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Hello MouseRocks,

I love it. I just wish that DC would take notice.

Thanks for posting this story. Now get back to your schoolwork.

Joy,
Lynn

I totally agree--Mouse go graduate.

Haven't seen MoS but I got the drift and liked the story.

I like this better than DC's reboot. Superman and Wonder Woman as a couple just doesn't feel right.

I didn't realize at first that this was a New 52s story until the "girl" Clark was referring to revealed herself to be Diana. I liked how real and down to Earth Clark was in your story, despite flying in sky above Metropolis. Does Diana really call Clark "Kal" in New 52s? Yes, I could see him not liking that.

Whoa! When he realizes what he's been missing, he doesn't go tiptoeing around.

HERB! Oh, I should have known.

So, what happened to that universe's Lois and Clark? Where they whisked off to LnC's Metropolis to be rebooted?

Fun story. Glad all the toys were put back where they belonged, in OUR toy box.

NOW, get back to your school work, Missy!

Yes!!!

Other than Lois's boyfriend being dumped (something I'll attribute to is being the LnC!Lois picking up some residual, "this is not my kind of guy!") it's pretty accurate to the DCnU so far.

And yes, Virginia, Diana DOES call Clark/Superman "Kal." Has since before the DCnU. In the past it was attributed to the fact that they were usually dressed as their super counterparts. These days, though it's what she calls him ALL the time.

How sad. It sounds like Clark has slapped the Kents in the face for all that they've given him.

KAL: Gee, thanks, Mom and Dad, but now that I know who my birth folks are, you and what you taught me don't really matter anymore.

I've never understood the concept of Clark rejecting his Kent heritage for his Kryptonian one. He grew up as Clark Kent, why should learning who his birth parents are make him forget who he had been for the first 20+ years of his life? It's why I love LnC so much. Our Clark is Clark first, Kal second (well, third, he has a complex life.)

On the plus side of the Clark/Kal equation, Diana has been (of late in the Superman/Wonder Woman books) been advocating Clark give up being Clark in favor of being Superman 24/7. Methinks it's not just all Clark's fault. Not to mention it's something that is a pretty darn good compelling reason to split from Diana in the end. I think it's a pretty safe bet that Lois (even with the character assassinations that have happened of late in Superman #27) wouldn't ask that of Clark to the reverse (i.e. ask him to give up being Superman).

Lana did in "Tempus Anyone?" I wonder if the writers at DC are testing the waters on giving up Superman's Clark Kent persona. That's a scary thought and it would meet with heavy resistance, especially from those of us who like Clark Kent more than Superman. Then again, how often does Bruce Wayne appear in Batman comics anymore? Giving up their real lives would mean giving up their grip on reality (isn't that what they discovered in JL / JLU - the animated series? That if they separate themselves too much from living among those they want to help, the help they give may not really be the help that is truly needed.)

Mouse, sorry about ambushing your FDK thread. But this is an interesting topic.

They did have Clark give up his "Clark" identity at one point in the early part of the reboot. In it Action Comics Morrison had "Clark" get killed in a bomb blast at the Daily Star (Lois and Jimmy work at the rival Daily Planet) in Action #10. During the time-frame that Clark is "dead" he works as a firefighter names Johnny Clark (which is little more than a way for him to be Superman pretty much full-time). During that time he realizes the difference between Clark being a "disguise" and Clark being a "person" (Johnny interacts with people on a superficial level and has few if any friends, while Clark has Jimmy, Lois, Lana and Mrs. Nyxly...whom I'll get to in a moment.) Eventually Superman/Clark/Johnny tells his landlady Mrs. Nyxly (she's the widow of Myxzptlk and a princess from the 5th dimension) and she grants him a wish so that it never occurred in the first place. After this I doubt Clark'd be very pleased about the idea of fully giving up that identity (btw, that happened about 5 1/2 years before he and WW got involved with each other). There has been a move to make is much more difficult for him to be Clark, what with him quitting the Daily Planet (because it's owned by a conglomerate and seemingly not up to snuff), starting up an online news site with Cat Grant (where he does little reporting on his own). It was that news site that broke the news Superman and Wonder Woman being together (so recently that I don't know what will happen next on that). And this is while Diana is telling him (in so many words) "give up being Clark for me."

From what I've seen of Diana, she has never understood the human race. She grew up on an isolated island, with different views and values and she looks down upon humanity from her high position as a princess and mighty semi-goddess. She can relate to super heroes, because they aren't just ordinary humans, but she can't relate to ordinary people because she is above them. I think this is why she has always called Clark 'Kal'. Kal is not human. Kal doesn't belong to humanity like her. And this is why she wants him to give up 'Clark'. Because Clark is what makes him human. His Clark persona ties him to humanity. Clark has struggles and fails that she can't comprehend. Her mistake is seeing Clark as his weakness, while this is his strength. He just can be Earth's hero because he understands and relates to Earth's people. Without this connection he would be a powerful dictator, even if his intentions were good.

I don't follow the New 52 (and hope that it burns in hell) but from what I've heard Diana is still her superiority-complex-self.

In an aside, Diana is an Amazon. They abhor men and don't even allow their unholy presence in their island. This is why I can't see Diana in a healthy relationship with any man, super or not. She wouldn't subject herself to have a relationship with an 'inferior being', as they see men in general.

Andreia

Years ago I used to mentally speculate on the prospect of Wonder Woman and Superman as a real couple.

After seeing this reboot by DC I can honestly say it just does not work!

Get Clark back with his real wonder woman - Lois Lane.

I agree with everyone else, get back to the school books!!!

I have to second that this is a message DC needs to accept. Although, I am 100% sure they will accept it eventually. Lois and Clark are as iconic as Robin Hood and Maid Marian. You have to put them together.

Someone said something about "Man of Steel". That film very much has Lois and Clark together. Although if it will stay that way for the sequel is unknown. At least on the Lois/Clark front, it has no connection with the New 52.