The Chlois Theory is the theory that Chloe Sullivan is actually iconic Lois Lane in disguise. The last episode, "Blue", did Lois no favors. If I had any doubts about Chloe being ILL, they’ve been put to rest after this episode.
In the previous installments I looked at the pro and anti ILL anvils for both Chloe and Lois in "Kara" "Action", and "Wrath". Here is the breakdown of anvils for "Blue".
Pro-Chloe is ILL Anvils
- Clark, once again, depends on Chloe for help with the crisis du jour
- Chloe sees the consequences of Lois’ affair with the boss; it’s going to ruin her reputation as a journalist
- Chloe’s first instinct, when the "eclipse" started, is to find out if it was forecast; she realizes that an eclipse is "astronomically impossible"
Anti-Chloe is ILL Anvils
- I didn’t notice any
Pro-Lois is ILL Anvils
- Lois "has an insatiable curiosity. It’s only a matter of time before she connects the dots" – Lex to Grant
Anti-Lois is ILL Anvils
- Lois hands in blurry pictures as proof for her article on the mayor; when Grant says they are unusable Lois replies that the pictures aren’t necessary, her article speaks for itself. The DP is not the Inquisitor, an article doesn’t make it to print without proof
- Lois wonders whether she was hired because Grant thinks she’s hot
- After a year of being a "reporter", Lois hasn’t mastered the keyboard. She can’t type?!
- Grant rejects two of Lois’ articles (one because Lois couldn’t work a camera; the other because she couldn’t meet her deadline)
- If she had investigated the "eclipse" she would have realized that it was "astronomically impossible". Her article, had she completed it, would have been a work of fiction
- When given a choice between her career or her love life, she chose her love life
It's becoming increasingly difficult to refer to SV-Lois as Lois Lane.
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Clark, once again, depends on Chloe for help with the crisis du jour
How is this an "ILL" anvil? Chloe is, as usual, providing plot exposition and doing Clark's thinking and research for him. Traditionally, by the time Clark dons the cape and tights he's capable of doing this for himself. (On a side note, how exactly does the Clark Kent we're seeing here end up becoming a self-sufficient superhero and a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter in his own right? Does Chloe somehow morph into Clark Kent, Superman, and Lois Lane?)
Chloe sees the consequences of Lois’ affair with the boss; it’s going to ruin her reputation as a journalist
I again don't see how this is an "ILL" anvil? What version of Lois Lane has her protecting co-workers from the perils of interoffice romance? I guess if Chloe already has her sights on taking over Lois' name she's doing a little pre-emptive damage control. After all, she's protecting her own future reputation. . . at the same paper at which Lois Lane is currently working.
Chloe’s first instinct, when the “eclipse” started, is to find out if it was forecast; she realizes that an eclipse is "astronomically impossible"
And I'm sure the editors at the DP appreciate her keen reporter's instincts. Unfortunately, her next instinct was to help out Clark instead of actually writing about the events she witnessed subsequent to the eclipse. Now, if any of this could have translated into actually writing about the stuff I think THAT would have been an "ILL" anvil. Instead, as usual, Chloe was far more concerned with helping Clark. I'll bet the DP editors would love to discover that one of their bullpen reporters has been an eyewitness to every major newsworthy event in Metropolis and elsewhere for several years now, but doesn't actually do any reporting about it.
Lois wonders whether she was hired because Grant thinks she’s hot.
Grant tells her this wasn't the case and pulls out her article from "Combat".
After a year of being a "reporter", Lois hasn’t mastered the keyboard. She can’t type?!
She also can't spell, just like several other versions of Lois Lane.
Grant rejects two of Lois’ articles (one because Lois couldn’t work a camera; the other because she couldn’t meet her deadline)
Meanwhile, Chloe, who actually knows what caused the eclipse, was busy helping Clark instead of trying to publish an article of any sort. Chloe's presence at the DP was solely tied to her discovering Grant and Lois. We didn't see her doing any work, trying to meet any deadlines, or anything else. She was a plot device, nothing more.
When given a choice between her career or her love life, she chose her love life.
When given a choice between her career and helping Clark, Chloe, as always, chose Clark. Lois, on the other hand, was concerned about her career. She and Grant are both trying to keep the relationship on the down low. That's trying to have your cake and eat it, too, but I can't see how you can describe it as choosing love life over career.
