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First of all Lana isn't dead. If no one noticed the giant white truck that drove by right before her car blew up. There is no possible reason for it being in that scene unless lana went into it. My guess is lana set up the bomb herself so everyone would think she was dead and could escape. Secondly, has there not already been a seasonal finale where Clark has to fight another version of him self. Even if this time the evil clark can absorb kyrptonite. Thirdly, how has clark not got caught in the act of using his powers by Lex. He uses them in his mansion which Lex has admitted to he has surrvelence on. Otherwise i thought it was allright

My God..... First time on here reading comments and now i know why.
I am a HUGE superman fan and always have been (my entire right arm is covered in a superman/ bizzaro tattoo) but reading what some of you have to say is disgusting, absurd and obviously coming from a place of ignorance.
Im aware Smallville is an "alternate take" on the Superman universe but if you "Chlark" fans honestly think that Clark belongs with Chloe you are horribly mistaken and are obviously mis-informed. I know the writers have done some things that vary slightly from the existing Superman mythology (Lex as a friend, Jonathan kents death, the existance of Lionel and Chloe)and that can be understood because noone wants to watch the same old story over again. To think that Clark would end up with Chloe is going against and changing probobly the most significant and meaningful part of Superman lore, Lois & Clark. The whole series is based on that premise. The same premise as the original comic books: No matter the amazing things Superman/Clark can do, he is most human in the way that when it comes to love he is truly powerless. This is a theme that has been reflected in many of the Superman comic books i have read, and has been, and still is the central theme of Smallville. Taking away "lois & clark" is as significant as taking away the signiture cape and boots.
I get the sense from reading these comments that alot of fans are of the "dawsons creek" variety, you "like" Chloe and you "like" Clark, so you want to see them together. Now i love Allison Mack and the character she plays. Chloe is an integral part of the smallville story but in reality she is a "fake" character, and in that manner she is expendable. She will die in heroic fashion before this series ends and we will see the writers continue to plant the seeds of lois & clark, i beleive without actually seeing them romantically involved, as that will be the final cliffhanger in the final episode.
Smallville is different than most series because most of us already know how the story ends. The interesting part is watching the characters slowly develop into the people they will become. I know you fans of prime time soap operas want to see Clark live happily ever after with Chloe but we all know lois is the one he's meant to be with and Lex is the man he's meant to fight against. The fun part will be watching all the events in the upcoming seasons lead our characters down that path and watch as all the Superman lore is in the end, respected...... I hope.

Cheers, Shane W

I'm a fan of BOTH Chloe and Lois,and I personally would never let fan groups determine if I like a character or not.I read a varity of message boards(I like reading different perspectives on the characters)And EVERY fan group have people that are harsh towards the other characters.On SWEET Lana fans are harsh to Lois(calling her Hois)and Chloe(call her a troll). TWOP is harsh towards Lois(call her Nois)and Lana (call her Pwink Pwincess).Ksite has a varity of fans.DevotedtoSmallville appears to be more Lana and Lois friendly.DI is more Lois friendly.
If I go to a site that isn't Chloe or Lois friendly I know not to get bent out of shape if posters take pot shots at those two. It's a site for those(whether Chloe,Lois or Lana)fans who like that particular character to vent,talk etc. So going into that situation I'm prepared and never get offended,because it's to be expected in a way. If I allowed other fans to determine my like of a character,when I go on SWEET I'd love Lana and hate Chloe and Lois. TWOP would be love Chloe hate Lana/Lois. DI would be love Lois hate Chloe/Lana and so on.

Guy your are right. They are changing the story. Bizzaro Clark is going to become the actual Clark Kent, Lionel Luthor will be the arch nemesis of Clark Kent instead of Lex Luthor and Lana will be the Clark's love of the life.

I think that in the season finally Clark looked SEXY in black.... my god he looked good... i sure wold like to have sex wit him..

Guy, you were right bout that; Chloe should become Lois Lane of Smallville. Lana should come back but not to Clark, Lois Lane (Erica Durance) is just not right for that role. Lex was supposed to be down-right evil, but instead he was between nice and confused. Because the whole story was a myth, I guess that why the story lines can be changed since it’s not a true life story. If the writers know they are going to change the story, why are they still torturing us with Lois (Gosh she sucks). Since Jonathan is dead I guess I can’t come back, unless they planned on turning the whole story into a Soap-opera, coz to me its looks like that where they are heading. But I hope to see Martha and Pete soon.

Well it is like this, if they kill off the main characters of the show I am finished watching it. Clark, Chole, Lana, Lois, Lex and his father and Martha Kent are the main characters of the show and what makes the show so outstanding, interesting and dramatic, as well as filled with excitement as well as adventure. If you kill off the main chracters of the show the show becomes boring. Look at Stargate SG1, they removed the main character and bam, the series comes to an end. The same thing will happen to this great series if they kill off the main characters. I myself do not want to see this happen. I love watching the Smallville series, it is one of my most favorite shows to watch, of course I have been a superman fan since childhood and I am now 62. I have not missed any of the superman related series on TV. Smallville is the best Superman show since the first Superman series with George Reeves. The rest were OK, but, don't hold any place compared to Smallville. Do us all a favor and if Lana and Chole are dead bring them back or the series is done. Removing any of the main characters of a show is the first step in the series ending. It has happened countless times in the pass with many great shows. I really don't get it, writers and producers have a great series going and make decisions they know will destroy it and end it. your comments are welcome, please ........ send them

Mike

CLARK and LOIS should really forget their differences and just fall in LOVE, this time with a conscious mind.Last Episode was devestating,If CHLOE dies SMALLVILLE would be a bum. Without CHLOE,CLARK WOULD, personally,be CRAP! (readers, don't hate me for that)I still think CLARK is CUUUUTE!!!! Lex should say bye, bye to SMALLVILLE. I think the faster you get him off the better.
Lana on the other hand should be blown to bits right about now.My entire class thinks LANA is a HO!! (No offence Kristen!!)

I heard that Chloe and Jimmy got together, if you know what I mean. Is it true? I am 51% sure they did. Poor Clark.

I can see how CW would be motivated to keep Smallville on for the 8th year. Even with the low ratings, Smallville and Top Model are the top show. I have watched the show from the pilot and I don't like how the characters are evolving:
Lex should be insane and evil. Lex is written now as a deceitful sissy. The Smallville Lois is unnecessary, she acts like a skank and not the endearing Lois of Margot Kidder league. Erica as Lois is just appalling. How did Lionel become a good guy? I just don't get that kind of illogical character change. I honestly have not enjoyed Season 6. I still feel the show's appeal is about Clark-Lana-Lex-Chloe. I hope the writers write some great stories about them and bring the series to a finish. The show should satisfy the viewers who have watched from the beginning: Clark and lana should realize their love before he leaves for training. Mother Kent should be around the farm to wave good-bye. Lex should become vicious and an American psycho and Lionel should stay bad, so bad that Lex will kill him. Chloe should be the Lois of Smallville, she has earned the viewers loyalty after all these years.

Anybody can be Clark's future love. It’s just a story that can be re-written. People please get over your fight of Chloe and Lois. Find something else to do. Am a Chloe; Lana’s fan, i really don't care 4 Lois, but that doesn't mean that CW are going to change her character 4 me. Whoever wins Clark's heart is fine with me. I hope 2 not post anything after this, coz u fans ve nothing else to do except pisses each others off. High scholars behave well than most of you grown ups. GET IT INTO YOUR THICK HEADS; IT’S JUST A SHOW, SO STOP STRESSING YOUR YOURSELVES OVER NOTHING. JEEZ!!

Its actually nice to see that even though clanaers and CLoisers have had their good share of fights in the past and I'm sure some of us still go at it, but we've accepted that Lana is Clark's first love & Lois is his future & true love.

And even though I wish Clark and Lana could stay together, it's best I just enjoy the ship while it lasts, or the good times they did have.

If the writers got it right the comic Clana relationship wasn't suposed to be so angsty, I can see why so many wish death to clana. Believe me I too find it frustrating.

Still I'll assume everyone is a fan of Smallville & Superman, and sice some claim to know alot about the comics than you must know that every character is important to Clark's journey to becoming the great hero he's destined to be.
Not just watch the show just to come on boards and fight over ships and characters and bash and hate the cast members and belittle eachother.

We're a fanbase of pre-Superman, we should be above such childish stuff. Has anyone not learned anything from this show? Or do you fast forward the parts that dont have your favourite characters and ship in it?
Superman has been going on for 70 years - we should be able to discuss things like adults. This fanbase is ripping itself apart the fans will be so divided that in the next 30 or more years superman won't be as popular because it is the fans that keep it going, into the next generation and if we keep carrying on like this with this negetive behaviour and attitudes no one is going to wanna be apart of this fanbase if they can't (constructively and respectfully) express ther love for this superhero without someone picking a fight with them.

