Iolan - It's enough to know that you read it and liked it.
it answers a question I never knew I had, which was why did Clark finally get off his duff and ask Lois out? Because he hadn't done for two years up to this point, so why change now?
I didn't fully realize I had that question either until recently. :p
Lucille - Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. To be fair, Clark
did ask her out in the Pilot ("Do you want to grab some dinner or something?") and she sort of accepts, then turns him down,
then lectures him not to fall for her. A year later he tells her he's in love with her and gets the "I only like you as a friend" speech. So I can see why he's a little leery about going for a third rejection.
Laura - LOL! You paint a very domestic scene -- Friday night, kids asleep, husband napping on the couch while you fold laundry... It's exactly the sort of thing Lois thinks she doesn't want (but secretly does).
I've been trying to figure out why, from watching the show, I always got the impression that there wasn't anyone that came, even remotely close, to Lois--in terms of Clark's love. Because really, I never saw Clark leaning any other way, but towards her--but I never thought about the 'why' beyond the fact that he fell in love with her.
<sigh> It's true! And it's what surprises me most about the Mayson hate. That poor girl never, ever had a chance. Clark was intrigued by her (and the fact that she liked him just for him), but he was never smitten. Lois, on the hand, actively dated Scardino.
I think the reality of what 'clicked' for him--what made him WANT to fight to have a normal life--was meeting Lois. I think he instantly was attracted to her when she steam-rolled into Perry's office (maybe a 'love at first sight'?), but I think it was him identifying with her that forged his deep, early connection to her. He had been alone, and outsider, up to this point, and I think he saw himself in Lois--which would have been a connection he had never experienced.
Yes! You're totally preaching to the choir here, because I know I've explored variations on that theme in at least a couple of stories (most recently in 'Second Honeymoon', over on the nfic side of the boards). Earlier in that story Clark tells her: "There's noise around me all day, Lois. For the most part I simply tune it out. I go home to Kansas a lot because I love my parents, but also because there's a peace on the farm that I've only ever found in one other place. Whenever you're near me, it's like the rest of the world goes quiet and I don't have to concentrate so hard to ignore it. It happened the moment you stepped into Perry's office when he was interviewing me. It's why I never gave up pursuing you, even when you were mean to me. You're like this island of quiet in a world of chaos to me. You're… home to me."
Several parts later, he follows up on that statement with: "… I wanted to believe that there was someone out there I could tell about this field and the truth about me. I traveled the whole world, looking for the one person I could trust. So don't ever think there could be somebody else. It's you, Lois. I knew it the moment we met in Perry's office."
Lois came across as different. Everyone sort of kept their distance from her, somewhat intimidated, or not knowing how to connect with her. She pushed people away--something Clark had been doing out of necessity. She put up a front--hiding her true self from everyone--and because of this, she was alone...exactly like Clark. She had issues, as an adult, that were from her childhood experiences, and as Clark learned about her early life, he could understand some of her insecurities b/c he felt some of that himself (due to questions about his past, and also, his current life).
I think Clark saw right through Lois' 'game' when he met her b/c he was playing the same 'game' himself.
Yes! I'm pretty sure I've followed that thread of logic before, but I can't remember which story.
Clark stood out immediately to her--and looks GREAT in a towel, but that's a whole other topic
Let's go there next!
I really don't think anyone, besides Lois, ever stood a chance when it came to Clark's love. There were so many levels where they 'fit' each other, there really wasn't another option for him.
Very true! And, I think, the same goes for Lois, she was just slower to acknowledge it. One of my favorite things about Lois is that, for all her bravado, she's got this soft candy center and she wants (but hates to admit, even to herself) someone to love who will love and adore her in return. It was a great reveal in the Pilot, after we've watched her be tough and professional on the job, to see her go home and weep over a soap opera. At other points in the series we see her reading romance novels (and she's even writing one).
One of the most endearing things about Clark is that he never gives up on her. He's willing to be whatever she needs -- a partner, a friend, a shoulder to cry on -- so long as it keeps him in her life. He's a very patient man, in more ways than one.
Tangent--now stepped on, beaten down, and torn apart. I don't know why it's so much fun to dissect Lois and Clark's relationship (but it is! ). I guess it's maybe because there seems to be so many interesting aspects of these two characters, and how they react to/off each other. I just find them to be so easy to relate to (but I guess that's a whole other conversation ).
If nothing else, this tangent has demonstrated that there's at least one other FoLC out there who shares my view on the characters.
Like Clark, it turns out I'm not alone, either. It's a wonderful feeling.
Now, about that towel…
