Lois & Clark Kerth Awards

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Welcome to the 2024 Kerth Awards! This is the stage!

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Everyone will be able to chat over here in the main channel, which will serve as our audience. We encourage cheering and laughing and fun, but do try to keep things PG-13ish just like we do on the boards! eyes @Darth_Michael warily

If you have a question, don’t be afraid to ask it here, even while the ceremony is going on! We want everyone to have fun and be included!

The Stage (over yonder https:/​/​discord.com/​channels/​908556304568684575/​1231642363881848933) will only allow for admins and Ceremony Speakers to chat/​send messages. If you’re on a computer (desktop/​laptop) or on a web browser, you should be able to view both the main channel here and the "Thread" that serves as The Stage in a split-screen presentation. This will let you have the channel and The Stage side by side.

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eyes @Darth_Michael warily

gives best Han Solo impression I’m always well-behaved!

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So exciting!!!! 🤩

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I can’t stay too long but hi 😄

Hi! Yay!

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Hi! 👋🏻

Oh the split window thing works well!

Hi!

Might end up just lurking. Was at a b/​d party last night and the chairs were awful. My back hurts, lol

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

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Glad to have you here!

Hello!

hey guys!!

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good luck to all the nominees!!!

Hey! 🙂

waves blanco welcome to channel

um….about still needing luck…

hahahahah

Ellie is here as well, and she says hi!

Hi Ellie!!

Hi, Ellie!!

👋

eyes the clock and taps nervously on the microphone

Um… anyone know who’s in charge around here?

Hello! 🙂

Am I just…supposed to… @Darth_Michael whispers in Sara’s ear

Oh… um, right. I’m in charge. 🫣

Welcome to the 2024 Kerth Awards, everyone!!

I’m honored to be hosting this year’s awards—the 26th annual, can you believe it? I honestly struggle to wrap my mind around that frequently. 😂

If you’d told 18-year-old Sara (how old I was when the first Kerths were held 😳) that she’d be emcee of the Kerth Awards in 2024…she’d probably write up another one of her Crazy FoLC journal entries about how Wells and Tempus were ACTUALLY FOR REALS messing with her mind.

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There’s a lot that’s hard to believe…that this fandom is still going (relatively strong) after 30 years, that we’re STILL seeing new FoLCs join the fandom, that we’re seeing a dramatic increase in the number of stories after years of low numbers, that we STILL have new authors year after year…

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😆 Sara’s making me feel old!

But the one thing that seems to have remained true all this time is that FoLCdom is…well, it’s kinda one of the best places I’ve ever been. As a 15-year-old and a 44-year-old, I’ve never found a place more comfortable or accepting.

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is older than you

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Heck I’m older than both of you

starts adding Kerth’s to Sara’s age to work out how old she is

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Yeah, there have been growing pains over the years and I’ve drifted away a few times at different points in my life, but I’ve always been grateful for having FoLCs and folcdom as a part of my life.

needs more fingers and toes

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And so, yeah, it’s a little hard to believe that I’m “standing” here today, wearing as many FoLCdom hats as I’m wearing. Thank you to everyone, new and old, young and not-young, writers and readers and those who do both—without you, I wouldn’t be here at all!

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🥰 Thank you for everything you do for this fandom, Sara!

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We have 19 (…I should really know for sure that this is the number… but I didn’t finish preparing my speech… 🫣 ) categories to present today/​tonight, so let’s get the show on the road!

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First up, we have @Toomi to present Best Micro-Short Story!

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The stories in the micro-short category are… well… short. So short they may be less than certain author’s notes.

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👀

😆 😆 😆

eyes Toomi… hey, now! 🤣

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Without futher ado… the nominees are:

Family Road Trip by KSaraSara

How to Change a Lightbulb by SuperBek

Martha… A Gift From the Stars by KSaraSara

New Year’s Season 5 by CarrieRene

and

Practice Makes Purrfect by SuperBek

And the winner is!

Martha… A Gift From the Stars by KSaraSara

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Yay KSara!!!

Congrats!!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

Love that story! ❤️

Congrats Sara!!!! Such a wonderful story!! 🎉 ❤️

Speech!

Which will be longer than the story!

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GAHH!!!

(Is it terrible that I was hoping someone else would win? Mostly because I’ve already got serious stage nerves being up here, and the break would have been nice. 🫣 )

But I don’t mean at all to discount those who voted for me! I really, really love this story. It means a lot to me personally, so it means a lot more knowing so many people loved it ❤️ Thank you!! 😊

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Congratulations @KSaraSara ❤️

Ack, see, now I’m up again already? 😆

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Thank you, Toomi, for presenting!

Next up we have JadedEvie to present Best Revelation!

Unable to attend, because like Lois, she’s addicted to job and is stuck traveling, Evie takes careful, miraculous aim and sends a paper airplane over to the night’s emcee:

A single pair of glasses do a lot of work across Superman comics, movies and television shows. On the boards, our authors nominated in the Best Revelation Category have done a lot of work, and an incredible job — dare I say, even a ‘Super job’ — in crafting new and engaging ways to tell the story of exactly how, when, and why (and with what ramifications) those glasses come off to reveal that the most powerful man on Earth is mild-mannered Clark Kent, the unassuming greenhorn reporter from Smallville. There’s nothing mild or unassuming about the poignant, funny and evocative stories from this year’s Nominees. They take us back to save Mayson (interrupting a steamy kiss that’s worth waiting for), straight into the lion’s den of a Lois Lane interview (at her comedic best), out of the frying pan of Arianna’s clutches and into the terrifying prospect of caring for a wounded Superman, and through a romantic, snowy, starlit field in the midst of a meteor shower.

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The nominees for Best Revelation Story are:

• Fortunately, There Are No Doors Here Tonight by KSaraSara

• Leading Questions by SuperBek

• Paper Cut by Blueowl

• Wish Upon A Leonid by Toomi8

—- and this year’s Kerth Award Winner for Best Revelation Story is:

It’s…it’s our first tie!

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Ooh! Yay! More love to spread around!

Fortunately, There Are No Doors Here Tonight by KSaraSara

Wish Upon A Leonid by Toomi8

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great speech, Evie!

Congratulations Sara and Toomie!

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Congrats Sara and Toomi!!!

Congrats girls!!!

Congratulations ladies!

Wow. Well, I’m stunned….. Thank you! And so wonderful to be tied with an author whose work I’ve been admiring for a long time 😍

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I don’t even remember what I voted for in this one, all the stories were so perfect 😊 a tie seems like the way to go!!

*shoves mic at @KSaraSara *

Gahhh! Making me blush! Well-deserved, Toomi! I loved this series of yours!

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Ahhh, this story… right now, my mind is a little blank, and I can’t even remember how I came up with this story. But I know part of my goal with this was to correct that terrible terrible error in grammar when Clark utters "there’s no doors here tonight" instead of "there are no doors here tonight" … I don’t think that was the main bunny, but still.

Gahh… yeah, I’m not even sure what else to say other than this really does mean a lot because I think it’s the most favorite revelation I’ve ever written! Thank you, all! 🥰

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shoves the mic back at… crap… it’s me again… um…. eyes @AnnaBtG out in the audience and shoves the mic at her, uh, gently…gently pushes the mic at her

Anna’s gonna present Best Episode Adaptation!

Hello hello FoLCs! I’m so happy to be here with you tonight 😊

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STORYTIME!!!

Hi Anna!!

So, when I was little, before I knew what fanfiction was, I used to watch telenovelas.

If you’ve ever watched a telenovela, you will know that they are always rife with unnecessary drama. Little me could never understand why they couldn’t just kiss and make up. There were some spots that were just ideal for it.

