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I thought the ending was perfect! If you wanted to write a sequel, it would be the perfect place to begin, and I think I've already let you know how I feel about you writing a sequel! OTOH, as it is it leads seamlessly back to the show.

Personally, I like this idea. A detour, taking them to the same destination, but by a different route. Don't change a thing.

- Vicki

I'm with those guys - no need! And what Wendy said. <G> I read Tank's comment as that he was complimenting you on something a little original.

After all there are no rules with this kind of thing and diversity makes the fanfic world go round.

Wouldn't say no to a sequel, naturally, but only if you wanted to do one and it appealed. I absolutely don't think it's a requrement or that you need change anything to make the story work 'better'. It's just fine as it is.

LabRat

Thanks for the fdk, Emily! I am really glad you liked it!

And thanks for the reassurance, Wendy, Vicki, and LabRat. I think I totally read that comment wrong .

- Alicia

Awww! That was a very nice, story, Alicia. Poignant and sweet in turns. Clark's introspection as he flies was heartwrenching at first, and really enlightened the way he felt after Lois told Superman she just wanted to be friends. His reactions when he first saw her, his voiced anger tempered by his determination never to hurt her despite what she did to him, was really well done. And the end was so sweet.

I think the line I preferred was when Clark said "Thank you" to her - not sure if you meant it to be interpreted that way, but I read it like a counterpart to Superman saying thank you to her for being a good friend, words he regretted afterwards because they didn't reflect the truth of what he thought. This time, after she told him she had chosen him, the very same words reflect the truth of how he feels.

As for your concern that we might have felt cheated by the fact that it was an inbetweenie, well, this reader sure didn't feel this way. I enjoy stories that give us an interesting insight about something that happened on screen but where introspection would have been a great addition. The written word has that big advantage over image, and you've given me just that. Therefore it doesn't bother me at all that the story doesn't bring them further than the real episode did.

Besides, there's room for a sequel...

Thanks for sharing this delightful vignette, Alicia!

Kaethel

Personally, I wouldn't mind at all seeing a lot more inbetween scenes fanfic. They used to be a feature of this fandom - the stories on the Archive give testimony to that - and they're a fairly major part of other fandoms.

Not sure why they withered here, but certainly I don't think it was a conscious decision to stop writing them from the authors or any adverse reaction in the fandom itself when they were.

So I don't think that anyone writing and posting a between scene story today would get tomatoes thrown at them at all. Variety is the spice of life. And fanfic! Bring 'em on, I say.

LabRat

I'm a newbie to the boards here. Gosh there's so many great little shorties out there!

This is definitely one of them, Alicia.

I never truly know the title of the L&C episodes until I read one of these types of fics, either. LOL I love the way you e\intertwined your take on the episode and I absolutely love the introspective S/C here.

Lunkhead is a perfect description for him sometimes and you captured it beautifully.

I can't wait to read more of your work.


Bella

I loved this vignette ...