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Well I don’t think I have many more superlatives to spare Caroline.
You do bring Smallville alive in so many little ways. Else world fic often are difficult because it so important that you recognize the characters, but you would have little trouble with that.
I like the premise and It always irritates me how Luthor wedding didn’t have any consequences, and that her husband to be suicide didn’t figure more prominently in her thoughts. clearly the event would turn her into a minor celebrity and Lois would hate to be foremost known in the public consciousness as Lex Luthor’s bride to be. It would have been a perfect tie in with the rest of the series and It could have been a running gag.
I'm kind of surprised not more fics like Wendys "healing time" are made on this theme.

The imagining, the dialogue, the humour, and the packaging is just so good. Just packaging is something that people tend to skimp on. You know throw Lois and Clark together and let them get to the good stuff, I always find it kind of curious how very small thing makes the difference between buying the development in some stories and in others the authors hand comes into the screen and I cannot suspend my disbelief.
And I don’t know if I’ve told you how much I like the natural way you weave dialogue from the show into your stories.

And the sequence were Lois tries to change the scenario by will alone was just to funny.
It also fits so well that she doesn’t treat his abilities as anything extraordinary. Lois not saying anything because she don’t want to ruin the magic.You can really see him becoming intrigued on that alone. Actually, the entire story seems to glow with some fairytale quality.

Thank you for sharing.

I didn't get what this expression meant.

Arawn
It was a refrece to the story about the blind men and the elephant.

Here is the poem by Saxe:

http://www.kheper.net/topics/blind_men_and_elephant/Saxe.html

Vonceil

Thank you, mervoparkite.

Strange, I had never heard about this story. But it was certainly very fitting. Is this something the average american is supposed to be familiar with?

It reminded me of one of Labrat's stories inspired by "High Flight". That was a poem that Clark could appreciate.

WOW!! What a great story. Absolutely loved it.

Caroline, this was an abosolutely enchanting story. I loved it! Others have already mentioned it, but I felt all of Lois' emotions so clearly. It was a perfect mix of poignant sadness, humour and joyfulness. <sigh!>

Your Martha and Jonathan are amazing. Martha's insight into how to help Lois emerge from her depression and disappointment by giving her a reason to get out of bed and eat everyday made me love her even more. I wish I had a Martha of my very own.

I know Ann already quoted it, but this made me laugh out loud. I could totally see the characters in my mind.

Lois and Clark's use of the Field of Dreams references made me smile and I loved the use of the elephant and the blind men in your story. I had just read that story for the first time last week while reading a book to my son. Fantastic way to show us the difference between her feelings for Clark vs those in her past.

Thanks for the WaFF!
BJ

Wow, Caroline...

All right, I'll admit, I started reading this with full intention of "blasting" you... Field of dreams belongs in Iowa (there's Heaven for ya!), not Kansas. But I absolutely loved it... loved the whole "dream" man sequence, Lois telling Clark she wasn't going to build him a baseball field... wonderfully written! I'd gush more, but I've already been online too long as it is!!

I truly enjoyed this! Thank you!!!

Jo.

Arawn, thanks as always for your comments! And Vonceil, thank you for providing the link to the Saxe poem. I was afraid when I wrote it that that reference was going to be a little too obscure, and it looks like I was right. At first, I wanted Lex to be the trunk - since that's the part the blind man thought was like a snake - but "He was the trunk" really would have been confusing, given that the word 'trunk' has several meanings. I might change it to "elephant's trunk," though, in the archive version.

Whew! Thank you for forgiving me, Jo! I guess it's probably a good thing I never could figure out how to work in the heaven quote . I came *this close* to using it during the flying scene and decided it would be over the top.

Oooh, me too. I adore writing Martha - something I'd never have guessed when I started writing in this fandom - and manage to work her into just about every one of my stories. I'm so glad you enjoyed this take on her.

Thanks again to everyone who has commented! You've all just blown me away with your response to this story.

Caroline

This story was so beautifully written that as soon as I read it, I tried to find more of your stories.

The emotions from all the characters were so well described and the imagery was as well, making it easy to picture this in my head as I read.

Anonpip, you didn't mention whether you'd found Caroline's other stories or not, but if you didn't, they are here:

http://www.lcfanfic.com/author_c.htm#CarolineK

Wow.

Maybe I'm late to the feedback party, but I still want to tell you that this was one of the most beautiful, most painful, most tender stories of recovery that I've ever seen. And Clark never pretended to Lois that he was anything other than who he really is! Well, not really; he didn't ever lie to her.