Please call truce people until the show is over atleast, lets enjoy it while it lasts, together.

The characters are who they are, they arent going to change any one of them to please a small portion, since everyone has read, watched different incarnations of the mythos characters.

I love the modern take on them, its quite clever.

I heard that its possible for more mythos characters to be introduced next season, and General Sam Lane returns next season will be supermad, can not wait!

Peace

I would like that Clark and Lana ended up by being friends some day, and still, being a cloiser, I accept that Lana is the Clark's first love and therefore the principal couple of Smallville, but Lois is and always will his real love and soulmate.

Nevertheless, I cannot stand the lack of Clark's morality, because he will not learn his values from Jor El, but from Martha and Jonathan. Martha is in the DC and Jonathan is dead. Clark already should have a few very strong values. It does not come with the suit, it comes with the education that the Kent gave him.

I can stand to see a bit stubborn Clark at the moment of fight because he is not trained yet. But his human values always were inculcated by his parents, he should have them ALREADY

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I'm so sick of this "Lana ruining Clark's morals" BS. In case you fail to notice, he's not wearing the big red and blue spandex suit yet (it's still tucked away in Chloe's closet for when she wants to play SuperChloe)....and he's not "supposed" to act like anything other than a young man who's ex-buddy manipulated and took his girlfriend. Why wouldn't Clark be happy that Lana's leaving Lex? Why shouldn't he kiss her? Just because she dons a freaking diamond ring that means absolutely NOTHING?

She didn't marry Lex because she was just dying to be his bride. And since the phony wedding she's found out the truth behind her so-called husband's manipulation and lying to her about everything he's ever said. Yet she's somehow obligated to remain faithful to that a$$hole? No freaking way. It was an abusive relationship, she wanted out of it and she's still as much in love with Clark as he is with her. Plain and simple. They don't owe Lex Luthor crap.

As for all this Chloe and Lois battling, let it go already. Lois is Clark's future. Chloe isn't. That's pretty simple to understand too. Chloe plays a role in his life when he's a young man. She's his longtime buddy. She has an avid interest in journalism...and these traits she has are one of the reasons he's inspired to become a journalist himself. She's there to act as an influence on Clark. Fantastic. Now, if only she would give him back his brain full-time so he can actually someday work on and write a story on his own...that would be terrific.
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I 100% agree with you.
I like Lana, and still fond of Clana - even though I ship Clois but Lana is the right person to be and deserves to be Clark's first love- think about it my fellow Cloisers, without Lana/Clana WE wouldn't have CLois in the future.

I'm just hoping the writers patch stuff up nicely between Clark & Lana, they deserve to be happy and remain close friends (like they were suposed to in the comics)
I think Lana will have a great deal with finally setting Clark straight.
Lois can't give him too much guidence because that's her role in the future.
Lana should help Clark become a man while Lois helps him become a hero.

Chloe; I'm hoping next season her powers evolve better and she official joins her place with the JL as the Oracle.
Chloe has always put others before her so when her powers are finally under her control and aren't life threatening to her, she can save people too. I think Chloe would be great as a hero, afterall Wonder Woman played her Mom. How freaking cool was that?

I'm so sick of this "Lana ruining Clark's morals" BS. In case you fail to notice, he's not wearing the big red and blue spandex suit yet (it's still tucked away in Chloe's closet for when she wants to play SuperChloe)....and he's not "supposed" to act like anything other than a young man who's ex-buddy manipulated and took his girlfriend. Why wouldn't Clark be happy that Lana's leaving Lex? Why shouldn't he kiss her? Just because she dons a freaking diamond ring that means absolutely NOTHING?

She didn't marry Lex because she was just dying to be his bride. And since the phony wedding she's found out the truth behind her so-called husband's manipulation and lying to her about everything he's ever said. Yet she's somehow obligated to remain faithful to that a$$hole? No freaking way. It was an abusive relationship, she wanted out of it and she's still as much in love with Clark as he is with her. Plain and simple. They don't owe Lex Luthor crap.

As for all this Chloe and Lois battling, let it go already. Lois is Clark's future. Chloe isn't. That's pretty simple to understand too. Chloe plays a role in his life when he's a young man. She's his longtime buddy. She has an avid interest in journalism...and these traits she has are one of the reasons he's inspired to become a journalist himself. She's there to act as an influence on Clark. Fantastic. Now, if only she would give him back his brain full-time so he can actually someday work on and write a story on his own...that would be terrific.

For the love of God kill Chloe already with this kind of fans I wished I was dead too.
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And geez all of sudden not liking a character based on their fan base is the absolute dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Don’t be lemming’s people. Make up your own mind based on what the character does or does not do and not the fan camp that follows it. It’s not as if liking any character requires having a pet die-hard fan sitting with you on the couch when you watch Smallville or you all of a sudden have to agree with 100% of their viewpoints. That’s like saying you aren’t going to listen to a band because the die-hard fans all dress in black leather, do copius amounts of drugs, and wear face paint.

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JASON: THIS IS SPOT ON! I like Chloe AND Lois..and quite frankly, from the posts we see from both sides, both fanbases are out of control!!!..but that does not mean I have to dislike any or both of them...and I WILL NOT CHOOSE A SIDE because liking one or the other is NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

Like or dislike the character for what they do for you, not what fans say about them.

Clark is too sexy for his own good. yummy.

and Lois just plain out bites the big one. get rid of her PLEASE she is a super annoying character.

I'll I have't to say is if you guys kill of chole I'll never watch sv ever ever again!!!!! I love how her and clark work togather in the shows,and her power is sooooooo cool!! Now for who i think will died in the new shows this fall is lionel because we all know that lana did't blow up,and Lois,Lex,Clark,and Clarks Mom are in the later shows.And every budy loves chole sooo I think its lionel who gets cut off,deader then a door nail!!,off with his head!! byebye!! see ya later!! lionel has left the building!! so go with my plan for the show

You all complain that Lois isnt into journalism, as soon as she does you complain even more!
Then when word came out Lois would get a big arc next season and would stumble onto a big story at S6's end/finale - you all complain "no she can't take 33.1 thats chloe'story!"
Um no one owns any story, its up for anyone to grb - hell Linda Lake could of figured out Lex's plans.

And now you bash Lois (& Erica = how very grown-up of you) on how she researches & invistigates???

I read up on Iconic Lois Lane from the comics and it's very clear that Lois (yes I mean SV's Erica's Lois - the only Lois in SV)
is well on her way to be her iconic self, she will reach that before Clark or Lex. Here's what I found at Supermanica;

Lois Lane’s penchant for getting into trouble;
Because Lois Lane is fearless to the point of foolhardiness (S No. 21/2, Mar/Apr 1943: “The Four Gang leaders”; and many others), she is forever getting into serious trouble from which only Superman can extricate her, something the Man of Steel has done on easily a thousand occasions. In the words of Superman No. 4 1/2:

If Superman had a medal for every time he’s rescued Lois Lane, he’d have enough metal to build a battleship, for, as all Metropolis knows, these rescues have run the gamut from bandits to burning buildings. Extricating Lois from trouble has become daily routine for Superman! (Jul/Aug 1946: “Clark Kent’s Bodyguard!”).

Lois Lane’s penchant for “getting into trouble” is alluded to in the chronicles repeatedly. In May-June 1941 Clark Kent describes it as her “favorite sport” S No. 10/3), and in November-December 1952 he muses that Lois “has a genius for getting into trouble!” (S No. 79/2: “The End of the Planet!”).

“I can’t get to sleep—worrying about Lois,” thinks Clark Kent to himself in Spring 1942, “...she has a better aptitude for getting into trouble than anyone I’ve ever known.“ (WF No. 5: ‘The Case of the Flying Castle”).

“If anything happened to Lois,” observes Superman wryly in July-August 1942, “I’d have to join the ranks of the unemployed!” (S No. 17/1: “Man or Superman?”).

And Superman No. 104/1 contains this comment: “Lois Lane seems to have a natural talent for trouble! How often her busy little brain gets her into scrapes where only the Man of Steel can save her!” (Mar 1956: “Lois Lane, Super-Genius”).

