#Lois Lane: Triple Threat

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Propaganda

Rosalind Russell (His Girl Friday, Auntie Mame, The Women)—Hugely influential in her role as Hildy in His Girl Friday, Russell is perhaps the greatest influence on the character of Lois Lane. Catty, hilarious and charming, Russell is the blueprint for every sharp tongued transatlantic diva. In The Women she wears a series of incredible fits including a wonderful Schiaparelli dress covered in eyes. Later in her career she was the incredible Queer Icon Mame, a model of bohemian life that still resonates today

Nina Mae McKinney (Hallelujah, Pie Pie Blackbird, The Devil’s Daughter)—One of the first black movie stars, Nina worked with Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, King Vidor, and Paul Robeson. She was the first Black Actress to be signed to one of the major studios, MGM, but her career was stalled by a lack of roles.

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Rosalind Russell:

She's funny! She's glamorous! She stood up for herself! She took her own initiative to make sure her role in His Girl Friday was funny enough to stand up to Cary Grant!

Funny, fast talking, witty, triple threat, so charming that her husband of 35 years watched her in a movie and decided he needed to meet her and he was going to marry her, and got Cary Grant to arrange a meeting. Grant was best man at their wedding. Was a big supporter and funder of arthritis research and was honoured by Congress for her work in that field.

She’s just so fucking funny. She gave another woman a permanent scar from biting her leg in a scene and this is a story she herself told in interviews. This maybe true maybe not piece of IMDB trivia is never far from my mind: At the wrap party, Rosalind Russell was dancing with George Cukor, when Ernst Lubitsch passed her and said, "If you want more close-ups in the picture, never mind dancing with your director, you'd better dance with Norma Shearer!" Without missing a beat, Russell took Shearer's hand with a wink and danced her across the floor.

Nina Mae McKinney:

Hollywood's first Black vamp, and have you seen her dance? 👀

She has such delicate features and such a delightfully impish smile

[lynpheasmagix]

Winx Musical Casting -The Winx and the Trix

So, yknow how there's those extremely underrated winx stage musicals in the early 2000s in Italy and The Netherlands? What if we brought a production over to broadway? WELL, i've combined my winx fan braincell and my theatre kid braincell and created a casting. HERE YA GO HERES THE GORLS! (the boys will come later)

Bloom: Mallory Maedke

Mallory's mostly well known for being an alternate and the dance captain for the North American premiere (Chicago, Edmonton, Cambridge, and St. Paul) and Broadway production of Six the Musical. She has such an amazing voice that I feel like she could kill whatever material is in the show, both acting and singing material. Her dancing? Amazing. She was the dance captain for a reason.

Example:

Stella: Stephanie Styles

Stephanie's credits include: Katherine in the national tour of Newsies and Lois Lane/Bianca in the 2019 Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate, and Autumn on Zoey's Extrodinary Playlist. Her character has been described as having an "adorable flower child meets young Kristin Chenoweth vibe" and if that doesn't describe Stella perfectly? In everything I've seen her in, she just radiates stella energy.

Example:

Flora: Krystina Alabado

Krystina's credits include: Ensemble/Understudy The Extraordinary Girl and Whatsername in American Idiot, Vanden in American Psycho, Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls, Dot in Pasadena Playhouse's Sunday in the Park With George, Colombina in Hartford Stage's Kiss My Aztec. I've seen some videos of her and I feel like she radiates Flora energy.

Example:

Tecna: Caitlin Kinnunen

Caitlin's credits include Thea in Spring Awakening, Carolyn in The Bridges of Madison County and Emma Nolan in The Prom, which she was NOMINATED FOR A TONY FOR! She's such an amazing triple threat so, I think she could definately step into the wings of our favorite fairy of technology.

