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I actually don't think you did anything harmful to Mayson's reputation. It wasn't as if Mayson herself did anything in your story to earn the snarky barbs that Lois tossed her way. It was just a jealous woman defending her turf by bashing the competition. If anything, I felt bad for Mayson -- once again -- for the poor treatment she received from Clark, who claimed to like her. In 'The Eyes Have It' Mayson may have been pushy, but she didn't deserve being stood up by Clark, no matter the outcome we wanted for Lois and Clark, especially after all she did for Superman despite not liking him. /Hey, you asked for Mayson defenders to step up.../ From his behavior in his relationships with Mayson and Lana, Clark has shown himself to be a huge pushover when it comes to strong women and rather than tell them how he really feels, he avoids conflict and runs away. I wouldn't be surprised if Lana and Clark never formerly broke up when they went away to college, but he just stopped contacting her or responding to her, so that they just 'drifted apart'. It's a wimpy move on Clark's part and personally Mayson deserved better. Frankly, it's the one aspect of his personality I dislike. It's his flaw*. I don't understand how Clark can stand up to Lois (Sewage Rec. Fac) when he can't stand up to these other strong women in his life, especially when he loves Lois and doesn't love them.

Sadly, Clark doesn't come off nearly so well. Sure, we still love him, because he's Clark and, despite how he treats Mayson, we know it's only because he loves Lois so much. Second to Lois, I envy the way you show how much Clark loves everything about her and falls into this pit of despair of his own making. He deserves to be put through hell for deceiving Lois in this manner.

Concise, fluid, artfully written you drew me in AGAIN and caught me by surprise. This is why I keep coming back.

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* Every romantic male lead needs a flaw. I once wrote a male lead I loved so much, I never wanted to stop writing the story, so I gave him a major flaw (smoking) so I could end the story... er... novel... and move on with my life.