Lois & Clark Forums Forums Fan Fiction Lois & Clark Fanfic FDK: Space (Shuttle) Pilot

Hi Michael,
[Actually, I was referring to how Cat wanted to determine domestic vs import. This sort of activity should reduce stress level. Unless it’s done competitively. Of course, Clark would be competing with a Frenchmen in that discipline…]
Ah yeah...

[I’m not sure Perry would appreciate if his lightbulbs all blow up.]
Its not that long until the office will be taken apart when the Dragonetti crew comes along, so what are a few lightbulbs a little earlier?

[KAL-EL: See? I got a certificate of ownership.]
LOIS: Just wait until I somehow get your powers and we will have a...discussion about what you just implied.

[See persons buried in Metropolis landfill.]
Yup...

[Ah, yes. Me, I copy & paste the dialogue and then add about 10x the amount of text as exposition]
Uh-huh...and then that leads to the writers responding with more exposition taking the time from writing new fics instead so that you don't have to read and comment on them in the meantime...a truly wicked masterplan!

[LOIS (after getting dumped by Clark): Which would explain the brains…]
Its not *his* fault that the Kryptonian brain works...a little differently than that of humans. That can lead to miscommunication.

[Ooops? ]
You're forgiven. Also, seeing different interpretations of the text is always fun.

[They highlight stuff you should notice while scrolling the scroll?]
Going by the principle, the forbidden candy is the best one?

[Ooops? I did retreat from said spoiler once I realized you were discussing a story you are posting instead of the mating habits of the Kryptonian Bipedal Muttonheaded Dolt.]
Good attempt at saving. I usually try to make it clear what the direction of the spoiler could be about so everyone knows whether to click on them or not. I assume that doesn't always succeed though - and some are just to curious for their own good.

[Oh, and here I actually thought it was medication for getting sensory overload.]
Well it was. On Kal's part at least.
[But the wife-angle was much more fun so I went with that one.]
Wife-angle? Is that a...certain position?

[Zara’s gonna remark on her husband doing the hired help?]
don't hang up too much on Zara. She will, obviously, appear at some point but I'm not going to talk about in which capacity that might be.
What I meant to say is that...not every Kryptonian (which may or may not include Zara, before you ask again) will be...exactly happy about the way how CLark decides to do things on that planet. And now I better keep my mouth shut before I reveal too much.
[LOIS: I am *NOT* the hired help! ]
Nope, you are the one who orders the hired help (read: Jimmy) around! Gotcha.

[Yes, but this *is* Metropolis. They even have military personal hunting down illegal aliens on a regular basis.]
And that before said alien even revealed (or knew in the first place) to be an alien... I think I can say that I tried to fix this one a bit in my version. Coming sooooon.

[You know, Superman dressing in bright lime green and hot pink might be a … fun experience. ]
Maybe? I honestly can't judge, for obvious reasons.

[Party name for Extasy. I know, more of a stimulant, but it should at least make him care less about his troubles?]
If he want Perry to be exstatic, I'm sure he could reach that as well by granting the DP an exclusive Superman interview as well...

[Oops< I was referring to the little sugar balls sold for their weight in gold at Alternative Medicine stores.]
Yeah, I understood that. Just tried to do a stupid pun.couldn't resist.

[No no, 1993 it’s Clark. 1994, it’s Zara and Ching.]
Uh-uh, what have they done to be exiled? Ah, broke the acceptable marriage laws? Hmm... Also, what is Lois going to do when suddenly there's a female Kryptonian available for the attention of...someone...she...might have a slight interest in? Hmm...

[Well… the Kryptonian Invasion is kind of a staple when you do New Krytpon?]
OK thats a Fai...Wait a hot minute, who was talking about New Krypton? Be careful with your assumptions!

[Which reminds me… there’s nothing to see. Move along. No new story update is posted. Keep moving please. And we thank you for taking your pitchforks with you.]
What about we make a deal? *YOU* continue your own "related" WIP that has not been updated for...15 years...and THEN, *I* might consider updating mine? Glass house, is all I'll say.