Example:

Aisha: Lorna Courtney

Lorna's credits include Understudying Zoe Murphy and Alana Beck in Dear Evan Hansen, Rosalia/Understudy Maria in the short lived 2020 revivial of West Side Story and Juliet in &Juliet, which she's in currently AND GOT A TONY NOMINATION FOR! . I've seen her in &Juliet and she's SO good. Her voice? Spectacular? Dancing? On top of it? Acting? A+.

Example:

Musa: Andrea Macasaet

Andrea's mostly well known for originating the role of Anne Boleyn in the North American Premiere (Chicago, Edmonton, Cambridge, and St. Paul) and Broadway production of Six the Musical, she's most recently in Stratford Festival's production of Rent as Mimi. I've seen her as Boleyn and she is FIERCE! She's also a short queen which definitely reenforces the short!Musa headcanon lets goooo

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Icy: Renee Rapp

Renee's credits include: Regina George in Mean Girls. She's a Jimmy award winner and is currently releasing music. From what I've seen of her, she's SO talented. Her voice is KILLER. *it also reenforces the Belter!Icy pipeline so hell yeah* She's played a role similar to this so I think she could do a really good job as icy.

Example:

Darcy: Isabelle McCalla

Isabella's credits include: Jasmine in Aladdin, Megara in Papermill Playhouse's production of Hercules (pictured) , and originating the role of Alyssa Greene in the Broadway production of The Prom. I've seen her in Hercules and she killled it. Her "I Won't Say I'm in Love' is spectacular and she really gave it her all with this material.

Example:

Stormy: Tiffany Mann

Out of the videos I've seen of her, she has an amazing voice and I really think she has the proper energy from our favorite weather witch. Tiffany's credits include: Ensemble/Understudy Becky and Nurse Norma in Waitress and Jenna Rolan in the Broadway production of Be More Chill (pictured)

Example:

[krinsbez]

"Don’t worry about me,“ I said. “Uhm…why?” James asked, hesitating. “Not that we would,” Maddy said. She considered. “Unless you were doing something crazy dangerous. So I guess that means we would.

Lois Lane and friends, Lois Lane: Triple Threat by Gwenda Bond

i 100% believe every single adaptation of superman should be judged for accuracy based on how well they understand just how completely unhinged lois lane is as a person. because if you think THE lois lane wouldn’t do [fill in the blank], you’re wrong. she absolutely would do that and she will not be apologizing for it. superman being in love with her only succeeded in making her more comfortable and willing to do insanely dangerous things than she already was. because yes, she will 100% launch her body off a skyscraper just to prove a point. and guess what, idiot? she was right, so it was completely worth it and she will be doing it again. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, lois lane is absolutely bat-shit crazy. clark just happens to be really REALLY into her particular brand of crazy. like there is nothing lois won’t do with the right motivation. she is an absolute force of nature and that should scare the shit out of you.

[fyeahsupermanandloislane]

Happy Galentine’s Day! (February 13) | Lois Lane’s Female Relationships

“Please, I’m your friend – inside that tough-girl shell is a really tough girl. But you’re motivated by how much you care. Being a part of Team Lois, it’s an honor. There’s nothing you wouldn’t do for any of us.” — Maddy, Lois Lane: Triple Threat

[krinsbez]

Don't worry about me," I said. "Uhm...why?" James asked, hesitating. "Not that we would," Maddy said. She considered. "Unless you were doing something crazy dangerous. So I guess that means we would.

Lois Lane and friends, Lois Lane: Triple Threat by Gwenda Bond; quite possibly the most perfect discussions of Lois' personality/character I have ever seen.

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Book Review: Triple Threat (Lois Lane #3) by Gwenda Bond

Lois Lane has almost everything a girl could ask for: happy family, new friends, a great job, and burgeoning romance with her long distance (and still slightly unknown) boyfriend(ish). Problem is that it’s been over six months since she had her latest scoop and she’s itching to find a new story. In classic Lois Lane fashion, it isn’t long before trouble finds her in the form of teenagers with modified and enhanced body parts. Lois has a new story on her hands and then she finds out that her online BF – SmallvilleGuy – is actually coming to Metropolis to meet her. No big deal.

