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Yesterday I watched the DCAU's World's Finest crossover and now I'm really craving a story where the lying, the secret identity, the duplicity that goes with it etc. on Clark's part... is a dealbreaker for Lois. Especially in an scenario like this one, where Superman and Lois are the ones pursuing a relationship and she (eventually, AFAIK it never happened in the DCAU) finds out he was Xlark, which is different from the reverse. In one case you're finding out a friend's secret, in the other it turns out your romantic interest had an in on your life you never agreed to, iykwim? (not to mention, the professional issues that come from Clark, now her lover, scooping Lois etc.).

It's just Not A Thing that's really explored, because it's a given that Clois is endgame material, that whatever issues she might have will be overcome (and in order to do so, sometimes barely explored and simply swept under the rug, because they are BIG ISSUES and in some cases writers clearly don't want to untangle that mess). Clois version of what Lois says to Bruce in the episode (I adore you, but I can't be with you) would be on another level of intensity and heartbreaking due to the potential betrayal she'd felt and I would genuinely enjoy seeing that sometime. Might include it somewhere myself.

As a sidenote, I honestly really dig Lois and Bruce in the DCAU. Less so for the actual relationship, which feels more told than shown, and more for the potential dynamic after she dumps him. She knows his secret and has become its safekeeper! And you know that man pined, Bruce is incapable of getting over anything xD