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Very nice chapter... I'm glad Clark regained his equilibrium a bit so we see him acting more like we're used to.... I just hope that plan of Lara's doesn't backfire somehow... I picture Lois going of the deep end if Clark decides to visit Krypton...

So, yeah, I've been reading and I haven't responded yet. (Naughty Sara, Naughty Sara!)
I guess I used the justification of I have nothing to say.
Which is actually kind of dumb, because I know that's not a good excuse from a writer's perspective!

Anyway, I'm with Lieta (also Sara...hope I realize I wasn't talking about you being naughty! ), about Clark going to Krypton.

From Lara's perspective, I can see the need to take her son to Krypton. It's his hertiage, and from her eyes, it should have been his home if she hadn't given him up. She's suffering from guilt of abbandonment, and this is her way of making it up to him.

But I hope she ASKs Clark whether he wants to go, rather than telling him, "Everything is all set! Isn't this exciting?"
Clark has a LIFE on Earth. He has responisblities. He has a family that he loves.
While it is obvious that Lara sees that, in her effort to "make it up to him", I'm not sure she understands the ramificatitons of that.

Of course, you could also make the argument that Clark has always been curious about his hertiage, as most adoptives are. And there is a big difference between a visit and returning to live. (I'm not sure which she is actually planning.)
But as Lieta said, Lois and Martha and Jonathan may not agree with the idea. And Clark has bad memories of New Kryptonians, which may make him not interested in going.

You posted! Yay!

Really, this whole mothering experience for Lara that you described was nothing short of wonderful. And Clark's reaction - after an initial bit of oddity - was good, too. Although I'm still a little worried about Lara and Clark 'returning' to Krypton. They won't *really* do that, will they?

Very enjoyable!

I’m happy to see Clark returning to a semblance of rationality.

The idea of a ship surprised me. If it were me, I would make sure that:
1. Clark was on-board (edit: in agreement) right from the beginning.
2. The ship be either built for 1 or 3. I can see Lara go back to Krypton now that she’s met her son. Or, I can see Lois accompanying Clark and Lara.

The problem that Clark and Lara have to face is that any trip back to Krypton is potentially a one-way trip. I can’t see Clark leaving Lois when there is a non-trivial chance that he may not be able to return to Earth.

Bob

Typing on my phone so I'll be brief:

Would Lois survive on Krypton?

Nice addition.

Hmmm, rare crystals...They wouldn't be green or red, would they?

James

I don't really want Clark to visit Krypton - not really! My own kind of space nerdiness tells me that if space travel between Earth and Krypton was easy, then the Kryptonians would have come here already and taken over the Earth. Since they haven't done that, space travel between Krypton and Earth (and vice versa) is extremely hard. (Personally I believe that manned space travel between planets a couple of light-years apart is impossible for the foreseeable future. It is too far. It takes too long. It kills you. So what about suspended animation? Okay, how many experiments have been carried out which prove that humans can be safely woken up after being in a state of suspended animation for perhaps a hundred years?)

(Okay, if manned space travel between Krypton and Earth is impossible, how did Clark get here? Ummmmm.... he was just about impossibly lucky?)

But above all, Lara must understand that Clark can not go home with her!!!! Because he is home already!!!!!

Of course I don't blame Clark for wanting to see Krypton. But if that boy can't get his priorities straight, if he doesn't understand that Earth is his home instead of Krypton, I'll strangle him with a pair of Kryptonite gloves!!! I promise!!!!

Ann

I agree with Ann. I don't want Clark to go to Krypton either. However, if he goes, then in my mind he *has* to take Lois with him. As pointed out in an earlier post, I am sometimes limited by my perspective but here is the basis of my opinion.

When considering the idea that Clark might be tempted to make a trip to Krypton, I can’t help but remember the reunion scene from “Lord of the Flys” where you have the exchange:
Lois: Don't ever leave me again.
Clark: I won't.

I don’t see how the Clark that went through this would take a jaunt to Krypton with Mom and leave Lois behind.