So I started thinking up, and then writing on the computer, kiss-and-make-up scenarios.

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Sara, you’re hilarious 🥰

Anyways, the years passed, I grew up, and I started watching L&C instead of telenovelas. And I still wanted Lois and Clark to kiss and make up.

And I learned that if you change the events of an episode to make the characters kiss and make up, it’s called an episode adaptation. It’s also called an episode adaptation if you change the events of the episode without making them kiss, though I’m not sure why anybody would want to do that.

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In any case, if you too are unhappy with the way a certain episode went down, the FoLCs got you covered, and we have some magnificent episode adaptations for you to choose your favourite!

hahaha thanks! I’m glad my nerves are transmuting into humor 🤣

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The nominees for Best Episode Adaptation are:

110 Kisses: You’re Family by KSaraSara

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Socomama and KSaraSara

Fortunately, There Are No Doors Here Tonight by KSaraSara

IBM: Darkest Before the Dawn by JadedEvie

Undercover Reporter by JadedEvie

And the winner is…

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whispers that Michael has them

Ah, there we are!

Undercover Reporter by JadedEvie!!!

WOOOHOOO!!

Congratulations, @JadedEvie !

Congrats Evie!!!!

🎉

Congrats Evie!!!

Congrats!!

Congrats Evie.

Does anyone want to accept on her behalf?? She did all this prep work for the ceremony and even wrote a ton of presentation speeches… but… I think we neglected to make her write an acceptance speech in anticipation of a win…

I did mention it to her…

/​pushes MC in front of mic/​ she already got practice

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Well, I know she might likely be in disbelief, but she really shouldn’t be! Undercover Reporter was a fantastic story! A take on TOGOM like none I’ve read before! (Well at least in my memory…but still.) We’ll make her post a speech on the boards thread later! 😉

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Thank you, Anna, for presenting!

Next up, we have @bakasi (or pretend @Darth_Michael) presenting the award for Best Super-Short Story!

Don’t we all love these brief moments in the lives of our favorite characters?

These stories can make us cry, offer comfort or a warm fuzzy feeling to carry us through the day.

Just a few short words and yet they show us the range of all emotions.

Nominated for the Best Super-Short this year are:

• 110 Kisses: Can I Join You? by KSaraSara

• Better With Clark by KSaraSara

• Cat’s Eye View (Part 3 of the "Like Herding Cats" trilogy 1/​1) by lovetvfan

• Martha… She Just Knows by KSaraSara

• May I Have This Dance, Mrs. Kent? by SuperBek

• My Lost Sister by SuperBek

• Wish Upon A Leonid by Toomi8

And the winner is:

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Wish Upon A Leonid by Toomi8

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Congratulations (again) @Toomi

Wooo!! makes Toomi come back up!

Congrats again, Toomi!!! What a sweet story!!

Yay! Congrats Toomi!!!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

Oh my goodness!!!!!

The series that almost never was!

YAY!! Totally extra deserved since she’s the one who inspired Ficlet Friday with her wonderful ficlets!

I’m a bit speachless….

I love astronomy and stargazing, and I remember talking to friends about potentially watching this shower but it was supposed to snow the entire weekend, so I wrote a fic instead.

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Well… @Toomi did make BNA last year…

Just a wee one, which has received so much love. Thank you 🥰

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(the year before last because last year there wasn’t BNA, but yes!! She IS of Best New Author fame!)

Yes, with a trilogy of fics that desperatly needs an overhaul before they see the light of day again!

Thank YOU, Toomi! And congrats!

eyes MC am I on?

should I wait a bit for Toomi to calm down?

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and thank you, @bakasi, for presenting the award!

Now, we have @Darth_Michael (again) as @JadedEvie to present Best Waffy Story!

I’m calm! -ish…. it’s too early for a drink isn’t it?

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Courier: Special delivery! holds out a bouquet of flowers and a box

JadedEvie: I didn’t order anything.

Courier: It has your name on it!

JadedEvie: reads That’s not my name. That says, ‘Lois La–‘ …Ya know, you look really familiar.

it’s past 9pm here, if that helps

Courier: Uh….

JadedEvie: REALLY familiar.

Courier: Nope, I don’t think so!

Sounds great to me! grabs gin

JadedEvie: What’s in the box, anyway?

Courier: It’s from a secret admirer.

JadedEvie: Ooooh, that’s why you looked so familiar! I’ll decline to accept this package on Lois’ behalf, Victor. You should ditch Griffin, anyway. Dude’s kind of a neg. You could do a lot better.

Maybe I should add a dash of something to my coffee… lol

Courier Victor: I dunno.

JadedEvie: You’re kind of a genius, right? You should get your resume out there. Even in this economy, you can probably make more reliably than what Griffin is promising. And, uh, toss whatever prank is in that box.

(that I’m still drinking at noon because… I’ve been busy lol)

I’d pass you the gin but that doesn’t go well with coffee….

Courier Victor: with confidence Maybe I will!

JadedEvie: Actually… if you’re looking for a quick job, I could use a courier to drop a presentation off at the Kerth Awards. It’s a locked Discord channel, but that shouldn’t be a problem for a tech genius. Think you can find a way in? holds out a paper

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Kahlua does…

Courier Victor: You got it, boss. takes pages and turns to go

LOL!!! Oh, she’s good with the Prankster stuff…

JadedEvie: Hey, wait a minute! "snags a single bloom from the bouquet, snaps the stem to shorten it, and tucks it into the little zip pocket on the chest of the courier coveralls.* We all deserve a little love.

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Courier Victor: blushing Aw, gee, thanks! I’ll have this on the channel before you can say ‘Great Caesar’s Ghost!’

JadedEvie: Great Caesar’s Gh–

A hand at the small of the back…

An intimate look across a crowded room…

A whispered promise under a starlit sky, a hundred feet in the air…

Lois and Clark gave us so many swoon-worthy moments in the four seasons they were on the air. And they’ve spent 20 more years inspiring fluffy, waffy stories that make our hearts swell as we sigh over just how sweet they are.

This year, three authors in particular made us swoon again and again, moving what some would call the ‘B plot’ into prime ‘A’ position for tugging at our heartstrings.

They’re taken us aboard a familiar yacht to make emotional sense of a problematic episode, dove back into season two to save both an annoying ADA and a twice-missed kiss, surrounded us with family as we watched an impromptu dance in the kitchen, spent a night at the planet to watch a man fall in love and solidify his destiny, and read us a diary that shows how special the boy who became Superman truly was (not to mention reminding us of the loudly purring favorite Kent farm cat, Finn).

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As Clark reminds us, it’s the little moments, the ones that we build together, that matter. Here are the five stories that that gave us those little, but unforgettable, magical moments.

The nominees for Best WAFFY Story are:

• Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Socomama and KSaraSara

• Fortunately, There Are No Doors Here Tonight by KSaraSara

• Good Luck Finding Something by SuperBek

• May I Have This Dance, Mrs. Kent? by SuperBek

• That Forgotten Journal by SuperBek

—- and this year’s Kerth Award Winner for Best WAFFY Story is:

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Okay, here we are

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Socomama and KSaraSara

Congratulations!

Congrats girls!!!!

speech

speech

Congrats!!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

speech

🎉

Congratulations

Huh. Did JadedEvie always have buttons for eyes, or is this new? 🤔

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Ahhhhhh!! I’m way less shy about this one because I credit this SOOO MUCH to @Socomama! It was her amazing plot bunny that she let me play around with. And well… part of me wants to recount the authors’ notes here, but I think Michael might cut me for time…(so that he has time enough for his presentation speeches 😆 ).

