This is so cute!
...at least to this Superman fan.
Link and commentary below the cut.
http://therearecertainshadesoflimelight.tumblr.com/post/14358717197/jacquelineofalltrades-teamclarklois-lois
This feels like it would be universal across a good portion of the Lois/Clark pairings. Sure, he doesn't need to bring her such extravagant gifts (using his super powers in one way or another to create/bring them to her) but he does. I suspect that the desire for these gifts has never been a universal trait of Lois Lane even in the Silver Age, when she'd been id'd by the fanboys as a "gold digger" (still sticks in my craw that they would even think that, even of the Silver Age Lois that had plenty to show that it was not part of her character to be that way.) I know it wasn't a trait of the Byrne Age and it definitely wasn't a trait of hers in "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" She states as much during one of my favorite eps (simply for the cloisy interaction) "Ordinary People".
Superman knocks on Lois's window
Lois: who is it?
Superman: Who is it? Who else knocks on your third story window?
Lois crosses and flops into a chair not facing him.
Lois: I... guess I didn't seem too appreciative today about all that cheese. But a boyfriend who can turn every whim into reality takes getting used to. I mean, my god, what if I said I wanted the perfect pearl from Japan?...
Superman rushes out the window
Lois: ...I'd never expect it to just appear...
He returns with a large pearl just shucked but still in the oyster
Lois: ...Or if I casually expressed a craving for Swiss chocolate...
Superman disappears again
Lois: ...You really think I'd expect you to go zipping off to Switzerland...
Superman is back with a large bar of dark chocolate from a chocolatier in Switzerland
Lois: No more than if I said I wanted snow from the Andes...
He throws his hands up in exasperation but still disappears
Lois: These are just idle fantasies, not the kind of thing...
He returns with the snow, which he places right alongside the other gifts
Lois: ...that's really important between two...
Lois turns to look at him and sees all of the gifts that she mentions in her monologue
Lois: You gotta stop doing that.
Clark: Why? Making you happy makes me happy.
she contemplates this a moment and then responds in a more contemplative voice
Lois: Do you know why I gave up my crush on Superman?
he shakes his head no
Lois: Because he is a fantasy (she looks at the gifts he has brought her) Do you know why I fell in love with Clark? (again, he shakes his head no) Because he is real. That's what I want.
Superman: You do?
Lois: He's got problems, insecurities, hat hair...
Superman: I do not have hat hair.
Lois: When I say to Clark that I like the scent of tulips from Holland it is not your cue to go taxiing down the runway, it just means Clark and I would figure out a way to put aside money to take a vacation... Together.
Basically time is a more precious commodity to the two of them. Time beyond their jobs that is. I do believe Clark gets this in all incarnations considering the frustrations he's show in the Silver/Bronze, Superman Movies with Reeve, Modern, and in the "Lois and Clark" episodes. I haven't yet seen this with the Clark from the DCnU but I suspect that may be something they address somewhere down the line (as we've seen neither Superman nor Clark dating at all.)
I'm trying to figure out who my "Impressed Lois" icon is more impressed with when it comes to that comic page. The fact that he brought her a gorgeous geode from the moon or that Comics!Lois doesn't feel the need to have such impressive gifts brought to her. Because just because Lois doesn't need them, doesn't mean she doesn't appreciate the gesture.
And here's where I show that I'm not Lois no matter how much I love her...
In other things, I love my hubby. I don't tend to log out of my amazon account on his computer, I'm not sure why though. He's used it a time or two instead of logging into his own account. Once that freaked me out because he bought a chair for the computer room along with a few other items (he had talked about replacing the chair and I wasn't about to dispute that it might be something to consider) but forgot to mention it to me. I found out by receiving an email saying a few items had been purchased. I called him freaking out that my account had been hacked. Sure enough I found out he had been him, not a hack-job. Talk about being relieved.
This time he decided to use that method to peek through what I had on my wishlist and purchase them. For the record, I have a HUGE wishlist on Amazon. Not all of them will be read immediately but they're almost always topics that have been of interest to me at one time or another and items to consider adding to our library room (or the occasional pricey gift we'd never get but I really would love.) Hubby decided to purchase a number of the items on my list that actually aren't all that pricey (as I don't mind used books, especially because some on my list are out of print for one reason or another.) Because he used my account to purchase them he ended up telling me ahead of time that I had a bunch of stuff coming and not to worry when I recieve the emails telling that they'd been shipped (but don't look at the boxes coming in if I wanted to be surprised.) Since they started coming in he's given me a book a day (kind of our version of 12 days I guess?) The two I have liked the most? The Superman Wedding Album and The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson. There's one more that's come in that he's hinted is about Lois's profession (I had a choice that day between "ren faire" and "Lois and Clark's profession" and ended up choosing a translation of choreography of Italian renaissance dances as a result of my decision.)
Now if only I knew what to get my hubby (he's so difficult to buy for and tends to just buy what he wants rather than waiting.)