[PERRY: You push my buttons, honey, and I push right back. Now, take your new partner and show him the archive.]
KAL-EL: Humans are weird. Why would they collect over 4000 fictional works centered around a reporter couple and their misadventures? I'm usnure about what conclusions I could draw from this apparent obsession.

[[According to television, you are not supposed to imply a woman is anything but a spry 22-year-old.]
KAL (confused): ...but Chief, you told me to never trust in anything television says, and that only the Printed Word contains the truth??

[Considering what Clark did and the fact that the human race has not yet died out, apparently there’s an average. And a way to go below said average.]
CLARK: I'm not around long enough to draw long-time conclusions. Just give me a few years and we'll reconsider this, okay?

[That’s not the expected outcome.]
Let me guess: you want me to cut the "out" out of this sentence?

[Okay, I’m sure you did not just make a birthing reference…]
Wha...no, that was not...why you...ARRGH!

[LOIS: And I do not?
CAT: Too easy.]
LOIS: Just because I totally make use of the fact that the person that I spent 90% of my articles writing about is into me and thus delivers me information, interviews and so on, more than to any other journalist, does *NOT* mean its easy!
CAT: Rrright!

[Chocolate bars?]
She might need to keep them somewhere else. Some...other...new reporter could eat them instead otherwise.

[]
Well, the opportunity was too good to let pass it on.

[They mastered cloning way before the show started?]
Reasonably enough of an explanation. Now the ultimate question is: How many Lois(s)es did they have to cover before C.K. joinded the DP? Given that Lois almost dies once a week, and assuming she works there for about 2-3 years, that would sum up to...

[KAL-EL: To be fair, I was raised in a medieval, misogynist society as a member of the ruling class. It gives you a … slightly different perspective of what a “reasonable man” is compared to other people.]
Fair. Though I must say, as you will eventually ifnd out, some tihngs are...different...from what LC gave us on Krypto-society. Mostly because a lot of it does not make too much sense but also because...some circumstances are different, and because I, the author, said so. More on that in future installments.

[HAN SOLO VOICE: It wasn’t *my* fault!]
That's what they all say...

[Kelex has a very Sunny disposition!]
A Sonny disposition, indeed.
[KELEX: Reference: Nor, Lord. The factual ruler of New Krypton, Nor was able to trick his political rival into voluntary exile on a primitive world while he himself was able to secure an alliance with Zara, the former wife from birth of Kal-EL.]
I'm not going to talk about which parts of this data entry are correct and which require some editing...

[]
I couldn't resist.

[If you keep burrowing, you will pop out on the other end?]
I'm the Blind Passenger, not the Blind Mole!

[I *was* referring to said lunkhead.]
Ahh...yeah, *that* works too.

[Oooh, this means he can Kiss her and make everything okay again?]
Urm...not so much. I never liked that particular trope. He'll have to be smart enough to clean up his chaos after him, whatever that includes.
LEX: No Super kisses for me? What a pity. Have to head back to Smallville section of fic...

[I might have a similar scene in an unpublished part of my New Krypton story…]
/innocently points at proposed deal above/

[I read it. I don’t remember it but I read all the Pam fic Erm… I did manage to forgot some details of some fic I read. There were…many.]
That...can happen. If you want to refresh these, go find "Tryst".

[Lex could go into mass production?]
Ah, so *THIS* is why I should keep Lex for at least an entire season worth of chapters. He's needed for delivering supplies!

[Actually, I was referring to the actual gorgon of Greek mythology. ]
I guessed that might be the case. But alas, that's where my mind went. Could be because I'm currently watching Agents of SHIELD could have played a role...

[He’s very mature for an overgrown princeling.]
He's...trying. And its not that he cares about this Lois Lane. No. Its just...keeping her on his side for...future plans. (no, not *this* kind of plans!)

[People often want what they can’t have or believe is not good for them.]
So *this* is why Lois agreed to marry Lex?

