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Awww, this was so sweet. Cute, happy, and sweet. I kept thinking, "who is this couple?" at the beginning of the story. How cute! 
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Definitely cute! And a lot of fun. I loved it. LabRat 
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Adorable, Mary. And how could I not love it, me the comic book fan whose Superman comic book habits hark back to the sixties? How well I remember this: It was a typical old story, with Lois trying to marry Superman and Jimmy turning into something bizarre and random. And how I could sympathize with the anonymous wife, when she wondered about what happened to Lois Lane and Superman (yes, Superman, not Clark Kent): "What do you think happened? Do you think Lois Lane and Superman ever got married?" The husband's answer was totally adorable: "She probably grew on him, wearing down his defenses little by little, until he finally realized the truth, that he had been in love all along. They went out, and fell even more deeply in love, but had a rocky time because of his career. So they broke up, then got back together, and broke up again, and got back together again, and proposed and were turned down a few times, until they finally realized that they only had eyes for each other. So they got married, and despite all the odds, had a beautiful family." He met her smile with a broad grin. "And to this day, when he's busy working, she probably still comes over, and leans on the erupting volcano, and talks about utter nonsense." How perfect, Mary! Yes, in the comic books, in the original Superman myth, it was Lois who had to wear down Superman's defences, I swear it was! And it was most definitely his career - though actually even more his infuriating secret identity - that made things so impossible for them for such an unbearably long time. Like DJ, I loved wondering about the "first couple" in your story. Who are they? Even though Clark is most certainly no musician, I still couldn't help toying with the idea that they might be Lois and Clark after all- but of course they were not. After all, Clark would never show his love for Lois by writing her a song called "Lucy Has My Heart". So you showed us a couple living in, presumably, "our" world, the "real" world, who speculate about what happened to fictional characters Superman and Lois Lane. After this, you "switched realities", showing us a very happy Lois and Clark, speculating about what happened to the Peanuts when they grew up. This made me wonder what really happened to the Peanuts, if Lucy and Schroder got married - - - wait!!!! Lucy and Schroder? Lucy and Schroder??? So, who plays the piano all the time, and who would compose a song for his wife, called "Lucy Has My Heart"? Yeah. Right!!!! I loved it, Mary!!!!  Ann
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Hey, Mary, good to see you back with a story This is very lovely! Since I don't know much about the Peanuts, I appreciate how you slipped who the first couple were in the story. Good job! Keep it up! AnnaBtG.
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This made me smile. Thank you, Mary.
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Lovely. Now someone needs to write one where Clark comes across a rather unlikely Sopwith Camel and its pilot...
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I love it! Just love it! Very appealing, completely original, extremely sweet, and charmingly funny - and of course Lucy would end up with Schroeder - he was the quiet but very competent one (of course, Snoopy did the flying, but that's beside the point) and Lucy was his Lois Lane. ~Toc
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Awww! That was fun. Totally cute.
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Aw I love Peanuts! That was adorable. Laura
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Oh, so sweet! I loved this. It was so rewarding to go back and read the first section after all became clear in the second. I particularly giggled at this: And to this day, when he's busy working, she probably still comes over, and leans on the erupting volcano, and talks about utter nonsense. "Leans on the erupting volcano" is just priceless! Thanks for a delightful read Caroline
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I loved this little story, it was very creative and fun. I would have never thought of writing something like that...but it opened my mind to new possibilities. Great job. FinLi
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Aw, thanks, everybody! I really wasn't sure how well this would go over, so thank you! 
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Don't forget to pass it along to the Archive, Mary!  LabRat
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