//I've never considered this angle before, and I can definitely see why it doesn't work for you. But I really think it's that whole business of the Blur reconnection since "Upgrade" that threw her again off-balance in terms of her confidence and security in having a firm handle of both aspects of her life. And it also makes sense that while she has been in relationship with Clark since "Crossfire", it's also not until "Upgrade" that she had to deal with the Blur-ry element again.//
I definitely see what you're saying. Where I'm coming at it, I suppose though, is that this renewed Blur activity, courtesy the Zod involvement, just seems so contrived, solely to precipitate a Clois break up and possible T-for-2. Prior to this, I felt the show had done a decent job in putting to rest and clarifying to a great degree just where Lois was coming from, wrt The Blur, both in terms of a 'higher purpose' and possible romantic feelings. Firstly in 'Rabid', where she confesses to Clark that working with The Blur gave her a sense of purpose, etc, but then she caps it off with a telling, "I don't want to be alone." This to me signified that the connection with the Blur was a little more to do also with her own set of insecurities and abandonment issues, etc. And not just about a search for a 'higher purpose' because Lois' passion for journalosm, while not the central focus this season, has still been developed rather well - whether its been her working on the expose on Sachs, or gleeful about a lead in the opening scene of 'Idol', etc, Lois being tenacious about a story? Is something we haven't not seen. Then in 'Idol', in that wonderful scene with the therapist at the end, in just a simple sentence like "but my thoughts---they keep going back to Clark" - and delivered so meaningfully by ED, put to rest exactly where Lois' real feelings lay.
And since then, nothing in Lois or her relationahip to Clark has show me she's been any less than 100% committed to Clark. Trepidation? Sure, because of what this relationship means to her, but never anything less than complete commitment. And why not, after all, this is a Cloos that has a foundation of several years now - a basis of friendship that then evolved in to their deeper feelings. I'm just not buying Lois' sudden dissatisfaction with her life or Clark.
I definitely see what you're saying. Where I'm coming at it, I suppose though, is that this renewed Blur activity, courtesy the Zod involvement, just seems so contrived, solely to precipitate a Clois break up and possible T-for-2. Prior to this, I felt the show had done a decent job in putting to rest and clarifying to a great degree just where Lois was coming from, wrt The Blur, both in terms of a 'higher purpose' and possible romantic feelings. Firstly in 'Rabid', where she confesses to Clark that working with The Blur gave her a sense of purpose, etc, but then she caps it off with a telling, "I don't want to be alone." This to me signified that the connection with the Blur was a little more to do also with her own set of insecurities and abandonment issues, etc. And not just about a search for a 'higher purpose' because Lois' passion for journalosm, while not the central focus this season, has still been developed rather well - whether its been her working on the expose on Sachs, or gleeful about a lead in the opening scene of 'Idol', etc, Lois being tenacious about a story? Is something we haven't not seen. Then in 'Idol', in that wonderful scene with the therapist at the end, in just a simple sentence like "but my thoughts---they keep going back to Clark" - and delivered so meaningfully by ED, put to rest exactly where Lois' real feelings lay.
And since then, nothing in Lois or her relationahip to Clark has show me she's been any less than 100% committed to Clark. Trepidation? Sure, because of what this relationship means to her, but never anything less than complete commitment. And why not, after all, this is a Cloos that has a foundation of several years now - a basis of friendship that then evolved in to their deeper feelings. I'm just not buying Lois' sudden dissatisfaction with her life or Clark.
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