snowflake challenge #5

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Challenge #5:

In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I would love to learn to make fanvids and gifs, because then I could do so for some of my favorite rare ships, but I don't think I have the patience. I always have so many ideas for songs that would work for certain couples yet I can't summon up the willpower.

For fics, I always have so many ideas bouncing around in my head and just not enough time for all of them. The main ones:

Clark/Lois fake dating fic set in s5- this is the one that has been in my head for the longest, but I can't decide how to rework certain aspects of canon so it stays in my head.

A Clark/Oliver fic that has Clark kidnapped by an evil version of Oliver and then when he is saved, he has some attachment issues that Oliver tries to help him get over (and is pining). I think the problem here is it would be slightly darker than anything I've written and I don't know if I could pull it off.

Sam/Bucky IW/Endgame AU where they survive the snap and Steve (and someone I haven't thought of yet) don't. I was going to do this for a Big Bang story I signed up for last year, but couldn't put it together, because I didn't know how I would work out the time travel situation.

DCEU/Aquaman/WW fic where Atlanna ends up in Themyscira instead. The problem is that I don't have a solid plot or where to go. I just think it would be neat lol

I've definitely stated making note of my plot bunnies as to not forget, but we'll see if I ever get around to doing any.

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OF COURSE I GET MY SEASONS MIXED UP LMFAO. Seasons 5-6 is where I think Clois started to tease me with the potential of finally getting together back when it was airing and I was so frustrated !!! that they weren't !!! kissing!!!! MAKE THEM KISS EARLIER, PLEASE.

I hope you write it! Lois and Clark fake dating would be catastrophic and amazing all at once.

I completely get you re: not wanting to fluff it down. Maybe consider tackling just one issue that interests you and how far you're willing to go into it. You're totally allowed to explore a dark concept to the limit that works best for you. If you wanted to explore Clark's struggle to trust his friend, you don't have to show it to the extreme level where Clark is having a panic attack if you don't want to. If your comfort is showing it by having Clark struggle with being this superpowered beefcake who knows he should trust his friend but can't and Clark avoiding Good!Oliver or requesting Arthur join them on a little mission, then that's still a great way of delving into the ramifications and exploring darkness. Dark may just be delving into Clark's psyche and getting to explore him feeling betrayed without having the CW filter on it.

Go as deeply as you want to go. I think as long as you don't say "Yeah, Clark's totally fine and his PTSD is over now that they're holding hands", you're all good. 😉

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That is totally me with s1-3 at this point. It is all a blur. And yes, especially in s6, after that hospital scene in 'Zod', I had such hopes! Before that, I was convinced that the show would end with Clark going on his training and a time jump and the hints were as good as it got. In s6, with Chloe with Jimmy and Lex with Lana, I thought Clois was going to get closer, romantically, and then Oliver showed up. I very much resented him for getting in the way initially lol I definitely support the idea of them kissing earlier! I mean, technically they did in s6 but Lois didn't know! I wish we could've seen them have *that* conversation.

I am totally going to do it. What the heck, now or never, right? We'll see about getting it finished. I really need to finish my last Clois WIP before I start posting a new one.

I worry because I totally used to tone down red k Clark in the past, because I couldn't stand making him that much of a jerk, so he didn't totally come off as without inhibitions. I mean I hope that now I will be able to do more, because it was a while ago but I am always nervous to try new things.

That is good advice. And yeah the "okay, everything is fine and they're in love now" route would definitely not happen immediately, though it'd be much easier. The plan was to go the Stockholm Syndrome, where Clark is both distrustful and attached to Good!Oliver, mistaking him for the evil one, and Oliver feels it is his responsibility to help him recover/move on. Your ideas are great too! I could definitely see myself using those if I wrote this. It is weird- we have seen the characters go through traumatic events but for the vast majority, we don't know how they process their trauma and Clark in particular tends to internalize it, which is why I don't know how to keep him IC while having him go through a healthier path to recovery.

Dark may just be delving into Clark's psyche and getting to explore him feeling betrayed without having the CW filter on it.
A fair point. I guess I could just start writing it and see where it goes.

Thank you for listening to me ramble! :D

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OMG LOL. I think I also felt the same wrt Oliver... and then I was really upset that they broke up Lois/Oliver since I loved that ship so much. You could never really win with Smallville!

Happy to listen to you ramble any time! ♥ Dealing with his Stockholm Syndrome would be a lot of fun to write and read, especially because of the points you raise re: how Clark deals with trauma. The show never really let him deal with it unless it worked for plot convenience, which is unfortunate. Smallville's Clark feels so human.

Good luck with it!

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I knew he was hot but I was annoyed he was getting in the way of Clois/convinced he was going to break Lois's heart. And then when he did, I was sad about it too! They really were great and had a ton of chemistry, plus ED really sold her heartbreak in both "Justice" and "Siren". I did enjoy the friendship that the ended up with in s9/10 too.

Aww, I appreciate that! And right? It's an interesting concept and now that I'm thinking about it, might work with how Clark deals with things, like you said.

The show never really let him deal with it unless it worked for plot convenience, which is unfortunate.
Too true. I remember in s7, he went through a kidnapping, being sacrificed and deciding to let Braniac wipe his existence in a five episode span or something and it was really never addressed again. But he does feel very human and I wish they let him be for reasons that wasn't his doomed relationship with Lana.

Thank you!