I'm pretty much with Tank and Kathy, here-- not only is this a HUGE helping of angst, but it seems kind of extreme for both of them. Going only
part of the way, only to realize (with horror) what they are doing, and stopping, would be easier for me to believe. Unless somehow, someway, subconsiously, buried way too deep for her to tumble to it at all, Lois
does know he's Clark. Since this sort of thing-- losing your soulmate, who is really both A and B but has been killed as A and you don't recognize him as B ( phew!
) is unlikely to happen in real life, I just can't get a handle on this at all. I can't put myself in either Lois or Clark's place so I just don't know how the situation would play out. Maybe the scenario here is exactly what
would happen.
I'm not saying I didn't like it, because this is very gripping and emotional, and riveting too. But
how on earth can this be fixed??
On the other hand-- I can see that Clark is just totally not functioning at all normally-- his "death" has hit him EXTREMELY hard because he's being forced to give up everything he holds dear in his present life: his home, job, friends, and most importantly, Lois. He can't see ANY way to resolve this, can he? Hence his utter conviction that he can't tell Lois the truth. And maybe his inability to stop what happened?
And Lois? Like Bethy, I think her emotionlessness is scary. She's not functioning normally, either. She's burdened with a double load of guilt, now-- her belief that she led them into danger in the first place, and now her guilt for "betraying" Clark. I just don't see her "snapping back" from this, into even a tiny bit of the Lois she's been since she met Clark. She'll be driven to hunt down the gangsters and whoever is responsible for bringing them back, but after she's done that, avenged his death, then what?? Perry aside, she has no support left. What incentive is there, at all, to keep functioning?
You two must have this story plotted out fairly concretely, so you
must have a way to resolve this. To keep Lois sane, keep her from killing Clark for real once she finds out, and find a way for them to work this out so that there is no lingering hurt or resentment.
The logical question, then, is when are
WE going to find out how they resolve this? Really soon, right??
~Toc
