Thanks everyone
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Karen - Glad you liked it and that it was awww inducing
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Lieta - yeah I thought that was funny too
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Mel - Wow. Thank you. The supers are in UP but they're not a focus. The focus is L/C and their relationship. More below.
Michael - thank you for the fireworks. I'm sure Ann's okay with those
. Actually... the move isn't currently addressed in UP. In large part because it was a fairly late development [originally, we went from Navance is dead to the cabin and skipped all the in between. I think it's a lot better this way though] so that's on the 'notes to contemplate when editing UP' list. There's a whole year's worth of Kerth worthy stories coming, but thank you. I do hope at least a few FoLCs at least think of it come Kerth time next year [of course, it'll probably be October before it makes it to the archive - or longer
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JD - Thank you. Screaming? No. Kryptonians cowering in terror? Sometimes. Hopefully UP didn't leave them that way though. There's no misunderstanding break ups or anything like that...
Grinch - even without UP, this is the beginning for them. They have a lot to work through still and they know it. And Clark knows he has a lot of making up to do [hence the snippet from Ch. 1]. We see some of it, but not all. It's not all happy rose petals from here on out, though now, what they go through they go through together.
Queenie - see other thread for Italian notes
. UP will be MUCH shorter - still thinking in the 35 chapter range, though the chapter I was adding I think is turning into two. We'll have to see on that... And that was kind of the idea of posting the previews!
Sara - Yes, the wedding is part of UP. I think part of what you're talking about is an unconscious thing. I don't think L/C in the series really loved each other from the beginning either - though that's where the saying comes from. Clark was intrigued and infatuated and probably loved her before long, but it took Lois a lot longer [and she denied it to herself for a long time too]. But by the time he leaves for NK, it's hard to remember a time when they didn't love each other. I know there was a time when I didn't love my husband, but I don't really remember it that way. I just remember loving him - does that make sense? So it may not be *technically* accurate, but I think it's really what they feel. That conversation about 'what if I'm not ready' was one of the more recent additions. They are married and their vows are real even if they haven't said them again - not specifically. They're certainly implied in 'I want to spend my life with you, raise my kids with you' etc. And again, just because Lois forgave him doesn't mean Clark doesn't have making up to do.
As for UP posting... I'm thinking a chapter a day starting in a week, week and a half, something like that. DH is home this week and writing time will be very limited and I do need to do edits/tweaks and, at the very least, get the additional chapters written [the one I'm working on is the new ch. 10...] before going back to work on the end.
Thanks again!
/waves/
Carol
