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👆That pretty much sums it up.

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I don’t think people understand the magnitude of this quote. The sheer romantic weight of it comes from the fact that Clark’s literally physically invulnerable, a being of immense power who can bring the world to its knees if he wanted to. Yet, he admits to an emotional fragility so deep that the absence of Lois's love would render his existence unbearable. We’ve seen this demonstrated in Pandora. He cuts everyone out of his life that reminded him of her simply because what was the point of any of this if she is not there. He loses hope, makes all the wrong choices & brings about a Zod apocalypse. He’s a hollow shell until she comes back. It shows that his greatest strength is meaningless without her, his entire existence hinges on the love of one human woman. He's not just saying he'd be heartbroken; he's saying his entire world would be unlivable. This elevates Lois beyond a girlfriend or even a soulmate – she is the very foundation and meaning of his existence. For someone who can travel the world within seconds, his universe shrinks to encompass her love. The same theme echos throughout S9 & S10. “I died when you left.” “I love your daughter and I don't want a day to go by where I'm not with her.” “He can’t do this without you.” He says the same quote essentially, just worded differently each time. Clark's confession strips away his god-like facade and reveals a man so utterly and completely devoted to one woman that her love is the very breath of his existence. It's a declaration of absolute dependence, not of weakness, but of profound, unwavering love. People swarm to quotes like “ You are the one” or “ You are the love of my life” but really it’s these quotes that takes the cake, it amplifies his love for her to a cosmic scale, fitting for someone who is not of this world.

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Clark & Lois are really terrible at breaking up with each other?! She breaks up with him and goes to Africa. He throws Cat Grant's ooey gooey cookies that she used twice the sugar to bake into the trash for the slightest insult at Lois Lane (apparently she's the best crime reporter that the Daily Planet has ever had, goddess of journalism remember?). He buys a plane ticket & carries it around in his pocket. He sends a member of the Justice League to Africa so he can look after her. The conversation probably went like ‘Hey Carter I know you’re probably busy out saving the world & all but also can you do this super duper important mission I have for you I need you to go to Africa to check on my ex-girlfriend & make sure she’s safe & protected if something happens to her like even the slightest papercut I will die screaming jk but not really alright thanks buddy owe you one’. Lois, in Africa, can't stop thinking and talking about Clark. She returns & they have eye sex on the street like it’s their bedroom or something. Do they know they’re broken up?

Then later she calls off the wedding, but still proceeds to wear the engagement ring, and she’s still wearing the necklace his mother gave her as a present when she became his fiancée (she's not doing a very good job of convincing him the wedding is off). He’s painfully aware that she hasn’t called him in 8 hours (he hasn’t gone a day without hearing her voice so it’s concerning to him). She tries to call the guests to cancel the wedding & Clark uses superspeed to grab the papers & her phone to stop her (should have done that last season when he kept getting cockblocked by that damn pink phone). She takes a step back literally when he tries to get close, he’s hurt by that (she’s not allowing him to have full access to her like she usually does & he’s distressed by that). He says he’s showing up to the wedding regardless, she’s gonna have to leave him standing at the alter, that’s the ONLY thing that will keep him away from her. He’s basically like ‘Lois, I know you’re having worries but could we re-discuss this whole breaking up thing after the wedding? Or better yet after the honeymoon?’ They both read each other’s vows & wedding’s back on in 5 seconds. Seriously, they are the worst break-uppers ever.

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Lois in S7 (referring to Bizarro): If you ever grab my ass again, I will be taking your head with me when I go.

Lois in S10: *Shamelessly taps Clark's ass on their way to the elevator in the future*

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The link between the first episode of the first season (1x01) and the first episode of the last season (10x01) was wonderfully crafted. The person that saved him is of the same mind that hung her. In the Pilot, Lex saved Clark from being hung then flash forward exactly 10 years later Clone Lex wants to destroy Clark by perceiving Lois as his greatest weakness & knowing her death will break him. We know this to be true because of Pandora. Clark without Lois in any universe doesn’t fare well for him or the universe. Lois is known as Clark’s greatest weakness because his emotional attachment to her is so profound that it makes him vulnerable to enemy attacks. Imagine being someone’s greatest weakness simply because they love you too much. To him, she represents humanity, she embodies the qualities that Clark cherishes and fights to protect. Without her, he loses the moral compass. While Clark has the power to save the world, it’s his connection to Lois and her humanity that helps him stay grounded (“When he does decide to takes to the skies, he’s going to need you to ground him”). So ultimately Clone Lex offers Clark a Smallville-style trolley dilemma: Save the 1 person he loves most or save dozens of strangers. With no hesitation he chooses to save Lois first, then runs faster than he ever has to save the others. The implication of that is too overwhelming for Lois to handle because Clark basically proved Lex’s point that she is his greatest weakness, so she runs to Africa. We, as the audience, understands that she’s his greatest strength, not weakness. But I do like the emotional significance it entails.

