From: "L-Soft list server at Indiana University (1.8d)" To: "ARTF@MemoryAlpha.nil" File: "LOISCLA-GENERAL-L LOG0105B" ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 01:08:07 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Re: OT Dean Cain on "Just Shoot Me" tonight/Fic Question Alexis!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/7/01 10:16:18 PM EST, nightangel@HOME.COM writes: << Lighting?! You think that was lighting?!! ;) And all that time they were wondering where the set's spare fresnel disappeared to... Demi (*yanked* out of lurkdom and into the harsh *light* of reality ;) >> Hello...duh! I was joking. Special lighting is used in ALL TV shows....I know everything on Dean is and was VERY real. I was just joking around. ;) Alexis ;-.) "It's not coming out." (Clark) "Clark, is it a dirt stain, or an oil-based stain?" (Martha) "I don't know, Mom. It's a bomb stain." (Clark) "The important thing is: blot, don't rub." (Martha) {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:44:29 +0930 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jill Kaye Subject: Re: LAFF2001 - Join us in LA, FoLCs! In-Reply-To: <3AF6EB6C.E167C120@t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Okay, I have a question. Is this held every year? On the same date? Because I REALLY wanna go next year because I will be finished school and taking a year off to travel. My sister may take me if I'm lucky because she has a friend in LA I think. Anyway, thanks! ~Larissa~ Hi FoLCs, >sorry to everyone who gets this more than once :-) > >As many of you already know, we're going to have another "Los Angeles >Folc >Fest" this year. Date is July 31st to August 4th 2001 in Los Angeles, >California. > >FoLCs of all countries and ages are invited to join us in the "Beverly >Garland Holiday Inn" for a great little vacation. FoLCs under the age of >18 have to be accompagnied by an adult. > >Some of the planned activities for the Folcfest include a visit to the >WB-lot were Lois&Clark was filmed, an auction of Superman Memorabilia, >a costume party, a beach party, and a visit of the Hollywood All Star >Celebrity Baseball game. Furthermore there's always the opportunity to >see Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and maybe visit Disneyland or the >Universal >Studios. > >Most of all it's a wonderful opportunity to meet other FoLCs from all >over the world. > >If you are interested, send an email to Chris Paterson at >CP13607@aol.com. >She'll be adding you to her list of (potential) attendees. Even if you >don't know yet if you will be able to attend, email her anyway so she >can >keep you posted on all news concerning LAFF2001. > >For those, who already know they're going to attend, please contact >Natascha, especially if you're searching for roommates. Her email is >natanh@hotmail.com. For those, who want a room of their own, or have >already found people to share a room with: The hotel will take >reservations at 1-800-Beverly or 818-980-8000. The LAFF rooom rate is >$119 per room per day (not per person!). It is extremely important that >at time of reservation you mention that you will be attending LAFF 2001. >The cost of the meeting rooms as well as the guest rooms depends on >this. > >Some of you guys on Chris' list haven't sent back their questionaires >yet! >/me looks around sternly >Please do that as fast as you can, even if there are some things you >can't fill out yet. They're essential for a good organization. > >Once again we're having a T-Shirt contest this year, too. The >deadline for sending in the entries for possible designs has been >postponed >to May 31st. We have only two contestants so far, so people get to work >soon! You can send in a design no matter if you're going to attend or >not >and the winner is going to get a free T-shirt. > >That's all for now, FoLCs, hope to see ya all soon in sunny California! > >You can find all information about LAFF2001 at the official webpage: >http://www.geocities.com/aviatiko.geo/LAFF2001.html > >Nicole and Natascha >-- >AKA CKgroupie on IRC/AIM >NKWolke@t-online.de >"The Dean Cain News Page" http://members.tripod.de/CKgroupie/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 11:06:26 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: LAFF2001 - Join us in LA, FoLCs! On Tue, 8 May 2001 18:44:29 +0930, Jill Kaye wrote: >Okay, I have a question. Is this held every year? On the same date? >Because I REALLY wanna go next year because I will be finished school and >taking a year off to travel. My sister may take me if I'm lucky because she >has a friend in LA I think. Anyway, thanks! Not every year, but that doesn't mean that there won't be one in 2002. It will probably depend on the turnout and interest this year. :) There were LAFFs in (oh, I'm blanking -- correct me, FoLCs!) 1995, 1996 and 1997 and then again in 2000. Interest was so high (and the experience so great :)) in 2000, that Chris graciously agreed to organize one for 2001, as well. I know there are people that will be interested in attending in 2002, so it's definitely a possibility. But I think that will probably depend on how this year's fest goes, too. As for dates, they aren't always exactly the same. In 2000, it was Aug 2-6 ... in 2001, it's a week earlier. I believe it was held earlier in July in the three original fests, but those were organized by different people. I hope this helps you start planning. But think of it this way -- start saving now for 2002, and if for some reason there is no LAFF that year, you'll be able to go to Club Med or something. Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 19:05:22 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I have the unhappy task, FoLCs, of posting that one of my stories (some of you may recall "Temporary Insanity", posted back in 1995), has apparently been plagiarized under the auspices of a fangroup for "Blue Healers" (does anyone know what "Blue Healers" is about?). I was written to by the archivist of their fandom -- a very lovely woman -- who had the unfortunate responsibility of informing me that there was an issue -- she wasn't certain, however, whether the other author (a "Melissa Diss") had written the piece, or whether I was the one who had. In any event, I did write her back, and I've asked her to remove the story from her archive as well (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive/fanfic/tu/temporaryinsanity.htm) as soon as she's satisfied that I'm not the plagiarist. I imagine she'll have to speak with Melissa again, since she still seems to claim the story as hers. I really can't fathom how a person could continue to lie about something like that even *after* they've been cornered and asked. In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have the opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems to get any more fun...) ___________________________________________ Demi aka Demona nightangel@home.com "Time is a finite concept borne of physical mortality and fear. It swallows up entire generations of dreamers; falls with harsh revenge upon the minds of those who dare to see beyond such linear boundaries. But time means nothing to the living spirit. Pushed against such infinite awareness, the ticking melts away; liquid and pliable as the fluid of inspiration." ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 00:09:48 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Demi wrote: > In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good > vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have the > opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive > (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the > L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. > > > Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems to > get any more fun...) > ___________________________________________ Demi, I was saddened to get your email on this one. Blue Heelers, as far as I recall, is some kind of Australian show. About cops maybe? Something like that. Here's hoping we can get it sorted out quickly. There are certainly plenty of fans for whom Temporary Insanity is an old favourite and who know you as a well respected and well known author of FoLCdom who will be able to testify that you are the original author of this story if need be. I doubt that this Melissa has only plagarised one fanfic. It may well be that we'll find others and that will sink the nail in her coffin. take care, LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 19:26:12 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: <004401c0d813$fa932760$897f1f3e@land> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed It appears she's also stolen Heaven's Prisoners (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive/fanfic/pq/prisoneroflife.htm) --- under the title "Prisoner of Life" -- she even kept my author's forward! I think I'm going to have to look much more closely into this archive. Demi ... At 12:09 AM 09/05/2001 +0100, LabRat wrote: >Demi wrote: > > > In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good > > vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have the > > opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive > > (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the > > L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. > > > > > > Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems to > > get any more fun...) > > ___________________________________________ > >Demi, I was saddened to get your email on this one. Blue Heelers, as far as >I recall, is some kind of Australian show. About cops maybe? Something like >that. Here's hoping we can get it sorted out quickly. There are certainly >plenty of fans for whom Temporary Insanity is an old favourite and who know >you as a well respected and well known author of FoLCdom who will be able to >testify that you are the original author of this story if need be. > >I doubt that this Melissa has only plagarised one fanfic. It may well be >that we'll find others and that will sink the nail in her coffin. > >take care, > >LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 19:26:42 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jacalyn Sue Newman Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010508185557.00aa1d30@mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" That's TERRIBLE!!! In addition to asking that the plagarized story be removed, I'd ask the host of that site to put up a note as to WHY the story is gone. For example, "The story "Temporary Insanity" has been removed from this site because it was discovered that the work was plagiarized from the original work by the same name, located at the Lois and Clark fanfic archive: http://lcfanfic.com/." That way, fandom will be alerted to this individual's acts and not send her a bunch of pathetic emails pleading that it be re-posted! Sigh. I wish we could have Lois pay her a visit! She'd give that chick what for! (I'd send Clark, but he'd be all legal and polite and firm.) Lois will just deck her and be done with it! Jackie -- Jacalyn S. Newman jacalynsue@earthlink.net ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:27:03 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( Demi, there is another story there, called Prisoner of Life, by this Melissa Diss, which is a plagiarised version of your Heaven's Prisoners. :( Wendy ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 16:37:07 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Judith Williams Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Plagiarism is the most abominable form of flattery, but at least the plagiarizer has taste if not ethics. That site is 'Blue HEElers' BTW, which is, as LabRat indicated, an Australian cop show. I presume blue heeler is an Austrine slang term for policeman. I'm sure we'll hear from our friends in Oz. Bummer. Jude ----- Original Message ----- From: "LabRat" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:09 PM Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( > Demi wrote: > > > In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good > > vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have the > > opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive > > (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the > > L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. > > > > > > Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems to > > get any more fun...) > > ___________________________________________ > > Demi, I was saddened to get your email on this one. Blue Heelers, as far as > I recall, is some kind of Australian show. About cops maybe? Something like > that. Here's hoping we can get it sorted out quickly. There are certainly > plenty of fans for whom Temporary Insanity is an old favourite and who know > you as a well respected and well known author of FoLCdom who will be able to > testify that you are the original author of this story if need be. > > I doubt that this Melissa has only plagarised one fanfic. It may well be > that we'll find others and that will sink the nail in her coffin. > > take care, > > LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 00:34:42 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Fw: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Jude. Melissa has also posted a multi part story called The Runaway on the BH site. It's Plan9's On The Run. :( LabRat :) (still checking...) > Plagiarism is the most abominable form of flattery, but at least the > plagiarizer has taste if not ethics. That site is 'Blue HEElers' BTW, > which is, as LabRat indicated, an Australian cop show. I presume blue heeler > is an Austrine slang term for policeman. I'm sure we'll hear from our > friends in Oz. Bummer. Jude > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LabRat" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:09 PM > Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( > > > > Demi wrote: > > > > > In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good > > > vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have > the > > > opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive > > > (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the > > > L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. > > > > > > > > > Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems > to > > > get any more fun...) > > > ___________________________________________ > > > > Demi, I was saddened to get your email on this one. Blue Heelers, as far > as > > I recall, is some kind of Australian show. About cops maybe? Something > like > > that. Here's hoping we can get it sorted out quickly. There are certainly > > plenty of fans for whom Temporary Insanity is an old favourite and who > know > > you as a well respected and well known author of FoLCdom who will be able > to > > testify that you are the original author of this story if need be. > > > > I doubt that this Melissa has only plagarised one fanfic. It may well be > > that we'll find others and that will sink the nail in her coffin. > > > > take care, > > > > LabRat :) > ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:40:57 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( And again... Can someone who is more familiar than I am with On The Run please check out a series 'by' Melissa Diss called Runaway? You need to go to the address Demi posted - http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive.html - and follow the links. I tried to use the Author index, but that was down. Instead I went by the Story index, alphabetical. Anyway, this Runaway one looks very like OTR to me, but not having read that story consistently I can't be sure. Wendy (who just emailed the archivist to complain about the stealing of Demi's Heaven's Prisoners, and included evidence, in the shape of Demi's 1998 Kerth Award, that it was written before this plagiarist submitted it) ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:45:36 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( Jeff Brodgen's Unknown Emotions is there too! What a thieving bitch! Can someone make sure Jeff knows about this? Wendy ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 19:46:33 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 06:40 PM 08/05/2001 -0500, Wendy wrote: >http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive.html - and follow >the links. I tried to use the Author index, but that was down. Instead I >went by the Story index, alphabetical. Anyway, this Runaway one looks very >like OTR to me, but not having read that story consistently I can't be sure. This is a listing of all of the "award nominated" stories for 1999/200 on that website. http://ficarchive.tripod.com/bhfa/finalnominees.html Several of Melissa's 'stolen' stories are on this list. It can be cross referenced (for title names) with the story index that Wendy mentioned (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive/a.html). The author index is indeed not working. Demi ___________________________________________ Demi aka Demona nightangel@home.com "Time is a finite concept borne of physical mortality and fear. It swallows up entire generations of dreamers; falls with harsh revenge upon the minds of those who dare to see beyond such linear boundaries. But time means nothing to the living spirit. Pushed against such infinite awareness, the ticking melts away; liquid and pliable as the fluid of inspiration." ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 19:51:32 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I would suggest that a list of all plagiarized stories and their locations be kept (possibly by our own archivist? Labby?) since their archivist was the one who approached me directly. I think it would work well if we did this "archive to archive", and we could then send a letter directly, outlining everything at once, CCing the authors who have been affected in our fandom. Something like this is never fun, but it seems to be par for the course as the internet continues to grow. The phrase "it takes all kinds" grows with it... I'll echo Wendy's sigh. Demi At 06:45 PM 08/05/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > >Jeff Brodgen's Unknown Emotions is there too! What a thieving bitch! Can >someone make sure Jeff knows about this? > > >Wendy ___________________________________________ Demi aka Demona nightangel@home.com "Time is a finite concept borne of physical mortality and fear. It swallows up entire generations of dreamers; falls with harsh revenge upon the minds of those who dare to see beyond such linear boundaries. But time means nothing to the living spirit. Pushed against such infinite awareness, the ticking melts away; liquid and pliable as the fluid of inspiration." ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 00:52:45 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Demi wrote: > I would suggest that a list of all plagiarized stories and their locations > be kept (possibly by our own archivist? Labby?) since their archivist was > the one who approached me directly. I think it would work well if we did > this "archive to archive", and we could then send a letter directly, > outlining everything at once, CCing the authors who have been affected in > our fandom. Something like this is never fun, but it seems to be par for > the course as the internet continues to grow. The phrase "it takes all > kinds" grows with it... > [No problems with that from me. I was about to suggest something along those lines. If anyone who's found stolen work by Melissa Diss on the Blue Heelers Archive could send it to me, that would be fine. :)] LabRat :) > I'll echo Wendy's sigh. > > Demi > > > At 06:45 PM 08/05/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > >Jeff Brodgen's Unknown Emotions is there too! What a thieving bitch! Can > >someone make sure Jeff knows about this? > > > > > >Wendy > > ___________________________________________ > Demi aka Demona > nightangel@home.com > > "Time is a finite concept borne of physical mortality and fear. > It swallows up entire generations of dreamers; falls with harsh > revenge upon the minds of those who dare to see beyond such > linear boundaries. But time means nothing to the living spirit. > Pushed against such infinite awareness, the ticking melts away; > liquid and pliable as the fluid of inspiration." ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 16:56:37 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nancy Smith Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I don't know if anyone has spotted this one, also by Melissa Diss, titled When It Rains It Pours. I recognized it, but I can't recall the title. The original has Lois driving along when a truck comes up behind her, accelerating, and she tries to warn the people in the car ahead of her. There's an accident, and the little girl in the car is thrown out and dies. There's a lot more, but I suggest some one check it. It's definitely Lois and Clark. Nan Demona (Angel Of The Night) wrote: > I have the unhappy task, FoLCs, of posting that one of my stories (some of > you may recall "Temporary Insanity", posted back in 1995), has apparently > been plagiarized under the auspices of a fangroup for "Blue Healers" (does > anyone know what "Blue Healers" is about?). I was written to by the > archivist of their fandom -- a very lovely woman -- who had the unfortunate > responsibility of informing me that there was an issue -- she wasn't > certain, however, whether the other author (a "Melissa Diss") had written > the piece, or whether I was the one who had. In any event, I did write > her back, and I've asked her to remove the story from her archive as well > ( http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive/fanfic/tu/temporaryinsanity.htm) > as soon as she's satisfied that I'm not the plagiarist. I imagine she'll > have to speak with Melissa again, since she still seems to claim the story > as hers. I really can't fathom how a person could continue to lie about > something like that even *after* they've been cornered and asked. > > In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good > vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have the > opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive > (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the > L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. > > > Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems to > get any more fun...) > ___________________________________________ > Demi aka Demona > nightangel@home.com > > "Time is a finite concept borne of physical mortality and fear. > It swallows up entire generations of dreamers; falls with harsh > revenge upon the minds of those who dare to see beyond such > linear boundaries. But time means nothing to the living spirit. > Pushed against such infinite awareness, the ticking melts away; > liquid and pliable as the fluid of inspiration." ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 16:56:49 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Judith Williams Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does this person steal from any other fanfic group, or are we just lucky? I hate to think that one of our FOLCs would stoop so low. I notice that the Blue Heelers group gives awards too. She must be hoping for a big night at the podium. I agree that the Blue Heeler web site host ought to let everyone know how little integrity this writer has and, additionally, bar her from the group. Jude ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Richards" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:45 PM Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( > > > Jeff Brodgen's Unknown Emotions is there too! What a thieving bitch! Can > someone make sure Jeff knows about this? > > > Wendy ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:58:54 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( Nan, yes! I know that one! It's In A Child's Name, by Delaney. That makes five stories that we know of. Wendy ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 01:03:46 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Count in Sold by Erin Dawn McInnes. An old one. It's under The Auction on the BH site. :P LabRat :) (taking notes...) > Nan, yes! I know that one! It's In A Child's Name, by Delaney. > > That makes five stories that we know of. > > > Wendy ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:07:33 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed If this wasn't so horrible, it would be funny. I actually think it is a little funny, in a pathetic sort of way... I can't read the stories she's stolen from me without laughing. She's replaced only one word here or there, and I can't even imagine the kind of nerve she had to have to be so brazen about it -- my AUTHOR'S NOTE?! ;) I suppose we'll all need to get together and make a circle fairly soon. "The Plagiarized FoLCs Circle". Then we can sit down, join hands and sing. It looks like we'll have enough people for a choir pretty soon! Demi At 06:58 PM 08/05/2001 -0500, Wendy wrote: >Nan, yes! I know that one! It's In A Child's Name, by Delaney. > That makes five stories that we know of. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 17:14:02 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jocelyn R Hoffman Subject: Semi OT: What mothers said MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi everyone, I got this from another list. There was a whole list of 'what mother's said' but I thought you all would really enjoy this one! << SUPERMAN'S MOTHER: "Clark, your father and I have discussed it, and we've decided you can have your own telephone line. Now will you quit spending so much time in all those phone booths?" >> ~Jocelyn ===== Jocelyn R Hoffman dreaminglight@yahoo.com "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." -- Jack London "A problem is a chance to do your best." -- Duke Ellington __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:22:14 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010508200130.0337a008@mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I'm sorry, I just have to vent again -- I can't *believe* how she managed to not change a single thing, right down to my author's forward. She even left in my acknowledgements, for pete's sake! She only changed the names! I remember writing this particular author's forward and then sharing it with the folcs on IRC, "the night of" -- it's not even altered! She uses my grins and the word WAFFs -- everything! Author's foreword: This is also by no means a "complete" or "total" story. The more I write the more I realize that there probably is no such thing. Life goes on forever, even the lives of two made-up characters in a novel or on TV. We poor souls in the real world only get to see glimpses of some of the more interesting parts if we're lucky. As I delved into the "What If" premise my story based itself upon, I discovered that the primary "catalyst" would not, in my opinion, work! Fancy that. However, I then decided to throw caution to the wind and follow the story anyhow, see where it lead me. What I ended up with (I believe) is my take on the way M&P might react were they in this 'made up' situation. Had any or all of my plot devices occurred. I hope I haven't done them any wrong. :) There are both Whams and Waffs in this story and I stand by all of them. If you cannot stand to think about M&P apart for any reason and might suffer direly if you read something like that, then please read no further! Rest assured that I don't leave my toys broken, but I do take them apart along the way. That said, what you are about to read takes place in the future, but not so far into the future that things are completely off beat. PJ and Maggie ARE married. (Well, it would be about 3-1/2 years into their marriage if things hadn't gone wrong.) Now we KNOW how made for one another the two of them are so if you'll allow me some credit, there is no cliche 'falling out' scene ... per se. Hear me, oh great minds The first bit of story you will read is something of an unfinished prologue (until "Three Years Later"). It explains very briefly what 'happened' to change things. It too is another catalyst and not a reason in all fairness. PJ feels that he should have been able to stop 'it'. He blames himself completely and I think you can guess what a PJ like that might be like. In a nutshell, everything changes for him, and inherently, for Maggie. Heartfelt thanks go out to all my loyal readers, Rachael, Vanessa, Kimmy, Angel and last but not least Rhiannon (for whom I named one of my characters :) Special thanks also to Phil for his wonderful ideas and suggestions many of which I blatantly sucked up and used ... and to Alice who inspired me to go with my heart instead of my sense of humor. She, as always, was so right about that, somehow I managed to write 60 pages 10pt without an A-Plot. Because this is such a long story and everyone on the list lately is opting for cliffhangers.....I've decided to send this in sections, one a day for the next couple of weeks. I'm not joking when I said it was that long. Take Care! Melissa Without further adieu ... A Prisoner of Life (PG) By: (Melissa Diss) melissa@diesel.net.au Copyright 1998, Melissa Diss. ---------- Apart from that, I think I have her in spades on one point in particular. Melissa 'changed' the name of her conglomerate in the story (mine was Planet News Networks PNN). Her new name was Australian Head Division, AHD -- but later on in the story, she slips up. She's forgotten to remove one instance of the word "PNN". The paragraph follows: ---- The sunset. She spun her chair around and was accosted full force with the most beautiful sunset she'd seen in years. From her vantage point, high up in PNN's main building, she watched the shimmering fireball descend into the water-filled horizon, reflecting off the polished surfaces of the building all around her. It was stunning. ---- I'd love to know how "PNN" fits into 'her' version. You can submit that as 'evidence' as well, Labby (should there be any 'required' in order for them to post a formal apology). Demi ___________________________________________ Demi aka Demona nightangel@home.com "Time is a finite concept borne of physical mortality and fear. It swallows up entire generations of dreamers; falls with harsh revenge upon the minds of those who dare to see beyond such linear boundaries. But time means nothing to the living spirit. Pushed against such infinite awareness, the ticking melts away; liquid and pliable as the fluid of inspiration." ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:29:32 -0400 Reply-To: Shawn Catlin Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Shawn Catlin Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII OK, I've not been on this list that long, and so I'm not familiar with the originals of any of the stories involved here... I was just looking over that nbci site and found two more...don't know if anyone here will recognize these, but given all the others that have turned up... "2 AM" and "Waiting Period" Are these disguised LC's too? ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:32:23 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've been sitting here and reading all of these emails and all I can say is that I'm sicken by what has been going on here! I can't believe a person that calls themself a *fellow author* would do such a thing like that! Stealing things from other talented authors, does nothing for that person and it just shows how low they are. I sure hope that this all gets worked out soon. It also makes one leery about sending in their work to the archive, or for that matter putting stories up on a website. :( Alexis ;-.) "It's not coming out." (Clark) "Clark, is it a dirt stain, or an oil-based stain?" (Martha) "I don't know, Mom. It's a bomb stain." (Clark) "The important thing is: blot, don't rub." (Martha) {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:51:40 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jacalyn Sue Newman Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: <29.14687d65.2829ea17@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >I sure hope that this all gets worked out soon. It also makes one leery >about sending in their work to the archive, or for that matter putting >stories up on a website. :( I'm of the opposite mentality- barring print, an archive is the SAFEST place to publish. You have witnesses to times, dates, places.... I'd love to know when these "new" stories were posted to the other site, as compared to the L&C site. That alone will prove who came first. Fortunately, good is coming of this sad incident- you can see from the flood of emails that the FoLCs are banding together and circling the wagons. That bleeping excuse for a human may have stolen some fanfic, but she can't take our loyalty (or our sense of humor) from us! I'm not going to be singing in the proposed choir, but I'll be happy to play and accompaniment. :-) Jackie -- Jacalyn S. Newman jacalynsue@earthlink.net ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 01:57:59 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagarim - update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Okay, so far these are the stories identified as having been stolen by = Meliss Diss and posted on the Blue Heelers site under her name: Sold! By Erin Dawn McInnes (posted as The Auction) Unknown Emotions by Jeff Brogden (posted as Unknown Emotions) Heaven's Prisoner by Demi (posted as Prisoner of Life) On The Run by Plan9 (partially posted in 6 parts as The Runaway) In a Child's Name by Delaney (posted as When It Rain It Pours)=20 It has been noted that these are all older fic - perhaps Melissa thought = if she took older fic no one would notice? A Christmas Story and Communications Breakdown look dubious, can anyone = confirm or otherwise that these are also LNC please? Regardless, I think we have enough evidence to get the ball rolling, so = I've mailed the Blue Heelers' Archiver with the list so far. I'll keep = you all updated on progress. LabRat :) (who is uncertain whether to be relieved or insulted that she = hasn't found any of her fic on the BH site yet.... ;) ) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 19:55:24 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carol L Moncado Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've been reading these, but don't really have time to get on the website and check out these other stories as I am knee deep in end of the semester stuff (60 some terms papers to grade) and waist deep in the First Night sequel that is screaming at me to be written (30 pages so far). I don't know that I have read any of the stories that have been stolen - and if I had that may answer my question - or if I had a clue what this other show was all about, but how does she deal with the whole CK=S issue since that seemingly wouldn't apply to this other series (or is there another superhero in disguise there? or are all of the stories ones that don't deal with that issue?)? Just curious and I hope this all gets worked out soon. Thanks. CM ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:03:31 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anyone recognize Melissa Diss's "Rostered Day Off" as a ripped-off L&C fic? I don't, but it bears traces... "M&P" have just admitted their love for each other, and he's prepared a surprise day for them -- they go to a carnival and ride the Ferris wheel, etc. > Although it > was > still disappointing to see him leave some of the time, she knew that he > would always return. and > He > decided a more conventional way of travel was appropriate for today,no CI > car > so he began the short walk to Maggie's house. Looks like she's ripped these off a while ago, too, so this would likely be an older fic. I skimmed through her version of "Unknown Emotions" and was so upset I was literally trembling with outrage ... I wrote her a nasty e-mail about it, for all the good that will do. -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:07:20 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Norman Mayes Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Did L&C fanfic just get 'lucky' enough to get all her attention or does she steal from other fandoms too? Does anyone know if she posts to other fandoms? I searched on Melissa Diss on Google and found a Yahoo list for Blue Heelers with her on it. I not sure if they post fanfic or discuss it. There is another fanfic site at http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/1038/profiles.html with a 'authors' short bio referencing her 'great ' work. Name : Melissa Diss Lives : Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Nicknames : "Dissy" on mIRC or "Mel" Claim to fame : Melissa is most famous for writing those absolutely fantastic fanfics all the time, which means those of us on the bhfic mailing list are never bored. The most famous of her fanfics is undoubtedly "A Prisoner of Life" which was posted in something like 16 parts on the mailing list, keeping us all enthralled for more than a few weeks! When Melissa isn't working on her latest fanfic (and even when she is), you'll find her working at McDonalds where she's just been promoted to Manager, or rallying for the Blue Heelers cast to come to her McDonalds on McHappy Day. Melissa is always smiling and always friendly. and another: http://bhfic.tripod.com/top10.html How did the archivist for the Blue Heelers group find out? ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 02:10:25 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Carol wrote: > I don't know that I have read any of the stories that have been stolen - > and if I had that may answer my question - or if I had a clue what this > other show was all about, but how does she deal with the whole CK=S issue > since that seemingly wouldn't apply to this other series (or is there > another superhero in disguise there? or are all of the stories ones that > don't deal with that issue?)? > Carol, as with all other instances of plagarism turned up so far (we had a notable encounter some time ago with someone who turned LNC fanfic into fanfic for The Nanny - unbelievable as that may sound ;) ) the stories are used almost in their entirey and the character names are changed. Some minor tweaking to fit the story to the new fandom will occur. In this case, the LNC fanfic stolen by Melissa Diss and posted on the Blue Heelers site use the character names Maggie and PJ as opposed to Lois and Clark. I've just discovered that Melissa has nominated in the 1999/2000 Blue Heeler Fanfic Awards in several categories - for Auction (Sold!) and Prisoner of Life (Heaven's Prisoner and - sickeningly enough - even as Best New Author for that period. The link to the winners - apparently announced on Dec 24th 2000 isn't working, so I can't tell if she was rewarded for her plagarism or not. :( LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:16:48 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Norman Mayes Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://www.ultraglobe.com/blueheelers/background.html found this at the above site Background Of Blue Heelers Set in the mythical town of Mt Thomas, Blue Heelers revolves around the local police station and it's officers. At the centre of the station is Sergeant Tom Croydon, who's been involved in country policing for over 20 years. Coming to Mt Thomas 3 years ago, Maggie certainly didn't arrive with a ripple, but with a splash. She was the first female cop at the somewhat old-fashioned, all male country station, and found herself involved in a rape case before she'd even put on her uniform for her new assignment. Her first day at the station, she was forced to shoot a dog, about to attack her and Patterson, which then led to the somewhat hilarious explanation of their activities to Sergeant Croydon after their return, ripped and muddy, to the station. Maggie is a second generation cop, with her father and two brothers in the force. It's this which drives her, as she desperately wishes to prove herself to her father. This occasionally causes her to push too hard for the truth, but generally she's spot on. Maggie and PJ are constantly arguing, although they're well and truly in love with each other, despite denying it for over a year. They're the last two people in Mt Thomas to figure out that they're perfect for each other, and still refuse to acknowledge their feelings, even with all of their friends trying desperately to push them together. They shared their first kiss at the end of 1995 (Brotherly Love) but since then have pretended it didn't happen. Once described as "a man with a past he hopes he's left behind", PJ is tough and determined, and very good at his job, but when they day's over, he's the first to head down to the pub for a beer, and he loves joking around with his mates. He's been in Mt Thomas about 6 years, and seems perfectly happy in the country, despite originally being from the city. Maggie once said that "at the end of the day, the only person PJ cares about is PJ.", but as the years have progressed, this has been proven untrue. If PJ considers you a true mate, he'll do everything he can for you, as illustrated in the 1997 season premiere, when PJ pushed everything else aside to find a cure to save Maggie's life. On the other hand, if you're a crim, you'll be praying that PJ doesn't get hold of you, as once he's got you in his sights, he's a complete nightmare. On his first case in Mt Thomas, PJ interrogated a suspect for 20 hours, until finally, worn down, he confessed (Half a Second). ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:40:57 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's a challenge for you authors... How about a short story (quickly written, you see) where Lois investigates this person accused of plagairizing stories on the 'net... Maybe Clark is off being "super" somewhere else in the world and Perry assigns her this little story. Maybe they are batman fan stories or something. Get your anger out in this story. Write it so it's VERY clear what the inspiration was. Maybe even include blue heelers characters (if you can figure them out). Submit them to the bh archive and/or post them to the bh sites as well as this list.... Let their fans know we are onto Melissa... --Laurie (not a writer) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:43:31 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Shawn Catlin Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Here's a few more that are listed as being 'by' Melissa Diss...if someone could check these out as well? Bad Things, Good Things Our Lady of Perfection Rostered Day Off ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 02:44:44 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Shawn wrote: > > Bad Things, Good Things > Our Lady of Perfection > Rostered Day Off Rostered Day Off has been identified as The Day Off by DC Star. Our Lady of Perfection is not an LNC fic, but has been identified as a Law and Order fic by the same name. Thanks, Peggy. :) LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:13:50 +0930 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jill Kaye Subject: Re: LAFF2001 - Join us in LA, FoLCs! In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thanks for all the info :) I really hope there is one next year because it will probably be the only chance I will have of going. You folcs are so amazing organising things like this, I have no idea how you do it. I'm definitely going to start saving just in case. Thanks again! ~Larissa~ On Tue, 8 May 2001 18:44:29 +0930, Jill Kaye wrote: > >>Okay, I have a question. Is this held every year? On the same date? >>Because I REALLY wanna go next year because I will be finished school and >>taking a year off to travel. My sister may take me if I'm lucky because she >>has a friend in LA I think. Anyway, thanks! > >Not every year, but that doesn't mean that there won't be one in 2002. It >will probably depend on the turnout and interest this year. :) > >There were LAFFs in (oh, I'm blanking -- correct me, FoLCs!) 1995, 1996 and >1997 and then again in 2000. Interest was so high (and the experience so >great :)) in 2000, that Chris graciously agreed to organize one for 2001, as >well. > >I know there are people that will be interested in attending in 2002, so it's >definitely a possibility. But I think that will probably depend on how this >year's fest goes, too. > >As for dates, they aren't always exactly the same. In 2000, it was Aug 2-6 >... in 2001, it's a week earlier. I believe it was held earlier in July in >the three original fests, but those were organized by different people. > >I hope this helps you start planning. But think of it this way -- start >saving now for 2002, and if for some reason there is no LAFF that year, >you'll be able to go to Club Med or something. > >Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:48:34 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Plagarim - update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > It has been noted that these are all older fic - perhaps Melissa thought if she took older fic no one would notice? I've been cruising through their archive, and they do show dates uploaded... most of the ones "MD" uploaded seem to have gone up in 1998, so I suspect they were current at the time she stole them. :( There were some that she might have done herself; the formatting was worse, for one thing. The list has "Compromises and Reunions" (uploaded 1.7.98, or 7/1/98 for the Americans) which is the title of a fic by Lillonely, if I'm not mistaken, but the link to the story doesn't work, so I don't know if it's a stolen story. Maybe it's just a coincidence. Yeah, right. Let's compare dates... Jeff Brogden put "Unknown Emotions" on the archive before Kathy started putting dates on, but he was nominated for a Kerth in 1998, so he must have put it up before the end of 1997. MD put her version up in June of 1998. I wonder, if you look at all the dates of her plagarized fics, if they weren't all uploaded in quick succession. Not that we need more proof. And speaking of dates, this Blue Heelers archive is looking fairly sad, compared to ours :) No story descriptions, no sorting by author, and very few uploads after 1999! -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:53:19 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think that some of Melissa Diss's stories may, in fact, be her own work. If you read them, some of them are poorly written. I would guess that those are hers. The good ones are the plagiarized ones, IMO. BTW, I tried to email her to let her know that I recognized "her" work, and the email was returned via the Mailer Daemon. Ann ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:18:19 +0930 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jill Kaye Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010508185557.00aa1d30@mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Blue Heelers is an Australian police show. ~Larissa~ >I have the unhappy task, FoLCs, of posting that one of my stories (some of >you may recall "Temporary Insanity", posted back in 1995), has apparently >been plagiarized under the auspices of a fangroup for "Blue Healers" (does >anyone know what "Blue Healers" is about?). I was written to by the >archivist of their fandom -- a very lovely woman -- who had the unfortunate >responsibility of informing me that there was an issue -- she wasn't >certain, however, whether the other author (a "Melissa Diss") had written >the piece, or whether I was the one who had. In any event, I did write >her back, and I've asked her to remove the story from her archive as well >(http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive/fanfic/tu/temporaryinsanity.htm ) >as soon as she's satisfied that I'm not the plagiarist. I imagine she'll >have to speak with Melissa again, since she still seems to claim the story >as hers. I really can't fathom how a person could continue to lie about >something like that even *after* they've been cornered and asked. > >In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good >vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have the >opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive >(http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the >L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. > > >Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems to >get any more fun...) >___________________________________________ >Demi aka Demona >nightangel@home.com > >"Time is a finite concept borne of physical mortality and fear. >It swallows up entire generations of dreamers; falls with harsh >revenge upon the minds of those who dare to see beyond such >linear boundaries. But time means nothing to the living spirit. >Pushed against such infinite awareness, the ticking melts away; >liquid and pliable as the fluid of inspiration." ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:53:29 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Cindy Leuch Subject: Re: plagiarism :( Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I think this whole plagarism thing is sad, indeed. Makes you wonder what goes through their heads. Anyone else notice the "copyright" at the end of the post that demi gave? My jaw was on the floor. Yeah, right, it was copyrighted, but to somene else. Good grief! Hope you get this straightened out. I think the best thing that could happen to this girl would be to have her outed to her peers. -Cindy Leuch isuleuch@hotmail.com leuch@worldnet.att.net _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 22:37:14 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Geek Alert: Feel free to ignore!] Okay, so I'm too wound up in statistics, but I couldn't help running the numbers just a little... the upload dates are listed for all the stories, apparently the archivist liked to get a bunch and then upload all at once, which is understandable. Here's Melissa's record (using L&C titles when she's stolen stories): March 16, 98 -- 26 k (1 story, I don't recognize it) May 4th -- 78 k (Temporary Insanity) May 23rd -- 54 k (In a Child's Name) June 11th -- 105 k (Unknown Emotions and Waiting Period, which I don't recognize) July 1st -- 37 k (Compromises & Reunions) Oct. 11th -- 51k (Sold! and Communications Breakdown, which I don't recognize) Nov. 19th -- 200 k (Heaven's Prisoners and Rostered Holiday, which I think someone identified as L&C) Past that I didn't recognize any more stolen stories until the following September, when she starts posting On the Run... but my, wasn't she a busy little girl. -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 22:18:40 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Liz Berard Subject: FDK: Fugue by Shayne Terry MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All I have to say about this story is that it makes me want to go back to the what's new page and reload in the hope that some temporal occurance will happen that loads next weeks update. Liz Berard ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 22:48:43 -0500 Reply-To: peabody Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: peabody Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've been reading and enjoying the discussions and fanfics on this list, but it's probably been weeks or months since I've posted to the list (owing to my dad's illness and some other real life issues) Now, though, someone stealing our fanfic and the resulting discussion on plagiarism is more than enough to bring me out of lurkdom Jackie wrote: > I'm of the opposite mentality- barring print, an archive is the > SAFEST place to publish. You have witnesses to times, dates, > places.... I'd love to know when these "new" stories were posted to > the other site, as compared to the L&C site. That alone will prove > who came first. I couldn't agree with you more, Jackie. I had the unpleasant experience of someone stealing part of my master's thesis (she included it in a book she published and represented it as her own research/writing!) in the early 1990's, with no internet or online involvement. If I'd had all the witnesses and proofs that our archive provides, it would have been much easier to do something about it. (As it was, I had to let the issue drop because I told it would cost me more in aggravation and legal fees than I would gain by taking action against the thief :p ) >That bleeping excuse for a human may have stolen some > fanfic, but she can't take our loyalty (or our sense of humor) from > us! My feeling has always been that a plagiarist is a pretty pathetic, indidivual, desparate for attention, and with a very poor self-image. And after hearing that she posted our stolen fanfics almost verbatim, I'll add "lazy" to that characterization ;) > I'm not going to be singing in the proposed choir, but I'll be happy > to play and accompaniment. :-) I hope that I won't be singing in that choir, either, Jackie; I haven't been able to get into the archive to check. All of the FoLCs searching for stolen goods have probably registered a record number of hits on the Blue Heelers archive's website tonight I'll be more than happy to hum along with that accompaniment, though. To Demi and all the other's who've had fics stolen, I share your outrage, and you have my empathy. I agree with all the FoLCs who said that Melissa should be "outed" to the fandom where she's posted the plagiarized fics. I can't think of a more fitting punishment for someone who's attempted to garner praise by attempting to claim someone's else's talent and hard work as her own. Pat peabody@ameritech.net pattijean@aol.com (wondering what Melissa would answer if we emailed her to ask how she planned to wrap-up "Runaway" ) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 21:04:45 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Melisma Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: <00cf01c0d83a$f17edda0$e082fea9@ameritech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Pat wrote: >(wondering what Melissa would answer if we emailed her to ask how she >planned to wrap-up "Runaway" ) GASP!!!! OMG, Pat, what a brilliant idea! Do they have some kind of a mailing list one could join? A whole lot of us could join, if she's on it, and demand to know... Or whatever. I wasn't going to join in the discussion - I just don't have a lot of time these days - but I agree with everyone that this freak is despicable. You authors who have been victimised have my complete sympathy and support - as well as my best wishes that justice be done... Melisma (fuming under her Rock) Visit my rock at http://www.intergate.ca/personal/melisma/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:52:15 -0600 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Dede Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Demi - I was shocked by your first message! I was floored after reading this one! I can't even imagine someone doing something like this (though I am sure it happens a lot more than we realize). Good luck with straightening it all out. Dede ----- Original Message ----- From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 5:26 PM Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( > It appears she's also stolen Heaven's Prisoners > (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive/fanfic/pq/prisoneroflife.htm) > --- under the title "Prisoner of Life" -- she even kept my author's > forward! I think I'm going to have to look much more closely into this > archive. > > Demi ... > > At 12:09 AM 09/05/2001 +0100, LabRat wrote: > >Demi wrote: > > > > > In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good > > > vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have the > > > opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive > > > (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the > > > L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. > > > > > > > > > Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems to > > > get any more fun...) > > > ___________________________________________ > > > >Demi, I was saddened to get your email on this one. Blue Heelers, as far as > >I recall, is some kind of Australian show. About cops maybe? Something like > >that. Here's hoping we can get it sorted out quickly. There are certainly > >plenty of fans for whom Temporary Insanity is an old favourite and who know > >you as a well respected and well known author of FoLCdom who will be able to > >testify that you are the original author of this story if need be. > > > >I doubt that this Melissa has only plagarised one fanfic. It may well be > >that we'll find others and that will sink the nail in her coffin. > > > >take care, > > > >LabRat :) > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 00:17:23 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: The Kraz Man Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: <00cf01c0d83a$f17edda0$e082fea9@ameritech.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is what I have discovered so far - The following stories were "written" by Melissa Diss (or so claimed) - 2am The Auction [This is Sold! by Erin McGinnis I believe] The Awful Price of Revenge Bad Things, Good Things Beach Romancing Bulldog A Christmas Story Communication Breakdown Compromises and Reunions Our Lady of Protection Prisoner of Life [Demi's Heaven's Prisoners] Rostered Day Off Runaway 1 - 6 Temporary Insanity [Demi's] Unknown Emotions [can anyone say Jeff Brogden] Waiting Period When It Rains It Pours I'm not sure on the other ones, but some of them sound awfully familiar... - The Kraz Man "In order to gain an understanding of one's own importance, everyone needs to own a dog that will worship them, and a cat that will ignore them!" ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 23:34:37 -0500 Reply-To: truitt22@flash.net Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: timothy truitt Organization: tnt technical services Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am disappointed that anyone would plagerize authors of fanfic. I'm not really shocked at the kind of people out in the world. I hope that this will be straightened out soon. I am saddened that this happened to any of you wonderful writers, and I hope it doesn't discourage you from writing. merry ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 05:51:30 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Plaigerism--retaliate with a story MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit How about a "revelation" version about Maggie & PJ? (And no, I've never seen or heard of Blue Heelers before.) Maggie & PJ are sitting in their car on a stakeout in front of a house. They are waiting for the couple inside to leave so they can follow them. Suddenly PJ says he can hear the couple talking. They seem to be waiting for the "boss" to phone with instructions. Meantime they--well, they must be playing strip poker as the woman says she'd raise his bet by a shirt. He hears the man laugh as he wins the hand. PJ's eyes get wide as he realizes he's seeing the woman inside remove her blouse. Maggie stares at him and asks why he looks so shocked just staring at the house. He tells her he can not only hear, but see what's going on inside. She says, "What, you think you are Superman that you have x-ray vision?" Hey, I'm not a writer. Take it and run... I think it would hysterical to post a couple stories tongue-in-cheek like that to the BH sites. --Laurie ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 06:10:10 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: PJ Piasecki Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Demi, this happened a few years ago over at the X-Files Archive. Seems a person (certainly won't call her a writer) - and I have to say that the name Melissa Diss sounds familiar, but I'm not sure - lifted a story by a very well known fic writer, Karen Rasch, and posted it as her own on a the "Nanny" site. What was amazing was that, rather than pick a little known story, she chose to pick what is considered a classic, and extremely well known to many philes. She merely substituted the names "Max and Fran" for "Mulder and Scully", changed one word in the title, and posted it as her own! I don't, as a general rule, read "Nanny" fic (Didn't even know it existed til then ) but I couldn't resist logging on to read it as soon as I heard. I wrote this...person... and simply said "Great story. Of course, I also liked it the first time I read it by Karen Rasch." No response, of course. I'm sorry this happened to you. I know it's infuriating. But look on the bright side - it's kind of flattering, in a way! Back to lurking now, Piper ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 06:27:03 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: PJ Piasecki Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/8/01 8:07:58 PM Central Daylight Time, budmayes2@FUSE.NET writes: > The most famous of her fanfics is undoubtedly "A > Prisoner of Life" which was posted in something like 16 parts on the mailing > list, keeping us all enthralled for more than a few weeks! I'm sorry, but I just spit tea all over my screen when I read this! The "most famous of her fanfics!?!?!?!?!?" The more I read these posts, the more familiar this name is. I'm sure this is the same loser who plagarized the X-Files archive a few years ago. Piper ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:23:45 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Fw: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Shawn :) And replying since I'm here - LabRat :) Shawn wrote: > you're welcome. except my name isn't Peggy *grin* > LOL, yes I know. The 'Thanks, Peggy' in my previous post was a reference to the FoLC who had given me the info by email. :) LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:25:07 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Fw: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Shawn :) > what about the other two? 2 AM and Waiting Period. Like I said I'm not > familiar with as much LC fanfic as the rest of you :p > > On Wed, 9 May 2001, LabRat wrote: > > > Shawn wrote: > > > > > > Bad Things, Good Things > > > Our Lady of Perfection > > > Rostered Day Off > > > > Rostered Day Off has been identified as The Day Off by DC Star. > > Our Lady of Perfection is not an LNC fic, but has been identified as a Law > > and Order fic by the same name. > > > > Thanks, Peggy. :) > > > > > > LabRat :) > > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:58:56 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Piper wrote: > I'm sorry, but I just spit tea all over my screen when I read this! The "most > famous of her fanfics!?!?!?!?!?" > > The more I read these posts, the more familiar this name is. I'm sure this is > the same loser who plagarized the X-Files archive a few years ago. > The plagariser with The Nanny fic also found victims in LNC, Piper. I remember the battle to get her fic removed from that site, which was - I think but could be wrong - her own. That made dealing with it much more difficult, but the site did close down shortly thereafter IIRC. LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 07:11:34 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 09/05/01 11:10:35 GMT Daylight Time, PJPiasecki@AOL.COM writes: > < person (certainly won't call her a writer) - and I have to say that the name > Melissa Diss sounds familiar, but I'm not sure - lifted a story by a very > well known fic writer, Karen Rasch, and posted it as her own on a the > "Nanny" > site. What was amazing was that,>> > > The Name Mellisa Diss has been on my mind since I began reading these posts > at 6am (BST) this morning and I remember the XFiles fiasco very well. I > don't know if she was connected with that or whether she has appeared in > FoLCdom before. However the name definately is familer to me. > > Although I don't write fic, I enjoy the wonderful stories that the FoLCs > write and I am horrified at what has happened. My sympathies to you all. > Please keep us posted on what happens regarding the whole matter. One > thing though Demi, I'm intrigued how this whole thing came to light in the > first place. I mean XF and L&C and possibly even The Nanny, you can see > how they could work those into each other and share the same fans as they > have similar attributes. However Blue Healers and L&C, they couldn't be > more different? Certainly the Blue Healers I saw some years ago. >(wondering what Melissa would answer if we emailed her to ask how she >planned to wrap-up "Runaway" ) Yes I was thinking something similar, the minute I read Wendy's post saying there was a saga called "The Runaway" and was it based on "On The Run." I guess Melissa would just say that she didn't know what we were talking about and she is writing it from scratch. Good luck everyone. Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com website homepage: http://members.aol.com/lanekent . ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:12:07 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey, FoLCs :) I'm sure that you will all be pleased to know that I've heard this morning from Jenny, the Archiver of the Blue Heeler website which hosted Melissa Diss' 'fanfic', who is dealing with the matter most efficiently. She says: > At any rate, all of Melissa's work, including pieces that have not yet been > found to be plagiarised, will be removed from the archive as soon as I can > manage it, and I'll be contacting the moderators of the BHFic mailing list, > recommending that Melissa's subscription to that list be cancelled and that > she be banned from rejoining. Jenny also states that the awards 'won' by Melissa for fanfic stolen from other authors will be revoked and 'awarded instead to the rightful winners'. Interestingly, though perhaps not entirely surprisingly, she has failed to get a response from Melissa to her emails requesting an explanation. It is probable that - unless she has a massive conscience attack over her outing now - Melissa will follow the pattern of other plagarisers and simply move to another fandom which doesn't know her and plagarise more fic. So, please do keep an eye out in other fandoms you visit and if you see anything suspicious let us know. :) Jenny has also asked me to issue her heartfelt apologies to FoLCs and especially to the authors personally involved in this incident on behalf of herself and the entire Blue Heelers community. Although I've told her that no one here blames her or the fandom for Melissa's deception or holds her responsible in any way I've agreed to post this here as she says it will make her feel better about the situation. One interesting aside is that she was alerted to the fact that Temporary Insanity was being claimed by two authors through an anonymous note. Another is that apparently Melissa is a member of at least one FoLC mailing list. Perhaps she's a member of this one too. Kathy? I can't remember who it was - sorry, had to catch up with such a rash of posts on this one this morning - who said that one small consolation in all of this is that at least online plagarism is quicker to detect and root out than it ever was in the past. But I certainly agree with that. Many, many years ago someone took one of my stories which had been published in a pen and paper zine, photocopied it, removed my name at the top of page one with whiteout and typed in her own, then sent it to a new zine for submission. With the vacuum of communication between individual fans such as there was at that time it wasn't until four years later and by sheer co-incidence that someone who know the story was mine read the zine that I discovered the theft. The net may be a double edged sword in many ways, but where it makes plagarism easier, it does also make it harder to hide. LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:17:07 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ann wrote: > BTW, I tried to email her to let her know that I recognized "her" work, and > the email was returned via the Mailer Daemon. I tried to do the same, and got the same result. I have, however, written to the archivist in connection with four stories. I am appalled now to see that we seem to be up to about eight or nine stolen L&C stories - Rat, Demi's Temporary Insanity was missing from your first list. This is sickening. And I agree: even more revolting is to see that this thief has been nominated for awards for 'her' stories. Maybe some of us should join a BH discussion list... BTW, I also checked the BH section of fanfiction.net last night; no Melissa Diss presence there. Wendy -------------------------- Wendy Richards w.m.richards@hrm.keele.ac.uk ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 07:17:40 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 09/05/01 02:53:52 GMT Daylight Time, Aerm1@AOL.COM writes: > BTW, I tried to email her to let her know that I recognized "her" work, and > the email was returned via the Mailer Daemon. Why am I not surprised Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com website homepage: http://members.aol.com/lanekent . ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 07:22:53 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Fanfic Challenge Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 09/05/01 02:41:59 GMT Daylight Time, Larus2407@AOL.COM writes: > Here's a challenge for you authors... > How about a short story (quickly written, you see) where Lois investigates > this person accused of plagairizing stories on the 'net... Maybe Clark is > off > being "super" somewhere else in the world and Perry assigns her this little > story. Maybe they are batman fan stories or something. Get your anger out in > this story. Write it so it's VERY clear what the inspiration was. Maybe even > include blue heelers characters (if you can figure them out). Submit them to > the bh archive and/or post them to the bh sites as well as this list.... Let > their fans know we are onto Melissa... I'm replying to this email separately in case it got lost in all the others. However I had to say that Laurie has a nice idea there IMHO. Unfortunately I'm not a fanfic writer either otherwise I might have taken up the challenge. Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com website homepage: http://members.aol.com/lanekent . ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:00:30 +1000 Reply-To: "jenerators@optushome.com.au" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jen Stosser Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just want to say, having read through all the emails that this post engendered, that today of all days, (it's the 100th anniversary of Australian Federation today) it makes me almost ashamed to be Australian when I learn that an Aussie person has done this! I wish I could apologise enough to those affected by the whole plagiarism thing, on behalf of those of us who would NEVER think of or condone doing such a thing. Jen Please note my new email address: jenerators@optushome.com.au -*- This message is umop ap!sdn -*- -*- Jenerator or Some1Else on IRC) -*- JenerEight on AIM -*- Photos of David (8) and Megan (5) on the Stosser Family HomePage: http://www.geocities.com/j_stosser -*-Please sign our guestbook! PS And if I was still working with Terry Donovan, I'd mention it to him, as he has appeared in Blue Heelers a few times, I think, but I was retrenched this afternoon. J -----Original Message----- From: Demona (Angel Of The Night) [SMTP:nightangel@HOME.COM] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 9:05 AM To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Plagiarism :( I have the unhappy task, FoLCs, of posting that one of my stories (some of you may recall "Temporary Insanity", posted back in 1995), has apparently been plagiarized under the auspices of a fangroup for "Blue Healers" (does anyone know what "Blue Healers" is about?). I was written to by the archivist of their fandom -- a very lovely woman -- who had the unfortunate responsibility of informing me that there was an issue -- she wasn't certain, however, whether the other author (a "Melissa Diss") had written the piece, or whether I was the one who had. In any event, I did write her back, and I've asked her to remove the story from her archive as well (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/archive/fanfic/tu/temporaryinsanity. htm) as soon as she's satisfied that I'm not the plagiarist. I imagine she'll have to speak with Melissa again, since she still seems to claim the story as hers. I really can't fathom how a person could continue to lie about something like that even *after* they've been cornered and asked. In any event, I'm sending this (primarily because I'm looking for a good vent, darn it! ;) but also so that other authors in FoLCdom may have the opportunity to look through the "Blue Healers" archive (http://members.nbci.com/ficarchive/) and check to ensure no more of the L&C fandom was 'borrowed' from by this author. Demi (it's not the first time I've been plagiarized, but it never seems to get any more fun...) ___________________________________________ Demi aka Demona nightangel@home.com "Time is a finite concept borne of physical mortality and fear. It swallows up entire generations of dreamers; falls with harsh revenge upon the minds of those who dare to see beyond such linear boundaries. But time means nothing to the living spirit. Pushed against such infinite awareness, the ticking melts away; liquid and pliable as the fluid of inspiration." ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:39:43 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wendy wrote: > I tried to do the same, and got the same result. I have, however, written to > the archivist in connection with four stories. I am appalled now to see that > we seem to be up to about eight or nine stolen L&C stories - Rat, Demi's > Temporary Insanity was missing from your first list. [Yes, I didn't include TI in the list because it had already been covered in Demi's initial post to the list. Don't worry though, I have note of it. ;)] > > BTW, I also checked the BH section of fanfiction.net last night; no Melissa > Diss presence there. > [I thought of that in bed last night at 3 am, made a mental note to check it out, but completely forgot about it until now. Good thought, Wendy! Is it possible on ff.net to do a search for a particular author? Wondering if she's posted in any other fandom there, the BH fandom aside. I know that ff.net takes a very dim view of plagarism, although they seem to have abandoned their feature where they name and shame those found out.] LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 08:16:54 -0500 Reply-To: cdcherry@bestweb.net Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Cd Cherry Subject: Re: plagiarism :( Comments: To: Lois@bestweb.net, and@bestweb.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At 5/9/01 7:17:00 AM, you wrote: >In a message dated 09/05/01 02:53:52 GMT Daylight Time, Aerm1@AOL.COM writes: > > >> BTW, I tried to email her to let her know that I recognized "her" work, and >> the email was returned via the Mailer Daemon. > >Why am I not surprised > >Rowan :) a little research on yahoogroups and google... her most recent email addy is DISSY1@bigpond.com :) cerise (I did think about whether to post this publicly, but then I thought, she's a *thief*. and a *liar*. She posted to public lists. Her email addy's not private. So there ya go ;) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 08:57:02 -0500 Reply-To: cdcherry@bestweb.net Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: cerise Subject: Plagiarist Comments: To: Lois@bestweb.net, and@bestweb.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, so maybe this makes me evil. I can live with that. I couldn't resist. This is Melissa Diss's most recent post to a blue heeler's fic list, an author questionaire thing: From: "MELISSA DISS" Date: Wed Mar 15, 2000 12:38 am Subject: Behind the Author :The Essentials Hi guys! Well it's been a while since I last done this and I guess some of my answers have changed a little so here we go again. Q: Tell us something about yourself. I'm 20 years old and live in Bendigo, Victoria. I'm the store manager at the local McDonald's which means if I'm not at home on the PC I'll be down there trying to sort out problems or just working odd hours. I have two dogs named Sacks and PJ, they keep me company when I get around to writing stories or am actually at home. If I do have spare time...which is vary rare I like to shop and spend all my money that I make or go on day trips down to Bells Beach. Q: Have you always written fiction or did Blue Heelers inspire you to try story telling? My grandmother always tells me I've been writing creative stories since I was six years old and always swore I'd become an author or journalist, guess it's just a hobby I enjoy nowadays. But Blue Heelers definitely inspired me to delve fully into the world of emotions and romance. Q: When you aren't writing fan-fic or watching Blue Heelers, what do you enjoy doing? Well in my spare hours which are far and few between (I've got to juggle 50 hour work weeks) I like to watch videos, shop, travel and surf. The only good thing about living in Bendigo is that i get to combine the travel and surfing together as the nearest beach is 2 hours away!!! Q: What about the show moved you to write Blue Heelers fan-fic? It would have to be the chemistry between Maggie and Pj in the second season. I'd always watched blue heelers from the beginning but the story ideas started popping up around that time, guess I personally felt that the storylines back then were lacking something and I felt that I could write something better (although I still feel that way nowadays :) ). That's when I started my bh diary, which i write down ideas into when they pop into my head. But maggie and Pj interact so well with one another they are the ideal couple to explore. Q: If you could change one thing about the show, what would it be? Nick didn't leave!!!!! He made me laugh so frequently with those one liners!! And Maggie, I miss the angst and romance. Q: How would you classify your work? Romantic, dramatic but a lot of room for improvement. I've always been a romantic at heart and love to split couples up in the most emotional ways but put the pieces of the jigsaw back together in a very romantic way. I guess angst is a key in most of my stories. Q: What is your take on the Blue Heelers dynamic between each character? They are totally different people who have been thrown together into what you could call a washing machine and have to learn and grow with one another, utilising each others strengths and weaknesses. Q. What are the most attractive features explored when you write specifically a Maggie Doyle and PJ Hasham fan-fic? Romance, angst, emotions, drama. Q: Tell us some of the circumstances behind the writing of your first piece of fan-fic. Well I read Jenny's "A Bright Future" when there was only 4 stories on the net, and thought to myself, hey I could do this. The months between each piece was frustrating too. Q: What was the first Blue Heelers fan-fic you read? Jenny's " A Bright Future". Q: Where do you get your ideas? >From the world around me! No it's just really funny how I get some of my ideas, I could work out the door in the morning and see something and my brain just clicks and says, I could relate that to Maggie and PJ!!! So I guess my living environment. Q: Do you start with a single idea and build from there or do you have the whole story mapped out when you start? A single idea....which branches off rapidly in other directions. Q: Do you any kind of rituals you follow when writing? It's always late at night after work! Q: Describe for us the actual physical area you work in. Well it's the lounge room, old mahogany desk, my little dogs sit on the couch, window open beside me, television in the background, next door neighbours music blaring (I think he is deaf!). Q: Do you listen to a particular type of music when you write? No, my neighbour plays the music (not my choice!!!!) but on a rare occassion I listen to the BeeGees, are they are soooo romantic. Q: How do you deal with writer's block? I'll leave the story for a few weeks and stumble accross it and start furiously writing again. Q: How important is feedback to you? It helps me improve. It's good to know that people out there are actually reading your work, and comments do help you to reach your full potential. Q: Who are some of your favorite fan-fic authors? And which are some of your favorite pieces of Blue Heelers fan-fic? Everybody who writes fic to me are good writers, at least they're out there trying!!!! My favourite piece...i couldn't possibly choose, we've got so many talented people out there producing masterpieces.... Q: Which is your favorite of your own work? A Prisoner Of Life, this took me three months to finish and a lot of metal torment. But I'm hoping to get Runaway to a decent standard, I just don't have the time anymore with work pressures but one day in years to come I can say I'm proud with how it came out. Q: Now what about your favorite character, or the character you relate to most strongly? I'd say I'm like PJ in many ways, confident, direct, straight to the point, someone who doesn't take crap (I've got a reputation for kicking people out of McDonalds if they throw food!!!!) Someone who uses there head but hides a lot of there emotions, guess they all come out in my stories instead!!! Q: What's the biggest problem you encounter when writing? How do you go about solving it? Finding time to actually write, my life is so hectic so sometimes i write in the middle of the night when i get home from work after close. Q: Do your family and friends know about your fan-fics? What are their reactions? Yes they do know, my work colleagues are really supportive but think I'm too obsessed with the show for my own good. However when it comes to my writing they support me all the way. Q: As a writer, what encouragement or advice would you give to other Blue Heelers authors who want to develop their own works? Write from your heart, and never give up, things get easier in time! --------snip---- so many comments, so many rollings of the eyes... but I will resist ;) cerise ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:04:12 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Plagiarist MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Unbelievable, Cerise. The sheer unmitigated gall...! I note that her last post was dated over a year ago; she's probably slinked off to other playgrounds by now... good riddance to bad rubbish. -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:03:06 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Pam : And replying while I'm here. :) - LabRat > Looks like it had been an entry in the guestbook, dated May 2nd. Since > their guestbook is set up as a way to recommend fanfic, I signed in, > recommending the *original* stories :) [Aha. Jenny has, I believe posted an announcement on the front page of the Blue Heelers Archive too, although I haven't had time yet to go check. She also advises that links to Melissa's links have now been removed.] > > Well, I've checked the membership for the nfic list, and she's not > there, at least not under a recognizable alias. It's a shame, really; > I'm sure Demi would have enjoyed the opportunity to kick her butt out > [LOL. Ain't that the truth? ] > > I sent a nasty e-mail to that addy last night ... so far, it hasn't > bounced. Doesn't guarantee that she's read it of course, but still. > -- > [Can't hurt.] LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:08:07 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarist MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cerise wrote: > Q: How do you deal with writer's block? > > I'll leave the story for a few weeks and stumble accross it and start furiously writing again. [I think by now we all know *where* she stumbles across it too. Anywhere but her hd. :P] > > Q: Which is your favorite of your own work? > > A Prisoner Of Life, this took me three months to finish and a lot of metal torment. But I'm hoping to get Runaway to a decent standard, I just don't have the time anymore with work pressures but one day in years to come I can say I'm proud with how it came out. [Words fail me. Actually, come to think of it, Plan9 dropping out and leaving OTR unfinished for now must have come as a severe disappointment to Melissa!] > LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:15:31 -0500 Reply-To: cdcherry@bestweb.net Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: cerise Subject: Re: Plagiarist Comments: To: Lois@bestweb.net, and@bestweb.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At 5/9/01 9:04:00 AM, you wrote: >Unbelievable, Cerise. The sheer unmitigated gall...! > >I note that her last post was dated over a year ago; she's probably >slinked off to other playgrounds by now... good riddance to bad rubbish. >-- > she is still subbed to at least five blue heeler's lists, but she hasn't posted (as far as I could find) on any of them since march of 2000. so ;) and I did a search on fanfiction.net and got nothing for melissa diss, and there are only about four authors in the blue heelers section; and none of them seem to be her. Not sure, of course, who knows. cerise ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:17:46 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've just checked their site again Here's the notice from the archivist: > On a serious note today. No updates in the sense of there being new stories, but unfortunately I've been placed in the position of being forced to remove a number of stories from the archive. It has recently been brought to my attention that Melissa Diss, a respected member of our community for a number of years now, has been blatantly stealing stories written by other people, for other fan groups, and passing them off as her own. This is known as plagiarism, and to be honest, a more clear cut case I'm yet to see. All who have been involved in this have been utterly shocked by how widespread and blatant Melissa's deception has been. > > Originally it was thought that the theft was limited to stories written by Lois and Clark fans, however I have only recently been advised that Melissa has taken stories written about Law and Order, and Due South, and modified them for her own purposes. > > It is as much this as it is the blatant disregard Melissa has shown for others' intellectual property, that has forced me to remove not only those stories that have been proven to be plagiarised, but *all* of Melissa's stories. I simply can no longer be satisfied that she has actually written *any* of the pieces she has tried to pass off as her own. > > The awards Melissa has won for her "work" will also be reviewed and re-awarded to the rightful winners. > > I'm appalled that I'm having to deal with such a situation. I've always considered it a source of pride that we've never had any major issues with plagiarism. I hope this situation serves as a deterrent to anybody else who might have been considering such a terrible prospect. > It doesn't entirely make up for the theft, but I'm glad that justice is being done, and Melissa is being outed very publicly. -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:43:02 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Phillip Atcliffe Subject: Plagarism: Not Very Desperately Seeking A Certain Person MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII After reading that Wendy (I think) checked the BH folder at Fanfiction.net for the suddenly elusive Ms Diss, I did a little digging there myself, and there is no obvious mention of her as an author -- plenty of Melissas, but all but one have surnames and the remaining one doesn't write BH stuff; nor does she appear under her surname or as "Dissy", something I checked becuase it's part of her e-mail address. So I suspect that she hasn't posted there -- could it be because such a well-known and wide-ranging forum would very quickly reveal her actions? As for her ramblings on being an author...! If this wasn't such a serious matter, I could well be laughing out loud at the irony of some of her statements -- and the lousy grammar that she shows in her comments, right from the very first sentence! Funny how that cleared up when she wrote those stories, isn't it? Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Shawn :) > I just went to the nbci.com site again, and not only does the awards > section seem to be down, but there's a new message on the welcome page. > Take a look--it's just my personal opinion, but I think the archivist > deserves a round of applause :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:31:01 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pam wrote: > I've just checked their site again > Here's the notice from the > archivist: > Thanks for posting this here, Pam - I was just about to head over to the site and check it out, saved me the trouble. :) I do think that the Archivist at the Blue Heelers Archive deserves kudos for how she's handled this matter. She's been put in an awkward and difficult situation which none of us can really guard against. There but for the grace of God...as they say. Perhaps list members might like to drop her an email and let her know that her swift and decisive action has been appreciated by FoLCdom? It might help her feel a little better. LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:48:25 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Re: Plagiarist In-Reply-To: <018c01c0d889$16f5caa0$897f1f3e@land> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed <<<> Q: Which is your favorite of your own work? A Prisoner Of Life, this took me three months to finish and a lot of metal torment. >>> Ohh ... that galls. That really galls. Mental torment... ? What, did she agonize over whether or not she'd replaced all the names correctly?! Well she certainly missed ONE. ;-P Demi ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 08:49:09 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Christopher M Kiraly Subject: Re: Plagiarism Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I had also looked at fanfiction.net for Melissa Diss last night in Blue Heelers, but when I didn't find her, it dawned on me that she probably would not post there, simply because there is too great a risk of being caught from the stand point of ff.net has so many shows to access, it would be much easier to find 'plagarism' there. (Plus since there is an LnC section, greater chance that someone from LnC might read the story wandering around. I wonder how many of us have heard of this 'Blue Heelers', and the website, had this not been brought to our attention.) I have to agree with everything I've read so far regarding this. I've never had a story plaguerized (as I've only just finished posting a story). But I have written a few songs, and even had one of them played on the radio. So I understand the feeling in the pit of your stomach when something you've worked hard on 'becomes' someone else's material. - Kraz ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:52:37 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carolyn Schnall Subject: Re: OT Dean Cain on "Just Shoot Me" tonight/Fic Question Alexis!!! In-Reply-To: <6c.a60cd94.28282e83@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Hi Ren: I admit I have no experience with the kind of make-up you are referring to here. I did use stage make-up in the operas I have performed in (or produced or directed), though I believe the type you mean was used at the Met whenever bass-baritone Sam Ramey had to take his shirt off, which was a lot because he used to be one of the only opera singers who could look good doing that:) I think the thing to remember here is that Dean was wearing body make-up of some sort. Otherwise he would read as very pale on screen. Even on L&C, when his hands were not made up but his face was, you could see the difference. Anytime he was shirtless, he was not make-up less:) Carolyn >Dear Kathy: Coming from a family of Production and make-up folks, I can tell >you that with a camera certain oils or makeup's can enhance the look of a >muscle. > >All that I said was, if Dean didn't looks as muscular in Just Shoot Me! It >could have been the angle of the camera or perhaps they didn't want to >"Enhance!" the look of his muscles like they did play to them in Lois and >Clark!!!! That is all. > >I Know that the muscles of Dean's in Lois and Clark are all Dean's!!!!! > >I was just making an observation because someone thought that Dean looked >less muscular on Just Shoot me, and I thought he looked just as muscular as >ever! > >Ren C. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:59:27 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nicola Baker Subject: Re: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just a measure of how upset we all are... I logged on today to discover = 66 (yes, sixty six) emails about the subject... built up in ONE = MORNING!! I'm glad she's been found out. Nic ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:07:13 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LabRat wrote: >>> I do think that the Archivist at the Blue Heelers Archive deserves kudos for how she's handled this matter. She's been put in an awkward and difficult situation which none of us can really guard against. There but for the grace of God...as they say. Perhaps list members might like to drop her an email and let her know that her swift and decisive action has been appreciated by FoLCdom? It might help her feel a little better.<<< Rat, I will certainly do that when I get home this evening. I am very impressed with the Archivist's post; she certainly deserves commendation. But I think that thanks and appreciation is also due to you, for swiftly taking on the task of approaching and liaising with Jenny from the Blue Heelers archive on behalf of FoLCdom. And also to those FoLCs who did the legwork, checking this thief's entries on the archive and establishing the real identities of the stories concerned. Well done, all! I know that this doesn't mitigate the harm done to Demi and the others, but at least action has been taken. A further suggestion. How about a statement on the front page of *our* Archive, noting that action was taken against people who plagiarised L&C stories and posted them in other fandoms, and that similar decisive and public action will be taken against anyone else who steals stories in this manner? Adding, perhaps, that FoLCs also read and participate in other fandoms and so theft of stories *does* get noticed? Wendy -------------------------- Wendy Richards w.m.richards@hrm.keele.ac.uk -------------------------- Wendy Richards w.m.richards@hrm.keele.ac.uk ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:03:36 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarism MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kraz wrote: > I had also looked at fanfiction.net for Melissa Diss last night in Blue Heelers, but when I didn't find her, it dawned on me that she probably would not post there, simply because there is too great a risk of being caught from the stand point of ff.net has so many shows to access, it would be much easier to find 'plagarism' there. (Plus since there is an LnC section, greater chance that someone from LnC might read the story wandering around. I wonder how many of us have heard of this 'Blue Heelers', and the website, had this not been brought to our attention.) > Good point, Kraz. I suspect you're entirely right. Especially with an LNC section there too. Bound to attract LNC fans, more risk, as you say, of them stumbling on the BH section while browsing. Certainly there seems no trace of her on ff.net. LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:17:14 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Plagarism - one more victim MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey guys :) Not that it's anything other than academic now but thought you'd be = interested to know that Jenny has been informed by a BH member that = Melissa's Waiting Period is actually an XF fic of the same name by = Eleanore. Yet one more fandom to add to the list of victims. :P~~~~~~~ LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:25:43 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wendy wrote :) > Rat, I will certainly do that when I get home this evening. I am very > impressed with the Archivist's post; she certainly deserves commendation. > But I think that thanks and appreciation is also due to you, for swiftly > taking on the task of approaching and liaising with Jenny from the Blue > Heelers archive on behalf of FoLCdom. [Why thank you, Wendy. Much appreciated. :) I really don't mind dealing with this kind of thing though - little weasels like Melissa deserve to be outted wherever we can get hold of them and I'm happy to do whatever small part I can in achieving that.] > > And also to those FoLCs who did the legwork, checking this thief's entries > on the archive and establishing the real identities of the stories > concerned. Well done, all! I know that this doesn't mitigate the harm done > to Demi and the others, but at least action has been taken. > [Absolutely. Who was it who said something about FoLCs circling the wagons and rallying to the cause? Sometimes I think we have the best fans online than any fandom out there...and then at other times I'm proved entirely right. :) Well done to everyone who helped out.] > A further suggestion. How about a statement on the front page of *our* > Archive, noting that action was taken against people who plagiarised L&C > stories and posted them in other fandoms, and that similar decisive and > public action will be taken against anyone else who steals stories in this > manner? Adding, perhaps, that FoLCs also read and participate in other > fandoms and so theft of stories *does* get noticed? > [I mooted that one to Lauren this morning as part of my upload email for this week and I'll be liasing with her in the next few days on it, once I get her input and ideas on the subject. ] > LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:26:36 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Liz :) > I'm glad that all her works are being removed by the Archiver so > promptly. > > But what I really wonder is if she only changed the character names, > that's what I thought was said, is that no one noticed that the > characters are very different (unless this drama has a man that flies > ). Or go investigating very weird situations (a little more likely > but for Blue Heelers, but for the Nanny?) > > I have to wonder why no one in the specific fandom noticed that the > situations were off for their beloved characters. > > But that's just me. > > Liz Berard > > LabRat wrote: > > > > Hey, FoLCs :) > > > > I'm sure that you will all be pleased to know that I've heard this morning > > from Jenny, the Archiver of the Blue Heeler website which hosted Melissa > > Diss' 'fanfic', who is dealing with the matter most efficiently. > > > > She says: > > > > > At any rate, all of Melissa's work, including pieces that have not yet > > been > > > found to be plagiarised, will be removed from the archive as soon as I can > > > manage it, and I'll be contacting the moderators of the BHFic mailing > > list, > > > recommending that Melissa's subscription to that list be cancelled and > > that > > > she be banned from rejoining. > > > > Jenny also states that the awards 'won' by Melissa for fanfic stolen from > > other authors will be revoked and 'awarded instead to the rightful winners'. > > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:28:11 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Fw: plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Shawn :) > well, another reason I was saying that that archivist deserves a round of > applause... > > OK. I am also involved in Star Trek fandom and a few years ago, a list I > was on had the same problem: someone got into that group's website, > ripped off at least one if not more (I'm a bit foggy about that detail) > and posted them as their own stories to another Trek group. > > A member of our group discovered this quite by accident when surfing the > Net and coming across that other group's site...and they of course > reported it to our listowner, who promptly contacted the other group's > archivist/listowner.. > > However :p our listowner got a very different response :p :p I won't go > into the sordid details, but suffice to say the other group refused to do > anything, saying that we were not members of their group and so had no > right to complain about one of their members etc etc. > > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:44:31 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Roseann Buonadies Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Instead of working, I got so caught up with reading about this injustice, th= at I did a little searching of my own. I think what annoyed me most (on an=20= admittedly long list) was the fact that this little thief actually was nomin= ated for awards! If anyone's interested, I found the final award list on a=20= e-group BB=20 ------------------- =20 Welcome, Guest Register - Sign In =20 bhffaupdates =B7 list for announcing updates of the Blue Heelers Fanfiction=20= Archive. [ Join This Group! ] =20 =20 =20 From: Jenny Dobson Date: Sun Dec 24, 2000 2:16 am Subject: MSG: Fic Awards results! =20 Hey everyone =3D) Well the awards are finally over and I've counted up the votes. =3D) Firstly= I have to thank all the people who helped me out with all of this, and all the people who offered to help ... This wouldn't have happened at all without you guys ;-) And also big thanks to all the people who voted ... The response has been amazing!! And yet, despite the large number of votes, we've still ended up with 3 tied categories! Which gives you an idea of how close the competition has been. In most categories there was only one or two votes separating the winner and second place. Anyway, congratulations to all the winners and the final nominees for making it that far, and have a wonderful Christmas everyone. =3D) Now, onto the winners ... ;-) 1999 Blue Heelers Fic Awards Outstanding Action/Adventure ~Absquatulation (Kimmy) Outstanding Drama ~Prisoner of Life (Melissa Diss) Outstanding Romance ~Prisoner of Life (Melissa Diss) Outstanding Comedy ~Kiss a Copper (Vanessa Beanland) Outstanding Tragedy ~Last Respects (Jenny Dobson) Outstanding Debut Story ~Facing Up (Jaye Reid) Outstanding Characterization ~Extreme to Extreme (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Series ~Facing Up (Jaye Reid) Outstanding Story Within a Series ~Kiss a Copper II: Revenge (Vanessa Beanland) Outstanding Alternate Universe ~Deep Water (Rachael Wakely) Fic Most Wanted to Air as an Ep of BH ~Absquatulation (Kimmy) Outstanding Debut Author (tied) ~Vanessa Beanland ~Kimmy Author of the Year ~Rachael Wakely Fic of the Year (tied) ~Absquatulation (Kimmy) ~Prisoner of Life (Melissa Diss) 2000 Blue Heelers Fic Awards Outstanding Action/Adventure (tied) ~Runaway (Melissa Diss) ~The Storm (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Drama=20 ~The Quickening (Kimmy) Outstanding Romance ~Past, Present & Future (Suzie) Outstanding Comedy ~Quandary (Rachael Wakely, Kylie Robinson & Pippa Davie) Outstanding Tragedy ~Past, Present & Future (Suzie) Outstanding Debut Story ~Off the Market (Tori Keates) Outstanding Characterization ~The Storm (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Series ~Hostage (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Story Within a Series ~Friendly Adversaries: Tight Rope (Jaye Reid) Outstanding Alternate Universe ~Quandary (Rachael Wakely, Kylie Robinson & Pippa Davie) Fic Most Wanted to Air as an Ep of BH ~The Storm (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Debut Author ~Tori Keates Author of the Year ~Rachael Wakely Fic of the Year ~Quandary (Rachael Wakely, Kylie Robinson & Pippa Davie) Congratulations to everyone =3D) Jen =20 Message 63 of 64 | Previous | Next [ Up Thread ] Message Index =20= Msg # =20 =20 Reply | Forward | View Source | Unwrap Lines =20 =20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- Copyright =A9 2001 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.=20 Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help =20 =20 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:47:57 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Roseanne wrote: Instead of working, I got so caught up with reading about this injustice, that I did a little searching of my own. I think what annoyed me most (on an admittedly long list) was the fact that this little thief actually was nominated for awards! If anyone's interested, I found the final award list on a e-group BB Thanks for this, Roseanne. I was extremely annoyed last night to see that one of the awards Melissa Diss had been nominated for was Best Author. :P Delighted to see that at least that was one she didn't finagle her way to winning. Small consolation, but still... LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:57:50 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Plagarism - Idea for Worried Authors MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I know, I know - you're sick of hearing from me. Hey, I plead that some = of these emails with my name on them weren't from me. Don't worry = though, you'll be safe soon. I swear that after I post this I am going = to have lunch and do the repotting in the garden I swore I was going to = do...um...three hours ago. ;) Peggy mentioned this in an email to me and I thought that it might help = authors worried by the current situation to check their own fic out. = Peggy kindly gave me permission to post it here. She wrote: I'm not familiar with either of those two fandoms (Law and Order and Due South). I found their original stories by using the google.com search engine to locate selected text that I copied from "Melissa's" stories. The search engine found the L&O and DS stories that contained that text. = You might be able to use a search engine to find out if anyone is = plagierizing your stories and posting them elsewhere on the Internet. It's a good idea to select *unique* text (Something like, "He laughed," = probably wouldn't be a good selection ); otherwise, you get too many = hits. And to further restrict the number of hits, [you] should be sure = to enclose the selected text in quotes. Hope this helps. LabRat :) (lunch...lunch...gardening...lunch...) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:05:07 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Liz, she changed the names and some little details... but left behind enough anomolies that you'd think people would be scratching their heads at least a little. Like Maggie noting that PJ still runs off all the time, but now she knows he always comes back. Or PJ (standing in for Clark) saying he has to put money in the meter just as someone else (standing in for Superman) is coming up at the bachelor auction. *We* understand why those bits were in the original stories, but I don't know what the BH fans thought they were for... Mostly it looks like she chose fic that wasn't big on Superman anyway. -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:10:41 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Liz wrote: > > But what I really wonder is if she only changed the character names, > > that's what I thought was said, is that no one noticed that the > > characters are very different (unless this drama has a man that flies > > ). Or go investigating very weird situations (a little more likely > > but for Blue Heelers, but for the Nanny?) > > > > I have to wonder why no one in the specific fandom noticed that the > > situations were off for their beloved characters. >From what I've seen of the stories she took, they were stories in which Clark's Superman abilities weren't especially prominent - ie no long descriptions of Superman rescues, no Clark taking Lois flying. And it is probably easy enough in some cases to replace a caped crime-fighter with a police officer! Superman doesn't appear at all in Demi's Heaven's Prisoners, for example, apart from the start of the story in which we're meant to understand that Clark flew to Smallville as Superman. In Unknown Emotions, although Superman is mentioned, it's not really in the context of Super activities. And In A Child's Name is largely a dramatic story and involving Lois and Clark, not Superman. Likewise, Temporary Insanity involves Lois and Clark; I don't remember Superman being mentioned, and certainly not in a significant sense. See, she *didn't* rip off stories like Chris Mulder's MMIKC or Love Beyond All Measure, because a large part of those stories deals with Clark's dual identity and Lois's discovery of it. Hey, maybe that's why I've been spared! Wendy -------------------------- Wendy Richards w.m.richards@hrm.keele.ac.uk > > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:28:28 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wow, I couldn't believe how many emails I had after not checking my emails for just one day! I was sad, though, for the reason why there were so many messages. First of all, I think it's incredibly sad and pathetic to steal someone's own writing, nearly word for word. Also... << Liz, she changed the names and some little details... but left behind enough anomolies that you'd think people would be scratching their heads at least a little. >> You would think! This got me wondering how closely these two series are alike (or more than two, since she plagiarized from other fandoms too). I've just started getting into The X-Files and I can't imagine that a story written in L&C fandom, for example, could be applied to X-Files fandom or vice versa. I mean, if the original author did a good job (and he/she obviously did since this person at least chose good stories to plagiarize), the dialog, characterization, etc. would all be specific to L&C. It's even more mind-boggling when you consider that she won awards for these stories! It makes me wonder whether the voters voted for good fanfics or just good stories (even if the characterization might not be right). From the description of the Blue Heelers, for example, their male lead doesn't resemble Clark: budmayes2@FUSE.NETwrote: << Once described as "a man with a past he hopes he's left behind", PJ is tough and determined, and very good at his job, but when they day's over, he's the first to head down to the pub for a beer, and he loves joking around with his mates. >> How could a writer have simply substituted "Clark" for "PJ" and ended up with a story that could masquerade as e a Blue Heelers fic?? Christy attalanta@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:34:23 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carol L Moncado Subject: Fanfic question: Baseball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit anyone know if there was ever an official Metropolis baseball team? Thanks! CM ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:13:26 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kath Roden Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Plagiarism :( Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 19:05:22 -0400 >>I have the unhappy task.. Well, I was finally able to read all the current postings and it galls me that this Melissa person actually believed that she could get away with this. And not from one author, but several! Older stories or not, many of us read and re-read these gems! How could she think this would go unnoticed? This is the second time that I've heard about this (Deb Mullins/The Nanny was the first). Unfortunately those stories are no longer posted and, frankly, I don't blame her. I also agree with Lab, the site's archivist dealt with this with swiftness and efficiently. Kudos! Let's hope that her posted message with act as a deterrent to future offenders. KathR _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:31:10 -0600 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Becky Bain Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Kath said: >This is the second time that I've heard about this (Deb Mullins/The Nanny >was the first). There was a case, last fall, of someone pirating Beauty & the Beast fanfic and turning it into Gargoyles - in much the same way that this Melissa person did - change names, tweak a few settings, and there you are. Incredibly nervy... I'm glad the Blue Heelers archivist is an honorable person and took immediate action, and I plan to write and tell her so. Becky >Unfortunately those stories are no longer posted and, >frankly, I don't blame her. > >I also agree with Lab, the site's archivist dealt with this with swiftness >and efficiently. Kudos! Let's hope that her posted message with act as a >deterrent to future offenders. > >KathR > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com rbain@qwest.net "I do not like to form in my mind an idea that I don't have any proof of." - Rosa Parks, from her autobiography Stride Toward Freedom ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:32:57 +0200 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Hazel Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update In-Reply-To: <021c01c0d893$ee4d2840$897f1f3e@land> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Like Wendy, I thank Labrat for her laising efforts. I have written to Jenny and thanked her as well for her prompt action. I've dealt with plagiarism in other fandoms (not my own stories, I'm glad to say), and not all archivists take it as seriously. :( Wendy suggested: > > A further suggestion. How about a statement on the front page of *our* > > Archive, noting that action was taken against people who plagiarised L&C > > stories and posted them in other fandoms, and that similar decisive and > > public action will be taken against anyone else who steals stories in this > > manner? Adding, perhaps, that FoLCs also read and participate in other > > fandoms and so theft of stories *does* get noticed? > > And Labrat replied: >[I mooted that one to Lauren this morning as part of my upload email for >this week and I'll be liasing with her in the next few days on it, once I >get her input and ideas on the subject. ] > > Well, the decision is obviously up to Labrat as EIC, but the idea doesn't sit well with me. It seems a little begrudging for a welcome page, doesn't it? "Welcome! Just look out for the netcops posted on every corner. Big Brother - er, Labrat is watching you." Perhaps a more subtle report would be to add a news item - and undated news item - commenting on the plagiarism and the quick steps taken? By leaving it undated, it can remain on the front page permanently. That way, the info will be there, but will be presented in a nonthreatening manner. Just this rabbit's opinion. :) Hazel ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:49:50 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Heather Whalen Subject: Re: plagiarism :( Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Plagiarism! Ugh! I'm glad it was discovered! Heather _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:28:50 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One thing I do wonder from all of this is, did she really convince herself she was doing no wrong and by changing the names and editing out the Superman bits (because she would have had to have done a bit of editing there surely), that they had become her work? Or was she just everything we have been accusing her of? I guess we will never know. She certainly would be an interesting case for a pyschologist right now? BTW when did she post "The Runaway" as "On The Run" was mentioned on the message boards recently and I asked about it on this list. Just wondering if it inspired her? Or has she been non active for months now? I can't remember with all the emails I've read today. Wendy wrote: > A further suggestion. How about a statement on the front page of *our* > Archive, noting that action was taken against people who plagiarised L&C > stories and posted them in other fandoms, and that similar decisive and > public action will be taken against anyone else who steals stories in this > manner? Adding, perhaps, that FoLCs also read and participate in other > fandoms and so theft of stories *does* get noticed? > Further, I also think you should name and shame her on the L&C Archive too because I'm convinced I've heard that name before. Okay I don't remember who was involved with The Nanny and XF fiasco, so I wouldn't like to say it was Melissa Diss. However it will be alerting other people and possibly other fandoms to her antics. I bet her deeds are far more than we will probably ever realise. Two things this fiasco does show though, "the truth always comes out in the end." Also that there are decent and honest people left in the world. We must hang on to that. I think she is going to get what she deserves. Afterall she has been publicly humiliated. I wonder if she really can move on this time as it is so big what she has been doing? Also she probably has a network of email friends in the various fandoms she participates in. I know I do. Some of them even know where I live. How will she face them when the evidence is so overwhelming. Most of all she has given quite a lot away online about her personal life and where she works. No! I wouldn't want to be in her shoes right now. Even if she is cold hearted (assuming that she isn't just naive and stupid), she has gone too far. I hope she is name and shamed on all the BH Mailing lists as well as the website as there appears to be a few of them at Yahoo Groups. The irony would be wonderful as like Lois in "On The Run" she wouldn't really have anywhere to hide and would have to keep running. Okay my need for justice is getting me carried away. Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com website homepage: http://members.aol.com/lanekent . ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:35:31 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Heather Whalen Subject: Links with Melissa Diss Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You might want to check into this link: http://members.tripod.com/~vkc/fanf.htm There are at least 2 Melissa Diss stories entitled: Bad Things, Good Things Beach Romancing This link: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Surf/3370/author2.htm Has a long list of 'Melissa Diss' stories, but the links to them are broken (hopefully, they were taken down!) There's a poem here: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Chateau/2484/melissadiss/index.html But it's pretty impossible to be FoLC. There's a biograph of our lovely Missy Dissy here: http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/1038/profiles.html I found these site using a search engine and looking up; +"Melissa Diss" +"fanfic" and +"Melissa Diss" +"fan fiction" As a writer myself, I detest plagairism. I hope I helped some. Heather _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:51:01 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Links with Melissa Diss MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good work, Heather. I've seen the profiles page, and wrote to the page owner, explaining the situation and asking that MD's bio be taken down or modified. We'll see if anything comes of it. -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:57:05 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LaNita Cornwall Subject: Re: Plagarism MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" This thread reminds me of the Janet Dailey/Nora Roberts plagiarism case a few years ago. Someone read a Dailey/Roberts book back to back and discovered that Dailey had stolen (almost verbatim) large chunks from the Nora Roberts book. It was discovered that she had been doing it for years (seven or eight before she got caught). The case was settled and Dailey had to pay Roberts an undisclosed amount of money. Roberts donated it to literacy. This isn't the only case of this type, either, but I can't remember the other authors. BTW, Dailey has a new 4-book contract with a major publisher. Hope she has a sharp editor. It takes colossal nerve to do something like this. I hope something is put up on the archive, but I agree with Hazel's suggestion. LaNita -----Original Message----- From: Rowan Fuller [mailto:LaneKent@AOL.COM] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:29 PM To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update One thing I do wonder from all of this is, did she really convince herself she was doing no wrong and by changing the names and editing out the Superman bits (because she would have had to have done a bit of editing there surely), that they had become her work? Or was she just everything we have been accusing her of? I guess we will never know. She certainly would be an interesting case for a pyschologist right now? BTW when did she post "The Runaway" as "On The Run" was mentioned on the message boards recently and I asked about it on this list. Just wondering if it inspired her? Or has she been non active for months now? I can't remember with all the emails I've read today. Wendy wrote: > A further suggestion. How about a statement on the front page of *our* > Archive, noting that action was taken against people who plagiarised L&C > stories and posted them in other fandoms, and that similar decisive and > public action will be taken against anyone else who steals stories in this > manner? Adding, perhaps, that FoLCs also read and participate in other > fandoms and so theft of stories *does* get noticed? > Further, I also think you should name and shame her on the L&C Archive too because I'm convinced I've heard that name before. Okay I don't remember who was involved with The Nanny and XF fiasco, so I wouldn't like to say it was Melissa Diss. However it will be alerting other people and possibly other fandoms to her antics. I bet her deeds are far more than we will probably ever realise. Two things this fiasco does show though, "the truth always comes out in the end." Also that there are decent and honest people left in the world. We must hang on to that. I think she is going to get what she deserves. Afterall she has been publicly humiliated. I wonder if she really can move on this time as it is so big what she has been doing? Also she probably has a network of email friends in the various fandoms she participates in. I know I do. Some of them even know where I live. How will she face them when the evidence is so overwhelming. Most of all she has given quite a lot away online about her personal life and where she works. No! I wouldn't want to be in her shoes right now. Even if she is cold hearted (assuming that she isn't just naive and stupid), she has gone too far. I hope she is name and shamed on all the BH Mailing lists as well as the website as there appears to be a few of them at Yahoo Groups. The irony would be wonderful as like Lois in "On The Run" she wouldn't really have anywhere to hide and would have to keep running. Okay my need for justice is getting me carried away. Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com website homepage:http://members.aol.com/lanekent . ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:57:50 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rachel Subject: Plagiarism--more links MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Having had my work ripped off once or twice myself, I can sympathise with how the authors feel right now having had to deal with this yet again! However, I thought you might like to know that there are several other sites out there that are still hosting Melissa's work. http://bhfic.tripod.com/rachrec.html I have personally written to this author to inform her. If, however, one of you more erudite authors would like to email her as well, please feel free :) Rachel ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:05:15 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rachel Subject: Re: Plagiarism--more links MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I figured Melissa deserved to be hunted across the 'net so I found her a few more places :) Here's another one that has more than two of her stories on it: http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2542/ R ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:09:49 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hazel wrote: > > Well, the decision is obviously up to Labrat as EIC, but the idea doesn't > sit well with me. It seems a little begrudging for a welcome page, doesn't > it? "Welcome! Just look out for the netcops posted on every corner. Big > Brother - er, Labrat is watching you." > [Nope. That wasn't the intent of the suggestion I mooted to Lauren. And the decision won't solely be mine, but a collaboration between myself and Lauren, whose input I've still to receive. Until then, and I get her pov and ideas, nothing I say on this one should be accepted as concretel. ;)] > Perhaps a more subtle report would be to add a news item - and undated news > item - commenting on the plagiarism and the quick steps taken? By leaving > it undated, it can remain on the front page permanently. That way, the info > will be there, but will be presented in a nonthreatening manner. > [Yup, this was sort of it. With a tweak or two. ] LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:16:30 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Fw: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sigh...sorry, FoLCs. Why can't you edit mailing list posts after you send them? Or at the very least have something on the keyboard that stops a flailing German Shepherd's paw hitting send when you're only halfway through composing? :P > Hazel wrote: > > > > Well, the decision is obviously up to Labrat as EIC, but the idea doesn't > > sit well with me. It seems a little begrudging for a welcome page, doesn't > > it? "Welcome! Just look out for the netcops posted on every corner. Big > > Brother - er, Labrat is watching you." > > > [Nope. That wasn't the intent of the suggestion I mooted to Lauren. And the > decision won't solely be mine, but a collaboration between myself and > Lauren, whose input I've still to receive. Until then, and I get her pov and > ideas, nothing I say on this one should be accepted as concretel. ;)] > > > Perhaps a more subtle report would be to add a news item - and undated > news > > item - commenting on the plagiarism and the quick steps taken? By leaving > > it undated, it can remain on the front page permanently. That way, the > info > > will be there, but will be presented in a nonthreatening manner. > > > [Yup, this was sort of it. With a tweak or two. ] > [My intent is less to warn of dire consequences to those plagarising should they be caught - I would have thought that was probably obvious even to them and if it isn't they're unlikely to listen to dire warnings anyway - but to alert those using the Archive who may not have access to the other sources of information in this fandom, such as the list and the mbs, that there has been a problem they need to be aware of.] > LabRat :) > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:19:53 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update On Wed, 9 May 2001 12:12:07 +0100, LabRat wrote: >One interesting aside is that she was alerted to the fact that Temporary >Insanity was being claimed by two authors through an anonymous note. Another >is that apparently Melissa is a member of at least one FoLC mailing list. >Perhaps she's a member of this one too. Kathy? An anonymous note, huh ... hmm, how does one do that with email? I'd love to get a bit more info. What address is this Melissa using again? (Someone posted it, but now of course I can't find it on the website amongst this outpouring of support ) I'll write Farah and have her do a search on the address in our subscription list. I doubt this chickie is subscribed, but you never know. Or if she is, she's probably one of those who have been NOMAIL for a couple of years or something. >From the dates quoted, I'd venture that this woman has been absent from BH fanfic for sometime now, since the last she was heard from was a year ago (March 2000, didn't someone say?) She may not even check her old addresses anymore ... and surely is not using her real name. (Or if she is using her real name, she's a verifiable psycho!) Someone (Rowan?) asked how "Melissa" could show her face (so to speak) on other fandoms given that she is now being outed on BH. My guess is that, if she is a member of all these other fan groups, she probably uses different names/identities for each. She's probably moved on to another victim fandom by now using a completely different name. She either thinks what she's doing is funny, or no big deal ... or she is just a sad, pathetic person!! (Or all three. ;)) Oh, and to clarify on the Nanny situation from a couple years ago, the Archiver on that site was just as apologetic and mortified as the BH one is - - there was no problem getting the stories taken down, and the woman believed me immediately when I showed her proof that Rubber Duckie was an old story on our Archive. (And I, in fact, had been the editor on that story, so I even had old versions still on my hard drive; how's that for a coincidence?) She also put up an apology note on their website's front page. I don't know if the Nanny fanfic site is still there or not, but if it's gone, it was not due to the plagarism. (But just like this woman on BH, the Nanny author insisted at first that *she* was the victim. The gall!!!) Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:52:32 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kathy wrote: > An anonymous note, huh ... hmm, how does one do that with email? I'd > love to get a bit more info. [Wasn't an email, that's how. It was a post on the site's fanfic recommendation page. If you go to the site you can take a look. It was posted May 2nd...I think. The details are beginning to blur now. Just basically says though that she/he wants people to know the Prisoner of Life is on a 'lois and clark site' under another person's name.] > > What address is this Melissa using again? (Someone posted it, but now of > course I can't find it on the website amongst this outpouring of support ) > I'll write Farah and have her do a search on the address in our subscription > list. I doubt this chickie is subscribed, but you never know. Or if she is, > she's probably one of those who have been NOMAIL for a couple of years or > something. > [Apparently, she's subscribed to Anne's nfic list. So you never know. She certainly seems brazen enough. If she is she's been having an interesting time these past few hours. ;) Tell me about finding things. I can only get the BH Archive site if I go through the link Demi had in her original post. It won't bookmark for some reason. I'm finding it harder to find every time I need to find it. ] > From the dates quoted, I'd venture that this woman has been absent from BH > fanfic for sometime now, since the last she was heard from was a year ago > (March 2000, didn't someone say?) She may not even check her old addresses > anymore ... and surely is not using her real name. (Or if she is using her > real name, she's a verifiable psycho!) [Well, curiously enough, over on the old mbs, someone's found a link to a 'let's meet our favourite authors' site, complete with picture of our little miscreant. ] > > Someone (Rowan?) asked how "Melissa" could show her face (so to speak) on > other fandoms given that she is now being outed on BH. My guess is that, if > she is a member of all these other fan groups, she probably uses different > names/identities for each. She's probably moved on to another victim fandom > by now using a completely different name. She either thinks what she's doing > is funny, or no big deal ... or she is just a sad, pathetic person!! (Or all > three. ;)) > [Yup, that would be my assessment. They all seem to follow the same pattern. All three works for me.] LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 14:58:31 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update On Wed, 9 May 2001 14:19:53 -0500, Kathy Brown wrote: >>>One interesting aside is that she was alerted to the fact that Temporary Insanity was being claimed by two authors through an anonymous note<<< >An anonymous note, huh ... hmm, how does one do that with email? I'd >love to get a bit more info. It wasn't by email, Kathy. On the BH archive there is a fanfic recommendation section, and there is an entry there dated 2 May, saying that the poster just wanted to tell people that Temporary Insanity is also posted on a Lois and Clark site and was written by someone else. That, I would guess, is what made the archivist look into the issue. I don't have the URL for the fanfic recommendation section here - I looked at it at work - but there's a link from the front page. Wendy ---------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:07:26 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LaNita Cornwall Subject: Anonymous email MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" There are sites and programs that allow you to send anonymous email. They are essentially a re-mailing service. Check out the May PC World for more information. Also, info on surfing the web anonymously and sending encrypted email, etc. Did my term paper for my Internship class on "Privacy in An Electronic World." Putting "Internet Privacy" into a search engine will bring up all kinds of things you never thought about. LaNita >An anonymous note, huh ... hmm, how does one do that with email? I'd >love to get a bit more info. It wasn't by email, Kathy. On the BH archive there is a fanfic recommendation section, and there is an entry there dated 2 May, saying that the poster just wanted to tell people that Temporary Insanity is also posted on a Lois and Clark site and was written by someone else. That, I would guess, is what made the archivist look into the issue. I don't have the URL for the fanfic recommendation section here - I looked at it at work - but there's a link from the front page. Wendy ---------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:25:53 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Christopher M Kiraly Subject: Re: Plagiarism Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I noticed that a lot of people were finding a lot of Melissa's "stories" on Geocities cites, as well as a few others. If the site owner refuses to remove them for whatever reason, report them to the site host. I'm 80% sure sites like Geocities have a strict illegal, immoral, unethical policy, and I'm sure plagiarism falls into one of those catagories. The site host would probably yank the site if they failed to comply with removing said plagiarized "stories"... Just a suggestion... - Kraz ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:28:06 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagiarism - the BH Archive Is it just me, or has that excellent message from the BH archivist disappeared from the front page of the site? I've tried all the links I have, and I've even tried going back into the BH site (eg the recommendations page) and going back to the front page, but all I find is a front page 'last updated November 12 2000'. Wendy ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:30:43 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Irene D." Subject: Re: Plagiarism - the BH Archive In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Wendy, If you go to their site and hit the 'home' button, the message reappears - at least it does for me. Irene --- Wendy Richards wrote: > Is it just me, or has that excellent message from > the BH archivist > disappeared from the front page of the site? I've > tried all the links I > have, and I've even tried going back into the BH > site (eg the > recommendations page) and going back to the front > page, but all I find is a > front page 'last updated November 12 2000'. > > > Wendy > ----------- > Wendy Richards > wendy@lcfanfic.com ===== sirenegold@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:37:27 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Shawn Catlin Subject: Re: BH website attn: Wendy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I just checked and the message from the archivist is still there. BTW--like I said before, I'm not familiar with a lot of LC fanfic the way most of you are, I only knew about the BH after Demi announced it last night. Is there a site where I can find the originals of all the stories? Shawn ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:40:10 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Irene D." Subject: Re: BH website attn: Wendy In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Shawn, Try www.lcfanfic.com or www.annesplace.net Enjoy!! Irene --- Shawn Catlin wrote: > I just checked and the message from the archivist is > still there. > > BTW--like I said before, I'm not familiar with a lot > of LC fanfic the way > most of you are, I only knew about the BH after Demi > announced it last night. > > Is there a site where I can find the originals of > all the stories? > > Shawn ===== sirenegold@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:42:08 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Marilyn Puett Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Are we sure this person's name really isn't CLAUDE?! Stole someone's story, won an award, and didn't even thank them for their input! Seriously.....it's abominable! Hope she gets her comeuppance. Marilyn AKA Supermom _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:46:06 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: BH website attn: Wendy Thanks, Irene and Shawn. Must be my browser or server playing up and taking the page from cache instead of from source. Tried clearing my cache, tried alt-refresh, you name it... but I'm pleased to hear that it's just me. BTW, I also had a very nice and apologetic email from Jenny Dobson, the webhost, in response to my complaint last night. And I've replied to thank her very much and to assure her that she is held in high regard by FoLCs as a result of her actions. Wendy ---------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:58:43 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Plagiarist MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 05/09/2001 9:49:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, nightangel@HOME.COM writes about Melissa's author comments: << Mental torment... ? >> Oh? I thought surely she wrote METAL torment. I was wondering if it was the crowbar used to pry open her brain.... --Laurie ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:21:13 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Marilyn L. Puett" Subject: Fanfic Plagiarism Site Here's a site I found doing a search for "fanfic plagiarism." It might be worth taking a look at it. http://talk.to/thewatchdogs Marilyn AKA Supermom ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 17:17:47 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carolyn Schnall Subject: Re: Plagiarist In-Reply-To: <3c.b702d2a.282b0983@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >In a message dated 05/09/2001 9:49:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >nightangel@HOME.COM writes about Melissa's author comments: > ><< Mental torment... ? >> > >Oh? I thought surely she wrote METAL torment. I was wondering if it was the >crowbar used to pry open her brain.... > >--Laurie LOL!!! Laurie:) I have been keeping an eye on this issue all day and have glanced at most of the e-mails on the subject, though I confess to not having read every word... I am sure we all share a great sense of horror that this Melissa Diss was so despicable as to steal our work. I must also agree with the kudos to all the people who acted so quickly to identify and remedy, if that is the correct word, this situation. I am also sure that most of us probably had a similar reaction when we first read about it which was a question: Did she steal my work? Without any real time here at work to look into the matter myself, can I ask, have we identified all of the L&C (and other) fanfic that was plagiarized or are we still uncertain if there are authors whose work has been stolen? Thanks, Carolyn ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 17:31:11 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Tessena, Kelly" Subject: A question about gymnastics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hey, everyone, I'm writing a story in which Lois & Clark's daughter is a gymnast. The way I have it written so far, she was very good when she was young, but hit a growth spurt that kept her from competing seriously. It wasn't so much that she didn't want to do it if she couldn't be really good, but that her height gain threw her off and she was afraid that would reveal her superpowers. (Because she hit her head on one of the parallel bars and put a big dent in it.) As I understood it, getting taller *is* an impediment to doing gymnastics, which is why you don't see many Olympic gymnasts who are over 18 or 20. But, this reason struck my beta reader as odd, so I'm just trying to double check it with someone who knows more than I do. Thanks in advance, Kelly ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:39:01 +0100 Reply-To: Yvonne Connell Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yvonne Connell Subject: Re: Plagiarist MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry if it's been said before, but anyone else find it more than coincidence that our plagiarist's surname is 'Diss', as in 'to show disrespect towards' in US slang? Yvonne (still seething...) (yvonne@yconnell.fsnet.co.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:46:50 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: Anonymous email On Wed, 9 May 2001 15:07:26 -0500, LaNita Cornwall wrote: >There are sites and programs that allow you to send anonymous email. They >are essentially a re-mailing service. I guess I wasn't questioning that someone could send email annoymously -- heck, we could all just get a hotmail account, etc. It was more that I was trying to figure out *why* someone would send such a notification to the site owner annoymously. Seemed so cloak and dagger to me. But having it be a post to a message board forum ... makes much more sense! Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:42:27 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carol L Moncado Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 9 May 2001 15:42:08 -0500 Marilyn Puett writes: > Are we sure this person's name really isn't CLAUDE?! Stole someone's > story, > won an award, and didn't even thank them for their input! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CM ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:49:31 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Marilyn L. Puett" Subject: Re: Plaigerism--retaliate with a story Apparently the Buffy folks did that! http://www.slayerette.org/fanfic/zak/h.html Marilyn AKA Supermom ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 16:55:08 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics On Wed, 9 May 2001 17:31:11 -0400, Tessena, Kelly < ketessena@EXCHANGE.URSINUS.EDU> wrote: >As I understood it, getting taller *is* an impediment to doing gymnastics, >which is why you don't see many Olympic gymnasts who are over 18 or 20. >But, this reason struck my beta reader as odd, so I'm just trying to double >check it with someone who knows more than I do. >From what I remember reading over the years, you are right that taller isn't as desireable, but I think the age in which girls are "weeded out" is younger than the 18 to 20 you quote. Most young women reach most of their full height by 14-16, I believe. There is also a body maturity factor, I believe -- you start developing a chest, or put a little more meat on your bones, and you can't move as quickly, etc. (Then there is the whole "starvation" mentality among a lot of gymnasts of that caliber; I think that has a hand in keeping a lot of these teenage girls you see in the Olympics looking like 10 year olds. ;)) So I'd buy everything you said about L&C's daughter, except I'd make the age at which she hit her growth spurt be around 12 or so. Is that what you were going for? Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:11:20 +1000 Reply-To: "jenerators@optushome.com.au" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jen Stosser Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you go to http://www.andrijich.com.au/portrat1.htm, you'll find photos of Martin Sacks who plays PJ (I think) in Blue Heelers and Lisa McCune, who used to play Maggie Doyle in the same show until she died, violently of course, so she could star naked in The Potato Factory, and live in The Sound of Music. Jen Please note my new email address: jenerators@optushome.com.au -*- This message is umop ap!sdn -*- -*- Jenerator or Some1Else on IRC) -*- JenerEight on AIM -*- Photos of David (8) and Megan (5) on the Stosser Family HomePage: http://www.geocities.com/j_stosser -*-Please sign our guestbook! -----Original Message----- From: No Name Available [SMTP:Attalanta@AOL.COM] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 2:28 AM To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update Wow, I couldn't believe how many emails I had after not checking my emails for just one day! I was sad, though, for the reason why there were so many messages. First of all, I think it's incredibly sad and pathetic to steal someone's own writing, nearly word for word. Also... << Liz, she changed the names and some little details... but left behind enough anomolies that you'd think people would be scratching their heads at least a little. >> You would think! This got me wondering how closely these two series are alike (or more than two, since she plagiarized from other fandoms too). I've just started getting into The X-Files and I can't imagine that a story written in L&C fandom, for example, could be applied to X-Files fandom or vice versa. I mean, if the original author did a good job (and he/she obviously did since this person at least chose good stories to plagiarize), the dialog, characterization, etc. would all be specific to L&C. It's even more mind-boggling when you consider that she won awards for these stories! It makes me wonder whether the voters voted for good fanfics or just good stories (even if the characterization might not be right). From the description of the Blue Heelers, for example, their male lead doesn't resemble Clark: budmayes2@FUSE.NETwrote: << Once described as "a man with a past he hopes he's left behind", PJ is tough and determined, and very good at his job, but when they day's over, he's the first to head down to the pub for a beer, and he loves joking around with his mates. >> How could a writer have simply substituted "Clark" for "PJ" and ended up with a story that could masquerade as e a Blue Heelers fic?? Christy attalanta@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 17:28:08 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Cindy Leuch Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I swear I've heard them referred t as the Metropols Metros. But I could be wrong. Somebody want to back me up? -Cindy Leuch isuleuch@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 18:28:46 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Norman Mayes Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit It shouldn't! It was the work, even disguised, which got the award. Kudos to the real authors!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Roseann Buonadies To: Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:44 AM Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( Instead of working, I got so caught up with reading about this injustice, that I did a little searching of my own. I think what annoyed me most (on an admittedly long list) was the fact that this little thief actually was nominated for awards! If anyone's interested, I found the final award list on a e-group BB ------------------- Welcome, Guest Register - Sign In bhffaupdates · list for announcing updates of the Blue Heelers Fanfiction Archive. [ Join This Group! ] From: Jenny Dobson Date: Sun Dec 24, 2000 2:16 am Subject: MSG: Fic Awards results! Hey everyone =) Well the awards are finally over and I've counted up the votes. =) Firstly I have to thank all the people who helped me out with all of this, and all the people who offered to help ... This wouldn't have happened at all without you guys ;-) And also big thanks to all the people who voted ... The response has been amazing!! And yet, despite the large number of votes, we've still ended up with 3 tied categories! Which gives you an idea of how close the competition has been. In most categories there was only one or two votes separating the winner and second place. Anyway, congratulations to all the winners and the final nominees for making it that far, and have a wonderful Christmas everyone. =) Now, onto the winners ... ;-) 1999 Blue Heelers Fic Awards Outstanding Action/Adventure ~Absquatulation (Kimmy) Outstanding Drama ~Prisoner of Life (Melissa Diss) Outstanding Romance ~Prisoner of Life (Melissa Diss) Outstanding Comedy ~Kiss a Copper (Vanessa Beanland) Outstanding Tragedy ~Last Respects (Jenny Dobson) Outstanding Debut Story ~Facing Up (Jaye Reid) Outstanding Characterization ~Extreme to Extreme (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Series ~Facing Up (Jaye Reid) Outstanding Story Within a Series ~Kiss a Copper II: Revenge (Vanessa Beanland) Outstanding Alternate Universe ~Deep Water (Rachael Wakely) Fic Most Wanted to Air as an Ep of BH ~Absquatulation (Kimmy) Outstanding Debut Author (tied) ~Vanessa Beanland ~Kimmy Author of the Year ~Rachael Wakely Fic of the Year (tied) ~Absquatulation (Kimmy) ~Prisoner of Life (Melissa Diss) 2000 Blue Heelers Fic Awards Outstanding Action/Adventure (tied) ~Runaway (Melissa Diss) ~The Storm (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Drama ~The Quickening (Kimmy) Outstanding Romance ~Past, Present & Future (Suzie) Outstanding Comedy ~Quandary (Rachael Wakely, Kylie Robinson & Pippa Davie) Outstanding Tragedy ~Past, Present & Future (Suzie) Outstanding Debut Story ~Off the Market (Tori Keates) Outstanding Characterization ~The Storm (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Series ~Hostage (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Story Within a Series ~Friendly Adversaries: Tight Rope (Jaye Reid) Outstanding Alternate Universe ~Quandary (Rachael Wakely, Kylie Robinson & Pippa Davie) Fic Most Wanted to Air as an Ep of BH ~The Storm (Sim Wolski) Outstanding Debut Author ~Tori Keates Author of the Year ~Rachael Wakely Fic of the Year ~Quandary (Rachael Wakely, Kylie Robinson & Pippa Davie) Congratulations to everyone =) Jen Message 63 of 64 | Previous | Next [ Up Thread ] Message Index Msg # Reply | Forward | View Source | Unwrap Lines ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Copyright © 2001 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 18:49:11 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Plagiarist MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/9/01 9:49:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, nightangel@HOME.COM writes: > <<<> Q: Which is your favorite of your own work? > A Prisoner Of Life, this took me three months to finish and a lot of metal > torment. >>> > > Ohh ... that galls. That really galls. Mental torment... ? What, did she > agonize over whether or not she'd replaced all the names correctly?! Well > she certainly missed ONE. ;-P > > Demi, I thought maybe it meant she actually had a shred of conscience and thus felt bad for a while before she stole your story. Ann ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 18:50:07 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nancy Merckle Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball In-Reply-To: <20010509.113505.-182193.3.cmoncado@juno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 9 May 2001, Carol L Moncado wrote: > anyone know if there was ever an official Metropolis baseball team? In the heat wave episode, there is a street scene (obviously video tape vs film) with a reporter, Lois breaks through to use the televison audience to get a message to superman that he doesn't have to leave town.. Before she breaks in the reporter asks how the Metropolitians are doing this year. It could be a baseball refference. Nancy -------------------------------------------------------------- nancym@charm.net ..... (future) http://www.charm.net/~nancym/ The Kitties Page ........... http://members.aol.com/Mysnats/ My Sister's Karaoke Site ............ http://karaokeklub.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 19:13:34 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/9/01 5:35:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ketessena@EXCHANGE.URSINUS.EDU writes: > As I understood it, getting taller *is* an impediment to doing gymnastics, > which is why you don't see many Olympic gymnasts who are over 18 or 20. > But, this reason struck my beta reader as odd, so I'm just trying to double > check it with someone who knows more than I do. > > As I recall, Nadia Comaneci had a terrible couple of years after she hit a growth spurt -- went from getting 10's to losing pretty consistently. She finally regained some of her form, but was never as good as she had been in the beginning. Ann ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 19:25:06 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/9/01 6:28:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, isuleuch@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > I swear I've heard them referred t as the Metropols Metros. But I could be > wrong. Somebody want to back me up? > I think you're right. In Man of Steel Bars, Superman is accused by someone of being the reason the Metros didn't win the pennant that year. Ann ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 18:25:58 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Marilyn Puett Subject: Re: Plagiarist Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I got a chuckle over the name Diss too. If she only knew how we were dissing her on IRC she'd change her name! Marilyn AKA Supermom _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 00:41:40 +0100 Reply-To: Yvonne Connell Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yvonne Connell Subject: Re: Plagiarist MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I didn't so much chuckle as grimace - if it's a pseudonym, which I think it probably is, then she probably chose the surname deliberately. Yvonne (yvonne@yconnell.fsnet.co.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 19:54:56 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yeah, but MOSB took place in November, which is pretty late for baseball season. Not that L&C has ever felt too constrained by that sort of thing; they did have a presidential election in February (a few months after a local election for Governor, wasn't it?) > In the heat wave episode, there is a street scene (obviously video tape vs > film) with a reporter, Lois breaks through to use the televison audience > to get a message to superman that he doesn't have to leave town.. Before > she breaks in the reporter asks how the Metropolitians are doing this > year. It could be a baseball refference. > > Nancy -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:02:47 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 4a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Hey, would you look at that=E2=80=A6" Lois remarked. She and Clark were walking down an alley until they came to the famous=20 corner where Lulu used to frequent. Lulu, or 'Long Legs' Lulu as her client= s=20 liked to call her, was killed a couple of years ago on this corner. "What do you know, Lulu actually has a place!" Across the street stood a small tent. Hanging above the front flap was=20= a=20 piece of paper. Written on it, in big block letters were the words, LULU'S=20 PLACE. "I wonder if it's 'first-come, first served,' or it is just one big=20 'orgy'?" Lois questioned. "Uh=E2=80=A6" Clark muttered as he held onto Lois' hand tighter. "Clark?" "I, um=E2=80=A6I=E2=80=A6just want to keep you safe. There's something=20= about this alley=20 that I just don't like!" "I know=E2=80=A6and thanks." Lois brought his hand up to her lips and k= issed his=20 fingers. Clark smiled. They walked across the street and into the tent. The tent seemed bigger= =20 once they were inside. Actually the tent seemed to fill the whole back=20 alley. The interior was covered from floor to ceiling in red satin. "Talk about being tacky=E2=80=A6" Lois whispered. "I don't know. I kinda like it! Red satin sorta turns me on!" "Oh, stop it!" Lois exclaimed as she playfully hit him in the stomach. In the corner of the room sat a seedy man at a small desk. He looked=20 like a cross between Miami Vice and the A-Team. He was wearing white cargo=20 pants, a Hawaiian shirt and gold chains. He had black, greasy hair and oliv= e=20 skin. It looked like he hadn't shaved in a few days and he had a small gap=20 between his front teeth. Lois looked back at Clark. She was pretty unsure about all of this. =20 Clark wrapped his arm around her waist as they walked up to the desk. The=20 man at the desk looked up from his paperwork. "What can I do for you fine=20 folks? Oh, don't tell me! You want our 'Double's Package'?" "D-o-u-b-l-e-'-s P-a-c-k-a-g-e?" Lois mouthed. "Ah, no. We're reporters from the Daily Planet. My name is Clark Kent.= =20 This is my partner, Lois Lane. "Oh! Are you guys here to do a story on me?" "Uh, sort of," Lois added. "Actually, we came here to ask you about an employee of yours." "Oh, okay. Well, please sit down." "Um, I think we'll stand." The man's breath smelled like tobacco and it= =20 was making her nauseous. "Please sit down miss. Believe me, I don't bite!" "Uh..." "Come on Lois. It's okay." Clark coaxed her into a chair. "So what do you two want to know?" "Well, one of your 'employees,' is reported missing," stated Clark. "Yeah, Marilyn. So?" "Well, we just wanted to know a little bit about the last time you saw=20 her. Was she with anyone else? Did she exhibit any weird behavior?" "Hmm...well all I do know was that she was out on a call when she was=20 reported missing." "Did you see the guy who picked her up?" "Yeah, but not too well though. He was dressed all in black and he had=20= a=20 five o'clock shadow. And get this, the guy didn't want to pay in cash. He=20 paid with jewelry instead!" Lois looked back at her husband. "Hey do you think..." "I dunno, maybe. Hold on a minute." Clark took his cell phone out of his coat pocket and dialed the Daily=20 Planet news room. "Jimmy? Hey, could you give me an update on Mazik's Jewelers. Okay. U= h=20 huh. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Fine. Thanks Jimmy!" Clark hung up the phone. "Jimmy said that Mazik's Jewelers had another break in last night." "Oh my! They're probably..." "...connected," Clark said as he finished Lois' sentence. "Well, I for one don't want no stinkin robber and or kidnapper as a=20 patron at my establishment. If you know what I mean!" "Yes, we understand. So that's why we're going to track this man down s= o=20 he can be thrown into jail," Lois reassured. "So thank you for your time and information. It really helped us out."=20= =20 Clark got up to leave and Lois followed. "Hey, wait a minute! Baby cakes!" "Baby cakes? I do have a name, you know." "Oh, yeah. What is it? I forgot." "Lois Lane." "Oh, yeah, Ms. Lane. Please stay because I have some business to discus= s=20 with you." "Business?" "Yeah. So please sit down." Lois and Clark returned to their seats. "Before we discuss anything, I just have to compliment you on your legs.= " "My legs?" "Oh, yeah! Those are the nicest stems I've ever seen!" "Uh, thank you, I think." Clark was becoming annoyed. "Did you just keep us after, so you could=20 compliment Ms. Lane on her legs???" "Oh no. I've got a little business proposal for 'Little Miss Sweet=20 Thing,' over there!" "Excuse me? And can you please stop calling me pet names!" "Oh, sorry about that, Ms. Lane, or Lois. Is it all right if I call you= =20 Lois?" "Well, I..." "Good. Now Lois, babe. How about you and I form a partnership?" "A partnership?" "Yeah. With a body like yours and legs like that, you could go far!" "Oh, God...NO!" "Oh, yeah, baby cakes. You could make a lot of money off that body. =20 You're just what the doctor ordered!" the man winked. Clark slammed his wrists on the desk. "EXCUSE ME. BUT THAT'S MY WIFE=20 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE!" "Well why didn't you say so buddy! We can split the profits, three-ways= .=20 Believe me, I don't mind as long as it's all fair." "Okay. THAT'S IT!!!" "Clark...It's okay. Please calm down!" "No, Lois. I'm not going to calm down! He wants to use my wife as a=20 hooker, for heaven's sake!!!" "Well, you of all people should know the phrase, 'if you got it, flaunt=20 it!' What do you say to that, Mr. G.Q.?" the man asked. That was it for Clark. The jerk had pushed the final button. He threw=20 himself over the desk and jumped on top of the man. "CLARK!" The men started to fight. Clark was obviously stronger than the other=20 guy, so he was getting the most punches in. "Clark, please stop. It's not worth it!" "Lois, get away! I don't want you to get hurt! Stand back! Arrgh!" While Clark was trying to push Lois to safety, the man took advantage of= =20 his vulnerability. He punched Clark square in the jaw. A tiny bit of blood= =20 trickled down from his bottom lip. "Clark! You're bleeding!" Lois cried as she ran over to him and tried t= o=20 wipe the blood away. "Lois, please! NO! I'm okay. I don't want to see you get hurt!" "But Clark!" "GO LOIS! GO!" Clark threw off his jacket and flung it across the tent.=20= =20 Lois picked it off the ground and wrapped it around her shoulders. She=20 buttoned the jacket so it clung tightly to her chest. Tears were rolling=20 down her face. She knew that Clark would give up his life for her, but she=20 just didn't want to see him do it. She was watching her husband struggling on the floor, when she found his= =20 cell phone lying next to her. She picked it up. She was going to call=20 Inspector Henderson. Maybe he could help. "Inspector Henderson, this is Lois Lane from the Daily Planet. Clark is= =20 in trouble. Yes. Yes. No. We're located on the corner of 8th and Clifton=20 Street. He's in a tent marked Lulu's Place. Okay thanks." Inspector Henderson and the same men who carried Clark off to the jail,=20 were inside the tent in a matter of minutes. They found Lois huddled on the= =20 floor with Clark's jacket. "Lois?" "Huh? Oh, Inspector am I glad to see you! Clark's over there fighting=20 with that nasty man. He's angry over the fact that the guy tried to pimp me= ." "Yes, I can see that. And as much as you're going to hate me for this,= =20 I'm going to have to ask you to leave." "What?" "It's for precautionary reasons. I don't want any more people to get=20 hurt. And if he has a gun I..." "A gun!?!" Lois interrupted. "Lois, I'm not saying he has a gun, I just want to be careful. It's par= t=20 of my job description." "But..." "Lois, please. Just follow the kind man outside and Clark will be with=20 you shortly." A young officer walked up to Lois and gently pulled on her arm. "Come=20 along ma'am." "No. I..." "Lois, please! If Clark was here, he'd want you to be safe too!" While the officer led Lois out of the tent, Henderson tried to break up=20 the fight. Clark had the man pushed up against the wall while he punched hi= m=20 in the stomach. "Okay fellas, that's enough!" "And take that and that and that! This is for being such a jerk and=20 bastard for hitting on my wife! Heck, it's for all of the other women you'v= e=20 screwed over!" "I said, THAT'S ENOUGH Kent!" Henderson grabbed both of his arms and=20 pulled them back. "Hey!" "Kent, if you don't calm down right now, I'll be forced to arrest you fo= r=20 real this time." Clark's muscles relaxed. "Wait a minute, where's Lois? Oh my God, where's Lois??? Oh my God, the= y=20 took her away!!!! No!!!!!!!!" "KENT! Calm down!" "LOIS!!!!!!" "Okay, I'm sorry if I have to resort to this, but you leave me no=20 choice!" Inspector Henderson brought back his fist and punched Clark right=20 in the stomach. Clark doubled over in pain. "Ahhh..." he wailed. "Maybe now you'll listen to me. Lois is safe. She's waiting outside fo= r=20 you. One of my guys will lead you to her while I arrest our friend here!" Another officer showed up and Clark put his arm around him for support.=20= =20 Just one look at Clark and you could tell that he had been in a fight. His=20 shirt was ripped, his hair was a mess and he had dried up blood on his chin.= =20 Clark was also limping a bit, but it was nothing too major. His opponent wa= s=20 different. His hair was messy and his shirt was torn to threads. He had a=20 black eye and blood still trickled from his lips. The officer slowly led Clark out of the tent. Clark saw Lois standing=20 next to one of the squad cars. "Lois!" "Clark!" Clark almost fell as he ran over to embrace his wife. He wrapped his=20 arms around her body and wouldn't let go. "Lois...I thought they took you away..." "No, honey. They didn't. Now hush. You need to rest." "Lois..." "I know. I know." Lois started brushing her fingers through his hair. =20 Clark jerked. "Oh my God! I think he's losing consciousness!" An attending paramedic walked up. "Ma'am, it's okay. You're husband's=20 just a little weak. Is this your car?" "Yes." A couple of men took Clark out of Lois' arms. "Hey, what are you doing?" "It's okay ma'am," she said. "We're just moving your husband into the=20 car for you. We'll secure him in the back-seat, so he can rest as you drive= =20 home." "Okay." Moments later, Inspector Henderson and his men, were dragging 'the boss'= =20 out of his office. "Well, you two just made my job a lot easier!" "What do you mean?" Lois asked. "This here is 'Baby Daddy.'" "'Baby Daddy'?" "Yeah, well, 'sugar' was already copyrighted. Anyway, he's the head of=20 the biggest 'nightlife' ring here in Metropolis. We've been trying to catch= =20 this bloody mess here for ages!" "Are you going to press charges?" "Against your husband, no. Your husband's a hero. He not only caught=20 one of the top ten guys of 'America's Most Wanted', but he also taught a ver= y=20 valuable lesson!" "Wow." "Yeah, so when you see Clark again, tell him I said thanks and that it=20 really made my day. I might even get promoted for this!" "Well, okay!" Lois laughed. "Thanks so much Inspector for getting Clark out of there." "No Lane, thank you!" =20 =20 * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:02:52 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 4b MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lois went to the back of the Jeep. Clark was lying across the back-seat. He had his eyes closed but it still looked like he was in some pain. "Clark, sweetie? Are you okay?" "Hmm..." "Clark, it's me Lois." "Oh, Lois! Hellooooooo," he smiled. "Jeez, you must be more hurt then I thought you were. I mean you're so out of it!" "No. Actually the kind paramedic lady gave me some medication to get rid of the pain. I think they're finally kicking in!" "Oh, great! I'm going to be stuck with a drunk husband for the rest of the day!" Lois threw her arms in the air. She wasn't being serious because at the same time she grinned at Clark. "Hehehe..." Clark answered back. * "Okay, honey. We're home now." Lois returned to the back of the Jeep to free Clark from the confines of the back-seat. He was even worse than before. Clark was so out of it that he kept pointing at the ceiling while Lois took off his seat belts. "Okay, Clark, come on. Here we go." Fortunately Clark was with it enough to be able to get himself out of the car. Clark was a big man and Lois really didn't want to work up a sweat trying to get him out of her vehicle. Clark was still a bit wobbly, so he leaned on Lois' shoulders. "I like you Lois! You're really swell!" "Thanks," Lois said as she burst out laughing. "What?" Clark asked between snickers. "It's just that I'm figuring I'll probably get a crash course in Parenting 101, tonight." "Hehehe..." he laughed. "Then again, if I have my way with you, you'll be feeling like an adult in no time!" "Huh?" "Oh never mind. Just follow me." Lois unlocked the door to the brownstone and Clark followed. "Come on," Lois said as she grabbed his hand. "Where are we going?" "You'll see. Now follow me." Lois led Clark to the bathroom. "What???" "We're, well actually, you're going to have a nice and relaxing bubble bath." "Lois, I don't think that's a good idea. I've taken showers since I was a little boy. I don't want to sit in a bathtub and just 'relax'!" "Well, tonight you're going to try something new. And believe me, you won't regret it," Lois purred. "But..." "Hush now, Clark." Lois turned on the hot water as she unbuttoned Clark's shirt. "There you go." She took it off and let it fall to the floor. "To make you feel a little more relaxed, I'm going to use your favorite scent." Lois picked up a bottle of cucumber oil and poured some in the water. "Now drop your pants and get in!" "What?" "You heard me. Drop your pants and get in! I'll be back in a minute." "Lois, I really don't want to," Clark said as he fidgeted with his belt buckle. "Do I have to undress you like a little kid?" "Well..." Clark raised an eyebrow. "Don't tempt me Kent!" * Lois went into bedroom to change. She returned to the bathroom, where she found Clark relaxing in the bathtub. He had his eyes closed and his chest rose and fell in slow, methodical beats. "I knew you'd see it my way." "Well you know how cucumber oil drives me wild, so in essence I couldn't resist!" Clark opened his eyes so he could give his wife a kiss, when his mouth fell open. "WOW! You changed!" Lois was wearing, really, short, tight-fitting, denim shorts, along with one of Clark's gray football shirts from college. In the right hand corner were the words written in blue: 'Property of the Midwestern State U. Steers.' On the back of the shirt was the name Kent and the number 11. "I hope you don't mind me wearing this honey. It's just that your clothing is so comfortable!" Lois gave herself a hug and sighed. "Hmm...I haven't seen that sweatshirt in years! It kinda reminds me of Lana." "Clark!" "Just kidding!" Clark chuckled. "I swear Kent, if you weren't in that bathtub right now, you'd be in immense pain!" Lois picked up a washcloth and hit him in the head with it. "Hey!" "That's for mentioning Lana. You know how jealous I can get." Lois leaned over the tub and started sucking on his lower lip. "It can get to the point where I never let go." Lois brought her hand into the bath water and grabbed Clark's left leg. Clark groaned. "So you like that huh?" "Mmm...I keep waiting for the part where you slip off that shirt and join me." Lois laughed as she started tracing his 'well-defined' pecs with her finger. "Actually, I kinda like this. You sitting here, naked and vulnerable. Me, out here, fully dressed, in the driver's seat..." Clark's eyes widened. "You didn't think your 'little tornado,' had a playful side? Well babe, you ain't seen nothing yet!" Lois remarked. She brought his mouth up to hers and kissed it full. Lois ran her tongue all over the roof of his mouth. Clark groaned as he returned the kisses. "Oh, God...Clark..." "Make love to me Lois." "Mmmpf...No. I mean not yet!" "Oh no, not again!" Clark rolled his eyes. "No, it's not that. It's not like I'm not in the mood or something. I just want to finish what I've started." "You can Lois, here with me in the tub." "No, Clark. You've pampered me so much, that now it's my turn!" "Okaay..." Clark sighed. "Just relax Clark. And I'll take care of everything." Lois pulled the washcloth out of the soapy water and proceeded to wash his face. With every rub, she leaned over and kissed that part of his face. "Hmm...there we go." "Thanks, honey. I was beginning to get real sick of feeling dried up blood on my face." "No problem. The pleasure was all mine." "I bet." Seeing Clark completely naked and soaking in a bathtub made her libido run amuck. She watched the water drip off his chest and it put her in a mystical trance. She completely forgot what she was doing as she laid her lips upon his flesh. Lois groaned as she tasted the tiny droplets of water that fell from her husband's body. Clark was clearly being turned on by Lois' display of sexual foreplay. He knew something major was going to happen, whether he could control it or not. "Uh, Lois?" he moaned. "Lois...umpf...I thought you said you wanted to finish what you started?!?" "Hmm...Oh, yeah...I...Oh My God!" Lois pushed herself away from the bathtub. "What?" Clark asked. "I...you...me...You actually saw what I what I was doing?" "Um, yeah." "Okay. God, I thought I was just dreaming," Lois blushed. "Well that must have been some dream because I had it too and I was awake!" Clark laughed. "Yeah, well that tells you something." "It sure does! It tells me how irresistible I am!" Clark let out a small sigh as he leaned back in the tub and brought his arms behind him. "Don't flatter yourself!" Lois smiled. "Ha, ha! But it's true!" "No comment," Lois purred. "Oh come on, don't deny it Lois! I know how much you want me! That last display of 'affection' definitely proved it to me." "Clark, could we please stop talking about this! I have a job to finish." "Yeah, some job," Clark winked. "Clark!" Lois giggled. "Okay, okay. I'll be good." "Fine. Now bend over." "Excuse me?" "I said, bend over. I want to wash your back." "Oh." "Hee hee, you thought I meant, bend over, didn't you?" "Well, yeah." "Well, well, well...Who's having problems now?" "I take the 5th on that one." "I think we should get this bath done, ASAP!" "Okay, that's fine with me." "Fine. Now bend over so I can wash your back!" Clark moved slightly away from the edge of the tub and he leaned over. Lois dipped her hands in the sudsy water and rubbed them on his back. Clark moaned as Lois massaged his back. She touched every muscle, which seemed to tense up with excitement. She touched his back, like a master guitar player, running her fingers up and down his spine. Clark had clearly had enough of this. Lois' stroking caused him to become extremely turned on. "Lois, enough!" "What?" Lois shrieked as Clark's arms shot out of the water and grabbed her by the waist. With all his might he pulled her into the bathtub, so that she was lying on top of him. Lois coughed as she choked back the water that was getting in her mouth. She felt Clark's hands touch her thigh and then unbutton her shorts. He threw the shorts and they made a splatting noise as they hit the mirror. Then his hands traveled up her shirt and she felt it disappear. She found it totally amazing how Clark could easily take off something that by now felt like second skin, particularly since they were floundering around like salmon trying to swim upstream. "Clark?" she coughed. "Clark!" Lois gasped for air. "Take me now Lois, please..." "Clark, are you insane?" "Oh, Lois!" "Clark!" she yelled as she slapped him in the face. "Snap out of it!" "Huh? What? Oh my gosh." Clark looked down at Lois who was lying on top of him in only a bra and underwear. "I did all of that?" "Yes. And no thanks to you, I almost drowned! I mean this isn't 'Pretty Woman,' you know! Sheesh!" "Sorry..." Clark said as he lowered his eyes. "That's okay." Lois climbed out of the tub. "I think we both just got a little carried away. I mean I would really enjoy making love to you right now, but not in a bathtub! I don't want to have back problems for the next few weeks!" "Again, I'm sorry." "It's fine Clark. Now why don't you go get dressed and I'll change. We can go into the kitchen and have a little snack before we have that nightcap I think we both deserve." "Okay," Clark said as he lowered his lips. He was giving her the 'puppy dog,' look. "Ahh, jeez. Now you're giving me one of the looks that made me fall in love with you in the first place!" "Sorry..." Clark said as he continued his 'puppy dog' look. Lois walked over to him and kissed him full on the lips. "There. Now does that make you feel better?" "Yeah," Clark smiled. "Next time we just have to remember to be more careful. Or we could just get a bigger bathtub!" Lois grinned. * Lois went into the bedroom and took off her bra and underwear. She found a towel and dried herself off. She only put her robe on. She knew that she wouldn't be wearing it for long and why bother with clothing when it just got in the way of what she and Clark really wanted. Lois walked down the stairs towards the kitchen. She found Clark sitting on the couch. He was also wearing his robe. Lois looked back at him and smiled as she walked into the kitchen. A few minutes later, Lois came out of the kitchen carrying a plate full of goodies. She brought out a plate full of Twinkies and Ho-Ho's, Clark's favorite food. It was just what he needed to get his juices flowing. Not that he needed any help in that department. When Lois reentered the living room, Clark was resting his eyes. "Honey? I brought us a snack." "Great!" Clark smiled as he opened his eyes. But that smile soon faded as he looked at what was sitting on the coffee table. "What's this?" "It's your favorite snack food, silly." "It was my favorite snack food, Lois. It was Lois!" Clark got up and started pacing back and forth. He continually ran his fingers through his hair. "Is something wrong?" "Yes. Yes there is Lois!" Clark's voice rose. "Okay. Well sit down and let's talk." Clark wouldn't move. His breathing deepened. "Clark, please sit down," Lois pleaded as she pulled on his arm. "Don't touch me! I can sit myself down," Clark snapped. Lois sat down at one end of the couch and Clark sat on the other side. She blinked back the tears as she looked over at Clark. She had been crying a lot in front of Clark and she didn't want him to know that she was scared. "Clark? Please tell me what's going on? You're acting weird." "Weird, Lois? This isn't weird. This is anger and frustration coming together! I'm sick of you thinking that I'm Superman! Lois, you're an intelligent woman. You should know how I can't eat that stuff anymore! Why do you think I spend hours in the gym? I have this fear that you'll leave me if anything changes." "What?" "I've also have grown accustomed to this body so I want to maintain it." "Excuse me Clark, but could you back up just a bit? What do you mean you have this fear that I would leave you? I love you so much Clark, you're my world. I could lose everything else and still go on with just you!" "Yeah, well I used to think that too, that was until Superman came back into the picture. You can't stop talking about him. It's almost like you long for him. I remember when we first met, you were obsessed with him! Maybe your feelings for him are resurfacing." "Clark! Are you that dumb? You're talking like Superman is another person. Well news flash Clark, YOU'RE SUPERMAN!" "Arggh! See, this is my point! Lois, I was Superman! Do you hear me? Superman is no more! But here you are still stuck in this dreamland! Everyone else has moved on so why can't you? All of this nonsense started ever since you accidentally bumped your head. I told you to get some extra rest, but no you wouldn't want to do something like that! You would rather work with Damian on a stupid story, with no leads!" "Hey, I." "Quiet, Lois. I'm on a roll here. I ask you to see a doctor, but no you say it's fine and go to sleep! It was my birthday Lois! We were supposed to celebrate! I felt so guilty and I still do. I should have taken you to the doctor when I had a chance!" "Clark! That never happened!" Clark threw his hands up in the air. "I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall! It must be that mild amnesia coming back to haunt me." "Clark." Lois' lower lip quivered. "I'm sorry." "Yes, you say you're sorry, but this is just something else to add to the hell you and I have both been experiencing. The hell that Damian has put us both through!" Lois lowered her eyes and started picking at some fuzz on the couch at the mention of his name. Clark got off the couch and picked up the dessert plate. "Darn it, Lois! Are you listening to me? I don't think I can take it any more!" Lois screamed when Clark dropped the plate and it shattered into a million pieces. There was broken glass and Hostess products all over the floor. Clark heard Lois' scream and he immediately ran over to her. She was crying into her hands. "Lois? Honey.I'm so sorry." Clark touched her cheek with his hand and without even thinking twice, she slapped him across the face. "Lois, please. I'm sorry!" Lois shoved him aside as she got up off the couch and ran upstairs to the bedroom. * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:02:59 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 4c MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lois climbed onto the bed and burst out crying. She found the nearest pillow and buried her face in it. Clark stood in the doorway and watched her cry. Lois' back went up and down in quick spurts. It almost looked like she was hiccuping. He quietly shut the door behind him and tiptoed towards the bed. He sat down next to Lois and started stroking her hair. "Lois, honey? I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. Lois, please forgive me. Lois? Do you hear me? Lois?" Lois lifted her head out of the pillows and stared at Clark with red, swollen eyes. "Get out!" "Honey?" "I said, GET OUT!" Los shoved Clark so he fell off the bed. "Hey!" Clark said as he stood up. "If you don't want me to make a scene, then leave!" She shoved Clark towards the door and opened it. "And stay out! I don't ever want to see you again!" With one final shove he was out the door and Lois slammed it in his face. Lois sat back on the bed and rummaged through her purse. She was trying to look for some Kleenex to dry her eyes with. Instead of Kleenex she came across an unfamiliar business card. "Where did this come from?" She pulled the card out of her purse. On the card was this : Damian Johansen, Daily Planet reporter. *Damian must have slipped it in my purse,* she thought. Even though it was 9pm, Lois had a sudden urge to pick up the phone and dial the number. Still dressed in only her robe, she leaned up against the pillows that sat on the bed and picked up the phone. Before she dialed the number, she noticed how unusually quiet it was in the brownstone. She thought by now Clark would be back again trying to beat down the door. But there was nothing, no sound came from outside. It was kind of scary to Lois. It was scary enough that she wanted to check on Clark. She wanted to check on her husband except she was afraid enough that he might be waiting outside to jump her or something. "Hello? Daily Planet." "Damian?" "Lois! How are you? You sound sad. Have you been crying?" "I have been crying, Damian." Lois felt the water faucets being turned on again. "Ah, Lois. Please don't cry. Tell me what's wrong. Is it Clark again?" "It's always Clark," Lois answered shakily. "Oh no." "Clark and I got in another really huge fight and most of it had to do with you." "Figures." "Yeah, I know. But personally I don't think this is the best place to be talking to you about Clark." "Well, why don't you stop by the Planet and visit me? I'm the only one here so we'll have plenty of space and privacy to talk." "Yeah, I think I will! No matter how I'm feeling, the Planet always lifts my spirits! I guess I'm more like Perry then I thought." "Okay," Damian laughed. "I need to get dressed first, so I'll see you in about 15 minutes." "Okay that's fine. I'll see you then." * Lois got dressed and then walked downstairs to the living room. She picked up her bag that was lying near the entryway. The gooey mess that Clark had caused by dropping the plate was still there, but he was nowhere to be found. Lois opened the front door and took one last look around the room before closing it behind her. * It was an odd feeling going back to the Planet at this time of night. The streets were all deserted around the building and the lights were all off except for one or two of them. Those lights used to be Lois and Clark's before they were married. After they were married, things gradually changed. They found themselves spending less and less time at the Planet. They had more important things to do, mainly in the "male and female bonding" department. Now there was only one light, Damian's light. When he saw Lois he smiled. * * * * Clark ran his hands up and down the arm of Lois' jacket. He brought the cuff up to his mouth and slowly kissed it. He was in the walk-in closet. He had been crying. A single tear still ran down his cheek. That tear was the only thing he had left of Lois. It was a symbol of their love. Clark hid in the closet because he didn't want Lois to see him like this. As strong as he was, he never wanted Lois to see him cry. There were only two other times he remembered crying. The first time he cried was after he learned about Lois' engagement to Lex. The last time he cried was after Mayson died. He didn't "love" her as he did Lois, but he still "cared" for her as a friend. Both of the times he broke down were in the privacy of his apartment. Things were different now. * * * * "Lois.I'm so sorry. If you want to break up our friendship, then I totally understand. I would do anything to ensure a happy life for you and Clark." "No, no, Damian." Lois started to cry again so Damian handed her a Kleenex. "I would never do that to you. I don't know how I would have kept it together without you," Lois sniffled. "Ah, Lois. Please don't cry! I hate seeing a woman cry, especially you." Damian took a Kleenex and wiped her eyes with it. "You know, you remind me so much of my husband. Well, at least how he used to be." Lois brought her hand up to Damian's forehead and brushed back the hair that was falling in his eyes. Damian grabbed onto both of her hands and held onto them tightly. Lois stared into his eyes and he smiled. * * * * Clark listened to the life outside the closet door. It was quiet. In fact it was too quiet. He decided to vacate the closet so he could check on Lois. At a time like this, he sure wished he had his x-ray vision. He opened the door and stepped outside. Clark took a few seconds to look around the room. Lois wasn't there. He looked towards the front door and noticed that her bag was gone. * Jimmy was back in the dark room developing pictures from the motorcycle show. He looked down at his watch. It was getting late, so he decided to lock up the dark room for the night. He walked out of the room and locked the door. Jimmy was heading towards the elevators, when something stopped him. He saw Lois and Damian hugging. "And remember Lois, please call me if you ever need someone to talk to." "Thanks Damian." Jimmy's mouth fell open. Clark would flip if he knew about Lois and Damian. He wasn't sure what he was interrupting but he was glad he did it. They were still hugging when Jimmy cleared his throat. Lois looked up and jumped away from Damian. "Jimmy!" "Uh, hi Lois. I'm sorry that I interrupted you two." "Oh, no, Jimmy. We weren't doing anything.Uh I mean we were just talking." "Okay." "I mean nothing else happened, okay?" Lois interrupted. "Yeah, okay. Like I said, I'm sorry I interrupted you two. I'll leave you two to your work and I'll see you tomorrow." "Okay, goodnight Jimmy." "Goodnight, Lois." Jimmy entered the elevator and pushed the L button. The elevator brought him to the lobby. Jimmy walked out of the Planet and headed over to the pay phones. * Clark started cleaning up the gooey mess on the floor. He still couldn't believe that he had done that, especially in front of Lois. He was usually in complete control of his temper-that was until Damian showed up. His thoughts were interrupted when the phone rang. "Kent." "C.K., this is Jimmy." "Hey, Jimmy, how's it going?" "Everything's fine, well at least for me anyway. I'm not sure if I should tell you this, but I think you have a right to know." "Know what?" "Well, as I was leaving the darkroom, I saw Lois and Damian hugging." "WHAT?" "I don't think they were doing anything else, but let's just say they were looking closer then just Planet colleagues." "Oh my God." "I felt you had a right to know this, not because I wanted you to get angry, but because I think Lois needs to get away from him! I used to think you were crazy for excluding Damian out of our circle. But C.K., you didn't see the look in that man's eyes. It was evil, pure evil. He looked like he was more than enjoying the notion of his arms wrapped around Lois' body." For a moment, Clark's end of the phone line was quiet. It was taking him a few seconds to completely process what Jimmy had just observed. "C.K., are you all right?" "Yeah, Jimmy. Yeah, I'm fine." "C.K.? I think we should get her away from that guy as soon as possible, don't you think? Just tell me how I can help and I'll be more than happy to do it!" "All I know right now is that I've got to get to the Planet as soon as possible! Unfortunately, Lois took the Jeep so." "...you want me to pick you up! That's fine C.K. I should be at your place in a matter of minutes." "Great! Well, I'll see you in a few then and thanks!" "No problem. That's what friends are for." Clark rushed upstairs and stripped off his robe. He found the nearest clothes and put them on. He didn't even care if they didn't match. Although Clark didn't have to worry about ever looking bad. Clark was amazed how quickly he threw everything together. He hadn't gotten dressed that quickly since he was Superman. Jimmy was outside of the brownstone in a matter of minutes. Clark grabbed his black leather jacket and stepped outside. Jimmy and Clark walked out to the front where Jimmy's motorcycle was stationed and Clark hopped on. Jimmy sped all the way to the Planet. He went so fast that he cut his normal time by five minutes. It also helped that there was no traffic on the streets at that time. "Thanks a lot Jimmy," Clark said as he got off the bike. "No problem C.K." Jimmy said as he started to get off his motorcycle and accompany Clark. "Uh, Jimmy, no." Clark pushed him back down on the bike. "I want you to go home now. I don't want there to be a big scene in there. I just want to get my wife and go!" "Are you sure, C.K.? I mean will you be okay in there?" "Yeah, Jimmy. I'll be fine. Damian does not scare me at all," he stated. "Okay, well goodnight C.K.!" "Goodnight." "Let me know how it goes." "Okay I will." * Clark stepped through the elevators and found Lois and Damian sitting together. They were laughing when Damian took his hand and brushed it across her forehead. Clark's blood ran cold. He created a fist and kept hitting it against his other hand. Clark went down the stairs and walked over to Damian's desk. He stood behind Lois and cleared his throat. "Ahem. Hello Lois." "What?" Lois said as she turned her chair around and faced her husband. She covered her mouth with her hand as she stared into his eyes. "Oh my gosh." "Lois, I think it's time to go home," he reached over and started pulling on her shirt sleeve. "Huh?" Lois questioned. Damian slapped his hand away. "Hey buddy, Lois and I are talking here!" "Don't touch me Damian! You really have no clue who you're dealing with here!" "Oh, I think I do!" Damian retorted. "What's that supposed to mean?" "It doesn't matter. All that matters is that you're interrupting us." "Come on Lois, let's go!" Clark tugged on her arm again. "No, Clark. I told you I don't want to see you again and I meant it." "You don't mean that." "Yes, I do," Lois responded as she stood up and walked over to Clark. "So Clark, please leave before things get out of hand. I don't want to go through this madness again." "Lois." Clark said as he cupped her hands within his. "Lois, listen to what you're saying here. I'm your husband, you're my wife. We love each other. That's all we need." "Yes, Clark, I do love you." "Well." "I love you but that's why I'm doing this. I can't go through this any more. It's tearing us apart." "Lois." "Clark, please leave. Maybe we can talk later, but not right now." "No, Lois. I'm not going to leave until I have you!" "Clark!" Lois pleaded. "Don't tell me you don't feel something when I do this." Clark pulled Lois into his body and kissed her mouth hard. His tongue intertwined with hers. At first Lois struggled, but as Clark's hands explored the contours of her back, she relaxed. She moaned as Clark went deeper and deeper into her mouth. "Lois!" Damian yelled. Lois pulled away from Clark's lips and slowly turned towards him. To both men it looked like she was moving in slow motion. Clark and Damian watched every inch of her body move. Clark sighed as Lois' hair lightly brushed his soft lips. "Lois, what are you doing?" Damian asked. "Hmm.?" "This man's insane, remember?" "Damian, shut up! Lois isn't listening to you!" Clark cupped her cheek in his hand and laid his lips again upon hers. "Mmm.No. Clark! He's right! I shouldn't be doing this.please go!" "Lois, don't listen to that! He's just trying to brainwash you!" "I..I..I.." Lois stuttered. "Come here, NOW Lois!" She screamed as Damian grabbed her by the waist and sat her on his lap. Clark moved over to take her. "Don't step any closer buddy!" Damian retorted. "Damian, let me go!!! Please!" "As you wish, my dear." Damian let go of her. Unfortunately this caused Lois to lose her footing and she fell to the ground. Clark ran over to help her when Damian moved his chair in order to block him. Clark grabbed him by the shirt collar and said, "I don't think so!" He let Damian go and with one push he moved him and his chair clear across the Pit. "Lois, are you all right?" Clark asked as he brushed the hair out of her eyes. "Hmm.Clark?" "Yes, sweetheart. Is everything okay?" "Yeah. Yes. I think I'm fine. My head hurts a bit though." "Okay, well come on. Let's go home." Clark picked up Lois from the floor and carried her off in his arms. Clark walked passed Damian and stared at him. "I don't want to hear or see you touch her again, because if you do, next time you'll be getting a one-way ticket to the ER!" * Clark drove Lois and himself home. Lois' eyes were fluttering. It looked like she was about to pass out. He carried her upstairs to the bedroom and laid her down on the bed. "Clark?" "Shh...It's okay now. Just rest." Clark took off his jacket and shoes and joined Lois on the bed. He laid her in his arms and started stroking her hair. Lois' eyes closed. * * * * Wednesday morning was finally here. Only three more days until the weekend. It was Hump Day. Lois woke up in Clark's arms. She grunted a bit as she got off him. She climbed off the bed and walked into the bathroom. Lois stripped off her clothing and stepped into the shower. She let the hot water cascade down her back. She let out a sigh as the water hit her chest and ran down her legs. She let the water soak her head as she tasted the water dripping from her red lips. It felt so good to be in the shower, to let the shower head massage her back. She hadn't felt this good since the last time she and Clark had taken that "little Safari." Minutes later, Lois turned off the water and stepped outside. She grabbed a white towel and wrapped it around her curvaceous body. Then she opened the bathroom door to let out all of the steam. She looked over at Clark on the bed. He was still asleep. *Thank goodness!* Lois took out her hairdryer and proceeded to dry her hair. The sound from the hairdryer caused Clark to stir. He opened his eyes and noticed that Lois was gone. He noticed that the bathroom door was ajar, so he got off the bed and walked into the bathroom. "Lois?" Her body was bent over as she dried her hair. "Lois." "What?" she barked as she turned off the dryer and remained bent over. "It's just that you look good, really good!" Lois noticed Clark staring at her cleavage coming out of her towel. She wanted to hit him but she was afraid that her towel would fall. Instead, she shot him a stern look. "What, Lois? I mean come on! You do look really good and I haven't seen that in a long time." "Oh God." Lois held onto her towel and shoved Clark out the door as she closed it in his face. "Hey! Lois? Lois?" She turned the dryer back on and resumed drying her hair. * Minutes later, Lois walked out of the bathroom, fully dressed. She was wearing a white blouse, a tan vest and tan skirt. Clark was back on the bed and he watched Lois' legs as she walked across the room. "The bathroom's free, Clark. And my advice to you is that you take a cold shower.a very cold shower!" Lois commented as she picked up her shoes and walked out the door. * * * * Lois was applying her lipstick when Clark walked down the stairs. He walked up behind her and started kissing her neck. "Hmm.sweetheart, are you almost ready to go?" "Stop it, Clark!" Lois said as she pushed his lips off her neck. "Nice tie by the way." "What?" Clark asked. He was wearing a blue tie full of red hearts. "I'm in love and I want to show the world!" Lois rolled her eyes at his comment. "Well, um.How about we go now." "Whatever," Lois snapped. * "You look really beautiful today, Lois," Clark said as he drove the Jeep. Lois stared out the passenger door window. "Lois?" Clark asked as he touched her shoulder. "Don't!" Lois knocked his hand away. "Lois?" Clark's voice shook. Lois grumbled as she continued to stare out the window. The rest of the trip to the Planet was spent in silence. When Lois and Clark both exited the elevator, Lois headed straight for Perry's office. "Hey kids! You're just the people I wanted to see!" "Well, actually, Perry uh...We need to talk." "Lois, there's no time for that honey," Perry interrupted. "Bobby, just called and he wants you and Clark to meet him at the Americana Caf,. He has some breaking news on the jewelry robberies." "But Perry, I." "There's no time honey. You have to go now! You can tell me when you get back. Now scat!" Perry gave Lois a small shove and she collided into Clark who was standing in front of her. He smelled really good. Clark lifted Lois' head off his chest. "Lois, are you all right?" "I'll live," Lois answered as she moved his hand off her chin. "Perry says we have to go to the Americana Cafe, to meet with Bobby, so let's get going. We'll take a cab." * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:09:43 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rachel Subject: Re: Plagiarist MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On the same note--one of the other sites on which Melissa is listed as a 'favourite' author...I wrote to the website owner, (also a writer of BH fic) and told her about the problem. She just responded telling me that she's going to look into it as well. Did I do the right thing with that? I gave her all the links so she could see for herself... Rachel ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:32:52 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There was something called "The Metros" or "The Metropolis Metros" or "The Mets" or some such, however was it a team for Baseball or Basketball or American Football even? I really can't remember but someone will. Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com website homepage: http://members.aol.com/lanekent . ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:30:50 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Tessena, Kelly" Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics Comments: To: Kathy Brown MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Brown To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Sent: 5/9/01 17:55 Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics On Wed, 9 May 2001 17:31:11 -0400, Tessena, Kelly < ketessena@EXCHANGE.URSINUS.EDU> wrote: >As I understood it, getting taller *is* an impediment to doing gymnastics, >which is why you don't see many Olympic gymnasts who are over 18 or 20. >But, this reason struck my beta reader as odd, so I'm just trying to double >check it with someone who knows more than I do. >From what I remember reading over the years, you are right that taller isn't as desireable, but I think the age in which girls are "weeded out" is younger than the 18 to 20 you quote. Most young women reach most of their full height by 14-16, I believe. There is also a body maturity factor, I believe -- you start developing a chest, or put a little more meat on your bones, and you can't move as quickly, etc. (Then there is the whole "starvation" mentality among a lot of gymnasts of that caliber; I think that has a hand in keeping a lot of these teenage girls you see in the Olympics looking like 10 year olds. ;)) So I'd buy everything you said about L&C's daughter, except I'd make the age at which she hit her growth spurt be around 12 or so. Is that what you were going for? Kathy I actually had it planned as 15. I know everybody matures differently, and if she hit a late growth spurt, that can always be explained by the fact that she's not fully human, so her growth is going to be a little different. I don't remember anything written about Clark having matured at a different rate than a human, but even if *he* didn't, that's not to say that a human-Kryptonian hybrid's system wouldn't work a little differently than a full-blooded Kryptonian or human. Thanks, Kathy. :) -Kelly ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:34:39 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Dealing with BH fans/Plagiarist MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sounds like you did it exactly right, Rachel :) Their archivist, Jenny, is aware of the problem and has posted it on her website; she's definitely on our side in this one. The main thing we all need to remember here, is that *Melissa* is the enemy -- everyone else in BH fandom is probably very nice (we'll assume so, til they prove otherwise). So we shouldn't sound like we're attacking anyone who happens to be housing Melissa's fic, or whatever; they were fooled by her, not in league with her :) If we give them a chance, politely inform them of the facts, and let them choose their own response we'll be much less likely to make ourselves the enemy. I haven't seen anyone doing anything else, I should add! but I figure a reminder can't hurt :) > On the same note--one of the other sites on which Melissa is listed as a > 'favourite' author...I wrote to the website owner, (also a writer of BH fic) > and told her about the problem. She just responded telling me that she's > going to look into it as well. > > Did I do the right thing with that? I gave her all the links so she could > see for herself... -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 21:34:52 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nancy Merckle Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball In-Reply-To: <3AF9D8D0.7060003@bellsouth.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 9 May 2001, Pam Jernigan wrote: > Yeah, but MOSB took place in November, which is pretty late for baseball > season. Not that L&C has ever felt too constrained by that sort of > thing; they did have a presidential election in February (a few months > after a local election for Governor, wasn't it?) Very true Pam; I remember it snowing at the end of the episode. Now sometimes baseball lasts into mid October and it can snow In October. If it weren't for Perry's comments at the end, It could be April, and I have been to baseball games in April in the snow. Since this is likely "fall", it would be an unusual occurance for the Metropolitians to not be in the playoffs and playing near "snow". I think the reason I believe them to be baseball is because I understood the New York Mets were at one time the Metropolitans, which got shortened to Mets. If that's wrong its wrong... but it makes a good story . Nancy -------------------------------------------------------------- nancym@charm.net ..... (future) http://www.charm.net/~nancym/ The Kitties Page ........... http://members.aol.com/Mysnats/ My Sister's Karaoke Site ............ http://karaokeklub.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 20:01:45 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Judith Williams Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Another baseball reference was in The Prankster. Kyle Griffith took over the scoreboard to send a message to Lois, and the Planet Sports Editor was mad at her. I can't remember if they referred to the team by name though. :) Jude ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:20:07 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update On Thu, 10 May 2001 08:11:20 +1000, Jen Stosser wrote: >If you go to http://www.andrijich.com.au/portrat1.htm, you'll find photos >of Martin Sacks who plays PJ (I think) in Blue Heelers and Lisa McCune, who >used to play Maggie Doyle in the same show until she died, violently of >course, so she could star naked in The Potato Factory, and live in The >Sound of Music. So you're telling me that this Blue Heeler show had a romantic couple who were perfect for each other, L&C-esqe, blah, blah, blah ... and they killed her off????? Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:24:05 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carol L Moncado Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit First I would like to thank all who have responded so far! Cindy said: I swear I've heard them referred t as the Metropols Metros and Ann said: In Man of Steel Bars, Superman is accused by someone of being the reason the Metros didn't win the pennant that year. and Pam went on to say: Yeah, but MOSB took place in November, which is pretty late for baseball season. in response to Nancy's: In the heat wave episode... the reporter asks how the Metropolitians are doing this year. Which I suppose answers my question - are MOSB and the heat wave ep the same one? Lois also mentions at the beginning that it is Nov. 9th or some such thing. It's not entirely impossible I suppose for them to be playing in early Nov. as the playoffs don't start until the first week or so in Oct. Also - a contradiction from a couple of you - Ann said Supes was blamed for the team losing the pennant, but Nancy says the reporter asked how the Metropolitians were doing that year - indicating that they were still playing. Unless of course Metropolis has two teams with the same name (like the baseball/American football Cardinals that used to play in St. Louis). Or I could be over-analyzing? It happens! And Rowan says: There was something called "The Metros" or "The Metropolis Metros" or "The Mets". which goes along with Nancy's: I think the reason I believe them to be baseball is because I understood the New York Mets wereat one time the Metropolitans, which got shortened to Mets. They were also the Amazin' Mets (Amazin's) at one point (for those of you who remember or who have seen "Frequency" recently - great movie BTW!). Would there be two sets of Mets in the same sport? Or is that why they tend to go by Metros? Jude also mentions: Another baseball reference was in The Prankster. I saw the 1st Prankster ep the other day (the one with the lights and contacts) and I don't remember this. Maybe it was the later ep where he comes back (or am I just crazy) and does the jack-in-the-box whatchacallit screeches and the diamond is stolen, yada, yada? Anyway - thanks again. I am working on the First Night sequel which is demanding to be written even though I don't really have the time right now and the Metropolis baseball team has a quasi-important part. Not that the name matters so much, though Clark does mention the Mets (as in NY), but that's easily changed. Or I could just still be over-analyzing? Thanks again! CM ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 23:35:25 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: PJ Piasecki Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/9/01 10:11:36 AM Central Daylight Time, w.m.richards@HRM.KEELE.AC.UK writes: > But what I really wonder is if she only changed the character names, > > > that's what I thought was said, is that no one noticed that the > > > characters are very different (unless this drama has a man that flies > > > ). Or go investigating very weird situations (a little more > likely > > > but for Blue Heelers, but for the Nanny?) > > > The X-Files story I was familiar with was a very romantic "morning-after'" story. It could have easily been transferred from one fandom to another. Piper ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 23:43:28 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Katherine L. Klesch" Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >So you're telling me that this Blue Heeler show had a romantic couple who >were perfect for each other, L&C-esqe, blah, blah, blah ... and they killed >her off????? Well, that's basically what they did in Beauty and the Beast too. Catherine and Vincent were supposed to be matched, too. Forgive me if I don't recall exactly since, when the show aired I was only 5 or 6 years old and all my knowledge is secondhand, but I think he had a very strong psychic connection to her. But when Linda Hamilton ended up pregnant, I think she decided to leave the show and thus they killed off her character. Then they tried to pair Vincent with the detective investigating Catherine's murder. It makes me shudder to think what they might have done on L&C if Teri had decided to leave... ugh. Kaylle ************************************************************************ Always remember to pillage *before* you burn. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:49:47 +1000 Reply-To: "jenerators@optushome.com.au" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jen Stosser Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actually, I don't think I've EVER watched an ep of Blue Heelers, so I have no idea whether PJ & Maggie were as perfect for one another as L&C are... I know there was a lot of fuss when they killed her off though. Jen Please note my new email address: jenerators@optushome.com.au -*- This message is umop ap!sdn -*- -*- Jenerator or Some1Else on IRC) -*- JenerEight on AIM -*- Photos of David (8) and Megan (5) on the Stosser Family HomePage: http://www.geocities.com/j_stosser -*-Please sign our guestbook! -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Brown [SMTP:kathybrown91@HOME.COM] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 1:20 PM To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update On Thu, 10 May 2001 08:11:20 +1000, Jen Stosser wrote: >If you go to http://www.andrijich.com.au/portrat1.htm, you'll find photos >of Martin Sacks who plays PJ (I think) in Blue Heelers and Lisa McCune, who >used to play Maggie Doyle in the same show until she died, violently of >course, so she could star naked in The Potato Factory, and live in The >Sound of Music. So you're telling me that this Blue Heeler show had a romantic couple who were perfect for each other, L&C-esqe, blah, blah, blah ... and they killed her off????? Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 00:07:10 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Tessena, Kelly" Subject: OT Beauty & The Beastwas Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" -----Original Message----- From: Katherine L. Klesch To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Sent: 5/9/01 23:43 Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update >So you're telling me that this Blue Heeler show had a romantic couple who >were perfect for each other, L&C-esqe, blah, blah, blah ... and they killed >her off????? Well, that's basically what they did in Beauty and the Beast too. Catherine and Vincent were supposed to be matched, too. Forgive me if I don't recall exactly since, when the show aired I was only 5 or 6 years old and all my knowledge is secondhand, but I think he had a very strong psychic connection to her. But when Linda Hamilton ended up pregnant, I think she decided to leave the show and thus they killed off her character. Then they tried to pair Vincent with the detective investigating Catherine's murder. It makes me shudder to think what they might have done on L&C if Teri had decided to leave... ugh. Kaylle They *killed* Catherine? Granted, I've only seen a couple episodes, but that's just dumb. The show is called *Beauty and the Beast* for Pete's sake. She was Beauty. You don't kill off title characters. That's ridiculous. They should have just written the pregnancy into the show and worked with it. It probably would've been much more interesting than randomly hooking Vincent up with somebody else. Sorry, random ranting. I'll shut up & go to bed now. ;) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 23:24:57 -0600 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Becky Bain Subject: Re: OT Beauty & The Beastwas Fw: Plagarism - Update In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >They *killed* Catherine? Granted, I've only seen a couple episodes, but >that's just dumb. The show is called *Beauty and the Beast* for Pete's >sake. She was Beauty. You don't kill off title characters. That's >ridiculous. They should have just written the pregnancy into the show and >worked with it. It probably would've been much more interesting than >randomly hooking Vincent up with somebody else. Yeah, but unfortunately it was way more complicated than that. Short version - Linda Hamilton didn't have a valid contract at that point and she wanted out. The producers only had two choices - kill the character or recast. And ten years later, battles still rage in B&B fandom over whether or not they made the right decision! We even have labels to identify which side of the fence a fan is on, and an abbreviation for the slew of fanfic in which Catherine does =not= die! Sigh. Becky rbain@qwest.net "I do not like to form in my mind an idea that I don't have any proof of." - Rosa Parks, from her autobiography Stride Toward Freedom ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:19:41 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Melissa Smith Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html

Hi

I've been a lurker on this list for some time now.  I've been reading through all these plagiarism posts (there's quite a few of them!) and I've gotten so irritated to come out of lurkerdom.

As a fanfic writer for another fandom, I find this to be appalling.  I've seen this before, not of my own work, but of others that I know.  It hurts when it happens.  When you put your work out there on the net, you put a little piece of yourself.  When someone claims that work is there's, they've stomped on you.  It's you that they have violated, and that's not fair.  I'm not sure what this person has to gain from plagiarisim, but a lack of self respect, diginity, morals....and that's just sad.  It's a sad world when one has to build up their ego by passing other's work off as their own.

I applaud the quickness of everyone's efforts in "outing Melissa."  What she has done is intolerable, and her "work" should not remain on the web.   Nor should her reputation of being a "favourite author."

Also, this is something I've been meaning to say for awhile, but I haven't, probably because I'm a very shy person, but I do enjoy all the author's fics on this list.  You writers give me great joy.  :)

Melissa  (the other one)

PS.  May I say it is odd to read one's name over and over in a scandal, knowing that it wasn't you?  I keep feeling like I should apologize because I have the same name. 

