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Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Clark TOC can be found Here

My apologies again for Lex’s POV scene (and in advance of his POV scenes to come). His true colors shine more vibrantly (and graphically) as time progresses. Also, my solution for the IoM virus is not based in fact, but based on what was done in canon, which I cannot believe is anywhere close to the real way to solve such a problem.

Also, my added apologies for my delay in posting this part. Besides not having completed Part 125 last Friday, and thus maintaining my 5 part cushion, I also re-worked this part over the weekend. (So, please let me know if I made any huge errors. )

Comments, as always, appreciated. Thank you again for your continued readership.

That Lex is a real piece of work with his "Noah's arc" and re-population plan. Same with Brenda.

Joan

Hmmm... So Lois is going to call in her favor with Eugene to engineer a back-history for Clark? I wonder what he would think of that. Will Lois try to coordinate with Clark so that he has some input on what his fake history will entail? And so that it will jive with what Clark has already told people about his background? Or will she just get it done and present it to him as a surprise?

There are no huge errors, although I have to say I am not a fan of the Lex parts. I guess he is without question a villain. It makes it harder to see why Lois ever fell for him in any life, but I guess he is also very good at faking a situation.

Too bad that Clark does not realize Lois saw clones in her memories. I guess even if he did it would not help much here.

I guess it makes sense to have the clone in the Ark.

He is obsessed with Lois more than I suspected.

That was an interesting scene, with Lex skeet shooting. It was one of the signs that Lex really did not care about others than Lois ignored.

I have to say this is better than the interaction between the clone and Lex in Vatman, even if the story of Little Red Ridinghood insurance fraud was funny.

I think the phrase is usually "table manners".

Considering how the SM clone treated Lois, I think in canon Lex never addressed this issue at all.

I think that should be "to the outside world".

I think that should be "in on our".

The current phrasing probably works, but I half think it more likely he would say "the viewing room of the psychiatrist's office" or use her to modify both room and office.

I think it would flow better if it was "thereby turn him into".

I think the phrasing should either be "a perfect tool" or "the perfect tool". Luthor has a truly disturbing view of women and how to interact with them. I guess we have seen this to some extent before, but not how deeply disturbed he actually is.

No wonder Clark does not trust Luthor.

Spending the night and using the bed and two different things, and the one does not require the other.

The only way to maybe achieve this would be to isolate the women from each other. As long as they speak with each other it is highly likely they will mention his attentions to the other women.

not beating around the bush here.

Interesting development.

I think that was her goal, not only with this line but with showing up early.

This is Clark's major advantage over Luthor. Luthor thinks the position defines the person, and as long as he sees Clark as merely a reporter, he will not at all suspect that CK=SM.

Hmm, she does not believe in beating around the bush.

She really does not beat around the bush.

That should either be "have lots of experience" or "have a lot of experience". I am not sure which form is better.

I find Muldoon's clinical approach to these issues disturbing, even if I guess if they were really all that was left of humanity it would make sense.

I really hope the prison gets broken up before then.

I am surprised there is still any doubt. Although considering what she things reality is, her actions are mainly logical. Although I would only admit that fully if the reality of the ark is significantly more females than males. Even if it was, I still would not wish being Luthor's child on anyone, so I still would dislike Muldoon's plan.

Well, Muldoon is doing good at keeping Luthor on his toes.

I am glad someone has managed to insult Luthor in a new and unexpected way.

He is not doing well at listening to the doctors instructions.

Lex needs to realize the failure of Lois to join him is not conditioned on the asteroid not striking.


Lex really does not understand Lois if he thinks she would ever agree to be with a man who had a harem.

More evidence that Clark is right to not trust Luthor.

Except with no SM, the asteroid would hnot have hit at all.

That he is not seeing Lois.

So he did get a new tape?

It is odd that he does not seek more for the fulfillment of her visions in the past than the future.

Hmm, how would he know that? He had no clue where true Clark was when he was erased from the time line. Although, the more I think about it, the only way for it to make sense at all that he was erased from the time line is if he was somehow back in time when it happened, otherwise how could an event in the past only at some point effect the future?

pesky watch interrupting everything. At least this time he doesn't say anything about it.

