I thought it was very good post Alcyone. And you are right simply saying that Clark or Lois wouldn’t do this, or that, aren’t really constructive and I’m quite guilty of it. I try to intersperse my feedback with a IMO here and there and I hope I don’t limit the range an authors of expression. Still, I’ve gotten the impression that most authors wants to hear what did clash with your preconceptions and why.
It’s just that sometimes authors come so close to my fantasy of the perfect Lois and Clark fic and then they do something that really jars with how I picture them. But then again that happens all the time in the show too. (
I've given this a lot of thought and I realize that instead of dancing around my feelings for you, I have to deal with them head on and verbalize my emotions... I can’t believe someone got paid to write this.
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You just end up with Clark is good and loves Lois, Lois is good and loves Clark. *shrugs*
Casual sex generally have greater angst potential yes. And as we were saying in the other forum it’s exactly because Lois makes Clark compromises his ideals that Faustian becomes such a strong premise. And much of his aggressive frustration also makes sense. Getting so close but still no cookie. It small wonder he tries to take his pound of flesh out of her or is it into her?
Strong people like Lois and Clark don’t lose control. Loss of control indicates that nothing else exists but the desire of moment. It means fuzzy thinking, not knowing what you are doing, and I just don’t buy that for either of them.
Well I do, all people have limit. Very rarely does my emotions run away with me but when it did it simply felt like a careening train. I could probably have snapped myself out of it but I had no desire to do so. One of the things that make me like LCTNAOS, but not the other Superman incarnations, is that Clark is pictured as someone with a serious depth of feelings. He is not a robot doing good because it’s the good thing to do. He is simply a nice guy that has the power to alleviate the suffering of mankind, something that he, with his enhanced senses never can pretend to not know about. His godlike powers makes him take everything in the world personal and controlling his emotions is not something that is automatic, so I can totally buy him being swept away by love. It’s not about how strong your character is it’s about how deeply you are touched.
On the other hand, surrendering to a desire simply means deciding that the reasons why you weren’t doing something are no longer important enough to continue not doing it.
Not IME and opinion, giving in too your feelings have little to do with reason. If you still can can do check and balances you haven’t gotten bitten bad enough.
And that is as sexy as hell, not to mention a great basis for a strong marriage.
You think so? I’m rather doubtful. IME those who save themselves for marriage are setting themselves up for some serious hit and miss action.
It is their soulmate status, their connection across the light years, that makes them so utterly, perfectly romantic and erotic to me. To me, a wedding ceremony is something rather superficial and unimportant in comparison to the cosmic bond between them.
I thought that was very beautifully said, Ann like the rest of your post. I don't really have the cosmic angle. But I also find Clark's dogged desire to marry her romantic.
A man who want to get hitched at the earliest opportunity isn't kidding around. Then again chances are that he is some weirdo.