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How is this an "ILL" anvil? Chloe is, as usual, providing plot exposition and doing Clark's thinking and research for him. Traditionally, by the time Clark dons the cape and tights he's capable of doing this for himself.
It’s an anvil because it shows Clark and Chloe working together; trusting each other; depending on each other just like ILL and Clark.
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I again don't see how this is an "ILL" anvil? What version of Lois Lane has her protecting co-workers from the perils of interoffice romance? I guess if Chloe already has her sights on taking over Lois' name she's doing a little pre-emptive damage control. After all, she's protecting her own future reputation. . . at the same paper at which Lois Lane is currently working.
It’s an anvil because it shows that Chloe understands what is needed to become the best investigative reporter at the Daily Planet – something Lois is completely clueless about.
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And I'm sure the editors at the DP appreciate her keen reporter's instincts. Unfortunately, her next instinct was to help out Clark instead of actually writing about the events she witnessed subsequent to the eclipse. Now, if any of this could have translated into actually writing about the stuff I think THAT would have been an "ILL" anvil. Instead, as usual, Chloe was far more concerned with helping Clark. I'll bet the DP editors would love to discover that one of their bullpen reporters has been an eyewitness to every major newsworthy event in Metropolis and elsewhere for several years now, but doesn't actually do any reporting about it.
And this ceases to be a problem when Clark Kent dons the cape.
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Grant tells her this wasn't the case and pulls out her article from "Combat".
Grant is a do-anything-say-anything-to-get-what-you-want sleezy character. If Lois was smart, she’d realize that she’s been spinning her wheels but getting absolutely nowhere at the DP. Her claim to fame so far is banging the boss.
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She also can't spell, just like several other versions of Lois Lane.
And apparently she hasn't mastered Spell Check either.
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Meanwhile, Chloe, who actually knows what caused the eclipse, was busy helping Clark instead of trying to publish an article of any sort. Chloe's presence at the DP was solely tied to her discovering Grant and Lois. We didn't see her doing any work, trying to meet any deadlines, or anything else. She was a plot device, nothing more.
Chloe was going to Grant’s office with an envelope. I presume it’s work related unlike Lois who goes to his office to get some. If Chloe’s a “plot device, nothing more”, then Lois is a love interest, nothing more.
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When given a choice between her career and helping Clark, Chloe, as always, chose Clark.
I'm glad we agree. That's very ILL like.
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Lois, on the other hand, was concerned about her career. She and Grant are both trying to keep the relationship on the down low. That's trying to have your cake and eat it, too, but I can't see how you can describe it as choosing love life over career.
Lois reputation as a reporter takes second place to her having a love life. If she was so concerned about her career and her reputation, she should have stopped her relationship with Grant or found another job not lied to her cousin and coworkers.
It’s an anvil because it shows Clark and Chloe working together; trusting each other; depending on each other just like ILL and Clark.
Unfortunately, "ILL" doesn't have this relationship with a Clark Kent who's not yet Superman. This is the kind of relationship that Iconic Lana Lang used to have with Superboy. Makes sense as both Chloe and Lana started off as Lois Lane archetypes for Superman prequels.
And apparently she hasn't mastered Spell Check either.
Making her a lot like Lois Lane as voiced by Dana Delany in Superman:The Animated Series.
Chloe was going to Grant’s office with an envelope. I presume it’s work related unlike Lois who goes to his office to get some.
I'll presume it was work related, too. Sadly, we're never shown just what it is Chloe was working on and it didn't seem to relate to the plot. To me, that makes the whole scene pretty much a plot device to have Chloe be the one to walk in on them.
If Chloe’s a “plot device, nothing more”, then Lois is a love interest, nothing more.
Except we've seen Grant/Julian warn Lois off of stories about the Luthors. We've seen Lex tell Grant/Julian that Lois is a threat to their plans because she's smart and insatiably curious.
I'm glad we agree. That's very ILL like.
Interesting, because I don't recall too many portrayals of Lois Lane in which she's killing stories or not writing about stories to protect the identity of a Clark Kent who's not yet Superman. When Clark Kent dons the cape and tights, Lois Lane can write about the eclipse, the Zoners, etc. Why? Because the world already knows that Superman is an alien.
Lois reputation as a reporter takes second place to her having a love life.
Actually, it doesn't. In "Blue" we have a rookie reporter trying to have her cake and eat it, too. She's trying to choose between her reputation as a reporter and her love life and is trying to have it both ways. If she weren't concerned about her journalistic reputation she wouldn't be trying to keep the relationship with Grant/Julian a secret.
