Since I've just been reading Carol's Learning To Love, where Lois clams up totally about her fears and suspicions, I can't help noticing what a total contrast that is to Lois in this fic. I was amazed at how incredibly frank and open this Lois was when she talked to Clark's mom about how she felt about Clark. Personally, I would have been so embarrassed to talk about that to Clark's mom that I would almost rather have died than said what Lois said in this part.
But I'm not saying that it is wrong to portray Lois that way. Not at all. Although I am anything but an expert on the show, I think there were aspects of the show where Lois was shown to be ready to be quite open about her own problems and worries. So I'm not saying that it is at all wrong to make Lois so ready to spill her heart to Martha, but I will say that it is fascinating to compare this Lois with Carol's Lois. How different these two women are! And yet, both of them are convincingly Lois-like.
I enjoyed that Japanese part of the story. Indeed, expectations and traditions are so different in different parts of the world. I don't think that Japan is as traditional as it used to be, and I doubt that all or most Japanese policemen are like Hideki Shimusen. It was, however, very interesting and enjoyable to see Clark and Lois meet a Japanese traditionalist.
This part was very well written, as usual, and the story remains enjoyable.
Ann
