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( Nominated for Five 2007 Superman Movieverse Awards and Winner of the 2008 Superman Movieverse Award for Best Villain - Christopher Hendrick )

I know I'm a little late getting this out, and I'm sure a good chunk of you already have put your nominations in, but I have to give a massive shout-out to all who nominated me for the 2008 Superman Movieverse Fanfiction Awards. To get your reviews and praise is awesome enough, but nominations? That encourages the writer in me like nothing else.

... wow, I hope that didn't sound extremely arrogant... O_O

So, to promote myself a little (and hope that I can earn your vote):

Underground - ( Nominated for Two 2008 Superman Movieverse Fanfiction Awards )

Do You Hear What I Hear? - ( Nominated for Two 2008 Superman Movieverse Fanfiction Awards )

Thank you once again to everyone who put me in the final ballot! You guys are awesome!

Okay. For those of you who are following, I've taken out a good-sized chunk of a section in Chapter Seventeen (also known as the chapter where Lois gives Superman a serious chew-out and he tries to explain himself). The before is this section:

The emptiness and despair in his eyes closed her throat. He was on the verge of tears, a look of complete defeat that she had never seen before. The hands gripping her wheel slightly bent the metal until he pulled them away. “There was an explosion that caused an earthquake. You… you were driving down the same road it hit. I couldn’t get there in time. I…” He became lost in a memory, his form beginning to tremble slightly. A lone tear slipped down his cheek. “I pulled you out of your car,” he whispered. “You had several broken bones… and you were crushed to death. I never knew a body could be so cold.”

He paused, letting the memory wash over him. Lois sat before him, stunned into silence, in disbelief that this had happened. But she knew, better than anyone, that Superman never lied…

“I couldn’t bear it. Lois, a life without you… it’s not a life worth living. I turned back time to save you.” He swallowed, his eyes closing. “But it was at the cost of countless lives.”

Her eyes were glued to him, riveted to his tale. “What happened?”

“The earthquake… it broke a dam in front of a small town. Before I saved you I was able to help those people, but… afterward…” He sighed deeply. “When I turned back time… I saved you instead.”

“And… those people…”

He paused for a long time. Was he haunted by an image she didn’t know of, screams of people in pain that she couldn’t hear? “They died. Every last one of them. I sacrificed their lives to save yours. So, you see, thousands of people died because I didn’t want to live without you. It was a decision that wasn’t mine to make.”

Her heart ached for him. More than anything else she wanted to reach out to him and hold him close, to tell him how grateful and speechless she was that he loved her that much. Instead she held his gaze and immediately regretted her next words. “So… you can turn back time and save me, but you couldn’t make yourself stay when you left for five years?”

Recognition dawned in his eyes, mixing with his hurt and guilt. It was a discussion for another time, and they both knew it. Keeping his gaze locked with hers, he spoke firmly. “I’ll help you find Richard, Lois, but I can’t be directly involved. We don’t know how many lives are at stake. But I promise you… we will find him. Together.”

Remember that section? It's been nagging me since I wrote it. Now I present to you the after:

The emptiness and despair in his eyes closed her throat. He was on the verge of tears, a look of complete defeat that she had never seen before. The hands gripping her wheel slightly bent the metal until he pulled them away. “There was an explosion that caused an earthquake. You… you were driving down the same road it hit. I couldn’t get there in time. I…” He became lost in a memory, his form beginning to tremble slightly. A lone tear slipped down his cheek. “I pulled you out of your car,” he whispered. “You had several broken bones… and you were crushed to death. I never knew a body could be so cold.”

He paused, letting the memory wash over him. Lois sat before him, stunned into silence, in disbelief that this had happened. But she knew, better than anyone, that Superman never lied…

“I couldn’t bear it. Lois, a life without you… it’s not a life worth living. I turned back time to save you.” He swallowed, his eyes closing.

Her heart ached for him. More than anything else she wanted to reach out to him and hold him close, to tell him how grateful and speechless she was that he loved her that much. Instead she held his gaze and immediately regretted her next words. “So… you can turn back time and save me, but you couldn’t make yourself stay when you left for five years?”

Recognition dawned in his eyes, mixing with his hurt and guilt. It was a discussion for another time, and they both knew it. Keeping his gaze locked with hers, he spoke firmly. “I’ll help you find Richard, Lois, but I can’t be directly involved. We don’t know how many lives are at stake. But I promise you… we will find him. Together.”

See the big change? It hit me like a ton of bricks the other day that the entire section for Superman involving him sacrificing others to save Lois was so horrifically out of character that I'm surprised you all aren't after my head. So it got a face-lift to this. My sincerest apologies to whomever I might have mentally wounded or frustrated with my lack of character understanding in this chapter. I'll do my best to be more aware of Superman's character in the future.