That's what we've been shown so far.
By comparison, Chloe has been shown to favor protecting Clark's secret over pursuing stories. How is that not valuing a personal relationship over journalistic reputation?
If she was so concerned about her career and her reputation, she should have stopped her relationship with Grant or found another job not lied to her cousin and coworkers.
All in the course of one episode? In my opinion, the relationship with Grant/Julian is there to provide dramatic tension. Lois is being set up to have to make a choice. This choice comes on numerous different levels. It would have been pretty boring to have Lois get confronted by Chloe early on in "Blue", think about it for 5 seconds, and then decide to dump Grant/Julian.
Time will tell how the storyline plays out, but I don't see how Lois should only be "allowed" the course of one episode to make a decision between romance and her career. That's usually not the way interoffice romances are handled on television.
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Unfortunately, "ILL" doesn't have this relationship with a Clark Kent who's not yet Superman. This is the kind of relationship that Iconic Lana Lang used to have with Superboy. Makes sense as both Chloe and Lana started off as Lois Lane archetypes for Superman prequels.
I’m not sure I follow. Once ILL knows about Clark’s origins (which is where Chloe is at this point), that’s exactly the kind of relationship they have. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, for me Clark is not just Superman when he dons the tights and cape. In fact, the whole SV timeline is moved forward in time compared to Superman "canon" since Clark doesn't meet ILL in SV before he takes on the persona of Superman. That's part of Smallville's charm, imo - it's a retelling of the Superman story with it's own twists (e.g. Lois in SV).
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Making her a lot like Lois Lane as voiced by Dana Delany in Superman:The Animated Series.
Not something I want ILL to aspire to but YMMV.
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Except we've seen Grant/Julian warn Lois off of stories about the Luthors. We've seen Lex tell Grant/Julian that Lois is a threat to their plans because she's smart and insatiably curious.
I think Lex has had too many concussions. Nothing in the story so far suggests that Lois is “smart and insatiably curious”. Her Three Episode Arc of Glory (tm RepairmanBob – TWoP) fizzled as soon as she got out of the dam. Wes was never mentioned again. Her “investigating” Lex and his land purchases fizzled after “Wrath”. She gets interested in something, then gets distracted by the next shiny thing that comes her way. I saw the Lex/Grant scene as Lex playing Grant – trying to get Grant to concentrate on their plan (whatever it is).
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Interesting, because I don't recall too many portrayals of Lois Lane in which she's killing stories or not writing about stories to protect the identity of a Clark Kent who's not yet Superman. When Clark Kent dons the cape and tights, Lois Lane can write about the eclipse, the Zoners, etc. Why? Because the world already knows that Superman is an alien.
I don't recall too many portrayals of ILL where she lives in and knows Clark in Smallville. But if I were to imagine it, I'd imagine ILL acting exactly like Chloe.
Btw, when Clark dons the cape and tights, Chloe (as ILL) will be able to do the same.
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Actually, it doesn't. In "Blue" we have a rookie reporter trying to have her cake and eat it, too. She's trying to choose between her reputation as a reporter and her love life and is trying to have it both ways. If she weren't concerned about her journalistic reputation she wouldn't be trying to keep the relationship with Grant/Julian a secret.
If she were concerned about her reputation as a reporter, she’d break it off with Grant, imo. ILL lives and breathes journalism. She’s not worried about her love life.
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By comparison, Chloe has been shown to favor protecting Clark's secret over pursuing stories. How is that not valuing a personal relationship over journalistic reputation?
As I mentioned above, once Clark decides Superman is part of his future, problem solved.
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All in the course of one episode? In my opinion, the relationship with Grant/Julian is there to provide dramatic tension. Lois is being set up to have to make a choice. This choice comes on numerous different levels. It would have been pretty boring to have Lois get confronted by Chloe early on in "Blue", think about it for 5 seconds, and then decide to dump Grant/Julian.
Time will tell how the storyline plays out, but I don't see how Lois should only be "allowed" the course of one episode to make a decision between romance and her career. That's usually not the way interoffice romances are handled on television.
Well for whatever reason the writers decided that given a choice, Lois would choose Grant and it does her character no favors; especially since Lois hasn’t proven herself a reporter yet. Let’s face it, talking about Chupacabras, and embellishing stories to sell more papers does not a reporter make. YMMV.