At least Lois is realistic in admitting she had no computer abilities.

Lois:That's OK, you can use your other identity when you get Eugene out of jail.

That would not deter family members of mine from driving. Although, if Clark feels this much that it is important to have a license to drive, why did he drive in the past when his license was not valid in this dimension. Although, has he ever driven in this dimension. As far as I remember all the driving we have seen has been done by Lois. That was not the case in canon, but I think it may be the case here in wrong Clark.

they are touching.

I like this plan, mainly because I like anything that causes Lois and Clark to spend more time together.

that he had to be out rescuing people. They could have finally had the much needed conversation.

You are probably going to be "stop being so picky", but I think this sentence would work better as "feel her breath on his". The item discussed is "their lips" and Clark only feels her breath on his lips. I do like the imagery though.

That should probably be "in a long time" or "for a long time". You need some another word there for it to flow.

she wants to live with Clark.

But this story would be so much more fun if he would give in to the temptation.

I am glad he is trying to laugh about it. Although it might be a little to not acknowledging how truly scared Lois was by her memories.

I am glad he is now taking it more seriously.

Dr. Novak is still alive.

I like how things make more sense now, with later actions being caused by previous agreements.

Do it, Do it!

This from the guy who almost broke up with her to protect her.

I guess this is a workable situation, still I was so hoping she was going to tell Clark that she knows.

Superman modest? I was going to say the guy is the antithesis of modesty, but that might be a bit much. Still, using the name "Superman" does not work with being modest, it is an overt sign of pride, even if it really does fit.

they are touching.

Perry:They are going to have a hard time convincing those who saw her do that that they are "just friends".

I always thought he was too forward in showing that in "Man of Steel Bars".

And has for 20 parts without telling him.

I thought he always came back because she was there.

Are their shoulders that close that one hand can be on both?

I would love if Clark figured out that Lois knew the truth from this action.

He really should fail to contact Superman once in a while if he does not want people to suspect The Truth.

Lois:If he only knew.

I am surprised Clark is taking so long to show up as SM, but I guess he has to give a reasonable amount of time.

Hmm, it seems like the plan is mainly Brenda's. Lex seems to not have taken steps to actually move forward with repopulation much. Although Noah's plan seemed to have involved balanced numbers of males and females, something that Muldoon and Luthor seem to not have decided on.

I think the first plan would be much wiser. The only problem is that I can see Clark resisting it, so Lois might have a much better change to give it to him as a fair accompli.

Either way, I am not sure she is going to be able to do it without admitting to him that she knows that CK=SM. I guess she could claim she still believes the Italian Clark story.

Any idea how many more parts this will be?

For what it is worth we have not ye reached an event that we were told would be "about half-way through" but I think the EW did say that she had readjusted things, so it would not really be near the mid-point. She clearly denies this is likely to reach 200 parts.

Joan: Thanks for your thoughts.
Actually, it was all on Brenda, doing her job to save the human race. Lex probably would have joined in with her thinking if Nightfall Minor had truly hit, but as he knows it didn't, he could care less. He does agree with her harem ideas though.


mrsMxyzptlk: Thank you for your comments.

Yes, probably one of those.


Laurach: Thanks for not giving up on me.
The short answer: no.

The long answer: Unlike other writers, my outline doesn't detail and break down each part. I give my characters and muse free reign (which is why they often find other interesting plots for me to explore along the road). My map is more like Lewis and Clark's than a modern day MapQuest/GoogleMaps one. I know where my characters will end up and the general direction they should be heading, but sometimes a mountain range comes into view that we didn't know was there. (cough, cough, the current story arc.) To help the reader I have broken down my story (on the Wrong Clark TOC ) into three sections (possibly four, since my Betas will probably kill me if I stop where I originally planned on it). We are currently in the 2nd section. Per John's note, yes, that marker mentioned in my WHAM warning designating what I then considered would be my "half-way point", will hopefully show up towards the end of Section 2. I have also broken up my story into shorter (well... shorter than the full story ) plot arcs -- chapters or short stories, so a reader can come and go from my story as they have time. I am currently anticipating that Section 1 will be the longest (it ended just before Part 100), Section 2 - next longest (and probably hardest to read because mostly A-plot stuff keeping the characters apart), Section 3 - even shorter (