She nudged me into writing this for her because she didn’t have the time, but then she gave me so many good lines and ideas while brainstorming with me, that I hoodwinked her into co-writing with me. I would totally love to give her all the credit on this one, but she won’t let me!

I know she wishes she could be around more often, especially after such a warm welcome for her debut fic and all the love it’s gotten–RL has been a bear for her, though. Just know that she is totally overwhelmed and flattered by all the love and feedback!! ❤️

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And as for me… I feel lucky to have been able to co-write with Socomama!! It was a chaotic delight! And I loooove her idea and really, the process was so much fun! And her revelation? That was her idea and her doing and I think it’s brilliant! Gahh! Anyway… thank you all! And THANK YOU on behalf of @Socomama!

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looks at spreadsheet for next things and is mightily confused… I’m not sure the cells sorted properly…

It’s me you’re looking for 🙂

Or maybe when Victor was hacking into things… he fudge things up?

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Haha, take it away, then!

Wow, that was Best WAFFy Story everyone!

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What a sugar rush that was!

looks out into the audience, holding up a hand against the glare from the spotlight

My neurons must be in overdrive because it looks like there’s…

trails finger across audience

Yeah, that’s what… seven different Supermen in the audience?

stage whispers into the mic

Don’t tell Lois, she might want to collect them all.

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looks at notes while laughter is dying down again

Oh… Oh! Turns out I’m not hallucinating from too much sugar after all! Those are all legitimate Clarks who are visiting from the various Elseworlds our authors created this year!

Let’s see…

Ah, yes, there’s the Clark who went to New Krypton and returned a very changed man. It’s actually a story as old as FoLCdom itself. Clark leaves. Alt-Clark steps in. Clark returns. Lois and Clark and Alt-Clark have to deal with a lot of trauma. And every time, our authors find new ways to live with the consequences.

No, Lois! They’re not Pokemon!!

🎶Gotta catchem aaall Supermon!

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That’s a lot of Clarks… I know @QueenoftheCapes is wondering whether or not they have shirts on…

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notices a Clark slipping a piece of his steak to the dog beside him

Hey, you guys are back!

waves at Houdini and his Clark

So glad to hear that you managed to clear up all that Kryptonite business. I hear it was a real pain in the butt. Hey, where’s you Lois?

Clark points to the handsome couple sitting with a Lois just as a fourth Lois pulls out an empty chair to join them for a chat

And there’s Kal and Clark with their Lois. So great you guys could come!

drags eyes away from the adorable throuple to focus back on the audience at large

Wonder what they got to discuss? Then again, a Lois with both a Clark and a Kal, that’s got to be a curiosity even in this crowd. I really hope they’re doing okay in their unusual circumstances.

glances at cards

Now, where’s…

spots ramrod-straight Clark

:superman: 👓 🦄

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Oh, yes, there he is! FoLCs, an applause for a Clark who’s not afraid to use his brains to solve a problem! He even goes so far as to aid other Lois and Clarks in their troubles. Who would have guessed that getting mentored by the leader of Bureau 39 could be a good thing? A true boy scout’s boy scout that one.

shifts gaze to other couple

Speaking of which…this last couple shows just how much collaboration there is in our fandom. All an author has to do is plant a spinoff bunny and their beta will squeal and pick it up and nurture it until it is fully grown and mature. We’re truly meta here, guys! And Elseworld’s Alt-U. That’s something you find only in FoLCdom.

And with those words I give you this year’s nominees for the Best Elseworlds/​AU Story!

• Anchor: Part II – Kal-El by SuperBek

• Destined by SuperBek

• Investigate: Alternate Possibilities by KSaraSara

• Investigate: Beckoning by Blueowl

• Investigate: Horizons by Blueowl

• MagiKal AU Series by bakasi

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And the winner is…

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gahhhh

** MagiKal AU Series** by bakasi

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Congratulations, Barbara!

Congrats!!!

Congrats!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

🎉

Yay Bakasi!!!

Wow

Congrats 🎉

c’mon up, @bakasi

Speech!!

Congrats, @bakasi !!!

Congrats

Hi ans sorry for bieng late. Family business kept me, well busy. Congrats to everyone who already got something awarded.

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welcome! Glad you could make it!!

meanwhile, is the speech speed okay that I’m doing?

This whole series was a surprise. Posting the first story was sort of a test run and I had no idea where this was going. But the series got so much love and I had so much fun with Houdini… I never thought I could finish it, but here I am. I want to thank my on-off betas Lynn S.M and @Demi for helping me out. And all of you who read this and left feedback. You really made my weekends then

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Thanks. Now if I just could find out where I can see the stage/​presentations? URgh it seems I too stupid today…

yes! It works! (at least for me…)

it’s confusing, no worries!

https:/​/​discord.com/​channels/​908556304568684575/​1231642363881848933

I think you’re good

@BlindPassenger

If you’re on a desktop, you can use this link here to open both at the same time: https:/​/​discord.com/​channels/​908556304568684575/​1231349228228313179/​threads/​1231642363881848933

Thank you all very much.

You should be able to click that and then see there’s a Threaded convo? If you click there, it should pop up a side by side? Listen to what Michael said lol

hands back the mike to whoever is on next

@KSaraSara @Toomi ‘s next with short

THX now I’m tryng to follow. Diffclt as I canonly seeone ata im butI’lltry

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Thank you, @bakasi, for more than a year’s worth of MagiKal and Houdini!

Now, we have @Toomi back again, this time to present Best Short Story!

Short stories are challenging. There’s always that chance the muse will add a few extra ideas and before you know it, you’re well on your way to an epic sized story.

Not that we mind epic sized stories but that’s a different category.

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Those that restrained their muse are:

The Dating Game Super Edition by KateSO

LOL restrained the muse…

Fade to Black: Individual Priorities by KSaraSara

Fortunately, There Are No Doors Here Tonight by KSaraSara

IBM: Darkest Before the Dawn by JadedEvie

Leading Questions by SuperBek

hah yeah I loved that!

and

Paper Cut by Blueowl

Hands @KSaraSara blindfolds and handcuffs

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Stiff competition this round

LOL! Just don’t let @Darth_Michael have those!

And the winner is……

that’s a different genre. and not one that ends with short stories

Congrats bakasi! I am not fully caught-up on the whole MagiKal though I read as like half of them up to now and really enjoyed it so far! Well deserved.

see?

Well, each round. But more things in here.

Fortunately, There Are No Doors Here Tonight by KSaraSara

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Congratulations, @KSaraSara !

Thanks

Congrats!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Congratulations!

@KSaraSara congrats!!!

Congratulations. (I’m here just editing IYOK)

@CarrieRene and you’re up next with Best Character

Congratulations Sara!!

Congrats Sara!

Gahhhh!! Thank you!! I have so many mixed feelings this year because the competition was SOOO fierce! I’m not even sure what to say other than I wish I could spilt this award 6 ways! Voting was super duper hard!

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Best Character? Oops, I have the wrong info then.

I do really love Doors, and I feel honored to have won against so many great stories, not just in the short list but also in the nominee/​eligibles list!

Yay KSara!

(also, it feels weird to switch from AuthorMode to emceeMode…)

Next up, we have @CarrieRene with the award for Best Original Character/​Supporting Character!

(also, it feels weird to switch from AuthorMode to emceeMode…)

you just need to write fewer stories that are badly written. More stories that are badly written?

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someone… like the person in charge of things maybe forgot to announce the changed order of things to the greater populace, including the presenters… she probably really begs forgiveness…

What does a visitor from another planet, a dog, and the son of a super couple have in common?

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…. Krypto??? Almost fits the answer! lol

all cleared up. it was meant as a joke by CR about me shortening the cat

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They are all supporting characters in this year’s Kerth Awards.

