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The Family Hour InterludeI think that the scene after this (where Clark returns to the Planet and tells Lois that, according to Dr. Klein, they are unable to have children together) is pretty much the saddest scene in the entire series, and I cry every time, every time I watch it. So, I wrote this a while ago, to give just a little bit of behind-the-scenes hope, but never got around to posting it. Let me know what you think.
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Thank you for this. Love it
It's never too dark to be cool. 
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Thank you for this. Love it Ahh, I'm glad you loved it!!  Thank you for reading! -Bek 
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Really loved this! I want more  Dr. Klein really is an awesome character. Thanks for writing this
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Really loved this! I want more Dr. Klein really is an awesome character. Thanks for writing this Yay!! Glad you loved it!  Dr. Klein is indeed an interesting character, and I've never tried to write from his POV before, so this was a challenge! Plus, maybe even more of a challenge since he needs to be quite serious -- somehow -- to deliver this news to Superman. Thanks for reading!! -Bek
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Hi Bek! Scientifically, his tests were reliable, comprehensive, and conclusive. Superman reported that he attempted conception on the full moon, half moon, quarter moon, new moon, and even during a blood moon. He tried it after dancing the Ngongu tribe fertility dance. Every conceivable measure had been taken, but to no avail. The man who had hinted at having a very special woman in his life and who had seemed delighted at the possibility of starting a family. Which means they now have to do it the normal way – cloning. Maybe they can even track down the scientist who created the Lex-Superman chimera. He stared at the page for several moments, squinting and turning it upside down. His eyes widened as several patterns appeared to emerge. Patterns he hadn’t noticed before. Patterns that might make the impossible…a tiny bit less so, given a little…luck? If the chromosomes with the greatest homology would line up, just so… And if the extra Kryptonian genes… The genes are backwards? Maybe he hadn’t done every possible test after all. Awwww…he figured out that the child must appear before the conception for human-kryptonian reproduction to be successful  I do wonder now if that is just a happy tag-on to give us hope, or if it shows how Bernie is toiling away at his own version of Sysiphus' labor. Thanks for the little interlude, and now back to our regularly scheduled Bek story.  Michael
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SuperBek What a thoughtful way to fix an episode that always made me sad. After so many adventures, misunderstandings and joy Lois and Clark endured, not being able to conceive a child had to have been the most heartbreaking, still there is light at the end of the tunnel. His grin grew slowly as his mind whirred with possibilities—thinking, calculating, connecting dots. He hurried out to the breakroom, poured himself a large cup of coffee—extra milk and sugar—and raced back to his laboratory.
Maybe he hadn’t done every possible test after all. Bernie to the rescue!
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A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.
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Hi Bek! Scientifically, his tests were reliable, comprehensive, and conclusive. Superman reported that he attempted conception on the full moon, half moon, quarter moon, new moon, and even during a blood moon. He tried it after dancing the Ngongu tribe fertility dance. Every conceivable measure had been taken, but to no avail.  The man who had hinted at having a very special woman in his life and who had seemed delighted at the possibility of starting a family. Which means they now have to do it the normal way – cloning. Maybe they can even track down the scientist who created the Lex-Superman chimera. You said the bad "c" word! No! No clones!!  Maybe he hadn’t done every possible test after all. Awwww…he figured out that the child must appear before the conception for human-kryptonian reproduction to be successful I do wonder now if that is just a happy tag-on to give us hope, or if it shows how Bernie is toiling away at his own version of Sysiphus' labor. Thanks for the little interlude, and now back to our regularly scheduled Bek story. Michael I'd like to think that it's a happy tag-on to give us all hope  Thanks for reading! (And good luck catching up with Destined... Chapter 3 of Friends will be posted...tomorrow. You're a few chapters behind still)  -Bek
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SuperBek What a thoughtful way to fix an episode that always made me sad. After so many adventures, misunderstandings and joy Lois and Clark endured, not being able to conceive a child had to have been the most heartbreaking, still there is light at the end of the tunnel. His grin grew slowly as his mind whirred with possibilities—thinking, calculating, connecting dots. He hurried out to the breakroom, poured himself a large cup of coffee—extra milk and sugar—and raced back to his laboratory.
Maybe he hadn’t done every possible test after all. Bernie to the rescue! Definitely, I thought the scene with Clark telling Lois what Bernie had said was the saddest scene in the whole series.  And it's always been my headcanon that Bernie's assessment was wrong and that Lois and Clark were indeed biologically compatible and could have children. So...I thought I'd write this little interlude to fix that right up there.  Thank you for reading, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!! -Bek
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Hi Bek! You said the bad "c" word! No! No clones!! This reminds me of Harley Quinn (the HBO animated one)Yes, so we are not supposed to call Lois the c-word, I gather. LOIS: Ya think? Michael
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