I’m not sure I follow. Once ILL knows about Clark’s origins (which is where Chloe is at this point), that’s exactly the kind of relationship they have.
My point is that this is the kind of relationship various incarnations of Lana Lang used to have with a pre-Superman Clark Kent. It didn't mean that Lana somehow morphed into Lois Lane.
I don't recall too many portrayals of ILL where she lives in and knows Clark in Smallville. But if I were to imagine it, I'd imagine ILL acting exactly like Chloe.
Actually, earlier versions of Lana Lang used to act a whole lot like Chloe. Same dynamic. Same effort by a creative team to create a "duo" with which an audience might be familiar. Perhaps there was also a "Lanois" theory back when Lana Lang used to team up with Superboy back in the day.
ILL lives and breathes journalism. She’s not worried about her love life.
Actually, "ILL" has historically been quite worried about her love life. Various incarnations of Lois Lane have dated lots of superheroes. An ongoing plotline in the comic "Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane" was her trying to trap Superman into marriage anyway anyhow. Teri Hatcher's Lois Lane got into journalism in an effort to prove something to her father. In the first episode in which the character was introduced she admitted to having violated every one of her "rules", which included engaging in an ill-advised office romance.
Terri Hatcher's Lois Lane also dated Lex Luthor and accepted a job at LNN (and a marriage proposal) while involved with him.
One of the (many) problems I have with the Chlois theory is that it seems to ignore those elements of the character which don't match those of Chloe Sullivan. In so many words, this means trying to morph "Iconic Lois Lane" into Chloe.
If she were concerned about her reputation as a reporter, she’d break it off with Grant, imo. ILL lives and breathes journalism. She’s not worried about her love life.
Lois is shown, at this point in her career, to value a relationship and her career about equally. She's been "caught" by one person, her cousin, who she has every reason to believe won't blab to everyone else in the bullpen.
On this show, Clark Kent has frequently allowed his feelings for and/or relationship with Lana and others to cloud his judgment and jeopardize his life, his family's life, his friends' life, and the fate of all humanity. If I don't think this "disqualifies" him from being "Iconic Clark Kent" how I supposed to reasonably believe that "Smallville's" creative team wants me to believe that a relationship with Grant/Julian means that Lois Lane isn't the real deal.
I'm sorry, but the notion that Chloe was going to morph into Lois Lane stopped making sense the instant they introduced the character of Lois Lane onto the show.
Do you honestly think that they've introduced the character and kept her around for three plus years solely to have Chloe turn around and assume her identity? That makes no sense. They'd have had a much easier time pulling it off if they'd let Lois remain the unseen cousin in Metropolis who Chloe described as being uninterested in journalism.
Now Chloe has become a "meteor freak". Her origin has been retconned so that she's been meteor infected since the first shower.
Lois' character has now had articles published at the Inquisitor under her own name and has started working at the Daily Planet.
None of this has made a transition from Chloe to Chlois any easier. In fact, it's made it even more difficult to pull off and a lot less logical.
Please explain to me how Chloe is going to just assume the name of the cousin who's been working at the Daily Planet across from her?
Finally, if the Chlois decision is a recent one (that is, after Season 4) then that means that the supposed Chlois "anvils" from seasons 1-3 were not intentional. This in turn means that I'm even less inclined to believe that these supposed Chlois "anvils" since Lois' introduction aren't simply folks reading too much into things.
I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but I have yet to see or read anything to indicate that this theory is anything more than wanting a glorious destiny for Chloe. I like Chloe's character, but I don't think Chlois has really had any logical basis since Season 4.
Pointing out flaws in Lois' characterization on a show full of flawed characterizations (including Chloe's) doesn't make me any more inclined to believe that Chlois is being set up.
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My point is that this is the kind of relationship various incarnations of Lana Lang used to have with a pre-Superman Clark Kent. It didn't mean that Lana somehow morphed into Lois Lane.
Lana didn’t “morph” into Lois Lane because Lana/Superboy was never the prequel to Lois/Superman. The Superboy franchise is different and separate from the Superman one. In Smallville, Clark will never be "Superboy". His journey is to Superman. Yes, the PTB kept the crush on Lana - but in the end this is Superman's journey not Superboy's.
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I don't recall too many portrayals of ILL where she lives in and knows Clark in Smallville. But if I were to imagine it, I'd imagine ILL acting exactly like Chloe.
