Terry, I have to apologise for being somewhat lax in my feedback on this story. I have been reading since the beginning and have enjoyed it so far. Which is no surprise since I think you are a terrific writer and your stories are generally quite well done.
BUT! (you knew that there was a but coming didn't you?)
You seem to be having Lois heading into a possible romantic entanglement with Luthor. This is something I've never understood, and have always hated. Even given the fact that Lois has no reason to suspect Lex of being anything but what he appears to be, I could never see Lois Lane attracted to the type of person Luthor pretends to be either. She could respect his accomplishments, and admire his apparent benevolent activities. She could even consider him good-looking. But I just don't see Lois being attracted to the lifestyle that Luthor represents.
Lois Lane is an independant woman who, through hard work and dedication, seeks fulfillment and recognition for herself and her accomplishments. She is intelligent enough to know that she would always be seen as subserviant to Luthor. Little more than a possession. Even if she felt that Lex wouldn't treat her that way, there would be no way that the rest of the world would ever see her as herself ever again.
I never bought into it on the show either, and they tried to use Luthor's destruction of Lois' entire support structure to justify her actions.
Others may disagree but that is my take on the Lois/Lex romance thing. It's not that I couldn't see Lois falling for someone besides Clark, it's just that I could never buy into Lois and Lex.
That means that I'll be reading this story with a raised 'wince' factor until we can get past the unnatural relationship and allow Lois to get a true glimpse of who Luthor really is. Then itcould get fun again.
Hoping that it doesn't take too long.
Tank (who figures that Clark's dalliance won't last too long either since the young woman is destined to die a horrible and meaningless death by Luthor's machinations)
