First of all, I really don't think Clark is hanging on to Lana much anymore. Does he think about getting back together with her sometimes?
Of course.
But not that much.
"I really don't want to talk about this," she insisted stubbornly. "I'll take your word for it that you never bring up Lana or the divorce because you're the one with the eidetic memory. And I don't think there's any kind of deep seated reason why they get brought up. You may not have mentioned Lana in months, but when was the last time you thought about her? The last time you thought about what life will be like with her after this is over?"
"I don't know," I told her honestly.
"Then give me a ballpark. This week? Last week? Last month?"
I shrugged. "I don't know. It's been a while. I made myself stop thinking about her like that a long time ago."
That was met with a long silence. "What?" she finally asked.
"I realized that as long as I was obsessing, even in silence, about life with Lana or whatever, it was making our life here and now miserable. Or at least part of what was making our lives miserable. And I knew that I had to stop doing that, so I did. Or I tried to. Took me a while, but, for the most part, I've stopped thinking about that. Every once in a while something slips through, but..."
This is certainly an indication that he is moving on with his life.
Furthermore, as I have said before, Clark is thinking about Lana OR another woman at the end of the five years, not depending on he and Lana getting back together.
Second of all, I certainly agree that their are plenty of signs that he has feelings for Lois.
(1)Strong friendship
(2)He does "everything for her."
(3)His reaction to her when they had sex.
(4)He has to children with her - that's important to him because of the whole "not the only one on the planet" thing.
I see a lot of his resistance to be "double-edged guilt", as I have stated before, rather than him being selfish, or holding out for Lana.(See the 90/91 feedback thread and the 102/103 feedback thread for more details.)
Speaking of Lana, I'm really worried about her. (Probably one of the only ones but still...)
In the course of the story she has:
(1)Lost the boy she had every intention of marrying to a woman she doesn't like
(2)Lost her baby.
Carol, I can understand your desire for Clark to choose Lois because she's the right one, rather than because Lana is unavailable or turns out to be evil, have problem with aliens, etc.
In some ways, it does make a better story.
But, since Clark is thinking of "Lana or some other woman" as opposed to "Lana or Lois" right now, is it really necessary?
I just really feel for Lana right now, and I'm tired of her getting one bad deal after another in this story.
Lois certainly has a raw deal right now, being in love with her husband while he's not in love with her, worried about losing her kids, and her depression (which has do with all of the above).
But I am assuming, especially with the way this story is going right now, that Clark will choose Lois in the end. Don't get me wrong, I want him to.
Not that will be the end of her troubles, but it will be better than holding out for your boyfriend and watching him pick someone you never liked in the firstplace. Which, assuming Lana isn't a bad person, or married, etc. is what will happen to her.
I hope that doesn't sound too harsh. I know that you've said you don't like Lana. And most FoLCs don't, either. But can't something good happen to her in this story? Maybe she can get the job she wanted or something?
Personally, I'd love to see Lana's POV in this story. I don't suppose you'd write a "Lana's story?"
