<bats eyelashes innocently>> Ooooh. Off to prep Part 13...
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Well, by this point in my story is becoming clear that either Dan would have to bolt or my readers, and I personally prefer my readers. Translation: Better a lonely Lois than a lonely author. Well, that's fine by me. Just don't let Lois near your monitor while FDK is open. Well, let's see, Lois doesn't end up making out with any females psychics. Michael
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Just don't let Lois near your monitor while FDK is open. Why? Do you think she'd retaliate by writing an Nfic between her and Dan? and posting it under my siggy? ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/konfus/n065.gif) /starts counting.../ this is a trilogy. *Three* stories. That's what I'm told. /psst. This is probably the "short" one. / Yeah, the 2x4 might cause trouble otherwise... He started with the red hot poker and then spanked with the 2x4. They really are a matched set.  Okay back to ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/teufel/n050.gif) Book Two. (currently working on Part 14)
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Why? Do you think she'd retaliate by writing an Nfic between her and Dan? and posting it under my siggy? Now wouldn't that be darn cute? This is probably the "short" one. Michael
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