Darth Michael: I thought you might have fun with this plot arc.
Ooooooh! /starts bouncing before reading the first line.
EW: /points to note that ‘yes, I went there’ note/
Naughty writer!
LOIS: /mad that once again EW is making miscommunication key to the humor of a part/
EW: /bats eyelashes innocently/
Hee-hee.
/scratches head/ I only know about baseball/softball what you get from TV shows, but isn’t little league for kids?
It was only for fun. The adults (DP staff) vs. the kids (DP Little League team).
Well…obviously the base jumping Clark did earlier this morning under her tutelage.
LOIS: Base jumping? No, no. That’s not allowed. /points to chapter title again./
Is it possible that he’s actually this dense or is he hoping that Lois will just how much she misjudged the situation and just switch subjects without losing face. Could he really be this much of a diplomat?
CLARK: Um… I plead the 5th?
CANON CLARK: I was asked to negotiate a peace treaty between mortal enemies. And it only fell apart after they caught Superman doing the dirty with the wife of his best friend.
They must have been jealous that the negotiator was having fun while they were playing war.
He’s a dude. Jimmy’s a dude. What does he think she’s thinking?
That he’s a gentleman and doesn’t kiss and tell.
That might have been unwise.
LOIS: Might have?
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He’s a guy. She wasn’t naked?
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CLARK: /checks Herb’s manual/ Yep, that was nothing, because if it was something then one of us would have to die.
/surprised that Clark is once more lying to Lois/ He really *is* this dense. Oh boy. Lois is going to have to *work* in this marriage. Plus, thanks to her genes, at least the little ones won’t be just jumping around the room like a Roomba on 400V.
CLARK:
Lois doesn’t seem to be the stay-at-home type, Michael.
ER: /Confused at where Clark is going with this reassurance/ He’s not familiar with bases from back home, is he? What was it they where using?
Perhaps they either went with Soccer or (American) Football Terms. So, either there was just GOAL! Or 50 yards to conquer… um… run?... before the Touchdown!
CAT: Personally, I always use Tennis terms, myself.
“Because I’m not a clueless idiot,” he replied.
JURY: /undecided/
And here I thought people would be happy to see Clark defending himself. Silly me.
But it’s such an established tradition!
In THIS dimension.
Secondly, that’s not second base.”
Her brow furrowed. “It’s not?”
It’s not?
Again, in Clark’s defense, he kind of skipped some bases with Rachel and Lana. Didn’t I mention that?
RACHEL: /scoffing/ And he wonders why I never returned his calls?
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He *is* a stickler for details!
This is not always a BAD thing.
JURY of 12 LOISES: /still waiting for it to be a good thing/
CANON LOIS:
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ER: /tries with difficulty to read between the lines to hear what Clark says/
It’s interesting what comes up when you Google “bases”. Apparently, there are multiple definitions.
You really are enjoying the medium, aren’t you?
The whispered Nfic sections that the Reader can’t read?
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“Isn’t that third?” she replied.
ER: /shocked at how different alt-dimension is from canon or alt-canon dimension/
Hee-hee.
Either that or he’s trying to push the boundaries before the homerun so they can better progress, given how completive she is at sports.
Well, what he basically said is that 2nd base is different for men than it is for women, since touching a man’s bare chest isn’t that big a deal. Since Clark didn’t touch Lois’s bare chest, he didn’t get to 2nd base. And since Lois only touched his bare chest, neither did she.
LOIS: /cracks knuckles/ So, basically, what he’s saying is that I need to try harder.
CLARK:
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I didn’t say that.
They’ll never get preggers that way…OTOH, didn’t the kids from The Blue Lagoon manage a baby on their own, too?
Apparently, it’s instinctual. Also, it’s neither of theirs first time.
No wonder Lois doesn’t like baseball metaphors. It’s Claude, all over again.
LOIS: But Claude and I never did anything at work?
Right. Probably when he has to sacrifice a born-again virgin to keep Lois from losing her mind.
EW: Born-again virgin?
DAN:
No, but it’s what she did to Clark.