Actually, earlier versions of Lana Lang used to act a whole lot like Chloe. Same dynamic. Same effort by a creative team to create a "duo" with which an audience might be familiar. Perhaps there was also a "Lanois" theory back when Lana Lang used to team up with Superboy back in the day.
See my previous response.
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Actually, "ILL" has historically been quite worried about her love life. Various incarnations of Lois Lane have dated lots of superheroes. An ongoing plotline in the comic "Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane" was her trying to trap Superman into marriage anyway anyhow.
That concept is so outdated and so demeaning to women. I hope they never go back to that.
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Teri Hatcher's Lois Lane got into journalism in an effort to prove something to her father. In the first episode in which the character was introduced she admitted to having violated every one of her "rules", which included engaging in an ill-advised office romance. Terri Hatcher's Lois Lane also dated Lex Luthor and accepted a job at LNN (and a marriage proposal) while involved with him.
The thing with THLois is that she was already a competent, proven reporter when she got into an ill-advised office romance. Furthermore, it wasn’t with her managing editor; the very same editor who hired her under very suspicious circumstances.
EDLois didn’t even apply to work at the DP when Grant approached her with a job offer. She wasn’t able to get him the story he wanted that would "sell papers" but he hired her anyway and showed her obvious favoritism. She still hasn’t proved herself a competent reporter.
One of the (many) problems I have with the Chlois theory is that it seems to ignore those elements of the character which don't match those of Chloe Sullivan. In so many words, this means trying to morph "Iconic Lois Lane" into Chloe.
Chloe doesn’t have to “morph” into anything. She’s already the intrepid reporter at the DP and Clark’s partner/confidante/best friend.
If anything, Lois has to morph into Chloe.
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…how I supposed to reasonably believe that "Smallville's" creative team wants me to believe that a relationship with Grant/Julian means that Lois Lane isn't the real deal.
I'm sorry, but the notion that Chloe was going to morph into Lois Lane stopped making sense the instant they introduced the character of Lois Lane onto the show.
Lois isn’t the real deal because she incompetent and stupid. She’s aimless but she’s been really lucky. Every single job she’s had (except for the Inquisitor) she’s been handed on a silver platter. When she found her “calling” because of a barn door, she didn’t try to improve her article/skills/education; she gladly agreed to work at a tabloid writing lies (calling the DP a “pseudo intellectual rag”) just as long as she got a paycheck (“Crimson”).
Chloe doesn’t have to morph into anything. Chloe is an overachiever who’s always wanted to work at the best newspaper in the SVverse. She’s going to school and she’s working towards her dream. She’s a curious, smart, competitive, truth-seeking, tough investigative reporter.
If anything Lois has to morph into Chloe. She has to take over her life, her dreams, and her love for Clark. If that doesn’t scream Single White Female, I don’t know what does. If the writers don’t reveal Chlois, Lois Lane will forever be living Chloe’s dream life. That’s downright icky.
Do you honestly think that they've introduced the character and kept her around for three plus years solely to have Chloe turn around and assume her identity? That makes no sense. They'd have had a much easier time pulling it off if they'd let Lois remain the unseen cousin in Metropolis who Chloe described as being uninterested in journalism.
AlMiles didn’t have a choice. They were forced to bring Lois into SV but they didn’t have to develop her and they didn’t. She wandered around aimlessly for 2+ years being comic relief and T&A.
Now Chloe has become a "meteor freak". Her origin has been retconned so that she's been meteor infected since the first shower.
You’ve mentioned this before – Lex Luthor is a meteor freak since the first meteor shower. I think it’s a neat parallel for the people who help shape Clark to be affected by his arrival in SV.
Lois' character has now had articles published at the Inquisitor under her own name and has started working at the Daily Planet.
None of this has made a transition from Chloe to Chlois any easier. In fact, it's made it even more difficult to pull off and a lot less logical.
Please explain to me how Chloe is going to just assume the name of the cousin who's been working at the Daily Planet across from her?
That’s easy – One way (not my favorite) is Lois will become desperate to keep her job after a real editor replaces Grant and she'll resort to stealing a story from Chloe (just like she considered in "Crimson"). She certainly doesn’t have what it takes and she’s in over her head at the DP.
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Finally, if the Chlois decision is a recent one (that is, after Season 4) then that means that the supposed Chlois "anvils" from seasons 1-3 were not intentional. This in turn means that I'm even less inclined to believe that these supposed Chlois "anvils" since Lois' introduction aren't simply folks reading too much into things.