John: Thank you again for catching all my typos and errors and for the long FDK.
If you read Master of Disguise by BJ it will give you a good understanding of why Lois fell for Lex in canon. (I just finished it and it's a in my book.) Yes, the Lex POV parts will be harder to read, because it's like looking into the mind of deranged man (i.e. psycho), and due to Lois's investigation he's showing up more in this story than he did in canon. It's always been my assumption that the only reason Lex (barring Revenge) would have proposed to Lois was if they had dated more than we saw them do so in canon. Like you, I'm thankful, we didn't see more of that on the show. I'm not as nice.

Thanks. Fixed.

That's what she believes. She believes that current society's norms and morals would be thrown out the window in such a case.

EW: No comment.

For one, Dr. Muldoon doesn't know that Lex is evil. For two, there are roughly 300 people in the ark, half male and half female.

I thought it was about time someone threw him through a loop.

My pleasure.

And this surprises you?

He realizes this, but he blames Superman.

He doesn't care what she thinks.

Yes, but in Another Lois, Lex used this to try and trick Lois into the bunker as well, so he's assuming that she would have fallen for it, if Superman hadn't existed to give her hope.

-- Continuation of Response to John's FDK -- Sorry, that's a main plot point in this Section of the story.

Apparently.

Clark doesn't know what would happen in the future if he (or True Clark) was erased in the past. Would Lois be talking to Clark at one moment, then then he fades away to nothing in the next (as she described)? As he spent most of the weekend as Superman, and it was "Clark" Lois saw disappear in the woods, he figured "Superman" was safe in the woods.

Not yet.

I guess that makes more sense. Fixed.

If it hadn't been the complaints of my Readers most of Section 2 would have been from Lois's POV (and probably much shorter).

LOIS: I meant other than me.

You really give the watch more power over Clark than it actually has.

Probably best to have the real experts solve the problems than have Lois not be realistic.

CLARK: But then I couldn't be with you, and John says we don't spend enough time together as it is.
EW:

My assumption is that Lois doesn't always drive to work, unless she knows she'll need her car. Clark's license was a valid driver's license, even if not from this dimension.

CLARK: I knew John would like this plan.

Yes, the world falling apart is quite a nuisance to their relationship.

His lips, maybe, but 'her breath on his' implies his breath could feel hers. The "them" implies his lips (two lips = plural, thus "them).

Thanks. Fixed.

I love how you read between the lines like that.

Wouldn't it? But that's not what this story is about.

Yep, too soon.

Thank you.



I love irony.

There's a world to save. So, later, when their lives are nice and quiet.

Hence her saying it "wryly" (sarcastically).

She used to do that in canon all the time, when they were 'just friends'.
I noticed in IoM that Clark looked a little hot and sweaty, so I was trying to find an explanation for this. In MoSB, Clark admitted to sweating while nervous, which is kind of the reason I found.

But technically only three weeks.

CLARK: That too.

handS. Fixed.

Which is why he wasn't able to get a quote from Superman when the elevator dropped during his date with Linda.

You said to make it more difficult to connect the dots.

Yes, the plan is Brenda Muldoon's. Lex may have brought equal number of males and females into his Ark, but that doesn't mean he's going to share.

I was more thinking it makes it so Lex does not have to spend as much time there.

I think Lois did come off too much as a shallow gold digger. Especially since Lex was old enough to be her father. The relationship never seemed to work. That is one think I liked about the late 1990s Superman animated series. Lex was younger, and we learned in the first episode that Lois had dumped him.

Clark:What, I thought everyone knew that Superman and Lois were in some sort of relationship. Maybe I am doing better than I thought.

Of, so the distinction is meaningful.