Supporting characters are those who assist or amuse the main characters. They can be friends, loved ones, or even the family pet.

The nominees are

Kal El from Destined by SuperBek

Houdini from MagiKal AU series by bakasi

Jon Kent from A Slice of Pie for Me by SuperBek.

And the award goes to…

There were so many good ones this year!!! (which… well, if you read the post about the short list, you know why there’s only three on the short list!)

such good contenders!!

Houdini: MagiKal AU Series by bakasi

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Congratulations, @bakasi (well, again 😉 )

@KSaraSara can you reshare the stage link every now and then? For those of us on our phones we have to keep using that link to go back to the stage once we are in the audience.

🎉

adds doggy treat

C’mon back up, @bakasi! And bring that dog with you!

Congrats!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Congrats Bakasi!!!

Well deserved this year 🎉

Houdini licks @Darth_Michael s face

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WOOF! Congrats Houdini!

Congrats, @bakasi !!! Woof!!!

whistles for Houdini to stop attacking the treat

Congratulations!

Houdini comes up wagging his tail and starts sniffing at KSaraSara’s hand

Stage-only link: https:/​/​discord.com/​channels/​908556304568684575/​1231642363881848933

whispers to Houdini that @Darth_Michael has treats in his pocket…not me!!

slips doggy treat into @KSaraSara awards bag

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You know, you’ll never get him off the stage like that?

whistles for Krypto…who then comes onto the stage with a whoosh

He’s not supposed to leave the stage until you give that speech

Krypto will help escort Houdini off when it’s time. 😉

How does a dog give a speech? Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof….woooofff

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Maybe there’s a translator? 😜

Axel is here, but not here. Here in spirit, helping to move more stuff.

FINN: meow. Meow meow. MEEow! Meow

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I’m a spectator lol

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I had so much fun writing Houdini, the dog I never had. Sometimes it was easy to write him into the story, sometimes he almost slipped my mind. It seemed to me like he just appeared out of nowhere when Clark was studying newspaper articles on MagiKal. And I loved the idea of a assistance dog. Often I worried that it would be obvious to any dog owner that dogs can’t do what Houdini does.

I’m so glad that you all love this character as much as I do.

Thank you so much

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Krypto could try to translate…? Hrm, is he intelligent enough to "write"?

Finn has buried himself in a laundry basket and will be of no help right now

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 ×3

Krypto escorts bakasi and Houdini off the stage

Congrats, you two!!

And thank you, @CarrieRene, for presenting!

Next up, we have Morgana (via @Darth_Michael) to present the Kerth for Best Dramatic Story!

Lights! Camera! Action!

With those faithful words from classic Hollywood, the drama begins! Writing a story that makes us bite our nails over the hair raising adventures of our favorite reporting duo takes more than just coming up with lines to entertain. It takes pacing the story and setting the scene to make us care about their dilemma. That my friends is not an easy task!

Who can forget seeing Lois for the first time when she gets out of a taxi … dressed as a guy?

What about Clark stopping a bus in downtown Metropolis?

Perry begging Bill Church, Jr. not to kill Alice?

The intense scene between Martha and Jonathan trapped underground by that nut Jason Mayzik and discussing the ups and downs of their marriage?

Each time an FoLC writer puts pen to paper or fingers to keyboard it is a golden opportunity to create their own drama and tonight we honor the writer of the Best Dramatic Story.

The nominees are:

• Could’a, Would’a, Should’a – Toomi8

• Investigate: Beckoning – BlueOwl

• A Matter Of Trust – Bakasi

And the winner for Best Dramatic Story for 2024 is

envelope

envelope

And there it is…

** Investigate: Beckoning** by Blueowl

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Congratulations!

🎉

Congrats!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Congrats!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Ahh, congrats!! Is @Blueowl here??

Contgratulations @Blueowl

Congratulations!

Congrats Jess!

yay Jess!

Congrats BlueOwl! The Investigate series dserves all awards it can get!

Ah darn, I guess not! We’ll have to wait for her speech when we post on the MBs.

And now, FoLCs, we have intermission! For… let’s do 12 mins. So 10 mins after the hour, wherever you are!

INTERMISSION

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Oh good cuz I’ve gotta take the dog out. LOL

Does the dog talk?

Cool, intermissoin gives me time to catch up with the earlier speeches.

and i’m going to get food, lol

meanwhile…

don’t know if you guys noticed but we can add emoticons to the stage even when no one can actually post messages

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Are people ready? Or want 5 more minutes?

Yes!

got her food

😉

I have my late lunch.

hoist by my own spandex again… because I’ve asked two questions and got only "yes" for an answer LOL

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I do this to myself all the time…

I’m ready

rookie mistake!

maybe you need a beta XD

All good here. Ready to go!

(or three, or four…)

it’s like when we ask you if you won category a or b 😄

yeah, so… I can be a rookie who’s been here for 30 years? lol

Go on. I’ll do the rest of ketchup later!

you want fries with that?

Okay, welcome back, FoLCs!

https:/​/​discord.com/​channels/​908556304568684575/​1231642363881848933

from a certain point on, you start counting backwards

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I have fries right here…

Now it’s time for @Toomi to come back up and present the award for Best Kiss!

Kisses are sloppy and wet… hey!

shoves @Toomi towards stage

LOL stupid auto-correct. But nope, just ate two portions of dinner + a slice of pie plus popcorn in the afternoon cinema so I’m pretty stuffed for today! Even twenty-somethings have their limits!

Who wrote this?

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Houdini?

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wipes doggy slobber from notes

Ahem

Is it a short and sweet kiss that ties the story together? Or is the entire fic one amazing kiss after another?

The nominees for this year’s best kiss are:

110 Kisses: I Care About You by KSaraSara

110 Kisses: You’re Family by KSaraSara

The End Of The Fight by bakasi

Fade to Black: Individual Priorities by KSaraSara

sees pattern

Fortunately, There Are No Doors Here Tonight by KSaraSara

🫣

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You have voted, and the winner is:

110 Kisses: You’re Family by KSaraSara 🎉

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Gee, I think it’s a win just getting nominated besides @KSaraSara

Yay Sara!!!!

and @bakasi broke the nominations streak, at least!

Congrats!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

🎉

Congrats Sara!

110 Families was a wonderfully sweet kiss!

Congratulations Sara!

Congratulations @KSaraSara

Gahhh!! Oh my! I was trying to like quick prepare something in my head–you know, since the odds were a bit stacked here… 😆 🫣 — but this wasn’t the story I expected to win! But I’m honored nonetheless! (Is it like having a favorite child? lol)

I’m not gonna lie… I have so many mixed feelings because it’s very awkward to stand up here and have my name come up so many times (yay imposter syndrome??). But I’ll tell you that having my name so many times in this category… gosh, if that’s not the hugest compliment ever and the biggest validation I could ever get that I have finally learned how to write a kiss! (Try telling that one to teenageSara too! 😆 )

Thank you all very much for all the love you’ve shown these stories!! 🥰🥰🥰

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ah, and I guess it’s time for… puts emcee hat back on

preps timemachine

Now we have @Darth_Michael as Morgana back on stage for Best Mid-Length Story!

Morgana could not be here this evening, but she wrote a presentation for this next award.

Hello to this happy crowd of FoLC’s! Let me just say, I coulda, shoulda woulda , But I can’t take my eyes off of you as an award winning Undercover reporter it was kinda hard to save a slice of pie for me.

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Crickets chirp … the audience did not get the joke!

Nervous presenter clears throat and says, “Okay, moving right along…”

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This award goes to those writers who decided to leave the short story behind.

They wanted to stretch their writing abilities by prolonging the story, giving it more of a punch and seeing where it lands.