 


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========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:24:54 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Alexis :) > It's nice to read that the archiver of the "Blue Heelers," is so nice! :) > It's refreshing to see that it's aparently only Melissa who is corrupted over > there. > > Alexis ;-.) > > "It's not coming out." (Clark) > "Clark, is it a dirt stain, or an oil-based stain?" > (Martha) > "I don't know, Mom. It's a bomb stain." (Clark) > "The important thing is: blot, don't rub." (Martha) > > {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:21:40 +1000 Reply-To: Patricia Walpole Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Patricia Walpole Subject: Re: Plagiarism :[ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just managed to catch up here _ over 80 emails from one evening to the = next. I find this situation appalling. It saddens me greatly to think that = this person is Australian. If I lived anywhere near Bendigo Victoria I would be paying = her an unexpected visit. Tricia ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:29:59 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: OT Beauty & The Beastwas Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Becky wrote: > We even have labels to identify which side of the fence a fan is on, and an > abbreviation for the slew of fanfic in which Catherine does =not= die! Sigh. > Don't you just love fanfic? Now if we could only correct the ills of the world with the tap of a few keys as easily as we can the wrongs done in TV Land we'd be laughing. ;) LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 07:12:45 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Re: OT Beauty & The Beastwas Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kaylle writes: > It makes me shudder to think what they might have done on L&C if Teri had > To answer your question, when Teri got pregnant and it was going to be problelmatic for her to work through her pregnancy due to the demanding nature of the work on Lois and Clark, the show got cancelled! IMHO that was certainly better than replacing her or pairing him up with another character. Note, I don't want to upset anyone or start that old dull debate here of "Teri was to blame for the cancellation" as that's not true, the blame is firmly at ABC's door. IMO her pregnancy just gave them the get out they were needing. However that is all hearsay and this is not the list for it. I just wanted to answer Kaylle's question as the issue did sort of arise. Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com website homepage: http://members.aol.com/lanekent . ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:36:41 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nancy Merckle Subject: Re: OT Beauty & The Beastwas Fw: Plagarism - Update In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 10 May 2001, Tessena, Kelly wrote: > Well, that's basically what they did in Beauty and the Beast too. > Catherine and Vincent were supposed to be matched, too. Forgive me if > I don't recall exactly since, when the show aired I was only 5 or 6 > years old and all my knowledge is secondhand, but I think he had a > very strong psychic connection to her. But when Linda Hamilton ended > up pregnant, I think she decided to leave the show and thus they > killed off her character. Um, I was a bit older, and you've got it basically right. In the opening threads of the show it mentions the bond between Catherine and Vincent. For the first two seasons, he was always there for her. Linda Hamilton became prenant with her first child and wanted out of the series. So beginning with third season (that "classic" fans ignore) Catherine was kidnapped. When her evil kidnapper discovered she was pregnant with Vincent's child, and after witnessing several attempts by Vincent to rescue Catherine, she was kept alive long enough to give birth and then she was given an overdose and lived long enough to tell Vincent he had a son before dying in Vincent's arms and tell him he had a son. Not only were the fans upset about the death, they were up set that the chiled was male, that the producers wanted Diana to be Vincent's new interest and there was no time for Vincent to mourn. There was talk of recasting Catherine, but the fans said they wouldn't stand for that. The producers had no choice to but to find a way out for Catherine, or recast the role. It wound up as such a jarring change in the show that it nearly split the fandom with "classic" fans ignoring third season. > It makes me shudder to think what they might have done on L&C if Teri > had decided to leave... ugh. If Teri had gotten pregnant during the series it would have worked well for the producers to have a "super child". Had she wanted to leave, it would have created a similar problem with the show as Linda Hamilton's leaving. There would have been three choices... cancel the series, recast the role or find a plausible reason for Lois to be missing from Clark's life. A very hard decision for a fandom or the producers to make. Any ideas as to which would have worked better for L&C? > They *killed* Catherine? Granted, I've only seen a couple episodes, but > that's just dumb. The show is called *Beauty and the Beast* for Pete's > sake. She was Beauty. You don't kill off title characters. That's > ridiculous. They should have just written the pregnancy into the show and > worked with it. It probably would've been much more interesting than > randomly hooking Vincent up with somebody else. They did work the pregnancy in, the problem was that the actress wanted out. Nancy -------------------------------------------------------------- nancym@charm.net ..... (future) http://www.charm.net/~nancym/ The Kitties Page ........... http://members.aol.com/Mysnats/ My Sister's Karaoke Site ............ http://karaokeklub.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:45:17 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nancy Merckle Subject: Re: Fanfic question: Baseball In-Reply-To: <003f01c0d8fd$8eeb88a0$acfafd3f@v1t9j4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 9 May 2001, Judith Williams wrote: > Another baseball reference was in The Prankster. Kyle Griffith took over > the scoreboard to send a message to Lois, and the Planet Sports Editor was > mad at her. I can't remember if they referred to the team by name though. > :) Jude And they used Baltimore's Camden Yard's Stadium for that! But they didn't mention the Orioles or the Metropolis team. Nancy (Maryland Native) -------------------------------------------------------------- nancym@charm.net ..... (future) http://www.charm.net/~nancym/ The Kitties Page ........... http://members.aol.com/Mysnats/ My Sister's Karaoke Site ............ http://karaokeklub.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:12:34 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >As I understood it, getting taller *is* an impediment to doing gymnastics, >which is why you don't see many Olympic gymnasts who are over 18 or 20. >But, this reason struck my beta reader as odd, so I'm just trying to double >check it with someone who knows more than I do. Yes, this is definitely true. I did gymnastics when I was younger, up until middle school age, when I hit a growth spurt I was never really a serious gymnast, but getting taller definitely made it harder. From my own experience and what I've heard others say, the worst part about being tall is that it raises your center of gravity. Consider the balance beam, where the closer your center of gravity is to the beam, the easier it is to balance. After I grew, the beam became my worst event. Christy attalanta@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:31:50 -0000 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Missy Gallant Subject: Re: Plagiarism :( Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Melissa Smith wrote: >May I say it is odd to read one's name over and over in a scandal, >knowing >that it wasn't you? I keep feeling like I should apologize >because I have >the same name. LOL! I feel the same way!!! My real name is Melissa, although I go by my nickname, Missy, here in FoLCdom, I still get a twing of annoyance that this plagarist would have the gall to defame the name of 'Melissa'. Maybe we need to start a support group or make an appointment to see Dr. Friskin. Either that, or change our name to Jane. Missy Gallant (whose middle name is actually Jane) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:49:29 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Ren Carr Subject: Re: OT Dean Cain on "Just Shoot Me" tonight/Fic Plagurism! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Carolyn: Yeah I remember either an interview with Dean or one of the Lnc Special Effects/Makeup people an article where they were talking about how lighting and translucent powder dusted on a body can really enhance the hard muscles they already have. Since the camera and lighting can sometimes make a person look pale, washed out and not pick up on the well defined body! And that is why they use the tricks of the trade to show off a beautiful, muscular body. I know from experience of video taping events "My Hubby" with me helping him! That you have to use lighting and sometimes even camera makeup on a bod to get the "Look" that you are shooting for! I can tell you one thing! When you are video taping a beauty pagent be they male or female, they do have to use body makeup to help the camera pick up on just how great a muscle tone the man or woman has! The same can be said for Wedding Videos Professionally done! The Bride has to wear way more make up than she normally would, and if her dress is strapless and backless, well a wee bit o dusting of that transculent powder takes off the shine of the skin and the camera sees the beauty of the Bride and not a pale, shine, lack luster person. Same with Dean or any man going shirtless for the camera. It is all them, the lighting and makeup just lets the camera pick up the "Real" man! Ren C. There are so many Fan Fiction stories out there, that we are bound to see similar storylines now and again! Have a great week you all! ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:53:11 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Ren Carr Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hate that you had to remove stories from the site. But you know how it goes! There is always someone out there ready and waiting to steal another's works. Then there are just the coincidences where I've seen stories that are almost the same in some ways. I guess that is to be expected, considering how much fiction is written by people every day. I've seen LnC stories that I knew the ending before finishing the story just because I'd read another persons story. The same with Highlander! Star Trek. And other Superman generas. But it is a sad day in Fan Writing when you have to take stories off the site because of a thief in the midst. Ren ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:09:38 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Roseann Buonadies Subject: Re: Plagiarism--more links Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Demi and LabRat -- I just found these two sites: http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/1038/profiles.html Contains a profile with a picture of our dear Melissa http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/5019/index.htm "Lisa’s" site – she still has Melissa’s stories up. I'm not sure if this site's been mentioned before. Roseann ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:20:04 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarism--more links MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Roseann wrote: > http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/5019/index.htm > > "Lisa’s" site – she still has Melissa’s stories up. I'm not sure if this site's been mentioned before. > Thanks, Roseann. I have mailed the owner of this site, Lisa, but I note that the last time it was updated was in 98, so the eddress may be out of date. Still, you never know. I'll see what I get back...or not. LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:43:24 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carolyn Schnall Subject: Re: Plagarism - Update In-Reply-To: <7b.146f527c.282ae662@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Hi Rowan: As the Conflicts Manager here at work, I have been attending compliance conferences where we discuss such issues as scientific misconduct, intellectual property theft, and plagiarism, and truth in publications. For instance, I saw statistics at the most recent conference I attended in Baltimore this past Sunday and Monday regarding the percentages of scientists (and other academics) who omit data, fail to report negative data and who make up data. We also discussed the honor system now in place where disclosures of conflicts of interest are like tax documents. Some people will lie on them. Issues of responsible conduct of research and the protection of human and animals subjects in clinical research and the ethics therein are also hot topics. It has been determined by the Fed that training in these areas must take place. Before I bore everyone with any more of this information, I just wanted to say that it comes down to a few basic facts. Some people will only do the right thing, to the extent of their knowledge. Some people do the wrong thing out of ignorance. And some know when something is the wrong thing to do and do it anyway....... Carolyn >One thing I do wonder from all of this is, did she really convince herself >she was doing no wrong and by changing the names and editing out the Superman >bits (because she would have had to have done a bit of editing there surely), >that they had become her work? Or was she just everything we have been >accusing her of? I guess we will never know. She certainly would be an >interesting case for a pyschologist right now? BTW when did she post "The >Runaway" as "On The Run" was mentioned on the message boards recently and I >asked about it on this list. Just wondering if it inspired her? Or has she >been non active for months now? I can't remember with all the emails I've >read today. > >Wendy wrote: > > > A further suggestion. How about a statement on the front page of *our* > > Archive, noting that action was taken against people who plagiarised L&C > > stories and posted them in other fandoms, and that similar decisive and > > public action will be taken against anyone else who steals stories in this > > manner? Adding, perhaps, that FoLCs also read and participate in other > > fandoms and so theft of stories *does* get noticed? > > >Further, I also think you should name and shame her on the L&C Archive too >because I'm convinced I've heard that name before. Okay I don't remember who >was involved with The Nanny and XF fiasco, so I wouldn't like to say it was >Melissa Diss. However it will be alerting other people and possibly other >fandoms to her antics. I bet her deeds are far more than we will probably >ever realise. > >Two things this fiasco does show though, "the truth always comes out in the >end." Also that there are decent and honest people left in the world. We >must hang on to that. I think she is going to get what she deserves. >Afterall she has been publicly humiliated. I wonder if she really can move >on this time as it is so big what she has been doing? Also she probably has >a network of email friends in the various fandoms she participates in. I >know I do. Some of them even know where I live. How will she face them when >the evidence is so overwhelming. Most of all she has given quite a lot away >online about her personal life and where she works. No! I wouldn't want to >be in her shoes right now. Even if she is cold hearted (assuming that she >isn't just naive and stupid), she has gone too far. > >I hope she is name and shamed on all the BH Mailing lists as well as the >website as there appears to be a few of them at Yahoo Groups. The irony >would be wonderful as like Lois in "On The Run" she wouldn't really have >anywhere to hide and would have to keep running. Okay my need for justice is >getting me carried away. > >Rowan :) >-- -- -- >LaneKent@aol.com >website homepage:HREF="http://members.aol.com/lanekent">http://members.aol.com/lanekent > > > > >. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:45:50 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carolyn Schnall Subject: Re: OT Dean Cain on "Just Shoot Me" tonight/Fic Plagurism! In-Reply-To: <13.1582ff18.282c2099@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Hi Ren: Thanks! You obviously have a great deal of experience with filming and taping that is different from live or stage situations. Carolyn >Hi Carolyn: Yeah I remember either an interview with Dean or one of the Lnc >Special Effects/Makeup people an article where they were talking about how >lighting and translucent powder dusted on a body can really enhance the hard >muscles they already have. Since the camera and lighting can sometimes make >a person look pale, washed out and not pick up on the well defined body! And >that is why they use the tricks of the trade to show off a beautiful, >muscular body. > >I know from experience of video taping events "My Hubby" with me helping him! > That you have to use lighting and sometimes even camera makeup on a bod to >get the "Look" that you are shooting for! > >I can tell you one thing! When you are video taping a beauty pagent be they >male or female, they do have to use body makeup to help the camera pick up on >just how great a muscle tone the man or woman has! > >The same can be said for Wedding Videos Professionally done! The Bride has >to wear way more make up than she normally would, and if her dress is >strapless and backless, well a wee bit o dusting of that transculent powder >takes off the shine of the skin and the camera sees the beauty of the Bride >and not a pale, shine, lack luster person. > >Same with Dean or any man going shirtless for the camera. It is all them, >the lighting and makeup just lets the camera pick up the "Real" man! > >Ren C. > >There are so many Fan Fiction stories out there, that we are bound to see >similar storylines now and again! > >Have a great week you all! ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:30:38 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Re: OT Dean Cain on "Just Shoot Me" tonight/Fic Plagurism! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/10/01 11:50:23 AM EST, RenCarr1@AOL.COM writes: << Same with Dean or any man going shirtless for the camera. It is all them, the lighting and makeup just lets the camera pick up the "Real" man! Ren C. >> Wouldn't you have just loved to have been Dean's make-up person when he had to do those "shirtless" scenes! ::HUGE SIGH:: Alexis ;-.) "I always wanted to, but was too chicken, but once I did I wanted to kiss her again!" - Dean on his first kiss. ;) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:39:03 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oops! Sorry...I swear I sent that to the LOISCLA list first! LOL! It must be the computer gremlins again. ;p~ Alexis ;-.) "It's not coming out." (Clark) "Clark, is it a dirt stain, or an oil-based stain?" (Martha) "I don't know, Mom. It's a bomb stain." (Clark) "The important thing is: blot, don't rub." (Martha) {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:34:04 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 5d MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lois walked into the brownstone and haphazardly dropped her car keys and bag on the coffee table as she headed towards the kitchen. She took out the espresso machine and made herself a mocha latte. She carried the latte out with her into the living room. Lois sat down on the couch and brought the straw from her drink up to her lips. She sat back into the couch cushions and sighed. *Mmm...I've gone this long without giving in...I'm definitely going to win this bet, girl! Clark is definitely going to have to pay up!* she thought to herself. Lois started giggling as she thought about the look on her husband's face when he has to give her money. If he played his cards right, he might just get something in return. Lois quickly shook that image out of her head. She had plenty of time to think about that later. While reveling in her premature victory, Lois' eyes started to wander. She focused on the picture of Clark and her taken a few years ago. The picture was from the time when Clark won the Kerth Award. He was holding the award in his left hand while her hand rested next to his. Both people in the picture were grinning. Lois remembered that she had never been more happy with Clark then she had at that moment. Lois never really told Clark how proud she was of him that night. Sometimes that curtness towards Clark was all an act. She was afraid of what others might think if they knew she was attracted to the "farmboy" from Smallville. Lois sighed as she looked at Clark. She was so happy that she was married to that man. She couldn't help grinning when she thought of all of the women who stared at Clark as he walked by. It got even better when those women realized that she was married to him. Lois loved to run her hands down Clark's chest as other females would give her looks of "you're so lucky because you get to go to bed with him every night!" Lois sighed again as she continued to stare at the picture. Then she started undressing Clark with her eyes. He was wearing a long sleeved black pullover shirt. Black was a good color on him. It was great for his skin tone. "Okay, this isn't good..." She thought now was a good time to go upstairs. Lois walked into the bedroom and noticed something lying in the corner of the room. "Oh my..." she said as her eyes opened wide. In the corner of the room were her panties and Clark's underwear from the night before. She picked them up and dropped them into the hamper. She walked over towards the bed. She noticed that the red satin sheets were back. Lois brought the sheets up to her nose and smelled them. "Hmm...he must have had them cleaned!" * * * * Clark was trying to organize his desk. Just like Lois, he could now afford to take Saturday off. He opened his desk when he came upon a picture of his wife. It was a very private picture of Lois wearing very little, that he took during their honeymoon in Hawaii. "Oh man..." Clark muttered to himself. * * * * Lois stretched her body across the bed. Her fingers massaged the satin lying underneath. She closed her eyes and the only thing she could see was Clark's half-naked body lying next to her. Lois moaned. "Okay, that's it!" Lois yelled as her eyes fluttered open. "I don't care if I lose this bet. I want him so bad!" Lois found her purse and took out her wallet. She frantically flipped through the bills, trying to find the $100 she owed Clark. "Shoot! I'm short $50! I wonder if he would take a check? Or maybe Master Card or Visa?" Lois was reaching for her credit card, when all of a sudden she stopped. "Wait a minute, what am I doing here?" she laughed. "This is Clark we're talking about here. I'll pay him $50 and then give him the other $50 later," she remarked. "Besides," Lois giggled, "he won't be thinking of money after I'm through with him!" * * * * Clark took a cab back home. Jimmy had offered to take him home by motorcycle, but Clark didn't want to burden him since it was a Friday night. Clark opened the brownstone door. He entered the living room and looked around. Lois wasn't there. Maybe she was upstairs? Clark was about to check when he stopped himself. *Maybe I'd better not. I mean what if she's vulnerable?* Clark had a look of worry on his face as he stood on the second stair on the staircase. As he stood there lost in thought, his mind wandered back to the picture of Lois in his desk back at the Planet. Clark moaned in ecstasy. He tried to walk up the stairs when all of a sudden he stopped in his tracks. Clark winced in pain. lower half He grabbed onto the staircase to regain his footing. "Oh God, this isn't good.Okay Kent, just take a couple of deep breaths. A couple of breaths, that's all it takes!" Clark took a couple of deep breaths and made his way upstairs to the bedroom. He figured if he could get himself to the bed, everything would be fine. He had his hand on the doorknob when he stopped. Clark listened through the door and heard Lois sigh, actually it was more like a groan. He heard her loudly calling out his name. Clark could feel his body tensing up. "Oh man, here we go again." he exclaimed. Meanwhile, Lois continued to make noise inside the bedroom. Clark held onto the doorknob while he ran his other hand through his hair. What was he going to do? He knew that Lois was probably very vulnerable at that moment and it would be easy for him to "get in her pants," so to speak. But if he did that, then that would mean he would lose the bet. *Then again, what's $100?* he thought to himself. One hundred dollars was nothing to him. He could have it back within less then a day's work at the Planet. Clark came to a drastic decision as once again he heard Lois call out his name. He was going to lose it. He would pay her the money so he could make love to her. Lois and him both had Saturday off and what better way to spend it then being in bed. "Okay, here goes nothing!" Clark said out loud as he stripped off all of his clothing. He didn't care about being neat, so his clothes were strewn all over the hallway. The only thing he had on was a pair of black briefs and a smile. Clark owned at least two pairs of black briefs, that were used for special occasions, this being one of them. Clark wanted Lois to get a good look at him before he would once again, feel her body underneath his. He took one more deep breath as he opened the door. The room was completely dark, except for a figure on the edge of the bed. "Lois?" All of a sudden Clark heard a clicking noise and simultaneously a single light brightened the figure on the bed. Clark's mouth dropped as the music started to play. The figure on the bed was Lois. She had her back to him as she was wrapped in the red satin sheets. # How glad a million laddies from millionaires to caddies would be, to capture me? But you had such persistence you wore down my resistance, I fell and it was swell Clark was stunned. Lois was giving a repeat performance of her song from The Metro Club. The only difference between this performance and that performance, was the lack of clothing. Clark remembered how Luthor practically drooled on Lois' dress that night and then he thought about where he himself was now. *Take that Luthor!* Clark chuckled to himself. Lois continued to sing as Clark was frozen with sexual desire. With every phrase, the sheet slipped lower and lower off her body. # You're my big and brave and handsome Romeo. How I won you I shall never, never know It's not that you're attractive, but oh my heart grew active when you came into view I've got a crush on you, Sweety pie All the day and nighttime. Lois dropped the sheet and turned around so she could get a good look at Clark. She stopped in mid-sentence when she looked at the sight before her. "Oh my God!" the couple said in unison. "You were." "...going to lose the bet!" Clark said as he finished Lois' sentence. "Oh man, oh man, oh man." Clark repeated to himself as he walked over to the bed and sat down next to his wife. His head dropped to his hands as he started to rub his eyes. For a moment there was an awkward silence in the room. No one knew what to do next. The silence was so awkward that Clark had to look up to see what was happening. Bent over the way he was, meant he was eye level with Lois' lap. He stared at her legs and then worked his way up the rest of her body. Lois was wearing white lingerie and she was looking really good. "Well..." "Well..." "I guess we forfeit, huh?" Clark asked. "I guess," Lois answered back as she stared at Clark's underwear. Clark noticed Lois looking there. "I wonder what people do after they forfeit?" "Maybe, they do this..." Lois said as she leaned over and kissed Clark's lips. "And this..." she added as she ran her hand down his leg. "Hmm..." Clark groaned. "They probably do this too..." He slipped the straps of her outfit off her shoulders. Clark engulfed her mouth with his as he quickly lifted her up and then laid her back down on the bed. He swiftly slipped her outfit down her body as Lois called out his name. He got to her feet, when one of the straps from her outfit, broke. "Shoot!" "What?" "I broke one of the straps on your lingerie. All I can say is that I'm truly sorry and I'll be willing to mmpf..." Lois hushed Clark with her finger. "Shh, Clark it's all right. I could care less about a little lingerie strap." Lois remarked as she took her outfit out of his hands and threw it to the ground. "All I need...all I want is you!" Lois then took her unclothed body and wrapped it around Clark. She used her legs to knock him down on the bed. Her fingers quickly took off Clark's black briefs as she let it fall to the floor. * {continued in next part...} "It's not coming out." (Clark) "Clark, is it a dirt stain, or an oil-based stain?" (Martha) "I don't know, Mom. It's a bomb stain." (Clark) "The important thing is: blot, don't rub." (Martha) {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:36:12 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 5b MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lois and Clark were standing outside the brownstone door, rubbing their hands all over each other. "You know Lois, if we keep this up, we'll end up making love here in the hallway!" "Well, there's that Beatle song about 'doing it in the road,' so." Lois smirked. "Lois!" Clark exclaimed. "I'm just kidding," Lois laughed. "Here you go." She handed him the keys, as her hands brushed his butt. "Whoa," Clark remarked as he almost dropped the keys. He quickly opened the door as Lois ripped the jacket right off him. Clark used his butt to slam the door shut and the couple both kicked their shoes off as they fell to the floor. Clark had kicked his shoes so far that they crashed through the kitchen door as Lois yelled, "It's up! It's good!" They both started cracking up. The laughing soon stopped when they realized where they were. Lois was lying on top of Clark on the floor and her fingers traveled to his shirt buttons. The lovers stared into each other's eyes as Clark brought Lois' face towards him. They only paused for a few seconds until they threw themselves into each other. Lois and Clark feverishly kissed each other. Their hands frantically caressed every inch of the other partner's body. Lois unbuttoned the top button on Clark's shirt when he told her to stop. "What?" "Please Lois, I need to do something first." Clark removed her from his body and walked towards the stereo. Lois sat up and blew part of her hair to the side with her mouth out of frustration. Clark turned on the radio and smiled. Lois stood up and walked over to him. "You know Clark, I don't need the radio to get in the mood." she purred. "I know, but just wait. I have a surprise for you!" Just then a voice broke the airwaves: Okay we're back and you're listening to Metropolis' #1, late night radio show. My name is Rick, AKA: "Mr. Love." The next request goes out to a super woman from a super guy! Clark Kent of the Daily Planet would like to dedicate, "I Knew I Loved You," by Savage Garden, to his wife Lois Lane, also of the Daily Planet. Clark also sent this message : "Lois, I love you very much. You are the light of my life and I don't know what I would do without you!" Aww folks, isn't that sweet! This song goes out to you two lovebirds! "Oh my gosh!" Lois shrieked. Clark grinned like a Cheshire Cat. "Would you like to dance?" "Sure," Lois said as she began to cry tears of joy. The happy couple wrapped their arms around each other and danced in the middle of the room. # Maybe it's intuition Some things you just don't question Like in your eyes I see my future in an instant And there it goes I think I've found my best friend I know that it might sound more then a little crazy But I believe CHORUS I knew I loved you before I met you I think I dreamed you into life I knew I loved you before I met you I have been waiting all my life There's just no rhyme or reason Only a sense of completion And in your eyes I see the missing pieces I'm searching for I think I've found my way home I know that it might sound more than a little crazy but I believe. I knew I loved you before I met you I think I dreamed you into life I knew I loved you before I met you I have been waiting all my life A thousand angels dance around you I am complete now that I've found you I knew I loved you before I met you I think I dreamed you into life I knew I loved you before I met you I have been waiting all my life The song ended and Lois and Clark looked into each other's eyes. "Wow, Clark. I don't think anyone has ever done that for me! I'm so touched by this that I'm at a loss for words." "That's okay Lois. The smile on your face is more than words could ever say." "Thank you so much, Clark. I'll never forget this." Lois leaned over and kissed his mouth. Clark returned the kisses and with each one they got deeper and deeper. Without exchanging a single word, Clark carried Lois off to the bedroom. He walked through the door and shut it quietly behind them. Clark set Lois down near the bed. With one stroke of her hand across Clark's cheek, Lois took off his glasses and laid them on the night stand. She hit the play button on the CD player and the couple started their slow and sensual dance. # Every endless night has a dawning day Every darkest sky has a shining ray And it shines on you, baby can't you see You're the only one, who can shine for me CHORUS It's a private emotion that fills you tonight And a silence falls between us As the shadows steal the light And wherever you may find it Wherever it may lead Let your private emotion come to me Come to me Their bodies swayed from side to side as they ran their hands down each other's bodies. Lois started unbuttoning Clark's shirt. She could hear Clark breathing heavy as she caressed his chest with her hands. His breath seemed to accelerate with every button. Lois slipped his shirt off his broad shoulders as she started kissing them. Clark let his shirt fall to the floor as he pulled her into him. # When your soul is tired and your heart is weak Do you think of love, as a one way street Well it runs both ways, open up your eyes Can't you see me here, how can you deny It's a private emotion that fills you tonight And a silence falls between us As the shadows steal the light And wherever you may find it Wherever it may lead Let your private emotion come to me Come to me Lois moaned as Clark reached behind and unzipped her black dress. He slowly slipped the straps off her shoulders as he kissed her neck. As Lois' dress fell to the floor, Clark's lips traveled to her chest. She wore a black, lacy bra that excited him. Lois found herself gasping for air as Clark kissed below her neck. She continually moaned as Clark's mouth traced all over her upper body. He noticed that she was still wearing her nylons so he picked her up and laid her upon the bed. Clark got down on both knees and started kissing her belly button. Lois giggled with glee. Clark moved his hands to her waist and slipped his fingers inside the nylons. He slowly exposed her underwear. She wore black panties, which caused Clark to grin. As the nylons went farther and farther down her legs, Clark kissed the exposed flesh. Lois could feel his tongue upon her skin. "Oh Clark." she moaned. Clark slipped her nylons off and he crumpled them into a ball and threw them across the room along with his socks. Lois ran her fingers over the red satin as Clark moved his body onto hers. The couple rolled around on the sheets going from side to side, each time, a different person on top. When Lois ended up on Clark she motioned him to stand up. # Every endless night has a dawning day Every darkest sky, has a shining ray It takes a lot to laugh as your tears go by But you can find me here till your tears run dry It's a private emotion that fills you tonight And a silence falls between us As the shadows steal the light And wherever you may find it Wherever it may lead Let your private emotion come to me Clark got up off the bed and stood in front of Lois. He was waiting for her next move. Lois sat on the edge of the bed and she pulled Clark over to her by grabbing onto the belt loop of his pants. She slowly undid his belt buckle and slipped if off his waist. The belt fell with a clang to the floor. Then Lois' fingers traveled up to the button on his pants. She gently unbuttoned the pants and let them fall to the floor. Lois played with the waistband of Clark's underwear as she stood up to get closer to him. She sighed as she ran her hands up and down his chest. "Clark." she whispered. "Clark, please make love to me tonight." He removed Lois' hands from his chest and held them within his. Then he stepped out of his pants that were lying in a heap on the floor. He watched Lois' body arch as she pulled the sheets back. *Nice, very nice!* he thought to himself as he stared at her barely there underwear. He knew this was it. There was no turning back now. Lois and he were about to make love. That was something they hadn't done in a long time and Clark was looking forward to feeling Lois' body underneath him. While she was busy smoothing out the sheets, her husband made his move. Without warning, he grabbed Lois by the waist and slammed her down on the bed. Lois shrieked. Her shrieking was soon silenced by Clark's soft lips pressed hard upon her mouth. Lois returned the kiss with just as much passion. The couple both let out pleasurable sighs. Clark let his left hand slip behind Lois' back. He lifted her up as he undid her bra. He swiftly removed the bra and let it fall to the floor as he laid her back upon the bed. Clark sat up and stared at Lois lying there. *God, she's beautiful!* He noticed that her chest was rising and falling quite rapidly so he kissed her as he pulled her up into a sitting position. He wrapped his hands around her back and Lois felt his tongue touch her lips. Clark pushed the red satin back as he helped Lois under the covers. He got in with her so they could continue their dance underneath the sheets. Their bodies moved from side to side to the beat of the Latin music. It was as if they were dancing the tango. Lois was the first to get to Clark's underwear. She grabbed onto the waistband and slipped them off. His underwear then went sailing across the room. Clark's hands dove under the sheets to grab onto her panties. He pulled so tightly that he almost ripped them off until Lois stopped him. "Wait," Lois pleaded. "We can't make love until you do this." She opened up the drawer and pulled out protection. She waited as Clark quickly put it on. When he was finished he looked at Lois with expectant eyes. Lois simply said, 'now,' as Clark's hands quickly darted back under the covers where he slid them off her body. Lois giggled as her panties went flying in the air and they landed on top of Clark's underwear. Clark brought one hand up to Lois' face and brushed back the hair that was covering her eyes. Lois had beautiful, brown eyes and he just wanted to look into them one more time. In a few moments, they were about to show each other the physical love and attraction they have towards one another. This was something that they had wanted for a long time. Lois moaned loudly as Clark moved his body on top of hers. It felt so good to feel his body all over her. Clark felt dizzy as Lois rubbed her hands up and down his backside. "Mmm...God, Lois.It feels so good!" "I know Clark. I know," she answered back. "I've missed this so much!" she moaned. "Mmm..." Lois said as she ran her hands up and down Clark's pecs. She planted kisses all over his abs. Clark ducked under the sheets and started kissing her ankles. "Hee, hee...that tickles!" As Clark's lips traveled up her legs, Lois' breathing deepened. "Clark..." Lois whispered. She put her hands on both sides of his head as he looked into her eyes. "Please do that again," she said as her voice trailed off. His lips pressed harder at Lois' command. Lois closed her eyes as she felt his magic fingers caressing her body once again. Clark noticed that Lois' eyes were closed so he leaned over to kiss them. He kissed her eyes, nose and then mouth. Lois pushed Clark off her mouth and ducked under the covers. It was her turn now. She started down at his feet and worked up his legs. She continued up to his waist and then up to his arms and then chest. Clark felt Lois' tongue hit his flesh. He couldn't take much more of this so he grabbed her by the waist and rolled her on top of him. The lovers felt a surge of adrenaline flow through their bodies. They each called out the other one's name. "Lois." "Clark." "Oh Lois!" "Oh Clark!" Their hands traveled up and down their bodies. Clark's hands rested on Lois' backside. "This feels so good," she whispered in his ear as her hand rested on his. "I know," Clark weakly said. Making love to Lois always made him weak in the knees. This was a feeling he wouldn't mind experiencing for the rest of his life. "I love you, Clark Kent!" Lois said as she placed a kiss on his soft lips. "I love you too, Lois Lane!" Clark answered back as he cupped her cheek in his hand and then engulfed her mouth with his. Their tongues intertwined as they caressed their bodies in the moonlight. The lovers continued to make love frequently throughout the night. * * * * Lois stretched as the sunlight danced upon her face. Her legs were sticking out of the sheets along with Clark's. She noticed that they were wrapped around Clark's body and she sighed. She loved being naked with Clark in bed. It just felt so good, so natural. Lois stretched her arms out to the side as she started rubbing Clark's chest. Her husband stirred. "Morning sweetie." "Morning Lois," Clark said as he kissed her lips. "Isn't it a beautiful morning?" she grinned as she looked out the window. "Yeah," Clark sighed. "It's a beautiful morning, a beautiful morning indeed!" Lois looked over at the red satin sheet lying across Clark's lap and sighed. "Wow." "I know." "I thought we'd never get any sleep last night!" Lois laughed. "Yeah, I know," Clark winked. "Speaking of sleep, how are you feeling?" "I'm feeling pretty damn good! And you?" "I haven't felt this good in a looong time!" Lois started giggling. Clark looked over at her and smiled. He then looked over at the clock. "Hey, look! It's time for breakfast." Clark took the sheets off his body as he grabbed his robe from the chair and put it on. "I'll be right back," he said as he walked out of the bedroom. A few minutes later, Clark was back bearing gifts. "I have breakfast," he said as he stripped his robe off and grabbed an edge of the sheet so he could jump back in bed with Lois. "Oh my gosh! Chocolate covered strawberries! My favorites!" Lois sighed. Clark snuggled up next to Lois and she laid her head in between his arm. He took a strawberry out of the bowl and fed it to her. Lois wrapped her lips around it and slowly took a bite. Clark looked at her with wide eyes. "Mmm..." Lois moaned. "Here try some!" Lois took the strawberry she was eating and brought it up to his lips. Clark took a bite. "Mmm...darn this is good.but not as good as you!" Lois almost swallowed her salvia the wrong way as Clark laid the bowl of strawberries on the floor. He looked at Lois and then back at the clock. "Hmm...It's only 8:30 and do you know what that means?" Clark asked. "The morning's still young!" Lois exclaimed. "Exactly!" Clark remarked as he pulled Lois into him and darted under the covers. "Whoa there, cowboy!" Lois giggled as she and Clark started to make love again. * * * * Lois grunted a bit. She felt groggy. She realized that they must have fallen asleep after making love for the 50 millionth time, (so it felt like). Then a smile spread across her lips as she thought about last night and early this morning. She was so happy that she and Clark had made up. Make up sex was the best sex around, especially due to the fact of how long they had been apart or how many times they came close to making love, but the other person broke away. She vowed to never let it happen again. Lois rubbed her eyes in order to bring them into focus. Lois looked over at Clark who was sleeping peacefully next to her, his arm still wrapped around her waist. Clark's breathing was at a slow, normal rate. He looked like an angel asleep there next to her. Lois leaned over him to look a the time. "Oh my God!" she screamed. "Clark, wake up! Wake up!" she pleaded as she shook him by the shoulders. "What? Huh? Lois, what's wrong?" Clark groggily asked. "The time Clark! Look at the time!" "2pm. Yeah so what's the.oh shoot!" "Exactly Clark! We're late! Super late!" "Well um, in times like these, it calls for drastic actions. We need to shower in groups!" Clark winked. "Clark!" "The last one to the shower is a lunkhead, or in your case Lois, a 'little tornado!" Clark laughed. "You're on!" Lois laughed as she jumped out of bed and ran across to the bathroom. "Oh no you don't!" Clark picked up the red satin sheets and wrapped it around his body like a cape. He ran after Lois and tackled her to the floor. "What are you doing?" Lois yelled as Clark rolled her around in the sheets. Their bodies were again on top of each other. Clark silenced Lois by feverishly kissing her mouth. "Clark," Lois said as she pushed his lips off her mouth. "We're late, remember." "So, who cares." he commented between kisses. "Perry will care! He'll have our hides!" "Lois, it's okay.Mmm..Everything's fine!" Clark rolled around with Lois again. Lois knew he wanted a repeat performance and she was trying her hardest not to give in. "Well, okay. But we had a bet and you know how I don't like to break them! So get off of me!" Lois tried standing up but Clark pushed her back down. "Clark!" She tried standing up again and this time she was successful but not as successful as she wanted to be. "Hey there, Mr. Clingy, I thought we had a race to run?" "Forget the race," Clark answered as he shoved her against the wall. "We have better things to do." Lois tried to gasp for air as she moaned while Clark violently kissed her lips. She blindly hit the light switch and tried to steer Clark and herself into the bathroom. Clark was wrapped so tightly around Lois that she felt like they were joined at the waist. She waddled herself towards the shower. "Come on Clark. You're not making this any easier! Plus we're ruining the satin!" "Don't worry honey, we'll have them dry-cleaned," Clark said as he necked his wife. "Well, we've also wasted about ten minutes just trying to get into the bathroom! Perry's going to kill us!" "Would you please stop mentioning Perry! He's the last person I need to worry about right now." "I'll stop mentioning him once you use your brain and stop using something else!" "Oh come on Lois! Where's your sense of adventure? We're Perry's top reporters. We deserve a break." "No, Clark. We should be at the Planet working." "Lois..." "No, Clark. I'm no longer having fun. So please let me go!" "No, no, Lois. It's okay." "No, it isn't Clark! I don't want to argue so please let go!" "Lois, I'm sorry, " Clark apologized by brushing his hand down her cheek. "Clark, please. Please Clark." Her struggling was slowing down as Clark massaged her shoulders. "Hush Lois," Clark silenced her mouth with a kiss. "Mmm..." Lois moaned as the sheets fell to the floor. "I'll tell you what.Mmm.It's 2:15.Mmm.right now. We'll...Mmm...take a...Mmm...quick...Mmm.shower and then go get ready to go to the Planet...Mmm." Clark said between kisses. "Okay, " Lois said as she resumed her lip-lock with her husband. Clark moved Lois closer to the shower so he could reach his hand in and turn on the hot water. "This way the work day won't be a total loss and hopefully Perry will understand." "Whatever," Lois commented. Lois' hormones got the best of her. Her mind was no longer on the Planet. She was thinking of Clark's body and how she was going to rub her hands all over it once again. Lois wanted to start the shower right away so she pushed Clark into it and slammed him up against the shower wall. "Umpf!" Clark grunted. "Oh my God, Clark! Are you hurt? Is everything all right?" "My back's a little sore but I should be fine." "Oh God, I'm so sorry Clark!" "It's okay Lois, I'll be fine in a matter of minutes. I'm more startled then anything else." "Hopefully, you'll be feeling better in a matter of seconds," Lois purred as she wrapped her arms around Clark's waist. "We'll just see about that, " he said as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Mmm, " Lois moaned as Clark kissed her mouth. "Hold onto your shirt. Actually you don't have a shirt," Lois blushed. "Anyway, hang on, cause it's going to be a bumpy ride." The couple felt the water cascade down their bodies as they drew closer together. They started making love again, but this time it was in the shower. There was something about cascading water that made the experience more sensual. * What was only supposed to be a ten minute shower, turned into more like thirty minutes. The pair looked pretty shook up as they stepped out of the shower and wrapped towels around themselves. Of course they were shaken up in a good way. Lois grabbed her clothes and make-up as she walked back to the bathroom. She noticed Clark staring at her body that was spilling out of the towel. "I think it would be best for both of us, if we get dressed in separate rooms," Lois suggested. "Yeah, that's probably a good idea," Clark agreed as he blushed. "Yeah," Lois reassured. She was going to close the door but Clark's nicely defined posterior caught her eye. He was bending over to pick up some clothes and Lois ran her finger in her mouth as she watched him move. "Hmm," she sighed as she smiled at that sight before her. Clark turned around to see Lois still standing there. "Is something wrong honey?" he asked. Lois was startled out of her trance. "Ah no, sweetie, everything's fine," she said as she quickly shut the door. She leaned up against the bathroom wall and rubbed her hands down her face. "Lois, Lois, Lois!" she said out loud to herself. "You really need to get it together girl! At the rate we're both going, Perry's going to have to let us out early!" * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:47:52 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 5a1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Okay, here's the chicken cacciatore, teriyaki rice bowl and spaghetti. Who ordered what?" "It's all for him," Lois answered as she pointed at Bobby. "It is?" "Of course Uncle Mike. One thing you've got to learn about Bobby, is that he's a bottomless pit!" "Oh, so that's it! I wondered why you guys were ordering lunch food during breakfast," Mike laughed. Lois smiled. "Well, why don't I get you something, sweetie." "Actually, Uncle Mike, I'm not hungry." "Well, you have to eat. I'll get you a muffin, a low fat muffin!" "Okay." "That's my girl," Mike said as he kissed Lois on the cheek. "I'll be back in a few." "Mmm...Yum. Nmphf.Hey Lois, this stuff is great! Your uncle really knows how to cook!" "Thanks Bobby. Now could you please tell me why you dragged me here? I'm on a schedule you know!" "Okay. Well.I. have.a.potential.suspect to.add..to.your list," Bobby said between mouthfuls. He was eating from the three plates at the same time. "Who?" Lois and Clark asked in unison. "Hey, that's cool! How do you guys do that?" "Never mind that Bobby. Now spill!" "Okay, Lois. Just one-second.Sorry about that. I needed to swallow. Ahem!" Bobby cleared his throat. "Bobby!" Lois and Clark yelled. "Ha, ha! There you two go again!" "OY!" Lois remarked as she started tapping her fingers on the table. "Okay, okay. I guess this is the least I can do since you fed me so well. I've doing a little digging on our friend, Damian. It seems that no one can confirm his whereabouts whenever a robbery at the jewelry store takes place." Lois' mouth dropped open, "What?" Clark smiled as he rubbed his hands together. "Now Lois, I'm not saying he's the thief but he looks awfully suspicious. He's so suspicious that I think we should find out more about this Damian Johansen character." "I knew it!" Clark yelled as he gave Bobby a high five. Lois looked down at the table and rubbed her temples. She was getting a headache. Lois got out of her chair to leave. "Sweetheart, is something wrong?" Clark inquired. "I just have a headache, that's all. I'm going to go back to the Planet." "Well, wait! Let me come back with you." "No, Clark! No. Stay here with Bobby. I'll be okay." "But Lois." "Clark, I said no. I'll see you later." Lois was walking towards the curb, when she bumped into her uncle. "Honey, where are you going? You didn't get a chance to eat your breakfast." "Oh, I'm sorry Uncle Mike. I have a headache so I'm going to go back to the Planet." "Do you need some aspirin?" "No, no, I'm fine! I have a ton of work to do so I'll talk to you later," Lois said as she leaned over and gave her uncle a kiss on the cheek. Mike placed the muffin on the table. "Lois, I love you so much," he said as he gave a hug. "I love you too." "I miss seeing you Lois, so please stop by more often." "Okay, I will!" * Lois took a cab back to the Planet. She stepped out of the elevator and headed straight towards her desk. Perry was going over the paper layout when he saw Lois. "Lois?" "Hi Perry." "What are you doing here? I thought you were out with Clark." "I was Perry. I just had a headache so I decided to come back a little early." "Well honey, if you're not feeling good maybe you should go home." "No, Perry. I'd better stay here. I mean I have a lot to work to do." "Lois, it's okay," Perry said as he laid his hands on her shoulders. "We can hold down the fort without you." "Thanks Perry, but I'd better get to work." "Okay, honey. I'll see you later." While Perry was heading back towards his office, Lois looked over at Clark's desk. It was empty, but she knew Clark would soon be back. Lois really didn't want to deal with him right now. She got out of her chair and picked up her bag. "Perry?" "Yes?" "I think I'm going to take some time off. I haven't done it in a while, so I think now is a good time." "Okay." "I'll see ya tomorrow, Chief!" "See ya!" Lois was walking towards the elevators when she bumped into Jimmy. "Jimmy, if Clark wonders where I am, tell him I went to The Fudge Castle!" "Okay, Lois. Have fun!" Lois smirked at Jimmy's comment. * About ten minutes later, Clark got back to the Planet. He looked all around for Lois, but she was no where to be seen. Even her bag was gone. Clark was about to go into Perry's office when Damian cornered him. "What are you doing?" Clark asked. "Well, um.I think we need to talk." "We do?" "Yes, so if it's all right with you can we meet downstairs in the lobby? I'll buy you a latte or something." "Okay," Clark said with an ounce of hesitation in his voice. The two men took the Daily Planet elevator down to the lobby. Clark ordered a non fat vanilla latte, while Damian ordered a cup of coffee. Damian started. "Clark, I just want to apologize for my behavior last night. It was uncalled for. I guess with Bree missing, all my emotions are on overdrive." "Okay," Clark replied as he drank his latte. "I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm sorry that I've come in between you and Lois. I tend to be a clinger and when I cling, it distracts people." "Oh." "Basically I'm making this apology in hopes we can put this all behind us. You and Lois can go your way, I'll go mine." "Well, you don't have to do that. Just remember that Lois needs her space." "Done." "Um, while we're on the road of apologies." Clark started to say as he played with his fingers, ".I think I owe you one. Well, actually try one hundred of them!" Clark and Damian laughed. "But really, I'm sorry. I just went berserk when I saw you two together. I didn't know what to think. Lois told me time after time again that you two were just friends but I didn't believe her. I hate myself for that." "Clark, don't hate yourself. I mean if I had a wife like Lois, I'd be feeling the same way. She's so beautiful and smart that I'd be cherishing her forever!" "I do!" "I know, so let's just forget this ever happened. It's water under the bridge." "Great! That makes me feel better." "Yeah, now you and Lois can work on patching things up," Damian remarked as he pat Clark on the back. "I wish it were that simple," Clark added as he lowered his eyes. "Lois is so sick of me that she won't even talk to me. I told her how beautiful she was today and she still said nothing." "Well Clark, with the few times that I've been alone with her, there's no doubt in my mind that she loves you. So at least you have that to work with. I mean sometimes I'll be talking to her and she'll look like she's on another planet! Another time I was talking to her and she accidentally called me Clark!" "Yeah, well know she loves me. I just need to find a way to get her attention and right now she doesn't want it." "Hmm...Well I'm no Dr. Ruth, but has there been something special you two have shared? Something where you two have experienced blissful happiness?" "Lois and I have had many moments. Actually we've been very happy until this past weekend." "Okay. Well is there an event in your life that you would like to recreate?" "Hmm..." Clark took a moment to think. He flashed back to their wedding, to the time when they first met; their "almost first date." But the memory that stood out the most in his mind was their first date. "I think that would have to be our first date," Clark answered Damian with a smile. "There you go! Why don't you do something like that?" "Yeah...yeah...yeah..." Clark stared off into the distance thinking of all of the possibilities. "What?" "Oh nothing. I just think I've thought of the perfect idea so I need to get in touch with Lois ASAP!" "Okay, well good luck my friend!" "Yeah, thanks friend!" Clark yelled as he ran towards the elevators. As he reached the elevators, he bumped into Jimmy. "Oh, hey Jimmy," Clark said as he pulled him by the arm. "You'd better make it quick C.K.! I came back for my camera and I'm in quite a hurry!" "Okay, that's fine. All I need to know is have you seen Lois?" "Why?" "Well I was talking to Damian and..." "You were talking to Damian?!?" Jimmy interrupted. "What, about last night?" "Oh we worked that out. Everything's fine. At least between Damian and me." "It is?" "Yeah, but I can tell you more about that later. Do you know where Lois is?" "Um, yeah. I think she said something about The Fudge Castle." "Oh, okay. Hmm...Could you please drop this off," Clark said as he scribbled something on a piece of paper. "I need Lois to get this as soon as possible!" "Okay, C.K. That's fine. I can give this to Lois on the way to City Hall." "Hey thanks Jimmy! I've to go talk to Perry so I'll catch ya later!" * * * * Jimmy hopped on his motorcycle and drove towards The Fudge Castle. He found Lois sitting around the circular chocolate bar. It looked like a normal bar except that the bartenders only served chocolate products. One of the most popular things to order were the strawberry daiquiris with a hint of chocolate. When Jimmy walked up to Lois she was sitting at the bar eating a Clark candy bar. She was clearly enjoying herself as she licked the chocolate and caramel off her fingers. "Mmm..." she moaned as she stuck her finger in her mouth. "Having fun with 'Clark' are we?" Jimmy piped in. "Oh!" Lois yelped as her face turned a deep shade of red. She took the candy bar wrapper and crumbled it up as she threw it to the side. Jimmy laughed. "Well, um, Jimmy. What are you doing here?" Lois asked as she wiped the sweat from her brow. "I just stopped by real quick to give you this," Jimmy said as he handed Lois the note. "Perry wants me to look up stuff at City Hall, so I'll see ya later!" "Okay Jimmy. See ya later!" Lois smiled as he ran out the door. She held the note that Jimmy had just given her, in the palm of her hand. It was from her husband and she wasn't sure if she should open it. Lois brought the piece of paper up to her nose. It smelled like him. It was Clark's favorite cologne. She sighed when she thought about how much she missed him. She missed smelling his cologne as she leaned into him. As they made love, body upon body. "Oh Clark!" she muttered to herself. She got up enough courage to open it: Lois, I hope you don't have any plans for tonight because I have a surprise for you! See you later. Love your husband, Clark PS Don't worry about Perry. He told me we can come in later tomorrow! =) *Hmm... I wonder what he's got planned?* Lois thought. * Lois looked down at her watch, it was 5pm. After hanging out at The Fudge Castle for a bit, she went back to the Planet to hang out at the coffee shop. She finished up her latte and headed out to her Jeep. She pulled out of the parking lot and slowly drove past the front of the Planet. She saw Clark coming out of the famous revolving doors. "Oh hi Lois!" "Hi," Lois added as she kissed him on the lips. "Mmm..." Clark answered back. "Lois honey, could you do me a favor?" "Yeah sure." "Okay good. Could you please go to the store and pick up some more bread and cereal? And maybe some champagne too! I have some more work to do so I'll be home kinda late so this will really help me out." "Okay." "Thank you so much sweetie. I don't know what I would do without you! I'll see you later okay?" "Okay, see you. Bye!" "Bye sweetie!" Lois' eyes lowered as she rolled up the window. *I guess something came up so they'll be no surprise.* Lois was slightly depressed because she was looking forward to spending some time with him. She stepped on the gas pedal and headed towards Costmart Groceries. * * * * Lois walked up to the front door with a bag of groceries in her arms. She noticed that the door was slightly ajar and the light was on. "Clark? Clark? Hey Clark, are you there?" She walked through a door and headed for the kitchen and dropped the groceries off on the counter. "Arrgh! Don't tell me I forgot to lock the door this morning?!? No, no, no Lois, you always lock the door. Maybe Clark stopped by and he forgot to lock it. Yeah, that's it," Lois reassured herself. She walked out of the kitchen and went back to the door to lock it. She locked it triple time. Lois was a bit stressed so she thought another hot shower would help her relax. She went upstairs to the bathroom and took off her clothes. She found a bottle of cucumber oil and started rubbing it all over her body. She was going to wait for Clark on the bed, wearing nothing but a smile, a smile that spread across her lips when she thought about rubbing her hands all over Clark's sexy muscles. Lois finished with her shower. As she was toweling herself off she remembered that she forgot to put away the groceries. "Ahh, the champagne!!!" She wrapped a towel around her body and quickly ran down the stairs. She was stopped in her tracks when she heard something coming from the stereo. It was Dean Martin. "Wait, how did the stereo know that I like Dean Martin?" She walked into the kitchen and noticed that all of the groceries were gone. They were put away. Lois smiled. "Oh my gosh...It's Clark!" Lois whispered to herself. "Clark? Clark? You can come out now! I know it's you silly!" Lois yelled. There was no answer. "Hey Clark, I'm standing here in only a towel!" Still nothing. "Um honey, I'm downstairs and I'm completely naked! I'm naked and I'm waiting for you to take advantage of me!" Lois started to giggle at her last outburst. The giggling soon stopped when no Clark showed up. *Jeez, I was so sure that would get his attention! I must be going insane or I need a vacation, really bad!* Lois decided to leave that thought for later and return to the bathroom. She went into the bedroom to search for something to wear until Clark came home. Lois was scrounging around in the drawer when something caught her eyes. Something red was peaking from under the cover sheet. She went over to the bed to investigate. It was red satin. In fact the bed was made with red satin sheets. Lois brought the fabric up to her face and started rubbing it all over her neck and arms. She groaned as the silky fabric kissed her flesh. By moving the sheets around, something else was exposed. Under the satin was a box. The box was addressed to her. Lois' eyes widened as she looked inside. It was her dress and everything down to her pantyhose, from her first date with Clark. "WOW! That man is sure into detail!" Lois laughed to herself. Included in the box was a simple note that read: PLEASE WEAR. "That man never ceases to amaze me! I wonder what that wonderful husband of mine has planned now? I guess one way to find out is put these clothes on." Lois walked back into the bathroom and shut the door. * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:52:14 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 5a2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lois opened the door and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked=20 exactly as she did on that special night except that her hair was slightly=20 shorter. She fluffed her hair a bit with her fingers. Then she ran her=20 hands up and down her thighs as she smoothed out her black dress. Lois=20 smiled to herself as she looked at how short the dress really was. Tonight=20 Clark would be putty in her hands. She picked up her purse and was about to= =20 leave when the phone rang. "Hello?" "Hey, Lois. It's Damian! How are you?" "Hi Damian. I'm fine." "I heard that you weren't feeling good today, so I called to check up on= =20 you." "Aww thanks Damian, but I'm fine now." =20 "Okay, good. I'm really glad to hear that. By the way, have you seen=20 Clark lately?" "No, not lately. Why?" "Oh, nothing. I was just wondering. We talked today and..." "You and Clark talked?" Lois interrupted. "Yep. I mean it was really weird but Clark and I both apologized to eac= h=20 other and now we're close friends!" "Wow..." "Yeah, I know, so if you see him, tell him I said hi. Perry has me=20 working late so I gotta get back to what I was doing." "Okay, I will. See you tomorrow." "Yeah, tomorrow." CLICK! Lois picked up her purse again and walked out the door. She shook her=20 head in disbelief. *Clark and Damian, friends! Who would have thought...