I thought you might have fun with this plot arc.
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EW: /points to note that ‘yes, I went there’ note/
LOIS: I sorely hope he’ll keeping trying to go there till I’ve won…
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It was only for fun. The adults (DP staff) vs. the kids (DP Little League team).
Oh. Duh!
RALPH: What do you mean that I shouldn’t have shot that one kid with the ball into the head? He was aiming for my *base*!
LOIS: Base jumping? No, no. That’s not allowed. /points to chapter title again./
ER: Is it possible that he’s actually this dense[…]
CLARK: Um… I plead the 5th?
You know, objects of great density do pull in even light waves, so maybe the whole heatwave thing really did might have had to do with Superman…
They must have been jealous that the negotiator was having fun while they were playing war.
SUPERMAN:
That he’s a gentleman and doesn’t kiss and tell.
Poor guy doesn’t have met Lois before, did he?
ER: That might have been unwise.
LOIS: Might have? <wants to show Clark her new batting equipment she bought at Smallville’s Softball Stuff>
CLARK: /checks Herb’s manual/ Yep, that was nothing, because if it was something then one of us would have to die.
LOIS: *That* can be arranged…
ER: Plus, thanks to her genes, at least the little ones won’t be just jumping around the room like a Roomba on 400V.
CLARK: confused Lois doesn’t seem to be the stay-at-home type, Michael.
That should have read ‘bouncing around the room’. I was referring to Clark’s offspring likely behaving like flies. You know, zipping around the room and not finding the window or door to get out. That is, unless Lois supplies the intelligence.
So, either there was just GOAL! Or 50 yards to conquer… um… run?... before the Touchdown!
CAT: Personally, I always use Tennis terms, myself.
Enjoys playing doubles and one usually plays matches that take more than one game and there’s servicing involved?
And here I thought people would be happy to see Clark defending himself. Silly me.
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ER: But it’s such an established tradition!
EW: In THIS dimension.
But isn’t this *this* dimension, except in an alternate timeline? And they have a Metropolis and a Gotham City and a Batman and space stations that are big and criminal politicians and stuff like that.
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? /really would have preferred it if Lana had taken the time to educate poor Clarkie-boy before dumping him on prom-night/
ER: He *is* a stickler for details!
EW: This is not always a BAD thing.
JURY of 12 LOISES: /still waiting for it to be a good thing/
CANON LOIS: /those 12 Loises apparently haven’t enjoyed their Clark yet in a more floational manner/
It’s interesting what comes up when you Google “bases”. Apparently, there are multiple definitions.
PRESIDENT: I did not run home with this woman!
ER: You really are enjoying the medium, aren’t you?
EW: The whispered Nfic sections that the Reader can’t read? /Yes. Yes I do, very much so./
/points at label/
LOIS: /cracks knuckles/ So, basically, what he’s saying is that I need to try harder.
CLARK: /is very worried about making it hard for Lois/ I didn’t say that.
Apparently, it’s instinctual. Also, it’s neither of theirs first time.
True. But then again, their previous encounters weren’t very successful and lead to break up, heart break and total memory loss.
LOIS: But Claude and I never did anything at work?
/points to previous remark about total memory loss.
ER: Right. Probably when he has to sacrifice a born-again virgin to keep Lois from losing her mind.
EW: Born-again virgin?
Yeah, those who pledge some vow of chastity and get themselves accepted as virgins again after turning their lives around. According to TV, it was all the rage during the turn of the century.
No, but it’s what she did to Clark.
PRESIDENTIAL CLONE: Working on it!
EW: /enjoys the repartee/
MAYSON: /is feeling very entitled/ Are you saying I dumped Clark for Lex Luthor?
No, I was thinking about how Lois dumping Clark for a recently pardoned Lex on her wedding day.
So he knows about honorable intentions.
Since he’s painfully avoiding sexual interactions with Lois, huh?
LEX: Why does he say it like it’s unreasonable?
MAYSON: /can’t believe she didn’t offer jumping into bed with Bill Church for him using his influence to have those parking tickets vanished/
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.
BENDER: …32 billion and 999 millions. 33 billion dollars moved to the Cayman Bank of Zurich.
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.
LOIS: /dialing/ Daniel? Yes, about that date you offered…
I personally would have loved the break to talk to adults and not cared what I and/or my house looked like.
ER: *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.
Yes, but that didn’t imply he was having sex with women. It’s more of an abstract concept.
LOIS: No, it’s not.
CLARK: So, when you are telling me that you’re not a virgin either, that means you and Claude…
LOIS:
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ER: 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!
LINDA:
EW: She chose the path less traveled this time… less traveled by other Loises.
ALT-LOIS: Are you *sure* about that?
Which reminds me, she and Superman where last seen playing catch around the tip of the Eiffel Tower, weren’t they?
And it’s a good thing that Leia preferred scruffy-looking nerf-herders.
Could have been awkward, huh? Can you imagine if there actually had been a tie-in novel that went there before Empire was released? Splinter of the Mind’s Eye did go a long way, though. Not that the book was anything too great. Something one learns only after reading it…
He’s really good at making women want to leave him, huh?
It’s an art.
CLARK: Some men are pick-up artists. I’m following a different school.
A very small part?
CLARK: Not *that* small a part.
LOIS: /Agrees. Not small./
EW: Um… “small” wasn’t mentioned, just “part”.
There! Don’t you see? Those small specks between the lines?
Afterwards, he was more Angel than Claude.
Turned into a soulless creature that would love nothing more than drain the blood from your relatives while you watch?
Interesting theory. Which came first? The concubine or the picky noblewomen?
Depends on who you ask?
LOIS: No, no. If that were the case, we would’ve had a different evening before Nightfall.
Unless Clark blamed himself for not being fast enough to stop the asteroid and wanting to avoid said happening on Earth?
Then what happened to the baby?
/points at Family Hour/
Doesn’t explain why Kryptonian women would ever get married at all.
It would, if the male carries the child to term?
And as she’s a replacement for Rach-El it’s more of an assertment of Rachel’s independence than Lois’s.
Sure
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".
LOIS: /points at broken timeline with a dead Tempus/
HERB:
I *could* fix that but it would have unfortunate side effects?
Michael
