Lois and Clark Fanfic Discussion List

The Lois and Clark Fanfic Discussion List was a public Yahoo Group with 457 members at its close. The group began on October 4, 2001, having begun as LOISCLA-GENERAL-L, a listserv, that ran from August 1997 to October 2001. The group was regularly active for its first 5 years, receiving up to 928 messages in January 2002. The group began dying out by 2008 and was only receiving a few messages when the site wiped out its archives in October 2019.
Description
The Fanfic Discussion List was linked to the The Lois and Clark Message Boards for Lois and Clark fanfic, the series in general, and related matters such as Superman in other genres. Fanfic is often posted there before it is sent to the Lois and Clark Fanfic Archive or Anne's Place, and the same separation into genfic and nfic is used.
The Discussion List included personal conversation and discussion of other fandoms, as well as direct posts of fanfiction. It was used primarily as a digest email about recent additions to the Message Board index in its final years. 
==Sample Posts==
October 6, 2001
Hi FoLCs!
Thanks to Kathy and her fellow moderators for finding
us a new home on yahoogroups to replace the old list
serve that is closing down!
And thanks to Zoom for finding us a new board home!
The new/old boards at lastson finally became too much,
and Zoom has tirelessly worked to set us up a new home
at bluetights! Authors, please be sure to check your
story links and tocs to make sure they are up to date!
Wendy has also provided helpful instructions at
http://www.bluetights.com/cgi-bin/boards/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=000101
A new story, a new vignette, lots of new parts, three
completed stories, a new toc, and several new
additions to the archive for this week! Links on the
L&C Message Board Index and Links page at
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Meteor/7378/lnc.html
New stories this week:
AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN (REVISED): CHRIS CARR
LOVE, MOM COMPLETE VIGNETTE SUPERMOM
New part(s) posted:
DUET: SHAYNE TERRY
FEAR OF DISCOVERY IV: YVONNE CONNELL
HEARTS DIVIDED: PAM JERNIGAN
IMBALANCE: PHIL ATCLIFFE AND WENDY RICHARDS
IN CAT'S CORNER: IRENE DUTCHAK
LONELY IS THE MAN: JONWOLFFE
SECOND THOUGHTS: WENDY RICHARDS
SHADES OF GRAY: CINDY LEUCH
SISTER SWITCH: CAROL MONCADO
UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES: NAN SMITH
WOUNDED ANGELS: KESTREL73
Completed stories this week:
PURPLE CHAOS II: EMILY M. HANSON
UNDERCOVER AT THE BUREAU: SARAHLDY
UNIVERSAL UNION � BOOK 3: JENNI DEBBAGE
New TOC's
POINT OF NO RETURN: KAETHEL
Added to the Archive this week:
Campaign, The by Shidrati Ali
Fashion Dictates of a Super-Man, The by Marnie Rowe
Transfer, The, part 2 by Pam Jernigan
Enjoy!
Dawn & the Index Crew
October 8, 2001
One of the features of Yahoo!Groups is that we have a place to list related
websites. There are a lot of L&C websites out there, but as far as I know
there's not a centralized directory. Maybe we can fill that niche here.
Any member can add a URL/description, whether it's one you host or just one
you love to visit -- just go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LCFic/links/
and click on "Add Bookmark". It will want a page title, URL, and short
description -- I've added a link to the archive already. We have a bias
towards fanfic on this list, but any L&C related site is more than welcome.
October 10, 2001
I tried, but I just can't resist this one. Kathy wrote:
<< Ah, what tender sensibilities we have around here ... guess it's a good thing
that slash fic is almost nonexistent in L&C-land. LOL! >>
Yeah, but you know what really makes me chuckle over this one? Instead of me
thinking "ewww", in my head I'm too busy seeing both Worf and Riker having that
reaction. Big time. They might not say it out loud but they'd both definitely be
thinking "Ewwww. Ewww!" At least in MY head. <BG>
Which sort of gets back to keeping the characters in character in fan fiction
and what my biggest objection to even reading slash fiction would be most of the