When Lois Lane does find herself in jeopardy, it is usually for one of the following reasons:

(a) In pursuit of a news story, Lois fearlessly, and recklessly, places herself in mortal danger.
(b) Criminals attempt to harm her in retaliation for her articles exposing their rackets in the pages of the Daily Planet.
(c) Evildoers kidnap her and attempt to hold her hostage as protection against Superman onto force the Man of Steel to do their bidding
(d) Evildoers attempt to harm Lois as an indirect means of wreaking vengeance on Superman.
Early on, however, Lois Lane comes to realize that she is under Superman’s personal protection and that, no matter how dire her predicament, the Man of Steel will always arrive in time to rescue her. This knowledge has nurtured in Lois a flamboyant self-confidence that borders on the ridiculous.

“For a girl who is in serious danger, you appear singularly unconcerned,” remarks the Talon, after he has taken Lois Lane captive in July-August 1942. “Why should I worry,” replies Lois smugly, “when Superman has made it his full-time activity to look after helpless me?” (S No. 17/1: “Man or Superman?”).

“Luthor will probably kill you the minute he gets here,” exclaims one of Lex Luthor’s henchmen to a cocky Lois on another, similar occasion, “…yet you have the nerve to grin.” “Why shouldn’t I?” replies Lois with a smile. “Superman has always managed to show up and save me whenever I was in trouble! I’m sure he won’t fail me now!” (S No. 17/4, Jul/Aug ‘42: “When Titans Clash!”).

It is this same reckless self-confidence that informs Lois’s response on another occasion, in July- August 1943, after she has been taken captive by a hoodlum in the pay of the Dude. “I don’t understand you, lady,” remarks the hoodlum. “You should be scared stiff, but you act like you’re going to a lawn party!” “Why shouldn’t I be cheerful?” laughs Lois. “Just think of the big scoop I’m going to score!” (S No. 23/3: “Fashions in Crime!”).

In the early years of her career, Lois Lane frequently carries a small pistol in her purse, both for self-defense and for extorting information from criminals (Act No. 43, Dec 1941; and others). She has apparently abandoned the practice; however, by the end of 1942, perhaps because Superman’s constant intervention on her behalf rendered the pistol superfluous.

By the 1970s, Lois Lane eventually learned the Kryptonian marital art of Klurkor in the city of Kandor and became formidable in hand to hand combat. This skill served her well in later solo accounts in Superman Family where her independent investigations led to her defeating numerous criminals without Superman's intervention being necessary

So stop claiming you think you know everything of how the ILL is suposed to be.
Are you the writers? the creators?
No, just disrespectful, obsessive, so called "Supes/SV" fans.

And hating what Chloe has become & wanting her to ve something/body else is an insult to Chloe herself.
I love Chloe.
Chlois = no Chloe, which would really suck.

Season 7 better have more Cho-Lo & Chimmy :D

So I see you idiots still like to come on here and spew your crap because your fantasies of Chlark/chlois are ruined because she's a freak and is not Lois Lane or Lana?

Get over it.

"Chlonie" (Chloe the clone of Lana & Lois) yes she is a clone, she is a rip-off, a cheap rip off.
A sneaky way for the creators to get their oh-so-unoriginal character into the mythos.

I've seen the shows, movies & read the comics, including Superboy and Supe's GF Lois Lane, which one issue featured on the cover Lois kissing Green Arrow, and Aquaman & Batman were next in line - so that is canon! SV's Lois having relationships with JL members is apart of ILL.
Here's a link to the comic cover Im talking about.
http://i15.tinypic.com/53yqjxl.jpg

here's some info from the Lois Lane (comics)

Depictions of Lois Lane have varied in the nearly 70 year history of Superman comic books and other media adaptations. During the Silver Age, she was the star of Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane, a comic title that had a light and frivolous tone. However, the original Golden Age version of Lois, as well as versions of her from the 1970s onwards, portray Lois as a tough-as-nails journalist and intellectual equal to Superman.

Aspects of Lois' personality have varied over the years (depending on the comic writers' handling of the character and American social attitudes toward women at the time), but in most incarnations she has been depicted as a determined, strong-willed person, whether it involves beating her rival reporter Clark Kent to a story or (in what became a trademark of 1950s and 1960s era Superman stories) proving to others her suspicion that her fellow reporter Clark Kent was in reality Superman. She also traditionally had a cool attitude toward Clark, who in her view paled in comparison to his super alter ego. At times the character has been portrayed as a damsel in distress.

Lois is regarded as attractive, but not in the exaggerated "supermodel" sense often seen in superhero comics' depictions of women. Her appearance has varied over the years, depending either on current fashion or (especially more recently) the way she's depicted in contemporary media adaptations; for instance, in the mid-1990s, when Lois and Clark began airing, Lois received a hair cut that made her look more like Teri Hatcher, and her eyes were typically violet to match the Lois of the television cartoon Superman: The Animated Series after that show began airing.

Lois is the daughter of Sam and Ella Lane. In the earlier comics, her parents were farmers in a town called Pittsdale; the modern comics, however, depict Sam as a retired soldier, and Lois as a former "army brat," with Lois having been trained by her father in areas such as hand-to-hand combat and the use of firearms. Lois also has one younger sibling, her sister Lucy Lane.

By the end of the 1960s, as attitudes toward women's role in American society began to change, Lois did as well. 1970s stories featuring Lois depicted her as being fully capable of taking care of herself, engaged in more solo adventures without Superman being involved, and her being much less interested in things such as discovering Superman's secret identity. For example, in her solo stories in Superman Family (an anthology title started in the mid-1970s from the merging/cancellation of several previous titles, including Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen), Lois regularly battled criminals in her investigations and defeated them with quick wits and considerable skill.

I noticed that in comics where Lois & Clark live Today, in an apartment at 1938 "Sullivan" Lane in Metropolis.
...Look! Loook! Chlonie has a her own lane - everyone be happy!

Another thing is "Chlonie" is as much a copy of Lana than Lois.
go read here;
http://supermanica.info/wiki/index.php/Lana_Lang

And she is the reason why CLark is the idiot he is now, "Chlonie" is jealous of Lana, yet she cheerleads for clana?
She's a lier & backstabber - as soon as clana break-up Chloe plaus both sides and urges clana back together but when they finally do - oh Chlonie is jealous?? WTF!? She has issues - she she get over it, move on, clark doesnt love you girl, not that way. If nothing Chlonie should of been cousin or sister to Lana.

The Mythos evolves every generation, SV has modernized the characters and the stories. Chlonie has destoryed this generation's chance of evolving since the only thing that has evolved on SV is her. The writer's favourite.

this show is what needs saving, they should of killed Chlonie in season 3 and kept Pete - who is the real best friend of Clark Kent! but he left because Chlonie (yep her again) hogged all the spotlight.

WAY TO GO - SOON Lex will want to leave, I hear MR already wants out, like KK.
I don't blame em.

Here are some quotes which might give insight into why Lois was not introduced into journalism until Season 6 IMO

"http://movies.about.com/od/spiderman2/a/spiderag062204.htm -
Is there a specific look you’re going for?
MILES MILLAR: I think someone with the right attitude, actually, a really funky contrast to Lana. Just a really cool, modern version of Lois Lane.

AL GOUGH: And again, this is the Lois before she’s a reporter and everything else, but you want to see the seeds of what she will become and the kind of relationship she’s going to have with Clark down the road."

Well they did that in Season 4 with Lois investigating along with Clark.

"http://www.kryptonsite.com/gough0904.htm
K-SITE: Was bringing Lois Lane on to the show always part of the plan?

GOUGH: Yes. The question was always with the movie division of whether or not we could do that. We initially wanted to bring her on for a full 22 episodes, and they said, well, you can have her for 13. Which was fine, so we worked out an arc for Lois for the season. But the plan was to introduce Lois into the series at some point. And we'd really talked about it last year, and really couldn't make it work, again, with getting all the components of Time-Warner that need to sign off on these things to sign off, and so we really kept plugging away at it, especially during the hiatus. Then the feature division graciously said yes, and so we were able to introduce Lois this season. Which at that point, I think we needed to introduce a new character into Clark's life, and it's interesting since this is the woman he will ultimately end up with, who at this point, when he meets her, doesn't like her at all. So it's great because it gives you a completely fresh dynamic to have this character who Clark doesn't really like, and she doesn't really like Clark. Everybody else on the show pretty much likes Clark, so there's this one person out there who doesn't, who will call him on things, and it's an interesting side of Clark to see, and I think it really plays into Tom Welling's romantic comedy chops. And he's good. And they're really good together."

So the movie division has the restrictions in the number of episodes Lois can appear.

"http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/content/a1199/index-3.html
OG: Will the show tie in at all to the Superman movie next summer, or is it completely off-limits?