Whether its time travel, digging up a story while under the radar, dealing with an old boyfriend or a little boy ‘hearing’ from his father, these nominees have hit the mark.

The Nominees for the Best Mid-Length Story are:

• Could’a, Should’a, Would’a – Toomi8

• Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – by Socomama and KSaraSara

• Undercover Reporter – JadedEvie

• Save A Slice of Pie for Me – SuperBek

Presenter accepts envelope, smiles, rips it out and says:

The winner is Save A Slice of Pie For Me by SuperBek!

🎉

Congratulations @Bek !

Congrats Bek!!!

YAY! Congrats, Bek!! Come on up and give a speech!!

Yay Bek

Congrats Bek! Give Jon some pie, kay?

Yay, Bek! Congratulations!

🥧 :superman: 👨‍👦

I want pie, but all we have are cookies and cream cupcakes.

awwww

Oh, wow! I…wasn’t expecting this at all because, well…. glances at the nominations list again

This one actually means much more to me than you all could know. 😭 I love writing from different perspectives, and writing Jon was a huge challenge and a lot of fun too (okay, yeah, with some big emotions thrown in there too!).

Thank you all so much! (And yep, Jon and Clark both got lots of pie, don’t worry 😉 )

I want a cupcake now… but all I have are peanut M&Ms

…Ellie said she would like your peanut M&Ms

Congrats again, Bek! We’re so glad Clark and Jon (and Lois!) got their happy ending here!

I’ve got Monster Munch pickled onion flavour and I’m not sharing 😂

Now we have @Darth_Michael for @JadedEvie up to present Best Challenge Response!

#Passcode accepted. Initializing Metahuman Intelligence Reconnaissance and Communications program. Incognito Mode Active. WELCOME, [Username Hidden]

JadedE> Jimmy, this doesn’t look like a Discord channel.

SuperGopher> Uh, yeah. I mighta taken a wrong turn at that last firewall…

lol I’m not sure I want that… but I’m not a fan of pickles

JadedE> Jimmy!

You can keep them, Toomi. I’m more sweet than savory.

SuperGopher> Yeesh, sorry! Just a sec, I can fix it!

JadedE> We’re supposed to be hacking into the Stage channel at the Kerth’s, not into some kind of… Where even are we?

SuperGopher> I’m working it out now. It’s pretty cool! I think we’re… uh-oh…

mIRC… Evie got IRC to work on Discord! lol

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JadedE> What do you mean ‘uh-oh?’

Batmin> This is not a chatroom.

#SuperGopher has been kicked from this channel.

JadedE> Wait!

Batmin> [*****]

JadedE> Look, I’m not trying to abuse the chat feature or share any memes. I’m just looking for the Kerths! I have to drop off this presentation before they get to the Best Challenge Response, and my other attempts have been kinda shaky, so I have to make sure that this one gets there! Can you help get me onto their server?

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Batmin> [*****]

SuperGF> I can help!

JadedE> Oh, that would be amazing!

Batmin> [*****!]

#Batmin has been kicked from the channel

SuperGF> No problem. Girls gotta stick together. 😉

JadedE> Thank you!

#User JadedE has succesfully joined the #kerth-ceremony

Woo! I’m finally here. Didn’t miss the whole thing. Just read through everything. Congratulations to all the winners so far.

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The Challenge Response stories hold a special place the heart of the FoLC community because, like our altruistic hero, these stories are inspired by someone else’s need — the need for a fantastic fic! It takes a special writer to take up the challenge and give life to an idea based on special request! They often range from poignant and heart-felt to zany, silly and brilliant, and this year’s entries run the gamut.

Glad you could make it!!

The nominees for Best Challenge Response are:

• Chat Logs by Queen of the Capes

• The Dating Game Super Edition by KateSO

• Ficathon: Don’t Let Go (for Queen of the Capes) by KSaraSara

• Timing Is Everything by Deadly Chakram

—- and this year’s Kerth Award Winner for Best Challenge Response is:

watches in despair as three clips of paper tumble out

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Oh my. That’s…I did not expect this. Like…at all…

picks up papers and clears throat

So, the three winners are…

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• Ficathon: Don’t Let Go (for Queen of the Capes) by KSaraSara

• The Dating Game Super Edition by KateSO

• Timing Is Everything by Deadly Chakram

Congratulations you three!

 ×3

Congrats!! 🎉 🎉 🎉 A three-way tie?? EEP!

Wow!

Wow!!! Congrats guys!!!

A thrie!

Congrats to the 3-way… I mean tie.

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Man, I haven’t seen this since I played Tie Fighter in the 90s and they rolled out the TIE-Defender

Congrats guys!

snort

Congratulations! Three winners? That has to be a first

Congratulations!

Oh wow!! A three-way tie! (and Michael didn’t make a joke LOL! ahem)!

I’ll uh go first since I’m not sure @KateSO is here and Deadly Chakram hasn’t made it to Discord.

3-way tie! So cool! Congrats

Hmm… wonder if next year, we should start tagging users in the winner list…

Wow. Congrats to all of the three tie winners. All well deserved.

I messaged Kate, but I don’t think she’s online right now

I did make a joke points at TIE-D

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Hmm…I am up next with nfic, though…

Gotta go pick up my daughter from her friend’s house

hides screen from Ellie

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Will check in when I can

I have to give @QueenoftheCapes half the credit here because she was the one to give me all the prompts! And oh did this one stump me for a while… so much that I wrote 2500 words and stalled out (the WIP with a working title of SHIRTLESS CLARK is still sitting unfinished…). But then came this wonderful little story! And gosh, I both wish and don’t wish that Mary would challenge me more often… 🫣

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Also, @JadedEvie did an outstanding job with Chat Logs by @QueenoftheCapes

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Thank you for the love on this story!

Hopefully we’ll hear from Kate and Deadly Chakram when we post the winners on the MBs!!

KSara wants more challenges? I can do that! 😄

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And now… everyone prepare yourselves for @Darth_Michael to present Best Nfic. (This is Evie’s fault and all liability claims should be sent her way. 😆 )

strolls up to the podium wearing a Spencer Spencer-style robe

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What? I figured I should show up in style to celebrate the first year of the dark side of the boards being folded into the Kerth Awards!

Dawn and Crew did such a wonderful job all these years since the nKerth Awards started! Give them a round of applause, will ya?

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Alas, everything changes and with many if not most FoLC actively participating in the Kerth Awards also having access to the dark side, the mutual decision was made to include a dedicated Nfic category to honor those stories that have touched Lois and Clark in such a special way.

Now, while the stories still remain very sensual in their rating…

undoes belt

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…we do must remember that this ceremony is being broadcast in family-friendly timeslots across most of the world.

drops robe to reveal tuxedo

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Which is also why it is very important to remain fully clothed during the presentation of this cat—

watches in horror as Finn jumps onto the stage

Oh dear! Finn, get down from there immediately! I was saying “category”, not “cat orgy”.

grabs the tabby to hand him back to a breathless Clark jogging up to the stage

OMG LOL

I’m sorry, FoLCs! Finn should know better that this isn’t his category. Or what we understand as fully clothed.

LOL! @Bek when did Finn get a costume?? LOL

Cat stands up in the audience next to Lois and Kal You know, I wore less to the office once…

Not the point, Cat! But I thank you for dressing appropriately for today’s event.

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smooths down jacket

Probably when he was sleeping in the laundry basket….

Where was I…

picks up talking-point cards from podium

Ah yes, I was about to start talking about the wonderful stories we are pulling fully in front of the curtain for the very first time.

Like for example when Kal meets Clark before they both meet Lois in a triangle that was made for three.