* She went back downstairs. She was sure that Clark was waiting for her,= =20 but he wasn't. In fact the brownstone was very quiet. Lois sighed as she=20 stood in the entryway. She didn't know what to do. Suddenly there was a=20 knock on the door. "Just a minute," Lois said as she undid all of the locks. "Oh my gosh= =E2=80=A6"=20 Tears started falling as she looked at the sight standing before her outside= =20 the door. "Am I too early?" Clark asked. Lois laughed as she wiped the tears from her face. Clark pushed the doo= r=20 aside and gave Lois a hug. "Aww, sweetie, don't cry." She broke away from Clark's embrace to look at him for a moment. He was= =20 wearing the exact same charcoal suit from their "first date." Clark looked=20 really sexy, which excited Lois. She was very happy that she was married to= =20 the man. "Wow..." she muttered under her breath. "What?" Clark asked. "Oh, I'm just glad this mascara is water proof!" "I'm glad too," Clark added as he kissed her cheek. "But come on. We=20 have things to do and sights to see!" Lois shrieked as Clark pulled her out= =20 of the door by her arms. He locked the door behind them as the happy couple= =20 ran towards the Metro cab. =20 * =20 Lois and Clark were sitting in the back of the cab holding hands. Clark= =20 laid his hand on Lois' leg. It then traveled up her skirt and onto her=20 thigh. Clark thought Lois was going to bat it away but instead she put her=20 hand on top of his. "Clark?" "Yeah." "Damian called me tonight." "He did?" "Yep. He called to tell me that you guys apologized to one another and= =20 now you're friends!" "Shocking, huh?" Clark asked as he grinned. "Yeah, a bit. But I'm very happy that you did that!" Lois remarked as=20 she leaned over to kiss his lips. "I'm very, very happy you did that..."=20 Lois slid over and sat on Clark's lap. She straddled herself on Clark=20 just like someone sitting in a chair backwards. She started rubbing her=20 hands all over his body as she kissed his mouth. Their tongues intertwined=20 and Clark let out a huge groan as Lois grabbed onto the waist band of his=20 pants. "Mmm...Lois, you know we're in the back of a cab, don't you?" Clark said= =20 before he dove back into her mouth. "I know..." Lois said as she came back up for air. "But who cares. We=20 have a few more minutes." =20 "Mmm...yeah we do, so come here!"=20 Lois giggled as Clark pulled her into his body and they resumed their=20 caress.=20 Lois unbuttoned his pants and wrapped her fingers around his underwear.= =20 As Clark was going for the zipper on Lois' dress, the cabby tapped on the=20 window. "Um folks, we're here!" Lois and Clark didn't hear him. They were= =20 too busy to hear. The cabby tried again. "Excuse me?" Still nothing. The= n=20 he violently hit the brakes. Lois screamed as she almost fell off Clark's=20 lap. "I said we're here folks!" Lois and Clark felt as if they were going to die of embarrassment, but=20 instead they started laughing. Lois pointed down to Clark's underwear and smirked. =20 "Oh my gosh, I almost forgot!" Clark quickly zipped up his pants. "Well, if there's one thing I learned from this little adventure, is tha= t=20 it pays to wear smudge proof lipstick!" "Oh jeez!" her husband commented. =20 "Well=E2=80=A6" Lois said as her eyes twinkled.=20 "I know=E2=80=A6I know=E2=80=A6 " Clark added while flashing that famous= Kent grin. =20 "But come on, let's get going!" He got out of the cab and held onto Lois'=20 hand as he helped her out. He paid the cab fee and then the couple walked=20 over to Angelina's. =20 * The couple's food had arrived and Lois was eagerly eating it up. Lois=20 and Clark were sitting at the exact same table and eating the exact same foo= d=20 from their first date. Lois had salmon while Clark had pasta. "Whoa, honey. You sure ate that fast!" "Well, I'm hungry and I haven't had food this good in a long time. No=20 offense to your cooking sweetie. I mean I love your cooking, but this stuff= =20 is just so, well it's so=E2=80=A6" "It's okay Lois, I understand," Clark interrupted as he grabbed her hand= =20 and kissed it. He moved his chair over so he could sit next to Lois. Lois laid her han= d=20 upon his leg and leaned over to kiss his lips. "Let's pay the bill and go=20 home and do a little cooking of our own=E2=80=A6" "Mmm=E2=80=A6Lois we can't. We haven't had dessert yet!" "I don't need dessert Clark. All I need is you!" "Ah, ah, ahhh=E2=80=A6We can't leave until we have some of this deliciou= s=20 chocolate cake." "Hmm=E2=80=A6" Lois sighed. "When you put it that way, how can I refuse= ? But I=20 insist we use one fork!" "My thought exactly! "Clark answered back. The couple sighed as their lips touched yet again. Lois wrapped her arm= s=20 around Clark's waist when she felt something vibrating. "Wow!" she exclaime= d=20 as she jumped back. Lois moved away from Clark like someone who had just=20 touched something hot. "Oh, " Clark blushed. "It's my cell phone. Excuse me." Clark pulled=20 his phone out of his pocket. "Hello?" "Hi son, it's me Perry!" "Oh, hey Chief! How's it going?" "Everything's fine. It's just as fine as Graceland on a crowded day!" "Okay, Chief!" Clark chuckled. "I just called to see how Lois is doing. Is she feeling better?" "Yes, in fact we're having dinner at Angelina's right now." "Ah well, son, then I think I'll let you go. And like I said to you=20 earlier today, take your time. I figure by now you and Lois deserve a break= =20 if you know what I mean." "I actually do!" Clark laughed. "Thanks Chief!" "No problem Clark. See you tomorrow." "Yeah, tomorrow." Clark closed the cell phone shut and put it back in=20 his pocket. "That was the Chief. He wanted to check up on you, make sure=20 you were okay." "That was nice of him," Lois smiled. "Yeah=E2=80=A6Hey honey, I just remembered something I've got to do! So= I'll be=20 right back." "Okay, sweetie, but don't be long!" Lois called after him as she blew hi= m=20 a kiss. "I won't!" Clark winked back. When Clark got back, he found Lois staring at the chocolate cake. "I too= k=20 the liberty of ordering the dessert while you were gone. I thought I had=20 enough willpower but those chocolate fumes are really getting to me!" Lois=20 complained. Clark sat back down. "Well honey, you didn't have to wait," he added=20 with a smile. "Clark, I wanted to wait," Lois answered back as she looked into his=20 chocolate brown eyes. But her attention was soon diverted to the cake befor= e=20 her. Her eyes narrowed as she licked her lips. "I guess it's time to feed the huntress!" Clark laughed. He dug the for= k=20 into the cake and brought it up to her luscious lips. Lois opened her mouth= =20 ever so slightly as Clark laid the fork on her tongue. Her lips closed upon= =20 it as he slowly slid it out of her mouth. "Mmm..." Lois moaned. Clark watched his wife roll the chocolate within=20 her tongue, with foggy eyes. He was in a trance. "Ready for round two?" Clark asked. =20 Lois excitedly nodded her head, yes.=20 "Okay, here we go!" Clark placed the forkful of cake in her mouth. "Oh God..." Lois quietly murmured. She noticed that Clark was looking a= t=20 her with eyes of desire. "Here," she said as she took the fork out of his=20 hands. "You haven't had any of this delicious cake. Believe me, it's quite= =20 an orgasmic experience!" "Actually Lois, it's okay. I don't need any mpmf..." Lois silenced hi= s=20 soft lips with her finger. She dug the fork into the cake and brought it up= =20 to his mouth. =20 "Here, eat." "Mmm...this is good," Clark commented between mouthfuls. Lois gave him=20= a=20 seductive smile. She noticed there was some leftover chocolate on the fork=20 so she used her tongue to lick it off. Clark gulped. Lois dug the fork=20 again into the cake and fed Clark his second serving. "Mmm...this stuff is great!" Clark said while savoring every bit of it,=20 especially since Lois fed it to him. "Are you sure you don't want any more=20 cake, honey?" Clark asked. Lois laid the fork on the table and brought her mouth up to his. She=20 tasted the chocolate flavor within his mouth and she groaned. Clark pulled=20 away from her lips and whispered in her ear, "let's say you and I get out of= =20 here!" =20 "My thoughts exactly!" Lois purred. =20 =20 * {continued...} =20 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:56:54 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 5c1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lois drove like a speed demon down the streets of Metropolis, forcing=20 Clark to hold on for dear life. Lois and Clark entered the Daily Planet lobby elevator. They were all=20 alone. When the doors closed, they were all over each other. Clark's hands= =20 kept going up Lois' skirt. "How are we going to make it through the day?" Lois asked. "Ha, ha, ha...I don't know!" "You know we haven't done this since our honeymoon," Lois giggled as=20 Clark necked her. "I know. Too bad this is a public place. I think it would be quite an=20 adventure if we just did it here in the elevator!" "Oh my gosh!" Lois squeaked. Clark chuckled when he noticed Lois was=20 blushing. "God, I wish we didn't have to be here," Clark whispered in her ear. "You must be reading my mind." "Hehe..." Clark chuckled. "I mean seriously Clark, I want to be with you so much that I'm going to= =20 ask Perry if we can get off early." "Hmm, that sounds nice. But until then, let's enjoy this elevator ride!= " "Okay," Lois said as their lips touched. The lovers wrapped their arms around each other. They both sighed as=20 they tasted the insides of their mouths. As Clark's hand went up Lois' skir= t=20 again, the elevator door pinged. She opened her eyes and noticed Jimmy=20 standing outside. Clark was too busy kissing Lois to notice Jimmy. Lois=20 softly nudged him in the ribs. "Clark, sweetie, I think you spoke too soon!= " "Huh?" Clark looked up to see Jimmy standing in the doorway. "Oh, wow!= "=20 he noticed they were in the Pit now. He grabbed Lois by the hand and they=20 stepped out of the elevator as he straightened his tie. "You guys must have had a lot of fun last night, huh?" Jimmy inquired. "What makes you say that?" Lois asked. "Well, #1 it's 4'o'clock and you finally made it to work! #2, you have= =20 the same look on your faces like you did after your honeymoon." =20 Lois and Clark laughed at Jimmy's observation. "And #3, I sure hope you= =20 had fun because it's all about to end when the Chief learns you're finally=20 here!" "Ew. That bad, huh?" "Bad, doesn't even begin to describe it Lois. The Chief is in a frenzy=20 over the disappearance of his top two reporters! He's so ticked, that he's=20 taking it out on all of us!" "Yeesh!" Clark commented. "All I have to say is that you two owe us big time!" "Okay, we'll remember that," Clark stated. "You'd better. I gotta go pick something up for the Chief so I'll see=20 you later. I'm sorry I won't be around for the fireworks though!" "OY!" Lois said as she looked up to the sky. Lois and Clark watched Jimmy leave the Pit. When the elevator door=20 closed, they held hands as they walked towards their respectable desks. =20 Perry was walking out of his office when he saw the pair. "Let's give it up for Lois and Clark!" Perry yelled. He and the rest o= f=20 the news room whooped it up at the Kents entrance. Lois and Clark both=20 blushed. "Lois and Clark, in my office, NOW!" Perry motioned them with his hand. "Ooooh." Ralph teased. "Oh hush!" Lois snapped back. Clark looked back at Ralph and grinned. Ralph shot Clark a dirty look a= s=20 he darted back into his cubicle. "Now kids, I thought I told you to take your time, but I DIDN'T think=20 you'd be THIS late!" Perry wailed. "I'm sorry Perry." Lois apologized. "Sorry won't cut it, honey. I'm up to my armpits in news and no one is=20 here to write it!" "I guess we just lost track of time because we were a bit distracted." =20 Lois tried to hide her grin. "Yeah," Clark interrupted. "We figured since we're your top reporters,=20 we could come in late. We deserved the break!" "Judas Priest, son! Who do you think you are?!? It's already 4=20 o'clock!!! Most people are getting ready to go home now. I mean I=20 understand you getting in at 1 maybe, but 4, I mean come on!" Lois and Clark were looking at Perry with wide eyes. They couldn't=20 believe that Perry was that angry. "But never mind about that. I'm wasting my time blowing smoke here, so=20 get going." Perry picked up two large stacks of paper and shoved them in=20 Clark's arms. "I said, GIT!" * * * * It was 6'o'clock. In the course of two hours, Lois had gone through the= =20 pile that Clark had given her. Clark was filing something when Lois looked=20 over at his desk. She smiled as she watched him bend over. His posterior=20 looked really nice in those pants! She knew that this was a good time to go= =20 ask Perry if Clark and she could go home. Her husband didn't notice her entering Perry's office. "Hey Perry, I wa= s=20 wondering if." "Lois," Perry interrupted. "I have some more things for you to work on!= =20 Here." Perry shoved another pile of papers in her arms. "But.Perry." "Go on Lois. You don't want to be here too late now, do you?" Lois walked out of his office. Clark looked over at her. She was=20 pouting. He sighed as he took his pencil and threw it across the room. Thi= s=20 was just another thing that served as a block between Lois and him getting=20 home to make love. Ralph was getting ready to leave when the pencil landed at his feet. He= =20 picked it up and walked over to Clark's desk. "Hey Kent, I think this is=20 yours. You're lucky I found it, buddy!" Clark forced a smile as Ralph handed the pencil to him. He put the=20 pencil down and softly banged his head upon the desk. =20 =20 =20 * It was now 8'o'clock. Lois laid her pencil down and sighed. She was=20 finally done. Lois looked over at Clark who was rubbing his eyes. "You know, I think Perry is doing all of this to punish us!" "Ya think?" Clark asked sarcastically. =20 Lois started to laugh. "But seriously Clark, this whole day has been a=20 nightmare. Well, except for the part where we made love about a million=20 times." "You mean 50 million times, honey=E2=80=A6" Clark said as he flashed he= r a sexy=20 grin. "Yeah=E2=80=A6" Lois said as her voice trailed off. "It's just that I=20= would=20 love to go home and do it right now!" she whined. "Well, it's only 8, so we still have time," Clark said in a sexy voice. "Hmm=E2=80=A6you're right," Lois purred. Perry walked out of his office, he was going home. "Goodnight Perry." "Yeah, goodnight Chief," Clark added. Lois and he were packing to go=20 home. "Not so fast guys!" "What?" Lois asked. "You can't leave yet. There's still more work to do." "Perry, it's time to go home, so give us a break!" Lois wailed. "Lois, you're incorrect. It's time for everyone to go home except for=20 you two." Perry handed Lois a piece of paper. He traveled to Clark's desk=20 and also handed him a piece of paper. "Arrggh!!!" Clark yelled. "I want both of you to make multiple copies of this for me," Perry=20 instructed.=20 "But these are box scores!" Lois piped in. "And I have the weather!" Clark complained. "Well son, think of it this way, if you hadn't been romancing Lois all=20 day, you could have been home by now." Perry patted Clark on the back as he= =20 walked away. "Darn=E2=80=A6" Clark muttered under his breath. "Have fun you guys. And please no 'you know what' in the news room. I=20 mean you don't want to set a bad example for the janitors!" Perry chuckled=20 to himself as he walked into elevator. "I've never been so humiliated in all my life!" "I know Lois. I know. At a time like this I sure wish I was still=20 Superman!" Lois smiled at Clark's comment but in the back of her mind, she was=20 puzzled. Nonetheless, she decided to let it go. =20 * * * * It was well after midnight when Lois and Clark made it back home. They=20 both threw their bags down and stripped their clothes off. Lois was wearing= =20 black lingerie and Clark was looking at the body that shone underneath the=20 lace. "Wow Lois, you look great!" "Thanks," she said as she smiled. Lois looked at Clark's well-defined muscles and sighed. "Well=E2=80=A6" Lois said to break the silence. "Well=E2=80=A6" Clark stood there and smiled. He was watching Lois' che= st move=20 up and down in her outfit. "Oh damn it, I can't take it any longer!" Lois giggled as Clark wrapped his arms around her body. He picked her u= p=20 and laid her on the bed as he positioned himself on top of her. Clark kisse= d=20 her deeply and passionately. Lois shifted her weight so she landed on top o= f=20 Clark. She started kissing him when all of a sudden she heard a growl come=20 from his throat. "Clark? Clark? Are you all right? Clark?" Lois slowly lifted her body= =20 off his and opened her eyes. "Oh my gosh! He fell asleep on me! Of all the= =20 nerve! I swear I'm going to=E2=80=A6" Lois stopped in mid-sentence as she=20= let out a=20 huge yawn. After yawning, her body slumped forward as she fell on top of=20 Clark and rolled right off him, back into bed. Now they were both fast=20 asleep. =20 * * * * "Wow Lois, you're here early!" Jimmy yelled from across the Pit. "Yep." "And it's a Friday too, I'm impressed!" "Thank you." "I second that!" chimed in Perry. Lois grinned. "Well, I slept like a baby last night, so I figured what=20 the heck, why not come in early and make the Chief proud!" "I had no doubt in my mind that you would." Perry walked into the middl= e=20 of the Pit and cleared his throat. "Excuse me folks, but I just want to take a moment to make an example of= =20 our fine reporter, Lois Lane. Lois is an exceptional woman and highly=20 devoted to her job at the Planet. She's so devoted that she even came in=20 early on a Friday! Lois' conduct within these walls is the type of conduct=20 that we should all follow. Way to go Lois!" The whole news room erupted in cheers and applause at the end of Perry's= =20 speech. "Aww Perry, you don't have to do this." "Lois, honey, I have to. You're one of the best damn investigative=20 reporters around!" Lois couldn't help smiling at Perry's last comment. The rest of the new= s=20 room kept looking at her. "Okay folks, show's over! Let's get back to work." =20 Suddenly the news room was broken out of its trance and once again it wa= s=20 buzzing full of activity. Lois continued to smile as she logged onto her Daily Planet email accoun= t. "Lois, I'm very proud of you. Keep up the good work," Perry said as he=20 patted her on the back. "Thanks Chief." "No problem." Perry grinned all the way back to his office. He was so happy to be=20 working with such a talented group of journalists. =20 * =20 =20 {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:59:06 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 5c2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The elevator door pinged and Clark Kent stepped out. He noticed Lois at= =20 her desk. She was smiling as she answered her email. Music was softly=20 playing from her computer so she didn't notice him entering the building. Clark sat down at his desk as he threw his stuff to the ground. His eye= s=20 narrowed as he looked at Lois. He stared at Lois as if she was his prey. =20 His concentration was broken by Jimmy as he ran up to his desk. "Hey, C.K.! How are you? You look pissed. Is everything fine?" "Hi, Jimmy. I'm okay, really I am." "Well that's good to hear. Man, you missed quite a spectacle a few=20 minutes ago." "A spectacle? What kind of spectacle?" "The Chief stood in the middle of the Pit and praised Lois for her=20 integrity. He was especially proud of the fact that she came in early on a=20 Friday morning." "He did?" "Yep. At first Lois told him to stop, but then she accepted the praise=20 like a real trooper!" "Hmm..." "The Chief told us that we should follow her example because she's one o= f=20 the greatest! Personally, I think she's something! Don't you agree, C.K.?" "Yeah, something," Clark answered bluntly. "All I can say is that you're one lucky man and I mean more then one=20 thing when I say lucky!" "Jimmy..." "Sorry," Jimmy blushed. All Clark could do was shake his head as he started to leave his desk. "Where are you going C.K.?" his friend inquired. "I need to go congratulate my wife..." Clark explained. "Oh okay, cool." "We can have lunch together if you want." "Yeah, that would be super, C.K.! I'll see you then." Jimmy went=20 running over to the darkroom as Clark walked over to Lois' desk. Lois was=20 humming the song, "Fly Me to the Moon" when Clark walked up behind her. She= =20 could feel someone's warm breath hit her skin, so she looked up to see who i= t=20 was. "Oh hi, Clark!" Lois got up to give him a kiss, but Clark pushed her=20 away. Lois frowned. "Lois, we need to talk, now!" "Okay," she reluctantly said as she followed Clark into the Conference=20 Room. "Lois, I can't believe you would do this to me." "Do what?" "You left me in my underwear all by myself! When I woke up you were=20 gone! I mean I understand the underwear part, but you left me and that was=20 just plain mean!" Lois started laughing. "What's so funny?" Clark asked. "Oh, nothing. I'm just having this really funny mental picture of you=20 waking up and realizing you're only in your underwear!" "It wasn't funny!" "Well I think it is..." "I'm serious here Lois! At first I thought something might have happene= d=20 to you." "Whatever..." Clark sighed as he repeatedly tapped his fingers on the wall. "Are you=20 doing this to get back at me for yesterday?" "No, Clark, I saw it was time to get up, actually I woke up early and I=20 wanted to get a head start at the Planet. I wanted to be on Perry's good=20 side." "Oh so you want to suck up to Perry but leave your husband behind to mak= e=20 him look bad!" "I didn't say that Clark! I was just afraid if I woke you, we would hav= e=20 had a repeat performance of last night!" "Whatever..." "Plus I was angry with you for falling asleep during our foreplay earlie= r=20 this morning." "Me fall asleep? Oh you should talk! I remember waking up a few minutes= =20 later and then you were passed out like a light. I was going to wake you up= ,=20 but I decided to let you get your rest!" "Oh yeah, well at least I don't think about sex all of the time!" "I DO NOT think about sex all day!!!" "Uh huh=E2=80=A6and what do you call these last couple of days?" "Lois, I love you. And people can express their love by making love.=20 There's no crime in that." "I know. But there are also other ways to express your love, besides=20 sex. Less time consuming ways, then going at it all morning=E2=80=A6" "Lois, if I remember, you really enjoyed yesterday. You were actually=20 asking for more!" "Yes, I know. I really, really, did enjoy making love with you and if I= =20 could do it for the rest of my life, I would. I'm sorry if I misjudged you.= =20 I just couldn't help but think that you might make us late. I didn't want t= o=20 be humiliated again." "Yeah, well your little misjudgment made me look bad in front of the=20 Chief!" "You didn't look bad. I mean come on you're on time." "Well that doesn't matter much when you came early." Lois shook her head and sighed. "If you're finished here, then I really= =20 have to get going. I've got a lot of work to do." "I'm finished. So go on if you like." "Thank you," Lois said as she leaned over to give Clark a kiss. He was=20 going to do the same thing, but instead he pulled away. "You wouldn't be trying to avoid kissing me because of the fact of the=20 thing we both agreed we weren't thinking of?" "Umm=E2=80=A6no." "Ha, ha. I heard the hesitation in your voice. You're bothered by my=20 presence and you'd like to finish what you started earlier today." "Yeah, well, I bet you're thinking the same thing!" her husband retorted= . "I might or I might not," Lois purred. "Plus I have ways of curbing my=20 cravings so to speak." "And what ways are those?" Clark asked slyly. "Chocolate, you lunkhead!" "Oh, great," Clark commented as he rolled his eyes. "In fact there's a Clark Bar in that machine over there, that has my nam= e=20 written all over it!" "Well then go to it!" "Maybe I will! Anyway I don't think you can get through the day without= =20 thinking of 'you know what!'" "Yes, I can!" "You wanna make a bet?" Lois smirked. "What???" Clark exclaimed. "Do you wanna make a bet? $100 will be awarded to the winner. Whoever=20 tries to act upon the other person sexually, owes the other person money! =20 What do you say?" "I say, you're on Lane!" "Okay, good Kent!" Lois smiled. She grabbed Clark's hand and shook it.=20= =20 "I'll see you on the battle field!" Lois walked out of the Conference Room,= =20 towards her desk. Clark started to watch Lois move underneath her skirt. "Arrgh, Kent! What are you doing?!?" He walked out of the room and=20 headed towards the cafeteria. Right about now was a good time to have a cup= =20 of coffee. =20 * * * * =20 It was a bit after 5'o'clock. Lois was working nonstop, in hopes of=20 keeping her mind completely off Clark. Whenever she felt like she might los= e=20 control, she went for a Clark Bar. Lois almost felt guilty, considering the= =20 name of the candy bar but her husband didn't seem to mind. Whenever Lois=20 walked towards the vending machine, he would just shrug his shoulders. Lois smiled. She got a lot done today. She left her desk and walked=20 over to Perry's office. "Hey Chief, I've finished everything! I've gotten=20 so much done that I can afford to take most of Saturday off!" Lois laughed.=20= =20 "That's great Lois!" Perry exclaimed. "All I have to say honey is that= =20 this is definitely a huge change from yesterday and I like it! You're free=20 to go home if you like," Perry smiled. "Okay, thanks Perry. I guess I'll stop by sometime tomorrow to check up= =20 on things." "Okay, I'll see you then=E2=80=A6" "Okay, bye!" "Bye Lois," Perry waved. Lois walked up behind Clark and wrapped her arms around his neck and=20 kissed it. "Hey honey, are you ready to go home now?" she asked. "Not yet, Lois." Clark didn't even flinch when Lois' lips brushed his.=20= =20 All he did was continue to type as he stared at the computer screen. "You wouldn't be avoiding coming home with me, in hopes of having a=20 better advantage with winning this bet?" Lois suggested. "Nope. I just have some work to finish up. That's all." "Well, okay=E2=80=A6I guess I'll see you later." "See ya." Lois removed her hands from his neck and brushed her index finger quickl= y=20 through his hair before heading back to her desk. =20 =20 =20 * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 20:52:34 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Catherine Anson Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Whew! Something I actually know enough about to intellegently comment. I= t's not height that is the problem. Actually, tall, slender girls can do= very well in gymnastics. Height can even be an advantage, especially on= the uneven bars. Long legs look great to judges as one flies over the h= orse. The problem actually occurs because of the distribution of body we= ight in a female. Girls, as they mature, unfortunate for many of us, hav= e the majority our weight gain distributed to the bottom half. That is w= hat hinders you in gymnastics. I was involved in the sport for many year= s and even at 5'2" and 112 pounds, as my body changed into the shape my h= usband still adores, I was considered too heavy. And believe me, the mor= e shape (that's a nice way of saying it) you take on, the harder it is to= pull that weight up and over those bars. Catherine ----- Original Message ----- From: Tessena, Kelly Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:36 PM To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Brown To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Sent: 5/9/01 17:55 Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics On Wed, 9 May 2001 17:31:11 -0400, Tessena, Kelly < ketessena@EXCHANGE.URSINUS.EDU> wrote: >As I understood it, getting taller *is* an impediment to doing gymnastics, >which is why you don't see many Olympic gymnasts who are over 18 or 20. >But, this reason struck my beta reader as odd, so I'm just trying to double >check it with someone who knows more than I do. >From what I remember reading over the years, you are right that taller isn't as desireable, but I think the age in which girls are "weeded out" is younger than the 18 to 20 you quote. Most young women reach most of their full height by 14-16, I believe. There is also a body maturity factor, I believe -- you start developing a chest, or put a little more meat on your bones, and you can't move as quickly, etc. (Then there is the whole "starvation" mentality among a lot of gymnasts of that caliber; I think that has a hand in keeping a lot of these teenage girls you see in the Olympics looking like 10 year olds. ;)) So I'd buy everything you said about L&C's daughter, except I'd make the age at which she hit her growth spurt be around 12 or so. Is that what you were going for? Kathy I actually had it planned as 15. I know everybody matures differently, a= nd if she hit a late growth spurt, that can always be explained by the fact that she's not fully human, so her growth is going to be a little differe= nt. I don't remember anything written about Clark having matured at a differe= nt rate than a human, but even if *he* didn't, that's not to say that a human-Kryptonian hybrid's system wouldn't work a little differently than = a full-blooded Kryptonian or human. Thanks, Kathy. :) -Kelly
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========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 21:44:43 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rachel Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: Catherine Anson To: Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:52 PM Subject: Re: A question about gymnastics Whew! Something I actually know enough about to intellegently comment. It's not height that is the problem. Actually, tall, slender girls can do very well in gymnastics. I wish somebody had told *me* about that! One of the many schools I was in told me I might as well go try out for the basketball team b/c there was no way I could even survive in the sport since I was so much taller than all of the gymnasts It was a shattering experience for me--so I joined the rugby team instead to vent my frustration :) Rachel ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 23:30:17 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Are L&C stories being taken down Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/05/01 17:53:52 GMT Daylight Time, RenCarr1@AOL.COM writes: > << hate that you had to remove stories from the site. But you know how it > goes! There is always someone out there ready and waiting to steal > another's > works.>> > Have I missed something here with all the emails, I don't remember hearing of L&C stories being taken down, but I could have easily missed that email. If so which stories are going? Hopefully I've just missunderstood Ren. Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com website homepage: http://members.aol.com/lanekent . ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 23:52:45 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: Are L&C stories being taken down Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update On Thu, 10 May 2001 23:30:17 EDT, Rowan Fuller wrote: >In a message dated 10/05/01 17:53:52 GMT Daylight Time, RenCarr1@AOL.COM >writes: >> >> << hate that you had to remove stories from the site. >> >Have I missed something here with all the emails, I don't remember hearing of >L&C stories being taken down, but I could have easily missed that email. If >so which stories are going? The only story I'm aware of that was removed due to plagarism was Debz's "Rubber Duckie", which was the story stolen by the person who turned it into a Nanny fanfic. (It actually transfered fairly well -- Fran and Maxwell were waiting until their wedding night, too, which results in the sexual tension Deb cranked up so well in "Duckie".) I was very disappointed when Deb removed the story, but I wasn't able to talk her out of it. To my way of thinking, the damage had already been done (the story stolen) and addressed (the Nanny web owner was mortified and gave a public apology on the site, just as the BH owner did), so removing the story didn't solve anything. In addition, as a few people have pointed out on this list, having your story on the Archive, complete with upload date, is a good way to prove ownership should your story be taken. The women who stole Duckie could conceivably putting it out in other fandoms, but this time, without any other copy out there to put up red flags. But all in all, I guess the reason I get most upset when people talk of removing their stories, or not archving them at all ... is that then the dishonest people win. :( Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 00:10:52 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: An email from the BH Archiver I had written Jenny Dobson, the archiver for the BH site, in regards to this plagarism matter and also to thank her for a compliment she gave on "When Friends Become Lovers" (which was the first/only L&C fanfic she had ever read; neat!) I won't bore you with the fanfic discussion part of her response, but she did include this paragraph: ______________ Anyway, thank you for your message ... The support and messages of thanks I've received from your fiction community has been overwhelming. =) I don't know what to say, other than that I so admire the way your group has handled this, with such grace and a sense of humour. It's been a pleasure responding to messages I received from various members of your community, despite the terrible reason behind the initial contact. Thank you again =) Regards, Jen =) _______________ All I can say is: YAY FOLCS! This is a great compliment to our community, and one I wholeheartedly agree with. Thanks to all of you for conducting yourself in such a way that reflects so positively on 'Lois & Clark', its fans, and this listserv. :) Kathy List Mom ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 10:51:06 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: An email from the BH Archiver MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kathy wrote: [snip the excerpt from Jenny Dobson's email]: > All I can say is: YAY FOLCS! This is a great compliment to our community, > and one I wholeheartedly agree with. Absolutely, Kathy! I've had a couple of similar emails from Jen. This had to have been an extremely difficult thing for her to deal with - as several of us have said, how would *we* feel if one of our favourite authors, who'd won awards, and whom many people considered a good online friend, was exposed after several years as a plagiarist? A truly horrible thought. And she's behaved with sensitivity, maturity and honesty, as well as genuine consideration towards L&C fans generally; a model for any Archiver. It doesn't undo the harm done to Demi and Jeff and Erin and others; but it has made this affair easier to deal with. Wendy -------------------------- Wendy Richards w.m.richards@hrm.keele.ac.uk ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:00:18 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: An email from the BH Archiver MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kathy wrote: > All I can say is: YAY FOLCS! This is a great compliment to our community, > and one I wholeheartedly agree with. > > Thanks to all of you for conducting yourself in such a way that reflects so > positively on 'Lois & Clark', its fans, and this listserv. :) > Yup, I have to agree with that. I've been mighty proud to be part of such a generous, caring and supportive fandom these past few days. Well done everyone! As an addendum - any pages you may find on the net under Rachel, Pippa or Ness' recommendations or the BHFic mailing list, which may contain Melissa's handiwork, are all part of the same site. I've heard from Rachel this morning and they are aware of the situation and in the process of removing the material and dealing with it. :) LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 06:19:09 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: PJ Piasecki Subject: Re: OT Beauty & The Beastwas Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/9/01 11:26:21 PM Central Daylight Time, ketessena@EXCHANGE.URSINUS.EDU writes: > They should have just written the pregnancy into the show and > worked with it. It probably would've been much more interesting than > randomly hooking Vincent up with somebody else. Actually, they did. Catherine had Vincent's baby just before she died. Of course, she was being held captive at the time by a really bad guy, and Vincent spent a good part of the third season, looking for his son. Sorry, I'll just step down off this OT rock now... Piper ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 12:18:58 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Are L&C stories being taken down Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update Rowan, no, Lois and Clark stories aren't being taken down. It looks like Ren somehow misunderstood the point of the entire plagiarism discussion. What has happened is that a *Blue Heelers* fan plagiarised several L&C fics, and fics from other fandoms, and *those* stories have been taken down from the Blue Heelers sites. Wendy --------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:57:52 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Re: Are L&C stories being taken down Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank upi Wendy and Kathy for putting my mind at rest. > < Ren somehow misunderstood the point of the entire plagiarism discussion. > What has happened is that a *Blue Heelers* fan plagiarised several L&C > fics, and fics from other fandoms, and *those* stories have been taken down > from the Blue Heelers sites.?? And I think Kathy said also that it was the Rubber Duckie fic (or whatever it was called, everything is starting to blur). after the Nanny fiasco. I thought about Jenny too as Iadmire how she handled it all. However I haven't because I didn't want to overwhelm her as it seems enough FoLCs have done that already. Its nice that it has all had a happy ending of sorts. Is there any news from the other big archive, forget the URL? > > > Wendy > --------- > Wendy Richards > wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:11:30 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Are L&C stories being taken down Re: Fw: Plagarism - Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rowan wrote: > Is there any news from the other big archive, forget the URL? > I'm not sure which archive you're referencing here, Rowan. As far as I'm aware there are two major venues where Melissa Diss posted her stolen 'work' and/or they were recommended as good fanfic by other Blue Heelers fans. These are the BH Fanfic Archive, Jenny's site, and as you know she has dealt with the problem there. The other is the BHFic mailing list and its affiliated website. As I mentioned in an earlier list post today, I received word from one of the moderators of the list, Rachel, today and they are dealing with removing all trace of the offending material. LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:51:49 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Eileen Barnard Subject: Question on Adoption MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Could any of you lovely people help me with some questions I have on = adoption. I am looking for just a general outline of what happens when a couple = (or single person) apply to adopt a child in the USA. I don't mind if you can recommend a web site I can look at. I have = tried the British site http://www.adoption.org.uk which is very = comprehensive and wonder if any of you know of an equivalent site for = the USA. Thank you all in advance. Kind regards Eileen B ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:55:13 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Eileen Barnard Subject: Dean Cain in Miltia MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For all our British FoLC, this coming Wednesday night at 10.15pm, Dean = Cain is on Sky Moviemax in Militia. This is not an encryted channel so = you should be able to tape it without a problem. I looked in the Radio Times and they gave it three stars, which isn't = bad considering how hard they are to please and I also saw a trailer, = which looks pretty interesting. Kind regards Eileen B ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:04:08 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 6a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Wow Clark, I can't believe we're actually here..." "I know...But it's all for the better." Lois started giggling as the warm ocean water tickled her feet. She felt the sand shift underneath her body, as the warm water trickled off Clark's body and onto hers. "Mmm..." Lois moaned as Clark's hot lips pressed against her skin. "I can't believe we're actually doing this." "You mean, making love?" Clark asked. "Yeah. Who would have thought that you and I would be on a beach together, making passionate love within the waters of this planet." "Hmm, that's true Lois. But I had to do it! If you and I wanted to live a life together, we had to do this. I just couldn't go on being two people. I love you way too much to give you up. So I had to choose, Superman or you and I chose you..." "And I'm very happy you did," Lois sighed as she ran her hand down his cheek. "The only thing we'll have to get used to is the isolation, but I think we're handling it pretty well so far," Clark said as he cupped some water in his hands and playfully showered it into Lois' bellybutton. "Yeah..." she giggled. "This can be our Fortress of Solitude. Our little corner of New Krypton where no one would dare look for us." "If this is New Krypton, Clark, why does it seem so much like home?" "Well Lois, the Kryptonians were trying to see if they could reproduce parts of your earth, artificially. Human beings and Kryptonians are similar in structure that they wanted to experience what you and I take for granted every day. They were successful in creating patches here and there; hence where we are right now. This is what I like to call our own, tropical island. We are pioneers of New Krypton's artificial biosphere. Kinda like the biosphere on your earth, except we don't live in a big bubble and clothing is always optional!" Clark winked. "Hmm...I like the sound of that." Lois massaged Clark's backside as he inched his lips closer to her mouth. He took her lips within his and kissed her mouth full. "Oh God, Clark...Please don't let this be a dream!" Lois sighed. When she said that, as if it was on cue, a ringing sound went off. "What the heck? Clark do you hear it? Do you hear the ringing? Clark? Clark?" Lois called out frantically. Clark was too busy with Lois' body to notice. "Clark, MAKE IT STOP! PLEASE!!!!" Suddenly Lois shot out of bed. She wrapped her hand around her neck as she took a couple of big breaths of air. The phone on the night stand was ringing. "Arrgh..." Lois grumbled. "Clark would you please get that?" Her pleading was no use. Her husband was out like a light. He was smiling peacefully as he hugged the pillow close to his chest. Lois shook her head in amazement. If there was one thing about Clark that mystified her, it was the fact that Clark was a heavy sleeper. That man could sleep through almost anything. Lois wished she could sleep like Clark. She was a very light sleeper. Lois remembered with disgust, her trip up to the mountains. The only highlight of the trip was making up with Clark and almost 'going all the way.' Lois was glad though that they had waited. She was glad because the place that they were making out in was just plain disgusting and she was glad because it made their wedding night very special. The ringing phone brought Lois back to reality. She practically had to lean across Clark's body in order to reach the receiver. Thank goodness they had a cordless phone. Lois thought it would be really weird to be lying across Clark's torso while she was talking on the phone, especially when she was unclothed. I mean, what if Clark woke up? How bad would that sound to the person on the other end? Lois shuddered at the thought. "Hello?" "Hey Lois! How are you?" "Bobby?" "Of course darling. Who'd you think I was, the Queen of England?" Anyway, are you and Clark busy? I mean it did take you forever to answer the phone!" "Um...well..." Lois looked over at her husband who was still zonked out. "I'm not busy..." "Okay, good, because we're gonna need at least one of you to check this out." "Okay," Lois said with a bit of hesitation in her voice. "Now Lois, I'm about to give you a freebie here! But I'm only doing this because your uncle fed me so well the other day. The next time you want info, you've got to get me the loot!" "Okay, okay, I know that, Bobby! Now get to the point!" Lois was in a hurry because she wanted to hang up the phone before her husband woke up. "Well, I got a tip from a guy on the street, that there's going to be another robbery taking place." "Really?" "Yeah. This informant told me that he overheard these two guys talking about it. I think one of the guys was trying to purchase a stun gun or something along those lines. Unfortunately he didn't positively identify them. My man was trying to remain inconspicuous, so all he saw was shadows." "Wow..." "I also hate to break this to you Lois, but I think your friend Damian might be involved." "Damian? No, that can't be!" "I know Lois, I thought the same thing. I mean when my man told me that, my jaw dropped to the floor. As much as that guy weirds me out, I don't think he would be capable of pulling a stunt like this!" "Yeah..." "Anyway, that's where you come in. I think we need someone with the brains and swiftness like yours to get the job done." "What?" "Well, I'm not telling you what to do here, but I think you should stake out this building tonight. The robbery is supposed to happen sometime after 10:15, so that'll give you enough time to set up. So what do you say? Are you game?" "Um..." For the first time in her life, Lois took time to think about a breaking news story. This stake out would be a chance of a lifetime. It wasn't that she was worried about breaking in, she was just worried about Clark. Worried about what he might do when he found her gone. Lois looked over at him again. Clark was still sleeping peacefully. "Uh, Bobby, where are you now?" "Hobbs Bay." "Okay, well I need to get dressed first, so meet me in front of Mazik's Jewelers in 15 minutes!" * Lois found Bobby standing on the curb outside of the store. She didn't know how she did it, but she managed to slip out of bed, get dressed and walk out the door without waking up Clark. Lois was dressed all in black so she could fade into the background. "Oh hey, Lois!" Bobby exclaimed. "Here," he said as he handed her a small duffel bag. "What's this?" "It's just a bag full of goodies my man and I put together to help you make it through the night. It has contraptions in there that should make it easier for you to get around. You'll be like the new 'Miss Bond.'" Bobby started to walk away when Lois exclaimed, "Hey where do you think you're going?" "I'm going off to be inconspicuous. This is a one-man, uh I mean woman show. But don't worry, I'll be around. Inspector Henderson and his men are around just in case if something goes wrong while you're in there. So there's no need to worry. You'll be fine." "Okay," Lois said with a look of worry on her face. "You will, believe me kiddo. I know you will. You've done things like this before and came through with flying colors! Tonight won't be an exception." "You know you're right Bobby!" Lois exclaimed as a smile spread across her lips. "Yep, I know I'm right. Also remember to stay completely hidden and use the infrared camera if necessary. Good luck!" * Lois managed to open the store door with a hair clip she had in her pant pocket. When she stepped inside she noticed that the alarm system was on. She used a special device that caused the laser lights to come in view, while she slowly inched her way under them. Lois was grateful for that first place, limbo trophy she won in 11th grade. She found a corner to settle herself in. Lois knew that this was going to be a long night. She just hoped that Clark would be okay. Lois could only imagine the look on his face when he woke up and didn't find her there. * It was now 10'o'clock, 15 minutes before the robbery would take place. She had been sitting in the same corner for a couple of hours. Lois missed Clark. She missed feeling his body upon hers. Lois needed something to do, preferably something that would take her mind off her husband lying alone in bed. The thing she really wanted to do was write. Unfortunately, she couldn't have any lights on because that might draw the thief's attention. That was something she and the rest of Metropolis couldn't afford. *Please God, if you could just do one thing for me tonight, please watch over my husband, Clark. I'm worried about him. I'm worried that he will freak out when he finds out that I'm gone. The best thing for both of us would be for him to stay asleep. He should still be sleeping when I return. Clark has been under an enormous amount of stress these past couple of days. It has been so bad for him that I think he's forgotten how to be Superman! He's forgotten that HE IS Superman! The last thing he needs right now is to know that I went on a stake out without him. I mean thank goodness crime has gone down in this city, except for this store. Because if it didn't go down, then we would be in some real trouble...* Lois' babbling within her head was interrupted when she heard a noise. She quickly pulled out her infrared camera and started looking around. The doorknob was jiggling so Lois zoomed her camera lens onto the front door. She saw nothing. Even using the x-ray vision function was useless. Then she picked up the spy binoculars that Bobby gave her and she used them to scan the room. Still nothing. The binoculars slid out of her hands as she instantly felt something brush past her face. Acting on a reflex, she rubbed her right hand across her face. Lois thought a piece of fuzz might have landed there. As she brought her hand away from her eyes she looked across the room and noticed gold jewelry floating in the air. "Oh my God..." she said under her breath. Lois screamed as she heard some glass break. Her scream caused the floating jewelry to stop in mid air and drop to the ground. By then, Lois knew she had done something wrong. She had gotten the thief's attention. Now all he had to do was either bolt out the door or go after her. Lois was hoping he would bolt. She quietly stood up and tried to tiptoe towards the front door, but it was too late. The person, or whatever it was, had found her. The entity wrapped itself tightly around her waist. Lois screamed as it shoved her hard against the store wall. A black cloud was trying to knock the wind out of her. Lois continued to scream for help but to no avail. Neither Bobby nor Henderson and his men were there to assist her. She found herself gasping for air as the black cloud turned into a twister and wrapped itself around her neck. Instinctively Lois brought her hands up to her neck and tried to fight it off. Fighting it was no use. The more she struggled, the tighter it got. Lois stumbled into one of the jewelry display cases, as she pulled tightly on the shadowy beast. The black cloud jerked her head up and let it down quickly so she would hit the display case. The blow to her head was so hard that she fell to the floor, unconscious. * * * * "Lois? Are you all right? Lois?" "Uhhhh..." Lois groaned as a pain shot up her spine. "My back...My back...it hurts." "Okay. Well, stay down and I'll help you up." "No, no...I can do it. I want Clark...Where's Clark? I need him..." "I know..." Lois heard as a hand caressed her cheek. She moved her own hand from off the floor, to touch the hand that touched her cheek. But as her fingers grazed the hand, it quickly pulled away. For the first time since she had hit her head, Lois opened her eyes. The room was still dark and all she could make out were two hands moving straight for her waist. Lois' eyes focused a bit more on the image before her. The black cloud was gone. All she could see now was a man; a man who was not Clark. Lois was hoping it was Clark. She had hoped Clark would be there to gather her In his arms and take her home. Her disappointment turned into fear. What if the black cloud had all been in her head? What if this man standing before her, was trying to kill her? Lois started backing into a corner as the hands moved closer. "It's okay Lois. I'm not going to hurt you. Just hold still." "No!" Lois yelled. "I want Clark!" "Clark's not here and you need help..." "NO!" she screamed as the man's hands grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into a standing position. "I WANT CLARK!!! NO, NO, NO! LET ME GO!!!" she cried. "Hush Lois. Hush now. It's okay. I'm here..." The man started to massage her arm. Lois fought back by slapping his face. "Don't touch me! You're not my husband!" "I said HUSH!" the man snapped back she he held onto her tighter. "NOOOOOOO!!!" Lois let out an earsplitting scream. She continued to yell for Clark. Where was Superman when she needed him? "Clark, heeeelllppp me....Clark help me please!!!" "Lois, calm down!" the man pleaded as he shook her by the shoulders. "LET ME GO!!!!!!!" The man sighed in frustration. He didn't want to use force, but he had no choice. "Please forgive me..." the man said as his hand flew up to her mouth and clamped it shut. He could still hear her screams, although muffled, through his hand. She was kicking at him from all directions. She even tried biting his hand. "LOIS!" the man said as he turned on the store lights. "It's me Damian!" Lois immediately stopped moving so Damian took his hand off her mouth. "Damian?" "Yes, Lois it's me. I've been trying to tell you all along but you never listened. You thought I was the bad guy, but how could I? I mean the thief doesn't even know your name!" "Oh my God," Lois said as she grabbed his waist and pulled him into a huge hug, "I'm so sorry..." "It's okay Lois. Really it is." "Oh Damian," she stammered as the tears started falling. "I'm so glad to see somebody." "Aww Lois, don't cry. It's all going to be okay. You're safe now." "I was...I...was so scared..." she hiccuped. "I know. But it's all right now. I'm here. No one's going to hurt you anymore." "Oh Damian," she cried. "I..." the tears were coming out of her eyes like a faucet turned on high. "I want Clark so much...I need him..." "Okay Lois, that's fine. I'll drive you home to make sure you're safe." Lois nodded in agreement as Damian led her out the front door. * Clark sighed as the warm water slid down his back. He was feeling pretty good. This weekend had been a sharp contrast compared to the last one. Last weekend they couldn't stand being together, this weekend they couldn't stand being apart. When he woke up this evening, he noticed Lois was missing. Clark decided to not let it bother him. If he wanted to keep things they way they were, he needed to relearn how to trust his wife. Now was a good time to begin. Meanwhile Lois was outside the brownstone, frantically looking for her keys. "Where are they? Darn it!" Lois yelled. "I can't find my keys! Darn, darn, darn!" "Lois, they're right here," Damian said from inside the living room. "The door was unlocked and your keys were left sitting on the table over here." "Oh right," Lois said as she walked into her home and closed the door. "I don't believe I've ever been here before. Your home is very nice, Lois." "Um, thanks, Damian...Now where's Clark? Clark? Clark? Are you here? It's me Lois!" The brownstone was absolutely quiet so Lois tried again. "Clark, it's me Lois! I left for a bit, but now I'm back." To her disappointment, Clark didn't answer back. Lois was worried. What if Clark got angry with her disappearance and left? Lois impatiently started to pace in the middle of the room. "Where is he, where is he, where is he?" she continued to repeat to herself. Damian walked over there in hopes of getting her to stand still. Watching Lois move back and forth like that, was making him dizzy. "Damian, where's Clark? Do you know where he is? Tell me where my husband is!" "I...um...I..." he stammered. "I knew it! Clark's gone! I should have known better then to go out like this!" "Well..." "Don't you get it Damian, my husband is gone! He left me!!!" Lois yelled while shaking him by the shoulders. Damian's eyes widened at Lois' angry wrath. She finally stopped shaking him as she removed her hands from his shoulders. Lois' right hand covered her mouth as she tried to hold back the tears. "Oh God...Clark..." she wailed as she fell to the floor in a dramatic fashion. Lois sobbed uncontrollably into her shirtsleeve. Damian wanted to console her but the fact that he was in the Kent's home, stopped him. He wasn't sure if touching Lois would be the brightest thing to do if Clark was hiding in the wings. As Lois continued to cry, a creaking noise was heard coming from upstairs. "Clark?" Lois asked as her puffy, red eyes, looked up the staircase. The same creaking noise was heard yet again. "Clark!" Lois shrieked as she picked herself up off the floor and bolted up the stairs. Damian slowly trailed behind. Her husband was still in the middle of his shower when Lois ran into the bathroom and almost ripped the sliding glass door off its hinges in order to reach him. "Lois!" Clark exclaimed. "Oh my God, Clark! You're here...you're here..." Lois repeated as she threw herself around Clark's naked body. "Lois, sweetie, are you all right?" "Oh Clark," she cried. "Oh God, I thought I lost you..." "Honey, you didn't loose me. I'm right here. Please tell me what's wrong." "Oh Clark!" she sobbed. The tears were flowing when she heard the concern in his voice. "Oh God..." Besides being concerned for the well-being of the woman he loved, Clark was also highly confused. Something had happened to Lois. It was so bad that it put her in hysterics. He would get to the bottom of whatever was bothering her and the person or persons involved would definitely have to pay. "Okay, well I can see that now isn't a good time to talk about it. But Lois, you're home now and I'm here. I won't let anything or anybody hurt you anymore. You're safe now," Clark calmly reassured her. Lois sniffled a bit as she wrapped her arms tighter around his waist. Clark felt her arms hugging his body, as he noticed her clothes were soaking wet. "Lois, your clothes..." "I don't care," Lois whispered. Clark could feel her lips lightly brushing his abs. He was getting slightly turned on by that, so he tried moving her away from that particular area. Right now was not a good time to be thinking of sex. Suddenly there was a sound coming from the bedroom. "Lois?" Clark turned off the shower in order to hear better. "Lois, is everything okay in there? Are you all right?" Someone was in the house and Clark started to freak. *Okay, okay,* he told himself. *Calm down. You need to find out who it is before you attack. You need to investigate first!* He grabbed the towel that was closest to him and wrapped it around his waist. "Lois, honey, stay here and I'll be right back." Clark leaned over and kissed her lips in hopes of reassuring her that everything would be okay. The kiss didn't work as well as he had planned. Lois almost looked lifeless as he left her standing there in the shower. "Hello? Who's out there?" Clark asked from the confines of the bathroom door. "Clark?" "Damian?!? May I ask why you're standing in our bedroom?" Clark stated as he stepped out of the bathroom door and closed it behind him. "Well I found Lois tonight and she was in trouble, so I helped her out. Then I took her home." "Uh huh," Clark said as his eyes narrowed. "I swear it's true!" "Yeah right, Damian! I mean you're still the same, so please spare me the bull! Heaven forbid, I let my guard down just once and I let her go out alone. And what do I hear? I hear you're there to take advantage of the situation!" "No...that's not true Clark, I mean I..." Damian argued. "Shut up! I'm not done yet. If I know Lois she was probably out on some stake out and you decide to show up, therefore scaring her half to death! You have no clue how things work here in Metropolis, buddy! No clue at all!" "Sorry...I swear I was just trying to help, that's all." "Your sorry excuse of an apology is NOT enough! If I had my way, Lois would have never met you!" "Clark, I'm sorry...I really am!" "Well, I can't deal with this right now. I've got a hysterical wife in there who needs me. So all I want you to do right now is get out of my sight." "But, Lois! I need to talk to her. I need to make sure she's okay." "Lois, will be fine as soon as you leave! Besides, you're the last person I want Lois talking to, especially tonight!" "Clark..." "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE NOW!!!!" Clark yelled at the top of his lungs as he went up behind Damian and shoved him out the bedroom door. He was so angry that he wanted to do more than that. He wanted to do some bodily harm, but he surprised himself with his restraint. Clark followed Damian all the way to the front door. "The next time we talk, it'll be at the Planet!" Clark said as he slammed the door in his face. * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:05:24 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 6c MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Here you go kids!" Mike exclaimed as he laid the steaming plate of pasta upon the table. "Oooh, fettuccine alfredo, one of my favorites!" Clark remarked. "If you guys need anything, like dessert, please holler." "We'll let you know as soon as the time for dessert arrives..." "Okay, you're the boss!" Mike laughed as he walked back inside his cafe to check on the other customers. Clark took the fork and wrapped a section of the pasta around it. Lois watched Clark's fingers move around the fork like a merry-go-round. She licked her lips in response. "Okay, dear, you get the first bite," Clark chuckled. "Hmm..." Lois sighed. "Okay, here you are," Clark said as he brought the fork up to her mouth. Lois let the noodles slowly slide down her tongue. "Mmm..." she sighed. "Good huh?" "Uncle Mike makes the best pasta this side of the Mississippi!" "Hmm...well that's good because we all know what pasta does to me..." "Yep," Lois said as she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. Clark brought the forkful of pasta up to his mouth and took a bite. "Mmm...god...this is so good," Clark said as he took some of the pasta sauce off his fingers. "I just wish we weren't in such a public place," he sighed. Lois started to giggle as Clark playfully nipped at her ear. Clark was so in love with the plate full of pasta in front of him, that he completely forgot about Lois sitting there. He dug his fork back in and took another bite. Meanwhile Lois started picking at the noodles on the side of the plate. "Oh, honey! I'm sorry. Did you want another bite?" "No...you can finish it up and I'll eat whatever's left over," Lois said as she picked up a noodle and let it slowly slide down her mouth. "Man, Lois...You're making me want you, right here, right now!" "Well, you'd better not, Clark. I mean my uncle is just inside the restaurant. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to do it here. Even if we do have a table standing before us!" Lois laughed. "I know....I know...But let's make that dessert, 'to go!'" "It's a deal!" Lois said as she smiled. Clark groaned as he laid his soft lips upon Lois' luscious ones. He put down his fork so he could wrap his arms around her body. "Mmm..." she moaned as she felt Clark's tongue dig deeper and deeper into her mouth. Lois moved her hands so she could place them on Clark's back. As he kissed her, she moved them in a circular motion. Lois could feel Clark's muscles tense up with heat, every time her hands caressed a certain part of his body. Lois opened her eyes for only a second, when she noticed a figure standing near the side of the building. "Oh my God!" Lois shrieked as she pulled away from Clark's passionate embrace. "What is it sweetheart?" "It's...It's...It's..." she stuttered. "It's Damian," she stated as she pointed at the figure in the doorway. "What?" "Look! Over there next to that wall...I think he's spying on us." Clark looked towards the direction that Lois pointed out to. When Clark made eye contact with him, Damian bolted in the opposite direction. "Hey! He's running away!!!" Lois nervously twirled part of her hair with her fingers as she watched Clark's muscles tense up in extreme anger. "I can't believe this character! He never knows when to leave well enough alone. Doesn't he get it?!?" Lois shrugged her shoulders. "I'm going to go after that guy. He needs to learn a lesson...preferably from my fist!" "Claark..." Lois pleaded. "Lois, I'll be fine. We need to teach this guy a lesson and make sure he gets out of our life forever! Please stay here and I'll be right back." Clark stood up and kissed Lois on the lips. "Clark..." Lois muttered to herself. He started walking towards the front door of the cafe, when Lois tightly grabbed onto Clark's shirt sleeve. "Clark, no." "Lois, I have to. And nothing's going to stop me. Even if I have to rip this shirt off!" Lois' lower lip started to quiver as she felt her grip on Clark's arm loosen. "Honey, I need you to be brave for me now..." Clark pleaded as his hand caressed her cheek. Lois watched his arm slowly slip from her fingers as he left her to go find Damian. * * * * "Oh God..." Lois quietly said to herself as she looked down at her watch. Clark had been gone for ten minutes. Her suspicions had been true. Those were not dreams she had been having, they were premonitions that were about to come true. Lois wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. She was starting to cry. Crying was not the answer to her problems. She had done enough of that lately and look where it got her. Lois decided to go look for her husband. Maybe he was in trouble, but he couldn't call out to her or she couldn't hear him. * "Clark, where are you? Are you okay? Clark???" Lois called out. She had walked out to the back of the cafe, in hopes of finding her husband. "Clark? Clark? Clark, are you here?" she continued to call out into the spring-like, metropolitan, air. Lois went around the corner of the back parking lot, when something blinded her. She screamed in pain as a bright light shown directly into her eyes. She leaned over in hopes of blocking the light from hitting her again. In a matter of seconds, the light disappeared. Lois slowly got back into a standing position. She moved her hands away from her eyes and noticed she was no longer outside. Instead of being in the parking lot, she found herself standing in the middle of a completely white room. "What the heck?" "Ah, Ms. Lane, it's so nice to see you." "Oh God, not you again!" "Well, it wasn't exactly the response I was looking for, but hey it'll do for now. I pictured you being happier then this." "Mxy, if you were the last person, um I mean imp on earth, I wouldn't care!" "Ha, ha!" the imp chuckled. "You know you're quite beautiful when you're annoyed..." "Uggh!" Lois said as her lips turned up in a sour look. "Hmm...Ms. Lane, you're just too much!" Mxy grinned. "Shut up!" "Edgy now are we? Did we get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?" he asked in a voice that a person would use if they were talking to an infant. "Urrarrgh!" Lois said as she stomped her feet. "Throwing temper tantrums now are we? I don't think that's appropriate conduct for a newspaper woman, now is it? Answer this for me, are these violent outbursts a recent development within your psyche?" "Mxy, I'm not here to play any of your stupid games! So just get me out of here so I can go on with my life!" "I am your life, darling..." "Well if in your sick world you feel that way, then I'll pray for you." "And why is that?" "Well as soon as I tell Clark about..." "You haven't told Clark about me yet?" Mxy interrupted. "No." "Hmm...interesting." "I thought if I told him earlier, he wouldn't have believed me. We've been having some problems, but we're fine now." "Problems, eh?" Mxy smirked. "All married couples go through rough times. It's perfectly normal." "Hmm..." "Besides, once I tell Clark, he'll be here to wipe the floor with you! So I'd have to say that you picked the wrong girl!" Lois said proudly. "I've heard this spiel all before, Ms. Lane. Besides, you really don't know do you?" "Know what?" "Never mind. I mean it's just too easy! Anyway, don't you want to find Clark?" "Yes." "Well you might find him in there," Mxy said as a single white door appeared through some smoke. Lois walked up to the door and turned the doorknob. As she opened the door and walked through, smoke covered her until she found herself standing in another white room. Lois looked puzzled as her eyes scanned around. She was in another white room, the same as the last one she was in. Suddenly another door appeared and she walked through it and the same thing happened. She was led into another white room. Lois kept walking through doors and into other white rooms until she thought she would collapse. "Hey! What's going on here?" she yelled. Mxy's evil laughter filled the room as the white door disappeared. "No! Bring it back Mxy! Bring it back Mxy! Noooooo..." she screamed. "Nooooooo..." Lois cried as she punched the walls. "Let me out please? Let me go!!! Clark, help please, help!" "Clark's not here anymore, Lois. It's only you and me now." "NO!!!!!!!!" Lois let out a bloodcurdling scream as she fell to the floor. She placed her hands over her ears to try to block out Mxy's continual laughter. "Claark!!!!" * Clark rounded the corner of the cafe, when he saw Damian running down the parking lot. Clark quickly caught up with him and used one of his famous college football moves to tackle him to the ground. "Hey!" Damian exclaimed as he could feel the weight of Clark's body crushing his ribs. "What are you doing here?" Clark angrily asked. Damian stayed silent. "I asked you a question!" Clark snapped at him as he pushed his hands harder on Damian's chest. "I...can't speak...I can't breathe..." Damian coughed. "Fine!" Clark got off Damian and stood up with him while he held tightly onto his shirt collar. "I'll ask you once again. What are you doing here?" "I came to see Lois..." "Why?" "Why? Well um, gee, I don't know. Lois was hurt yesterday and I'm her friend and I wanted to make sure that she was okay," Damian said. "Don't you dare use that smart alecky tone with me!" "Jeez, I'm sorry man. I mean, chill!" "I won't chill as long as you're here creating a living hell for me and my wife!" "Despite what you think Clark, Lois and I are very close friends. She always comes to me whenever she needs a shoulder to cry on." "Yeah, she ran to you when in essence it was your fault for causing her that grief. She was too caught up in your spell to notice. Fortunately, I was able to break through to her and make her see what a jerk you really are!" "I hate to tell you this buddy, but Lois and I are always going to be friends..." "No, you aren't!" "Lois is a very beautiful woman, Clark. Any man would be more than lucky to have her as his bride. But if you keep treating her the way that you are, you might lose her. If I had my way, she would be better off with me then you..." "Don't say that!" Clark yelled as his grip tightened around Damian's shirt collar. His voice softened a bit as tears started welling up in his eyes. "Lois and I are completely in love. She told me so herself." "Are you sure?" "Of course, I'm sure!" Clark stated as the volume in his voice increased. "It's just every time Lois and I try to get physically close, something interrupts and tears us apart." "You know, if Lois really cared, she wouldn't rush off to whatever it was. She would do anything to be with you. Screw the interruptions!" Damian's last comment, struck a major nerve on Clark. His body flushed in reds as his muscles tensed up and his mind was filled with extreme anger. "I have every right to hit you from here to the next galaxy!!! Stay away from Lois and stay away from me!!!" Clark brought his fist back. He was about to punch Damian square in the jaw, when he heard someone screaming. Instantaneously, Clark lowered his fist and his grip loosened around Damian's neck. This time Clark listened closely to the screams resounding in the distance. It was a woman's voice. The woman was calling out for someone. It sounded like someone whose name started with a C and then an L and then an A and then an...*Wait a minute! That's the name Clark! I'm Clark! She's calling out for me!!! Oh my God, it's Lois! She must be in trouble!?!* As Clark rushed off to find his wife, he dropped Damian to the ground like a discarded rag. Clark felt like he was running a marathon that never ended. His sweat soaked his shirt so it stuck tightly to his skin. He had problems breathing as he rounded each corner on the building. The building had become wider and taller since he had left Lois at the restaurant table. "Looiiissss..." Clark wailed as he leaned up against a brick wall to rest. Now his breathing problems were severe. Things were getting so bad for him that he wanted to pass out. As Clark's body slid farther down the wall, he noticed a body curled up in the middle of the road. It was Lois and she rocked back and forth as her hands covered her ears. "Lois?" Clark tiredly asked. "Clark-I want Clark-I can't go on without him-" she muttered to herself. "Lois, it's me Clark. Lois!" "Clark-Clark-Clark!" she cried. "Lois, I'm over here!" he yelled. "Lois-please-Lois-Arrghh!" Clark doubled over in pain as he lost his grip on the wall and fell to the ground below. He groaned as he tried getting up on all fours to crawl over to where Lois sat. An immense pain shot through his back with each shuffle of his knees across the hard and rocky pavement. Clark hadn't been in this much pain since he'd been Superman and had his last run-in with Kryptonite. He continued to whisper the name, "Lois" across his lips. Lois was the only thing that kept him going. He had to get to her. It took Clark at least a couple of minutes of excruciating pain to finally reach her. Lois was still curled up in a ball and he could feel her shivering as his fingers grazed her back. "Oh God," he exclaimed as he threw his body over hers. Clark tried to move Lois' hand away from one of her ears but when he moved it she would quickly cover it again. "Lois!" he said as he held tightly onto her arm. "No! Let me go!" "Lois, it's me, Clark-" he softly whispered in her ear. To make it even more believable, he lightly brushed his lips against her flushed cheek. "Clark?" Lois asked as she removed her hands from her ears. "Yes, honey, it's me," he soothed. "Clark-" "Lois, open your eyes. It's okay now." He could feel Lois' legs shift under his chest, so he removed himself from her back. "Oh God, that hurts!" Lois yelled as she tried to stretch out her body. "Here, let me help you." Clark flipped Lois onto her back while her legs were still tucked into a fetal position. "This is going to hurt a bit, but it'll all be over soon..." Clark said as he grabbed a hold of her right leg. Lois cried in pain as Clark slowly pulled her leg away from her chest. He then did the same thing with other leg. It tore him up inside to see Lois crying, especially since he was the one who was causing it. "Okay. Now I want you to push as hard as you can against my chest. Don't worry about me getting hurt. You can think of it as getting back at me for causing you this discomfort," Clark laughed. A small smile spread across her lips. "I'm going to massage your legs in order to alleviate the muscle tension." "You know it's pretty amazing I'm married to man who can fix almost anything. I'll have to keep that in mind during childbirth...." she paused. "I mean to say when we decide to start a family a few years from now..." Lois uncomfortably added. "Of course," her husband said as leaned over and kissed her lips. * Jimmy Olsen rode his motorcycle down Hyperion Ave. He was leaving Lois and Clark's brownstone. Perry had sent him out because he was worried. Lois had said they would stop by sometime today but they hadn't yet. Jimmy drove to their house in hopes of finding them there. He figured they had slept in. Unfortunately his assumptions were false. Neither Lois nor Clark answered the door when he rang the bell. Now Jimmy was headed in the direction of nowhere. If he had to go on a "wild goose" chase, then so be it. He wanted to avoid the angry wrath of the Chief if he came back empty handed. He stopped at a traffic light and looked at all of the buildings that surrounded him. On his left, was the Americana Cafe, one of Lois and Clark's favorite places to eat. When the light turned green, Jimmy drove down the street until he found a corner to turn his bike around. With his bike pointed in the opposite direction, he drove back to the cafe. It wouldn't hurt to look. * Clark was massaging Lois' left leg when he heard a motorcycle pull up. "Jimmy?" "Oh hey, C.K.!" Jimmy exclaimed as he parked his bike. He looked down at Lois with her legs pushed up against Clark's chest. "Oh man...is she all right?" "I know it looks bad, but she's fine. She had an accident so her legs are a bit sore. I'm just trying to make them feel better." "I understand. I'm just glad you're both all right! The Chief was worried so he sent me out to look for you." "Shoot!" Clark said as he hit his forehead with the palm of his hand. "I totally forgot...I was going to call and tell him that Lois and I needed some time off." "Oh, that's okay. I'll tell him for you C.K. He'll probably understand." Jimmy hit the gas pedal and started pulling out of the parking lot. "Jimmy, before you go..." "Yeah, C.K.?" "We've been having some weird run-ins with Damian Johansen. You can blame him for Lois' injury here. Could you please do a background check on him and then get back to us?" "Yeah, sure," Jimmy said as he sped off in the direction towards the Planet. "Do you think you can stand up?" Clark asked his wife. "I dunno. Lemme see." Lois wrapped her arm around Clark's shoulder as they both started to stand up. She winced in pain when she started to take the first couple of steps. "Oh God!" she yelped. "Okay, that's it! I'm carrying you to the car..." "Clark, I'm okay really. I can do it myself!" "Lois, honey, you're in pain and you need help. Take a day off, okay!" Clark lowered his arms so he could scoop Lois up. Lois blew her hair out of her face out of a fit of frustration. "Honey, I'm not trying to be rude, I'm just trying to take care of you. I mean I love you with all my life." "And I love you with all my life too," Lois said as she leaned over and kissed his mouth. Clark moaned in appreciation as Lois caressed his face with her hands and while her tongue ran along the roof of his mouth. "Why don't we go home and continue this in the bedroom..." Clark suggested. "Okay, as long as you drive..." Lois smiled. "I always do, Lois!" Clark winked. "Clark!" Lois exclaimed as she lightly hit him on the chest. "I didn't mean it that way..." "I know. I was just teasing you," her husband grinned. "Oh Lord!" Lois said as she rolled her eyes. * * * * "I don't think I can take it anymore..." Clark complained as he tried to walk Lois and himself through the front door. "I know..." Lois whispered as she ran her hand through his hair. "Do you mind if we..." "Oh no, not at all." "Good," her husband eagerly said as he used his foot to slam the door shut. "At the rate we're going, I'm afraid we won't make it to the bed," Clark said as he carried Lois to the couch. "Yep," Lois agreed as she sucked on Clark's earlobe. "God, Lois, what did I do to be stuck with a wonderful woman like you?" "Hmm...I dunno. Maybe it's the fact that you look incredibly sexy right now so all I can think about is ripping those clothes off your body," Lois whispered in his ear. "Oh God," Clark tried to say as he gulped. "It's also because you're multitalented. You're good at fixing things..." she winked. "How about this?" Clark asked as he laid Lois down on the couch. "And this?" he added as he took off his glasses and then laid his body on top of her. "Hmm...very good," Lois complimented as she kissed his mouth full. Clark ran his hands all over Lois' body as she moaned in appreciation. His fingers undid the button on her pants. Clark started to pull them off her legs, when she yelled. "OW!" "Oh, I'm...mmmpf...sorry, honey..." "It's...mmmpf...okay Clark..." "I forgot about your legs, Lois. Mmm...All I need to do is be a little more careful, right honey? I mean we can still, well you know, right?" "Clark, I said it's okay! Now shut up and kiss me!" "Yes, ma'am!" he said as he gave Lois the full military salute. Lois giggled as he made a trail of kisses starting at her neck and ending at her lips. Clark was about to reach second base, when the phone rang. "Oh no, not the phone....mmm...not the phone," he complained as he busily kissed Lois' mouth. The phone continued to ring as the couple made-out on the couch. "Mmm...honey, you'd better...mmm...get that. I mean what if it's...mmm...mmm...something important. What if it's the Chief!" "Mmm...Lois...I really don't want..." "Clark!" "Okay...mmm...you're right," Clark said as he pulled away from Lois' scrumptious lips. He remained on top of his wife as he reached over to pick up the phone receiver. "Hello?" "Oh hey, son! It's Perry. You sound a bit out of it...did I wake you up?" "Um...no Chief," Clark said as he rolled his eyes. "Good. I just wanted to let you two know that Jimmy gave me your message. I'm not mad at all. I'm just relieved that you kids are safe. So please take your time. If you don't feel like coming in during the next couple of days, then by all means don't! You can just email me your work." "Thanks, Chief." "No problem son..." There was a short pause before Perry resumed speaking. "Well...um...I'd better let you go. You probably have a lot of resting to do..." "You don't know the half of it," Clark mumbled. "What was that?" "Um...oh nothing..." "Oh okay, son," Perry chuckled. "I thought you said something...Anyway take care and please call me if you need anything." "Okay, will do!" "Good-bye Clark." "Good-bye Chief." Clark hung up the phone and sighed. "Well, as you can probably tell, that was the Chief. He told us we can take as much time off as we need...But enough about that! Let's get back to what we started..." he grinned. Clark leaned over to kiss Lois' lips when he noticed her eyes were closed. "Lois? Lois? Are you okay?" he asked as he shook his wife by the shoulders. He laid his ear on her chest and listened to her breathing. Lois was breathing slowly, but it was normal. She was asleep. "Oh jeez," Clark said as he shook his head and smiled. "It's probably for the best..." * * * * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:05:34 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 7a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A loud banging noise echoed through the brownstone, stirring Clark from his light slumber. He groaned as he removed Lois' limp body from his lap and then blindly felt around for the armrest on the couch. He grabbed onto it so he could slowly stand up. Before walking towards the door, Clark smoothed over wrinkles in his pants. He looked over at Lois who was still passed out. Her position reminded him of a quilt. Clark edged closer to the door so he could look through the peephole. "Who is it?" "C.K., it's Jimmy. Can you let me in? I really need to talk to you guys!" "Clark? What's going ?" Lois tiredly asked. "Jimmy's here..." "Jimmy?" Lois mouthed with her lips. "Please guys, open up!" Jimmy pleaded. "Okay, hold on..." Clark said. Lois got up to join Clark near the door, when Clark looked at her in shock. "Lois your pants!!!!" "Oh my God," she shrieked as she quickly pulled her pants up from her ankles and zipped them up. When Lois was properly dressed, Clark opened the door. Jimmy practically came breezing by the couple as he sat down on their couch and started spewing forth information. "Um, make yourself at home," Lois laughed. "You guys won't believe this...I looked up Damian Johansen on the City of Metropolis database and I couldn't find anything. Damian wasn't at his desk and according to the Chief he's been missing for a couple of days...Anyway, I went digging through his desk and I came upon an address...but not just any address, it was an address that's awfully close to your old apartment, Lois! So I took the address and decided to check it out..." "You did what?" Lois and Clark both interrupted. "I took the address and went to check it out." "Jimmy..." "Oh come on, C.K.! You and Lois do it all of the time..." "But we're professionals..." "Oh and I'm not!?!" Jimmy asked hurtful. "Clark..." Lois said as she looked at her husband sternly. "Okay. I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. Keep going." "So I decided to check this address out and it brings me to another apartment complex next to Lois' old one. I got as far as Damian's door, actually I was ready to break in, when he came racing out of his door. Man was he fast. I mean he ran as fast as Superman. Um, as much as Superman did..." Lois rolled her eyes. Did everyone in this city have amnesia except for her? "Anyway, I should probably get going. The Chief had some pictures for me to work on for Sunday's morning edition." "Jimmy, I just want to apologize for snapping at you like that. I've been under a lot of stress lately. And with Damian interfering, I tend to make irrational judgments on things I should know better not to do." "That's okay, CK. I knew you didn't mean those things." "Thanks Jimmy," Clark said as he threw his arms around him and gave him a big hug. "Aww...now that's the stuff I like to see," Lois laughed. "Come here..." Clark motioned with his arm. Lois walked over to the two men, when all of a sudden Clark grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into their hug. Lois giggled as the group rocked back and forth like those "dancing flowers" you can buy at Costmart. "Well as much as I want to stay like this," Jimmy commented as he squeezed Lois' shoulder. "Jimmy!" Lois exclaimed. "Ha, ha," he laughed. "Anyway I gottta go," he added as she dropped out of the embrace and walked towards the door. When Jimmy left the circle, Lois and Clark pulled their bodies close. "Here's the address just in case you want to check it out yourselves." "Thanks." "No problem, CK. I guess I'll see you...well maybe I'll see you on Monday..." "Maybe..." Lois smirked. "Lois!" Clark playfully exclaimed. "Have fun you guys..." Jimmy winked as he finally left the brownstone. * Clark sat next to his wife on the couch. He was watching Lois stare off into space. "What's going on in that beautiful head of yours? Are you thinking the same thing I am?" "I don't know...You tell me..." "Well, I was thinking of a nice relaxing bath, maybe a hot shower or a nightcap upstairs?" he grinned. "Hmm..." "What?" "Oh, I was just thinking about how you've lost your touch." "My touch?" "Yeah. Everything you said was totally wrong! I have something completely different on my mind right now..." "And what is that?" Clark asked slyly. "I've been thinking about Damian and this address. I really think we should check it out." "Lois..." "Jimmy left the name of a Mr. Benjamin Alcott. I figure this might be Damian's landlord. I think we should go talk to him right now and get some answers." "Lois...you know we shouldn't do this right now, I mean your legs." "Clark, my legs are fine. Besides, where's your reporter's instinct? Damian might be the person who cracks the jewelry story mystery. Maybe he's the story!" "I dunno about this Lois..." "Clark, it's okay. If you don't want to go, I'll do it myself!" Lois said as she grabbed her jacket and bag. "Oh no you don't! You're not going out alone!" Clark remarked as he ran after her. * * * * "Do you find this weird?" Lois asked Clark as they drove down an all too familiar street. "Yeah, a bit..." "I mean nothing's changed. It's sorta like the 'Twilight Zone'. Lois pulled her Jeep up to the sidewalk and sighed. Another perfect parallel parking maneuver for Lois Lane, "Queen of all SUVs!" "Nice job!" Clark exclaimed as he gave his wife a round of applause. "Thank you, thank you," Lois smirked. "I mean someone's got to do the dirty work." The couple got out of the Jeep. Clark went in one direction, Lois in the other. "Lois, where are you going?" "I'm going over here..." "In the direction of your old apartment?" "Yeah, why not?" "Lois, do you really want to see it?" "Oh, I dunno. I'm kinda curious to see who lives there now..." "Lois..." "Okay, fine then," she said as she stomped her feet on the steps and then rejoined her husband waiting for her on the sidewalk below. Lois and Clark walked down a couple of blocks until they reached the apartment complex that Jimmy had told them about. They walked through the front doors and over to Benjamin Alcott's office. "Excuse me, Mr. Alcott?" Lois asked as she tapped lightly on the door that was ajar. "Yes, can I help you?" "Um, yes. We're friends of Damian Johansen. He wanted us to drop something off in his apartment. Unfortunately, he didn't leave a key...so we can't get in. Could you please help us out?" she sweetly asked. "Let me go check..." Alcott said as he smiled back. In a matter of minutes, the landlord was back with an extra key. "Mr. Johansen lives in apartment #100, Miss," he said as he laid the key in Lois' hands. The man's fingers lingered a bit longer than she hoped, so she quickly pulled away. "Thank you very much. My friend and I really appreciate this." "Your welcome, Miss. Don't be a stranger, okay? You're always welcomed here..." "Uh, um thanks. I'll keep that in mind," she winked. Mr. Alcott had to hold onto his chair to keep from falling down. As they walked off, Clark complimented his wife. "Nice use of your femininity." "Well, if you've got it, flaunt it!" "Um, I guess..." "Clark Kent, are you actually jealous?" "Um, I dunno..." he smiled. "Well I find jealous men, extremely sexy," Lois said in a singsong voice as she rubbed her hands down Clark's chest. "Hmm...in that case..." Clark smirked. Lois laughed. "I love you..." "I know...I know..." Clark grinned. When they reached Damian's apartment, Lois turned the key. "Well here goes nothing," she said as she opened the door. Damian's apartment was full of papers. Papers that were strewn all over the floor. Lois bent down and started looking at the documents that were lying on the floor. She looked at one such pile that was full of Daily Planet editions. Every byline written by "Lois Lane," was circled. "Clark?" "Yeah..." "Damian has some Daily Planet newspapers and under every byline I've written, he's circled my name." Lois turned the page and gasped. "What? What is it honey?" "Clark...your name is crossed out. Actually it's blackened out. Instead of your name, it reads, 'Damian Johansen.'" Lois took a couple of big breaths in hopes of calming down. She was really scared. "Lois, it probably means nothing," he reassured. "He's probably jealous or something." Clark was standing near Damian's computer. All he could find were some attempted drafts of a story. Clark decided to move his investigating to the bedroom. Lois continued looking around the living room. She walked past the garbage can and took a look inside. You can learn a lot about an individual just by looking through their garbage, she thought. All Lois could find was a little piece of fabric. Although it didn't seem like much, Lois pocketed it. The fabric might hold some clues. She walked over to a table next to a couch. The table contained a drawer with it, so Lois opened it. Inside, there was a page from the phone book crumpled up. Lois opened it and to her astonishment, she found some gold jewelry. As she brushed the jewelry aside, she noticed that the page that had been ripped out was the section that had Mazik's Jewelers address and phone number listed. Lois grabbed the jewelry and walked with it into the bedroom. She found Clark near the dresser drawers. "Clark? Take a look at this...Damian's been hiding gold jewelry! I think we might have found our thief! The $64,000 question is, how did he do it?" Clark looked away from the jewelry and continued digging through Damian's clothes. "What are you looking for?" "I don't know..." He moved some clothes aside when he came across a small box. It looked like a device that controlled something. "It looks like something out of Star Trek...maybe a communicator?" Lois asked. "I don't know...but it kinda does look like one of those things." "Maybe we should..." "No, no..." Clark said as he stopped Lois from grabbing at it. "I think we should keep it closed until we find out exactly what it is." "That's probably a good idea," Lois agreed. "I'm going to go back out to the living room. So if you need me, just holler," Clark said as he took the device and left. Lois went over to Damian's bed and sat down. She opened up his night stand and looked inside. Lois pulled out some pictures that, with one glimpse, made her drop them and scream. Clark heard his wife scream as he quickly ran back into the bedroom. "Lois, honey, what is it?" he asked as he sat down next to his wife. Lois pointed down to the pictures on the ground as tears spilled out from her eyes. The pile of pictures were all pictures of herself. Every picture of her had a red heart drawn around her face. There was even a copy of that very private picture Clark had back in his desk. "How in the hell did he get a copy of this?" Clark angrily asked. "I don't know Clark, but I'm really scared," Lois sobbed. "I know honey...I know," Clark soothed as he hugged his wife close to his body. "I'm so scared and I'm so sorry for not believing you. I'm a complete idiot!" "No, Lois, you're not an idiot. Damian's the idiot. He's the idiot for messing around with people like us!" "Clark...this isn't good...I've got a bad feeling about this. It's the same feeling I had when we dealt with Lex." "Don't worry honey. Damian will pay. He'll definitely pay for what he's done to us!" Clark exclaimed as he held on tightly to his wife. "Clark...I don't want to be here anymore. It's just not safe. I want to go home..." "I agree Lois, but I'm not leaving without this!" Clark picked up the picture of Lois in Hawaii and stuck it in his right jacket pocket. Clark wrapped his arm around Lois' shoulder as they walked out of the bedroom and towards the front door. "I need to stop by the Planet first. Then we can go back home and stay there for the rest of the evening," he said as he turned the doorknob. "Shoot!" "What?" "I just saw Damian walking up the steps!" "What?!?" "You've got to hide," he exclaimed as he shoved Lois into the corner of the door. "Well...uh...wait, what about you?!?" "Don't worry about me, I'll be okay. Just remember to stay low and keep quiet." Damian opened the door to his apartment. He was puzzled by his unlocked door. He remembered locking it, but he didn't dwell on it. He was in some sort of hurry. Actually it looked like he was in search for something. He knocked over the table next to the couch in an angry rage. "Darn it! Where the heck did I put it? I need it NOW!!! Arrggh!!!!" Lois was crouched behind the door. Her body shivered as Damian came closer to her. She prayed that he wouldn't notice her. "Where in the hell is it!?!?" he yelled. Lois noticed that she had the small device that Clark had found, in her hands. She took a chance by shoving it over in Damian's direction. The device hit his foot. "Oh, here it is!" he exclaimed. Damian picked up the device and ran out of the door with it. Lois watched him leave his apartment as she let out a huge sigh of relief and then fainted. Clark ran from the other end of the room. "Lois, sweetie...are you all right?" he asked as he cradled her head in his arms. There was no response. Clark leaned over and listened to her chest. She wasn't breathing. Clark quickly laid her back down. He straddled himself across her chest and proceeded to perform, CPR. He lifted up her chin and opened her mouth. Then he placed his mouth over hers and blew into it. Clark pumped her chest with his hands. Lois was still not breathing so he started the process all over again. As he was pumping her chest again, Lois coughed. "Clark?" she gasped for air. "Shhh...honey. Don't talk," Clark said as he lifted her up and hugged her to his chest. "What happened?" she shakily asked. "You lost consciousness..." "Oh my God, I did?" Lois exclaimed. "It's okay," Clark soothed. "I think you just experienced too much trauma and stress that your body couldn't take it anymore." "I'm just glad that you were here," Lois said as she ran her hand down his cheek. "I mean if you hadn't been here, I..." her voice broke off. "Hush...let's not think about that," he said as he lightly kissed her lips. "You know that bath idea is sounding better and better every second," Lois laughed. "Come on, let's go," Clark said as he scooped his wife up in his arms and carried her out of the apartment. * Clark drove the Jeep in the direction of the Planet. "I'm sorry honey, but I've still got to stop here for just a second. I hope that's okay with you?" "Sure." "I promise we'll go straight home when I'm done." "Clark, it's fine. I'll be okay, so go!" "You won't leave, right? You won't get out of the car, even to chase a runaway cat?" "Clark, I'll be fine!" Lois laughed. "I won't set foot out of this vehicle. Not even for a runaway Pulitzer!" "Good," Clark smiled. "I just don't want you going out in the condition that you're in right now." "Clark! Go!" Lois said as she slightly shoved him towards the door. When Clark ran off in the direction of the Planet, Lois leaned back in her chair and sighed. This day had been a total nightmare and she just wanted it all to end. She wanted to forget that a day like this even existed! She turned on the radio in hopes of finding something to relax to. Fortunately Metropolis' brand new, "New Age," radio station, was having an Enya marathon. Lois closed her eyes and took deep breaths as she allowed Enya's voice echo through her mind. It hadn't even been five minutes, when she heard someone rapping at the window. *Boy that was fast!* "Clark, did you forget your keys again?" Lois asked as she opened her eyes. Lois jumped when she looked out of the window and saw it wasn't her husband, but Damian instead. Damian walked up to the window and mouthed something with his lips. It looked like he was saying her name. Then he grabbed the door handle and started shaking it. Lois moved closer to the driver's seat, while shivering in fear. She was about to hit the horn, when something stopped her. Lois looked over at the window and noticed Damian doing something. It almost looked like he was slowly kissing it. He then looked up at Lois and winked. "Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed as Damian's wink caused a vision of Mxy to flash her mind. *Nah, it couldn't be...* she thought to herself as she tried to shake the image out of her head. But it was no use, Mxy did not disappear from her mind. "Oh Clark..." she whispered to herself as she closed her eyes and covered her ears. * "Darn it, I knew it!" Clark exclaimed as he got back into the car. He noticed Lois staring at the window in a trance. She had paid no attention to his reentrance into the car. "Lois, honey, are you all right? Lois?" he asked as he waved his fingers in front of her eyes. "Hey, Lois!" Clark said as he gave her one shake by the shoulders. "Huh? What?" Lois asked confused. "Lois, it's me Clark. Are you all right? I swear you were so out of it, that you looked like your mind was someplace else." "No, Clark. I'm not all right..." "Why, what's wrong?" "Damian was here..." "WHAT?!?" "He was standing over there just a few minutes ago and he was trying to get in!" Clark's face turned crimson as he listened to Lois speak. "Damian kept pulling on the door handle, he wouldn't stop...And his eyes...his eyes looked really scary..." "Arrgh!" Clark yelled as he accidentally slammed his fist down on the horn. "Clark!" "I know...I know...I'm sorry. I mean my temper is not good. I need to breathe...I need to breathe in, 1...2...3..., breathe out, 1...2...3... Breathe in, 1...2...3..., breathe out, 1...2...3..." Lois rubbed Clark's arm as he was trying to calm down. "It's just that this day has turned into a total nightmare!" he complained. "I went to my desk and it turns out Damain stole the picture of you from Hawaii that we found. He stole it! When is this all going to end?!?" he cried. "I just want him to go away..." "I know sweetie, I know," Lois soothed. "Let's just go home, okay?" "Yeah, home...Home sounds nice..." Clark started to put the key in the ignition, when he noticed a piece of light blue fabric. "What's this?" he asked as he picked it up off the floor. "Oh, that...well I found it in Damian's garbage can and I was hoping it might contain some clues. But the more I think about it, I must have been out of my mind..." "No, don't say that...I think you might have stumbled across something really important here. Considering the circumstances we're involved in right now, I'll be willing to take a chance with anything, if it means getting rid of Damian Johansen for good!" "True..." "I'm going to swing by S.T.A.R. Labs on our way home. * "Dr. Klein?" Clark called out from the front door of his laboratory. "Dr. Klein, it's Lois Lane and Clark Kent from the Daily Planet." "Lois, Clark?" The pair smiled as they walked up to the absent-minded scientist. "Hey guys...long time, no see." "Yeah, it's been a while," Clark grinned. "Well, with you two kids getting married and all...it was bound to happen," Klein winked. Lois blushed. "I just wish Carolyn and I could get together. I mean private internet chat rooms are nice, but they're just not quite the same as the real..." "Uh, um, Dr. Klein, the reason we're here," Clark quickly interrupted, "is because we have some evidence we'd like you to look at. We think it might be connected to the jewelry store robberies, but we're not completely sure..." "Really? The jewelry store, you say." "Yeah, so could you help us?" "Oh yeah, sure. I mean anything for a friend. Plus it'll give me and Carolyn something to talk about the next time we..." "Um, Lois and I really outta get going now, so we'll see you later!" Clark called out as he quickly shepherded his wife out the door. * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:05:43 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 7b MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Wow, what a day..." "Tell me about it." "I'm going to go upstairs and get ready to take a nice, relaxing, soak in the Jacuzzi...Do you wanna join me?" "Ah, no. I think I'll go watch football or check my email." "Okay, suit yourself..." Lois said as she lightly kissed Clark on the lips. Clark watched Lois walk upstairs towards the bedroom. When she rounded the corner, he grinned. He had a plan brewing in his head as he quickly ran towards the downstairs bathroom. * * * * "Excuse me, Benjamin...do you have a minute?" "Yeah, sure." "I found this extra key and I was wondering where it came from. I mean I don't remember asking for one..." "Oh yeah, that! A couple of your friends showed up asking for it." "Friends?" "Yeah, a woman and a man. And boy was that woman hot! She's a knockout!" "Hmm..." "Hey, do you know if she's seeing anyone...maybe that guy she was with?" "Unfortunately, yes. Those two are pretty close..." "Darn! I mean if she was single, I'd be all over her." "Oh believe me, I'm working on that...She'll be all mine real soon...real, real soon..." he grinned. * * * * Lois walked down the stairs in her white bathrobe. "I think I need a drink." she mumbled to herself as she headed towards the kitchen. Lois opened the refrigerator and pulled out the champagne bottle from the night before. It was the bottle that had yet to be opened. She removed the shiny covering on top and pulled the cork. The small device went zipping around the room as a spray of "bubbly" hit Lois in the face. She giggled as the residue sprinkled her nose. Lois poured some champagne into a small glass and took a sip. "Mmm..." she moaned "This bath thing is definitely a good idea!" she said as she picked up the bottle and the glass and headed towards the bathroom. Lois turned the doorknob and smiled. She was really looking forward to drowning her sorrows in a nice, soapy, bubble bath, even if she was going to be soaking alone. She quickly shut the door behind her and went over to the counter to pull out her bubble bath. Her bubbles were missing!?! Where was it? Lois frantically knocked over all of the bottles. She still couldn't find it. *Maybe I left it near the tub-* "Ahh!" she screamed. Lois was shocked and surprised to see Clark soaking in the Jacuzzi. Huge, fluffy, bubbles, covered him just below the neck. The bubbles left enough of his chest exposed so that Lois could stare at his well-defined pecs. It was as if he was torturing her with his sex appeal. "What are you doing here?!? I thought you were off watching football!" "I lied-" Clark grinned as his fingers played with the bubbles that were dancing upon his abs. "Oh," Lois gulped as she watched his fingers move. "Hurry up honey and climb in before the bubbles all disappear and you're left with just a naked husband-" "You know-that wouldn't be so bad-" Lois cooed as she took off her robe and let it fall to the floor. She wanted to do a bit of teasing of her own, so she sat on the edge of the tub and dipped her toes inside. "Lois-" "What?" she smiled. "As much as I love staring at your body like that, I was hoping I would get a little action, if you know what I mean." "Oh, so you want action, huh?" Lois winked. "Yes," Clark said as he excitedly shook his head. "Okay," Lois said as she started flinging bubbles into her husband's face with her toes. "Ha, ha!" Clark laughed as he grabbed Lois by the waist and pulled her inside. "Hmm-" Lois sighed as she felt Clark's hot lips on her flesh. "I prefer this Bath Friend over the last one I got-" "Oh yeah, I remember that," Clark laughed. "It would have been quite interesting if you had actually taken it home with you. Oh to be the creator of that piece of genius!" "Clark Kent! If that had been the case, you wouldn't have had anything to look forward to and I would have probably never talked to you again!" Lois said in a huffy voice. "I know sweetie-I was just kidding," Clark said as he sucked on her lower lip. "Good-" Lois purred as her hands went underwater to massage his legs. Clark groaned loudly as Lois moved her hands rigorously up and down. The lovers soon forgot all about their fears as they focused on the physical needs of the other partner. Their goal was to maintain those needs for as long as humanly possible. "Mmm-I like the candles Clark, they're a nice touch!" "Thanks. I saw it in a movie once. Some federal marshal lady had a dream that contained a felon, a bathtub and some candles-" "Hmm-I think I've seen that movie before-That guy was kinda cute!" "Looiss-" Clark playfully whined. "But not as cute as you! Nobody can hold a candle to you-Hee hee, candle," she snickered. Lois felt her body move up and down as Clark let out a huge belly laugh. Lois had missed those laughs. "Anyway, this is really, really, nice-" Lois added as she rubbed his arm muscles. "I mean the candles, the soft music, you, me, this bath, everything-" her voice trailed off as once again Clark's lips laid upon hers and their tongues intertwined. Lois sighed as she felt Clark's arms moving all over her back. The massage ended as quickly as it had started. "What's wrong?" "Oh, it's just I remembered something-ahh, here we go-" The lovers sighed in union, as the jet stream from the Jacuzzi, vibrated through their bodies. * Lois lazily traced her fingers across Clark's well-defined chest. Her head leaned back against his flesh as she outlined every individual muscle. They were taking a break between lovemaking and Lois loved using her husband as a pillow. "Clark?" "Yes, honey?" "I have a confession to make." "Okay-" he reluctantly said. "I've been having these dreams-" "Dreams?" "Yes. I seem to have one everyday and it doesn't matter if it's day or night." "Really? Why didn't you tell me?" "I was too embarrassed-I mean at first I thought I was going insane, but the same people and the same things seemed to always happen. The more I think about it, they might be premonitions." "Premonitions-uh Lois-" "No Clark, I'm serious here! A lot of those times you found me crouched in the corner somewhere-that was me having a vision-Lately I've had these visions before or after Damian has done something." "Wow Lois, I-" "The dreams usually contain some imp called Mxyptlk." "Mxyp...what?" Clark asked he raised an eyebrow. "Mxyptlk, but I call him Mxy. I'm not exactly sure what an imp is, but maybe he's infected Damian with something." "Maybe..." "But Clark, those dreams were so scary...During one such dream, you were gone...I looked all over for you and I couldn't find you...I couldn't find you..." she started crying. "Hush Lois...it's okay. They were only dreams..." "But Clark..." "Shh...I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere..." "Clark..." "Shh..." he said as he placed his finger upon her lips. "Lois, please make love to me..." "Mmm..." she moaned as she once again felt Clark's warmth breath kiss her skin. * * * * "Happy Monday, everyone!" "Wow Chief, you're happy...maybe too happy for a Monday morning!" Lois laughed. "Yes I am honey...I'm very happy. I feel like Elvis did after he finished a peanut butter and banana sandwich." "Well, that must have been quite a weekend, Chief." "It was Lois, it was...Alice let me don the Elvis suit and we...well you probably don't want the details..." Perry blushed. "Anyway, enough about me...how about you...How was your weekend?" When Perry said weekend, a number of thoughts flooded her mind. Lois in the jewelry store, her run in with Damian, Clark's massage, making love with her husband over and over again, Henderson's office, eating at the Americana, running after Clark, breaking into Damian's apartment, making love to Clark in the Jacuzzi... "Um...my weekend was different. Although Clark and I spent a very pleasant Sunday staying in bed and relaxing." "That's great. I mean I love rekindling the flame if you know what I mean," Perry winked. "Yes, I certainly do," Lois chuckled. "Well I gotta go check up on some things, honey, so I'll see ya later!" "Okay Chief," "Later," Perry called out as he went whistling towards his office. As soon as he was gone, Lois quickly pulled out a book. It was titled: Everything You Didn't Want to Know and More About Imps. She was busily flipping through it, when her husband came up behind her and kissed her neck. "Morning sweetie." "Oh, ah, morning Clark!" "What are you reading?" "Uh, nothing, nothing-" Lois said as she quickly closed the book and threw it under her desk. "Oh well-" Clark said as he continued to neck his wife. "I'm sorry I couldn't accompany you to work this morning. Perry insisted I go to City Hall and do some research." "That's okay-" Lois moaned. "Mmm-Lois, I love it whenever you wear that white tank top under your black blazer.that makes it easier for me to get to the goods-" "Clark! Stop tempting me you lunkhead!" "Okay, okay, I'll be good. But don't be surprised if I have to make a short trip to the STORAGE ROOM later on today-" "I'll keep that in mind," Lois smirked as she watched Clark step into Perry's office. As soon as her husband was gone, Lois quickly pulled out her book again. "Imps-imps-imps-please give me something useful-" Lois paused for a moment and looked towards Perry's office. *Good, Clark's still in there. If he knew I was doing this, he'd kill me!* She went back to her book, when a boisterous voice broke her concentration. "Hey Lois!" Lois looked up and noticed Ralph standing behind her. "Lois-how are you?" "Oh, um I'm fine Ralph-thanks for asking." "Cool!" he said as he gave her a thumbs-up sign and walked over to his desk. Lois shook her head and continued to read. She frantically flipped through all of the pages. Lois needed answers fast! "Arrgh! Come on-come on-I don't have all day!" Lois was about to throw the book out the window, when something caught her eye. It was a chapter entirely devoted to getting rid of imps. "Bingo!" she exclaimed. * Lois watched her husband run out of the Daily Planet building. She sighed. Perry had sent him on another assignment, or was it? Lois smiled to herself. Maybe Clark was becoming himself again? Maybe Superman's assistance was needed? Lois continued to smile as she popped her favorite Dean Martin CD into the hardrive. With Clark busy and Perry occupied, it gave her more than enough time to work on her special assignment. * * * * Lois switched off the computer monitor. It was a little after 1'o'clock and she was hungry. She was going to call Clark up on his cell phone and ask him if he wanted to accompany her to lunch. Her fingers lightly brushed the receiver, when it started ringing. "Clark?" "No, Lois, it's me, Damian." "Oh!" she shrieked. "Please don't hang up on me. I think I have something you want-well it's more like I have some information you need-the information that could get you that Pulitzer!" "What?" Lois asked as the receiver started slipping from her ear. "But it's not safe for me to talk to you here. It would probably be safer if you stopped by my apartment." "Umm-" she hesitated. "Please Lois, I really need to talk." Lois looked over at Clark's empty desk. "Okay-I guess I can stop by. Give me 15 minutes." "Great! Don't you need directions?" "I-um-I" "That's okay Lois. I already know you and Clark stopped by. When you get here, I'll be able to explain everything." Lois heard a dial-tone on the other end of the phone as Damian hung up. She stood up and grabbed her bag. Clark would kill her if he knew what she was doing. Then again, Lois was never the type of woman to give up a Pulitzer-winning moment. Perry White was stepping out of his office when he noticed the perky reporter heading towards the elevators. "Lois, honey, are you okay?" "Yeah Chief, I'm fine. Damian called. He had some information he wants to share with me about the robberies. I think it might be enough to crack the case." "Good-good-good-I would love to get the scoop on this before The Daily Star does!" * * * * Lois pulled her Jeep in front of the sidewalk next to her old apartment. "I can't believe I'm doing this-" She walked up the steps and over to Damian's apartment. As she was knocking on the door, Benjamin Alcott, waved at her. "Hey you!" "Uh, hi-" Lois continued frantically knocking. She wanted to get away from this creep. Benjamin watched Lois at Damian's door and he gave her a greasy grin. "Damian? Damian? Can you please open up?!?" "It's already open!" Damian yelled from inside. "Uh, bye!" Lois quickly said as she opened the door and ran inside. * * * * Clark sighed. "If I see another microfiche again, I think I'll turn this table over!" He looked up at the library clock and noticed it was half past one. Clark's stomach growled. "Hmm-time for lunch." He took out his cell phone and dialed the number to Lois' desk. Clark let it ring for a little over a minute and there was no answer. Instead he got her voicemail. *Perry must have her out on assignment-* * * * * Lois cautiously walked around his apartment. She went over to his kitchen table and noticed that he had lunch laid out for two. "Oh God-" she muttered to herself. "Lois, I'm so glad you're here-I'll be with you in just a minute. Please make yourself at home." Lois decided to sit on the couch. She wanted to let this jerk know that she was not going to be part of his "fantasy date" or whatever it was. "Lois, you look great!" Lois dropped her bag at the sight before her. The contents inside, spilled all over the place. "Ah!" she screamed. "Here, let me help you-" Lois jumped when Damian moved closer to her. "Oh, I'm sorry. I just got out of bed, so please pardon my appearance," he smiled. Lois stared in disbelief at Damian's attire. He was in the exact same pajama outfit Clark was wearing on their wedding night. There was no denying it. Lois could still feel the black satin kiss her fingertips as she unwrapped Clark's smooth body. Her visions of her husband disappeared when Damian drew closer. "I-um-I-can't-believe-" she stammered. "It's the black silk, right?" "Oh my God-" "Oh stop Lois! You're making me blush-But please, follow me. I have a wonderful lunch planned for the two of us!" Damian grabbed her arm and Lois followed. She was so out of it, she let Damian move her. She had no clue what she was doing. "I've made you a wonderful salmon dish. I'm having pasta-" "No!" Lois shook her head in disbelief. "Not hungry? Oh-well let's talk-I bet you're just dying to hear what I've got to say. Before I do, I have something to give you." Damian handed Lois a tiny black box. "This is a token of our friendship-" Lois opened the black box and found a tiny gold bracelet. "Wha-" "Please, put it on." "I-" "No, please-it would look absolutely wonderful on you-" Damian grabbed her arm and slipped it on. "I-" "Wow, that looks beautiful-" he said as he kissed her hand. "Where did you get the money for this?" "You wanna know the truth-I stole it. I'm the famous Mazik's Jewelers thief!" "Oh!" Lois exclaimed as she covered her mouth with the palms of her hands. "I know you're shocked. But see Lois," he said as he brought his chair closer, "I did it out of love for you-" Lois flashed back to Lex and shivered. "I love you Lois and I hope you feel the same way about me too." "Damian, I love Clark and not you!" "Your mouth may be saying that, but I know your heart is elsewhere-" "Damian, you're insane!" "Am I?" "Okay, that's it-" Lois said as she started to stand up. "No!" Damian snapped back as he sat her back down into the chair. "I'm not done-" He went behind Lois and took off her coat. Then he took off her black blazer, leaving her wearing only her tank top. "Lois, you need to relax-" "Damian-" her voice quivered. "Hush-it's going to be all right," he soothed as his lips brushed the nape of her neck. "All we need to do is get rid of the competition, then we can be together forever-" "Nooooo-" "Shh, my sweet-You're safe here-nothing bad is going to happen to you. I mean don't you know who I am?" Damian asked as he knelt in front of her. Lois looked deep into Damian's eyes. As she looked deeper and deeper, his face morphed into Clark's. "Clark?" she hallucinated. "Don't you know who I am?" he whispered. "Clark-" Lois said as she ran her hand down Damian's cheek. "Clark-" she whispered as their lips touched. But as soon as she felt Damian's rough lips upon hers, she pulled back. Something wasn't right. "NO!" she screamed. "Lois, I don't want to hurt you, but you leave me no choice!" "Nooooo-" she struggled. "We must be together! It can be no other way-" Lois cried in pain as Damian grabbed her by the neck and started choking her. In a matter of seconds, it was all over. Damian let Lois' limp body fall to the ground as he felt her struggling cease. "Clark Kent must be destroyed!" * * * * Clark reentered the Planet eating a hot dog. He walked past Lois' empty desk and on towards his own. There were no notes or messages from his wife. It was like Lois hadn't even expected to leave. "Chief, have you seen Lois?" "Ah...no son. Not since she ran out of here in a hurry, about an hour ago..." "Did you send her out on an assignment?" "Actually, no. Supposedly Damian called up with some important information." "What?" "Personally I didn't think it was such a hot idea...but you know Lois..." "Did she say where she was going?" "No, son. All she said was that she was meeting Damian and then she was gone!" "Oh no!" "What Clark? Is everything all right?" "It might not if I don't find Lois fast!" * * * * "Lois? Lois are you in there? Lois..." Clark backed up a bit and then ran his body through the door. "Lois?" he called out as his eyes scanned the room. "Lois -" Clark walked over to the kitchen table and noticed a figure lying on the ground. It was his wife. "Lois!" he yelled as he dropped to the ground. "Lois, please...it's Clark..." Lois wasn't responding. "Oh God...please don't be dead!" he cried as he laid his face upon her stomach. "Ah, Mr. Kent...it took you long enough!" "It's you! You did this to her!!!" Clark cried. "Did what Mr. Kent? What did I do?" "You know what you did...you k...you...k...k..." "What did I do?" Damian taunted. "You know what you did you jerk!" Clark screamed as he lunged towards him. The two men fought violently. This time Damian would attain the upper hand as Clark felt a fist hit his face while the room went black. * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:13:25 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 6b1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Clark Kent opened the bathroom door to find his wife slumped in the=20 corner. She was whimpering. "Oh man," he said as he grabbed a small hand towel and joined her on the= =20 floor. Clark lifted her head up off the ground and started wiping her face.= =20 "Oh my love, what did they do to you?" Lois threw her arms out and once again she pulled Clark into a tight=20 embrace. She was sobbing again. Clark sat with her on the floor while he=20 tried calming her down. "Shh, Lois. It's okay. Shh." he continued to repeat as he ran his=20 fingers through her beautiful, brown hair. His soothing seemed to be doing=20 the trick. Only after a couple of minutes, Lois' breathing rate slowed. Sh= e=20 had stopped crying and Clark even saw a small smile spreading across her=20 lips. "Lois, can you please tell me what happened? I promise I won't get=20 mad." She was feeling much better so Lois proceeded to tell Clark about the=20 call from Bobby, the shadowy creature and then her run in with Damian. "Well, I'm glad you got out of there okay. Is your back still sore?" "It still hurts a bit, but other then that I'm o...achoo!" "Oh! You've got to get out of those clothes. Here..." Clark helped he= r=20 up. He went out into the bedroom to get her robe. Clark brought it back=20 with him and then helped Lois out of her clothes. "Mmm...this is much better," she commented as she wrapped the clean robe= =20 around her body. "I just wish that my back didn't hurt so much! I mean=20 look!" Lois slipped her robe off her shoulders in order to expose her=20 backside. "Ouch!" Clark remarked as he looked at a big bruise. "I'm so sorry." "That's okay. I mean it's basically my fault." "No, it's not," Clark said as he was lost in thought. "What is it Clark?" "Well, I had an idea." He grabbed a couple of towels and handed them to= =20 his wife. "Do me a favor. Take off your robe and get on the bed. Make sur= e=20 to be on your stomach. Put one towel under your chest and wrap the other on= e=20 around your waist." "So, this is your great idea, eh?" Lois winked. "Oh no, it's not what you think!" Clark laughed. "Just do this for me=20 and I'll be right back," he said as he went downstairs. =20 * =20 A few minutes later, Clark came back with a bowl and a few ingredients.=20= =20 He started mixing these ingredients near the bathroom sink. "What are you doing?" Lois asked from the bed. "You'll see," Clark smiled. When everything was mixed, Clark took the bowl out with him to the=20 bedroom. He got onto the bed with Lois and straddled himself across her=20 legs. Clark dipped his fingers in the element inside the bowl and proceeded= =20 to rub it on Lois' back. "Mmm...this feels good. What exactly are you doing to me?" Lois laughed= . "I'm giving you a massage. This is a special massage that I learned=20 while I was in the Philippines. It's supposed to help alleviate back pain.=20= =20 The cream I'm using is made from a blend of milk, tea bags and flower petals= ." "Really? I would have never guessed. And you just happen to have all of= =20 this with you?" "Yep. Clark Kent is always prepared!" "Hmm.well you're already doing a good job. My back is already feeling=20 better." "Well, that's good to hear. I saw it only once and you're the first=20 person I've tried this on. I guess I can put this on my 'good list.'" "That's not the only thing you're good at," Lois giggled. "Thank you. It's nice to know that I'm appreciated," Clark winked. Clark massaged Lois' back for about ten minutes. "Okay turn over on you= r=20 back." Lois grabbed the towel underneath her chest and flipped over. Clark= =20 leaned over and started kissing her stomach. "Um Clark, as many times as I've had massages, I don't remember kissing=20 the navel to be involved!" "Well, I can't help it. You're just too delicious to pass up!" =20 Lois smirked at Clark's comment. "Okay, okay, since you're so persuasive, I'll explain. Remember when I=20 told you I learned this in the Philippines?" "Yeah." "Well this specific massage is from a tribe back there. It's a healing=20 massage and once the person is healed it's traditional for the male and=20 female to make love. Through the act of love making, the male is supposed t= o=20 prove to the female that she is safe. Of course these males and females are= =20 married like you and I." "Oh so that's why you have protection sitting next to you!" Lois=20 snickered. "Yeah, I suppose," he answered slyly. Clark opened it and it on under=20 his towel. "So." he said as he removed the towel that was lying on Lois'=20 chest. "How am I doing so far?" he asked as he kissed her shoulder. "Hmm..." she moaned, "very convincing." Lois moved her hands up to=20 Clark's waist and took off his towel. "I definitely don't need anymore=20 reassurances." "Mmm...I'm glad," Clark said sexily as he laid his body on top of Lois'= =20 and tasted her mouth. =20 * * * * The couple moaned loudly in unison. "Wow. That was some massage! I=20 never knew massages could go all night!" Lois giggled. "They tend to do that if you do it the right way." "Well, I'm no expert on the Philippines, but you definitely did me the=20 right way!" Clark chuckled as he kissed her lips. "I'm glad you liked it!" "Liked it Clark? No, I loved it! I loved it so much that I think I nee= d=20 to get injured more often," Lois laughed. "Oh no, don't do that!" Clark playfully exclaimed. "Just put in a=20 special request from time to time and I think something can be arranged." "A husband who's good in and out of bed. What more could a girl ask=20 for!" =20 Lois and Clark sighed as they laid in each others arms. "I wish we didn't have to leave.I mean we keep getting interrupted. =20 We've never had time to really enjoy the view." Lois stated as she traced he= r=20 finger around Clark's pecs. "Yeah, I know." "It's like the gods or whatever is up there, want us to be happy and the= n=20 BOOM, something happens that stands in our way!" "That's true but you have to admit that the last couple of days have bee= n=20 nice.I mean I've never seen you glowing as much as you have, since it all=20 happened," Clark lazily smiled as he ran his finger through her hair. "Ah, how could you tell?" Lois asked as she kissed his chin. "I was=20 trying so hard to hide it," she giggled. "Well babe, I know all and I see all, especially when it comes to you." "Hmm...I bet." Lois moved her body so she could position herself on top=20 of Clark. She started to wipe the sweat that had gathered on Clark's face. "Mmm..." Clark groaned as he felt Lois' tongue massaging his lips. Loi= s=20 shrieked as Clark wrapped his muscular arms around her waist as he pulled hi= s=20 body on top of hers. For a few moments, the lovers just enjoyed the physical feeling of being= =20 together as one. They were enraptured by every inch of their bodies. "Darn." "Mmm...what?" Clark asked as he pulled away from Lois' tasty lips. "Well, I just looked at the time and we should probably be going down to= =20 the police station soon. Henderson will probably want a statement from me s= o=20 they can start investigating as soon as possible." "Yeah, you're probably right," Clark agreed. Tears started welling up in Lois' eyes. =20 "Aww sweetie, don't cry," Clark pleaded as he kissed her cheek. "I know...It's just I want to stay here with you. I don't ever want to=20 leave you or this moment in time," she said as the tears started falling. "I feel the same way, honey." Clark saw the tears falling from her face= .