I believe that Chlois was always in the cards but in s4, AlMiles were forced to bring Lois Lane on Smallville.
At the end of S1, the PTB thought it was their last year so they moved Chloe and Clark closer together. And in S5, the PTB thought once again that it was their last year. So Chloe got into the DP and she and Clark got closer together.
As I mentioned above, they did nothing with Lois’ character and are slowly destroying her now (sleeping with the boss, not worried about proof, unable to type, unable to meet deadlines, etc).
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I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but I have yet to see or read anything to indicate that this theory is anything more than wanting a glorious destiny for Chloe. I like Chloe's character, but I don't think Chlois has really had any logical basis since Season 4.
Pointing out flaws in Lois' characterization on a show full of flawed characterizations (including Chloe's) doesn't make me any more inclined to believe that Chlois is being set up.
Hey you’re entitled to your opinion. I find it illogical to continue Chloe on her journey to the DP and to being Clark’s best friend and confidante if it’s going to end up all going to her cousin in the end (just because she has the "name").
Lana didn’t “morph” into Lois Lane because Lana/Superboy was never the prequel to Lois/Superman.
Lana Lang was also introduced to be a proto-Lois Lane. Just like Chloe Sullivan.
In various incarnations, comic Lana Lang has been Clark's confidant and his most loyal friend. She's often had unrequited feelings for him. She was also a journalist in the gold and silver ages.
My point is that, being a "proto Lois Lane" doesn't mean a character is going to morph into the role.
If it did, that means
The Superboy franchise is different and separate from the Superman one.
Well, it wasn't my intention to get into a legal debate about the Superboy/Superman franchise.
It's an ongoing legal battle which does nothing to change the fact that at the time Superboy appeared in Adventure Comics along with the proto-Lois Lane character of Lana Lang, Superboy's life and times were retconned to be the origin of Superman. This didn't change until Crisis on Infinite Earths and the Byrne reboot of Superman's origin in "The Man of Steel".
The legal fight is over who has the rights to the Superboy character, DC Comics or the estate of Jerry Siegel.
"Smallville" is not the first incarnation of the mythos to have Lex and Clark growing up as friends in Smallville, Kansas. That was also a Superboy premise. I forget the exact details, but the friendship ended when Superboy accidentally caused Lex's hair loss.
If anything Lois has to morph into Chloe. She has to take over her life, her dreams, and her love for Clark.
Which is all sorts of weird. A career in journalism is off-limits because Chloe had that "dream" first? If one of my cousins told me I couldn't pursue a particular career because he had that "dream" first, I'd look at him like he'd lost his mind. On the romance front, I'd certainly try not to hurt his feelings, but if he told me not to pursue anything with the girl he took to a dance our freshman year of high school, I'd probably tell him he'd lost his mind.
The whole Lois is stealing Chloe's dream job, dream man, and dream parking space bit just doesn't resonate with me.
If the Daily Planet is the best newspaper in the world, how on Earth am I supposed to believe that Chloe and Lois can't coexist there and be successful. That makes no sense.
The other part of it (Chloe's "dream man") means that I'm supposed to support Chlois because of Chlark. That's really not a persuasive argument for me, particularly because, shipper fantasies aside, the two of them haven't actually had a romantic relationship.
If that doesn’t scream Single White Female, I don’t know what does.
So, Chloe assuming Lois' name (in scenarios that seem to involve Lois' death) is somehow less "creepy" than Chloe managing to get over her high school crush?
If the writers don’t reveal Chlois, Lois Lane will forever be living Chloe’s dream life. That’s downright icky.
See above. Taking a step back from this, it seems you're saying that "dream theft" is ickier than Chloe taking her cousin's name.
I believe that Chlois was always in the cards but in s4, AlMiles were forced to bring Lois Lane on Smallville.
So, DC and the network can "force" them to bring Lois Lane onto the show, but they can't keep AlMiles from having Chlois happen? Please explain that one to me.
I find it illogical to continue Chloe on her journey to the DP and to being Clark’s best friend and confidante if it’s going to end up all going to her cousin in the end (just because she has the "name").
Chloe's already at the DP. She's already Clark's best friend and confidante. I think these are all wonderful things. I like Chloe. I just don't think this means Chloe = Lois Lane.
- "Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane"? EWW. That's all that needs to be said about that.
- In "Lois & Clark", the office romance wasn't with her boss. It was with a co-worker. Who stole a story from her afterwards. And she dated Lex Luthor because she wasnt aware of the fact that he was evil.
