Oh, you have no idea how much I'm loving your Lois love (and Buffy love and Rose love). I agree with pretty much everything you said about Chloe and Lois. First season of SV I pretty much sold my fan love to Chloe and I was pretty much rooting for a Chloe/Clark pairing since it seemed indicative that he had a type and well, it was highschool. You rarely end up with someone you went out with in highschool.
Then I realized Clark was all about Lana and then there were a lot of plot stupidities and it drove me out of the show. Then I heard Lois Lane was in S4 I couldn't help but watch because it was Lois!
From the first moment she appeared on screen Lois appeared on screen I fell in love with her character. She's brash, rude, driven and absolutely no reverence for Clark's 'mystique' which was a breath of fresh air considering everyone's attitude about Clark. And that's what I always loved about Lois, that she's a grounding force for him, that he can be a superhero but Lois reminds him that he's also Clark and he needs to cook dinner!
And, yes, I love that Lois owns her mistakes, that she's responsible and she doesn't shirk what she considers her duty. I loved that she doesn't back down from Lionel Luthor, I love that she constantly, constantly keeps Clark off balanced and forces him to react in a different way with her. He doesn't have the same baggage with her and Lois is not in anyway interested about his secrets.
And much as I love Chloe, I agree with you on Chloe's drive for journalism is more close to sensationalism -- huzzlewhat has also said something to that effect that while Chloe *is* passionate about journalism but huzzlewhat notes that Chloe often investigates to support her own conclusions rather than letting the facts add up. Her post is here (http://huzzlewhat.livejournal.com/52422.html#cutid1) btw.
It's why I love Lois -- because even in Crusade, it felt like Lois is more passionate and focused (when she does get focused) on finding the truth. In trying to make the world better.
Then I went out and tried to find other fan's take on Lois and I was severely burned with the experience. The amount of hate and vile thrown her way was just -- and yes, I second skipping the Exposed recap in TWoP by the time I got to the second page I was ready to stab the recapper.
Lois is confrontational, pushy, and (gasp!) kinda bitchy. She steamrolls over people when she's figuring out what to do and then is annoyed at them for not being fast enough to move out of the way.
It annoys me that if any female character demonstrates any type of characteristic like that she's immediately hated on, and damn, the sexist comments on Lois is just sickening. Call me crazy but seeing a woman on TV who isn't a stick figure, who has curves is refreshing -- another one of the reasons why I loved Rose. Ugh. Fandom is crazy sometimes.
BTW, I rewatched Crusade last night and I just got a kick when Lois brought Amnesiac!Kal-el(Clark) to the hospital and she wanted to pass him off to the attending but the attending tells her that since she found Clark, she's responsible for him now. At first watch it meant nothing for me but last night it struck me as especially resonant that Lois was told that Clark is her responsibility.
It's like that old proverb about saving a person's life and being forever responsible for them.
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Then I realized Clark was all about Lana and then there were a lot of plot stupidities and it drove me out of the show. Then I heard Lois Lane was in S4 I couldn't help but watch because it was Lois!
From the first moment she appeared on screen Lois appeared on screen I fell in love with her character. She's brash, rude, driven and absolutely no reverence for Clark's 'mystique' which was a breath of fresh air considering everyone's attitude about Clark. And that's what I always loved about Lois, that she's a grounding force for him, that he can be a superhero but Lois reminds him that he's also Clark and he needs to cook dinner!
And, yes, I love that Lois owns her mistakes, that she's responsible and she doesn't shirk what she considers her duty. I loved that she doesn't back down from Lionel Luthor, I love that she constantly, constantly keeps Clark off balanced and forces him to react in a different way with her. He doesn't have the same baggage with her and Lois is not in anyway interested about his secrets.
And much as I love Chloe, I agree with you on Chloe's drive for journalism is more close to sensationalism --
It's why I love Lois -- because even in Crusade, it felt like Lois is more passionate and focused (when she does get focused) on finding the truth. In trying to make the world better.
Then I went out and tried to find other fan's take on Lois and I was severely burned with the experience. The amount of hate and vile thrown her way was just -- and yes, I second skipping the Exposed recap in TWoP by the time I got to the second page I was ready to stab the recapper.
Lois is confrontational, pushy, and (gasp!) kinda bitchy. She steamrolls over people when she's figuring out what to do and then is annoyed at them for not being fast enough to move out of the way.
It annoys me that if any female character demonstrates any type of characteristic like that she's immediately hated on, and damn, the sexist comments on Lois is just sickening. Call me crazy but seeing a woman on TV who isn't a stick figure, who has curves is refreshing -- another one of the reasons why I loved Rose. Ugh. Fandom is crazy sometimes.
BTW, I rewatched Crusade last night and I just got a kick when Lois brought Amnesiac!Kal-el(Clark) to the hospital and she wanted to pass him off to the attending but the attending tells her that since she found Clark, she's responsible for him now. At first watch it meant nothing for me but last night it struck me as especially resonant that Lois was told that Clark is her responsibility.
It's like that old proverb about saving a person's life and being forever responsible for them.