#lois lane rules of reporting

[smallcloisville]

"This is a memento from my first day on the job. And a constant reminder there's only one Lois Lane."

Always follow the rules of reporting by Lois Lane 😌

[karaspal]

the girls that get it, get it. the girls that don’t, don’t.

[kermit-coded]

Non-AO3 Ricstar Fics

okay so i've been scouring the corners of the internet for more rictor and shatterstar fanfic. most of these are ship fic, but some of them are just ric and/or star focused gen stuff.

starred means i really liked them

JBMcDragon's fics:

the Contact series*

Touching (1/3)

Touching Can't Hurt (2/3)

The Therapy Thing (3/3)

an incredible series dealing with ric's unnadressed trauma from the right.

Others

I'll Be There For You

pre-slash fic. just the boys hanging out :)

And The World Trembled

ric's days with the right. very angsty.

Gladiator

star and colossus team up in the arena.

Livejournal

Taking Care of Business

ric and star go see emma frost after cortex (very fluffy and silly).

To the Ends of the Earth*

mexico era. very nice and in character.

Go on and need me

star taking care of ric.

When you have nothing left to burn

mojoverse culture exploration.

Oh admiration in falling asleep*

first kiss. very sweet.

prompt meme

hulkling and rictor get stuck under some rubble and chat.

When It Matters

ric thinking about his relationship with star.

Unto Others*

a fucking incredible look at rahne and ric rebuilding their friendship and rahne unlearning her homophobia.

Three in the Afternoon (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, epilogue)*

star goes to therapy after an argument with ric.

Show Off*

first time set after star "dies", very sweet and desperate.

Sur une route noire du désert

ric and star share a bed in mexico.

Never Let Me Go*

the bondage fic i never knew i needed.

A Hard Day for Dreaming

post-mexico break up.

Reunion*

pretty much exactly what it says. a nice little coda to their canon reunion.

Swords and Earthquakes

another mexico era fic.

better luck next time

ric character study.

I Used To Rule the World

ric missing his powers. xfi era.

Out of the Blue*

post-xforce issue 43 fic.

The Space Between

stakeout fic.

...And It Feels So Good (1, 2)*

hypothetical xfi-era reunion. very in-character.

Accidents Happen

stuck in a blizzard and huddling for warmth.

Our Wounds Still Tender*

sam and ric talk. really heart felt and bittersweet.

Royal Station 4/16*

pretty much the same as above, just a different scenario.

Provoked

ric's reaction to star telling him about windsong. very good ric voice.

Wound-Up Boy

another ric trauma character study.

Applied Knowledge

ric saves some people.

Red Leaves*

bittersweet post-mexico break up fic.

A Reunion, Witnessed*

another hypothetical reunion from domino's perspective.

On the Red Sox's winning the 2007 World Series*

fun little fluff piece. nice ric and terry friendship moment.

Astounding Adventures of Shatterstar and Rictor (1, 2, 2.5, 3)

fun 1950s reporter/vigilante au. got a golden age superman and lois lane feel.

Bridging the Gap (1, 2, 3, 4)

unfinished x-force era fic, but excellent star and ric voices.

Belly Button

cute little ficlet.

Tag. (You Are The One.)

ficlet that leans into star's more animalistic/warrior-like qualities.

Seven

cozy ficlet.

Fierce

neck massage and kissing!

The Manual*

star struggling with being "normal" ficlet.

Footsteps in the Desert*

ric gets injured and star takes care of him, mexico-era.

What Happened in Mexico*

bittersweet post-mexico break up fic, sequel to the above.

Days of the Week Series (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday)

xfi reunion au. very sweet and realistic.

Earth-Shattering (1, 2, 3, 4)

very very au, but the characterizations are on point.

Cinnamon Kisses

very sweet fic where ric gets star churros.

Body Art*

a twist on the matching tattoo idea.

Fansite

most of these have been cross-posted to ao3, but there's a few that haven't.

[suzukiblu]

WIP WEDNESDAY GAME

Taken from @kedreeva.

It’s WIP Wednesday, time for a little accountability, sharing your work, and getting a kick in the pants.

Here’s how it works:

In a reblog of this post (so people can find you in the notes) or new thread (w/ rules attached) if you want to play on your own, post up to five (5) filenames of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to play!

After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write 3 sentences in that file. If the filename is one you can’t share from (for example, an event or gift fic), write 3 sentences on it anyway, and then 3 more on another to share.

That’s it! You can invite others to join in, or just post. I’ll be searching the reblogs to find people to send asks to!

If you’re reading this, you’re invited!

If you see someone posting a WIP Wednesday Game snippet, send them an ask! Make them write.

file names:

the one where Kon's soulmark isn't fake

feral Kon and liger pups

Krypton lives and Kara did not sign up for this

you're a real Katch, girl

Tim + clonecest

snippet from “the one where Kon's soulmark isn't fake”:

Anyway, then Steel catches them, so that's pretty helpful. 

