Well, I'm glad Lois confronted Martha and Jonathan about Clark's secret identity. It was wrong of her to get angry at
them, of course, when she should really have been angry at
him. Not that she shouldn't blame herself for a few things too, of course. Lois acted like a complete idiot when she fell for Lex's "charm" - or money??? - and refused to listen to Clark's warnings about the billionaire. But it is true that Clark should accept some blame for that himself. He could easily have nipped the whole Lois/Lex "romance" in the bud if he had only spoken up to her
as Superman. If
Superman had warned her that Lex was up to no good, that he was dangerous and ruthless, then Lois would have listened. Apparently Clark felt that if she didn't listen to him as Clark, she didn't deserve to hear from him as Superman. Then at the last minute, Clark decided to go to Lex Manor (or whatever the place is called) and bodily confront Lex Luthor - only to run into Luthor's trap. Oh, Clark. This story is called House of Cards. Lois could most certainly have played her cards differently, but so could you.
It was chilling to see Lois in her own, half-empty apartment. And it was fun to see her in Clark's, now that she knew she was breaking into
Superman's place. I'm glad she didn't find his suits, because that means they aren't that easily found. But this was ominously prophetic:
If he knew everything he was going to have to answer for when he woke up, he might not ever wake up.
*shudders*
And Lois found Clark's boxers. Well, that answered the "boxers of briefs" question, at least. Hmmmm. Wonder why so many female writers seem so sure that Clark is a boxers guy. Is that because he needs to put some more distance between himself and the guy who runs around showing off his red briefs in public every day - make that
flies around showing off his red briefs in public every day? (But hey, he hardly takes off his underwear as he changes from Clark to Superman, so he would have to wear his boxers under his tights, wouldn't he? And wouldn't his boxers sort of wrinkle his tights? Me, I think Clark is a briefs guy, or he wouldn't wear that Superman suit in the first place!
)
Well, then Lois is looking at a happy picture of herself and Clark, and she is thinking this:
Would there be more times like that?
She knew she could forgive him for his deception... eventually. It was always hard for her to let go of things. It wasn't easy for her to trust people to begin with and she had really begun to open up to Clark. But now, after this... she wasn't sure how she felt. It felt on some level like a slap in the face. But she would try her best to work through her feelings and not lash out at him.
But that still left him. She could forgive him, but there were also things that she had done that would require forgiveness. Would he be able to forgive her?
And Clark is still asleep. He won't wake up. Maybe you should try the Sleeping Beauty treatment, Lois? Kiss him.
Ann