PRESIDENTIAL CLONE: Working on it!
MAYSON:
Are you saying I dumped Clark for Lex Luthor?
So he knows about honorable intentions.
Really? I would have thought that would be a fireable offense?
As in “get the charges dropped” not the other definition.
Yes. Thank you. Again, another change made after Beta.
My betas are wonderful to put up with me!
LEX: Why does he say it like it’s unreasonable?
MAYSON:
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And yet, he still liked Lois, despite her inconveniencing him by telling him he can’t do her before the wedding.
She’s a bit of a challenge. Most women he met, weren’t.
LEX: Why are you speaking in the past tense? Are more women challenging or you implying I won’t ever meet any women again? /shakes head/ Apparently, EW forgets I’m the second richest man in the world; therefore, I'll never be convicted.
It would? I mean, it’s not like she’d be taking her passport, leave or enter the country at customs, etc.
It’s more that Clark is more law-abiding. If it were illegal to remove Lois from the country, he wouldn’t do it, even if he could do so easily without being caught.
Awww…He’s named after his father!
Nope. Best friend and Cat’s father.
“I heard a couple of new mothers, once, complaining about people dropping by unannounced.
Channeling, aren’t we?
Nope. I rarely got visitors when I was a new mom. This is more from complaints read on parenting websites. /shrugs/ I personally would have loved the break to talk to adults and not cared what I and/or my house looked like.
*Numerous* times? Really? He thought emphasizing his previous conquests would be a wise thing to do?
LOIS: He said more than once that he wasn’t a virgin.
Too much of a survivalist?
Literalist.
To be fair, he was a hotshot college boy with an attorney as his father/uncle.
LOIS: And you expect me to accept that excuse?! Ha!
And yet he’s wondering why she’s not adamant about waiting for marriage.
Well, it is a catch 22, choosing between never wanting to get married and waiting until marriage for intimacy. She chose the path less traveled this time… less traveled by other Loises.
ALT-LOIS: Are you *sure* about that?
Love the emphasis. In German pronunciation, it’s even funnier because the ‘el’ is much more pronounced. Anyhow…
LOIS: “Rach-El? Her name was Rach-El? You lost your virginity to your *sister*?”
Ewww.
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No. Lois didn’t go there.
And it’s a good thing that Leia preferred scruffy-looking nerf-herders.
He’s really good at making women want to leave him, huh?
It’s an art.
A very small part?
CLARK: Not *that* small a part.
LOIS: /Agrees. Not small./
Um… “small” wasn’t mentioned, just “part”.
Well…unlike Claude, he never even acted like something that even happened, so, I’m guessing that must be way worse.
LOIS: Well, that was afterwards. During he was much better. Afterwards, he was more Angel than Claude.
Oh. *That’s* what she thought!
Yep. I went there.
It’s why the men of Kryptonian society invented the golden leash!
Interesting theory. Which came first? The concubine or the picky noblewomen?
Maybe he got married several hours before the asteroid was bound to strike the other side of Krypton and there wasn’t anything left to do before the impact?
LOIS: No, no. If that were the case, we would’ve had a different evening before Nightfall.
Maybe it was in childbirth?
Then what happened to the baby?
Maybe it’s Kryptonian custom for the wife not to survive the wedding night?
I know, it sounds grisly, but it would make perfect sense in the scenario. It’s just like with the praying mantis!
Doesn’t explain why Kryptonian women would ever get married at all.
Sure. Why not?!
Even in her dreams she’s still asserting her independence. But it *is* fun that she chose quite the public setting for their consummation. She’s a bit of an exhibitionist, that one, isn’t she?
Her subconscious is wondering why Clark didn’t describe what went on in more detail, therefore filling in the holes with something… else. And as she’s a replacement for Rach-El it’s more of an assertment of Rachel’s independence than Lois’s.
Hmm…hot and bothered. Or thinking she had a telepathic vision?
The first one. It’s hard to go back into the past and re-do something that’s already happened.
HERB: /holds up finger/ Actually… It's more "not recommended" than "difficult".