"Thanks, man," Superboy manages past the painful kryptonite-induced weakness and nausea, and Steel sets them both down all nice and neat on the sidewalk. 

"Any time, kid," he says as he breaks the bolted-in kryptonite off Lois Lane's chest with an armored hand, then tears off into the sky with it, presumably to deal with a certain delusional idiot. Superboy figures he'll leave him to it and just make sure the pretty lady is okay, given the active involvement of kryptonite in the whole situation. 

He looks at Lois Lane and opens his mouth to ask if she's alright, and she shrugs out of the broken straps that are all that's left of the bomb harness now that Steel's gotten at it. 

The front of her blouse is torn right over her heart, and Superboy can see the bright blue swirl of her soulmark through the damage. 

It really pops, he thinks distantly. 

"You're staring, kid," Lois Lane says dubiously, putting a hand over her exposed mark, and Superboy jolts in mortification. 

"Sorry!" he blurts, looking away quick. Well–now he knows who's on the other end of Superman's soulmark, he guesses. And it's not like it's a surprise who it is. A lot of people have suspected that Lois Lane and Superman are soulmates, after all, especially since he died and everyone found out he definitely had one. 

Though the confirmation of that fact does kinda make Superboy wonder what's going on with Clark Kent, now. He thought he and Lois Lane were engaged or something. Or like–maybe they're married by now? He doesn't actually know. He doesn't, like, make a habit of keeping up on the relationship status of random Daily Planet reporters. 

Although he guesses Lois Lane doesn't count as "random", considering. 

"Sorry," he mutters again. "I won't, like–tell. Obviously. I mean it's not–like, obviously you'd be Superman's soulmate but I won't actually–" 

"It's not Superman," Lois Lane says shortly, still covering her chest kind of . . . protectively, maybe? And Superboy . . . frowns. 

"What?" he says.

[superman-the-secret-third-thing]

Radio Superman is Lizard-Brained

I'm not listening to it all- since there's so much of it, but I listened to first thirty or so episodes and plan on listening to further highlights such as "The Clan of the Fiery Cross" which irl directly lead to the KKK's loss of power in the US.

The show started in 1940, and differs greatly from the comics of the time:

Krypton is on the other side of the sun.

Superman can fly from the beginning.

Most importantly- Superman gestated in the pod and arrived in the US as a fully grown man.

The last one- the lack of Kents or any human experience have lead to some strange moments.

Superman feels an urge to help people he can't explain, and his first action is rescuing a boy named Jimmy and his grandfather from a car crash. They react predictably- screaming for him to let go. He presumably rolls his eyes at the ungrateful fellows and drops them less gently than intended. They calm down, thank him, and ask him if they can do anything. He asks for two things- how to find more people to save and to keep his existence a secret.

Pointing him towards the Daily Planet, he presumably steals clothing from someone along the way. He walks in through the front door, heads to Perry White's office, gives him a firm handshake and asks for a job as reporter-

White says no, who the hell are you you have no experience and Clark interrupts him to ask if he gets the story on a nearby train robbery will he get the job. White questions how he heard about that (he'd been on the phone), and Clark flawlessly ignores him with his super-hearing (a running gag in the series). The editor sighs and says, "Sure kid, whatever."

He walks into the hallway, establishes a repetoire with Lois Lane who is surprised at the sudden application, but offers him directions to the train station. He gives her his thanks, bows, and then leaps out the window. Lois screams in horror (because it looks like he committed suicide) and it spends a minute with her in hysterics before cutting to him on the train.

Clark does shenanigans on the train, and sits back down with a sigh of relief, only to be confronted by the conductor, who notes his lack of ticket and becomes angry, accusing him of being a stowaway and intending to toss him in the jail.

Clark, nervous, realizing that he's broken a rule and doesn't want trouble, just insists that he be thrown off the train. Just out the window, throw me out the window, its fine, i've been a bad boy.

The conductor, previously angry, now concerned, tries to wrestle the strange man to prevent him from committing suicide- but loses his grip and the strange man is suddenly gone.

This all happens in the first couple of episodes.

There's more stuff, like he continually forgets that humans need to breathe air.

Being a terrible liar...

Criminal: "Worry not, Mr. Reporter. We're gonna leave you here, in this steel-plated, concrete room....forever! Hahaha!"

Clark: "Oh, okay."

Criminal: "..."

Clark (realizing something): "Oh no! I'm gonna die in here because I need to breathe human air with my human lungs, and my human arms can't get through all this metal and concrete."

Criminal: (eyebrow raised, closes the door.)

Clark puts on his Superman face and laughs jubilantly as he digs through the concrete wall, bragging about how thin the metal walls are- but....Clark. There's a door right there. Just take the door!

It's surprising how funny it is, and there's more interesting stuff. Many things originated in radio canon which then were quietly inserted into comics continuity.

The comics called it The Daily Star, not the Daily Planet.

