REC: You Belong with Me by sisabet (Lois & Clark, Clark Kent/Lois Lane)

[delphi]

Fandom 50 #10

You Belong with Me by sisabet
Fandom: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Relationships: Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Lois Lane/Superman
Medium: Vid
Length: 3:52
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: romance, happy ending, getting together, developing relationship, identity porn, compatibility, jealousy, kissing, love triangle, oh no they're hot, pining, proposals
Song: "You Belong with Me"by Taylor Swift

Excerpt:

She wears high heels, I wear sneakers / She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find / that what you're looking for has been here the whole time

There is nothing I love more than when a vid both subverts its song choice and engages with it sincerely at the same time, and this vid has long been one of my go-to examples. I love how this creates a love triangle out of just two people. The jealousy and "that person won't make you happy" comes off very differently when it's from Clark's point of view, about his alter ego as opposed to a separate person, and it highlights one of the strengths of the show: the more grounded colleagues-to-lovers chemistry between Lois and Clark in their shared life as journalists. It's sweet, it's clever, and it never fails to make me smile.

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Comments

[kitewithfish]

OH, I have never watched a Superman performance that I really thought did justice to the Lois and Clark connection of this show. I should find a way to re-watch this, I was so fond of it at the time.

[delphi]

I haven't watched it in ages either, probably not since it first aired, but it really did set the bar for a Clark/Lois relationship for me - and for letting Superman have space for stories about Clark-as-Clark as well.