=20 "It's going to be okay," he reassured her as he hugged her close to his=20 chest. "I promise, one of these days we'll spend alone together. You and I= =20 together in this bedroom, in this bed." =20 * * * *=20 {Inside the police station} "It's nice to see you, Mr. and Mrs. Kent, especially early on a Saturday= =20 morning!" "Well, I'm only trying to do what's right for Metropolis, Henderson." "I know and the city thanks you. Lois, I heard that you received some=20 injuries last night. Actually there was one injury in particular we would=20 like to check out. Do you mind if I have a look?" "No," Lois said as she removed her jacket. She was wearing a sleeveless= =20 top so Clark took his fingers and moved the back of her shirt to the side. "Oh!" the two men exclaimed. "What? What?" Lois asked frantically. "Hush, sweetie. It's okay. Everything's fine," Clark reassured. "No it isn't Clark! You guys sound shocked! I want to know. I need to= =20 know! Please." "Kent, was this here before?" Henderson inquired. "No. I looked at it last night and it was just a normal bruise. Now=20 it's this!" "It's what Clark? Please tell me! Please." Lois pleaded. "Okay Lois, calm down. The bruise on your back has changed. In a way i= t=20 has morphed." "What?" "Well it doesn't look like a bruise anymore. It looks like a shadowy=20 figure." =20 "A shadow figure?!? Oh my God!!! I need to get away. I.need.I.I." "Lois?" "Noooo." Lois screamed. She was hallucinating the shadowy beast. "Let= =20 me go!!!" she struggled against Clark's strong grip. "Lois! It's okay. Nobody's going to hurt you." "Noooo." she moaned. "Lois, no one else is here except for your husband and me," Henderson=20 stated. "Clark, please." Lois interrupted. Clark looked over at Henderson and motioned him to play along. "Ah, um, Ms. Lane, Clark is right here. He'll protect you." "Clark!" Lois wailed. "I know, I know, honey. I'm right here," he comforted her as he hugged=20 her close to his body. While his hands rested on her back, his finger=20 brushed the shadow on her skin. "Ahh." Lois screamed as her body lurched forward. "Lois, honey? Are you all right?" "Ahh..." she screamed again as she was pulled back. Suddenly her eyes=20 closed as she fell limp in Clark's strong arms. "Lois, honey. Lois please speak to me! Loois." he cried. "Oh my God, Kent, the mark on her back disappeared!" "I could care less about that right now Henderson! My wife is=20 unconscious!!!" he stated. =20 =20 * =20 "Lois honey, please wake up? Please=E2=80=A6" he cried. Clark sat in=20= the=20 police station with his wife cradled in his arms. He sat back in his chair=20 and rocked her back and forth. "Lois, oh Lois! Please don't leave=20 me=E2=80=A6please=E2=80=A6please," the tears fell from his eyes as he ran h= is fingers=20 through Lois' hair. Lois could feel Clark massaging her head, so she stirred. "Clark?" she=20 coughed. "Clark=E2=80=A6" "Lois? Oh honey, you're awake!" Clark exclaimed as he hugged her close=20 to his body. "Uhh=E2=80=A6" she moaned. "Oh! I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?" "No, it just feels like I had the wind knocked out of me, that's all." "Yeah=E2=80=A6It was pretty scary. I mean I can't believe that a bruise= could do=20 something like that! It was like it had a mind of it's own!" "Speaking of that shadowy thing, is it gone?" Lois asked excitedly. Clark pulled back her top and took a look. "Yes, it's gone. It looks=20 like nothing was ever there. It never made a mark. It didn't even leave a=20 bruise." "Oh God," Lois said as she let out a huge sigh. "I know. I'm just glad that I didn't lose you," Clark commented as he=20 ran hand down her cheek. "Ah, Ms. Lane, you're awake. Would you like to finish my interview?" =20 Henderson asked. "Yeah, I guess." "Good. Why don't we go to my office." =20 * =20 {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:16:09 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 6b2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable {Inside Henderson's office} "Okay Lois, can you please tell me what happened to you last night, say=20 from 10:15 on." "Well, by the time 10:15 hit, I had been hiding out in the store for at=20 least a couple of hours. The room was completely quiet until three minutes=20 later. At about 10:18, I heard the doorknob jiggling. I took out an=20 infrared camera to take a look. The camera couldn't see a thing. I changed= =20 it to the x-ray vision function and I still saw nothing. As I brought the=20 camera away from my eyes, I felt something move down my cheek=E2=80=A6" "What do you think it was? Was it of human form?" Henderson asked. "I'm not sure. All I did was rub my hand down my face and the sensation= =20 was gone." "Hmm=E2=80=A6very weird. Very, very weird. Anyway, go on." "As soon as I brought my hands away I heard glass breaking and gold=20 jewelry was seen floating. There were no wires, hands or anything. Just=20 jewelry floating on it's own. I guess my scream must have gotten his=20 attention because as soon as I made a peep, the jewelry abruptly dropped to=20 the ground. The only thing I could think of was trying to keep quiet. I wa= s=20 trying to stay alive." "Did this thing threaten you in any way? Did it do something to you, or= =20 say something to you to make you think you were threatened?" "No. It did nothing. I mean to say that it approached me with no=20 warning! Before I saw it, this black cloud had itself wrapped around my bod= y=20 and it was trying to suffocate me!!!" "Lois it's okay. You can calm down now. That monster isn't here=20 anymore." "I know Clark. I know. It's just my only real question here is why=20 didn't your men come and get me while I was screaming at the top of my=20 lungs?!?" "Lois, could you please tell me what time the attack occurred..." "Excuse me?" "Just tell me, okay." "Why the heck do I need to? What's done is done. I was almost killed=20 and you guys weren't there to help me!" Lois snapped back. "Lois...I wouldn't say killed..." Clark pleaded as he laid his hand on=20 her shoulder. "Don't touch me!" Lois said as she knocked his hand away. "Ms. Lane, please! We need to know the time! The quicker you tell us,=20 the faster this interview will be all over." "Okay, if it really means that much to you, the last time I checked my=20 watch it said 10:18." "I knew it!" Henderson yelled as he slammed his fists on the table. "What?" Clark asked. "What we have here folks, is the work of a real master! About a minute=20 before Ms. Lane was attacked, our surveillance equipment went dead. My men=20 and I were hiding behind one of the nearby businesses, keeping an eye on the= =20 jewelry store. At about 10:17, our equipment went out and we lost the signa= l=20 from Ms. Lane..." "You were keeping tabs on me?!?" Lois interrupted. =20 "Of course! Bobby slipped something in your pant pocket while he was=20 talking to you. Unfortunately, before you were attacked, our equipment went= =20 dead. It was like this person wanted you to be vulnerable. The thing that=20 frustrates us the most was that the equipment came from S.T.A.R. Labs. They= =20 promised it wouldn't malfunction on us! It was even Dr. Klein certified!" "Oh God..." "Ms. Lane, there's definitely someone who's out to get you!" Although she and Clark had been thinking about this for quite a while=20 now, hearing someone else confirm their suspicions made Lois more upset. Sh= e=20 could hold her emotions back no longer. Her tears fell like a water faucet=20 turned on full blast. "Ah, honey it's okay..." Clark soothed as he wrapped his arms around Loi= s=20 in a tight embrace. "Mr. Kent, if I were you, I'd keep a close eye on your wife, at least=20 until we catch this psycho!" "I will...I will..." Clark repeated as he kissed Lois on the cheek. =20 Henderson could clearly tell that Lois was very upset. He knew that=20 nothing else could result from this interview. It was probably a good time=20 to end things. "Um, thank you for your time," he said uncomfortably. "Your= =20 information is very helpful." Lois sniffled as she nodded in agreement. "Lois and I thank you for your time, Inspector. If you learn anything=20 new, please let us know!" "I will Kent! Take care," Henderson said as he shook Clark's hand. "Yo= u=20 too, Lois!" he added as he patted her on the back. Lois buried her head in=20 Clark's shoulders as she felt Henderson's fingers brush her back. After Henderson exited his office, Clark nudged his wife. "Lois? Lois,=20 honey?" "What?" she hiccuped. "Henderson has left so now we can go too. The interview is over." "Uhh..." Lois moaned as she tightly grabbed onto Clark's shirt. "Honey, you're safe now. Everything will be okay because I'm not going=20 to leave you. I promise!" Lois buried her face deeper into Clark's shirt. "Uh, um are you hungry?" Lois nodded her head, 'yes.' "Well why don't we pay a visit to the Americana Cafe and have a bite to=20 eat. Then we can go back home and spend some quality time together, just yo= u=20 and me. I'll call Perry and tell him we won't be stopping by today because=20 you're a bit under the weather. How does that sound?" Lois looked up into Clark's eyes and smiled. "Great! Well, let's get going then." * * * * "Lois, are you okay?" "Lois had a rough night, Uncle Mike. So that's why she and I are taking= =20 some time out for ourselves." "That's great Clark!" All Lois could do was smile at her uncle. She really didn't feel like=20 explaining to him why her weekend wasn't the best. Fortunately her uncle=20 wasn't one to delve into her private life, unlike someone else she knew. "Ah, kiddo, it'll all get better, I promise!" "Thanks, Uncle Mike," Lois muttered quietly. "Oh by the way, your parents send their love. They're on a cruise in th= e=20 Caribbean." "Oh great..." "Lois!" "I know Clark. I guess I should be happy that they're together and out=20 of my hair!" "I think we're all glad that they're out of our hair!" everyone laughed= =20 at Mike's insight. "So what would you two kids like?"=20 "Well how about you get us a big plate of your best pasta along with two= =20 forks. Remember to include a bottle of wine," Clark smiled. "Great choice and I'll get right on it." "Thanks!" Clark cheerfully said. "Yeah, thanks," Lois smiled. "Anything for my favorite niece and her significant other!" he said as h= e=20 kissed Lois on the top of her head. "Actually could you make it one fork instead?" Clark asked. "Yeah sure. I understand," Mike winked before walking back into the=20 restaurant. * {continued...} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 19:28:50 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Marilyn Puett Subject: Re: Question on Adoption Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I'd be a little leery of US adoption websites cause there have been quite a few cases of adoption fraud stemming from them (i.e. the twins adopted in the US and taken to the UK recently). Unless it's a well-known agency (and I'm afraid I don't know the names for those) you might not get good information. Marilyn AKA Supermom _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 07:21:53 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: lcfic Subject: Message Board Index Update through May 11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi FoLCs! Posting on the list and both boards again this week to catch everyone. A new vignette, lots of new story parts, and a completed story all this week on Zoom's message boards! Links at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Meteor/7378/lnc.html New stories this week: RHAPSODY IN A BLUE SKY COMPLETE VIGNETTE CINDY LEUCH New part(s) posted: CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING CLARK, THE: CAROL MONCADO CHARADE: NAN SMITH FUGUE II: FUSION: SHAYNE TERRY HAND THAT ROCKS, THE: PINTOFOLC HYSTERON PROTERON: ATTALANTA (AKA CHRISTY KUBIT) PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY, THE: ZOOMWAY QUESTION OF TRUST, A: RACONTEUR27 SERIAL VENGEANCE: TANK WILSON STRANGERS III: MISSY GALLANT SURVIVAL OF THE SIGNIFICANT: MANOFSTEEL30 TIMESTORM: IRENE DUTCHAK UNIVERSAL UNION 3: JENNI DEBBAGE Completed stories this week: OUT OF AFRICA: CHRISH New TOC's none Added to the Archive this week: Flight by Marnie Rowe Fugue by Shayne Terry Lois and Clark and the Early Anniversary by Carol Moncado (modified version of Lois and Clark and Valentine's Day I and II) Sweet Surrender by Kaethel Enjoy! Dawn & the Index Crew __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:40:18 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Tessena, Kelly" Subject: Another question, this time it's about apartments MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hi, everybody. Thanks a lot to the people who helped me out with my gymnastics quesiton. Now, I've got another quesiton. In the story I'm working on, Lois and Clark's daughter is in a parallel universe, on her own. (She's seventeen.) She's got to get a job, have a place to live, etc. Can somebody tell me how much rent someone would pay per month on a really tiny apartment. Not a craphole that's crawling with roaches or anything, just something the size of a postage stamp. And, utilities would be what? Thanks a lot, Kelly ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:57:53 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Crystal Wimmer Subject: Re: Another question, this time it's about apartments MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 05/12/2001 11:44:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ketessena@EXCHANGE.URSINUS.EDU writes: > Can > somebody tell me how much rent someone would pay per month on a really tiny > apartment. Not a craphole that's crawling with roaches or anything, just > something the size of a postage stamp. And, utilities would be what? That's a loaded question... in fact, it imposes more questions than I can provide answers . 1) where?? In a city, even a small, seedy apartment could be in upwards of $800... San Francisco or New York, for example. In other locations, either rural or places where there is an excess of housing, the same apartment would be closer to $200. So first, you have to look at your area. 2) size?? You can get a furnished studio-type apartment (contains a bedroom/livingroom combo and a small bathroom) for much less than a "true" apartment (which would have a bedroom, kitchen, perhaps a small dining room, and a full bathroom). Then there's the "spare room" theory... living in another person's home, or a converted attic or garage... again, that would bring the price down. 3) alone? Will she have a roommate? Very few young people get their first apartment on their own. Usually, they go in on a two-bedroom, share the living room and kitchen, and split the utilities. That way, for $300 apiece, they can have a really nice place, and the comfort of a friend as well. 4) utilities?? What utilities?? Again, where?? Phone will run $20-50 per month, depending on the area, the services, and the amount of long distance. Gas/Electric will vary depending on location, time-of-year, type of heating/cooling that the home has, etc. I'd say $100-200 a month is an estimate... but it's a broad one. Others? Cable lines for television or computer, online fees (you know I'd think of those), cell phone, is water included in the rent? trash pickup?... you can spend any amount depending on what you want/need to have. 5) Starting out... To move in, she'll need first and last months rent, security deposit (usually another $500-1000), and possibly deposits for utilities (depending on her credit history, or lack thereof). If you have a $400 apartment, you're easily looking at $1600 to move in. You can see why so many people stay at home with mom. I'll bet I caused you more questions than I answered, but hey... that's what you get when you try for realism . My first home was a 2 bedroom moble-home in Illinois. We paid $350 a month (that included the lot rental) and another $100 for gas/electric, $50 for phone, and didn't have cable. That was in 1988, but it's the best I can offer you... I've lived in base-housing since. We've looked at apartments, usually the 3 bedroom variety, and they ranged from really nice ones at $1400 a month in CA to $800 here in VA. That's the reason we let the government pay the bills. That's my input... do with it what you will :) -Crys- (who know less than nothing about gymnastics ) ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 09:08:42 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Melisma Subject: Re: Another question, this time it's about apartments In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Can you clarify a few things? Is she in a large city, small town, in the country? What kind of utilities? Is her heating electric, coal, water heat, etc? Actually - does her landlord pay most of her utilities? I'm looking around for a new place right now, so these are all things I'm thinking about. :P My current place, I'm responsible for Hydro (the electric bill), my telephone service, my cable bill and my internet bill. The landlord takes care of everything else. I think we heat with gas, but am not sure since I don't pay for that. I live in one of the largest metropolitan areas in Canada - I won't argue with the Torontonians and the Montrealers about whether Vancouver is bigger than their cities :) - and our rent averages are pretty high. Montreal tends to be cheaper, or at least it was when I was there, but Toronto and Vancouver are in the same ballpark. A studio (no separate bedroom) here, depending on if you are downtown or in the suburbs, can run you $CDN450-800, a one-bedroom up to about $950, and a two-bedroom up to as much as $1200. Of course, if you *have* to live in a ritzier part of town, this can run even higher. Right now I have a two-bedroom basement place (no balcony) in a small family-oriented building in a complex of buildings (read, lots of noise) in the suburbs - it takes me 50+ minutes to get to town by public transit, and that's only cause I'm right on a bus line. (Of course, that point is moot right now cause the buses are on strike :P:P:P:P) Anyway, it's rather inconvenient in many ways, and because of that, I think I pay one of the lowest rates for a non-slum two-bedroom apartment in the city: $550 (Going up in June :P). Which in a better situation, closer to town, non-basement, etc, would probably get you a studio or small one bedroom. Hope those considerations help. Yell if you need more info :) Melisma At 11:40 AM 12/05/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, everybody. Thanks a lot to the people who helped me out with my >gymnastics quesiton. Now, I've got another quesiton. In the story I'm >working on, Lois and Clark's daughter is in a parallel universe, on her own. >(She's seventeen.) She's got to get a job, have a place to live, etc. Can >somebody tell me how much rent someone would pay per month on a really tiny >apartment. Not a craphole that's crawling with roaches or anything, just >something the size of a postage stamp. And, utilities would be what? > >Thanks a lot, > >Kelly > > Visit my rock at http://www.intergate.ca/personal/melisma/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:55:33 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Another question, this time it's about apartments But if this story is set in the future - about 15-20 years in the future, by the sound of it - today's prices will be meaningless. You may be better trying to avoid talking about real figures at all, and simply talking proportions of income: so, if you're in your first job and paying for somewhere to live, what proportion of your after-tax income goes on apartment and utility bills? IMO, it would be better to do it that way; while I'm no futuristic fan, it would jolt me out of a story to see the writer assuming that twenty years from now everything, including prices, is *exactly* the same as it is at present! Wendy --------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 12:41:14 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carol L Moncado Subject: Re: Another question, this time it's about apartments MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, in a medium sized midwestern town (150,000 people) - a decent 1 bedroom will run you about $350-$375 (mine went up about $10/year) with all utilities but electric (I spent $12 on electric one February - and, yes, my heater was electric - I froze my buns off! but hey, I was broke!) but $45 was more average, but it could be kept down by being careful. Another problem you may run into - though in an alternate universe you might be able to change the rules - she wouldn't be able to sign a contract at 17 - you have to be at least 18, at least in Missouri you do. She might be better off with a grandma type who has an apartment/studio over/in the garage who needs a little extra income, but wouldn't be as worried about legalities, esp. if the girl reminds her of her daughter or some such thing (not that this probably happens in real life... but it seems to happen in fiction on a fairly regular basis). Anyway, my .02! CM ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 15:11:43 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Another question, this time it's about apartments MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 05/12/2001 11:44:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ketessena@EXCHANGE.URSINUS.EDU writes: << Can somebody tell me how much rent someone would pay per month on a really tiny apartment. Not a craphole that's crawling with roaches or anything, just something the size of a postage stamp. And, utilities would be what? >> In Metropolis? If the prices there are like New York City, I doubt she'd find anything affordable--even a postage stamp one. Actually, I think something like that is also hard to find--they just are not available. I'd say around here $500 a month is considered very cheap. --Laurie ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 16:14:29 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Michele Darvin Subject: Re: Question on Adoption MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In the state of Florida you can call HRS they have an adoption line which helps folks find babies to adopt. Good luck Michele ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 17:15:14 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Another question, this time it's about apartments MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Interesting question, since my 18 year old son and a friend of his are looking for an apartment, with very little success. Besides wanting the first month's rent and a damage deposit, every place they have looked at wants either a co-signer or for each young man to have a job which pays three times the montly rent. One other issue is her age. In most places in the US, 17 year olds can't legally live on their own. They have to have a "responsible adult" on the premises. As far as rent is concerned, in Louisville, a not too great one bedroom apartment is somewhere around $350-450 plus utilities. Ann ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 18:04:50 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Be Careful What You Wish For (PG-13 version), Part 7c MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit T he low hum of organ music drifted in the air. Lois could see the ruffles on her gown move with every rise and fall of her feet. Her father was next to her. He had his arm linked with hers and he was leading her down the aisle. Lois looked up at his face and he smiled. She smiled back. It was her wedding day, the happiest day of her life. She was about to marry the man that she loved. Lois could see the outline of Clark's muscular back through his tux jacket. "Oh Clark..." she sighed quietly to herself. As Lois got closer and closer to Clark, her heart rate increased. Sparks seemed to fly just as her father handed her over to the groom. They linked arms and Lois smiled as she looked into Clark's chocolate brown eyes. Her smile soon faded as she looked at the sight before her. "Damian?" Lois asked in a state of shock. "Who else would it be my dear?" Damian smiled. "No!" Lois yelled as she dropped her left arm out of his grasp. "Where's Clark?" she angrily asked. "Over there..." Damian said as he pointed to the upper left-hand corner of the church. "Clark!" she screamed. Lois ran over to Clark who was barely standing up. A rope was tied to his waist so he could stay in a standing position. He was dressed in the Superman outfit, which was practically torn to shreds. His hair was roughed up a bit and blood trickled from his lower lip. "Oh Clark!" she cried. "Clark....Clark..." she repeated over and over again as her hands moved down to the exposed flesh from underneath the 'S'. "Lois..." Clark weakly said. "Lois, I'm so glad to see you," he smiled. "Clark, what happened? Who did this to you?" "Damian." "What?!?" "Damian did this to me..." "NO!" she cried. "Come on Clark, I've got to get you out of here." "No Lois...no...Damian's the better man...he's won..." "Clark honey, I love only you...I only care about you..." "Lois, please listen to me...Damian is the better man. He's won. I want to see you married before I die...Seeing you with the better man will make me so happy..." "Clark!" Lois cried as the tears started spilling out of her eyes. "Good-bye my love!" Clark said as he gently kissed her lips for the last time. "Clark..." "Come on Lois. We have a wedding to perform," Damian reminded as he tugged on her arm. "NO Let me go! I want to be with Clark...he needs my help!" Damian laughed. "You're mine now, dear. It's time to make it official!" "Arrggh!!!" she struggled. Lois looked into his eyes and almost lost her footing as Damian's face morphed into Mxy. "You're...you're..." she stuttered. "You're Mxyzptlk!!!" "Aww shucks, you peeked!" "MXY!" Lois exclaimed as her eyes opened and she was back in Damian's apartment. Lois moaned as she felt pain fill her head. She must have taken quite a fall. All she could remember was almost being strangled by Damian and then the room going black. Lois looked at her surroundings. Damian was gone. As she was letting out a huge sigh of relief, she heard someone moaning near her. She slowly moved her head to the side. "Oh my God, it's Clark!" she muttered under her breath. Her husband was only lying a few inches away from her but Lois was too weak to move. "Clark?" she whispered. "Clark?" she whispered again. Lois wanted to keep quiet just in case Damian, or should she say Mxy, was in another part of the apartment. Clark groaned. "Clark..." Lois smiled. "Lois..." Clark mumbled under his weakened breath. "I'm right here, sweetie," she said as she brought her hand over and grabbed his large fingers. "Looiss..." Clark said in a rather relaxed tone. Suddenly there was a noise and Clark's eyes closed. "Clark?" Lois asked as she felt his fingers slipping away. "Ah, Ms. Lane, I see you've discovered Mr. Kent! He looks awfully angelic when he's sleeping...then again you should know that, shouldn't you...Here let me help you up." Lois spat in his face when she felt Mxy's hand wrap around her waist and pull into a standing position. "I don't need any help, Mxy!" "Darn it! You've discovered my secret! At least you figured out mine quicker then your idiot husband over there," Mxy laughed. "Ha, ha very funny....I'll tell you what, if you let me and Clark go, we won't call the police. I'll let you go back to your 5th Dimension Vortex or whatever it is and live happily ever after." "Wow, I'm impressed! You actually did your homework." "Cut the crap!" "Oooh, I love it when you get all snappy like that!" "Please...just leave me and my husband alone! Please let us live the life we've dreamed of before I do something I might regret!" "Oh Lois...you don't understand, this is your dream! You wanted this." "Excuse me?" "You've been in a dream state this whole entire time. My dear, even your husband was trying to tell you that!" "I don't understand." "That one night, in your bedroom, you wished for Superman not to exist..." "I..." "I'm here to grant wishes. Your wish is granted. You wanted this, you needed this. You need me!" "NO!" Lois cried. "Shh...my dear. You don't need Clark. He's a weakling without his powers. I'm the one with all the powers now..." "I..." Lois stuttered. "Shh...my sweet," Mxy said as he ran his hand down the side of her face. That was something Clark had done many times to her. Lois found herself nearing Mxy's face. She felt an electrical surge go through her body as their lips touched. Her mind and body lost all control of themselves as the kisses became deeper and deeper. "Oh Clark...." she moaned. Lois felt his strong hands travel to her back. When he started tugging on her shirt, the trance was broken. "Oh my God! What on earth am I doing?!?" she screamed. "Lois, it's okay. It's fine. We must have gotten caught up in the moment and I'm sorry," Mxy apologized. "Oh God..." Lois wailed as she wiped her lips. "What have I done?" "Lois, I'm truly sorry...I didn't mean to upset you." "Yeah right." "Really Lois, I am. It tears me up inside when I see you cry. It bothers me so much that I've decided to get out of your life for good." "Really?" "Now I can't reverse what's already been done, but at least you and Clark can live a fairly 'normal' life, minus his superpowers though..." "I'd take Clark any which way, if it meant we could be truly happy together." "Can you just do one more thing for me...? I mean before I get out of your life forever..." "Um..." "It's nothing bad. All I want is a picture of you to take home with me. I mean there was a time that we were friends and I want to remember that." Lois couldn't help but smile. "Yeah, that was nice..." "So let's put all of this nonsense behind us and part as friends. Okay?" "Yeah, I would like that." "Good. Now why don't you stand over there and I'll take a quick picture of you. I want to try out this new portable camera I got..." Mxy smiled a wicked grin to himself as he reached over to the table and pulled out a tiny black box out of the drawer. He had Lois exactly where he wanted her. "Say cheese!" Lois gave a small smile. "This will only take a second," Mxy reassured. When Mxy hit the button on the black box, a strong wind started to fill the room. "Hey!" "Don't worry my sweet...it's just for dramatics." A few seconds later a blue light filled the room and Lois felt her body being sucked into what felt like a vortex. "No!!!" she screamed. "Let me out of here! Do you think I'm that stupid?!? You're not using a camera here...what happened to just taking my picture?!?" "I lied my dear..." "Let me out now! Or I swear you're going to regret ever doing this!" "No dear, I don't think so. If you won't come with me willingly, I've got to resort to taking you by force." "No!!! Clark! Help!!! Help me please!!!" she screamed as more and more of her body was starting to disappear. Clark's eyes opened up at the mention of his name. He shielded his eyes with his hand in order to protect himself from the blue light that filtered throughout the apartment. "CLARK!!!!" "Lois? Honey, is that you?" "Clark, please help me! I'm being sucked into a vortex. He's using a tiny black box to run it! You must get to it...hurry cause you don't have a lot of time..." "Oh my God! Lois!" Clark yelled as he got himself off the floor and saw Lois' head sticking out of a blue circle of light. Mxy was too busy reveling in his own triumph to notice Clark coming up behind him. When Mxy's fingers started to push another button, Clark used a football maneuver to tackle Mxy to the ground. He quickly took the box and smashed it with his fist. Sparks flew and a large thud echoed in the room as Lois fell to the ground. Clark stood up and held Mxy up in the air by his shirt collar. "I may not be Superman, but I can still hold my own!" "I wouldn't be so sure of that." Lois watched in anguish as Mxy kicked Clark in the stomach. Clark was doubling over in pain so this gave Mxy ample time to remove himself from his clutches and grab a device that looked a lot like a gun. Lois was confused. The gun-like device had looked like it had appeared almost out of thin air. "Lois, my dear, say good-bye to your husband!" "NO!!!" Lois let out a bloodcurdling scream as she tried to throw her body in front of the gun. The force from it was so strong that it gave Clark enough time to push her out of the way. Lois opened her eyes. She was lying on Clark's chest. She felt something warm running through her fingers. It was blood. Clark's blood. "Oh God..." her voice quivered. "I hate to do this, but I've got to go!" Mxy said as he started to leave his apartment. "No! I need you to stay...you need to help him." "I don't think so..." "For God's sake, he's bleeding! My husband is dying!!!" "Oh well...Ciao!" Mxy had disappeared. Lois looked down the empty hallway and screamed in horror. "SOMEONE CALL 911!!!!" * "Mrs. Kent, you're going to have to leave. We need to stop his bleeding and you're only in the way." "No, I want to stay with Clark..." "Mrs. Kent, please..." the doctor pleaded with Lois as he tried to shepherd her out of the O.R. "I promise, as soon as Mr. Kent is stabilized, we'll let you come back." Lois watched the doctor walk through the swinging double doors as tears streamed down her flushed cheeks. Her husband was bleeding profusely and there was nothing she could do about it. Why oh why did she have to let that one little wish slip! Lois placed herself in one of the hard, plastic chairs, located in the waiting area. Time would march for her slowly. "Ms. Lane?" a male voice paused. "Lois?" Lois looked up as she felt a finger tap her on the shoulder. "Henderson..." "Hi Lois. I came as soon as I heard. How's Clark?" "They're working on him down in the O.R.," she said with a haggard look in her eyes. "Good Lord! We can only pray that he makes it out alive...My men filled me in on what happened to you. I'm very relieved that you got out of there safely. Dr. Klein also came back with a report on that piece of fabric you found." "He did?" "Yes, and I'm afraid to say but the fabric you found, came from that missing woman, Bree, I think it is. The fabric had her matching DNA on it. We have yet to find a body but as of today, we've started a full investigation and sent out an arrest warrant on Damian Johansen." Lois sighed as she thought about the mess that she had gotten everyone in to. "I need to go back to the station to fill out some paper work, but as soon as Kent's status changes, you let me know kiddo, okay?" Lois nodded her head as she watched Henderson leave the hospital. She took a big breath. She had to be strong for both of them. She had to be strong for Clark. "My dear, I must say that I'm quite impressed!" "Mxy!" "Yes, it's me my dear. It's me in my full impish form. Now let me ask you...do you like me better like this or like Damian?" "I can't believe you even have the guts to show up here!" "Oh my dearest one, I couldn't stay away. At least not from you anyway. I mean how could I stay way from someone who wrote such a flattering article about yours truly for the Daily Planet. 5th Dimension Imp to Take Over As Ruler of the Free World. I mean it's absolutely brilliant! I could swear that you and I are telepathic or something!" "Well, I try..." Lois said sarcastically. "There's just one thing...just one teeny tiny issue that I have here...what the heck is this? Who the heck..." "Mrs. Kent?" the doctor interrupted, "he's asking for you..." Lois walked into the O.R. , only to find her husband hooked up to a bunch of machines. He had a tube in his nose to help him to breath. It broke Lois' heart to see her husband so helpless. She knelt down near the bed and held tightly onto Clark's hands. "Lois..." Clark whispered because he was weak, "please take care of my parents...take care of Perry and the others too..." "What?" "Lois, I'm dying...I know I'm dying so I need you to be strong for the both of us..." "No, Clark no," Lois sobbed as her tears fell like raindrops into the palm of Clark's hand. The fingers that caressed her body during love making, now barely had pulse to them. "Clark, you can't die, you're a hero. Heroes can't die! Henderson told me that the man you beat up at Lulu's was on 'America's Most Wanted' list. You busted a bad guy and Henderson may get promoted because of it!" Clark gave a small smile. "Lois, I need you to be strong...I feel myself slipping away..." Clark brought her hands up to his lips and kissed her fingertips in a way that felt like the last time. "Honey, you need to stay awake here...you need to stay awake for me...I mean guess what I found out Damian was really..." "Shh...Lois...shh...I don't want to talk about Damian, I want to be with you and think about you in my final moments of life. I want to think about the short life we had together. The way I felt so alive whenever you and I made love together! I will treasure those moments while I'm away. I'll treasure those moments until we are reunited again..." "Noooo..." "Lois...I will always love you... "No, Clark, no...." A low beep filled the room as Clark's eyes closed shut. "Clark?!? Clark! NO!!!" she screamed. * "Kl...p...z...no that's not it. Kltpzy...no...Kltpzyx...What the heck is it?" Mxy asked himself as he continued to stare hard at the article. "Oh wait, Kltpzyxm...hey I get it! It's Kltpzyxm. That's Mxyzptlk spelled backwards! Hey...uh...oh..." Mxy said as he felt his whole body disappear. * "Oh my God! Clark!!! Somebody please help me!!!!" Lois cried. The doctor came rushing in and looked over Clark's bedside. "Mrs. Kent, I'm afraid your husband has fallen into a deep coma." "NO!!!! NO!!!! Oh God, NO!!!!" Lois screamed as she buried her head into Clark's lap and cried. "Lois? Lois sweetie...wake up. Wake up, it's me..." Lois' crying ceased as she tried to decipher who was talking to her. "Lois?" Lois looked up only to see Superman standing above her. She was back in their room. Her head had been laying on the bed! "Superman?!?" she was almost afraid she was hallunciating. "Of course. Who else would I be," he grinned. "Oh God, it worked!" Lois exclaimed as she threw herself into Superman's arms. "It worked!" she said as she madly kissed his face. "What worked? Honey, are you okay?" "I was just scared I lost you...that's all...All I know is that I never want to let you or Superman out of my sight again!" "That's weird because I had that same feeling too...I mean about you of course. I was fighting the fire when all of a sudden I couldn't do anything for 30 seconds. I lost my powers for 30 seconds and it really scared me!" "30 seconds?!?" Lois said as she thought about the week of torture she went through. "Yeah, why?" "Nothing..." "Come on now...I know that look. Now spill it!" "Okay, okay. I'll let tell you once we've finished what we started." Lois' giggling filled the room as she brought Superman over to the bed and then pulled his body on top of hers. THE END Acknowledgements: 1. pgs. 31 and 36; lyrics from "She's All I Ever Had," sung by Ricky Martin (1999) 2. pgs. 100-101; lyrics from "I Knew I Loved You," by Savage Garden (1999) 3. pgs. 102-103; lyrics from "Private Emotion," sung by Ricky Martin and Meja (1999) ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 18:05:56 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Cindy Leuch Subject: Re: Another question, this time it's about apartments Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Several suggestions: www.apartments.com has listings for all over the country. If you want to use that, you can compare sizes, locations, prices, etc. I took a class that covered contract law. Carol mentioned this a little earlier, but those under 18 aren't considered legal adults. In most cases they can enter into contracts, but those contracts aren't binding (meaning they can back out of them at any time without consequence). Do with that bit of info. as you please, but in any case, I would delve into that aspect a little further. Hope that helps! -Cindy Leuch isuleuch@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 19:29:26 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Tessena, Kelly" Subject: More specifics on the apartment thing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Well, I was obviously really not specific enough, so I'll give the people who are trying to help me out more info. #1, she's really 17, but she has a fake birth certificate that says she's 18. The how & why for that is a little complicated, so I'll skip it. #2, She's living in Metropolis, so figure things based on a city like New York. #3, It's not actually set in the future. (Wendy brought up a good point, and I wondered why it hadn't occurred to me until I realized that with the alternate universe, she also jumped back in time. When you're forgetting the basics of your own plot, you know you're in trouble! :) ) It's actually 1993. #4, I was going to figure that the rent included basic utilities (lights, water, heat) just to make things simpler. #5, I'm assuming that her parents gave her some money to start out, so I'm not worrying about security deposit, last month's rent, etc. I just want to know what it's going to cost her to live in the place for a month. Thanks, everybody for your help. If I figure $800 a month with light, heat & water, would that be too unreasonable? If it's low, I can mention how lucky she was to find the place. -Kelly ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 23:23:06 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: More specifics on the apartment thing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit #1, she's really 17, but she has a fake birth certificate that says she's 18. The how & why for that is a little complicated, so I'll skip it. You might have some problem here, depending on the girl's landlord and how long she's had this birth certificate. I rented my first apt last summer and my landlords did a background and credit check on me. I had to fill out lots of paperwork and show lots of proof of identification. I would guess that a responsible (ie, non-slum) landlord would find out her real age. > #2, She's living in Metropolis, so figure things based on a city like New > York. Well, my apartment was in Philadelphia, so it's not exactly New York, but it is recent. It was a one bedroom apt and I lived alone. It also had a bathroom and kitchen/common room combo. I paid $525 per month, and paid the last month's rent and security deposit to secure the place. My rent included heat and water, but I had to pay phone (this would definitely NOT be included in the rent), cooking gas, and electricity (usually not included in the rent in my area). When I moved out of my apt and looked for someone to sublease, she said she'd been looking for a long time and my apt was the nicest and one of the cheapest she'd seen. You also need to consider the area of the city where the apartment is. I lived in the university section, so the rent may have been a little cheaper than a downtown apt. Hope that helps. Christy attalanta@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 12:02:16 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Plagiarism - An Apology MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I received the following email from a Blue Heelers fan and am posting = here as per her request. I have of course mailed her back to say that no = one in FoLCdom blames anyone but Melissa for this matter. Her eddress is = dodginess@hotmail.com if anyone else would like to reassure her. :) Hi. My name is Anna, and I'm a 17 year old on the Heelers list down here in=20 Australia. Basicly, I tried to register on the board, but for some reasons = couldn't, so=20 I hope you will be able to send to the list, on behalf of me, my = apologies=20 for mel's behavior. The heelers list has been around for over five years now, I think, and I = have been on it since the beginning. As you can see, I've gone through = my=20 teenage years on it "growing up". >From memories, Mels fics have always been sought after. In fact, only a=20 month ago I re-read some of her stories, and now, it a shoking thing to=20 discover they weren't hers. Basicly, I want to send my congrats to the writers of the stories so far = found. The stories I've read, even with the change of character names, = have=20 been fantasic, and I'm clad I can "congrats" the REAL writters out = there. Anyways, I hope you don't hold too much again the Blue Heelers = community.=20 We've been around for a while, and slowly growed, and for us, findout = out=20 that a "respected writer" is FALSE is hard to deal with. We all = respected=20 her, and used the stories she took as her own as a benchmark for other=20 stories. Anyway, if you want to reply, by all means do Anna LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 12:10:22 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Useful Websites for Authors... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ...or anyone else really. :) While trawling around trying to find Melissa's handiwork among the Blue = Heelers' fandom I stumbled on a couple of fun and/or interesting sites = that might be useful. First is http://www.fanficweb.net/directory/index.htm This picks up the gauntlet where Fanfiction On the Net left off and aims = to eventually list every website out there hosting fan fiction. It seems = to be updated regularly. I haven't had a chance to take a close look, so = haven't noted how up to date or widespread the LNC entry is. Perhaps if = it's omitting key sites, one of you could inform the webowner. :) Secondly, Dr. Merlin's Guide to Fan Fiction: = http://missy.reimer.com/library/guide.html Contains some useful advice for the author and some nice links to = helpful resource sites at the bottom of the page. If you're in need of a = chuckle of two I recommend The Mary Sue Litmus Test. ;) LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 13:48:53 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nicola Baker Subject: Re: Useful Websites for Authors... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > If you're in need of a chuckle of two I recommend The Mary Sue Litmus Test. ;) Oh, that's funny. Definitely more than two chuckles. I did a little experiment... if Clark Kent was an original 'Mary Sue' type character, he would get a score of 35! (He has more than one name, his name is in the title, he's hanndsome ;), he was adopted, the last surviving member of his race, flys, saves the world, doesn't know that he's royalty, the list goes on.... Oh, yeah, and we plan to write many more stories about him ) Nic ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 10:43:43 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Useful Websites for Authors... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/13/01 8:52:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, nicola@NJBAKER.FREESERVE.CO.UK writes: > Oh, that's funny. Definitely more than two chuckles. I did a little > experiment... if Clark Kent was an original 'Mary Sue' type character, he > would get a score of 35! (He has more than one name, his name is in the > title, he's hanndsome ;), he was adopted, the last surviving member of his > race, flys, saves the world, doesn't know that he's royalty, the list goes > on.... Oh, yeah, and we plan to write many more stories about him ) > If I remember correctly, the original incarnation of Clark Kent *was* a "Mary Sue" type of character. I am pretty sure that I have read that Clark was pretty much patterned after the two guys who created Superman. Phil, am I dreaming? Ann ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 16:00:00 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Plagiarism - Melissa speaks. :P~~~~~~ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable But, unfortunately - though hardly surprisingly - has nothing = intelligent to say on the matter. I imagine that you'll find this as = interesting as I did. Sadly, it fits the pattern of denial that I've = seen in other plagiarists in the past. :P >From a Blue Heelers fan: I attempted to post this on your message board after reading the posts on Melissa Diss's deception but found I was unable thus the reason for this email. The main point of this mail is this evening, one of my close net friends actually was contacted on icq by Melissa herself out of the blue after not speaking to her for months. To put this into perspective, she was actually "renamed" a character in Prisoner of life and spoke to her quite actively a few years ago. However, as you probably already know, she had vanished from our forum for an extended period before her fraud was revealed. Anyway, I just thought I would let your forum know that this poor sad girl does not believe she has done anything wrong so I doubt anyone from your forum will receive a reply from her. She claims that writers from your forum actually stole the stories from her. We all know, like her stories these claims are utter lies. However, she did state that she is receiving abusive mails from members of your fandoms so Melissa is fully aware her fraud has now been exposed for all in both fandoms to see. Anyway, I just thought you should be aware of this. She has also plagiarized from the X-files fandom and perhaps many more. It is just so sad that this has all come about and I sincerely apologize from all of us in the Blue Heelers fandom. She was even questioned about the use of the name Clark in her "version" of Runaway yet blatantly lied, claiming that she was watching Lois and Clark while writing and must have slipped. Hopefully this incident has not greatly impacted on our fandom and your impression of us. I think the reason she got away with this for so long is the fact that our shows have not really aired in the same countries. Therefore the avenue for crossover was extremely limited. Please on my congratulations to all your authors for their excellent work and my regret in regard to Melissa's actions. They are all extremely talented and it is appalling that all their hard work has been stolen. It's quite a sorry state of affairs for everyone. My friend and I actually wrote a fan fiction that was beaten by Prisoner of Life for one of the awards. The title seems quite appropriate actually- Deception. Kelly LabRat :) LabRat :) Editor-in-Chief Lois and Clark Fanfic Archive http://www.lcfanfic.com labrat@blueyonder.co.uk RatOne on irc. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 11:11:57 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Useful Websites for Authors... Fascinating sites, LabRat! I have to confess that I ran a couple of my original characters through it... *hugely* relieved to discover that Sarah from SSAF came through unscathed! Re the fanfiction directory, I notice that L&C doesn't seem to appear there. So that the site-owner isn't besieged by dozens of emails, has anyone already emailed with the URLs of the Archive, Annesplace, Kerth awards, nKerths, the message boards and anything else relevant? Wendy --------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 17:42:18 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Useful Websites for Authors... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wendy wrote: > Re the fanfiction directory, I notice that L&C doesn't seem to appear > there. So that the site-owner isn't besieged by dozens of emails, has > anyone already emailed with the URLs of the Archive, Annesplace, Kerth > awards, nKerths, the message boards and anything else relevant? > The site is a little cluttered and confusing, Wendy. I've just been back to take a proper look and it took me ages to track LNC down. You have to click on the TV/Movies link on the left hand side, then on L in the alphabetical list. The Archive is there, along with quite a lot of sites - most of which I've never heard of and intend to check out later. ;) Most of the 'obvious' ones are missing. I've just this moment finished filling in a somewhat involved form for Zoom's mbs, Annesplace, the Nfic Directory and both Gfic and Nfic Indexes for the mbs. Phew. I'm sure some others must have by this point too. LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 18:48:30 +0100 Reply-To: Yvonne Connell Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yvonne Connell Subject: Re: Plagiarism - Melissa speaks. :P~~~~~~ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I wonder if it would be possible to post a warning about her on some of the general fanfic sites? I think any many fandoms as possible need to be told that she's out there - she is obviously completely unrepentant and may well repeat her activities elsewhere. Or has this already been suggested/done? Yvonne (yvonne@yconnell.fsnet.co.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 14:21:12 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: Re: Plagiarism - Melissa speaks. :P~~~~~~ In-Reply-To: <007d01c0dbbd$62102120$897f1f3e@land> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 04:00 PM 13/05/2001 +0100, LabRat wrote: From a Blue Heelers fan: The main point of this mail is this evening, one of my close net friends actually was contacted on icq by Melissa herself out of the blue after not speaking to her for months. She claims that writers from your forum actually stole the stories from her. Ah. :) Melissa must truly believe in ESP, then, considering several of the stories that were stolen had been posted nearly two years prior to her appearance on the Internet. Incredible how such extra sensory perception exists across so many multiple fandoms and all in individuals who had chosen to rip off poor Melissa's work... ;-0 I'll admit, when I was scrying for a story (the night I began writing Heaven's Prisoner's for example) I had no idea I was channeling a hapless young woman's muse-to-come. I'll try harder not to be as psychic the next time around, as I'm sure every author who's seen their work duplicated under Melissa's name will do. I suppose we can't help being clairvoyant, but the least we could do is pick on someone else when it happens again. I'll certainly concede that. ;) Demi ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 14:36:57 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Demona (Angel Of The Night)" Subject: ICQ Re: Plagiarism - Melissa speaks. :P~~~~~~ In-Reply-To: <007d01c0dbbd$62102120$897f1f3e@land> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > From a Blue Heelers fan: >The main point of this mail is this evening, one of my close net friends >actually was contacted on icq by Melissa herself out of the blue after >not speaking to her for months. Speaking of ICQ, I was written to some days ago and provided with Melissa's current ICQ number as well. Obviously I've done nothing with it so far, and hadn't planned on anything, however since Melissa is apparently still using it and her email address has been found to be non-functional -- should any of the other authors wish to contact her via this method (or anyone else for that matter, I really couldn't care less at this point), this is the number I was given. Those with ICQ will certainly know how to use it: 22466001 Cheers all, Demi ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 14:35:17 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Useful Websites for Authors... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Re the fanfiction directory, I notice that L&C doesn't seem to appear > there. So that the site-owner isn't besieged by dozens of emails, has > anyone already emailed with the URLs of the Archive, Annesplace, Kerth > awards, nKerths, the message boards and anything else relevant? Wendy, I found a nice listing of L&C sites, under the TV/movies section, and then under "L" in the alpha directory. It could use some expanding though. I recommended the Season 5 site (they also have a virtual series section); TUFS was already listed. -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 13:51:50 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Useful Websites for Authors... Thanks, Pam; someone else emailed me to point that out. Mea culpa! In my defence, I'll say that I was looking under 'Fandom'! Annesplace isn't there either, and nor are the various award sites - including Genevieve's terrific one-stop reading room, which I noticed recently doesn't appear to be linked from many fanfic or Kerth sites. I used Genevieve's site as evidence that stories like Heaven's Prisoners and Unknown Emotions were posted in L&Cdom before 1998, since the versions on the Archive don't carry upload dates. Wendy -------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 14:58:54 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Plagiarism - An Apology MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Labby, thanks for forwarding this. Could you send a message back? I wouldn't normally presume to speak for other people but I think in this case we're pretty much in agreement ... but I'll run this by the list first, so if I step on any toes, y'all can put me in my place ;) Dear BH fans, I wish we would have met under better circumstances :) I don't really know any of you, but I've been in media fandom, in one way or another, for about 10 years now, so I've got some shrewd guesses. I know you've got a dedicated archivist (Jenny) who selflessly volunteers her time and takes her duties seriously. I know that to build a fan community, you've got a lot of people like her (webmasters, listowners, fic authors, award organizers, etc), who work hard just for the pleasure of sharing something they love. I'm sure the vast majority of you guys are decent, friendly people. You don't agree on everything, but most of the time you work out your differences peacefully. That pretty much describes us, too. It's a shame that there are a few shameless people out there. We've all been victimized by one. It's painful for authors to discover their work has been stolen/vandalized ... but I'm sure it's not much more fun for you guys, who had admired Melissa and her "writing" -- all of a sudden you've found out that she's not at all what she purported to be. That's gotta hurt. We all tend to take each other on trust, but unfortunately sometimes we get fooled. We in L&C haven't had (to our knowledge) any stories posted here that were stolen from elsewhere, but obviously it would be possible. Anyway, the point is... Rest assured that we don't blame anyone but Melissa for this mess. You had no reason to suspect that she was lying on such a massive scale, and when the question was raised, you looked into it and took prompt action. We appreciate that. Melissa's deception told us a lot about her; your response to it tells us only good things about you. It would have been easy for our two groups to get into battles over this; it's to the credit of everyone involved that this was settled so peacefully. I still don't really know you guys ... but I like you already. Sincerely, a L&C fan -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ The difference between journalists and other people is that other people spend their lives running from violence, tragedy, and horror and we spend ours trying to get in on it. --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 20:14:47 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Plagiarism - An Apology MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pam wrote: > Labby, thanks for forwarding this. Could you send a message back? I > wouldn't normally presume to speak for other people but I think in this > case we're pretty much in agreement ... but I'll run this by the list > first, so if I step on any toes, y'all can put me in my place ;) [Pam, Anne's eddress was included in my post if you want to mail her specifically about her message. (dodginess@hotmail.com)As far as I'm aware she's just an ordinary Blue Heeler's fan though, not a webowner of any of the important sites. The only thing I could suggest to get a general message such as the one below out to the majority of BH fans, would be to try posting it in the guestbook at the Blue Heeler's Fanfic Archive. http://books.dreambook.com/ficarchive/rec.html I've been told that this is the biggest fanfic repository in the BH fandom, so most BH fans will probably see it there. Or you could try posting it on the BHFic mailing list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BlueHeelersFans/messages/4836 As far as I'm aware, these two sites are where the majority of BH fans hang out and get their info. As for the message itself - works for me. :) LabRat :) > > Dear BH fans, > > I wish we would have met under better circumstances :) I don't really > know any of you, but I've been in media fandom, in one way or another, > for about 10 years now, so I've got some shrewd guesses. I know you've > got a dedicated archivist (Jenny) who selflessly volunteers her time and > takes her duties seriously. I know that to build a fan community, > you've got a lot of people like her (webmasters, listowners, fic > authors, award organizers, etc), who work hard just for the pleasure of > sharing something they love. I'm sure the vast majority of you guys are > decent, friendly people. You don't agree on everything, but most of the > time you work out your differences peacefully. That pretty much > describes us, too. > > It's a shame that there are a few shameless people out there. We've all > been victimized by one. It's painful for authors to discover their work > has been stolen/vandalized ... but I'm sure it's not much more fun for > you guys, who had admired Melissa and her "writing" -- all of a sudden > you've found out that she's not at all what she purported to be. That's > gotta hurt. We all tend to take each other on trust, but unfortunately > sometimes we get fooled. We in L&C haven't had (to our knowledge) any > stories posted here that were stolen from elsewhere, but obviously it > would be possible. > > Anyway, the point is... Rest assured that we don't blame anyone but > Melissa for this mess. You had no reason to suspect that she was lying > on such a massive scale, and when the question was raised, you looked > into it and took prompt action. We appreciate that. Melissa's > deception told us a lot about her; your response to it tells us only > good things about you. It would have been easy for our two groups to > get into battles over this; it's to the credit of everyone involved that > this was settled so peacefully. > > I still don't really know you guys ... but I like you already. > > Sincerely, > > a L&C fan > -- > > Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net > http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam > http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ > > The difference between journalists and other > people is that other people spend their lives > running from violence, tragedy, and horror > and we spend ours trying to get in on it. > --P.J. O'Rourke ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 15:30:53 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Tessena, Kelly" Subject: Re: Useful Websites for Authors... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Waaah! Angelica (Lois & Clark's daughter in the story I'm working on) scored a 41 on the Mary Sue litmus test. Sigh. But, if Clark Kent scored a 35, then she's in good company. (And, it's not her fault; it's genetic.) Kelly -----Original Message----- From: LabRat To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Sent: 5/13/01 07:10 Subject: Useful Websites for Authors... ...or anyone else really. :) While trawling around trying to find Melissa's handiwork among the Blue Heelers' fandom I stumbled on a couple of fun and/or interesting sites that might be useful. First is http://www.fanficweb.net/directory/index.htm This picks up the gauntlet where Fanfiction On the Net left off and aims to eventually list every website out there hosting fan fiction. It seems to be updated regularly. I haven't had a chance to take a close look, so haven't noted how up to date or widespread the LNC entry is. Perhaps if it's omitting key sites, one of you could inform the webowner. :) Secondly, Dr. Merlin's Guide to Fan Fiction: http://missy.reimer.com/library/guide.html Contains some useful advice for the author and some nice links to helpful resource sites at the bottom of the page. If you're in need of a chuckle of two I recommend The Mary Sue Litmus Test. ;) LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 20:34:06 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Blue Heelers Fanfic Mailing List - correction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Okay...apparently I've been in the wrong mailing list all this time. = Which would explain a few things. The correct url is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhfic You won't be able to post or view the archive messages until you join = the list. LabRat :) Editor-in-Chief Lois and Clark Fanfic Archive http://www.lcfanfic.com labrat@blueyonder.co.uk RatOne on irc. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 16:12:03 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Plagiarism - An Apology MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 05/13/2001 3:18:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, labrat@BLUEYONDER.CO.UK writes: << The only thing I could suggest to get a general message such as the one below out to the majority of BH fans, would be to try posting it in the guestbook at the Blue Heeler's Fanfic Archive. >> Please do, Pam. It was nicely written. :) --Laurie ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 16:59:30 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jacalyn Sue Newman Subject: Re: Plagiarism - An Apology In-Reply-To: <3AFED96E.9070608@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Wonderfully written, Pam. I think sending it to the BH fandom is a great idea! I checked, and my toes are just fine! -- The don't appear to be in any danger of getting stepped on. :-) Jackie -- Jacalyn S. Newman jacalynsue@earthlink.net ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 05:41:06 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: John Debbage <106532.433@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Universal Union Book3/Part22 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Title: Universal Union Book3/Part 22 Author: Jenni Debbage Rating: PG-13 ~~~~~~~~~~ The El family spent a tedious and tortuous afternoon trying to distract themselves from second guessing what might be taking place down = at Security Headquarters. Commander Medi had reported that there had been a= short interval in the proceedings for a much needed repast when he had deduced from Lords Trey and Remy that things were progressing well but ve= ry slowly. If there had been one good spot in the long drawn out hours, it came= in a message from Dax-Ver. Captain Ching had regained consciousness, if= only for a few moments and, though his status was still cause for concer= n, the physicians were now hopeful of a recovery. The fleet was making stead= y progress in their homeward journey and expected to make landfall by the next evening. Dax also inferred that he would be in Elvar as soon as was= humanly possible where he hoped to hear of further developments in their plan. The Commander had chosen not to ask for specifics; the channel mig= ht be restricted but he didn't care to take any chances on sensitive information being overheard. No actual details had been forthcoming on Captain Ching's condition and, not wanting to attract any undue attention to the family's interest = in the soldier, Kal hadn't probed further. Nevertheless, the communique did= lift Zara's spirits somewhat and the fact that Dax and his force would so= on be safe at home was welcome news. For a short period the conspirators were more optimistic about the outcome of all their labours but, as the hours wore on, despondency descended afresh. Conversations dwindled and only erupted in fits and starts as occasional and often irrelevant though= ts crossed distracted minds. = The pastel spring sky had melded into deep purple hues and the lowering sun cast long shadows in the vaulted room when, at last, Trey an= d Remy were ushered into the presence of the very edgy and silent group. = There had been so many false starts during the unending day that it took some seconds for the family to assimilate that what had been looked for h= ad actually arrived. "We have it!" Remy announced triumphantly. "A full confession!" Kal-El was the first to recover and almost flew from his chair to confront the two men. "But do we have Nor?!" Trey followed a little more sedately and, although his face was etch= ed with weariness, there was also some satisfaction there. "Yes! Finally, Mai betrayed his master. It's all here!" He held aloft a written scroll= which surprised Lois; she had expected to see another vidpad. Then she remembered that the law required important documents to be written on actual paper, though there was, no doubt, a techno-transcript of the statement too. Was that just a tradition, or was it that a statement written in the accused's own hand would be more difficult to tamper with?