Superman can fly- he couldn't in the comics at the time.

The Editor was someone named Thomas, and was retconned into Perry.

Most amusingly, Kryptonite was invented to give Bud Hollyer (Superman's VA) a holiday.

Jimmy Olson.

[fickle-tiction]

How about Lois Lane tickling Bruce at the knee?

Could be during an interview or while he's standing around in public?

Ooo I've never written Lois before so I will prob butcher her but it's okay since it's only a 3 sentence thing (have i ever in my life followed the rules for these things?) thanks for the challenge!

~~~

"I'd hold my tongue if I were you, Mr. Wayne." Lois whispered, her hand appearing out of nowhere to slip under his suit jacket and rest on his side, fingers sliding over the silky material of his shirt as they sought out the rich laughter she's heard so much about.

Bruce's left eyebrow rose of its own accord as Lois Lane snuck up behind him while he was teasing Clark and--was she trying to tickle him? It seems Clark's been talking about him to his friends, and Bruce didn't know if he should be flattered or if he should murder him. Unfortunately for him (fortunately for his boyfriend and his best friend) they were at a gala and Bruce had a part to play so his face split into a smile and he squirmed away from the tickling fingers.

"Ms. Lane." Bruce gasped, obnoxious Brucie person coming out to play, lest anyone around them become suspicious. "There was a time I would have loved to have your hands all over me." Lois narrowed her eyes at that, pinching his side hand and causing Bruce to suck in air between his teeth. His eyes were sparkling though, they both knew he deserved that. "But I'm trying out this monogamy thing." He pitched his voice low, as though he didn't want anyone around them to hear such an embarrassing fact.

"Oh?" Lois asked, hands trying to go back in for another strike. Bruce was lazily blocking her attempts, seemingly oblivious to Clark lurking behind him ready to strike. "And how's that working out?"

Lois knew exactly how that was working out. He was stupidly in love with sunshine personified, but he had a reputation to maintain and he couldn't possibly say that in public. "Well, it seems he's been divulging my deepest darkest secrets to reporters, so not gre-HEEEE--Clark!!"

Clark took the opportunity to hug Bruce from behind and tickle quick fingers over his stomach. He had to show Lois how it was really done, where Bruce couldn't control his reactions no matter how hard he tried as he desperately tried to tamp down on his laughter. The people closest to their group were looking on in amusement, and if this wound up in one of the gossip rags Bruce might actually kill him, so Clark let him go after he got a solid laugh out of him. It didn't take long.

[rageprufrock]

I've always wanted to ask since you have experience in reporting, what do you think of Clark Kent and Lois Lane as reporters? I wish there was a Superman who could investigate and write exposés but that probably breaks a million journalism ethics rules

I think this is sort of dependent on which depiction of Clark we see, but if it's one where he's covering stories about Superman...then, well, Clark is a terrible reporter and this behavior is completely unethical and he should be ashamed of himself.

(This commentary also goes for Parker, btw.)

Lois Lane is my ride or die and the reason I originally wanted to be a reporter, so technically she owes me money for emotional damage.

[dalekofchaos]

DCU Superman wishlist

Title:Man Of Tomorrow

Superman’s suit looks something like this art by SmartSheepArt

Metropolis actually looks like the city of tomorrow. You know how Batman adaptations make Gotham very distinct with a broody atmosphere and Gothic architecture? We need the same energy for Metropolis. Metropolis should look bright, shining and borderline futuristic. Metropolis should have a proper 50’s retro-futurism vibe. Long monorails, golden shiny buildings, rounded glass penthouses

A proper Fortress Of Solitude. 

Properly show that Jonathan and Martha Kent instill in the values that makes Clark Kent Superman. 

Show Superman actively saving the people of Metropolis and Smallville. Show why Superman is a symbol of hope and why the people love him

Do not kill off Pa or Ma Kent in the first movie. 

Actually focus on Clark’s life as a reporter for the Daily Planet, how the non-superhero aspects of Clark are just as important as his time as Superman and so there should be a good amount of screen time dedicated to showing and exploring that. Oh and actually show his friendship with Jimmy Olsen instead of stupidly introducing Jimmy and killing him off. Hahaha fuck you Snyder.

Make Lois the sassy and hard as nails reporter who gets shit done no matter what with Jimmy as her right hand man

Make the Clark and Lois dynamic as wholesome and charming as always. Have Lois figure out about Clark being Superman  quite early, but waits for Clark to tell her. Make sure that it's clear that Lois loves Clark for Clark, not just because he's Superman, 'cause I'm sick of that "She wouldn't look twice at him if he was just Clark" bullshit some people spout.

Have  General Lane, Dr Hamilton, Maggie Sawyer, William Henderson and Dan Turpin be reoccurring characters

