"but when Oliver misses everyone seems to want to see him suffer for a long time."
If you have any canon examples of this from the show, please feel free to share. I know Clark's always been a bit of a dick to Ollie (a character flaw which I am desperately trying to redeem here), but from what I recall of Failsday, all the blame for that was laid at Chloe's feet. The only person who blamed Oliver was Oliver. When he experimented with the healing drug back in Season 6, Lois immediately showed her support and was ready to help him battle whatever demons he might be fighting. When he blackmailed Chloe into keeping the whole Lex thing a secret, they never even addressed it, on or off-screen. We all had to wank our own resolution to that hot mess. :-/
One of the things I've tried to do with this series is approach it with brutal honesty and acknowledge all the character strengths and flaws that make these wonderful people who they are. We often forget that Chloe and Oliver's relationship didn't have the most conventional start; they went into it damaged & hurting from previous relationships, and admitted right from the off that all they wanted from each other was sex. I for one am so glad that it all changed into so much more, and this series was my way of filling in the gaps when TPTB refused to show us any Chlollie kisses or sexy moments. We practically had to beg for the kisses in Escape, by which time they were arguing again. It was very frustrating, to say the least.
"However, I am pleasantly surprised by Clark being balanced and being a good friend to Chloe and Oliver also."
I'm hoping he's learned to be less selfish and grown up in the last few months. ;-)
"I feel like an old chicken mother hen defending the selfish baby chicken"
We all do that with the characters we love, don't worry about it. :-)
You mentioned something above about Oliver forgiving Chloe in fics where she's hidden a baby from him; I think I might be able to answer that, or at least try to. It's hard to be mad at a woman when she's holding a baby in her arms, and more often than not, Oliver will be so enraptured with the child that he'll forgive the sins of the mother so that he can focus on bonding with the child. In a weird way, that's what Oliver was hoping for in this instance; that the joy of having a child would overshadow any negative feelings Chloe might have towards him for how he orchestrated her pregnancy. Problem is, the baby's not here yet, so Chloe's got lots of time to be rightly annoyed with what her husband did, especially when she's spewing her guts out morning, noon and night. And possibly also thinking about the pain of labour, and the months of bleeding afterward, not to mention life-long parental responsibility that she expressly and emphatically said she wasn't ready for.
"And I have to comment on, you know passing emotion in your writing. You're great at it!"
Aww, thank you! I really appreciate your kind words, and I love it when something I've written gets a debatable response. It brings out the lawyer in me, as you can see from my very wordy reply! :-D
Thanks again for commenting, babes. For what it's worth, I hope Chloe forgives Oliver soon, too. ;-)
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If you have any canon examples of this from the show, please feel free to share. I know Clark's always been a bit of a dick to Ollie (a character flaw which I am desperately trying to redeem here), but from what I recall of Failsday, all the blame for that was laid at Chloe's feet. The only person who blamed Oliver was Oliver. When he experimented with the healing drug back in Season 6, Lois immediately showed her support and was ready to help him battle whatever demons he might be fighting. When he blackmailed Chloe into keeping the whole Lex thing a secret, they never even addressed it, on or off-screen. We all had to wank our own resolution to that hot mess. :-/
One of the things I've tried to do with this series is approach it with brutal honesty and acknowledge all the character strengths and flaws that make these wonderful people who they are. We often forget that Chloe and Oliver's relationship didn't have the most conventional start; they went into it damaged & hurting from previous relationships, and admitted right from the off that all they wanted from each other was sex. I for one am so glad that it all changed into so much more, and this series was my way of filling in the gaps when TPTB refused to show us any Chlollie kisses or sexy moments. We practically had to beg for the kisses in Escape, by which time they were arguing again. It was very frustrating, to say the least.
"However, I am pleasantly surprised by Clark being balanced and being a good friend to Chloe and Oliver also."
I'm hoping he's learned to be less selfish and grown up in the last few months. ;-)
"I feel like an old chicken mother hen defending the selfish baby chicken"
We all do that with the characters we love, don't worry about it. :-)
You mentioned something above about Oliver forgiving Chloe in fics where she's hidden a baby from him; I think I might be able to answer that, or at least try to. It's hard to be mad at a woman when she's holding a baby in her arms, and more often than not, Oliver will be so enraptured with the child that he'll forgive the sins of the mother so that he can focus on bonding with the child. In a weird way, that's what Oliver was hoping for in this instance; that the joy of having a child would overshadow any negative feelings Chloe might have towards him for how he orchestrated her pregnancy. Problem is, the baby's not here yet, so Chloe's got lots of time to be rightly annoyed with what her husband did, especially when she's spewing her guts out morning, noon and night. And possibly also thinking about the pain of labour, and the months of bleeding afterward, not to mention life-long parental responsibility that she expressly and emphatically said she wasn't ready for.
"And I have to comment on, you know passing emotion in your writing. You're great at it!"
Aww, thank you! I really appreciate your kind words, and I love it when something I've written gets a debatable response. It brings out the lawyer in me, as you can see from my very wordy reply! :-D
Thanks again for commenting, babes. For what it's worth, I hope Chloe forgives Oliver soon, too. ;-)