= = "He made it very difficult for us!" Remy confided, walking into the= room and perching on the first available chair. Every eye in the room wa= s on him and the irrepressible old man was enjoying the attention. "You'll= want to read the statement, of course, but perhaps we could summarise for= you all." Without waiting for an answer he continued. "As we suspected,= the attackers were a conglomerate of species led by Taureans. However, whether these Taureans were backed officially by their government, Mai couldn't say. In my opinion they probably were but I doubt if they'll admit to that, or that we could ever prove it." "That wasn't our intention, Uncle. Zor knows, the Taureans are a thorn in the side of the Federation but they're not our immediate concern= here." "Very true, nephew, very true." Remy's head nodded on its frail nec= k and though excitement was buoying him up, there were echoes of tiredness too in his lined face. It had been a very long day for all concerned yet= it was he and Trey who had borne the brunt of Mai's vitriolic spew. "And= Danius was only a pay clerk; Jen-Mai did try to incriminate him further b= ut Medi could find no evidence to support his allegations. I don't doubt th= at Danius has criminal affiliations back on Caytan but he didn't know what w= as going on." "But Lady Mai most certainly did! In fact, it seems very likely tha= t she was one of the main instigators of the foul plot." Trey was outraged= . = He disliked the woman intensely but he still retained the old-fashioned belief that women were the fairer sex; in need of protection and care fro= m their husbands and fathers. This new breed of women confused him; women capable of taking their own destiny into their own very able hands. Not that Minerva was a shining example of the genre but Lady Lois-El, on the other hand, was a force to be reckoned with... and a force that was in every way admirable. The Prime Councillor reckoned he had a few adjustments to make to his preconceived notions. "Medi has issued a warrant for her arrest and his men are scouring the city for her. There was a time when I would have thought that a woman alone wouldn't get very= far. However, this terrible episode has taught me that some women are th= e equal of any men whether in infamy... or good." = Recognising that the last part of his speech was directed, in some way, at herself, Lois spoke up, kindly. "Gender never did have much sway= over whether a person chose good or evil. But that's a question for another day. I have a feeling that Minerva is well out of our reach by n= ow and, though I don't find that concept entirely pleasing, I'd rather hear about Nor." "As always, dear Lois, straight to the point." With a lingering hi= nt of fond amusement, Remy took up the narrative. "When it came to the fina= l disclosure Mai got very evasive. I think he's afraid that Nor will find him out and extract his revenge, but, after he realised that he would bea= r the full brunt of the prosecution unless he gave us the name of this mysterious mastermind, he soon capitulated. Gave us details of all his dealings with Nor; starting with his instructions to prevent Kal's marria= ge to Lady Lois at any cost." "Then Mai is the unknown assassin! He tried to kill Lois!" The wrathful exclamations burst from Kal's mouth. "No! He denies that, My Lord!" Trey stepped in quickly -- fearful scenes of an angry First Lord bursting into Mai's cell and shaking his quarry like a terrier with a rat, playing out in the older man's mind. = "Says he even has an alibi for the times in question and I tend to believ= e him. Mai might be a loathsome excuse for a nobleman but I doubt he has t= he gumption for physical violence. I think he was possibly referring to the= opposition in council which he tried so hard to stir up." A very relieve= d Prime Councillor saw the fire diminish in Kal's eyes and he hurriedly wen= t on, not giving the young man the chance to interrupt again. "But he did distract you in Veren with that silly water dispute and he did assist in Jun-Li's denunciation of the First Lady." = "Of course, Mai insists that he was only told to keep you occupied i= n Veren and that he had no idea that Nor had hired the Taureans to kidnap Lady Lois," scoffed Uncle Remy, "which I do not believe. The man might n= ot physically want to dirty his hands but in every other way he's mired righ= t up to his slimy neck." "But did he incriminate Nor in Lois' kidnapping?" "Oh yes, Kal! Once he began he couldn't stop! It's all in his statement. Nor made a pact with Ballen to abduct Lois and sell her into slavery." "And poor Etta just got caught in the middle!" Lois' hands tightene= d in her lap and she blinked back tears of anger and remorse. "I'm afraid so, dear Lois," Remy sighed sympathetically. "Nor doesn't care who he hurts along the way to his seizure of the throne. Bu= t thanks to that brave girl and your own resourcefulness you foiled that plot. And still that didn't put a stop to Nor's vile ambitions. He just= laid low until he'd thought up another scheme." = "Only this time he decided to use the law to end the marriage." Tre= y walked further into the room and took a seat by the large empty fireplace= . = This evening he was feeling every one of his advancing years. "He took advantage of Lord Jun-Li's prejudices and cajoled him into making those unfounded allegations, supposedly in the hope that the marriage would be annulled and that Lady Lois would be banished back to Earth. Yet he must= have done so only to make mischief because he's far too astute to believe= that Li had the smallest hope of proving his case." "Or, perhaps, Nor underestimated how much the nobles would support Lois," Jor-El offered, with a heartening smile for his lovely daughter-in-law. "Perhaps," Trey conceded. "Which ever way it was, poor, foolish Jun-Li was doomed. You see, he wasn't really a bad fellow, just misguide= d, and Nor couldn't take the chance that Li would talk about Nor's involveme= nt in the affair." "So he had him killed." Kal paced around the room, feeling too agitated to spend more than a few moments in one spot. "And Mai made no mention of who this unknown killer might be?" "No, sire! I very much doubt that Mai knows the identity of the killer." Trey's stare drifted to the open windows of the room as he contemplated the dreadful fact that a killer still lurked in the environs= of Elvar. And Nor! What would be his reaction to the charge of treason= ? = Would he place himself peacefully under the jurisdiction of the courts or= would he be prepared to fight it out? Whatever happened, Krypton was in for a harrowing ride. The Prime Minister's heart was heavy as he reviewe= d the events that were likely to unfold in the coming weeks due to Mai's revelations. Noticing that his colleague was lost in thought, Remy hurried impatiently on, brushing aside the destiny of the assassin. "But we do know that Nor is the ringleader and once he's taken out of the picture th= e hirelings will be a spent force. After Jun-Li's failure, Nor gave up on his minor plots...." "Minor! Minor plots!" Again Kal's temper rose. "Uncle, the man almost destroyed Lois more than once, and he attempted to blow up Zor-El and killed Aunt Rochelle and the Fres. I would hardly call these minor crimes! And I certainly won't allow this other mysterious killer to rema= in at large on my planet!" "Oh my, I didn't really mean to trivialise these crimes, or to sugge= st that they should be taken lightly," the abashed old man murmured contritely. "But no-one knows who the killer is, and Mai maintains he kn= ew nothing of the plot to kill Zor-El... only that he was aware that Nor had= paid off Rol-Fre's creditors. Yet without Rol's testimony that's hearsay= and I'm afraid we could never convict Nor of that particular atrocity." Lara rose smoothly from her chair and went to stand beside her grim,= white-faced son, soothingly stroking his back as she had done so many yea= rs ago when he was a child. "It hurts me too; the knowledge that Nor won't = be brought to book for dear Rochelle's death. But if we can prove that he's= responsible for the assaults on the convoys then the court will have enou= gh to lock him a way for an eternity in a confinement chamber." Lightly as a spring breeze, Lois crossed to Kal's other side, pushin= g back the unruly lock of hair that had fallen across his forehead with a gentle hand. "It isn't enough, my love," she crooned. "Nothing will eve= r be enough. But it will have to do. And Krypton will be free of his menace." Bitten lips tightened into a determined line as Kal gave a sharp nod= of his head. "You're both right! The main thing is to put a halt to Nor= 's rapaciousness." Walking slowly to the intricately carved mantle of the fire, he turned to face his friends and loved ones. Gone was the hurt, volatile boy, replaced again by the resolute head of state. "So, Lord Trey, Lord Remy, what other concrete proofs did Mai provide?" The two councilmen exchanged satisfied glances. Trey had been startled from his gloomy thoughts by Kal's impassioned outburst. He too shared the family's dismay that the loss of Zor-El's wife could not be avenged but they could at least deliver up Rad-Nor for the final crime. = Settling back in his chair, Trey began the final chapter in Jen-Mai's denouement. "In the first days of the year, Rad-Nor approached the Mais and demanded that they travel with him to Caytan. It was here that they met with Nor's partner-in-crime, Ballen 2. The Taurean headed up a fleet= of space marauders and a criminal contract was formed, wherein Mai would use his position of Second Councillor to pass cargo details and flight plans to the pirates who would then use this knowledge to ambush our merchant ships. Even when we strengthened our convoys with guard-ships, the insider information always allowed the enemy to outgun our forces." "And since their first hoist included some very high-tech ordnance, the pirates were able to turn our own weaponry on our ships." Remy couldn't keep still, bouncing eagerly on his chair as he joined in the telling. "And Rad-Nor funded a gun-running operation from anywhere in th= e galaxy that was prepared to offer weapons for sale." = At the mention of weapons a silent message passed between the First Lord, his wife and the communications officer. There was still the unanswered detail of the experimental laser- canon and how it had inexplicably found its way into the hands of the pirates. As yet, Kal di= d not wish that information to be made known even to his friends -- organising Nor's arrest and disarming the armed-forces, which he reported= ly kept within his boundaries, was more than enough to deal with. Giving an= infinitesimal shake of his head to warn the two others, Kal listened as his Uncle concluded the tale. = "And as the highjacking was becoming a highly profitable enterprise= , renegades from every quadrant of space hurried to join in. Our merchant fleets didn't stand a chance." "But surely all this is hearsay?" Lois asked, taking heed of Kal's admonishment and hardly daring to hope that their nemesis should at last = be brought to justice. "My Lady, that's what we too were afraid of but, actually, we have documented and audiotaped proof," Trey assured the gathering. "It seems= that you were correct in your assumption that there is little honour amon= g thieves. At least, Jen-Mai didn't trust his fellow conspirators. He had = a copy of the contract locked away in one of our Finance House's security vaults...." "And he'd secretly taped a number of his meetings with Rad-Nor." = Again Remy interrupted. "Possibly, he conceived that the promise to promote him to First Minister would be forgotten when Nor came to power. = = So he felt that a little leverage might be required in the future." "Whatever were his reasons, we can only be grateful," the present First Minister imparted with some relief that the account of the intervie= w was drawing to a close. "Mai gave permission to Doctor Jobe to sequester= the contents of the security box and the Doctor and Commander Medi are ev= en now studying the contents." "We both took a quick peek at the stuff before coming here to give y= ou the news and it's a definite fact; we have enough evidence to arraign Nor= forthwith." Remy, his duty done, quietened in his seat and regarded thos= e around him. The air within the high-ceilinged chamber grew still as if a harbing= er of a coming storm. High in the crenellations of the castle birds cawed = to the coming night, while the sun's molten red rays dipped beneath the parapet of the balcony and even the subtle shadows of rusty grey died awa= y. The enormity of the news they had learned overwhelmed the occupants of t= he darkened room and held them enthralled. The mission they had begun, suc= h a short time ago, was at an end and their quest had come to fruition, but= none could rejoice. Too many deaths had taken place along the way. Lights automatically flickered into being, startling the group and chasing away the gloom, and galvanising at least one of the room's dwellers. "I thank you, Lord Trey and Lord Remy, from the bottom of my heart. = Dealing with Jen- Mai must have been an onerous duty, and my greatest regret is that it needed to be done at all." Kal's brooding brown eyes strayed over all within the room. "Each one of you has played a part in bringing Nor to justice and you all have my deep gratitude." A tentativ= e half smile warmed his look and was generously returned from every quarter= . = "But now to business! Nor is not yet within our grasp. Commander Jace, contact Mica for me, if you will. I want a troop of his best men and als= o Commander Medi with a civil police squad; he should be there when we arre= st Nor. And we'll need two orbships. The fastest the fleet has to offer." = A re-energised Kal snapped out the orders. "Somehow I don't think Nor will= voluntarily obey a summons to appear before the council." Stepping forward from the shadows, Jace stood to attention. The commander had appeared earlier in the afternoon, at the door of the famil= y room, bringing the secure holoscreen to enable Dax-Ver to contact the Fir= st Lord directly, and shyly he had accepted the invitation to remain. "As y= ou will, sire." Jace checked his timepiece. "I can have the men assembled and ready to leave by the turn of the night." "Good!" The commander turned to go but was halted by his Lord. = "Jace, you should find Lieutenant Poli hovering somewhere outside. If so= , could you send him to me, please." = A ghost of a frown creased Kal's brow at the thought of Poli. His bodyguard had acted more than a little piqued when he had been dismissed from his duties for the afternoon. Clearly, the young man had known that= something was afoot for some time, and had been hurt not to be a part of= whatever was going on. Now that the mission was almost accomplished, Kal= would have to explain to his friend that he had been excluded only for th= e best of intentions -- the protection of his career and rank of Lieutenant= . = Kal hoped that the young man would accept his reasons and his apology. = He dearly missed Poli's bright humour and ready smile which had been severel= y dampened by the bodyguard's feelings of exclusion. But for the moment, there were less personal problems to deal with. "Trey, we need an arrest warrant issued for Nor and for that we need= the signature of the council members...." "We should really call a full meeting but due to the seriousness of the situation, I think this would be regarded as a national emergency, an= d in that case an exigency meeting should suffice. Remy and I are already here but I think it would be wise to have a couple of independent signatures. Lords Bicho and Isa are in the city. They are good men, an= d I can contact them and have them here at the castle within the hour. Wit= h yourself as the fifth member we would have sufficient signatures to legalise the document." "Good! Then let's get to it. I want everything in order before we leave for Norden." ***** tbc in Part 23 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 05:40:52 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: John Debbage <106532.433@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Universal Union Book3/Part21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Title: Universal Union Book3/Part 21 Author: Jenni Debbage Rating: PG-13 Comments: It's Monday morning and time for the next episode of Universal= Union 3. ~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter Ten The Eagle Has . . . Flown The First Lord and Lady fumed with frustration as they fielded the numerous questions that were thrown at them regarding the arrest of Lord Mai. ' What had he done?', ' Who were his contacts?' and, most frequent= ly of all, 'Why had they suspected the Second Councillor?' As had been expected, the castle audience chamber was noisier and busier than on any normal day, the morning newscasts having brought the great and the good of Elvar and the surrounding district hot-foot to the castle to discover the truth behind the bulletin. Only, at present, the= Lord and Lady of El were unable to disclose any information, except to reiterate what had already been broadcast. 'Jen-Mai was helping the security forces with their investigations and an announcement would be ma= de later.' Lois and Kal were doing their best to keep control of the degenerati= ng situation and were being helped in this difficult task only by Jor-El as Lara firmly believed that her position, at this moment, should be by the side of her younger and extremely worried daughter. Dax- Ver's victoriou= s, yet badly stricken, fleet was making its slow way back to Krypton and, though there had been further communication, no change had been reported = in the condition of Captain Ching. The over-protective mother had decided o= n keeping Zara well away from the eyes of the court, insisting that there w= as more chance of the nobles deducing something amiss from the girl's red-rimmed eyes and pallor than from her absence. The merest hint that t= he youngest daughter of the House of El was romantically linked with a commo= n captain in the armed forces was a complication that the family did not require. And indeed, Lara's assumption proved to be true; the main topic= of conversation amongst the aristocratic throng was the shocking arrest o= f one of their own. = Two other members of the royal household, Gellis and Poli, hovered unobtrusively in the background but, as neither were considered of enough= importance to have any information, they merited little attention from th= e inquisitive courtiers. And so the torturous session went on. The regal couple soon regrett= ed that they had ever put in an appearance in the overcrowded hall. These morning meetings were supposedly informal gatherings, unless there were a= ny visiting dignitaries from other planets, and so attendance was not compulsory. But, knowing how the news about Mai would be received, both Lois and Kal had decided that their presence would be necessary. How man= y times can you repeat the same answer to the same question and make it sou= nd that you were not talking by rote? = Lois felt her head begin to ache and her stomach begin to churn and involuntarily her hand rubbed at her throbbing temples. Oh not now, she berated herself, please don't let morning sickness attack me now. = Thankfully, help was close at hand and Lady Lois was grateful when Gellis= ' hand touched her shoulder and the young lady-in-waiting's voice telling h= er that she was required elsewhere was like music to her ears. The two girl= s retreated from the hall while the anxious gaze of a much concerned husban= d watched their leave-taking. = Unfortunately, Kal was not at liberty to follow his decidedly pale looking wife, but he wasn't unaware of what might be her ailment. For so= me reason, Lois hadn't thought to inform him of her likely condition. He suspected that she might not wish to raise false hope, which was understandable but unnecessary as he wasn't totally blind or dumb. They really needed time to sit down and talk and once again he fretted that th= is thing with Mai and Nor had come between him and his wife, and in a way th= at was totally unsuspected by the two villains. And how was the interview with Mai progressing? Kal felt a surge of furious frustration rise in hi= s throat as he relived the happenings of the early morning appointment at Security Headquarters. = ***** After being informed of Mai's outrageous demands by an apologetic Doctor Jobe, it had soon become apparent that, although Mai was prepared = to become a witness for the prosecution, he would sell his information only = on his own terms, and the concessions he demanded were almost more than Kal and his advisors were prepared to stomach. Another meeting between the three Lords and one Lady had hastily been convened in Medi's office, wher= e followed a stormy discourse which severely frayed both nerves and tempers= . = "No! No way! I can understand and go along with his request that neither Lois nor myself will be present at this interview. But as for th= e other . . . ." Kal's voice rose alarmingly as he paced to the window and= back. "There's no way that I will allow that man to go totally free! I will agree to commute his sentence to normal 'life containment' but I won= 't let him go!" The stumbling block to agreement was the main thing that Mai demande= d -- the right to leave Krypton free as a bird and go travelling through th= e galaxy; able to pursue his mischievous ends wherever he chose to go. = "Kal, my boy," Remy regarded the angry young man with much sympathy.= = "None of us *want* that to happen. The man deserves some form of punishment for his crimes. " "Yes he does!" Kal's retort was uncharacteristically abrupt. = "But he would be an exile. Unable ever to return to the land of his= birth or to claim his nationality. That is a punishment!" Trey pointed out gently. "Hmph! Somehow I don't think that would bother him overmuch. Rats don't care much about their roots!" Lois expounded. "That's not totally true, Lois! Rats are extremely social rodents. = At least, Kryptonian ones are." Remy informed helpfully. Kal rounded on his uncle. "Will you stop it! This is far too serio= us a situation for you two to confuse it with your innocuous banter." And here he threw his wife an unusually disapproving glance, his outrage robbing him of his normal patience. "The fact is that Mai caused the dea= th and injury of hundreds of Kryptonians, not to mention stealing valuable cargo, and exile just isn't enough." "He would also leave this world penniless; exiles aren't allowed to take with them any goods or money," Trey insisted, braving his young ruler's wrath. "I doubt that he'd survive long without friends or a back= up system." "Except bad pennies have a way of turning up again!" "Lady Lois, please! You are not helping!" The Prime Councillor allowed a little note of irritation to creep into his voice. But Lois wouldn't be silenced. She felt that every point should be considered. "And someone like Mai has probably got some funds secreted away somewhere. Somewhere that the authorities on Krypton couldn't sequester. It's in the rule book of 'What Every Villain Should Know' -- always keep a stash hidden." "I don't like to admit it, but Lois is probably right. And think of= the trouble Mai could cause." The anger seeped out of Kal, to be replace= d with an almost helpless despair. "Yes, that's true." All traces of Remy's easy badinage had fled. = "The man is a compulsive trouble-maker. But he acts out of greed and self-gratification. He's not wholly evil like his mentor, nor is he capable of forming such a diabolical scheme. Never forget why we started= this." Remy rose from his seat at the table; his frail figure at odds wi= th the compelling stature he adopted. "Yes, we had to stop the attacks on o= ur ships but our ultimate goal was to unmask Rad-Nor and bring him to book. = And for that we need Mai's testimony." "Lord Kal, it is the only way." Trey went to stand beside his old friend and fellow councillor. "It pains me to see the rogue get off so lightly but what other choice have we. Oh, we could prosecute Mai and ge= t a conviction. Cut off another of Rad-Nor's tentacles! But the man will just grow another and who knows what more vengeful schemes he would come = up with next." Lois was the first to succumb to the elderly Lords' reasoning and sh= e didn't like it one iota. Giving into the bad guy went against everything= she believed in. She hated expediency and yet, reluctantly, she had to admit that in this case it was the only way. Crossing quickly to her husband, she stood before him, willing him to see the wisdom of the arguments. More than anyone else, Lois understood how high were the idea= ls to which this young man aspired. The trouble was that there were times when idealism was something that a ruler could ill afford. "Kal!" She caught his attention with a softly spoken word and held h= is eyes in her intense gaze. "I feel exactly the same. I'd love to see Mai= get what's coming to him for all the reasons you're thinking and for a fe= w others of my own. The thing is, Remy and Trey are right too. Mai's only= an acolyte, and in order to arrest Nor we've no choice but to agree to hi= s terms. Who knows, someday he might get his come-uppance. Maybe he'll me= et up with some of the pirates who escaped and they'll exact their own revenge. I don't think that physical combat is his thing and he'll be a sitting duck." Lois had taken her husband's cold hands into her own and,= gently, she shook them. "This time, sweetheart, we have to rely on other= s to meet out justice." For a long moment, Kal stared into Lois' warm brown eyes. Here was complete love and understanding; Lois would always be by his side to help= him make the correct decision, even when that decision racked his conscience. = "Oh, Lois, I never thought the day would come when I would wish a pirate a steady aim." He smiled sadly as he touched his forehead to Lois= '. Then the intimate moment was gone and he turned resolutely to his councillors. "I agree! Go get your confession! But don't make it easy for him!" = "Don't worry about that, my boy!" Remy's habitual caustic humour surfaced once again. "I might agree to Mai's dictates but that doesn't mean that I don't intend to make the traitor sweat along the way." = With that assurance, the two noble interrogators had descended to th= e bowels of headquarters, determined to squeeze every admission possible fr= om the imprisoned Lord. It transpired, however, that Remy wasn't the only= one trying to make things difficult. Mai parcelled out his admissions piecemeal. Never giving too much away and starting with the more obvious= targets. His greatest revelation he would keep till the very last and he= would ensure that everything he requested was in place before he would reveal all. Left kicking their heels in Medi's sunlit office, Lois and Kal had soon grown tired of waiting around and had returned home to find themselv= es under siege in the assembly hall of the palace. Kal-El had swiftly made = a decision and climbing to the dias had stood before his throne to make the= official announcement that Mai had been arrested on charges of espionage.= = He had appealed for calm, suggesting that those without particular busine= ss in the castle should return home but, in the main, his advice had been ignored. = The truth was that Mai was a man who was known to most of the assemblage. A man who had been voted, by them, to the position of Second= Councillor. And while none had actually regarded Mai as a close friend, = he had been considered a capable politician. Certainly, no one had suspecte= d that the fellow was a despicable spy. Now that the truth was out some lords were quick to point out that they had never really trusted the man while other more thoughtful nobles were stricken to the core that they ha= d placed such trust in a traitor. But, regardless of their inner thoughts,= only a very few were prepared to leave the palace where they would be at the heart of any new development. = ***** Yet, contrary to everyone's expectations, the rest of the morning ha= d passed without any further reports of the ongoing interview. Kal, left only with the support of Jor-El, continued to try to appease the fermenting court. Poor Jor, this was exactly the kind of public life tha= t he most abhorred. Nevertheless, the quiet, studious scientist never for = a moment thought of abandoning his son. When, finally, the castle gong tolled out the call to lunch and the closing of the current session, both= heaved a silent sight of relief. The inhabitants of the great hall, although still unsatisfied with the responses they'd received, had little= choice but to file out the door. Father and son beat a hasty retreat from their inquisitors, leaving the stewards to escort lingering stragglers from the premises. With a request to his father to contact someone at security headquarters for an update on events, Kal sought out his wife. Strangely, he found her where he least expected her to be. Not in their comfy little bolthole, but standing on the balcony of their state apartments, gazing over the rooftops of Elvar to the gold-tinted river an= d the ocean beyond. For some moments he stood silently by her. Not touchi= ng her but offering simply the support of his company. Finally she spoke. "They've gone then?" "Yes! But no doubt they'll be back. I really can't blame them. = They're all anxious to know what's going on. *I'm* anxious to know what's= going on." Lois still stared at some point on the distant horizon. "There's be= en no word from Remy or Trey?" "Not yet! Lois how are you?" "Me?!" she squeaked. "I'm fine! Why should I not be?" "Lois, I watched you leave and you were anything but fine." "Oh that!" Of course he would notice. She would expect nothing les= s. "I just got a little tired of giving the same answer.... And the room w= as so crowded and did you notice how hot it was in there today." This last was a blatant excuse. It was a very warm day but the castle had an effective airconditioning system. "I just had to get some fresh air, that's all." Kal's hand touched Lois' shoulder and he turned her lightly to face him. "Lois, I know!" "Know! Know what! I hardly know!" "Lois," he remonstrated. "I might have been a bit preoccupied with everything that's been going on but I'm not a complete lunkhead and I hav= e noticed certain things. Your pregnant again, aren't you?" Her first instinct was to deny the fact and she didn't quite understand why. It wasn't that she didn't want a baby but she was feelin= g very conflicted about the idea. A gentle hand cupped her face and Kal's eyes were soft and beseechin= g. "Lois, what's wrong? Please talk to me." "Yes! I'm pregnant. Well I think I am." Her voice was flat. "Oh, Lois, that's wonderful! That's the very best news I've heard i= n such a long time." Kal couldn't hide the joy that rose in his soul, yet = it was clear that his wife wasn't viewing the prospect of a baby with undivided happiness. "It is good news, Lois, isn't it?" = "I suppose so," Lois offered dejectedly. "Lois? Please tell me what's bothering you." It seemed as though she wouldn't answer but when the words came, the= y tumbled from her lips in a torrent of emotion. "You'll think I'm crazy a= nd maybe I am! But before I say anymore, I want you to remember that I didn= 't enjoy what Nor and Mai were doing to Krypton. All the killing and the bloodshed! I was as horrified as everyone else! But I did enjoy trying t= o foil their plans! Putting a stop to what they were doing!" Lois had tak= en hold of Kal's hands and her grip was desperate. "When we were working together, for the first time I felt I really belonged in this world. I felt useful; that I was needed... that I wasn't just some sort of pretty ornament. And I think that Trey and the others really began to accept me= and felt that I had something to offer." "Lois, you did!" Kal squeezed Lois' hands in return. "You were the= one who thought up the plan. It was a brilliant plan, and you played you= r part wonderfully. We'd never have succeeded without you!" "You had quite a bit of input on the plan too." Lois' teeth bit worryingly on her lip, unsure of how to verbalise her next feelings. "Bu= t it's over now and I should be feeling grateful and not disappointed." "Well it isn't really over!" Kal shrugged. "Mai is in prison but w= e haven't got Nor yet. But, Lois, what has this got to do with us having a= baby? I don't understand." "No you wouldn't understand. You're too good.... And it would nev= er occur to *you* to think of me only as the mother of your child and to relegate me to the sidelines." Tears were beginning to spill slowly down= Lois' cheeks. "Lois, I would never try to do that. You mean so many things to me!= = I could never relegate you to anywhere, sweetheart." Kal gently wiped at= his wife's tears with his thumb. "And I doubt that anyone else would either. And woe betide them if they did! I would say they'd have me to answer to but I'm very sure that you're perfectly capable of making them see the error of their ways." A tender smile touched his face and he was= relieved to see Lois return it. "Lois, you are bright, intelligent and extremely brave, and Krypton society is beginning to realise just how luc= ky they are to have you. You having a baby won't change who you are." Lois regarded Kal with a teary grin. "Pretty dumb, eh?!" "You could never be dumb!" Kal took her into his arms. "And I don'= t want to hear another word on Lois-El's dumbness because I happen to think= that she's the very best." "We did make a pretty good team, didn't we?" Lois whispered, tuckin= g her head comfortably beneath his chin. "Yes, and we always will!" Kal was tempted to remind Lois that her standing would be even higher once news of her pregnancy was announced bu= t, intuitively, he recognised that for the moment Lois needed the assurance = of being praised for herself alone. "And if it would make you feel better, = we can stay quiet about the baby for now. I think I'd kind of enjoy keeping= that piece of news to ourselves for awhile before it becomes public property. Zor knows, the people have enough to concern them at the moment!" "And it would give them something to celebrate when all this is over= !" Lois couldn't keep the edge from her voice. "Lois! I didn't mean . . . ." Pulling back, he regarded her with a= mixture of remonstration and apology. "Kal, don't deny it! I was thinking the exact same thing myself!" T= he couple exchanged conspiratorial grins; they even thought alike. "Now let= 's go eat some lunch. I'm hungry! You might not have noticed but I lost my= breakfast." "No, Lois, that's exactly what I meant when I said that I notice things . . . ." ***** tbc in Part 22 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 05:41:29 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: John Debbage <106532.433@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Universal Union Book3/Part23 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Title: Universal Union Book3/Part 23 Author: Jenni Debbage Rating: PG-13 ~~~~~~~~~~ The two orbships shot up into the stratosphere of Krypton, leaving behind the light clinging rain that had come with the night. Skimming along the very boundaries of space, they sped southwards towards the land= s of Nor. Lois sat by the wall of the command room, gazing through the clear skin of the ship at the world far below her. From outside she knew that the craft looked like a glowing opaque orb without any noticeable windows= or doors but she had learned very early in her acquaintance with Kryptonians that appearances were deceptive. Back on Earth, when she had= first come in contact with these strange vessels, an even stranger young Lord Kal-El had told her to imagine a door and there would be one; she ha= d literally walked through a wall. Of course, she had since discovered tha= t it had something to do with cloaking devices and force fields and ships' matrixes. Now she took for granted these wondrous methods of transport. She smiled at the memory of the green girl she had been as she watch= ed the clouds and distant land masses flow by. But who on Earth, apart fro= m a few 'UFO kooks' and the odd scientist or scifi novelist could ever have= known that life in outer space really did exist or how advanced and diver= se that life actually was. Most believers in extraterrestrials conjured up = a picture of grey little figures with long, skinny limbs and big bug-eyed heads when they thought of alien beings. Hey, maybe that species did exi= st and one day she might encounter them. Or more likely Earthlings were conditioned by the entertainment world into a preconceived notion of alie= n races. They most certainly had no inkling of this extraordinary race of= humans who shared their galaxy. Perhaps she ought to write a science fiction novel, setting the record straight, and have Jace transmit it to Earth for publication If only she could be sure it had a happy ending, i= t might just make the best-seller list. And, perhaps, it was the gloomy weather that they'd left behind and seemed to be flying into, that had filled her head with uneasy thoughts. To tell the truth, she was surprised that she was even along for the= ride. But the First Lord was quite determined; Lois had been one of the prime creators of Nor's downfall and as such she ought to be present at t= he final scene. Of course, Kal had given strict instructions that, at the first hint of trouble, Poli and a squad of troopers were to fly Lois in o= ne of the orbships out of harm's way. Her first instinct was to protest tha= t she was perfectly able to take care of herself but then memories of last summer had invaded her mind, and, fearful that history might repeat itsel= f, she reluctantly accepted Kal's instructions. She would do all she could = to keep this baby safe. "It won't be long now," said a quiet voice in her ear as Trey leaned= slightly across her to scan the view far below. "We're almost across the= Southern Sea. Do you see the islands down there? They're just a little off shore from the lands of Nor." = The Prime Councillor had been sitting by her side and dosing quietly= almost since take off. It had been a great surprise to her when Lord Rem= y had declined to come on the trip to arrest Nor. However, as she'd looked= more closely at the old man she'd noticed the bowed shoulders and the shadows beneath his lined eyes, and was it just her imagination, or had h= is hands trembled as he'd taken her own to wish her 'happy hunting'. Even a= long day spent mentally wrestling with a crook like Mai couldn't totally suppress this senior citizen's ready humour but there was no denying the signs, Remy was exceedingly tired. She'd travelled a galaxy to find a grandfather. She just hoped that she didn't lose him too soon as she had= Zor. What was it Kal had told her -- that Kryptonians hadn't conquered o= ld age but that they did live slightly extended and healthier lives? Did th= is mean that Remy might be around for a number of years yet? Strangely, she= didn't know just how old Uncle Remy was; that was something she'd have to= ask Kal when things settled back to normal. = Normal! Hah! Would her life ever be normal? She was an Earth wom= an who was living on another world! And Zor-El wasn't dead; just gone on hi= s travels. Perhaps he would be back someday but, sombrely, that was something Lois doubted. Zor had passed his throne to Kal and he might we= ll conceive that his return would complicate life for his successor. It saddened her to think that she might never verbally spar with the quick-witted Zor again and see the warm understanding gleam in his twinkling eyes. And yet she shouldn't despair. Zor might have been the= first friend she had made on Krypton but she now had many more. More tha= n she'd ever had back on Earth. And that was very weird. Had the fact tha= t she'd been a stranger in a very strange land forced her to trust more readily the people who had offered her the hand of friendship? Had her survival in an alien world made her more approachable to overtures of well-meaning help and advice? = And yet she hadn't totally relinquished her cynicism; her deep-route= d mistrust of strangers, and she doubted that she ever would. Kal had ofte= n told her that he relied on her assessment of a person or a situation; tha= t he found her gut-instincts to be close to the truth too often to dismiss them out of hand. In fact, he very often shared them. Another link in t= he invisible chain that bound them each to the other. "A penny for your thoughts, dear Lady?" Came the voice again and sh= e turned to find Trey smiling warmly upon her. "Remy isn't the only one wh= o enjoys your little euphemisms. You seem a million miles away." Lois returned his smile. "I was! Or, at least, I was thinking abou= t how far I'd come from the girl who lived on Earth." "That must have been very difficult for you. To leave your family a= nd friends and trust your life to a stranger. I might have been a little wa= ry of you in the beginning but I never questioned your courage." "But that's just it! I can't explain it, but Kal never was a stranger! From the moment he gave me his hand to help me from Luthor's car, somehow we connected. I didn't understand it, and I questioned it a= bit... more than just a bit, actually... but I couldn't ignore it. I ev= en fought it for a short time but it was inevitable. No matter how far we h= ad to travel, Kal and I were meant to be together." "That one great love!" Trey's voice softened and Lois could almost believe that tears were shimmering in the once austere blue eyes. "I've read about it; beautiful verse and prose. The old poets and writers of o= ur long distant past have chronicled it but I never believed in it. We Kryptonians marry for other reasons; for wealth and power and to consolidate alliances and sometimes we even grow fond of our spouses. I know I would be quite lost without my wife and I love my children. But Kal-El's quest for you was totally beyond my understanding. I remember h= ow forcefully he petitioned the council for the right to ask you to be his bride." The grey head shook back and forth as Trey reminisced of those stormy meetings and, at his side, Lois perked up, anxious to hear of how Kal fought for his Lady. "Most of the councillors and the nobles had assumed that Kal would choose a bride from a member planet of the Federation and, as the time came when he was at an age to marry, the council drew up a list of available worlds and suitable ladies. I rememb= er how Zor-El laughed. Of course, he was in on a secret that none of the re= st of us had any idea about. Kal had already chosen his bride and, whenever= the question of marriage arose, he announced that his wife would be an Earthling and that her name was Lois Lane. I can tell you that it caused= great consternation amongst the councillors." This time Trey laughed mor= e heartily, remembering the shocked faces of the men around the council tab= le as they viewed the idea of a woman from a backward planet eventually bein= g the First Lady of Krypton. Then, realising that he was now speaking to t= he woman from the backward planet, he blushed rosily. "But perhaps you don'= t want to hear about that." "On the contrary, Trey! I'd love to know how that went down!" "Not particularly well, I'm afraid!" Trey ruefully admitted. "I'm= ashamed to say that even I wasn't thrilled at the notion. It's not that = we have anything against Earth...." "I know, I know! Many Kryptonians believe that Earth is their siste= r planet!" "You heard that one?" Trey's grey eyebrows almost merged with his hair. "Kal tells me everything. And he told me that there were some objections to an Earth woman but he didn't go into detail." Lois' look suggested that Lord Trey should now repair Kal's omission. "Well, there really isn't much to tell. Jen-Mai, as you would expec= t, was the leader of the 'anti-Earthling' faction. He was in favour of a bride from the planet Capula... a strange almost insular world who are on= ly in the Federation for protection against attack. One hardly ever sees a Capulan in any other part of the galaxy, unless it is to attend a Federation meeting. And talk about withdrawn! They never socialise! = They make Kryptonians seem like the life and soul of the party." Trey ga= ve another laugh then sobered somewhat. "Now that I come to think of it, No= r probably picked the girl for those very reasons. She was a plain, mousy little child and I'm sure that she would have bored Kal to distraction, which would have been the whole point of Nor's choice. Anyway it didn't work, thank Zor. You see Kal had a very powerful and influential ally...= ." "Yes, Zor-El! He told me!" "Exactly! Zor was my leader but he was also my friend, as he was wi= th so many of the councillors. We valued and respected him. We also truste= d him and, after a few altercations, the majority of us let ourselves be persuaded that Kal had chosen wisely, and the trip to Earth was organised= . = And I, for one, My Lady, am very thankful that Kal won his fair lady. In= you, Krypton has everything that it could have hoped for in a First Lady and a few other things that it didn't even know it needed. I've never to= ld you this before but I'm glad that you agreed to come and make your home with us." Lois now discovered it was her turn to blink back a few tears. Whil= e admitting that she'd come to accept this rather distant man as a friend, she'd never really considered that she could view him as a close confiden= t, and yet here he was causing her to feel very warm, fuzzy feelings. = Kryptonians were most confusing! "We should be landing very shortly." Kal's announcement broke into her weepy meanderings and she looked up to see him bending towards her. = "Lois, I realise this might be a difficult request for you to follow but = do you think you can stay out of trouble this time." A teasing grin softene= d his implications and she answered him in much the same way. "Who, me?! Is it my fault that trouble follows me about! That ever= y kidnapper, traitor and nasty villain on Krypton are always on my case?!" A broad laugh rumbled in Kal's chest but it couldn't quite dis-spell= his anxiety. "You do seem to have this unconscious knack of attracting t= he less wholesome elements of civilisation and not just on Krypton." His eyebrows rose at the thought of their first meeting when he'd rescued her= from Luthor's obnoxious demands. "Don't worry, sire. I'll stick close to Lady Lois and I'm sure her bodyguards are very skilled in handling any untoward situation." = "Thanks, Trey, but, unfortunately, I think that you'll have to be a member of the arresting party. Commander Medi is head of the Security Force of Elvar and therefore the supreme Security Force of Krypton; Commander Jace and Major Mica can represent the military but I need someo= ne from the High Council to enforce the warrant should Nor seek to resist. = It might be ... unpleasant but I would be grateful for your support." "Oh yes, of course. I don't know why I didn't think of it." Trey stood to join his First Lord. "And let's hope that Nor yields to the law= s of Krypton." "Hmph!" That from the still seated lady. "We can all hope but I doubt that Rad-Nor's prepared to yield to anyone or anything.." Kal's lips pressed together and he raised a hand to worry the back o= f his neck. "I don't often wish it, honey, but let's hope that this time you're wrong." He reached out his other hand to help her rise. "Poli ha= s been given the job of taking care of you, with a small squad of men. Now= , I know that you're perfectly capable of winding him round your little finger... so please, for my benefit, don't lead him a merry dance. This time just stay in the background." Lois accepted the proffered hand and replied graciously. "I'll be good... I promise." However, the question of Nor's willingness to surrender or whether Lois would hold to her promise was never put to the test. On landing in = a wooded area outside the gates of Norden, the detachment led by Major Mica= quickly deployed in the grounds around the fortress while a smaller detai= l accompanied The First Lord, Lord Trey and the Security Chief straight up = to the front door. Commander Medi, clutching the official warrant to his chest, placed a firm hand on the vidpad and waited to be answered. That no answer was forthcoming was not totally unexpected to Kal-El.= = The fact that they'd been allowed to reach the door without any hindrance= was suspicious. There had been no force-field blocking their access and = no lookouts in the high towers to watch their approach. Norden had the look= of an empty tomb. = Medi pressed his hand firmly on the scanning pad once more but to no= avail. Curt orders were swiftly issued by Major Mica and his men fanned out around the forbidding walls, searching for an entrance or for someone= to question. At her position by the gate, Lois squinted her eyes to watch the operation with close interest. She felt chilled. They had left Elvar in= the midst of a spring shower and had landed in the swirling mists of a cold, dreary day. Mimicking the actions of another women some hours before, the Lady of El drew her cloak around her to ward off the icy wind= , only this cloak was more suited to the elements and the chill that filled= her was attributed more to her melancholy expectations than to the weathe= r. The group by the door stamped and shuffled their feet and clapped their gloved hands together, but not only to keep the circulation flowing= in the brisk temperatures. The wait was exacerbating already tightly stretched nerves. "Do we try to break in?" Medi asked unsurely. Kal took a few steps backwards and studied the front of the house intently. He would swear there was no one at home. "No! Give them a fe= w more moments. Then we'll go in. But we'll need an explosives expert. I= f = Nor's gone then it means he's been warned, and he could quite easily hav= e left a nasty surprise for us." Moments later, two soldiers appeared from the back of the building escorting a raggedly clad and sullen looking man. Lois saw them march th= e poor half-starved creature up to her husband and a short conversation too= k place. When it ended she also saw Kal pull something from his pocket and= hand it to the man. Then, with a gesture that was wholly his, a gesture that left the poor worker speechless, Kal removed his thick coat and drap= ed it over the thin shoulders. Quickly, he turned and spoke with Mica, sending the troopers off with Nor's ill- treated workman to offer what he= lp and assistance they could to the abandoned people of Norden. = But before the undernourished fellow could be persuaded to leave, he= dropped to his knees and bowed his head to the ground by Kal-El's feet, thoroughly embarrassing the First Lord. It was an ancient custom on Krypton and yet Kal had never become comfortable with the habit, persuadi= ng his own servants that a short bow was all that was required -- and even that he would've dispensed with had it not have caused some vexation. He= raised the man and sent him off with promises that he and the estate workers would be taken care of. In something of a daze the man consented= to show the soldiers where his family and friends were hiding, hurrying o= ff with a warmer, newer coat than he had ever owned and a purse full of mone= y. = Kal walked back to the head of the stairs that mounted to the door o= f Norden and gazed down the straight drive towards his wife and consort. = This was turning into a nightmare and he longed to be in the comfort of Lois' arms. They would have to search the lands of Norden to make sure that Nor wasn't skulking somewhere but, from the information he'd receive= d, that was very doubtful. And, judging by the state of that poor fellow,= they'd have to offer aid and practical assistance to Nor's fiefdom. = Rad-Nor wasn't fit to rule over a pigsty. There was clearly much work t= o be done to rectify years of neglect and winter was almost upon this part = of the world. He'd have to set up a task force to make sure that the people= would survive in the harsh climate. But first he had to tell Lois the ba= d news. His eyes focussed on her small form in the distance. <> ***** And so it was! A camp was set up in the grounds of Norden and reinforcements were requested. For days these men scoured the country of= Nor from the shores of the Southern Seas to every boundary and even the small islands off the coast that Trey had pointed out to Lois as they'd flown overhead. The lands were searched electronically and manually as there was a slight possibility that some new cloaking device might shield= Nor's position. But the results were the same. The people of Nor were questioned as to their lord's whereabouts, yet that also yielded no clues= ; apart from the information given them by Hus, the gardener found on that first day of their arrival, they could discover nothing more. Nor had taken his family, his household and his guard and flown away just a few hours before the government men had landed. Kal and Lois remained with the troops for several days and then they= had returned to Elvar, weary and saddened of heart. It wasn't that conditions in the camp had been so bad, though the weather had been atrocious. Living in the orb ship had been fairly comfortable but both h= ad been horrified by the conditions they found the ordinary people of Nor living under and their compassionate hearts were bruised. In tandem with the military's search, emergency rations and aid had been distributed to these poor people whose only crime was to live under the rule of a cruel and selfish master. Nor had hidden his crimes agains= t humanity well. Since inheriting his father's position, visitors had not been welcomed in this quadrant of Krypton. Almost immediately, Rad-Nor h= ad a force-field activated over his domain and only those who had been invit= ed were allowed through, and then only under strict escort. = It was inconceivable to Lois that this tyrant had been allowed to browbeat and neglect a whole country; that under Kryptonian law, unless some well proven complaint or request for help was received by the High Council, the forces of the council could not interfere. As long as Nor could keep his conduct secret and prevent any complaints reaching Elvar, = it seemed he was free to do as he wished. = This outrageous state of affairs filled Lois with righteous wrath but= then she remembered how on Earth it wasn't so very different. Civil righ= ts were being broken in many of the countries on Earth and the United Nation= s could do little to put matters to right. Various charities tried their best to fight for the downtrodden and bring them food and healthcare but way too many people in the third world lived under the heel of oppression= . = But somehow she had thought that this seemingly advanced civilisation should have been different. And if she were to be completely honest, on the whole it did seem so= . = Throughout Elvar and many of the countries she had visited last summer th= e ordinary people seemed prosperous, happy and well adjusted. In fact, it= had frustrated her a whole lot that someone like Etta, who had clearly ha= d the potential to excel in anything she chose, was content to remain in su= ch a lowly position. It had taken some readjusting on Lois' part to accept that in Etta's eyes her post wasn't menial. Everyone in the lands of El had a role in life and everyone was valued -- from those who laboured in the fields to those who sat in council. It had warmed her heart and made her proud to see Kal take the frightened and introspective Hus and, calming the poor man's worries, employ him in the role of supervisor between the aid-workers and the peop= le they wished to help. Hus lost his fine coat, much to his chagrin, but wh= en one of good quality which was made to measure just for him was supplied, = he regained his good humour and was soon hard at work overseeing the betterment of his neighbours and countrymen. Lois too had become actively involved in the aid work, her interest being drawn to the undernourished children. To her surprise and delight,= she found she enjoyed her time spent with the children and, after they ha= d overcome their first shyness, it seemed that they too looked forward to visits from the lovely lady who didn't mind getting down in the dirt and playing with them. Old children's street games from Earth were resurrect= ed from tracts of Lois' distant memory and these deprived Kryptonian youngsters loved them just as much as had their far away cousins. = Too soon it was time to leave for Elvar and, though Lois and Kal wer= e anxious to return home, they were also sorry to leave this tenuous haven which they were trying to create in this barren land before the winter snows fell and made the rescuers' work much more difficult. But a good team was in place and with the military to assist it seemed that Norden's= population would survive this winter in better conditions than they had i= n the past. Besides, though working to give succour to those in need was a more satisfying activity, the question of discovering Rad-Nor's destination could not be ignored. And the one underlying, troubling fact that haunte= d all Kal's dreams and waking thoughts, and thus those of Lois, was the fat= e of Keira, his sister, and her unborn child. The eagle had flown but he h= ad taken his mate with him. ***** tbc in Part 24 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:04:32 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Phillip Atcliffe Subject: "Mary Sue" Kent (was: Useful Websites for Authors) In-Reply-To: <32.14cf1154.282ff79f@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII On Sun, 13 May 2001 10:43:43 EDT "Ann E. McBride" wrote: > If I remember correctly, the original incarnation of Clark Kent *was* a "Mary Sue" type of character. I am pretty sure that I have read that Clark was pretty much patterned after the two guys who created Superman. > Phil, am I dreaming? < No -- unless it's about Clark, and that's _your_ private daydream... As regards CK as a Mary Sue character -- well, yes and no. The idea of Superman was definitely based on the concept of an unremarkable-looking guy who was much more than he seemed, and who could deal with all the problems that "ordinary" guys only wished they could, but I don't think that Clark was patterned after Jerry and/or Joe any more than that. Things like Clark's middle name (Jerome in L&C, Joseph in the comics) were added later in tribute to his creators. IIRC, Zoom's website mentions various things related to this, like who Lois was named after and based on, so it would be worth checking that out. Phil ------------------------------------------------------------ "I think... I think I am! | I think _I_ am: Therefore I am... I think?" | Phil Atcliffe -- The Moody Blues | (Phillip.Atcliffe@uwe.ac.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:00:47 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nicola Baker Subject: New: Landing Lessons (1/4) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Landing Lessons by NicNacs Rated: Who knows, but it's less that PG-13 and that's all that matters = really. (Probably G, now that I know what the British equivalents = are(Hi Labby!) ) Part: 1 of 4 (Teaser) Feedback: Yes, please! Any possible way you care to give it. =20 Ok, this is a sequel to Flying Lessons, which was posted on Zoom's MBs a = while back. If you didn't read Flying Lessons and you want to, it's at = http://www.zoomway.com/boards/ubbhtml/Forum5/HTML/005172.html Thanks go = to Phil for sparking an idea in my brain... although he may not = recognise it. And Kelly and Tricia, my Betas. =20 Sorry this first part is so short. the others are longer, promise! It = just seemed appropriate to stop there, and make you all wait to see what = happens. =20 *** =20 Metropolis' newest superhero was flying. His blue cape was flapping in = the wind of his passage as he made his way back to work after a rescue. = The hero wasn't hurrying, just enjoying the sunshine. Thanks to that = interview he gave himself last week, Perry was giving him more proper = jobs, and it was much easier to get out of the office for rescues. =20 Rolling on to his back, he stared up at the clouds. An aeroplane = passed, and he idly wondered if they were close enough to make out the = emblem on his chest. He was quite proud of his superhero persona. Ace = wasn't as formal sounding as Superman or UltraWoman. It was more... = him, somehow. And he had to admit, the suit was something. The orange = stylised A stood out on the dark green chest of his suit and gave the = impression of youth, while the blue mask obscured his face enough that = even Perry hadn't recognised him earlier that week. The orange belt and = boots completed the outfit. =20 Suddenly, Ace was jolted from his reverie by a wave of panic. He lost = altitude, and just barely avoided the tops of several buildings. The = asphalt rushed up to meet him, dark in the bright summer's light. = Jimmy's last thought was to hope that enough of his invulnerability = remained to protect him. =20 *** ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 16:58:06 +0100 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: New: Landing Lessons (1/4) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit YES!!! I've been waiting for this for...not that very long. Hurry up and post the other parts, Nic - I'm looking forward to reading this. LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 09:27:33 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Elisabeth Subject: Editor Needed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'm looking for a volunteer to edit a story for general punctuation and grammatical correctness, as well as for flow and content. If interested, please e-mail me at all4_mr_d8a@yahoo.com. Thank you, Elisabeth --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions $2 Million Sweepstakes - Got something to sell? ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 17:39:07 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: New: Landing Lessons (1/4) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nic!!!! If this is *all* written, then POST IT ALL!! NOW!! Wendy -------------------------- Wendy Richards w.m.richards@hrm.keele.ac.uk ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 13:38:23 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carolyn Schnall Subject: Re: Plagiarism--more links In-Reply-To: <23.b7beccd.282c4172@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >Demi and LabRat -- I just found these two sites: > >http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/1038/profiles.html > >Contains a profile with a picture of our dear Melissa > >http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/5019/index.htm > >"Lisa’s" site – she still has Melissa’s stories >up. I'm not sure if this site's been mentioned before. > >Roseann Tried the second url but did not actually see a Melissa picture.... Did I do something wrong? Carolyn ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 13:43:06 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kath Roden Subject: Going "No Mail" Hey all, Just a note to say I'm off to Ireland for my vacation! So I'll be off the list for a while. TTYL KathR ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:20:01 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Roseann Buonadies Subject: Re: Plagiarism--more links Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated Mon, 14 May 2001 1:38:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Carolyn Schnall writes: << >Demi and LabRat -- I just found these two sites: > >http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/1038/profiles.html > >Contains a profile with a picture of our dear Melissa > >http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/5019/index.htm > >"Lisa’s" site – she still has Melissa’s stories >up. I'm not sure if this site's been mentioned before. > >Roseann Tried the second url but did not actually see a Melissa picture.... Did I do something wrong? Carolyn >> Carolyn, the first addy is the one with the profile and picture of Melissa. I just tried it and it still works. Roseann ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:57:15 EDT Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Crystal Wingate Subject: I'm New MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hiya everyone My name's Crystal, and I'm a 21-year-old from Ohio. I like to read fanfiction the most, but I try to write fan fiction, although I'm not always that good at it. I have a fanfiction archive, which you can find at http://crsunrise_98.tripod.com and it's called 'A League of Their Own.' Feel free to take a look at give some feedback to my guestbook. ;-) I enjoy talking to people, so if anyone whiches to im me sometime, my messenger info is in my signature. Thanks Crystal AIM/AOL=CRSunrise, OneLastW1sh Yahoo=CRSunrise_98 Hotmail=CRSunrise_98@hotmail.com ~~Life's a constant roadway. There are many twists and turns. You also have to watch out for the potholes~~ ~~Take one step at a time or you'll fall flat on your face~~ ~~A life lived in chaos is an impossibility...~~Madeleine L'Engle A League of Their Own http://crsunrise_98.tripod.com/ Literal Keepsakes http://literalkeepsakes.tripod.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 22:25:32 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Eileen Barnard Subject: The Broken Hearts Club MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just wanted to let all the UK FoLCs know that the Broken Hearts Club is = playing in London from this week, at the Metro in Leicester Square. I'm = not sure if it will be moving on to any local cinemas but I will keep an = eye on the press for details. Regards Eileen B ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 00:22:23 +0100 Reply-To: Yvonne Connell Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yvonne Connell Subject: Re: The Broken Hearts Club MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey, thanks for letting us know, Eileen! I'm doing an early afternoon concert in Holborn this Saturday, so I could just stay in town afterwards and see the film. Yippee!!! A decent DC film at last . Yvonne (yvonne@yconnell.fsnet.co.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 18:30:03 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Plagiarism - Melissa speaks. :P~~~~~~ For anyone who hasn't yet seen Kylie's post on Zoomway's new message boards... Melissa actually wrote back to someone! Admittedly, Kylie's email to her was probably more polite than many she'll have received... but anyway, see what she says for yourself. http://www.lastson.com/boards/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000153 Wendy (unimpressed) ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@lcfanfic.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 22:35:35 -0400 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rachel Subject: Re: Plagiarism - Melissa speaks. :P~~~~~~ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for the link, Wendy. I haven't gotten around to the new Zoomway boards yet :) The whole question of religion aside (we all know what God said about stealing), perhaps she was the victim of an underfinanced educational system where neither language nor morals were emphasized? I only hope that, were the situation reversed, FoLCs would take such a devastating blow as well as the BH fans have. They're truely a most gracious group. If I were in Australia, I would even be tempted to watch the show myself! R ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:55:51 +1000 Reply-To: "jenerators@optushome.com.au" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jen Stosser Subject: Re: Plagiarism - Melissa speaks. :P~~~~~~ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, does anyone going to LAFF have a video player that works on PAL videos? I could tape Blue Heelers and bring it over? /me switches off the "facetious" button now. Jen Please note my new email address: jenerators@optushome.com.au -*- This message is umop ap!sdn -*- -*- Jenerator or Some1Else on IRC) -*- JenerEight on AIM -*- Photos of David (8) and Megan (5) on the Stosser Family HomePage: http://www.geocities.com/j_stosser -*-Please sign our guestbook! -----Original Message----- From: Rachel [SMTP:rae@USXCHANGE.NET] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:36 PM To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Re: Plagiarism - Melissa speaks. :P~~~~~~ Thanks for the link, Wendy. I haven't gotten around to the new Zoomway boards yet :) The whole question of religion aside (we all know what God said about stealing), perhaps she was the victim of an underfinanced educational system where neither language nor morals were emphasized? I only hope that, were the situation reversed, FoLCs would take such a devastating blow as well as the BH fans have. They're truely a most gracious group. If I were in Australia, I would even be tempted to watch the show myself! R