Make Lex Luthor a legit threat that could bring Superman to his knees. Show Lex as a corrupt businessman. Like a Jeff Beezos/Elon Musk type Billionare and show him as the mad scientist who tinkers and experiments on humans to further the reach in his quest in destroying Superman.  Lex Luthor is cunning, he’s a genius, a criminal mastermind and will ignore all ethical boundaries until his goals are met. When Luthor is in the room, he owns it. Every word that comes out of his mouth is meticulously planned and he is a master manipulator. The reason why he is such a brilliant Superman villain is because even though he has no physical powers, he can always beat the Man Of Steel on intellect alone. And the worst part? He believes his crusade against Superman is just and to some degree would have reasons some might believe him. Also? Lex should see himself as The Man Of Tomorrow. Lex worked hard all his life. Studied for years to increase his knowledge. Did everything he could to escape his abusive father and the town he grew up in, and eventually became one of the richest people in the whole world. And then this alien comes out of nowhere. He sees all the destruction he’s caused and sees the terror he could represent. But the people love him? and suddenly everything is all about him and everybody seems to love him…and Lex can’t understand that at all nor can he do anything to be like Superman. He’s human after all. All he can do is view Superman with distrust and think of the worst cases possible. What if this flying man decided to rule us all? What effects will this flying man have on humanity? Will he actually prevent humanity from evolving by making them dependent? Those are the questions Lex Luthor has and in his mind, he’s the one in the right…and if you really think about it, some of his concerns are quite valid. In his own way, He believes he’s helping humanity by trying to eliminate Superman and that one day, humanity will understand why. In his mind, Lex Luthor is the Man of Steel determined to save the world from the evil alien. But we’d see this is all a façade. The true Lex is nothing but a megalomaniacal maniac, a genius who gives a reason why he hates Superman, but at the end of the day, is just a petty jackass who refuses to help advance humanity until he gets what he wants. 

More than just Lex. I want to see more villains than just Lex.  Adapt What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice and The American Way? So we can see Manchester Black(and for the love of god don’t cast a person of colour to play a racist, because WTF Supergirl) Monstrosities Of Lex Luthor:Show off the mad scientist aspect of Luthor and introduce both Metallo and Parasite and maybe include Bizarro in this mix. Bring in Brainiac as the big bad around the third movie. Hell even throw in Livewire, Mongul and Darkseid. I’m tired of people saying Superman doesn’t have a good rogues gallery, so we need to show them how wrong that is.

[am-i-obsessed---maybe]

What about Clark Kent x reader where reader is the adopted sister Lois? Hear me out. All the angst and all reader being in love with him, him keeping them away. But one day Lois runs to him and says reader is missing for 3 days, whole city searches for reader as she was family of the famous reporter. While our reader is in the tri state area aka marvel universe? Eh? Eh? Apparently reader was an archangel, so of course gaia, the creator of everything being her mother, she could travel every universe, unfortunately while travelling to dc, she lost her memories and then the lane family took her in. Now Clark realised he loved reader buuuut, reader was already in relationship with starfox aka eros? Thanks brother? Reader then goes with eros to dc universe and this time more prepared doesn't loses her memories, everyone in justice league became happy of her coming back, specially Clark but reader doesn't know them and they have three sets of golden large wings behind her back, she fights them out of confusion why they call her some other name. You can choose rest of the plot. I know its long! I am so sorry!!

So i opened my requests for the first time in a long while now and I know I'm late but this is a great example of why you should read someone's rules for requests before requesting. I don't write for fem readers or do crossovers.

These are my request rules

As a general reminder I write non female reader x no female characters only. There are more than enough other writers on here who I'm sure would be more than happy to take on this request.

I love the enthusiasm but I'm not the guy for this request, sorry.

[thefrostqueen]

In Superman II (1980) Lois literally jumps out of a window at the Daily Planet in an attempt to prove Clark is Superman. Everyone going “That’s not something she’d do” are so brainwashed by Snyder that they forget how feisty and crazy the real Lois Lane is. She HAS and DOES do insane things like that and it is so incredibly in character of her lol. She did not become a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter by being subdued and rule following.

People are seriously complaining about Lois jumping off the roof to prove Clark is Superman? She's been doing that for decades! That's her go to move! Lois Lane has always been unhinged, that's what makes her great. Y'all are like 'give me a weirdo woman, give me a real freak", then a piece of media accurately portrays a CLASSIC weirdo and y'all call her toxic or whatever. It's called being dedicated to finding the truth and having no chill. Just admit you can only accept women (esp woc) being slightly spunky and awkward and will turn against them the second they get a little interesting and fucked up. If y'all can't appreciate that Lois is a freak, you don't deserve her. More for me.

[fancoloredglasses]

[RERUN] Crisis on Infinite Earths, Issue 5: “Worlds in Limbo” (Didn’t the series end last issue?)

[All images are owned by DC Comics. Please don’t sue me.]

PREVIOUSLY ON…

A wave of anti-matter (involuntarily heralded by a being known as Pariah) is destroying universes, to the point that only a handful remain. However, he has managed to save Lady Quark, one of the ruling family on Earth-6.