I have absolutely adored Bond’s Lois Lane series since the first couple of short introduction stories were published online and through Netgalley. In Triple Threat Lois is—as she has been throughout the series—clever, impulsive, fearless, and admirable.

Triple Threat brings together the baddies from the first two novels and puts them on a personal quest to take down Lois. The stakes felt the highest they ever have and I think is one of the reasons I find this book to be the strongest of the three. It also shows the support system that Lois has built up and real character growth when she realizes that she doesn’t have to fight every single battle on her own.

This book serves as a great end cap to the trilogy, but Bond throws in new (but familiar to the Superman ‘verse) characters that could possibly make trouble for Lois if any more books are ever published. I certainly hope we get more, but I am very content with the way this one ends.

Now for the best part of the book: THE LOIS AND CLARK FEELS. People, I cannot tell you the depths of my squee. Bond is masterful at writing teenage first loves, especially between one of pop culture’s favorite pairings. My heart burst right along with Lois’ as she finally meets Clark in person and learns more about him. This part alone is worth the cost of admission for the book.

I am going to miss this version of Lois Lane, but hopefully it inspires a new generation to love her.

I would recommend this book to DC comics fans, Veronica Mars fans, and super-cool YA heroine fans. I’d recommend starting with the first book and reading all three.

I gave it a 5/5 on my Goodreads account which translates to “It was amazing.”

[sisaloofafump]

Actually expanding on my thoughts here bc I do genuinely believe this. Lois as a character is a smart, driven, caring, stubborn, ambitious, playful, and hard hitting journalist. That could never change. However. She also can have a rabid intensity in work that throws away all levels of self protection, bearing on self destruction.

These intensifiers are often blamed on her relationship as seeking approval of, or rebelling against, men. Namely (in order of most approval to most rebellion): Perry, Superman, Clark, Sam Lane, and Luthor. And this is something she and others are aware of. Both as an internal battle and external perceptions of her. She is defined by her relationships to men.

It also pits her against other female characters, especially if it can squeeze a love triangle in there: Lana, Diana, Cat, Lori, etc

So how would lesbian sex fix her?

A) one of her primary modern backstory features is that her father always wanted a son and treated her as a disappointment. Similarly, she has to adopt both a demanding masculine personality and an intensely prim feminine appearance to be taken seriously.

Lesbian sex would push her to recontextualize if/how she wants to conform herself to cisheteropatriarcal expectations - giving her external motivation and weight to rejecting them even further than she already does.

B) she can also be incredibly obsessive over men, especially Superman. While I am focusing on her modern characterization here, I have to bring in the silver age for this point bc it's so extreme then. Lois' main goals in the silver age are to a) marry Superman b) get the story c) help people, and in that order. However we never see a hypothetical happy marriage for her in the Lois personal comics. It's just as important to her wanting to marry Superman as it is that that marriage would be dreadful for her and her career. And yet, she never gives up the chase. Additionally, In the 90s she breaks off their engagement because it won't fit into a stereotypical marriage (she's also worried about loosing her individuality and being flattened into just "the wife" - see point A).

Lesbian sex would push her to acknowledge how her future partners and romantic relationships are allowed to deviate from the cisheteropatriarcal norm. + maybe lighten the psychosexual aspects to her obsession w Superman because he wouldn't be the only non-normative partner option available to her that would potentially let her still adventure.

C) Lois often compares herself to other women - a gap that is only ever bridged when they are facing a similar challenge together. Her response to seeing another woman as beautiful is to immediately consider them a threat.

Lesbian sex would give Lois a new way to appreciate other women that isnt just "not a threat" or "tentatively allied threat that I remian insecure and judgemental about while thinking constantly about how pretty they are".