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I want to know exactly when he realized this. He’s had a whole year to himself, I want to know which second and hour and day and month in the year did he come to realize this painstakingly epiphany that Lois was this important to him, that he couldn’t deny his feelings for her any longer & was able to quietly admit this to himself. How many months in does he realize that speaking to Chloe and Oliver brought about a gnawing pain within him that he couldn’t explain & eventually he abandons them altogether because of her. Her disappearance forces him to confront the potential loss of that connection, and is unable to cope. “What if my soulmate comes along and I’m too blind to see it?” Suddenly, he finally understands why he framed her rules of reporting. Suddenly he understands what Chloe meant by puppy dog eyes. Suddenly he understands why he would remember her post lunch pre dinner after coffee snack break. Suddenly he understands why he was able to resist Maxima. Suddenly he understands why he keeps calling her as the Blur. In his point of view, she dies before he ever got the chance to realize those feelings. He realized it too late and she realized it too soon. And eventually he ends up with the same conclusion each time…he died when she left.

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“The truth is I rely on you more than anyone else. I trust you to know parts of me that I don’t even trust myself” is an INSANE GOD-TIER Clois quote.

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Future Clark & Present Clark competing to see who’s the biggest Lois Lane lover in Pandora. Starting with Future Clark, who denounces his human side because Lois Lane disappeared a year ago. Lois fricking Lane, the only person he gave up his humanity for, simply because he cannot live without her presence. Pete leaves, he’s hurt but he recovers. Kyla dies, he’s crushed but he recovers. Jonathan dies, he’s heartbroken but he recovers. Alicia dies, he’s devastated but he recovers. Lana dies (the second time), he’s anguished but he recovers. Lois Lane disappears and suddenly “Clark Kent is dead”. He died when she left. He cannot live without her, or at least he cannot live with his soul intact without her in it. Without Lois around to guide him, he makes all the wrong choices ultimately resulting in an apocalypse. He chose to fight Zod on his own. Why his own? Oh because he couldn’t bear to be around anyone who even slightly reminded him of her. Not Oliver Queen. Not even Chloe Sullivan, who’s been his best friend since childhood. Then the moment she appears again, his first instinct is to protect her, giving up his father’s watch. The same watch that his father used to teach him how to tell time with. The same watch that Clark almost killed that man for stealing. The same watch that Lana searched every pawn shop for. The only thing he has, he says, he gives it up for her. Then he begs and grovels for her life, “Take my life, let her live!” He says it with conviction, he means it. He doesn’t leave Lois’ side, not even for a moment. The moment she appears, suddenly he has hope, has plans to save the world now, finally speaking & working with Chloe & Oliver. It’s the first time they’ve ever kissed as themselves. No spells, no superhero disguises, and yet they opted to make love the first time they kissed. More wild than their spelled counterparts (RedK Clark & Loved-spelled Lois would be so proud). Then he puts the Legion ring on her finger & gives her a kiss goodbye, all the while having a Kryptonite knife lodged in his gut (he has his priorities straight). And then moving on to Present Clark (my dearest summer child), who stayed in the hospital with Lois all night (just sitting by her bedside for hours, he’s never seen her so quiet it makes his heart break). He accuses Chloe, his best friend whom he’s known since high school, of kidnapping Lois (he can’t think straight, Lois is not beside him). He flings Tess across the room, knocking her unconscious because he thinks she’s hurting Lois. Later Clark wakes up & crawls to be near her & the first words out of his mouth was “How’s Lois?”. He’s still weakened by the Kryptonite & hangs on the railing of her bed and has a hand on Lois still, never letting go. Then she’s back to work and he immediately wants to define their relationship as a couple. He’s not wasting any time coming back from a place where he “wished they had more time” together. Lois starts rambling about all the dates they will go on and what they will be doing on each ones of those dates, Clark is a happy camper. She holds his hand, he beams yellow sun rays. He’s stronger when she’s around, anyways. He unabashedly sends her 5 dozen roses. Subtlety is Clark’s strong suit (sarcasm). The world is gonna end in a year, but the yellow sun is shining & Lois is okay so Clark doesn’t care about anything else, apparently (that’s his only 2 criteria for happiness). What a episode. What a show. What a ship.