time in the first place (meaning as opposed to any moral reasoning I might
personally have on the related issue). And that's basically that sometimes some
of the strangest combinations end up together that I do think the characters
themselves would object to the very idea. It would be and is completely
different if a character shows leanings that way, but when they don't the idea
is just so out of character plain and simple to me that that's why I wouldn't
want to read it.
Much less imagine it.
Ewww. <G>
October 11, 2001
> The two fandoms that I know of where slash is prevelant is "Emergency!"
> and "Starsky and Hutch". I have a friend who was/is into those shows,
> and talking to her about how her fandom experiences are the same and
> different from mine always interests me. In the area of slash, it's
> fascinating for me to listen to her explanations of why the writers
> feel the characters *do* feel that way about each other. For these
> writers, it's honestly not unlike the passion we feel about Lois and
> Clark being meant for each other. You could debate whether or not the
> facts/characterization supports their belief, but you can't deny that
> they wholeheartedly believe it.
I got into slash through "Highlander" and "Due South". Unlike some fans
who *only* read slash, or who won't read *any* slash, I've found that
there are an incredible number of great stories written in both slash
and non-slash genres. I must admit I rarely see any slash subtext in
the show, but I can easily accept slash fanfic as an alternate-universe
story. But then, I read fanfic to see different interpretations of the
characters, not just to have my own views reinforced, so it's not
totally abhorrent to me if the fanfic characters are not exactly in line
with what I see on the screen. And many of the slash stories are, let
me say again, really good, in terms of plot and character. (And lots of
them are really bad -- but that's the way with most fanfic, isn't it?)
I went to a slash convention last spring. It was primarily a
multi-fandom fan convention, with plenty of non-slash discussions about
shows, but it was definitely slash-friendly. It was almost all female,
and we had a great, if somewhat raunchy, time. There were an enormous
number of fandoms represented. "Starsky and Hutch" and "Emergency" were
both there, as was "Highlander," "Due South", "X-Files," "Wiseguy",
"Buffy", "West Wing", "Sentinal","Forever Knight", "ER" and plenty
more. I was surprised to find myself talking about L&C more than once
that weekend. There was even an L&C slash music-video (Jimmy/Clark),
which didn't work much for me, since I could identify each episode each
clip came from, and I knew that when Clark had that longing look he was
thinking about Lois, not Jimmy, not matter what the vid cut away to.
The vid was well received at the con, though.
It seems to me that Nigel and Luthor would both slash very nicely,
though. Nigel's a character I'd like to know more about.
October 2, 2019
Hi FoLCs!
Here is the update of new fic (gathered typically through Thursday evening). Links at Lois & Clark Fanfic Message Board Index
New Stories:
Asian Story Structure Poems by Various
Butterfly by Millefeuilles
Street Fair by Morgana
Werewolves of New Orleans by Terry Leatherwood 
 
New Parts:
Hate Myself For Loving You by Folc4evernaday
The Return of Kal-EL by LadyTpower
Stolen Crane by LadyTpower
 
Completed Stories:
Asian Story Structure Poems by Various
Butterfly by Millefeuilles
Street Fair by Morgana
 
New TOCs:
Butterfly by Millefeuilles
Street Fair by Morgana
Werewolves of New Orleans by Terry Leatherwood
 
Added to the Archive: 
A La Kent by Folc4evernaday
Bet on It by Deadly Chakram
Born to Fly by Deadly Chakram
Brown Eyes by Folc4evernaday
Cursed by Julie Gastler
Gone by Folc4evernaday
House Call by Deadly Chakram
Love Without End, Amen by Cuidadora
Rubber Ducky by Cuidadora (posted under Rubber Duckie and Counting Blessings)
Strange Things by Deadly Chakram
This is Our Story by Folc4evernaday
We're All Alone by Cuidora
Dawn & the Index Crew
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