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    Quote Originally Posted by Korath View Post
    Well, I mean. Mera's a lot more memorable than Lois is, so it isn't a wonder !
    They are both courageous and feisty women who fought against the expectations of their fathers to become something better, which led them to the men they love .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontier View Post
    They are both courageous and feisty women who fought against the expectations of their fathers to become something better, which led them to the men they love .
    But only one of them lost their home and family because of it. And in spite of everything, Sam Lane always clearly loved his daughter. I also kind of scoff at the idea of Lois fighting against her father's expectations. The man's a five-star General and a Senator and clearly a member of a well-known and respected military family in the US, as far as I can tell. He may not have liked her becoming a journalist, but being Sam's daughter opened a lot more possibilities than if she hadn't been.

    Meanwhile, Mera's origins have often been a problem for her, and used to denigrate her deeply in Atlantis and elsewhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Korath View Post
    But only one of them lost their home and family because of it. And in spite of everything, Sam Lane always clearly loved his daughter. I also kind of scoff at the idea of Lois fighting against her father's expectations. The man's a five-star General and a Senator and clearly a member of a well-known and respected military family in the US, as far as I can tell. He may not have liked her becoming a journalist, but being Sam's daughter opened a lot more possibilities than if she hadn't been.

    Meanwhile, Mera's origins have often been a problem for her, and used to denigrate her deeply in Atlantis and elsewhere.
    Agreed, Mera sacrificed a lot by turning her back not just on her family and but also her nation, she ended living in the place she had always hated and that feeling was reciprocated by Atlanteans. On surface is not that better either. She sacrificed a lot for him.

    Lois might have issues with her family but still in her country she lives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Korath View Post
    But only one of them lost their home and family because of it. And in spite of everything, Sam Lane always clearly loved his daughter. I also kind of scoff at the idea of Lois fighting against her father's expectations. The man's a five-star General and a Senator and clearly a member of a well-known and respected military family in the US, as far as I can tell. He may not have liked her becoming a journalist, but being Sam's daughter opened a lot more possibilities than if she hadn't been.

    Meanwhile, Mera's origins have often been a problem for her, and used to denigrate her deeply in Atlantis and elsewhere.
    Well, when you look at the state of the Lane family in certain continuities, it's not much better. Sam loves his daughter but he doesn't show it well (and even worse with Lucy). Sam wanted a boy and got two girls, the girls have been fighting their fathers expectations since they were born.

    I don't think Sam's position helped at all with her becoming a reporter. People could see it as an "in" for government exclusives, but that's never quite been the dynamic between Lois and her father, and she'd probably want to expose the seedier aspects of the military that Sam wants under wraps.

    Obviously their exact circumstances are different because Lois is a normal woman living in America while Mera was born a princess to an undersea kingdom with the power to control waters, but there are similarities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontier View Post

    Obviously their exact circumstances are different because Lois is a normal woman living in America while Mera was born a princess to an undersea kingdom with the power to control waters, but there are similarities.
    my friend Mera Leaves more than her family, she leaves her entire world, to live at the hated enemy city, she is an outcast, all alone, except for Arthur.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarFarr View Post
    my friend Mera Leaves more than her family, she leaves her entire world, to live at the hated enemy city, she is an outcast, all alone, except for Arthur.
    I don’t think of it as a competition. They’re both strong, capable, and determined women.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Korath View Post
    Well, I mean. Mera's a lot more memorable than Lois is, so it isn't a wonder !
    Quote Originally Posted by MarFarr View Post
    Agreed, Mera sacrificed a lot by turning her back not just on her family and but also her nation, she ended living in the place she had always hated and that feeling was reciprocated by Atlanteans. On surface is not that better either. She sacrificed a lot for him.

    Lois might have issues with her family but still in her country she lives.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontier View Post
    I don’t think of it as a competition. They’re both strong, capable, and determined women.
    Finally. Some sense. I'll buy you a round in the saloon once I'm through dispensing JUSTICE.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontier View Post
    I don’t think of it as a competition. They’re both strong, capable, and determined women.
    Totally agreed
    of course its not about competition, just circumstances are different that's what I meant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarFarr View Post
    Totally agreed
    of course its not about competition, just circumstances are different that's what I meant.
    No backing out of this quick draw now, varmint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robanker View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by sjneal View Post
    TAKE IT BACK! You take that picture down right now! That book didn't happen!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robanker View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by SJNeal View Post
    ... What have I done...







    I'm hoping Arthur gets a good showing in Snyder's Justice League. I want to turn around on the Snyder take on DC so bad. I don't want to dislike it as much as I do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontier View Post
    That word and this image...I can't even .
    I still have trouble believing this to the same bloke who wrote Starman. Complete. Polar. Opposites.
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