Sara!! You've posted!!
I'm glad you didn't listen to me for two reasons...
1) People would kill me if *I* made you wait to post. By people, I mean Kate...
and
2) Deep down I've been dying to see this on the boards
So... WOOHOO!
You already know how much Sam and I loved this part, but because I promised you FDK when you started posting as part of the luckiest-reader-in-the-world-deal I'll highlight some of my favourite points...
It was a lost cause. She'd died in the Congo. Somehow, he knew it was true. Lois Lane was supposed to be cosmically bound with Clark Kent. In any universe. Right? If his Lois was still alive, he should *feel* it. He'd know. No, his Lois was dead and gone.
This line... this line simply crushed me when I read it. There's no other way to put it. I was crushed. Clark, alone, depressed, and no pretty companion... I wondered if you'd bring Lana back to fill the void, or maybe Mayson... but you dispelled those myths quickly. Still, poor Clark, so alone and empty
He couldn't kill himself, but he could go to sleep and pray futilely that he wouldn't wake up.
You really, really love to torture poor Clark, don't you? When I started reading WYWG I was ready to put Clark into witness protection, but slowly you've turned me into a convert. Your amazing writing, your amazing... ability to... be amazing. *This* line is one of the lines that sealed the deal for me. I *love* this line. Really. The despair comes across so clearly... really... it's just... amazing.
Superman was a chore, and Clark Kent was a joke.
Now I *know* I told you before, but I'll tell you again. That line just blew me away. It's one of the more powerful lines I've read all year. Poor Clark, he's got so many identities and none of them provide a sanctuary for him
He still owned the property, the farm, the house. Maybe it was selfish, but he didn't want anyone else to have it. It was all he had left of his parents.
Did I tell you that I loved that? How human that made Clark seem? How alone? No?
Well... I love that! It makes Clark seem so human and yet so apart from the world. So alone.
Now he knew the answer, but the knowledge was far from comforting.
This line, like this one before it:
He didn't have a future. He'd never have children. He'd never have a legacy.
Just hits you right there, ya know?
I can just feel his pain.
Poor Clark!
It's too bad the Witness Protection boat has sailed...
Ok, so - get writing! You've got 52 parts to go
Your luckiest fan,
David