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watches as Clark and Kal both stroke Finn as they sit back down in at their table next to a Lois

 ×2

Oh, that Kal. He really does love to pet his cat.

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Ack. I somehow closed my shared screen.

eyes Cat warily

And can’t get it back.

from the table where Clark and Kal just sat down: I’m a really good friend of the family, that’s all!

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clears throat

Anyway…

…turns out we don’t need the hijinks of auburn cats for some really funny and heated moments, like when Lois manages to really tick off her husband and the conference room table has to take all the punishment that ensues from the unhappy couple relieving their pent-up pressure.

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It doesn’t do anything when I click on it.

Clicking on that only brings up the audience for me.

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looks over to table 23 where you can only see menus being held in front of faces, golden wedding bands reflecting the table’s centerpiece candle

Looks like they worked it out, FoLCs!

That will only show the stage when I click on it.

softly clears throat

A good marriage requires many things, patience being one of them. But what happens when the to-be-happy couple doesn’t have enough patience to wait even a scant two more weeks until their impending nuptials? Will they beat the Curse?

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That sends me to the Stage.

What you have to do is go to the pinned message "KSaraSara creates the stage".

Click on the thread link under that.

waits for H. G. Wells to show up

Then manually scroll ALL the way down to the present.

Do NOT click on "Jump to Present"

Go up here and click the number of messages!

Hmm…

Because that removes the stage thread.

glances at pocket watch

Well…then, looks like it all worked out for them. Perhaps even Fate wasn’t willing to intercede with such a sweet and heartfelt — and not to mention funny and sizzling – expression of love. Yes. Let’s call it love.

looks on to a giggling Lois and Clark two tables over before noticing a flustered MC Sara motioning to get on with it

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Thanks. I followed that link.

sorry, y’all… I’d meant to do a test run for people before today!!

Huh, looks like I managed to out-talk even Sara. Okay then, let’s get on with it and prioritize.

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Just like Clark had to prioritize. Save his date with Lois? Or save a stranger? Turns out, he could do both and get rewarded for it, too. Now, the only question is, did he also managed to save his couch? But I guess that wasn’t really a priority at the time.

I tested it, lol. Discovered "Jump to Present" is not what one wants. Too bad! It would’ve made it easier.

Now where was I… Right… @Darth_Michael was removing his robe?

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glances at card

And for the final couple I want to say few words about how a deep and beautiful love can heal many wounds. It can even help to bring back joy to your broken soul. And when you’re really lucky, you can even include a Jimmy Interruptus into your love life in a way that’s pure genius.

And so, after very much ado, I give you this year’s nominees for the Best Nfic Story!

• Anchor: Part II – Kal-El by SuperBek

• Destined by SuperBek

• Fade to Black: Individual Priorities by KSaraSara

• Fade to Black: Stop the Presses (Do You Still Need Me?) by lovetvfan and KSaraSara

• Two Weeks by SuperBek

And the winner is…

slaps pockets

Hmm…

slaps forehead

Duh!

walks over to robe and pulls out envelope

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Sorry, FoLCs…

slips open envelope

** Fade to Black: Stop the Presses (Do You Still Need Me?)** by lovetvfan and KSaraSara

Congratulations to the writing team!

Congrats to the Saras!!!!

Congrats!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🔥 🔥 🔥

Ahhhhh! searches frantically for her Twinnie… @lovetvfan…

Congrats to you both

🎉

Those were some steamy fics this year!

tries to drag Sara online… and in front of the mic…

*pokes @lovetvfan *

she has to show up. she’s doing best overall anyway

Congrats to the Sara duo! Yeah that was a great fic and fix-it for STP.

Also, LOL the speech was hilarious.

And, having a little brother by the name of Finn, I know how much they can be troublemakers…

Gahh okay she can’t come to the channel right now because she’s recording her podcast! 😭

bites nails

She can exclaim that she won a very prestigious award !

But I have to give Sara like most of the credit on this one because I tried to start it and got stalled… so then she came in and helped… tries to figure out a way to say "finished" without making it sound naughty … um…so yeah. She did a lot of the heavy lifting here! And I loved being able to write with my partner in crime again!

Given the nature of this interlude…we weren’t entirely sure that people would be open or receptive to it, but now here it is winning an award!

And up against … well, I won’t count myself… but up against Bek’s stories, which were 🔥 🥵 ❤️‍🔥 phenomenal, it’s really an honor to win this one!

Thank you!

And just a little PSA here… we need to up our story count on nfic for this year… eyes several writers in the crowd 😉

hides

puts emcee hat back on

is not part of the crowd

Now we have @bakasi to present Best Comedy!!

Glad to be back, this time to present a category.

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What about the Miss Lane one though?

that’s harmless gfic. well.. PG-13 perhaps

searches her pockets for card. Spots Houdini, who carries her notes. Thank you, boy

Woof

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Hey the nfics are harm-less too. No one invovled got harmed?

Clark trying to get advice on dealing with an angry girlfriend, the chatroom of Superheroes, Superman in a dating show, Clark’s identity struggles a la Dr. Seuss and his favorite nosy reporter getting Clark to fess up on his secret – these stories among others made us laugh this year.

Nominated as Best Comedy Story are:

AITA – The Clark Kent Version by Toomi8

Chat Logs by Queen of the Capes

The Dating Game Super Edition by KateSO

I’m Superman by SuperBek

Leading Questions by SuperBek

I once broke a conference table?

And the winner is:

looks everywhere if she can spot an envelope

Ah, there…

And the winner is….

drumroll

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Leading Questions by SuperBek

points @bakasi ‘s ocket

Wooo! Come back up, @Bek!

🎉

Congratulations @Bek fo asking such great questions!

YAY!! Congrats!!

Meh. The Foundation will replace that, I’m sure. They must have a Accidentally Super Destruction fond.

Congrats, Bek!!!

Yay @Bek

Congrats again, Bek!

Just popping into the channel from the airport!

Congrats Bek! 🥳

congrats to you!!!!! for Undercover Reporter winning… I can’t remember which one!

Congrats, Bek!

Best Episode

Omg! That’s amazing! I was not expecting that! That’s such an intense compliment from the community! 💗💗💗

wanna hang around after Bek and give your speech?

Eep! I didn’t expect this one either. 🫣 I’ve never really thought of myself as funny, so this is a bit of a surprise! This story was just SO fun to write, and I’m really glad everyone enjoyed reading it!

Thank you, everyone!

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If I don’t get through the tsa line too quickly…

I’ll pop back in! Just a bit!

@Bek having checked out how Lois and Clark behaved with Jimmy on the other end of the phone, I strongly object to that statement.

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Thank YOU, Bek, for the hilarious fic you gave us!

Leaving for work. Have fun, all! Amd congratulations to all the winners. 🙂

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Ohhh boy Ummmmm, yeah, they did do that.

Thank you, @bakasi, for presenting again!

Now we have @Darth_Michael (but not the REAL @JadedEvie, though she DID write the speech) here to present Best Long Story!

The paper airplane, discord hacking, and Prankster tie-in were my only cutesy ideas for a lead-in to navigate not being here. So, I guess I’ll just have to resort to other tactics now. Ahem Help! Oh, help, help, Superman!

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A gust of air and a familiar thump

Hey big, guy, sorry for the false alarm – would you mind dropping this ceremony presentation off at the Kerths for me?

The signature chastising look

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I know, I know, I won’t cry wolf again, but, after all, I DO need your help. …And I’ll just bet you know where the Kerths are this year… right?

Another gust of air, a blue and red blue and a second later…

Clark Kent saw Lois Lane and fell head over heels.

And though he asked her out only hours later, he had to play the long game to gain her love.