AG: We're friends with [director] Bryan [Singer] and [screenwriters] Mike [Dougherty] and Dan [Harris] and we certainly talked and let them know what we're doing this season. We don't want any egregious mythology conflicts. There's no storyline that's going to play into the movie or anything like that."

TPTB have mentioned that they are using Chloe as Clark's link to journalism and DP. There were restrictions for the number of episodes in which Lois can appear so it wouldn't be possible to place Lois at DP because they have to have Chloe at DP providing the information to Clark and it will be egregious mythology conflict as to why Clark is working with Chloe instead of Lois. So they had to have an alternate route for Lois into journalism and their choice was that Lois start her career from a completely different approach than Chloe and TPTB chose tabloid reporting which would have been an egregious mythology conflict in season 5. And that is the reason why they had to get Lois into journalism in Season 6

"http://blogs.mediavillage.com/ed_martin/archives/2007/04/smallville_2.html
Me: Chloe has developed into one of the most interesting characters because she's central to the show but she isn't part of the classic Superman story.

DS: It's great with Chloe, because we have free reign with her and can take her in any direction we want.

TS: Free reign meaning free from DC Comics mythology."

Amen. That plus no/minimum comics knowledge explains why all the DC Characters are screwed up.

-----Yes, she investigates for Clark but because it's not the Chloe Show, the audience only sees her interactions with Clark not her work at the DP. That doesn't mean she's given up her dream of being the best investigative reporter at the DP.------

Then how in the world is Chloe sidelined for Lois to become a reporter because Chloe is still written as doing the investigations for Clark. Since Chloe has her own meteor freak story going on I would like Clark to start doing his own investigations instead of running to DP for everything.

----- Lois fans, the problem is not Lois, the problem is the magic evolution of Lois. -------
I didn't like the way Lois was introduced into journalism. But since then there has been no magic evolution.If would have been a magic evolution if Lois got into DP after her GA story. Time in and time out we have been reminded that Lois works for Inquisitor which is a tabloid. Even in Prototype the FBI agents wouldn't believe Lois because she worked for the Inquisitor. I want to see her gradual step up in her career. I didn't expect Lois to start at DP directly and I am seeing the glimpses of the ace reporter whom we will see in the future.

wow the smallville season finale rocked!!

All i have to say is tht Chloe was one of my favorites, and if she is dead the show will definetly not be the same w/o her!!

Lois fans, the problem is not Lois, the problem is the magic evolution of Lois. Chloe take 132 episodes to become a good reporter and Lois take 12. Why destroy a character. In the last 40 comments, 90% destroy the character of Chloe. You are not better than somes Chloe fans. You know that in the mythology Clark and Lois are together. I have a suggestion for the producers. I suggest that Chloe ages at the same speed as Clark. If it is considered that he ages 10 times less quickly than the human, when LOIS quit the world Clark will be with Chloe for the rest of his life. Lois fans and Chloe fans are happy.

Lois was kept away from her real profession i.e., journalism only because of DC restrictions so all the arguments by Chloe fans are useless. Al Miles would've shown Lois as a journalist from day one and she'd be in Daily Planet by now if it weren't for the restrictions! What would Chloe fans have done then?

When "Lois" was first introduced, I liked her (as many other Chloe fans did) and was ready to accept her as iconic Lois Lane (ILL). Her first four episodes were great. But as the show progressed and "Lois" was shown to happily mooch off the Kents (who had financial problems), rag on Clark, and generally show no interest in anything - it started to grate on my nerves. Yes, ragging on Clark is an ILL trait. But ILL gave Clark a hard time because Clark was the bumbling newbie that ILL felt that she had to babysit. In Smallville, "Lois" had nothing to feel smug about.

In fact, she failed to graduate high school. She insisted that that was a mistake but her father told her she was missing credits and enrolled her in SHS. Once there, she reluctantly worked for the Torch to get her credits but wasn't interested enough to pursue writing/journalism/anything. She got into MetU because Lex pulled strings as a favor to Clark. She never got the required credits to graduate SHS and happily accepted a handout to go to MetU. She then proceeded to squander her opportunity at MetU by getting kicked out for drinking and other stuff. She again happily came back to SV to live with the Kents. Since then she's been handed a job as waitress at the Talon. Next, she was handed the campaign manager and chief of staff jobs despite the fact that she was not qualified to do either.

Fast forward to this year. After a barn door almost hits her, "Lois" is suddenly a reporter. She tries to get hired at different newspapers but, with her credentials, only manages to get a job at the Inquisitor. She disses the DP by calling it a pseudo-intellectual rag. She lies to get on the front page and to earn a paycheck. She almost gets fired from the Inquisitor for not coming up with a story and begs Chloe to give her one. When Chloe refuses, she lucks out when she recognizes the venue in an image Chloe threw out after Clark spilt coffee on it. Then she steals evidence in an attempted murder investigation and stumbles into Project Ares where, as luck would have it, her first drunken kiss is being used as a prototype by Lex. It's all contrived and convenient and not ILL-like.

In the meantime, Chloe graduated valedictorian and went on to MetU to study journalism. She actively continued to pursue her dream of working at the DP, the best newspaper in the DCU. When her deal with Lionel came back to haunt her, she overcame that obstacle by showing Kahn that she could investigate, get proof, and write a good story. Since then she has had two front page stories in the DP and, while she's still in the basement, she is working hard to achieve her dream. Yes, she investigates for Clark but because it's not the Chloe Show, the audience only sees her interactions with Clark not her work at the DP. That doesn't mean she's given up her dream of being the best investigative reporter at the DP.

All this to say that even after "Lois Lane" was introduced, the Al, Miles, and the writers had Chloe continue to investigate, write articles, and get in the DP. She continued on her path as investigative reporter working with Clark to bring the truth to the people. She is one of the youngest reporters to get published at the DP. That is why so many Chloe fans see her as the iconic Lois Lane in Smallville and why "Lois" will never measure up.

wow...there is some crazy stuff going on in these boards.very sad.

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What kind of individual who's supposably has military training would pull out the knife when she should know that by doing that, she will bleed faster (she doesn't even TRY to contain the wound by tearing off a piece of her shirt but could figure out in the blink of an eye that the numbers she heared from Wes were coordinates *rolleyes*).
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It's one thing to know what to do in times of crisis and at the brink of death, and another to ACTUALLY do it when the time comes. Some people just lose all notions of calm and common sense, and do the complete opposite thing instead. Just how many people have lost control of a car, and instead of pulling the emergency break, they floor the gas pedal instead. Or the way people always panic in times of emergencies like a fire break out, when they've been told countless times they should stay calm.

When you're stabbed with something, shock usually takes over and your reflexes/instincts will tell you to pull the thing out. Not many people would be able to overcome that reflex and remember what to do (or not to do) instead.

Lois definitely should have known better than to pull the dagger out, but I could hardly hold her against that. Common sense is usually swept away in moments like that. It's a realistic reaction.

There are jerk posters from every shipper camp. It's hard not to be a little defensive as a Chloe fan when most on-line posts aimed your way seem to be celebrating that she might die, end up crazy, or as a meteor freak. On many boards you can barely even discuss the character without either a Clana shipper saying “neeneer neener Clark’s always going to love Lana” or a Clois fan saying “pffft Lois is going to blow her away”.

Speaking personally I never take shots until someone starts taking them at me. But, and when a poster says "Lois always loved journalism" and a Chloe fan says "No she didn't, in fact she said 'Kill me first' when it was suggested as career path" that's not taking shots at a character or a fan camp. That's just stating what actually happened on screen. Correcting someone isn't taking shots at them. I don’t mind at all if a Lois Lane who lies in her articles, wasn’t into journalism until a flying barn door almost hit her, and couldn’t come up with a story to save her own job without rooting through her cousin’s trash is your cup of tea but it doesn’t mean that any of what I just said is untrue or taking shots. It’s what really happened. Now, I can understand why someone who posts “Lois always loves journalism” can feel as if they’ve been attacked when they get a paragraphs response with quotes and scenes from the show detailing why that statement isn’t accurate but simply stating “You’re wrong” probably doesn’t go over much better because we all know how human beings react to that statement (they say prove it so why not be proactive).

And geez all of sudden not liking a character based on their fan base is the absolute dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Don’t be lemming’s people. Make up your own mind based on what the character does or does not do and not the fan camp that follows it. It’s not as if liking any character requires having a pet die-hard fan sitting with you on the couch when you watch Smallville or you all of a sudden have to agree with 100% of their viewpoints. That’s like saying you aren’t going to listen to a band because the die-hard fans all dress in black leather, do copius amounts of drugs, and wear face paint.

I enjoyed Phantom..

