I haven't been around as long or thought as hard about these issues as many of you, but I still find this a very interesting conversation. I did have one thought on the topic:
To quote CC:
Still not sure that Lois would call for Superman for a purely personal reason - what if he were in mid-crisis rescue mode or something? But I do agree that her request was spontaneously made - she didn't know *what* to do.
I agree - Lois didn't know what to do. Added to her life-long trust issues, her life was in turmoil because she'd lost the support she felt from working at the Planet, her interactions with her surrogate father, Perry, and her 'little brother', Jimmy. Now her best friend, whom she's clinging to - asking him to come with her to LNN - declares his love for her. In effect, Clark removed his unconditional support by making their relationship too risky. Lois is already feeling like her life is on shaky ground and her best, 'safe' friend cuts her adrift. What's a girl to do but turn to her *other* good, 'safe' friend, Superman?
I know there's more to it than that, but Lois may have asked to talk to Superman because (in her mind) she no longer had anyone else safe to talk to, someone that could give her a firm foundation in her life that had seen so much upheaval?
I'm sure there are stories out there that explore it, but Superman could have given her an answer that would give her a place of safety without agreeing to a romantic relationship. It asks a lot of Clark, who was hurting, but could he have done it and would it have made a difference?
BJ