[See Lois Lane Handbook Rule number 1. And Rule number 7. And Rule number 43.]
Rule No. 1: Lois Lane is always right.
Rule No. 7: In the rare Lois that Lois Lane is not right, rule No. 1 is automatically enforced.
Rule No. 43: Lois Lane will break all her rules eventually. So, if Lois Lane is not in the right, than that's an exception from the rule, and therefore consenting with Rules #1 and #7.

[But much more funny!]
DR: KLEIN: ...you want me to invent live-printing paper? Interesting challenge!

[Oh, look. Story’s over in three parts.]
It could have been...if there were not a bunch of stupid people on two planets wanting their say...

[Nope.]
Nobody's perfect!


Yeah, SHOCKING, I know.

[Aaactualy, you can use it that way in English, too, mainly for space stuff. Which is where he’s taking them to.]
Oh OK, wasn't sure about that.

[Oh? Lex figured out he prefers elder British chaps?]
ALFRED: I'm sorry, I already have to take care of a grumpy billionaire being obsessed with flying somethings, I really don't have the capacity to deal with another one!

[Oh, they had records. They might classify them, though.]
I doubt that would hold for long. Also, Superman is going to make sure the people know of his existence the one way or another!

[He could switch to painted leather?]
ICE-AGE-KAL: /wink/

[/notices how evil writer said ‘toy *box*’ instead of ‘toys’.]
Oooh, good catch! That...may or may not have been intentional.

[Hey, I was just making fun of Kal-El being needed to carry the shuttle into orbit.]
You're good. Cause yeah, the "explanation" for that in-show was...kinda lame.

[That one’s easy! Olympe / Lara Joelle Kent used the name in her Just Like Lois series (fic one, believe) and I think she got it from an earlier fic. Hmm… A New Hero, Chapter 38 by Classicalla. Later on, it was also used by Virgina in Wrong Clark.]
Yeah, I've seen it used by others here and there, and well its fitting.
Oh right, both ANH and WC are excellent fics. Its a shame neither has been completed!

[]
PETER: With great powers comes...?
KAL-EL: ...great seduction skills?

[Yes, but if you control 90% of the masses, you don’t need to care about the 10%.]
NEVER underestimate the remaining 10%. They might just be your demise!

[It *is* a solution to the problem.]
Hey, I did not argue against that.
...You might like what I have planned there...

[Oh yes. I did notice.]
I expected nothing less from DM, also known as Detective Michael.
Also /points at treacherous Discord/

[I honestly didn’t expect it, or remember it going in. But since Clark was being so weird, there weren’t many options and the alien plant would have been the final piece of the puzzle.]
Well argumented. And yup, the Krypto-fruit was a dead giveaway for those who were aware (or willing to put up the effort go google such a minor detail)

[Oh yes. I love those. Did you ever check out the Who’s Talking ficlets on the Challenge Board?]
Never heard of these. Have to look them up at some point!

[I don’t know. I once did a beta job and pointed out that Lois must be pregnant when the story opened up with Lois prepping a meal for husband Clark and wanting to surprise him.]
And, were you correct?

[Hmm… I just re-read my FDK (the relevant part): The bit that stuck in my head (correct or wrong) was that there’s a recent story about Kal-El coming to Earth, probably already married to Zara.]
I think that was a "looking for a story" request, unrelated to whatever I was doing, or a mix up of both?
[So, the wife bit was actually the biggest hint here]
Which is all the more funny given there's been no actual "wife bit" (on Clarks side at least)
[And sensory overload a couple of lines later would have cinched it otherwise for me. ]
That's fair enough. Though it also could just have been Clark having more trouble with his powers and/or them kicking in super late (I don't think we ever had a fic with this premise yet...)

[True. Or a chimpanzee throwing his fecal matter against the wall.]
There's a difference??

[/points at giant black hole in middle of galaxy/]
Sounds plausible!

[It worked okay for me ]
Good to know!

[Oh dear, this got to be another 10 pages. Hey at least it’s shorter than the previous one]
Small achievements...

Nick