-I Love evil Lex
-Love the fact that Lexana is over *finally*
-Loved the secret reveal between Clark and Lana and the kiss between them was oh so sweet.
-Love the fact that Lana isn't dead (we know she's in the back of that mail truck ;))
-Love the fact that Clark got BOTH his balls back and is pissed off as hell and looking sexy while doing it.
-Loved Chloe
-Loved the Chlark scene
-Love JG/Lionel
-Loved the Lionel/Clark scenes (including the one with MM)
-Loved the Bizarro/Clark fight
-Loved the Clark and Lex confrontation
-And Lois what can I say about this chick, she is just a trouble maker on the show. She is the one character on this show that actually goes looking for trouble and 99.9% of the time, someone has to end up risking their life to save her(when she was warned by Chloe who knows the Luthors and knows what they're capable of, that something like this would happen).

What kind of individual who's supposably has military training would pull out the knife when she should know that by doing that, she will bleed faster (she doesn't even TRY to contain the wound by tearing off a piece of her shirt but could figure out in the blink of an eye that the numbers she heared from Wes were coordinates *rolleyes*).

I expect that kind of stupidity from Clark since he's spent most of his life being invulnerable until a Krpytonian dagger stabbed him in "Talisman".

But for Lois to do that while preaching that she's "Lois Lane and lives for battle" just makes her come off like a self absorbed superwoman wanna be (Just my opinion).

Overall, the episode was good and I look forward to S7. :)

Pauline, I agree with your spot-on post. I, also, was a huge Chloe fan & it's been very hard this year to keep being one with the way a lot (notice I use "a lot" not all) of Chloe fans take pot-shots at other fans and their ship preferences.

I do think that the SV-verse should be big enough to hold not just one, but THREE, great female characters. I don't understand why fans of the show would be content with just having one female lead hold the title. I want Lois, Chloe AND Lana to be given their dues and be fully developed. It's not too much to ask. However, it becomes harder and harder to root for Chloe's development when a lot of her fans spew such hatred and venom when time is spent exploring any character that is not Chloe.

Personally, I'm not crazy about the "Chloe is a meteor freak" plot-line. I liked it much better when she was an ace reporter and she didn't know Clark's secret. However, I'm willing to take this ride and see where the show takes us with Chloe next year. I have faith that Allison Mack will take the scripts and knock them out of the park. She'll make it work out, I'm sure. I'm not ready to give up on her, yet.

Same with Lois. There have been a lot of times that I haven't liked how Lois's character evolved -- but now I am getting my return on my investment. Slowly, but surely, the writers are creating a Lois Lane in this story that makes sense to me and I continue to adore. And what's wrong with that? Any fan of the Superman mythos should be happy that this iconic character is getting screen-time and that her character is being fleshed out. It's consistently been one of the hugest complaints that people have about SVLois -- that's she's not an "investigate journalist" and now that she's clearly getting there, people are mad because time is spent on explaining how it happens? I don't get it. Obviously, they can't explain every little detail about her journey (they're supposed to spend that time on Clark) but whatever they have shown us this year has been pretty consistenly well written & I would argue that nothing in "Phantom" was out of the blue when it came to Lois's role.

Personally, I just don't understand why we can't all just get along. Sure, have issues with characters -- but does it have to be all hatred, all the time? Are names really necessary? I'm not that crazy about Lana and Lionel, but I'm never going to spend an hour of my life ranting and raving about them. The same writers are writing all these characters & it makes sense that they'll drop the ball sometimes on one character over the other. They'll make mistakes (the Lexana pregnancy, etc...).

But must we all get into little groups and gang up on specific characters to make ourselves feel better about our own preferences and what we enjoy in the story? How is that a fandom that anyone wants to be a part of or is proud to be a member of? The answer is: it isn't. But even if this (very vocal) small group of fans bombard every message board with their hate and disrespect, I'll rise above it and continue to hope that Chloe gets the development and time that she deserves next year.

-----As I recall, Chloe got the call, Chloe and "Lois" snooped and got caught, "Lois" stripped, Chloe photographed the license plates, "Lois" ran off with a stranger so she wouldn't be arrested, "Lois" got tasered, "Lois" tried to kick some butt, Clark and Chloe saved her butt, Chloe wrote the story.-----

Lois and "Chloe" witnessed the car hit the girl and if "Chloe" got the call why did she not go alone to investigate. Lois was the one who stood up to Maggie Sawyer. Lois stripped because "Chloe" forced her into the situation.Good work by "Chloe" to throw Lois into in an uncomfortable situation when she was trying to help "Chloe" get a story.If "Chloe" want's to be a great reporter then she has to do the dirty work herself not throw your family member into that situation. And by the way Lois did not run off with a stranger. She was forced by the stranger to go with him when she was trying to get arrested. And Lois did take care of the guy before Clark brought down the helicopter. Thus with the help of Lois and Clark "Chloe" got her first byline at the DP.

I liked Chloe until she knew Clark's secret. After that she became the deus ex machina and a convenient plot device. Clark running to her for all his problems made Clark look like an idiot. TPTB got carried away when one of their invented characters was to be added to the mythology but in the process they sacrificed the canon characters. Clark is also supposed to be an ace reporter at the DP. He avoids using his power and tries to use to brain and investigative skills to get to the stories. I loved and it was far more refreshing than he running to the DP when he used his investigative skills in this season.I hope Clark uses his brain in the future to do his own investigations.

And her name is Lois Lane. Maybe she keeps repeating it because people call her Nois, EDLois Not-Lois.

"Nah, she repeats it because it's the only characteristic she possesses that identifies her as iconic Lois Lane.

Btw, just because people refer to "Lois" as Nois, EDLois, etc doesn't mean they are taking jabs at either the fans or the actress. As I recall, neither the fans or the actress are involved in the development of this pathetic imitation of iconic Lois Lane."

No Clarkfan you just proved my theory in your post.... People call her that to A) Insult Lois Lane and B) Insult Erica Durance.

If not then why continue to call her that. Any other name other than her own especially one that has such negative connotations is a jab. Alot of Durance fans and Lois fans take it as such. It's rude and demeaning. Until you can actually find substantial and valid arugments that don't constitute as mud slinging and 7th grade name calling then it will be seen as such.

As always, Chloe fans are always the immature ones. At least the other fandoms respect the others enough to not bash and back themselves up when they do.

I thought the Clark and Lana fans where a bunch of twelve year olds but I guess it's even worse to be Chloe fans -- a bunch of 40 year old prudes with the tactics of 12 year olds.

Chloe's a meteor freak with fat arms, Allison's an actress who hasn't done anything (and won't) that isn't in relation to Superman or cartoons with fat arms.

If you guys can be childish then I guess I can stoop that low as well to bash and not really make a point at all.

Lana and Lois will always win in the end because they actually have some place in the Supes history.

I don't recall the Iconic Lois Lane from the comics growing up in Smallville, going to school with Clark & Lana, giving CLark his first kiss, obsessively jealous of Lana and backstab Clark because he chose Lana over her?
And still after it has been obvious that Clark is in love with Lana, she still is jealous and lusts after....Oh wait, that's Chloe. NOt Iconic Lois Lane.

Lex & Lois weren't originally suspose to be in SV prior Metroplois, so since in this show they are in SV that gives a green light for anything can happen? like have Chloe be the know-it-all, should-be-Lois star of the series?

Chloe should get what she worked hard for? Why? Who says? is it written in stone?

You want to offer the rest of the fandom some concrete evidence why Chloe should get what you claim she so rightfully deserves above everyone else?

Lana has worked hard too - and look what the writers gave her! and CLark?
He's saved people's lives, even died (because of one of Chloe's psycho frineds in episdoe Hidden) and he still hasn't stepped foot onto his destiny, he's still back peddaling - because he needs Chloe's "okay" first? because she likes keping him around as her 'handy-one-man-army-&-resource-collector?'
We have a future Superman who can't think for himself?
If people want to say Lois isn't her iconic self, neither is Clark, Lana and Lex their respective iconic selfs they only bear the names --- all because the show revolves around Chloe who has worked so hard and deserves to get to the top?

Chlark is the weakest ship out there.
Clark was only interested in Chloe like what 2 times in the series?
first was in season 1, the dance with Chloe before the finale - he ran back to Lana to save her from the twister. So Chlark lost its first try.

2nd time, Chloe kisses Clark in Vessel because she fears she'll never see him again?
Iconic Lois Lane would never lose faith in her man.
Chloe was just trying to steal a kiss, she was probably worried that if not about something happening to Clark than she was worried for her own life?
Again Lois Lane is fearless - she wouldn't think 'oh I might die' Lois is not a quitter. She wouldn't doubt herself before even trying.

