Bek, thank you! I so appreciate the kind words and encouragement. Part 2 will probably go up early next week, and the last part at the end of the week/weekend. It's complete (I think), and edited. I'm just going to give it one last review.
Andreia, thank you so much for that feedback! It's sort of a trick to make it feel like things are still moving forward when our two main characters aren't together, you know? And Lois is doing a lot of silent watching - not her strong suit. Hopefully, it's all working together.
I'm totally obsessed with the TOGOM stories. It was (delightfully) resolved very quickly in the episode, but my brain keeps working on what happens to our soulmates when they're separated by time, distance (whether geographical or emotional) and pain?
AnnieM, thank you so much for the warm welcome! I watched this show as it aired, and then found it streaming last year and dove into the Archive. So much of it still feels culturally relevant!
So YES - totally agree that this is the only thing to truly change Lois, though my brain never articulated it as clearly as you have here. And I'm completely with you on the sticky happily ever after -- which definitely makes me nervous about my own ending!! To be honest, this started out as an exercise in grief - what happens when an 'always-moving-forward' character gets struck an absolutely impossible blow? I didn't write this as a 'how-to-solve-it' story, though I feel like saying more gives the game away. (But maybe I should update that summary to say this once it's fully posted). So the ending seems impossible to me, too. But maybe nothing is impossible for two people in love? At least in this universe.
