#loiscat

[sisaloofafump]

Screaming into the void but Selina and Lois who married each other when they were young. They've always been travelling around (especially Lois) and have stayed in an open marriage since then. Selina scaring Clark three months into him dating Lois.

[graysonsthirdwife]

Fuck SuperBat, give me LoisCat

[froizetta]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Hey everyone, it's rarepair o'clock! The sequel to (Love) Triangles no-one asked for, featuring Lois and Cat being kind of bitchy in a horny way. And my first foray into femslash!! I recognise this is incredibly niche (this is literally the 14th fic on ao3 under this pairing tag at all) but I hope some people who've never considered them before will give this a shot! They make a surprising amount of sense when you get down to it.

Rating: Explicit Fandom: DCU Pairing(s): Cat Grant/Lois Lane Length: 20.5k Chapters: 5/5 Summary:

Lois Lane and Cat Grant get on fine most days – at least, if near constant bickering counts as fine. Until one day, Cat kisses Lois under a sprig of mistletoe.

Lois is furious. Cat is, interminably, Cat. The situation quickly devolves.

Lois blinked at her. The conversation had moved on, but she was still stuck on— “You kissed me.” “Well, yes,” Cat said blithely, “but it was barely a peck.” “I should report you to HR.” Cat rolled her eyes. “Oh, come now, Lois. We’re both girls. It basically doesn’t count.” Lois wanted to shoot back with something devastatingly caustic to that completely idiotic remark. But for once, nothing came to mind. Instead, she scowled and said, “Your lipstick’s smudged.” Cat’s hand flew up to cover her mouth. “Oh! Whoopsie, silly me.” She stepped back, waggling the sprig of mistletoe in a little wave. “If you’ll all excuse me, I’ll just make a quick trip to the little girls’ room, okay? Tell Perry I’ll be there in five.” And with that, she was sauntering off down the hall. Lois stared blankly after her retreating figure, still trying to process what the fuck had just happened. Cat had really just kissed her. In the office. Jesus Christ.

[farsight-the-char]

Selina, pondering: "I bet Lois has a pussy akin to that of a mighty dwarven smith." Selina, dreamily: "Able to absolutely crush anything. I must woo her."

[sisaloofafump]

Hi!!! Hope you're doing okay :)

Made me happy to see that you too see the beauty of Lois x Selina, and I was wondering if you have any more thoughts/headcanons about them???

Hi!! omg its good to hear from you :) im doing as okay as i can be. I hope you're doing okay too <3

I really love Lois x Selina. I think there are 4 main ways I like to see their relationship:

Early 20s, getting together with full intention, partially fuelled by Lois' rebellion against her father.

late 20s, and its a repeated fling that neither are sure of where they stand with the other

anytime as a side of cloisbatcat, where their friendship and allyship with regards to Bruce & Clark has them often pairing up, but it’s more platonic than strictly romantic

late career post-divorces and their relationship is intentionally romantic and strong

They're both so independant, and both wish for space after fights (and often both are frequent world travellers) that I do think they'd only work as a long distance relationship, maybe supplementing their loneliness with poly.

One thing i love about the difference in their (post-crisis) relationship styles, is that Selina is quick to flirt and name a relationship—calling Bruce her "lover", etc—even if they are far from committed. Meanwhile, Lois runs from such labels unless she's sure about where they stand.

I've had this idea in my head of a oneshot where

Lois comes home to find her situationship Selina in her apartment and asks why she's here. Selina, flirtatious, and maybe between kisses, wonders why she can't pop by to see her girlfriend. Lois is surprised—they're girlfriends? ... but she doesn't dislike it. Selina thinks that Lois is in denial of her queerness and/or just wants to reaffirm her pet names and says yes, they are girlfriends. There becomes this level of miscommunication: where Lois hears the label and thinks "okay, we're committing to something" and Selina sees the resolve in Lois and thinks "oh, this is more than i meant" but can't bring it in herself to pull back because, oh, she didn't know this was an option and she really does want it too. And then they go to a diner and have a romantic date while grinning like fools and kiss all the way back to Lois' apartment. (and then they have a "what do we want us to look like" convo later)

In terms of loiscat allyship within the grander context of cloisbatcat, I do think it's fun if Lois thinks they're just #galpals meanwhile Selina has a much more realistic view of their regular hookups and dates.

I have a cloisbatcat series and the first of which looks at Lois & Selina. I think it sums up how i interpret their modern relationship:

“Thank you,” she said after her drink’s ice had all melted. “Don’t mention it.” Selina replied. Lois huffed and they turned away from where they had been facing each other. They were on to the third step of their typical outing; the first being superficial enthusiastic greetings, then a heartfelt confession, then pretending that they hadn't said anything interesting at all. If they talked for too long they’d notice how different they could be. There was a safety in pretending their circumstances were the same.

They are some of the only people who understand what it's like to be in the position of The Wife (I'd also add in Iris), and that allyship is fast and forced and necessary. Within cloisbatcat, the other sides are turbulent. Expanding into polyamory shakes up the extablished clois and batcat, just as the loisbat and clarkcat sides are dangerous and new. Loiscat could have that uncertainty, but they choose not to. They choose to forge a friendship to match superbat's (with sex/romance on top) and to have that foundation to come back to in the turbulence.

But... they are different people and are different Wives. Clois are married and relatively stable, Batcat are not. Lois may also be a fan of breaking and entering, but she is a civilian and one who rarely lies. Selina can enjoy deception, fighting, and is a rogue/hero herself. The longer they think about it, the more the cracks build up. Over time, their friendship will become realer, their romance will have a truer foundation, but if they start because of cloisbatcat, in the beginning it's necessary and hollow.

(Also within my cloisbatcat there's an aspect where Selina considers Lois and Clark genuine but minor love interests. She isn't restrained by rules on when or how to show affection, but mostly keeps it to when she's physically around people, which mostly coincides with cloisbatcat date night. She's the only smart one who sees it in a casual way. Meanwhile Lois thinks they're #galpals, even as they have regular solo dates with each other, because that allyship platonic base is so much higher of a priority).

Also i think Selina should sit on her face.