I could expand further on that last point but I need to sleep. Before I go tho I should mention my parameters for lesbian sex that would actually fix her. Because it wouldn't work with every person - there are so many interpersonal aspects that would shape the outcomes of intercourse. These are my thoughts on her most likely pairings:

Cat Grant: Top contender. Would also fix some of her internalized sexism and slut shaming. This would send Lois' brain into a kaleidoscope of realization that irrevocably change her.

Maggie Sawyer: Would get the job done and get it done well. No bonus points tho and Lois would leave thinking the main way to be sapphic is to be butch

Diana: oh my god it would make everything so much worse. Her obsession with romantic interests would triple in size. This is like if Lois and Superman had sex in the silver age. I don't think the world could handle it

Talia: would make everything worse in the same way that sleeping with Bruce would make everything worse - intensifying all impulsive and self destructive behaviours

Selina: their canon relationship is casually weird enough that it wouldn't change a thing

Mercy Graves: their canon relationship is intensely weird enough that it wouldn't change a thing

Montoya: the sex would be so bad that nothing would change. Lois might even leave straighter than before. Not because Renee is bad in bed, but because Renee & Lois would be disastrous in bed.

Lana: Silver Age wouldn't fix either of them. They'd both remain obsessed with Superman, the only difference is that they live together permanently and have sex five times a week. If it lasts long enough for them to loose their interest in S then it would fix them. Otherwise? Modern Lana & Lois? Can't see it happening. If it did it would be so awkward and have so much baggage between them about Clark that would never talk about it again and Lois (resolving to forget it ever happened) would not gain any self actualizarion.

Lori: amazing and would fix her if it didn't make her fall further in love w Clark instead of coming to any conclusions

i think lesbian sex would fix lois. thank god she's straight <3

[jade4813]

Gwenda Bond's Triple Threat

Tonight, as I was getting into bed, my husband asked what I thought of the third installment of Gwenda Bond's Lois Lane series. So I told him. In every series of books, you want the story to grow from one installment to the next - not just in terms of challenges, but with the characters themselves. This is where I think Triple Threat shines the most. If the first book was a bit more focused on her place within her family as she sought to find her place in the world and the second book was focused a bit more on her newfound friendships and the evolution of her role as reporter, Triple Threat dances along the line between the two. It does so admirably well, in fact. In this latest installment, we see Lois Lane, intrepid reporter. Strong-willed but loving daughter. Faithful but imperfect friend. The mysteries and dilemmas throughout the novel impact her in each of these areas of her life. We see her struggle to find a way to discover the truth (on a couple of fronts) without hurting anyone else. She grapples with her own secrets - with wondering when to reveal them and with her awareness of the probable consequences when she does. She also struggles with how to be a good friend when the best way to be one isn't always obvious. And, of course, when her relationship with her father and with her online friend, SmallvilleGuy, collide, she's right in the middle. But while Bond has Lois deal with all of the above, she manages to do so without introducing the kind of contrived character drama that can so easily bring a book down. As always with good characters, they are all of them imperfect in their own ways. Mistakes are made and consequences faced, but Bond handles her conflict with the right amount of drama and character maturity - allowing them to react but not to overreact. Of course, the highlight of the book for me is the development between Lois and SmallvilleGuy. In the book jacket, it's revealed the two meet. Their interactions are, in a word, perfect. As a reader, this first meeting was heavily anticipated but not overly dragged out. Their online interactions through the first two books let the reader see the development and strength of their relationship and let us get to know just enough of Lois's mystery man (this series' take on Clark Kent) that, when we are introduced to him in person along with our protagonist, it's like meeting an old friend. And it is, of course, easy to see why these two saps are head over heels for each other. Other touches in the book are delightful. The Kents and the Lanes (Poor Lois! Poor Clark!). Clark's reaction to having his wallet stolen. Even the friction between Lois and her father - the reason behind it understandable, but the unwavering love that exists between them still undeniable, for all that. And, of course, our latest update on Nellie Bly. I would be surprised if the readers didn't love that cow as much as our favorite characters do. It was at this moment that I realized my husband had been expecting a simple answer, not a full-fledged book review. That'll teach him for asking open-ended questions. How did I like Lois Lane: Triple Threat? I loved it and am eagerly hoping for more!