A being known as the Monitor and his assistant Lyla (AKA Harbinger) are working to save those that are left. The Monitor has also recruited the sole survivor of Earth-3’s universe, Alexander Luthor, who is made of matter and anti-matter.

As this happens, Psycho Pirate, the Flash, and the Red Tornado are taken by the being responsible. The being has recruited Psycho Pirate and compromised Harbinger, ordering her to kill the Monitor as the anti-matter consumes the universes containing Earths 1 and 2!

…or did it? I mean, we are continuing the story, after all. If you would like to read this issue, it (along with the rest of the series) has been collected in graphic novel form and is available (or can be ordered) at your favorite comic shop, bookstore, or online retailer…or on Read Comic Online.

[Quick head count on what remains: Now only Earth-4 (containing the Charleton heroes), Earth-S (containing the Fawcett heroes), and Earth-X (containing the Quality heroes) remain.]

Lyla laments that she killed the Monitor, but then a recording starts from the Monitor laying out that Lyla’s killing him was part of his plan (you know, most people would plan on their survival being integral to their plan succeeding…) and that the two universes were contained within his body’s energies, slowly merging into one universe (note that Earths 4, S, and X are still at the Big Bad’s mercies), but the merging is unstable and could destroy them both unless they act quickly (with Alexander Luthor’s help)

Speaking of the Big Bad, he apparently plans to use the Red Tornado and Psycho Pirate to shape the new Universe (wait, wasn’t New Universe a Marvel line?)

(Thanks to Marvel Database)

As Earths 1 and 2 continue to merge (I’m gonna call them Earth-Merged for now), time is also merging, as dinosaurs, members of the Continental Army, aliens visiting the Legion of Super Heroes museum, and neanderthals are all in modern Metropolis.

Sounds like a typical Thursday.

Meanwhile, Harbinger, Alexander, and Pariah have assembled the bulk of the heroes of Earth-Merged on the Monitor’s satellite to explain what is happening. There are those who don’t believe them, but Earth-2′s Superman (I’ll just call him Kal-L, otherwise it will get too confusing) proposes that everyone be sent back to assess the danger and decide whether to become involved.

Meanwhile, on Oa (home to the Guardians of the Universe and the now-destroyed Central Power Battery of the Green Lantern Corps), a large group of (powerless) Green Lanterns arrive to see the Guardians being held in stasis. Before they can act, the stasis beam explodes, catching the Lanterns in the blast!

Back on Earth-Merged, Lois Lane, reporter for WGBS (who, during the early 80s, apparently had a deal with the Daily Planet to share reporters) was about the be attacked by a sabre-tooth tiger, but is (naturally) saved by Superman…

…only it’s Kal-L instead of “her” Superman. Superman and Kal-L tell the viewers at home what’s happening.

Meanwhile, the Big Bad is changing Red Tornado into…something else (he doesn’t specify) as Psycho Pirate plays with Flash’s fears…

Suddenly, a storm more powerful than any of DC’s sorcerers can handle threatens Earth-Merged. Dr. Fate suggests everyone use their spells together. They succeed, and it turns out to be the Red Tornado.

During the storm, Wildcat’s legs are shattered to the point that he’ll never walk again.

Somehow, this is enough to tip the scales to the point that everyone is on board to save Earth-Merged. However, the Monitor’s satellite is attacked as they plan their next move.

At this point, the Flash manages to shrug off Psycho-Pirate’s fear attack enough to goad the Big Bad into revealing himself.

He calls himself “The Monitor”, but everyone from this point on calls him the Anti-Monitor (because he’s from the anti-matter universe)

Meanwhile, on Earth-X, the Anti-Monitor has begun his assault. (we can only assume Earth-S and Earth-4 are also being attacked)

WILL the final three universes survive?

CAN the Flash escape?

WAS buying these comic companies a colossal waste of money?

These answers and more will be answered next issue!

[professionalnooneatall]

I had an idea for a #Superman

story where he couldn’t use his powers, probably should take place earlier in his carrier when he’s not certain of some things. He KNOWS the “world of cardboard” rule but doesn’t know a lot more. Key scenes/plot points:

Clark gets an email from Marisol Kinkade-Rivera and it mentions Red Blueberries in some innocuous text, plus it mentions some sports stats. Clark is on the sports desk and those are all wrong. They ARE grid coordinates. For Corto Maltese. Lois is on her way there

Kinkade-Rivera DOESN'T KNOW Clark is Superman, and she's Expecting Clark, so he's not going to just show up; it makes more sense to him to maintain his human identity to meet with her, so he does fly down, but takes off the suit and has to find a normal way to meet her

Scene 6 or so, they that whole “dunk your head in a bucket” thing, and Clark isn’t sure if he can drown, but he can’t just use his powers, his suit is in his bag, d’oh! So he takes it… scene 9 the leader of the faction is Marisol. Dun dun DUUUUN. Lois in interviewing.

Another leader of another faction, Marisol’s father. Dun dun DUUUUN

and he SURE as shit can't do any Superman shit in front of Lois Lane, let alone to extremely newsworthy people. The fact that Clark is a journalist is one of his major points of control; he knows it'll get reported.

[querldyke]

Thank you, @nerfherdingteleporter bc I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO TALK ABOUT THIS (and by waiting I mean I made a TikTok about this a few months ago but no one really paid it any attention). For context, in issue #100 of Robin, Tim mentions owning a box set of Buffy. So why does Tim this break continuity rules/universe rules?