It took a season and a half to get a first date, and three seasons (and three weddings!) to get to those vows.

In prime time television, that’s a loooong time for a payoff!

The stories in the ‘Best Long Story’ category each took over 200 kb of our reading time to resolve.

And just like our favorite fandom couple, these stories were worth waiting for.

The nominees for Best Long Story are:

waits appropriate amount of time…

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waits some more

• Investigate: Beckoning by Blueowl

• MagiKal AU Series by bakasi

• A Matter Of Trust by bakasi

• Murder Over Metropolis by CarrieRene

—- and this year’s Kerth Award Winner for Best Long Story is:

now we can really wait till everyone read those stories, right?

JK!

MagiKal AU Series by bakasi

Congratulations, @bakasi !

You made a threefer!

Congrats!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Ahh, congrats, @bakasi!!! C’mon back up!

🎉

Congrats, @bakasi !!!

Congrats!

And congrats again! There you go! Well, get MagiKal on the stage to perform some super stunts!

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Gee, how did this happen? I honestly didn’t expect this. I spent so much time writing that other well-planned (and also nominated) story and the MagiKal series was just an in-betweenie of sorts. Guys I’m blown away.

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Thank you so, so much.

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I think that’s the right link for getting to the stage, for those of you who needed intermittent links!

It just warmed all our heartstrings so much!

tosses a Kerth to bakasi and a treat to Houdini

Yeah, I figured that "A Matter Of Trust" wouldn’t warm anyone’s heartstrings 🫣

Thanks to Evie for the hilarious presentation speech!

Next up, Best New Author. Now last year, we didn’t have enough authors to support having a category in the awards, so I do want to give a special shout out to @Bek and JerseyGrl for being our only two new authors for last year’s Kerth season!

Let’s all give them both a round of applause!!

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👏👏👏👏

👏

And as the previous Best New Author in residence, @Toomi will be presenting the award this year!

I was informed that it’s tradition for the last new author winner to present the next one, and I’m a sucker for tradition. Fair warning to those nominated here today!

Stepping out into fandom with your first fic is a moment in itself. As authors we wait for feedback and watch to see how our perspective will be embraced. As readers we love welcoming new authors into the group.

Who can say no to more fic!

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For the six authors that are nominated we are glad you have joined us and are sharing your work.

The nominees for best new author are:

90sfangirl79

JadedEvie

KateSO

Socomama

SuperBek

and

Val-El

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Eeee!! I think Val-El is our youngest ever!

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And the winner is:

Yay!

SuperBek

Yay!!! Come on up, Bek!!

Congratulations, @Bek !

🎉

Gahhhhh SOOOOO deserved!!!! 👏👏👏👏

Congrats @Bek !!!

Congratulations!! Very much deserved, this one!

but also SOOO many great new authors this year (and last)!!! We’re so lucky!!

And we even have MORE new ones this year (for the next Kerth season eligibility), with @AmandaK and @drdeathdefying7760 (and maybe more??)

🎉

GAH!! Thank you, everyone! I don’t even know what to say except that you all have really been so welcoming, and I had NO idea how much my life would change when I first messaged @KSaraSara to ask for her help/​encouragement, etc., when I was considering whether to post one of the fics I wrote…

I wrote so much in the last couple of years, and it’s been so wonderful being able to have this fandom as such a safe place to share all of it (um, even when one of the stories really went outside of fandom conventions 😉 ).

THANK YOU ALL!

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

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juuuuuust a little left of canon 😉

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Ah drat, somehow my browser decided to close the stage. Could someone link it again? Thanks!

We’re so grateful to have you here and that you’re sharing your stories with us!! And thank you to ALL the new authors we’ve had in the last few years!! We hope you all continue to write more and more fic for us to devour! Congrats, Bek!

@BlindPassenger here!

And now, we have @AnnaBtG up to present the award for Best Original Fanart!

juuuuuust a little left of canon

And it wasn’t even Lex and Lois living happily ever after 😄

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Thanks but…it doesn’t work/​I don’t see alink??

click on the number of messages!

https:/​/​discord.com/​channels/​908556304568684575/​1231642363881848933

Ah ok that did it

(Maybe I should have drawn a diagram for this, but alas, I have no artistic skills.)

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Like Sara, I’ve been in this fandom for a long time. Not as long as she has, that said. :p But enough to remember that this category wasn’t always here.

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Writing is an art, too 😉

And I have to say, I’m really, really glad it’s included now, because it’s become apparent that the creativity of FoLCs is too massive to be contained within the realm of fanfic writing! We have a mindblowing collection of Lois and Clark fanart of all kinds and for all tastes!

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We have action figures!! We have graphics and banners!! We have podcasts and TikTok videos!! And we even have an original song!!

Check out these amazing nominees for best original fanart!

True…

Action Figure Line by Matt Truex

Destined Graphics by KSaraSara

Kerth Winner Banners by CarrieRene

Lois & Clark’d: The New Podcasts of Superman by Matt Truex

TikTok Videos by 90stvfangirl

Villains Song by KateSO

And the winner is…

A tie!!!!

OMG, we have fan-made ties?? That’s awesome!!!!

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👔

The Clark Kent tie collection?

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Okay, but does it say who made the tie?

turns envelope over

There’s fandoms where TIEs are fanart, too

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Action Figure Line by Matt Truex and Kerth Winner Banners by CarrieRene!!!

come on

come one

I wonder if we can find that on the wayback machine… someone DID draw them all…

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Congratulations to Matt and @CarrieRene !

🎉

Congrats!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Ahh congrats to you both!! @CarrieRene, come on up and give a speech!!

Congrats!

*shoves @CarrieRene *

I’ll make sure Matt knows to stop by the MBs to say something later. I know he’ll be pleased!

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Those action figures are very awesome indeed!

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I loved them!! I wasn’t even expecting to see anything like that!

This category really was something else this year

"Spa Lois" – just sayin’

I was very happy to see all that different stuff ^_

And thrilled to present 😀

I totally forgot to tell the FB group about the awards… 🫣 But Matt kinda said he’s not a Discord person though anyway.

I’ll be sure to post the winners’ thread on the Facebook group for all to see!

Thank you. I have created fanart for as long as I have been writing fanfiction. This is the first time I have won anything for it. The powers that be always say show don’t tell, well that is how I try to create my fanart. I try to show as much emotion as I can. Thank you to all of you who voted. I appreciate it more than you know.

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For anyone who does Facebook and wants to know, there’s a FB group full of friendly FoLCs who congregate over there too. https:/​/​www.facebook.com/​groups/​343797896989115/​

Thank you, Carrie for all you do!! We love being able to have graphics to go with our nominations and awards, AND some of those lovely story banners you’ve created for yourself and others!

wonders do we still do awards plaques, too?

Not an FB or much of a social media person in generla (yes, weird for my gen but eh, what can i say), but it’s great to know there are so many different ways for FOLC’s to connect so that everyone can chose chose channels that are their jam!

And now, we have what some may argue is the most important category of all! For without feedback, many authors and fan artists will fade into the ether…

Will "Morgana" come up to the stage, please? It’s time to present the award for Best Commenter/​Feedback Giver!!

nudges @AnnaBtG to change her nick

Socks, too!! Maybe next year we can have a crafts category… ahem

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As any FoLC writer knows, getting feedback from readers is (almost) as good as getting paid for all the hours of work that goes into creating a story we can sink our teeth into!

When we read a story, what better way to thank the writer than to compliment on the construction of a particular part. Isn’t it great when someone injects a bit of dialogue from the series or from a popular movie, pushing the plot forward? What about the research it takes to make that scene historically accurate? Such attention to detail proclaims diligent care from the author. It makes the world of Lois Lane and Clark Kent much more real to all of us. Which propels us to make a great comment! Ya won’t get any complaints from me on that score!

