Gr8shadesofElvis, that's very nice of you to stop in and comment! I'm glad you enjoyed this one!
Michael,Yes. You see, women can be criminals, too, now. It’s already the 1990s.
Ope, I guess my subconscious accidentally made him a touch misogynist. Aw, Henderson deserves better. I'll have to make it up to him somewhere.
/Psst/ I believe you mean ‘racking up’?
Oh, yes, I do! ...would you be opposed to my borrowing this comment from you? Would you mind seeing it pop up elsewhere?
D'aww, thanks. This scene was soooo fun to write. I got to drive them all a little crazy.
frying pan and fire situation?
Almost equivalent to a Clark Kent and Superman situation.
Also, did you miss the ‘a’ before ‘deadline’ or is this intentional?
Yes, yes. Thank you for catching this one! I fixed it in my original.
YES. This one word just covers so many sins between them, doesn't it? Delicious.
YAY! I was SO psyched to sneak her in. She'd have to be an alt-version anyway here, so I got to have a little fun. Thank you for catching Mercy!!!
Re: Woolf: Was that build worth it? Clark needed a solid reality slap here, but I had trouble balancing this section and was still in my head about it when I hit 'post.' I tried giving Woolf some physical/body posture clues and eye contact issues to support it. I thought Woolf's emotional trauma and Lois' emotional trauma could butt heads in order to create enough distance to pull this off (since they're essentially representing each others' nightmares here). Would a little more discomfort from him have guided us better?
Never noticed the lack of blood, did she?
She never noticed the face behind the glasses, either.
This discrepancy never bothers me that much, especially once she's out of the casino. The dress is red, blood is red... grief and shock do such funny things to our brains, don't they?
Swiss chocolate is the Lane panacea.
“You could have told me,” she said seriously.
Bahahahaha. My favorite version of Lois is when she lies really big and really out loud. Our girl is self-aware until that critical moment.
That was a beautiful story and a great ending.
As my first story in this universe, of course this one is close to my heart. xo
The actual resurrection has been done numerous times and it’s a detail, nothing more, for this story. And to me, the that final lines are so poignant. It just fits in this fandom.
Thank you for saying that. I do love writing all the bits where Lois dangerously pussyfoots around a dark building (with various degrees of success), but the story here - from behind the keyboard - was always the journey to the emotional resolution. Thanks for reading so closely from that perspective.
So great that you have delurked!
Thanks for being such a cheerleader for a newbie! The welcome here is so warm! I'll be around.
saraj, I really appreciate your kind words! Your wanting to read more is such a compliment - thank you! I didn't really expect anyone to ask for more of this one, but I'll do a bit more thinking about the Planet's upcoming page 8 stories.
I could picture the tortured look on Superman/Clark's face when Det. Woolf said the reason for transferring departments.
Oh, good! I was really invested in this moment! I'm glad it gripped your imagination!
Morgana, thank you! That's so, so kind of you to say! If I start on an epilogue, I'll never get back to beta'ing. And that's my next priority!
Very happy to be here!
Thank you to everyone for reading! <3