Maybe, but it still might fail, and spectacularly so. If Lex is all like "I am showing preference to you, and don't want others to know I prefer one person here", but she goes and tells her friend anyway, who says "well, I slept with Lex yesterday, and he fed me the same line", they might decide to take some revenge.

Thus, I think that in the long run, if this is the entirety or most of humanity, it would be best to not have Lex mass impregnating a large section of the population. Maybe from a purely clinical standpoint Muldoon's plan works, but that is all I can say for it. Still, I know Lex is evil, and what I wish on others, even in fiction, is controlled by that.

Good point, Luthor does not believe in following instructions.

Even though it is his own creepiness that has caused it.

Which is why he will fail.

But since he failed there to, obviously Superman is not the cause. Although I guess since he does not know that, his logic for blaming Lois not being there on Superman works as far as his own thinking goes.

I love how you read between the lines like that.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, we do know she has considered the idea, even if only by insisting she is not thinking about it.

Clark:Hey, I didn't do it. I realized it was a bad idea.

At the rate things are going that sounds like it will never happen.

Perry:And I didn't believe it then either. Even if Lois was so in denial about feeling more towards Clark she ran to Luthor.

I thought it was more Lois noticed him sweating while nervous. I don't think he ever explained that was what was going on, so I am not sure "admitted" is the right word.

I didn't realize it had been that long.

Another reason Lois should tell him she knows the Secret. Although he would probably still have been wise to have not gotten a quote then. It was not imperative, and since the EPRAD people though "talk to Clark to contact Superman" he probably wants to get fewer SM quotes.

True, but speed is imperative right now.

/has completely forgotten how they dealt with it, which must mean it was up to the standards for portraying software problems in television and movies. But I *think* they didn’t solve it by pouring coughing syrup down the cooler vents of the computers.



And what happens when the clone decides to off his daddy and take over.
NIGEL: I would never allow that to happen, sir. After all, what would I do with a clone who doesn’t have the experience to lead your empire on his own?

Awwwww… Will he replace it with the date when he has first consummated Lois once that happens?

Mini-Lex: And what happens if I miss a skeet and it hits one of the passersby below?

You should see what they can do to a grown man, such as your father.

Don’t?

Shouldn’t that be ‘minion’?
Mini-Lex: What am I? The Bitch-Queen of Church?

Lex is having Mini-Lex have a go at Ari during their anniversary?
LEX: I’m now in love with Lois. I don’t want that stiff, frigid… besides, my son needs a hobby, too.

Later that evening:
ARI: Ugh-ugh-ugh. No touching the hostess’s breasts until you have promised to put a ring on her finger. Or chained her up in your bedroom.

Because the peasants might be poor and ill-equipped, but if they organize with pitchforks, you still need a machine gun emplacement to keep them at bay.

LOIS: If he treats me like *that*, I’ll have something for him, too:

Oh dear. And Nigel’s still walking straight? He does take 100 lashes quite well, I must say.
NIGEL: The benefits of having been a covert operative for her Majesty's clandestine service during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan.

Obvious: That she’s stiff and frigid. Not so obvious reason: Lex apparently does not have an Oedipus complex.



And what if Mrs. Cox decides to make Mini-Lex heel and then offs both Lex and Nigel?

That didn’t turn out too well for Cersei and her mongrel son.
MONGREL: I’m a *king*.
WISE ELDERLY GENT with a heart of gold (literal gold): If you have to say that you’re a king, you’re not a king at all. Now go to your room without supper and try not to torture another prostitute to death. It’s starting to get expensive.

Lois Lane look-alike?

Oh. Bren. Hope she likes being on the receiving end of an OB/GYN exam.
LEX: Why would I exam her? She’s here to pleasure *me*.

Isn’t that a tad cocky to assume he’ll score on the first date?
ASABI: That’s what the date rape drugs in the guest’s food is for.

Huh. How’s he accomplishing *that* feat?

Once he gets bored and institutes multiple partner events and jelly wrestling matches?

Huh, what’s about that? Or is it the first time Lex has heard a door bell?

The Ark is a good place to hide the originals he had acquired.



Wait, is she taunting him, telling him she knows he wants a private exam of a different nature?

