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I love it!

Jonathan actually reminds me in some ways of my son. Many people on the autism spectrum, my son included, share some traits with people with OCD, namely an extreme attention to details and a need for everything to be "just so."

I would definitely love to see more of this universe. Perhaps a prequel which covers Jonathan's initial diagnosis and his parents coming to terms with it. Perhaps a story showing how his nascent powers affected him. (Although there are plenty of "L&C's kid comes of age as his/her powers emerge" stories, this one would really stand out, since the others don't deal with OCD.) And, of course, there's always the "first public appearance as a superhero" story to be written.

To paraphrase Oliver, "Please, ma'am, may I have some more?"

Joy,
Lynn

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it so much. I'm definitely not severe in my symptoms, but certain things get to me more than others. The counting thing (where he knows the exact number of shells and such) is kind of taken from my brother. When he was like eight years old he was confused as to why we didn't realize there were a total of 80 some-odd buttons on the top of the curtains in our whole house. He thought everybody counted things. He also does the tapping thing sometimes, when he's upset or anxious about something. :p I'm more obsessed with organizing and perfecting things. Nobody in our house is allowed to touch the movie drawers, for example, because I reorganize it whenever it hits me. Also, I struggle with being able to actually do things-- if I don't think I can do it right, then I won't do it at all; if I'm two minutes late to class, I might as well not go at all, and then it spirals into depression, etc...

Anyway. I hadn't even considered a prequel one, that might be good. I did have the first use of powers in the costume one planned, but unfortunately I'm not sure when I'll get to those. Time is unfortunately short right now...

Glad you liked!

I like this one. I'm curious to see if and how Johnathan manages to become a superhero despite this obstacle. Got any more?

This was a fun story, although I have to admit I was confused at the beginning why he was calling Lois Mrs. Kent, until I realized it was her son.

Okay. Lois and Clark married, but she doesn't know he's Superman? Loving and supportive. Wells was right. She is a great mom!

LOIS: <<picks up cell phone, dials>> Clark, be a dear and burgle Mom and Dad's place really quickly for me. They still don't know about you. I'm going to send Jonathan over there for a test run. He looks just like you did at that age, and Mom's sight is failing and Dad's hearing is going. They're the perfect test run for him. And if he screws up, we can finally tell them the truth. Thanks, I knew you'd love it. Call me when you get this message. <<hangs up>>

Does Clark hate Superman's name so much, that he doesn't recommend his children get named by the press (whom his parents are a part of)? Oooooh. Got it.

There we go. An invulnerable man with a germ-phobia. Mouse, my cheeks are hurting from laughing so hard. That's just cruel. Poor Jonathan. He has a while to go before he's ready for the suit.

Fun little story. I'm glad you can see the humor in your life enough to share it with us. I did get a bit confused at first and threw me through a loop there. I guess I missed some of the verbal clues about Lois being "his mother" and Jonathan being a "young man" earlier (I discovered them on second read). Oooops. I'm going back under my rock now.

Well, I'm (undiagnosed) OCD too. I used to count things like lines in the wall or street signs, but when I'd read something with multiple lines, I had a tendency to make them add up to multiples of four. Still do, actually, just not as compulsively.

My favorite line:

My first thought was that he'd get out of the suit as fast as he could not because of germs but because his parents - EW!!! Gechhh!! I can't even type that.

Let me encourage young Jonathan. If he can function on an adult level now, even with his tics and mannerisms and compulsions, he will grow out of some of that.

And yay for Lois! She affirmed him very powerfully without setting the bar too high. She's placing her faith in him and his ability to succeed without making that a condition of her love. Even if he can't get past it, his parents will still accept him for who he is: a young man with almost limitless potential who's probably smarter than the two of them put together.

My only concern for Jonathan is when he runs up against a no-win situation. As hard as his father took it when he couldn't save everyone, Jonathan will take it harder by orders of magnitude. And I hope one of his early missions doesn't involve cleaning up the aftermath of a tornado. That's nothing but chaos and broken structures and shattered lives. He won't be able to fix that as easily as he did the living room.

Great story, Mouse. You've humanized Clark and Lois and their son without robbing them of their heroic roles, including Lois (a hero for selling out to help her son). I'll read more of these as soon as I find them on the boards.

Love this! Good story.

Let's hope Jonathan gets over his OCD enough to *be* Superman.

Hi Mouse!

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Lois is heat? Or a stuck picklejar. Baby-Kent soiled his diapers?

Wait, he’s married, with children, and hasn’t yet told her? And she’s not figured it out. Officially, at least? Oh boy.

So, Clark’s the one with the OCD? Well, duh, given that Lois is the one with the ADD.

Michael

/laughing really hard at the thought of a superhero with OCD/

But you made it so plausible!

Not yet. I've got some ideas of course, but nothing to actually post... and thanks!

/instantly suspicious/

I thought he would be. The people who love you the most are most often also the ones who tease you the most.

Oh yeah. The suit is coming, but definitely gotta work out some kinks, too...

Haha, no problem! Glad you enjoyed (and I know you're not the only one who got confused, so don't worry!).

Yeah, the numbers thing is really weird (not for you, I'm not calling you a weirdo, just remarking on people's number issues in general...) :p . For example, I have a love of odd numbers, while my brother loves even ones. We do this thing with the time where we'll add up the numbers and do things to make it work like a math equation (drives my mom nuts because she hates math...)

Yeah, that's definitely apart of it. I didn't know how to say it either, so I just let it be chalked up to germs...

True... (hear that universe? There's hope for me yet! :p ) Kidding. I know, because I've made some progress, as has my brother... The fun part is having those mannerisms be set off.

You phrased this so well! And thank you

Too true.

Thank you! Glad you thought so highly of it!

Whoops I'll fix that. I tend to get carried away with myself at times...

No, unfortunately.

True dat.

If it weren't for the powers Clark would be asking for a paternity test...

You're welcome.

Thanks for popping by Michael!

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Well, Lois did have his powers once. Maybe they stuck to her genes, too, somehow and manifested themselves in her son?

Michael