FIC: Journalistic Ethics

[ladydreamer]

Title: Journalistic Ethics
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Lex/Lois
Summary: Lois re-interviews for her job after Lex Luthor’s takeover.
Notes: Between S7 Gemini (Luthor takeover of the Daily Planet) and Persona (Bizarro and Nulian bite it)
Word Count: 2909

Thanks to herohunter for the quick beta.

Comments

[ladydreamer]

High praise! Thank you! :D

As I was writing, I anticipated the rebuttal that Lois would never use sex for this and that my portrayal was out of character, except that she does, with Grant she pretty clearly knows that it's inappropriate and doesn't care, and it's also her first line of persuasion when trying to get into places or get information (whether the person is male or female). So, unfortunately, the show has established that Lois will use sex, and it doesn't matter much to her if she uses it.

If all the guys thinking someone is hot makes a person Lois, does that make Lana Lois? o.O That's nonsensical. Lois has a lot of iconic traits, and although they gave a lot of them to Chloe, it would still be possible to write her 'iconically' without destroying Chloe's career or lowering the bar.

It's good that I waited on this, instead of writing it directly after, so I could mull over Lois's character a bit (and what other fans write about her). If Lois had been coming directly from Martha's assistant, she would have been more qualified than the route she took. If she had stayed a stripper and used her earnings to put herself back in school, she could have been able to get on as an intern legitimately, and THAT would have made more sense. I don't know how they can show us that Lois is a 'hunt and peck' typist, continuously have her show the people she's investigating the info she has on them, not show her publishing anything, and still expect us to believe that she's 'on track.' I do tend to be optimistic, though. I think people will read the ending as either humorous because they know she can't or won't come up to those standards, or as hopeful because she does have the opportunity and support to do it if she tries.

Thank you for reading and the long comment. And I'm glad you enjoyed Lex's part, too :D