And what did Chloe do next in episode ZOD? Ditch Clark for Jimmy.
Lois would never ditch her man.
Chloe is not the iconic Lois, sure she works at the DP, is into journalism, but she hardly leaves the desk to investigate in the field - oh no leave Clark & Lois to do the dirty work for her.

Honestly Chloe should of married Lex instead of Lana - Chloe'd make a better Luthor, she's cunning, would kill (Lex in Progeny), backstabs, is secretive, jealous and is a truth seeker, so is Lex. Perfect match.

The times Chole got lucky with Clark has involved either one or both of em infected with Red or green kryptonite mixed with something (Rush, Devoted) and afterwards Clark would still go back to Lana.

Clark & Lois have also been under the influence of Red K (crimson) but not in Hydro and CLark didn't have to kiss Lois back but he did - and he liked it.

And you want to talk about stupid stories?
Lois barndoor story episode was important - it was about Clark's new ability. Episode Sneeze, while Thirst with the vampire twist was just a failed stupid filler episode because the writers wanted to do something Halloweenish (the party) and they had BTVS's Spike on the show at the time.
That episode had no importances to it besides oh lets get Chloe back into the DP - and to grab ratings we'll have Carrie Fisher guest star.
Same for Progeny - lets bring in Wonder Woman.

Ha, who guess starred when Lois came on the show? Margot Kidder - CR's Superman's Lois Lane. that itself is saying something, two Lois Lanes, one passing down the orch to the next generation, much like CR handing it down to TW.
Have you even got the season 4 DVD? there is a doco covering the past Lois Lanes - who in it not Chloe, Lois, Erica's Lois.

And the complaining about an actresses chest?
Well I recall Chole showing alot of clevage in earlier seasons, probably to turn Clark's attention away from Lana, but Clark doesn't look for that in girls. So why do you feel so threatened by Lois or Erica. Oh I know you must of picked up one of Chloe's charming qualities. Jealous right?

You bashed Lana in the beginning and still do, and now you bash Lois.
Because Chloe won't be Clark's past or future lover?

Lois has traveled with her dad around the world, and even Lana went to Paris. Chloe has gone much anywhere (FOS doesn't count because almost everyone has been there, so thats nothing new)
Lana & Lois have more experince in life and have been to places - they'd both write better than Chloe.
Chloe makes alot of movie references so whos to say she doesn't think up her own ideas when she writes.
Lois is good with words, sure some words a made-up (words are always being made-up -its called slang) and they catchy and intriguing if they are bizarre - Lois pulls you into a sory by making it exciting. Reporters dont get good stories, a reporter makes them great!

They didn't have to kill off Chloe. NOOOOOOOOooooo! Lana I think is still alive. I think she has a power of surviving death too many times to remember.

My the hypocrisy is running rampant on this board isn't it? Those of you admonishing the behavior of Chloe supporters are outrageous hypocrites. EVERY LAST SV FANDOM BEHAVES OUTRAGEOUSLY IN THE DEFENSE OF THEIR FAVORITE CHARACTERS. Without exception. Clana and Clois fans are just as obssesive and insulting in expressing their viewpoints. In my opinion, Clana/Lana fans have nothing to be upset over. They get Lana featured on high all the time. Lois fans have every right to be happy to see Lois being developed into something other than a T&A chick. Chloe fans (not Chlois fans)? I think they have every right to be upset if Chloe's character is being overwritten by someone else. Especially someone that's iconic to the myth yet has only been written as comic relief and eye-candy. GET OVER YOURSELVES, THE SHOW IS WHAT IT IS.

I used to be a really big Chloe fan, but I have to admit, her diehard, fanatical fans are just completely turning me off the character. It isn't Allison's fault, she's great. But you guys are freaking out of bounds. Can you tone it down just a notch? It really should be OK for other characters, i.e. Lois, Lana, to also get some decent writing, and some character development. Last time I checked, this wasn't the CHLOE show.

Jesus people, take a breath! There's a character named Chloe, and she's cool. And there's a character named Lois, and she's cool too. And the Smallville universe is big enough for the both of them. No, they won't both be the top reporter at the DP, and end up with Clark. But couldn't other cool stuff happen to Chloe along her journey?

Not that any of that will make a bit of difference, because I'm sure Chloe fans will continue to berate, browbeat, insult, condescend and generally irritate any other fanbase that doesn't happen to believe that this show revolves around Chloe, and the only character worth anything is Chloe, and every single other character, particularly Clark, has to grovel to her or they are worthless. Sigh!

Other than that, Phantom was a pretty subpar episode. I wish one of the "deaths" had seemed more then just a tease to be resolved in episode 7x01. As it was, it was ho-hum.

I also hate Smallville's habit of cramming everything into their last episode. I wish they had kept some of the soap opera stuff as background filler, and concentrated more on building up to this finale. I really think the phantom story and the level 33.1 story was more important then who ends up with Lana Lang. Its a pity the show writers didn't.

The Bizarro stuff was cool, and Welling was great. I'm not sure it makes sense though. And it was good to see the Martian Manhunter again.

I hope season 7 is better then season 6. and I hope that those in charge remember that CLARK KENT should be front and center, and the show should be about him and his journey. Not a guest superhero, not his love interest-present or future, not his best friend and sidekick. Clark Kent!

I'm not really surprised that "Phantom" has been poorly received.
- Clark vs. Bizarro has sorta been done twice already on the show (Visage/Crusad), so it's really not all that new of an idea to see Clark "fight himself".
- The Clark vs. Bizarro fight was kinda lame.
- Chloe "dying" to save Lois? Come on, seriously?
- Lana surving for another season? Too good to be true to have her actually die, wouldn't it?
- Lex going to prison for "murdering" Lana, but not for crimes against humanity? Yawn.
- Lois being hip to geographic coordinates, even though she, admitedly, flunked geography? What?
- I've seen better flying on Heroes.

I'm actually glad the finale script got leaked because we were all better off to be prepared of the mess that we saw onscreen.

I hope S7 can fix a lot of the crap that has been floating around S6 (a.k.a. BizarroWorld) with a Clark who grows out of Lana and regains his heroic nature and consistent characters and storylines that I care about again.

ETA: I meant "Super short review of Season 6 not 7" doh.

Wasn't it mentioned in the same blog was Chloe was the brains and Clark was the brawn in their partnership. She is still shown as the brains in their partnership.That dynamic hasn't changed so I don't get what Chloe fans are complaining about.

Lois Lane getting into journalism is her destiny just like Clark Kent becoming Superman even when he didn't care about losing his powers because all he could think was to have a relationship with Lana which killed Jonathan later, still hangs around Smallville instead of working with the JL to take care of the phantoms and level 33.1, moping around because of Lana's marriage to Lex instead of finding the phantoms(JL have to tell him where they are(combat) and how to take care of Wes (prototype)) and he has the urge to kill Lionel and Lex because of his love life.

This Clark Kent in future also becomes one of the ace reporters at the DP. If at all anything TPTB are sidelining Clark's journalism for the sake of Chloe because she is contact for journalism and DP.

The biggest reality that the Chloe fans always try to evade is the simple fact that Chloe got her first headline for Daily Planet due to Lois and the Lane/Kent team. So in a way, the writers without bringing Lois into Daily Planet showed us that who's the real reporter of the story, it's Lois Lane, not Chloe!

As I recall, Chloe got the call, Chloe and "Lois" snooped and got caught, "Lois" stripped, Chloe photographed the license plates, "Lois" ran off with a stranger so she wouldn't be arrested, "Lois" got tasered, "Lois" tried to kick some butt, Clark and Chloe saved her butt, Chloe wrote the story.

And her name is Lois Lane. Maybe she keeps repeating it because people call her Nois, EDLois Not-Lois.

Nah, she repeats it because it's the only characteristic she possesses that identifies her as iconic Lois Lane.

Btw, just because people refer to "Lois" as Nois, EDLois, etc doesn't mean they are taking jabs at either the fans or the actress. As I recall, neither the fans or the actress are involved in the development of this pathetic imitation of iconic Lois Lane.

Wow is this CWboards or TWOP? Gah I'm so sick of "Lois, Lois Lane, general's daughter" line. Get over it it's not funny to say it over and over again and you're not oh so clever by saying it gah.

And her name is Lois Lane. Maybe she keeps repeating it because people call her Nois, EDLois Not-Lois. (A proverbial thumbing of the noses maybe to some theorists out there *ahem*)

Please there's only one Lois Lane. Or shall we call AMChloe, or Noloe, or PodChloe as I've seen her referred to at times. These are pathetic jabs at Lois and Durance fans that are unwarranted.