1) Buffy already has a DC comics counterpart: Wendy the Werewolf Stalker complete with its own version of the characters as well as the spinoff show and the actors/writers of the show, so it would be weird for there to be two identical shows with identical casts that only changed the main monster with Buffy’s vampires being werewolves

2) (and more importantly imo) Buffy fails The Zeppo Test and therefore can not exist as a show within the DC universe.

So what is The Zeppo Test? Basically it’s a little test I created to decide if one media could exist in another as it exists in our world. I.e. Star Wars being referenced in Buffy makes sense because it’s a movie and nothing within Star Wars would impact the plot of Buffy because Buffy does not exist in the SW universe and therefore the lore that exists within Buffy doesn’t exist in SW. (idk if this makes sense, but just trust me).

The reason why Buffy can not exist within the DC universe is simple, it exposes lore that exists in the DC universe that the public should not know. For example in the season 3 episode The Zeppo, the big running joke is that one of the characters is the Jimmy Olsen of the group, this on its own is fine. Jimmy Olsen is a public figure and it is well known that he is associated with two big reporters Lois Lane and Clark Kent, and if that was where the reference ended, that would be fine. The line is “But, gee, Mr. White, if Clark and Lois get all the good stories, I'll *never* be a good reporter.” While maybe it would be weird to reference a random photographer, it’s not universe breaking. This episode passes The Zeppo Test, but other episodes such as Never Kill a Boy on the First Day cross the line with lines such as “This is the 90's. The 1990's, in point of fact, and I can do both. Clark Kent has a job. I just wanna go on a date.” This reference would not make sense without the knowledge that Clark Kent is Superman and this knowledge is not something that could air to the public within the DC universe (at least in the 90’s) because it wasn’t known, making a reference like this impossible to exist. The show is rife with references to superheroes (particularly Superman) which means that its existence in its current state would absolutely break continuity since you’d have people in 1998 saying on national television that Clark Kent is Superman.

I’m very aware that this is all very silly and not at all important and I also know this probably is pretty incoherent but yeah this is my answer.

[human-monokuma]

Event: Coma

*The TV screen changes to a news report. An assault crime has taken place, and it’s related to Monokuma. You turn up the volume.*

Kyle: “Good evening everyone. I’m am news anchor, Kyle Hooden with a breaking news report. This just in, barkeeper, Aku Monom, was found in an alleyway beating and cut to near death. We go to New anchor, Lois Lane for more information. You’re on, Ms. Lane.”

Lois: “Thank you, Kyle. Just around 11:25 last night, Aku Monom was found beaten to within an inch of his life. His ankles were cuts, he has suffered serious blunt force trauma, and if it weren’t for the paramedics, he might been as good as dead. According to the doctors, he appears to be in a coma at the moment. The police are looking into the crime right now, but not much was found. Although, one of the investigators may have found a possible culprit to the crime. We got a report about someone seeing Future Foundation Division head and Ultimate Fortuneteller, Yasuhiro Hagakure, going down the same alleyway as Mr. Monom. A bloody pocket knife was found on his person and his knuckles were also covered in blood.”

Kyle: “And why do you think was the Ultimate Fortuneteller’s reasoning for what he did?”

Lois: “So far, he has yet to tell us anything aside from he didn’t do it. A possible reason must be related to the to what happened to Mr. Monom last month. He was kidnapped and mercilessly tortured by former Future Foundation Division Head and former Ultimate Student Council President, Kyosuke Munakata and mother of the Ultimate Fortuneteller, Hiroko Hagakure. Perhaps the events regarding that incident must’ve sparked something inside of him which led to him assaulting Monokuma. We are currently waiting for someone to come and investigate the scene to give us more information. Back to you Kyle.”

Kyle: “Thank you, Ms. Lane. You heard it right here folks. Looks like one of the more chill members of Future Foundation has gone off the deep end. What does this mean for the foundation? Only time will tell. More to be disclosed at 6:00.”

*The broadcast ends right there.*

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On Lois Lane

Figured it well past time I got to the matriarch of the Superfamily, especially since I already wrote about the other major "LL" in Superman's life.

Hardest part of writing about Lois is what more can be added that hasn't already been said? She's The Love Interest when it comes to female supporting characters, so iconic and successful that like Superman himself, she's inspired countless copycats: Iris West, Vicki Vale, the current video game version of MJ Watson, if your hero has a love interest who is a reporter, they're drawing on the archetype that Lois established. She was there from the very beginning, before there were Krypton, Smallville, the Kents, the Rogues, before Superman could even fly Lois was there.

And my God is she such a fantastic character in her own right.

