With apologies yet again for straying into territory not directly pertaining to this story...
Bottom line: Terry gets accolades for posting a story where Lois remains hopelessly corrupted. Dandello gets accolades for posting a story where Clark is redeemed.
Ann, in my opinion, your "bottom line" is based on a misconception. Terry did not receive accolades
because Lois remained corrupted. Dandello's accolades were not
because Clark is redeemed - if you read the first part of the story, you'll know that it was not clearly stated
who the evil Superman was. I was one who never even thought of the clone, but automatically assumed that something unimaginable had happened to change *our* Clark. Although I am definitely enjoying the continuation of Dandello's story, I thought that first part was incredibly powerful, trying to fathom what had turned Clark to the dark side and how horrible it was that Lois was having to destroy the man she loved. Just as I thought Terry's story was very powerful in describing the fall-out from the agreement to freeze Lois and how it changed everyone's lives irrevocably.
I appreciated reading the journey that these characters travelled. I do appreciate that not everyone feels the same way, since everyone has different feelings and responses to what they read. So how can you so easily state *the* bottom line?
Kathy