[girlsincapes]

REVIEW: Lois Lane: Triple Threat by Gwenda Bond

REVIEW: Lois Lane: Triple Threat by Gwenda Bond

Peaceful months have passed since her last adventure, and Lois is settling into her life in Metropolis — and preparing to meet SmallvilleGuy in real life for the very first time. But nothing could possibly be so easy in the life of Lois Lane, and when a group of teens with strange abilities starts to follow her, she’s in for another adventurous ride. I haven’t missed a single review of Gwenda…

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Propaganda

Rosalind Russell (His Girl Friday, Auntie Mame, The Women)—Hugely influential in her role as Hildy in His Girl Friday, Russell is perhaps the greatest influence on the character of Lois Lane. Catty, hilarious and charming, Russell is the blueprint for every sharp tongued transatlantic diva. In The Women she wears a series of incredible fits including a wonderful Schiaparelli dress covered in eyes Later in her career she was the incredible Queer Icon Mame, a model of bohemian life that still resonates today

Ruby Keeler (42nd Street)—iconic dancer of the 1930s [video below the cut]

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Rosalind Russell:

She's funny! She's glamorous! She stood up for herself! She took her own initiative to make sure her role in His Girl Friday was funny enough to stand up to Cary Grant!

Funny, fast talking, witty, triple threat, so charming that her husband of 35 years watched her in a movie and decided he needed to meet her and he was going to marry her, and got Cary Grant to arrange a meeting. Grant was best man at their wedding. Was a big supporter and funder of arthritis research and was honoured by Congress for her work in that field.

She’s just so fucking funny. She gave another woman a permanent scar from biting her leg in a scene and this is a story she herself told in interviews. This maybe true maybe not piece of IMDB trivia is never far from my mind: At the wrap party, Rosalind Russell was dancing with George Cukor, when Ernst Lubitsch passed her and said, "If you want more close-ups in the picture, never mind dancing with your director, you'd better dance with Norma Shearer!" Without missing a beat, Russell took Shearer's hand with a wink and danced her across the floor.

Ruby Keeler:

[lifesend1789]

I. Am. Swooning at this encounter 😍❤️😍❤️

I think this might be the cutest clois first meet ever.

[the-book-ferret]

“The story unfolded quickly as I typed, in a way I was becoming familiar with. There was something about putting the truth on paper, bringing facts into the light of day where everyone could look at them, that made my fingers move faster -- it was becoming one of my favorite sensations on earth.” ― Gwenda Bond, Double Down

[ahb-writes]

Sometimes, if you have faith in people they'll surprise you. Mom and Dad taught me that. Risk is the price of believing most people want to be good.

"Clark Kent" (Lois Lane: Triple Threat)

[fyeahsupermanandloislane]

lois lane week: day three | sisterhood and female friendships

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The Best Books of 2017: Snark Notes Edition

Just in time for the new year, here’s my annual round up of what I thought was the best of the best this year!

Best Books Read in 2017:

The Hate U Give

Lincoln in the Bardo

Little Fires Everywhere (review upcoming)

Worst Book Read in 2017:

The Waking Land

Best YA Read in 2017:

The Hate U Give

Lois Lane: Triple Threat

Best Series Read in 2017:

The Winternight Trilogy (though the third is coming in 2018)

Best Graphic Novels Read in 2017:

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe

Paper Girls, vol. 1

Best Classic Read in 2017:

Murder on the Orient Express

Best Non-Fiction Read in 2017:

Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace

By the way, this is the fourth year I’ve written one of these roundup posts. Thank you to all of my followers for the continuing interest. I’m so glad that you find the content and reviews interesting and/or valuable.

2016 Picks | 2015 Picks | 2014 Picks

Here’s to a great 2018! What upcoming books should I have on my radar?