- Clark having problems with accepting his Destiny is a big part of the story "Smallville" is telling, so I really don't have a big problem with it. (I wish it would go faster, though.) And while Clark has a problem accepting Destiny, he actually goes out and SAVES people.
Nois published articles in the Inquisitor, which main characters, recurring characters AND guest characters refer to as piece of trash. She was hired at the DP by someone who didn't share the values that the DP holds and had an agenda. And she hasn't had one article published at the DP. She has too many marks against her to be ILL.
- Having Chloe assume the name Lois Lane can come about numberous ways.
1) Nois steals a story from Chloe and publishes it under her name. An editor from the DP fired her and hires Chloe, but doesn't like printing retractions and hopes that Chloe will keep "Lois Lane" as a by-line. Nois has no problem with this because her name will be famous. (The anvil that Lois Lane will have a famous name comes true, but not in a way that the average viewer would suspect.)
2) Lex somehow destroys Chloe's reputation using that evidence from "Progeny" when she was under her mom's control. She finally gets the evidence she needs on 33.1, but won't be able to get it printed in her name. Lois allows Chloe to use her identity to do so.
3) Nois tries to take down Lex in the manner she always does. Lex kills her like Devilicus did when he shot Warrior Angel's reporter girlfriend, Penelope. Chloe gets the information she needs on 33.1 and prints it using the name "Lois Lane" so that the world will never forget the name Lois Lane. (This is becoming the most likely scenario since Nois is being slowly isolated from the rest of the characters.)
4) A combination of two or more of the above.
- I'm pretty sure the Chlois decision is not a recent one.
In the season finale to the third season entitled "Covenant", it's mentioned by an FBI agent working for Lionel that Chloe is a "bleache blonde Pulitzer wannabe". Since they didn't know that Ancier (?) would be forcing them to include Nois, it looks like the fourth season was going to be Chlois.
It's also fairly anvilicious--at least to comic readers on TWOP--that Chloe is the only one who is able to trigger Clark's superhearing without him needing to activate it...just like Lois Lane does in the comics. (No, you can't use "Whisper" or "Blank" as evidence against this anvil. "Whisper" was the episode where his superhearig developed and went in and out at random times. "Blank" also has his powers just appear randomly.)
- Why can't Chloe and Lois coexist at the DP? It's a story thing.
If the Ancier hadn't interfered, there wouldn't be this problem. AlMiles could have shown Chlois outright with no ambiguities or made it somewhat ambiguous. And the series ends. In the first example, they could have shown shown Chloe with dark hair and taking on the "Lois Lane" name/using it "Lois Lane" as a by-line. In the second, they could have had her have dark hair and just thinking about taking on the iconic moniker. The first would have allowed you to watch the movies with no question as to who Lois Lane is. The second allows you to either view Lois as a Lois Lane who became interested in journalism through her cousin or as Lois Lane who was once known as Chloe Sullivan.
But Ancier did interefere, painting the writers into a corner.
If Chloe Sullivan becomes involved with Clark and take on the name "Lois Lane" (for whatever reason) and Nois isn't killed, someone will always say that Nois will return in Futureville to become an ace reporter and Clark's love.
They could have left it ambiguous if they had been left to their own devices. But now they can't.
- DC Comics has no power over "Smallville". The power hierarchy is:
Motion picture division
Television production division
Comics division.
That's why JJ Abrams was able to stop AlMiles from doing a young Lois and Clark series because he said that fans wouldn't be able to understand the difference between his version and AlMiles.
And DC Comics didn't have to power to stop Abrams from producing his version of Superman. Abrams was only stopped from getting his version up and running because of incredibly negative fan response to it. (Don't worry. It was incredibly deserved. I read a summary of it and it was DREADFUL.)
Anyway, AlMiles definitely want to do Chlois. However, there have been edicts that say things like Lois Lane can't be killed and that Clark isn't allowed to fly. But it looks like AlMiles have been slowly attacking the "rules" that they've been saddled with like showing Clark fly in "Crusade". If the rules state he's not allowed to fly in the series how did they get away with that. Well, they reasoned that it's Kal-El, it's not really Clark. So, it sidesteps the rule.
How does this tie into Chlois?
Well, one of the rules is that Lois Lane can't die. But since it looks like they view Chloe as their "Lois Lane", Nois isn't safe from death because she's not the real Lois Lane.
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