Lois is a regular human being, so no nerfing will be necessary. As far as human abilities go: — she’s intelligent — good at discerning patterns — good at getting information out of people — excellent writer & investigative journalist — probably has some training with handling guns (as per her military father and maybe also her time embedded in the military, but the latter is headcanon and the first based more on comics than anything shown in the films)
● strengths:
Lois is very determined: once she has an idea for a story, she won’t let anyone or anything stand in her way. She’s gone up against the US military, big corporations and the like and refuses to back down even when (or especially when) threatened. Her determination is very much influenced by a firm belief in telling the truth and informing people of what goes on in the world. Aside from her determination, she is also quite confident in her abilities, knowing what she can do and achieve and knowing that she is very good at her job.
Lois has a strong sense of justice and cares for people, which plays into the above, but deserves a mention of its own: she believes in helping people, and telling the truth and informing them of what governments or corporations or individuals are up to that impacts their lives is her way of doing that. Her sense of justice and desire to help people comes across clearly in her conversations with Clark, too, when she supports him in helping people even when he himself doubts what he does. Lois will always do what she believes is right, no matter what the cost to her.
Lois is very intelligent and a great investigative journalist. She’s incredibly inquisitive and willing to put in a lot of time and effort into finding answers.
● weaknesses:
The flipside of Lois’ determination is that she is stubborn and uncompromising. She won’t take no to an answer and she’d rather play hardball than back down. This can be detrimental to personal relationships or her career (though ultimately, she’s too good a reporter to get fired over it).
Her strong focus on finding the truth can make her seem unapproachable at times, just as her confidence may be perceived as arrogance by some (especially those who would feel threatened by a confident woman). While I would argue Lois is neither of these things, being perceived as such may be a weakness in her line of work when she needs people to trust her.
Her confidence and self-assuredness can also lead to somewhat reckless behaviour at times, like when she basically follows an unknown guy who is stronger and taller than her onto a mysterious object without letting anyone know where she’s going or what she’s doing. All in the name of uncovering the truth, of course. Good thing it was Clark, not some villainous type.
lois lane | dceu | reserved
● name: Tona
● age: 25+
● contact:
● other characters: n/a
character information
● name: Lois Lane
● canon: DCEU
● canon point: end of Man of Steel
● age: 39
● (canon) background: Wikia.
● (original) world: n/a
● abilities:
● strengths:
● weaknesses:
● skills (optional): 1. investigative journalism, 2. writing, 3. asking questions
● housing (optional): maybe somewhere near Clark?
● network username: muckraker
● network sample: one • two • three
● prose/action sample: test drive (mostly action, some network) • two
yes, i have a million and one (okay, three) accounts for lois: injunction, flackjacket and contacts are all me.