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They've met! They're going on a date. Each of them has their own weird self-talk going on in their heads!

Feedback appreciated!

Chris, I'm relly sorry that next week looks like murder for me, and even tonight I don't have much time at all. So I just hope I'll have time to even *read* the next chapters of your and other people's stories that are currently being posted. As for me formulating any sort of intelligent feedback whatsoever.... Nope, not much chance of that.

Anyway, this story continues to be hugely interesting. I'm sorry I'm going to be summarizing much ot it, not quote it. I love it that Superman has come looking for Lois in that Doctors Without Border's camp in Brazzaville. I love it that the people there already knows that Superman is there looking for a woman he is interested in in a romantic way. I love how overweight Lois is totally flustered when she realizes that she is that woman:

I love his answer, and I love his mental quip about Lois's babble gene.

Lois thinks that Clark has gotten himself a picture of her perfect sister Lucy and darkened her hair, and Clark allows her to believe that, since he doesn't know if she is ready to believe in parallel universes and other Loises and Clarks yet.

I like Clark's honesty with Lois. Yes, she is fat... but she isn't *that* fat.

And I love this. I love the fact that he kisses her, and I love the fact that it is a chaste kiss on the forehead. Anything else would have been too much at this point. Besides, even though Clark's *soul* is strongly attracted to this Lois, we have yet to see that his body is.

Also, I love Clark's wonderful compliment to Lois.

And this is wonderful. If a guy as good-looking as Superman can truly care for a fat woman, then he must be extraordinarily good. Isn't it true that every really handsome famous man seems to have a girlfriend or a wife who is an absolute knockout? Admit it. If a famous handsome man had a fat girlfriend - heck, if a famous *ugly* man had a fat girlfriend - most people would ask themselves what was wrong with the guy. He is famous, he is probably rich, so why can't he get himself a decent-looking girlfriend?

I love Lois's quip about Kryptonian women probably being XL-sized. You made me feel that her quip was really only half in jest.

Anyway, Clark is smiling and seems happy to be with her. I don't feel that this is an act at all. He *is* happy to be with her. His soul *is* very much attracted to her. And his body is certainly not turned off by her. Can his body be really, truly attracted to her, however? Can he be turned on by her? That's the million dollar question.

And Clark is offering to take Lois home to the United States, but first he wants to take her to Paris and buy new clothes for her, and take her to a café.

I loved this little exchange:
Yes!! He tells her he'd like to work with her as a reporter! And when they wrote an article together her name would be on top! And she jokes back and agrees that her name must be on top! And she will come with him to Paris!

But Lois still can't believe that *Superman* cares that much for her. She believes that Perry must have convinced him to go searching for her.

And then Lois says this, which is so awfully true and which cuts right to the heart of the matter of weight problems:
This is so, so true.
I was really skeptical of the idea of using hypnosis to make Lois remember how she had been abducted. This seems like a far better way to use hypnosis.

But Clark has doubts himself about his relationship with Lois:
I love it that Clark questions his own feelings for this Lois. As I've already said, you have convinced me that his soul responds strongly to her, so I'm sure that in the end, Clark will prefer a fat Lois to any perfect-looking woman who is not, however, the other half of his soul. Yes, I do think that Clark will know that Lois's extra pounds do not change the fact that she is his soulmate, and that he really can't be with anyone but her. Still, he still has a few doubts, and it is right that he should have them.

Great story, Chris!

Ann

I was really

So far so good. Laura

So far so good. Laura

Hi,

Great part. Bridget not commenting about the way she look in her new cloths, that said a lot of Lois appearance.


Make the hypnosis priority.




More ASAP, please.

MAF

Nice chapter!

It's not like he is omniscient. She *could* lie, but what would be the point?

LOL

Love that he is willing to undertake the task.

Oh, poor Lois. But I can see exactly where she is coming from. A man that she has a)never met, b) is gorgeous, and c) is practically a god on earth, is taking an interest in her. I would be wondering why too!

This is so absolutely true.

Clark's thoughts in the last two paragraphs worry me. He has never had to talk himself into liking Lois before. He just did, plain and simple. It sounds like he is trying to convince himself of something.

Ohh, the hated line of overweight women the world over. I always hear an unspoken addition, "Why can't you get the rest of yourself in shape?", whether the speaker is thinking it or not!

Hi,

I got the feelling Clark will blew it on the night out in Paris. :rolleyes:

And Lois is going to get hurt.


MAF

If nothing else, the feedback from my fic is a forum for women who can appreciate Lois' plight. The nice thing about being the writer here is that I can "make" it a better world at least in print ....

Aw Maria: I hope he's not going to hurt Lois!

I usually take the role for the Lurker in most stories, but in this chapter I couldn't refrain myself.

It's a really nice story, and an interesting little deviation from the plot.

But my mind couldn't stop about wondering about a low self steem Lois going starry eyed upon first sight, without asking for the guys motives. If she believes herself as fat and undesirable, a guy comes down and ask her in a date, saying you are beatiful in the interior. And he only talked to her 10 minutes or so.

But at least there are precedents of her being ruled by reputation and looks; Luthor and superman both...

Hi, thanks for coming out of the "lurking" closet, Blackmamuth!

I agree that Lois would question Clark's motives, and I thought I had covered that in this section:
But if you think more should be added there please let me know. My thinking is that Lois knows that Clark works at the Daily Planet and she figures that Perry put him up to it....since they have a common employer, and well..he IS Superman...she's letting her guard down abit. Her self-esteem issues will continue to rear their ugly head as we go along, however....most definitely!

thanks for the feedback!

Okay, while I still think this is a cool story, I gotta say it's kinda bugging me that others judged Clark like that. Him judging himself is interesting, but I feel like the fact that Lana was practically family for him had a lot to do with his attraction to her. And if Lois can trace a lot of her feelings on weight back to her upbringing, I think it's safe to say Clark should be able to as well. If he does have a beauty hang up I think a lot of that would have to do with the fact that he grew up with the picture perfect Langs. Not only are they 1) beauty consious but 2) they're also image consious, and Clark would've been desperate to be perfect in that way since his special circumstances aren't ideal in so many ways. And while I'm not saying guys and girls are judged on the same scale by any stretch of the imagination, Jonathan's not your typical calendar pinup, but his family loved his stability, wisdown, loyalty and love. I think the fact that Alt-Clark didn't grow up with that for so very long should be noted.

It is interesting to see the flip though. Our Clark looked past Cat in bikinis throwing herself at him to mean Lois in boxy suits and fell in love, while all she could see was the god in tights. I would think Alt-Clark is similar in that he 1) knows all about appearances being deceiving 2) is more concerened with lonliness than loveliness and 3) has been burnt by a good-looking significant other himself.

Hey, Kryptic! thanks for the feedback. I just came back from a 3 week road trip and I've been procrastinating finishing this fic. Now that I'm getting caught up on my sleep I'll be motivated to start writing again.

I believe that Clark is the type that would analyze himself and his feelings.... since everyone looks up to him, he wants to be a good role model...and loving someone solely for their looks is not being a good role model.

When I was on vacation, I watched a lot of "talk-show" TV. There was someone on TV that talked about "not being attracted to women who were overweight because it showed to him that they didn't respect themselves, and that a person who lacks self-respect is not a good person to get into a relationship with."

That made me think...is he saying this to justify the fact that he wants to be with "eye candy" or is it really a true statement?

Something to ponder...