Hi everyone. First a general update on the story. It’s moving along more slowly than I’d expected. I’m still expecting it to end up being around 14 or so parts. RL (meaning mostly work) has continued to be demanding and most progress is limited to weekend writing.
mozartmaid:
You said:
Incidentally, in the early comics, Clark Kent works for the Daily Star.
Yes. I never knew that until a year or so ago when I went back and read some of the original classic comics. Once you remove Lex’s influence, the Star would seem a natural place for the top staff from the Planet to end up.
HappyGirl:
You said:
Hmmm. I… Ummm… (Fighting temptation to say more!) Yes. That's why writing Lex can be fun. Just take the most evil thing I can think of, mix in pure self-interest and push the intensity bar all the way to the right.
Joan:
I’ve gotten to the point where I can’t stand to watch hardly any television news any more. It feels like very few people are interested in truth. Too many people seem to only be interested in spinning every fact (or lack of fact) to support a particular agenda or another. I fear that if Superman were to suddenly appear in our real world, we would see something like what I’ve portrayed here. There’s even a Superman connection to this sort of thing. After all, Teri was in the James Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies” where news disinformation was the central theme.
DW:
You said:
I too now wonder where Jimmy and Perry is.
They’re around. But without Clark to rally the team, they are doing their own things. They will make an appearance, in name at least, before we are done.
Michael:
You said:
I'm starting to worry whether Lois and Clark might actually end up at the Star permanently. And it's only a scary thought in respect to the basic concept of it. You know, like Lois and Dan marrying instead of Lois and Clark
Noooooooo! I guess it’s just me, but Lois and Calrk together at the Star seems INFINATELY more reasonable than Lois with Dan.
I wonder if the police and fire departments in Metropolis have reduced their personnel since Superman showed up.
This reminds me of that I’ve seen in the US in those states that established state-run lotteries. They were sold to the people with the idea that the money would SUPPLEMENT education and other funds. But the presence of the extra resources DID lead to reduction of primary funding. Just based on what I’ve seen in the real world, Superman’s presence would lead to cuts in police and fire services. Some politician would start yelling about being able to cut taxes because Superman is helping. Then the cuts in resources would begin.
Bob