Oh, the elephant thing! The first reference I thought of was the old saying, "Well, now I've seen the elephant!" Meaning, to me at any rate, that Lois had seen only what Lex wanted her to see (his tusk, one of his more impressive features), but Clark allowed her to see everything about himself.

The phrase originated back in the early 19th century, when the new American west (Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, western Tennessee, etc.) had very little regular communication with the East and few books of exotic animals with pictures. So when carnivals and circuses came through the larger towns, people from all over would come to view the unbelievable pachyderms they brought with them. When they went home and their neighbors asked them how the show was, they'd reply, "Well, now I've seen the elephant!" It meant that they'd seen something that no one else around those parts had seen and that nothing else in life would surprise them. That's how I took Lois's remark that she'd seen "the whole elephant" with Clark and just the tusk with Lex.

Anyway, Catharine, this story is so wonderful! I love it. You truly had me laughing and wiping tears away at the same time! I'm going to nominate it for several somethings at Kerth time, and I plan to vote for it too! It was such a beautiful glimpse into a wounded spirit, and such a tender view of that spirit slowly healing. And I liked the idea of Lois having a "secret identity" for a change. In fact, there was nothing here that I didn't like a lot.

I envy your ability to touch your readers' hearts in so many different ways. You're so dratted good at this! It's not fair for you to compete with us normal mortals.





My sincerest and warmest thanks for sharing this with us.

Oh, I meant to mention that I hadn't, so thanks MrsMosley! I'm off to read some more...

Too obscure would be if you don't pick it up at all. I really like it when a story forces me to think and the metaphore in itself is both apt and profound. If you are observing a couple from the outside you will just not get all their in jokes. Others readers seems to have connected the dots so perhaps it's just a cultural thing in my case. I gather that this is a famous children's tale in the USA?

If you wanted to make it clearer you could have had Clark recite a line out of the poem so you know that that is what it is.

Arawan,

I didn't know the story as a child, myself, I only discovered it once I had children of my own. But, that doesn't mean that I don't love it. I have also used it with my students to get the point that sometimes observations first observations don't give you the whole picture.

Vonceil

Ditto all of the above.

Caroline that was spectacular.

The poigniancy of the story and the characterisation was amazing. The way you describe Lois' feelings gives them such depth and meaning. I love the way you've written Martha here as well.

Brava!

I personally like the "tusk" for Lex--even is a snake/trunk metaphore is also fitting. The tusk is beautiful ivory but also hard and so sharp that you can be skewered on it--like "loves arrow"(positive aspect) or a spear--depending on how you look at it. It would seem in this story that Lois got "both" from Lex.

I can't say enough how much I love this story. You are truely a gifted writer.

Vonceil

Hi Caroline,

What a sweet story. I have no time these days to read L&C like I love to do but your story drew me in and wouldn't let go. Wonderful stuff!

Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Write On!
Anne

Wow! What a beautiful story. You write so well, it drew me right in and I couldn't put it down.
I love the images you created. Also your portrayal of Lois after the Luthor fiasco was dead on. I am so glad she came to Smallville.

Having Clark show up as a "ghost" was brilliant. I totally adored how they fell in love with each other without really knowing anything about the other. It shows that feelings are much more powerful than facts. Anything can happen.

Thank you for finding such a satisfying solution/end to such an aweful experience in Lois's life! I am so grateful for that. I already saved the story as one of my favorites!

Natascha

I just love this! There's a business in Wisconsin that sells taxidermy and cheese and another in Iowa that sells a laundry list of products for manly men, including guns, liquor and ammo--a frightening combination!

Gee, I never thought of Lois as an optimist.

and How poignant and tragic.

The first two meetings with Clark are hysterical. And the way Martha told Lois that she knew who she was, was so sweet.

How sweet!

I love how pure and innocent their love is for each other. Your Lois, as broken as she is, is so much more accepting of Clark, and all that he is.

This says so much in so few words.

What a delightful alternative to the way I did it.

Elisabeth

Yes, I am resurrecting a *very* old feedback thread, but this story popped up on the archive's random button, and I just had to comment. I've read it before, and it's been in the back of my mind as an exemplary description of depression and recovery. But this particular line caught my eye today:

"Every minute I was there, I expected George Bailey to come running down the street caterwauling about what a wonderful life he
had."

What an apt description of Smallville, and just the use of the word caterwauling tells you right away what an adept writer Caroline is. All this to say, if you haven't read her stories yet, do. Right now. Starting with this one.
Field of Dreams by Caroline K

-Happy