Originally Posted by
Jim Kelly
It seems to be a recency bias where, because Lois and Clark are a couple now, then that is given greater weight than the long period of time when they weren't. Lois was a possible love interest before, but she was also an antagonist (nearly a villain) at times. And in imaginary stories where Lois might have married Superman and/or Clark, things did not always work out so well for her or Superman--with one or the other dying, or Lois just turning out to be very unhappy. This is quite different from Barry and Iris or Ralph and Sue or Adam and Alanna, where we are left in no doubt that the two belong together.
Moreover, I think this shift of Lois Lane, from being an unpredictable factor in the life of Clark Kent to an entirely predictable factor, robs her of possibility. She always has to fall in line and serve the purpose of the romantic interest, rather than stepping outside that predictable construct and becoming something else.
I don't mind stories about a possible future where Lois and Superman are married, but I don't like this being presented as a fait accompli almost as soon as the story begins. That's what I don't like about the marriage; it skips too many of the steps in between where most of the adventures used to happen.