Here are the nominees for Best Commenter/​Feedback Giver:

Darth Michael

JadedEvie

KSaraSara

SuperBek

Bakasi

research? I know nothing of spending hours on research to make sure ONE LINE is totally accurate in the world in which a man flies…

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And the winner is…

Darth Michael!! Congrats!!

bites nails

YAY!!! Congrats!!

bites snails

🎉

faints

nudges mic over to Michael

Congrats!!! And thank you for all the ruined keyboards from your FDK 😆

Congrats @Darth_Michael

Oh boy… he fainted…

blinks

Umm…

you guys now want a speech, right?

brings on stage the Emergency Cat…

/​glances at time/​

Congrats! Your feedback always makes me laugh a lot!

you sure about that?

Yes, we would like feedback on the feedback we’ve given you about your feedback…

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clears throat I did not prepare a speech, you know?

eyes Sara about this

then takes mic

Okay, first and foremost, I would like to thank… ummm… Who wrote the first episode of the Fifth and Sixth Season?

because those got me hooked.

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oh heck… I know Leanne Shawler was among those to do Fifth Season…

Then I want to thank Pam J because her H…stands for Hubris was the first story I read and possibly one of the first I replied on. privately…. that is….

Barbara and Peace Everett did I think?

Season 5 and 6

http:/​/​www.lcfanfic.com/​s5s6.html

I’m sure CarolM is to blame, too… I spent quite a bit of FDk on her On The Other Hand.

And MLT’s No Place Like Home.

TUFS: The Unaired Fifth Season

http:/​/​www.lcfanfic.com/​tufs.html

FDK really really took of with Virginia’s stories, though and culminated with Wrong Clark. boy…. that resulted in many many posts

eyes post count total

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I mean, I am third in the ranks…

Might one day surpass Labby and even Virginia.

So…fast forward through the years when GRRM kind of consumed a lot of my attention span

hehehe

to where we are now, with a mobile phone that supports doing split screen which means I kind of live stream my thoughts into an FDK document as I read.

apparently those are well received.

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So, thank you Steve Jobs for starting the Smartphone hype and thank you whoever at Google started to copy Apple and build Android phones

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sees @KSaraSara making motions towards her watch

okay okay…

thank you all so much dear FoLCs. Readers and Writers alike. It’s a pleasure to know that I can entertain you even at times when I’m not eligible in the classic Kerth categories

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Thank you!

And thank YOU, Michael, for all the wonderful feedback over the years, not to mention all the tech stuff you do behind the scenes so that we can all keep reading and writing and talking about L&C!

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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

round of applause for all the hard work that often goes unseen!!!

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Gosh… sorry about the time, FoLCs, but at least now we’re onto our last category, Best Overall Story!!!

👏

@lovetvfan wishes she could be here, but she did write a speech!

which @Darth_Michael will paste for us!

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Two AU fics and two Phoenix fics walk into a bar.

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Err, no, that’s not right.

Why did the Phoenix rewrite cross the road?

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To pet Houdini of course! Or a cat. We all know how much Kal wants to pet the cat.

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Don’t mind me, I’m trying to be clever. It really is difficult to find a way to introduce such an eclectic group of stories.

The category of “best overall story” is one where we often find creativity mixed with lots of feels and a very high word count.

This year is no different.

We have two stories in which the fan-favourite episode “The Phoenix” is given a different spin, one AU in which Clark Kent meets not one but two loves of his life in the form of an alien named Kal and a reporter named Lois and an AU series of ficlets woven into a larger story featuring the most loveable pup in FoLcdom.

Phoenix is this year’s TOGOM? lol

These fics couldn’t be more different and all of them are well worth the read. The nominees for Best Overall Story are:

• Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Socomama and KSaraSara

• Destined by SuperBek

• MagiKal AU Series by bakasi

• A Matter Of Trust by bakasi

So without further ado, the winner of best overall story is:

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Socomama and KSaraSara

🎉

Congratulations @KSaraSara & @Socomama !

CONGRATS!!!

Congrats!! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Congratulations!

KRYPTO: Hey, what about me??!

Congrats!!

That dog’s eligible for next year’s Kerths

Ack!! Wow, thank you!! I’m sure @Socomama will just about faint when she sees this! I’m not sure what else to say that I didn’t say for the last one. 😆 But I’m so very honored to have been half responsible for the Best Overall story this year! 😊 Gahhh! And against bakasi and Bek’s stories that were just… this year was HARD to vote because there were SO MANY good stories. I’m proud to be among those who were nominated and who’ve won! ❤️

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True. It just seemedlike the dog was not happy with the houdini appreciation 🙂

and ack, I guess I’ll put my emcee hat back on one more time!

Thank you all so much for coming! Thank you to those who volunteered to write presentation speeches even though they weren’t able to be here in person! Thank you to Michael and Sara and Evie for all their hard work on the Kerth Committee! Thank you to Carrie Rene for making the nominee banners (and soon the winner banners!)!

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Thank you to all the writers and readers and commenters and artists and lurkers! Every FoLC makes this fandom as great as it is, so thank you!

And gosh, I hope I didn’t forget anyone!!

The animals

Houdini has made only one small appearance on the boards this year. I think Krypto’s safe

Oh yes!! All our furry critters we’ve had this year! Finn the cat (in two different universes) and Houdini (and yes, you too, Krypto, you’ll get your turn next year 😉 )!

And I think that’s all, FoLCs!

THE ANIMALS

CAT GRANT: So why was I not nominated into best Nfic character? What a waste!

Stay tuned on the boards for the official winners list to be posted shortly!

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Thanks for all the efforts

Like Cinderella… ends the awards at midnight sharp!!

Woohoo! What a fun few hours!

Just don’t lose your shoe

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oh! Can I pretend I planned it that way?

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I probably should write an alternate version of Strange Visitor…

Yeahhh you best take Sara’s name off that hahahahha

she loves Cat but not that much

I mean, Cat is currently busy with, er, Jordan? So, Clark (and Lois) should be safe…

Thanks to all who arganized, presented, and so on, as well as those who wrote and commented. It was another fun one and I really enjoyed to attend a KCem for the first time (even if I was late, but eh, what can you do?)

Twas a lot of fun.

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That was super fun. Glad I was able to attend between baby showers and teaching my daughter to make grilled cheese. Thank you to everyone who put this together.

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Not sure if I’m in the right place but Just popped in before work to say congratulations to all the winners!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

You’re in the right place! ❤️

yeah, you are and if you want to check the stage, it’s at https:/​/​discord.com/​channels/​908556304568684575/​1231642363881848933

I don’t have a FB or social media either, unless you count Dreamwidth, which I use mostly for posting fandom-related meta, recs posts, and exchange letters. (It doesn’t have my real name attached, and I definitely don’t post about the meals I eat, lol.)

At my 20th year class reunion, multiple classmates were like "we tried to find you but we couldn’t find you anywhere!" because they thought I’d be on FB like everyone else. Nope! I refuse.

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I remember the tie website! I did find a tumblr recently dedicated to his ties loisandclarktieposting.tumblr.com

ahhhh awesome bookmarks for later

KCOM also plans on publishng a transcript of the ceremony and audience in previous year’s fashion. Since Discord works a bit differently, we will see how and what this entails. in the meantime, you can always check back here 🙂

cc @KSaraSara

okay than, that’s it for this member of KCom for tonight! have a lovely day, evening, morning, timezone, time portal 👋 And thank you for showing up and being part of the fun!

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Hi!

Sorry I missed it all. Have been preparing the house for family coming this week