Bob

I think that, on the subject of taking Lois or not, there is a much more important question. The canon basis for Superman's abilities is that they are adaptations gained by a human or human-like race under a red sun that go into overdrive under a more luminous yellow sun. Therefore, Clark's first question should be, if he considers going at all, would Lois be *able* to go with him? She doesn't have said adaptations and since everyone on Krypton has the same adaptations they would not have needed to develop technologies to overcome the absence of their adaptations... would such a visit kill her? Finally, there is another point... Lara mentioned that the infertility that plagues the house of El wasn't a barrier to having children on Krypton... would whatever technology that overcomes that trait be made available to Jor-El's lost son? If so what does this treatment entail? Cloning? Some sort of artificial gamete production from other cells? Or something that could 'cure' Clark permanently? All possibilities to consider...

It's interesting that the men of Jor-El's line have fertility problems, yet he and Lara made a baby on what was probably their first time together. Maybe she just caught him at the right time in his fertility cycle.

Lara is setting herself up for a terrible fall if she really expects her son to go back to Krypton with her. I assume that the globe is/was the navigation device, and if that's correct, does she know how to program it? Or can she just tell it to "go back home?" Maybe if she clicks her heels together three times?

I agree with the others. Clark should not go back to Krypton without Lois, and I doubt that she could survive there since there was no way for her to survive on New Krypton (at least, that was what the nutsos told them). I anticipate either another tearful good-bye or the addition of another high-powered hero to Earth's roster of supers. Maybe the Justice League could use her help.

I agree with everyone else on the issue of Clark going back to Krypton. I'm waiting with fingers crossed to see what the fallout of Lara's actions will be. No matter what happens, I can't see it blowing by without some unpleasantness in this shaky relationship.

Woah! Time out, people.

At the risk of giving what might be construed as a spoiler (I don't think it is, but read on at your own risk), I never intended for Clark to go somewhere without Lois.

Lara doesn't really expect him to, either. I tried (though maybe not very successfully) to get this across when she tells Bernie that she needs a ship to carry "at least two people."

Bear in mind, both she and Kal flew in on single-passenger ships. She'd have to either construct or modify a ship to be multi-passenger. Given the prototypical nature of the crafts, and the established limitations with technology and fuel, Lara's request for a multi-passenger ship is a bit like someone from the 1960s going, "Hey, Steve, wouldn't it be cool if this computer could talk to the other two computers in the world? Like maybe over a phone line?"

I apologize for not adequately conveying this in-story. I thought I sort of had, and I do plan to kind of bring it up again in another story.

So, is this an adequate explanation? Do I need to rework something?

Thanks for the explaniation. I figured that Clark would be put in the position of hurting Lara when he tells her no.

I'm glad I didn't get a chance to read this until after you left the note here, as like others, I really saw Clark and Lara never really making up as if Clark knew she expected him to leave his home when he had not even fully forgiven her yet, it might have pushed things over the edge.

I loved hearing about Clark's reaction to the dinner. My favorite part of this chapter was Lara talking about Jor-El and Clark sitting there with a forkful of meatloaf just sort of hanging there. I could picture it very well.

I'm glad Lara wasn't planning on asking Clark to run off to Krypton... and I'm sure that in a non-cliffhanger setting that wouldn't get such a big reaction =P

A Wha---? What is this "non-cliffhanger" of which you speak?

I'm glad I was able to put y'all at ease, and I may tweak it a little before sending it to the archives. Thanks so much!

That's what I meant, that it wouldn't create the same reaction in the archive format, ~.^

Hey, you've shown Clark + Lara, but what do Martha and Jonathan feel about Lara? Don't they feel a little worry or angst themselves at the sight of Clark meeting his bio-mother? I know they're loving and accepting but don't they have a few worries? I'd like to see the Lara/Jon+Martha scene.

Nice. And I can't help but feel that the fuel crystals might be something that is harmful to Kryptonians under certain circumstances, like, when they are on a Planet with a yellow son. It might also explain where they came from back on Schuster's Field.

And boy, Lois will so blow a fuse when that newcommer suggests a trip to Krypton.

Michael