Chloisers get a bad rap for the mundane and inane theories that they post (outside of TWOP for instance). I don't care if "All" Chloisers don't believe that Lois will die hence letting Chloe take her name. But when people post that theory and scenario over and over again that's what sticks in our head. And it's the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard of.

What's sad is that most Chloisers (from what I've gathered not a sweeping generalization as most of you will say this is) are in their 30's and 40's *Sigh* and yet have no problem bashing Durance saying she looks like she's in her 30's whatever the girl is 29 get over it!

Anyways for the first half of the season the ratings were good because they weren't shipper heavy. They dealt with the ensemble cast which kept everyone happy. That's to me, why the ratings were high. When they started to isolate ships and characters is when the ball was dropped. I guess even CLoisers can't toot our horn at Crimson huh... not allowed. *sigh* whatever.

And as far as Phantom goes, Bizarro was hott!

TW did what he could with the writing. Lana went Boom! (Nice)

Lois managed to head butt a guy with a 7inch knife stuck in her gut. And Chloe's got some interesting tear ducts.

Did I mention Lana went Boom?! Okay it was good for me :)

"Suddenly the writers should steal Lois's dreams and her life and give it to Chloe who shouldn't even exist in the story!"

What a strange attitude it is that "Chloe shouldn't even exist in the story." She's been on "Smallville" since the very first episode. You could easily argue that "Lois" shouldn't exist in the story, since she was a latecomer to the story, and in most versions Clark and Lois never meet till the Daily Planet, but Chloe? Why shouldn't she exist? She's been integral to the story since the very first episode. "Lois," on the other hand, drops in for thirteen episodes a year, and is at best tangential to the plot.

There's nothing strange about writers adding new characters to an established mythos. Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Cat Grant-- all of them were added to the Superman story at a later date. Even the Daily Planet isn't original (it was first called the Daily Star). So what's the problem with Chloe being added to the story? Is it simply that she's always been the show's Real Journalist, while "Lois" spent years drifting aimlessly? Is it that Chloe's been dedicated to journalism since she was nine, with two headlines on the Daily Planet's front page to her credit, and the character who's truly devoted to bringing truth and justice to the people... and thus she makes this incompetent version of "Lois" look really, really bad by comparison?

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"Another problem with Chloe's supporters is that they think that Chloe is loved by everyone and she's bigger than the show. That's simply not the case, you guys really need to come out of the delusion that everyone watches the show for Chloe. There are many lovers of Smallville who watch this show for Clark, Lex, Lionel, Lana or Lois or for everyone!

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I appreciate your analysis...but by saying that "Chloe supporters" think that Chloe is loved by everyone and that we believe she is "bigger than the show" is a rather SWEEPING statement about her fans.

Not all of her "supporters" think this, and one cannot come to this conclusion based on a few posts. There are LOTS of Chloe fans who watch the show for other reasons, like plotlies, mythology, DC characters etc...liking Chloe and liking the WHOLE STORY are not mutually exclusive. Most likely people like me, who are like this, dont even bother to post much or engage in these wars.

No, that's not the case. There were NO restrictions about Lois Lane being at the DP according to the producers. None. They just chose to make Not-Lois a talentless hack whose work is so bad no decent paper would take her. She had to agree to lie and had no problem doing so, just to get in at the tabloid rag, the worst paper in town.

It has always been Chloe who has shown talent and love for journalism and has always wanted to work at the best newspaper in the world, the Daily Planet. Just like Lois Lane in the comics always loved journalism and wanted to work at the DP, following in the footsteps of two of her idols, Nellie Bly (remember her? Chloe's idol in Gine?) and Perry WHite (remember Chloe's words in Perry? You were the kind of reporter I always wanted to be.) so, no, Chloe has done what Iconic Lois Lane always does and Not-Lois can't hold a candle to her. Because she isn't the real Lois Lane of this show; she's a pathetic imitation of her.

Lois Lane is always the best of the best and if she isn't, as Not-Lois clearly isn't then she's not worthy of being Lois Lane.

But Chloe is; she's proven that time and again over the years.

Lois was kept away from her real profession i.e., journalism only because of DC restrictions so all the arguments by Chloe fans are useless. Al Miles would've shown Lois as a journalist from day one and she'd be in Daily Planet by now if it weren't for the restrictions! What would Chloe fans have done then?

By the way, if you watch the show carefully, you would know that when Lois was slated for 4 episodes only, she was shown to have a love for journalism and she wrote for Torch as well. It was only after she was made a regular and DC restrictions were imposed that they stopped her from progressing in that field. However, Lois has always been involved in some type of investigation in most of the episodes that she has appeared in.

While she was not a journalist, Lois was working for a politician and that too was a very respectable job so infact Lois has much more professional experience than Chloe has.

The biggest reality that the Chloe fans always try to evade is the simple fact that Chloe got her first headline for Daily Planet due to Lois and the Lane/Kent team. So in a way, the writers without bringing Lois into Daily Planet showed us that who's the real reporter of the story, it's Lois Lane, not Chloe!

Someone said on here that they should have someone who isn't in their 30s to play Lois?

Tom Welling is a year older than Erica, and they both look damn good for their age.

The whole cast does.

If you can't find nothing to bash about a character - don't sink so low and bash the actor.

Its beyond the line of pathetic. You cant even see the line, its a dot to you!

I feel real sorry for the Lana & CLana fans, the writers have totally destroyed both Lana, Clark, & Clana, which started out so great in the earlier seasons.

They've also managed to ruin Lex. And have given Lois the backseat treatment.

And for what?
You know why they did it?

To get their favourite "Lois/Lana-CLone" Chloe into the comics.
She now has powers (whoopy-freakin-doo) and is the Oracle for the Justice League???

She treats Jimmy like crap.

and Those fans of Chloe/Chlark/Chlois who say they are the 'real' fans of the Superman Mythos? who hate Lana & Lois & Jimmy who are Canon characters???

Who bash & hate the actresses & actors on this show because it doen't live up to their Chloe/Chlark/Chlois theories and fantasaies???

I hardly see the Clana & Clois & Chimmy fans say horrid things about Allison. But you Chlark/Chloe/Chlois "fans" bash Kristin, Aaron & Erica to death.

You lot are a digrace and make turn new SV fans away from discussions.
I've never seen a decent discussion when you lot enter with your claws & fangs out.

Its pathetic to say these horrible things about this talented cast who have to act out this crap. And the cast are the ones who make it bearable to watch.

I love the chemistry between TW & ED, and I love how Lana is taking care of herself, she's not a damsel in distress anymore and doesn't use Clark as a 'one-man-army'.

I love how Lex & Lionel always switch good guy bad guy roles each season - it keeps us on our toes. Who is the worst of the two evils?

Hope to see lots more of Jimmy & Lois next season.

An hopefully Clark will investigate on his own like he did in FREAK episode without the help of Choogle!freak.

Bring the JL back!

Please let's end the war!

Erica/Lois fans want Lois Lane to be the great reporter and Clark Kent's soulmate like she is in the comics right? And Chloe fans want Lois's life for Chloe right? So here is a solution that will make everyone happy:

> Let Lois work on the Wes story. She'll gather all the proof needed, and get her story published in Inquisitor or may be another newspaper. As she exposes Lex Luthor, she gets noticed by a great paper such as DP. Or may be she applies for a job in Daily Planet and begins working as an assistant/junior reporter. Fine?

- Let Chloe be in Daily Planet too. Give her a promotion or something (Don't ask why?) let her work on.. whatever that she's working on these days. Let her do her googling and sidekick work for Clark as well, drop her a couple of bylines in the process. Chloe the reporter right? Fine.

> Let Clark become a journalist too because it's his destiny to be a great reporter (I am sure no one will call that a lightswitch).

> Show Lois/Clark teaming up just like the comics and just like they've been doing in Gone, Krypto, Recruit, Forever, Exposed, Fragile, Reuinion, Hydro, Prototype and all other episodes that Lois/Clark fans love.

> Show Clark Kent falling for Lois Lane just like the comics, just like he's logically and naturally supposed to based on the attraction and chemistry established b/w them in the season 6. Let the fans see the glimpse of the legendary love affair of all times.

> We'll be near the series finale by that time, so Lois after writing many wonderful and worthy bylines for Daily Planet pursues some big & dangerous story.

Now, as we know the iconic Lois is known for her recklessness and so is our Lois, so she dies in pursuit of her big story. Clark tries to save his soulmate but the 70 year old legendary Lois Lane is killed, because in our story, there is a Chloe Sullivan too!