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The implications of this is actually making me insane. This Lois is 7 years older than this Clark but it looks like they equally share the same amount of love & devotion for each other despite having 7 years worth of memories that hasn’t happened yet for this Clark. The connection between them transcends time. Future Clark tells Present Clark to go on the roof (to save Lois) while he goes to tend to a nuclear explosion. Future Clark only entrusts Lois’s life to one other person other than himself, his younger self. It seems Future Lois is the one that forgets all their anniversary dates, Future Clark usually has to remind her to celebrate. She has the dates written in her notebook, it’s obviously important to both of them. Why do I love that so much? An intergalactic powerhouse that has moved planets has to remind this tiny human to celebrate when they met, fell in love, etc. Future Lois and Present Clark can’t keep their hands off each other. She slaps his butt, typical. He instinctively leans in for kisses whenever he can. When they do kiss, their bodies are glued to each other, like magnets, they’re panting & breathing hard. I have to look away, it’s like I’m intruding a moment of intimacy that shouldn’t be on screen. This Lois doesn’t suspect a thing (this isn’t her Clark yet), so this amount of affection must be normal for her & Future Clark. Present Clark was shrouded in darkness before this episode, so much doubt in the person he’s becoming, it took only 2 interactions with Future Lois that gave him so much hope, it outweighed every past painful memory he’s had & ultimately gets to experience a moment of pure bliss that lifts him off the ground (literally) that to this very day neither of them were aware they were levitating.

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Clark going around telling people “I can’t stand her” while at the same time giving Lois puppy dog eyes will never not be funny to me. Like who are you fooling?

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Clark to Lois: You’re the ONE and you ALWAYS will be

The fact that Clark will outlive Lois, but the love he has for her is so profound, so intense, so passionate and fulfilling that he will live the rest of his life with her as his "one and only" love--that resonates deeply with me.

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Lois in earlier seasons: Smallville, Clarkie, farm boy, Skippy, mild-mannered copy boy, amnesia boy.

Lois in S10: honey honey honey honey honey baby honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey

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I think what I love about this drama the most is the fact that Ko Moon Young has all the characteristics of a typical second-lead female. She’s impulsive, vulnerable, spoiled, manipulative, aggressive, and overstep her boundaries. She stops at nothing to get what she wants. But most importantly, she’s human. In another sunny side world of another drama, Joo ri would be typecasted as the gentle & kind female lead with a little bit of spunk that Kang Tae falls in love with while Ko Moon Young would be deemed the necessary antagonist of the drama that serve as a barrier to stop them from being together. It’s just so refreshing to see a female lead to have all the qualities of a second female lead because women do have flaws. I love that Moon Young is flawed & yet Kang Tae can still love her even with all the skeletons in her closet, no pun intended. It’s not the typical rom com where the female lead is already so perfect and super kind and super understanding. B/c honestly, that’s not hard for anyone to love. It’s easy to fall in love with a person that is already kind, gentle, and always selfless from the first episode. So when you have a main character that’s the antithesis of that, it gives a much more satisfying emotional payoff because Kang Tae would have fallen in love with her flaws FIRST, which is exactly what’s happening now in the show. And that I think is quite beautiful & wholesome, that yes, a multi-flawed female can get the guy too.

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This didn't happen but in my mind within those 5 yrs Se Joo sent Tae Hee a letter apologizing for the shit he said to her in the past and explained his actions and allows her to have unlimited free food at his restaurants for the rest of her life. Yeah my version is better I'm gonna pretend this happened.

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Eun Tae Hee, from beginning to end, remained a kind soul. Five years later, she still kept her optimism and light. Ive always loved that about her. Get knocked down, get right back up. Without knocking anyone else down in the process, wow imagine that. I've been rooting for this sweet girl throughout the drama. I'm glad she finally became an architect and got the opportunity to restart her first love with 5 yrs of bad blood finally behind them. She deserved so much more than what the writers gave her but still managed to gain a fan in me. She deserved to fight, kick, and scream, but instead she chose to heal. As once said by Shi Hyun, "Nice to meet you, Eun Tae Hee" and farewell, my smol bean.

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Tae Hee to Se Joo: You live your lavish lives then complain that your lives are the hardest on Earth. Even when people get hurt, they don’t live like you. (I bet you 100% Tae Hee was referencing when Soo Ji asked her if she knows hardships like yasss throw it back at them)

Tae Hee to Shi Hyun: Did you forget to come up with a plan in case you got caught?…..I hope you will never be alright.

Tae Hee to Soo Ji: You toyed with me according to the plan that you set up. Because of the plan, your mom’s evil past came to light. Shi Hyun, the person who was most precious to you, left you. How does it feel?……..I want you to suffer for a long time. Don’t I deserve to say that?

SHE SNAPPED. EVERYONE IN THE COMMENTS BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE FOREVER.

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Ima give Se Joo some slack cause he got a lot going on but Ima need him to stop speaking to Tae Hee like that. He need to cut that shit out. That shit is disrespectful and inexcusable as fuck. It made my blood boiled when he called her a toy. You do not speak to any woman like that let alone a woman you've wronged. Like do you think your mother would be proud? Like feral child who raised you?

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Se Joo looks so shook when Shi Hyun just suddenly flipped a switch and started beating the shit out of Ki Young when he mentioned Tae Hee. Se Joo has never seen Shi Hyun that angry I swear.