Whereas Clark himself is pretty damn different if you compare and contrast his Golden Age incarnation with his modern incarnation, Golden Age Lois is pretty recognizable as Lois Lane. Feisty, independent, scornful of danger and of cowardice (especially in a "peer" like Clark), a bit in awe of Superman while also eager to press him for information about himself, willing to throw herself into danger if she can get that exclusive scoop. Her personality in the early comics is much more like her modern incarnation than the lovestruck wanna-be housewife she became in the Silver Age. Lois is one of the few characters who basically came into comics perfect from Day 1.

I love the Rucka idea that she somehow has everyone's number and can call up anyone from the lowliest criminal to the highest politicians. I like when writers show that she herself is able to wear a variety of disguises, something I'm sure she and Clark can bond over once he reveals his identity to her. And I love that she is basically waging a one-woman war against corruption and evil in Metropolis long before Superman shows up, something the Superman & Lois show highlighted.

It's easy to see why Clark would fall for her. Even putting aside that Lois is hot as hell, she's a great foil to him personality wise. They both are committed to rooting out social ills and taking the fight to crime and oppression wherever it rears it's head, from the Lexcorp boardroom, to the darkest underbelly of Metropolis. They both are kind and compassionate, but have explosive tempers if you piss them off. They both love to snark, although Lois has more bite whereas Clark is more deadpan.

The biggest contrast, and honestly the biggest turn on for Clark, is that Lois is free from doubt. Clark is constantly second-guessing himself, worrying about how others see him, worrying about whether he's making the right choices or if he's approaching his heroics/journalism the right way. Lois? Lois never second-guesses herself, never allows the doubts or opinions of others to affect her course in life. She knows her dad is disappointed and upset with her and she couldn't care less. She knows others think she's a bitch and that only amuses her. She's confident and self-reliant and those are attributes Clark wants desperately to posses himself. How could he not fall head over heels in love?

Why Lois would fall in love with Clark is a bit trickier. It's easy to see why she would love Superman, which is part of why Clark wants her to love the "whole" of him and not just the public persona. Superman is confident, Superman is powerful, Superman kicks ass, he's kind and intelligent, he's a huge celebrity, who wouldn't love him? Clark? Eh he's easy on the eyes but he doesn't really have much of a presence. That's how everyone else views Clark. Lois, I think, would start off viewing Clark as a dweeb who will be gone in a week, the big city too much for him. That he sticks around and toughs it out impresses her. That he manages to outscoop her multiple times infuriates and intrigues her. That he manages to live in Metropolis and see how rotten it can be beneath the shiny gilded exterior, yet doesn't lose his sense of optimism, his faith in other peoples inner goodness, his "naivety" so to speak? I think that's what would make her fall in love with him.

Lois is at heart a "cynical idealist" in my estimation. The cynical side is she's someone who will always fight for the truth, for justice, but I don't think she believes that peoples inherent goodness will win out in the end most of the time. She's seen how selfish people can be, how uncaring, and I think before Clark shows up there's a part of her that thinks she's just bashing her head against a wall trying to change things. The idealist part of her is that she will continue to bash her head against that wall of public indifference anyway. Lois will always fight even if nobody else will fight alongside her, she'll keep writing articles and investigating long after a lesser woman would give up, because it's the principles that matter damnit, even if only to her. That Clark is someone who will join her in that fight while still believing that the rest of the public can be swayed to join them is what I see as the reason why she finally gives him a chance, that optimism remaining in Clark is refreshing and uplifting to her. That he's also hot and can trade banter with her doesn't hurt his chances any.

Lois becoming a mom has been really interesting, even if I haven't always been wholly satisfied with how they've handled the relationship between her and Jon. I haven't seen enough of Lois traits in Jon to really buy him as her offspring, I hope that changes. While I'm not the biggest fan of Tom Taylor to put it mildly, I liked that he emphasized Lois' importance with regards to Jon becoming Superman in interview leading up to the first issue, and I hope we get lots of Lois/Jon interaction in Superman: Son of Kal-El that really flesh out their relationship. At the very least I want to see Jon get some of that Lois patented verbal bite to him.

One last thought with regards to Lois: how the hell was Tom King the first one to realize that Lois and Selina would immediately hit it off?

They're both so similar when you think about it: Brunettes who are willful and independent, who flaunt the rules to get what they want, who outright laugh when their male significant others try to order them around, yeah I totally can see the two of them becoming friends. I really hope that gets continued under someone else, since I don't think anyone other than King has really played with it, but I love the idea of Lois having a "gal pal" that's also caught up in the insanity of life with a superhero.

If not Selina I'd like to see Lois being shown to have a friendship with her copycats such as Vicki or Iris or the rest. Definitely with Cat (even though Cat Grant can drive her up the wall sometimes). More girls' nights out/double dates for Lois, that's all I'm saying.