It’s fun seeing him interact with a woman he’s too much woman for him. Mindy would have him run screaming. Or gassed.

And who led him to believe that? His previous experience with female members of the medical profession?

She’s taking the piss out of him. This is hilarious.

Although, a tad crass and not entirely feasible.
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She’s literally talking about Lex filling her uterus with his demon spawn in order to help populate what they’re calling the Coming Dawn. She’s very practical, that Brandi.
LOIS: A bit of a whore, though. I wouldn’t spread my legs for that…that…misogynist scum if the survival of humanity depended on it.

She’s not talking about sexual pleasures.

Lucretia Borgia’s first husband said the same thing before proven impotent in front of the entire college of cardinals when he failed to perform.

Maybe he shouldn’t have gone with the under-thirty crowd, after all.

She’s talking about the one that requires the rubber glove for hygienic purposes.
LEX: Ugh-uh.



JANE from Coupling: …and remember, while they do go in and out a bit, they do not, however, turn around…





Did she bring the little blue pills?

He really hadn’t thought that through, had he? Can you imagine, several hundred women with their cycles lined up and Lex missteps just a little bit?

LOIS: Yeah, about that. I borrowed Mrs. Cox’s rusty pair of scissors.

I don’t think that’s legal.

Lex was a *lot* of fun. I didn’t laugh that much in a long time. Thanks.

SUPERMAN: /ticks off boxes in his notebook/ Lois is safe while undressing… Lois is safe in the shower… Lois is safe while dressing in night wear… Lois is safe while alone in bed.

No speedtyping for him, now.

Women are said to smile that way when they get out of Lex’s bedchamber.

Froggy? Is that you?

She got the Kryptonite watch from Henderson?

Oh.

Michael

That too. Lex is so lucky to have a clone to take over any of his extra duties.

I wish it were available on Netflix instant list. I've been wanting to watch it.

CANON LOIS: Nope, Superman flies in saves me, steals my heart, and flies out again. Then Clark stumbles out, straightening his tie, having missed the action once again.

Perhaps he uses more traditional techniques for keeping a woman quiet, such as "if you tell someone about us, then they will all get jealous and turn against you, ruining the community feeling of the Ark and I will have to deny it to keep the peace. Let us keep it quiet for a while longer, until they are ready to accept you as my mistress."

Correction: there was only room for 200 in the Ark, so roughly 100 are women. Yes, Muldoon's plans are clinical, but she's trying to be practical and not naive.

Most people cannot see their own greatest faults.

LOIS: Do you think it's possible he might fail, because I find him repugnant and I'm already in love with a man who is the antithesis of him?
LEX: So, you're in love with someone who is stupid and ugly. I always knew there was something going on between you and Kent!
LOIS: I think you mean I'm in love with someone who is a gorgeous hunk of a muscled man with wit and kindness.
CLARK: Are you cheating on me with someone, Lois?
LOIS:

Ah... but there is always plenty of opportunity for that, isn't there? /crickets/ No, oh. Well, that's too bad.

CLARK: I wanted to be with Lois. I didn't want her to crash the car by telling her my secret.
LOIS: Is *that* what you think about my driving skills?
CLARK: There is no way to answer that question honestly without getting kicked out of the car while it's moving, is there?

Let's see John and keeps Lois + Clark apart or so that they can't talk whenever they are together, and they rarely touch.
LOIS: Yea! It's not our fault.
CLARK: Is anything ever *your* fault?
LOIS: You sleeping on the couch for the next year is *your* fault for saying that.
CLARK: Touche`

They will discover the irony of this desire eventually.

CANON CLARK: Okay, fine. The truth is I had some unpure thoughts about Lois and then she turned and looked at me and I was hoping to God that she couldn't read my mind telepathically and know what I was thinking about and that made me sweat. Phew. I feel better having gotten that off my chest. Thanks.
LOIS: So, you have unpure thoughts about me, Smallville?
CLARK: I have no idea what you're talking about.

CLARK: I'd much rather have the story be about the crime and it having been stopped than about SM and what I... *he* has to say.