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Hi, Michael: I have a few minutes before my weekend turns crazy, so let's see what you have to say...

As long as he's a good reporter, why would they check his references?



Fear she might come back? (Since his interview was shortly after she disappeared.)



He REALLY tries not to think of it like that; otherwise it enhances that focal point.

Yeah, but that wouldn't have helped his quest for the girl.

First, he has to get her there.

Mental problems? Inability to keep his feet on the ground?

True.

Oh, was that why canon Lois wasn't interested in Clark.

There's always good old "Hurricane Lane".

Fine, I'll WATCH the Pilot one more time and see if I can catch the names. /grumbles about all the research that takes writer away from writing.../

It was my understanding that Lois is never envious of blonde hair.

/Points to last story/ No? <<ducking>>

She turned him down. He didn't get the job. She'll probably never see him again.

Anything she wants to write about and/or has been told to cover is HER territory.

Well, let's see he currently answers to: Clark, Kent, CK, Superman, and Jerome. (oh, and Chuck.)

Selective memory. Why would Perry assign her the new guy? She's the great Lois Lane!

grasping at straws? No dating in the office policy? To show Perry what a sexist fiend his new reporter that she begged him to hire the day before was.

Both male. Both reporters. It could happen.

To Lois.

Right, and Pilot Lois was sweet as honey. Oh, and the one from Another Lois was a couple years older.

Only the new ones from shoddy workmanship or materials. The historical ones are being knocked down by Luthor to build new stuff all the time.

"But... But... But... I have more experience than her! Shouldn't I be on top?" thinks Clark.

Oh, dear. Luthor will be pleased.

She does like a challenge. Plus, she's part bomerrang.

He could put a picture of Lois on his desk, but that might cause some awkward questions. "Oh, it's not you. It's the other Lois from that other dimension. She's married to the other Clark."

Nope.

Ooooh. But then he couldn't meet Luthor and become his best buddy.



Do you mean my weekend offline? It's only a few days. Nobody's stopping you from reading and catching up.

Oh dear. Like before Lois got committed, crazy?

One never knows with

Michael

Let's see, trapped in a hotel room without my computer and with two easily bored kids who hang off me for every second and there's nothing (repeat NOTHING) on the TV for them to watch (I mean, come on! What hotel DOESN'T carry the Disney Channel standard, anymore? PLEASE PEOPLE!) During the whole weekend I had 45 minutes to myself (I'm not counting when everyone else was asleep) and that wasn't all at the same time and 15 minutes of that I was fetching fast food... So, yes, like Lois before she got committed. Worse. Let's just say, it's good to be home.

His ride won't be back for 3 months.

He'd probably think it was romantic, tasteless, but romantic.

Um... I'm sure that's against the Superman credo somewhere and is mentioned on the "DO NOT ATTEMPT" Page of his handbook.

Really? Hmmm. But that sounds like a funny epilogue to MozartMaid's "European Vacation"... wait, that's the wrong title... it just posted on the Archives recently... Ah, here it is... The European Adventures of Lois Lane

Nah, I never have to time to watch an entire episode in one sitting anymore. Thank goodness for DVDs!

<<cough, cough>> WORK experience, Michael. He did work 4 years at the DP in alt-dimension.

Exactly.

Michael

Thank you, Michael.

Don't worry, now, I'm behind on my FDKing too. Hope Ken, Sue, and SQD aren't too disappointed. Trying to catch up by typing in what I wrote in my notebooks this weekend. Sadly, not much ME time to write. So, I think I only got barely a part done. So, now, I've fallen behind my 20 part cushion.

Strange, I can only see Lois' shocked expression when he attempts to do this.

/hugs Virginia and gets ready to distract her with part 5 FDK/



Michael

EDIT: Oh, wait. That wasn't a 5 part FDK, you meant Part 5 FDK.

Michael

Sorry for chiming in so late on this but I just finished Wrong Lois (LOVED it) on the archive and rushed over to see if the next volume in the trilogy was available - yay!

I'm getting the biggest kick out of the way Lois keeps calling Clark "Chuck." What IS the guy's name anyway?? Really enjoying the creative and seamless mixture of canon from the show and your clever and subtle variations.

One small constructive criticism which I hope you won't mind - I noticed a tendency to repeat certain phrases a bit too often (to me) in Wrong Lois, and that had a tendency to pull me out of the flow of the story. The two phrases were "Lois pressed her lips together" and "...waved the comment out of the air." Perhaps those phrases could be modified somewhat in Book 2 so that they aren't repeated too often?

Loving this, Virginia, and on to part 3...

V

I'm glad you enjoyed "Another Lois."

Thanks. Sometimes it's those subtle differences are what makes it difficult to keep the story on track (not this far in, but later on.)

Oh, dear. I try to show what a character is thinking or feeling without using dialogue. Yes, I have a bad habit of repeating key phrases. I believe that in "Missing Lois" my G.E. cut out a whole MB or two of sighs alone. LOL. I don't believe this Lois gestures away dialogue as often as she does in "Another Lois", but the lips pressing together... er... hmmmmm. I'll try to come up with other phrases to express displeasure. I don't often realize I'm repeating them as often as the Reader does, so please keep letting me know if do this and I'll work on changing up the descriptive phrases. <<She types with a wry, skeptical eyebrow arched.>>

I have begun my re-read, and I noticed two typos that are just getting to me.

I am pretty sure it should be "a hit".

I am pretty sure this should be "was the closest newspaper".

So far things flow well, but I am not that far in, so that does not say much.

Thanks, John, I'll get those corrected.

*Gets out my Beta Wacking Stick*

Oh... wait...

Don't you dare wack my Betas! They're the best.

Hah! Story of my life!


Sounds like a date to me too.

MrsLuthor:

I hope not. Then again, perhaps you haven't found your Clark Kent yet.

I wouldn't know. Sounded like a date to me, three.
LOIS: A date doesn't have anything to do with business and ends with a kiss.
CLARK: I say, it's a date.

I've always wondered why it was so important to Lois to arrive with a date, whom she ditched shortly thereafter to stalk Lex Luthor. Jimmy, Perry, and Cat all seemed to be there without dates (although, I'm sure Cat was planning on leaving with one). Any theories?

Thanks for being will to re-read this insane (in length) story and give me pithy comments. You're the best!

It's completely acceptable for a guy to show up to an event alone. It's considered pathetic when a woman does it. #DoubleStandard

I once made my very recent ex still attend a wedding with me because I had already RSVP'd for two and don't want the chair next to me to be empty. Apparently, I still had control even after the relationship.

So sad that Lois bought into this Double Standard.

Yes, but that was a wedding, not a work-related event. Those rules are completely different. And YES, you totally rocked the power in that relationship.