Well, if you didn't kill me after this chapter, I figure I might be able to start breathing a sigh of relief. Maybe.
VirginiaR, did you get an early copy of the next chapter? Spoilers in the feedback! Investigative James was fun to write, even though these flashbacks were HARD. Lois as literal poison to Clark...not that I was foreshadowing with the metaphorical poison or anything.
Sorry I can't up the posting schedule, Lynn! I'm doing a writing group that means I have to write upwards of a thousand words on my novel every week, and then I took on a project that rightfully needs about ten people but only has three of us. So...hmm...yeah, the last chapter is giving me loads of grief whenever I get a chance to open it and look at it. Still, I AM still working on it! After my characters have worked and bled so much, I do like there to be some sort of payoff!
Thanks, DC! I really liked the distinction of shadows under Clark's eyes versus IN them, too. Great minds...
I'm so sorry to have broken you, though! It's just that type of story (as you well know from your own!!).
Thank you, groobie! I really liked the parallels of Superman leaving Clark behind and James leaving Jimmy behind -- both transitions that were forced by circumstances, but one was (Relatively) beneficial, and the other anything but!
I've always liked Trask as a villain, scifiJoan, precisely because he is so insane -- an insane zealot, which are the worst kind!
That's for sure, Morgana! My nails are bitten down to the quick seeing as how soon I'll need this last chapter finished and into my beta readers!
Aww, thanks so much for the award, LMA. I accept it gratefully and humbly!
In all fairness, I didn't give James any bandages, but at least he's not the one being pumped up with liquid K. That's...at least a step in the right direction. So glad that Trask came across well -- insane villains are some of the most difficult people to write believable dialogue for! And I love the watch Jimmy had in GGGoH, but due credit, I do read the comics, where the watch is a major plot device in most Jimmy-centric stories, so it's not like I came up with it all on my own! I AM glad it didn't seem like a deus ex machina, though; there are breadcrumbs pointing to it throughout the story.
I'm so relieved that so many of you are continuing to enjoy this story! Thanks for all the encouragement!