Link and commentary below the cut.
http://therearecertainshadesoflimelight.tumblr.com/post/14358717197/jacquelineofalltrades-teamclarklois-lois
This feels like it would be universal across a good portion of the Lois/Clark pairings. Sure, he doesn't need to bring her such extravagant gifts (using his super powers in one way or another to create/bring them to her) but he does. I suspect that the desire for these gifts has never been a universal trait of Lois Lane even in the Silver Age, when she'd been id'd by the fanboys as a "gold digger" (still sticks in my craw that they would even think that, even of the Silver Age Lois that had plenty to show that it was not part of her character to be that way.) I know it wasn't a trait of the Byrne Age and it definitely wasn't a trait of hers in "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" She states as much during one of my favorite eps (simply for the cloisy interaction) "Ordinary People".
Superman knocks on Lois's window
Lois: who is it?
Superman: Who is it? Who else knocks on your third story window?
Lois crosses and flops into a chair not facing him.
Lois: I... guess I didn't seem too appreciative today about all that cheese. But a boyfriend who can turn every whim into reality takes getting used to. I mean, my god, what if I said I wanted the perfect pearl from Japan?...
Superman rushes out the window
Lois: ...I'd never expect it to just appear...
He returns with a large pearl just shucked but still in the oyster
Lois: ...Or if I casually expressed a craving for Swiss chocolate...
Superman disappears again
Lois: ...You really think I'd expect you to go zipping off to Switzerland...
Superman is back with a large bar of dark chocolate from a chocolatier in Switzerland
Lois: No more than if I said I wanted snow from the Andes...
He throws his hands up in exasperation but still disappears
Lois: These are just idle fantasies, not the kind of thing...
He returns with the snow, which he places right alongside the other gifts
Lois: ...that's really important between two...
Lois turns to look at him and sees all of the gifts that she mentions in her monologue
Lois: You gotta stop doing that.
Clark: Why? Making you happy makes me happy.
she contemplates this a moment and then responds in a more contemplative voice
Lois: Do you know why I gave up my crush on Superman?
he shakes his head no
Lois: Because he is a fantasy (she looks at the gifts he has brought her) Do you know why I fell in love with Clark? (again, he shakes his head no) Because he is real. That's what I want.
Superman: You do?
Lois: He's got problems, insecurities, hat hair...
Superman: I do not have hat hair.
Lois: When I say to Clark that I like the scent of tulips from Holland it is not your cue to go taxiing down the runway, it just means Clark and I would figure out a way to put aside money to take a vacation... Together.
Basically time is a more precious commodity to the two of them. Time beyond their jobs that is. I do believe Clark gets this in all incarnations considering the frustrations he's show in the Silver/Bronze, Superman Movies with Reeve, Modern, and in the "Lois and Clark" episodes. I haven't yet seen this with the Clark from the DCnU but I suspect that may be something they address somewhere down the line (as we've seen neither Superman nor Clark dating at all.)
I'm trying to figure out who my "Impressed Lois" icon is more impressed with when it comes to that comic page. The fact that he brought her a gorgeous geode from the moon or that Comics!Lois doesn't feel the need to have such impressive gifts brought to her. Because just because Lois doesn't need them, doesn't mean she doesn't appreciate the gesture.
And here's where I show that I'm not Lois no matter how much I love her...
In other things, I love my hubby. I don't tend to log out of my amazon account on his computer, I'm not sure why though. He's used it a time or two instead of logging into his own account. Once that freaked me out because he bought a chair for the computer room along with a few other items (he had talked about replacing the chair and I wasn't about to dispute that it might be something to consider) but forgot to mention it to me. I found out by receiving an email saying a few items had been purchased. I called him freaking out that my account had been hacked. Sure enough I found out he had been him, not a hack-job. Talk about being relieved.
This time he decided to use that method to peek through what I had on my wishlist and purchase them. For the record, I have a HUGE wishlist on Amazon. Not all of them will be read immediately but they're almost always topics that have been of interest to me at one time or another and items to consider adding to our library room (or the occasional pricey gift we'd never get but I really would love.) Hubby decided to purchase a number of the items on my list that actually aren't all that pricey (as I don't mind used books, especially because some on my list are out of print for one reason or another.) Because he used my account to purchase them he ended up telling me ahead of time that I had a bunch of stuff coming and not to worry when I recieve the emails telling that they'd been shipped (but don't look at the boxes coming in if I wanted to be surprised.) Since they started coming in he's given me a book a day (kind of our version of 12 days I guess?) The two I have liked the most? The Superman Wedding Album and The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson. There's one more that's come in that he's hinted is about Lois's profession (I had a choice that day between "ren faire" and "Lois and Clark's profession" and ended up choosing a translation of choreography of Italian renaissance dances as a result of my decision.)
Now if only I knew what to get my hubby (he's so difficult to buy for and tends to just buy what he wants rather than waiting.)