> Enter Chloe. She takes up "Lois Lane" as her pen name, and now all the fame that was associated with Lois's name is hers. (Don't ask how she will explain that to Clark, Lex, Lionel, Lana, Lucy, the General, Martha, their colleagues in DP, Perry White, Lois's readers, etc)

> Clark Kent, who never had any romantic feelings for Chloe will suddenly and instantly, deeply fall in love with Chloe because her pen name is now Lois Lane!

Oh, and Erica Durance who loved Lois Lane since her childhood and has put all her effort to make Lois Lane a wonderful character on Smallville should be humiliated in the process because she deserves it after making us believe that she's Lois Lane!!

Here! Everyone happy? Lois fans got to see Lois as a journalist and in love with Clark just like the iconic Lois, and Chloe fans got what they wanted forever - Lois Lane's life for Chloe! I think it's a great solution. The writers must think about it!

How can people say that EDLois was never into journalism?

Maybe EDLois herself didn't realisze it but the moment she appeared on SV, in Season 4 what was she here for?

HUh?!!

To "investigate" Chloe's death.

And when CLark found out Chloe was still alive, Lois joined him in "INVESTIGATING"

say it with me In-Vest-ig-ating.

So quit whineing about Chloe/Chlois bullcrap.

Chole is Chloe, a great character and addition to the show, and to Lois Lane's family and background.

She offers great support to both Clark & Lois and plays an important key role in their destinies.

Quit complaining that your favourite character isn't gonna end up with the HERO.

Clark aint a hero yet, Lex isn't the greatest Villian yet, and Lois isn't the great reporter yet.

Be satisfied that you fav character Chloe has achieved the most development in the past 6 years of this show, and stop bashing all the others when it's their turn to grow.

I feel that Lana needs some love from the writers too, they've butchered her character brutally since season 3.

And Clark & Lex need to be men and not little boys, the only 'man' I've seen on this show it Jonathon Kent (R.I.P) and Jimmy Olsen!!

Don't let us down Season 7.

And quit bashing the actors/actresses.
You only make you and your side of the fandom pathetic & childish.

- Chloe got fired from the Torch because of her blatant lying (Rogue, rememeber?)

No, she got fired because her Principal thought her stories were lies. They were the truth she just didn't have proof.

It's funny that you even mention something about Chloe lying in her articles for the Torch because just this season Lois has lied in her articles for The Inquisitor.(Wither, Arrow, remember?) So please don't talk about Chloe lying when she has NEVER lied when EDLois has.

- What did she do in the entire S1? Silly wall of the wierd stuff. No serious stories. Do you count that as being a journalist? Sorry, no one does!

Ok you may think her stuff as being silly, but come on. First off, it was THE TRUTH, secondly it's a high school paper. She was 15. Unlike a 23 year old EDLois looking for Chubraca(sp?)or letting her editor put an alien spin on her first story for The Inquisitor. That's what I call silly.

- How does she get into Daily Planet? Oh, a favor from Lionel and just backstabbing Clark, that's all!

Yeah that's true...BACK IN SEASON 3! She paid her dues for that the whole season. In season 5 she got in on her own merits.

- How did she "heroically" found out the truth about Luthors? Oh, that ridiculous Truth episode, and mind you, she didn't refrain from using her power on Clark, Martha, Pete or anyone else. Hello?? Chloe does your friends' privacy and ethics mean nothing to you? I guess not!

Ok first off she had no idea what that gas did when she was talking to Martha and Pete. And the episode already said that the gas made Chloe do things that she doesn't do. She wasn't herself.

- The gwweeaatt reporter's father's life and career was destroyed just because she was jealous of Lana and became a Luthor pawn!!

OK, AND. We know this nobody was denying it or making excuses for it. What does this have to do with Chloe and reporting? Nothing, NADA. Lets move one.

- And here's the real LIGHTSWITCH.. how does this GWWEAAATT journalist get into Daily Planet? A story about vampires that fell into her lap because of Lana Lang.

*snort* How much bull can you type into 1 post? MY WORD! How the hell is Chloe becoming an intern @ the DP a lightswitch? It would be if you know...the character wasn't interested in journalism for...lets just say 2 years, until something fell out of the sky and almost dropped on her ass and had the epiphany to become the best gosh darn journalist EVA!! You know I think I just described EDLois. Alrighty!

Chloe getting into the DP is not a lightswitch, it's just one of the many deserved payoffs of her hard work that we have seen from the very beginning.

- Chloe the ggwweeaatt reporter was a phone operator until Lois Lane and Clark Kent teamed up to give Chloe her first byline.. wow! What a gweeat reporter Chloe.. sorry, but Lois Lane doesn't share bylines Chloe, so you can only dream of becoming Lois, that's all!

WHAT? This must have happend in Offscreensville because I don't remember it going down like that. Chloe was the one to answer the phone call, Chloe was the one to investigate it(EDLois followed her), Chloe was the one to think quick on her feet and say that EDLois was a stripper so they didn't get caught snooping, Chloe was the one to take pictures of the liscene plates, Chloe was the one to figure out where EDLois was because EDLois decided to go off with a stranger so she wouldn't go to jail, and Chloe was the one to write the story. I remember Chloe showing gratitude to EDLois and Clark for helping her. But saying that they gave Chloe her first byline is straight up BULL.

- When Lois steps into journalism, what does our gweeatt reporter tell her "I am jealous of you"

OMG, WTF? Seriously, WTF.

You are taking that line totally out of context. Chloe cleary says after EDLois said she was jealous because she wasn't the only one in the family that has a way with word, and I quote... "I might be jealous but words have NOTHING to do with it."

Chloe was basically saying she's jealous of EDLois' ASSESTS, it has nothing to do with Lois getting into journalism. HELL, Chloe doesn't even think of EDLois as her competition! She even told Clark that. Get your facts straight before coming up with some bogus arguement. PLEASE.

- Lex tries to kill our gwweeaat reporter's mother but that doesn't matter because she does not want to put herself into danger. When Lois puts her life on the line to get to the bottom of things, what does our gweeeattt ambitious reporter advice her "Back off" Oh Chwwooee you're so brave!!

And yet another lie. Chloe told Lex to his fucking face that she would glady risk going to jail to expose the crap that he has done. Did you miss that? Chloe told EDLois to back off because EDLois does not know what she's getting herself into. She even told Jimmy the same thing. Chloe knows how the Luthor's play. She knows better than to go into the lion's den balls out without the information on what she's getting into. Unlike Lois.

From her wall of the wierd Barn door story to her expose about Lex, Lois has grown as a journalist. She didn't make any deals with the Luthors to get into DP. She didn't have Clark Kent to drop stories in her lap. That's a reporter and that's her struggle. She's working for a tabloid yet far more excellent than the gwweeaat reporter Chloe!

How the hell did EDLois struggle. First off the Barn Door of Opportunity fell out of the sky and into the tabloids. You're saying that Chloe gets her stories because of Clark. Well Lois got hers because of Clark, she just didn't know it. And in the span of 2 episodes, "Lois, Lois Lane, daughter of General Sam Lane", gets onto Lex's case because the man Lex was using for his Army so happened to be Lois drunk first kiss. EDLois got lucky, AGAIN, because she's Lois Lane, daughter of General Sam Lane. She got lucky in Combat and got lucky in Prototype. I wonder how many times the PTB are going to pull the army brat card when it comes to EDLois stories. They're 2 for 2 already.

If anyone is sidelined, it's Lois who was never given a chance to shine because we had to endure the GWWEEAAT reporter's vampires and tree articles!

*snort* If you really think so.

It is about time TPTB should stop sacrificing Lois for the sake of their beloved Lois-wannabe aka Chloe the gweeatt reporter! The ratings in the first of S6 were great because there was lots of Lois/Clois/JL, the moment Chloeville came back, the ratings went down the drain.

Chloeville? 2 episodes turns it into Chloeville. Gimmie a break.

The ratings went down because of the train wreck that was Promise.

TPTB need to start actually giving a fuck about good story telling and leave the lightswitches, retcons, and faux babies to soap opera shows.

So please spare us the torturous journey of our gwweeeatt reporter Chloe, that's not what we signed for!

Maybe that's not what YOU signed for. But the so called "Torturous journey of Reporter Chloe" is why many people are still watching. People, not all mind you, want to see her get where she has been destined to go since S1 which is top reporter for the DP.

And MP So much WORD to your post. So much.

Lois already became a journalist whilst Chloe was/is still working for Daily Planet so Lois didn't steal anything from Chloe. However, Clark's journalism was put on hold because of Chloe. So if Chloe gives up on journalism next season, it would be a great favor to Clark not to Lois. Lois is already on her path of becoming a journalist without any crutch.