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Random Headcanons for Mary Elizabeth Lloyd Grayson, mother of Nightwing

....because Dang It, someone has to do it

- While naturally a redhead, Mary often dyes her hair with a variety of other tones to match the touring schedule per year. Hence, on one tour she can appear blonde while on others have jet black follicles. Sometimes though, she removes all dye to show her dark red hair proudly

- Due to traveling very much around the globe, she and her family often find themselves visiting theme parks. Probably due to experiences with heights and flips, Mary’s particular fond of roller coasters, no doubt the material being wood or steel or the amount of loops on them. The only one coaster though she just can’t seems to get on no matter how hard she tries is X2 at Magic Mountain in California.

- Once during a tour in Kuwait, Mary while enjoying a stroll through the streets of Kuwait City notices a passerby drop her purse but didn’t pay attention to pick it up. Mary let the woman know About it and gave the purse back. The two women had a nice yet brief chat before going about their days. That woman whom Mary befriended that day...Talia, unknown to the former, daughter of the mythical Ra’s Al Ghul. - Often times due to her Romani heritage, Mary always at one city or another unfortunately got either heavily suspicious looks from the adults in the streets when passing by or genuinely misinformed and misunderstanding comments from little kids visiting her post-show asking if she can tell their fortunes. Nonetheless, Mary always has her husband and especially her son Dick, her Little Robin to cheer her up every single day. - After a show the Flying Graysons put on at Metropolis when Dick was 6 years old, Mary was asked by Mr Haly for an interview with two local newspaper reporters if she can. She accepts and meets said interviewers, Lois Lane and Clark Kent of the Daily Planet. Clark was especially curious, politely asking of her Lloyd family history of performing acts on the flying trapeze across the world ever since the end of the First World War and how in spite of all they face from suspicion, prejudice, hatred and all sorts of bad things happening just because of being Romani, the Lloyds, the tribe they hail from and now Haly Circus itself always manages to bounce back and put on quiet a show like this one. Mary tells Clark the secret of doing all that is simply the bond and loyalty of family that drives her into being the headstrong, caring, passionate and kindly woman she is today because for all the bad in the world, there’s about 20 signs of good. Just then, some mayhem erupts at the Circus grounds due to some of the animals escaping. Mary and her son Dick charge in bravely to tame said animals and get Lois to safety. Just when the group are however cornered by the tigers, an all too familiar figure in blue and red with a S shield arrives....Sometime later, the animals are all calmed and now the Circus can rest for the night. Mary gives her thanks to Superman for basically saving them all, but then Superman just smiles back saying if anything, she and her son were the true heroes tonight, he was just there to help.

- Mary’s side of the family including herself is fluent in the lovari dialect of Romani Chib. - For Mary, her mother’s side were the acrobats. However, on her father’s side, a good portion of those family members had a very differing trade in comparison; a lot of family members Mary’s father‘s side were experts on the fields of medicine and...pathology. Indeed, a handful of her cousins, aunts and uncles are either medical examiners, morticians and/or even funeral directors all across the world and many varying countries. Her own father though was a dentist so ironically the least morbid of the bunch. He actually wanted Mary to take a career in life as a medical examiner though her heart was set in being a trapeze acrobat instead. One can imagine the surprise on John’s face when Mary told him of this during their dating years.

- Often times in the trailer they live in, Mary insists on a ‘no footwear‘ rule since while the carpet on the floor might not be the prettiest, she still tries keeping it clean as possible just in case the Graysons have guests come over. As such while John is usually the sock wearer and Dick alternates between socks, clean sandals and slippers, Mary usually goes all bare when walking all around the trailer, a feeling she’s actually quite used to given that during her youth, footwear was an absolute rarity for her family. - John might be the inventor of the quadruple flip and his son Dick inherits it, but Mary not only perfects it but even can perform five flips in a one swing if taps into her full potential. - Mary is not only fluent in the lovari dialect of Romani Chib but also knows to speak English, Russian, Persian, Hindi, Afrikaans, French, Italian, Finnish, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek. As of the Gotham performance, she’s learning Malay. - One of her wishes in life is that Dick would be a big brother, either by blood or by adoption, and a good one on top of that. - While a worry wart and even now and then stern with Dick’s mischief, she does fully understand whenever he makes choices for himself that make him happy and will not want to get in the way of them. Had she seen her son in his teen years meet of all people a redhead alien warrior princess and ask for her blessing in dating her, she would approve almost immediately after meeting and interacting with said princess.

If you can like this, they’ll be wonderful. Reblogging it and adding a bit more though would truly make my day.

this is dedicated to my favorite Nightwing Stan @hood-ex

May God bless you XD