For those of you who're still following my epic (eligible for numerous Superman Fanfiction Awards *wink wink*), I'm soon going to change something in a favorite chapter of mine that's been bothering me for a while. It all has to do with an event that happened in S:TM, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that what I had originally put in was WAY out of character for Superman. So, while I'm in my Disney Trifecta break (though there's only going to be two showings tonight), I'm going to see if I can't change it and make it more coherent and a little more like the Man of Steel we love.

And for those of you who already know about this change... why didn't you tell me it bothered you in the first place? :P

More on this later. Keep your eyes peeled...

I figured it would be a good idea to take a moment and give you an idea of what can be nominated for this years Superman Fanfic Awards. I've been meaning to do this for a while, but I'm just now getting to it. Figures I get a bad migraine the first day that I get off work on time, right?

Anyway, to be blunt, Underground can basically win in any category it can be nominated for, and The Dance is the only fic I've written that can't win in the Best Overall Short category. That's it. *shrugs* Anything else I've written is eligible for any short story category (since all I've written, besides Underground, are short stories.) To be a little more organized, it goes like this:

Underground: Nominated for Best Action, Best Original Character (Christopher Hendrick), Best Overall Mid-Length, Best Use of Supporting Characters, and Best Villain (Christopher Hendrick). Please note that, as of this year, Underground is eligible for Best Epic, seeing how it's 54,721 words long. Any of these other categories? C'mon... give me another crack at these. Please? Pretty please? ;) Link can be found at the top of my LJ.

The Out To Lunch Series: I believe this is eligible for the Best Series category. Am I right, Mom? If not, here are some parts from it that are:

Point Number Five: Lois puts her investigative skills to work when a note from Clark tells her to search the city for five points of significance... Click to read Word count: 6,050

From Now On: A simple look into the lives of the Man of Steel and the Daily Planet's star reporter after their marriage. (the continuation of the story above.) Click to read Word count: 6,202

Do You Hear What I Hear?: A change in Christmas plans gives Clark a chance to see how much his boy has grown recently. (the continuation of the story above.) Click to read 3,369

At Last: Stand-alone taking place in the Donner Cut of Superman II. This night for them could only be described in two words: at last. Click to read Word count: 2,889

If there's any other information that you all need, or that is needed from me, please let me know! Let the reading (and voting... please? :D ) begin!

Special thanks attached to this one: to my Brit-picker, van_el, who laughed at the first reading and approved of the second look-through. ;)

( Chapter Twenty-Six - London )

( Chapter Twenty-Five - Plan )

Here's my fourth attempt to get back full-swing into the world of video making. *grins as teh twin laughs at the word "attempt" and chuckles when she shouts "I think full-swing happened a long time ago!"* This one I'm actually pretty proud of; I've had this idea for a while, and knew a group of shots in particular - you'll know it when you see it - were going to be really hard to work with. However, I just couldn't let it go. I just couldn't. ;)

This is a movieverse crossover, btw. You just can't tell a story with Dare You To Move without help from the original movieverse... especially when the first line is Welcome to the planet. :D

Enjoy! *turns off iMovie and heads off to write for a while*

How do you get an instant headache? Spend an entire afternoon (and evening!) working on a music video. On "late-to-bed-early-to-rise" sleep. Bleh.

Anyway, here's my latest offering to the music video world. I kept the file in case it needed to be changed - I personally don't think it's my best work (ask Anissa, who heard me growl at it on more than one occasion today) but your opinion might be different. I was the one staring at it all day, after all. ;)

If there are any opinions, though, feel free to share! Otherwise, enjoy!

( Chapter Twenty-Four - Discomfort )

A birthday present for kalalanekent that's just a few days early. ;)

Here's my sophomore attempt at music video making, brought to you by So Close by John McLaughlin (from the Enchanted soundtrack) and the Original Movieverse crew. :)

Enjoy, ya'll!

First of all, please note that this is my first remotely music video-ish project in over three years. That means I'm three years rusty, got that? ;)

Secondly, this is a video several weeks and sixteen hours in the making. Yes, sixteen hours. It's all I've been working on for the last two days. So be nice. This was once my most desired profession, so I'm a little nit-picky about...

Oh, for the love of God... just watch it. Twin, the lights, please! *pops a tums and hides in the balcony*

( Chapter Twenty-Three - Monster )

'Cause htbthomas made me do it... and she knows I can't resist a challenge. *hugs mom*

( Hopefully my playing around didn't kill a plot bunny... )

Many thanks to mark_clark for the last second beta. :)

( Chapter Twenty-One )

( Chapter Twenty )

Have you ever written an entire story just to get to one section in particular? This is the chapter for me. The idea that really got this story going is finally here. Please enjoy, but note that angst is bursting from behind the cut...

( Chapter Nineteen )

( Chapter Eighteen )