Now that I've posted 29, I can reply here with more freedom!
Vicki Posting early - I was asked at the Kerth Ceremony if I would consider posting earlier than the Monday I had mentioned. Glad you liked it
I loved the conversation with Scardino. Loved the sense of urgency.
I appreciate that comment. After I'd posted it, I re-read the part, and thought it was a bit rough. By that time it was getting late, and I was too tired to attempt to fix it. I'm so glad that what seemed to my tired brain to be a lack of polish came across as a sense of urgency!
I loved that image. Him afraid she'd see through the "veneer of his counterfeit humanness and glimpse the animal that lurked underneath".
I don't think it's easy for anyone to feel they have to pretend to be someone other than who they are. I think for Clark in any situation, it's an on-going theme. He feels the need to fit in - therefore he has to pretend he's human/normal, even though he knows he's not.
And in this fic, that's accentuated because he's been told so often that not human/not normal is so bad.
MozartMaid The asteroid very quickly turned being super-powered into an asset!
Amy Good pick up ... and exactly right. I wanted Clark to become Superman because of the 180 degree turn-around from despised prisoner to world-saving hero. I also wanted him to wear the blue suit and red cape. But with no Martha, I needed another seamstress. I also needed the readers to see Shadbolt as more than a grumpy old guard.
This way took care of both situations - and Clark even fixed the sewing machine that made his suit!!
Vicki PMed me about a week ago, speculating that Layla would make the Suit.
to both of you.
DW This Clark has been through so much, but he is still *Clark".
I think one of the major themes in this fic is that 'love conquers all', but your comment is certainly another important theme. Clark is so strong (not just physically) that they couldn't change who he is - he's damaged, but he's still Clark.
Kathy I found your comments about Clark's recovery to be really interesting, because I hadn't meant to portray him as being that much recovered. I was thinking that it showed he had regained the ability to *act* OK - and his initial concern about Lois wiped everything else from his mind.
Your point is valid because he *did* offer to continue the therapy. However, I meant to leave it open as whether (as Lois had predicted) they would just keep getting back to the same point and stalling.
Trail has been 'two steps forward, one step back'. This was definitely a step forward. But doesn't that mean a step back is coming?
Bellarase I absolutely love the direction this has taken and I cannot wait until the next part.
For me, one of the scary things about posting a story in parts is that you all get the chance to speculate/ponder on how the story will pan out. I love that you do that, but it doesn't guarantee that anyone is going to like the direction I choose. The asteroid development could be seen as unbelievably expedient - I've been
with the reaction to it. Thanks!
Patrick Space exporation is not an area I know much about, so I stuck fast to Lois's POV.
Clark has already seen the globe - that's how he knows he's from Krypton. However, it was just a small part during some of LnC's initial conversations in the cell.
Elizabeth I'm so glad the solutions are believable.
Laura Wow!
That is an incredibly descriptive piece of writing. I notice you haven't posted any stories in a long time (I think I've seen stories of yours way back when.) Perhaps your muse is stirring!!
Anyway, I'm
that you took the time to compose such a lovely piece in response to my fic. (And I'm glad you kept reading without waiting for 29 - it wasn't as bad as you'd feared, was it?
)
Many thanks for such indepth and encouraging FDK.
Corrina.
