I respectfully disagree.
Add me to your minority.
I'll go one further... it would make much more sense to have THIS story end with Clark and Lana together because they have carried a torch for each other the ENTIRE time. It's been a major, ongoing plot. After 6 seasons of Clark loving Lana, for him to loose her should be considered a tragedy...
I think the real tragedy would be if clark doesn't end up with lois. Remember now that lois is the love of his life, not lana, even if he thinks she is. Even Martha KEnt hinted that in one of the episodes that maybe it's not lana is not the one that would understand him but soemone else, then lois walks in the door.
If anything, following your plot would mean that Clark should really end up with Chloe, and ending up with Lana would be the real tragedy
BUT I know it won't happen because there is this "future" history with Clark and Lois that is so legendary the writters will surely HAVE to bow to it eventually.
You make it sound so bad. There wouldn't be a show if it weren't for the "legend". They ought to bow down to it every time they write an episode, because they are creating their art from a much much bigger source. Can you imagine in Romeo and Juliet with Juliet ending up with PAris, and no one dies. You can't change a legend, even to keep it fresh.
I know they tease at Clark and Lois... but it's going to be difficult to make the shift to Lois well IMO. Even the actors don't match up as well... Erica and Tom don't even "look" as good together as Kristin and Tom do... I'm not prejudiced by being entrenched in the Superman mythos... it's just what I have observed as an artist.
I really disagree with you here. While i agree that it will be difficult to make the shift, it has been done before. I mean, there's no possible way you could convince me that LEx and LANA would end up together in season 6 even one year ago, let alone earlier in the series. If the writers are as good as i think they are, it shouldn't be that hard. I think Tom and Erica have a lot of chemistry together. if anything, I don't see any chemistry between lana and clark. To tell you the truth, if I had to pick, I would think CHLOE and CLARK have the most chemistry in teh show, and i think they make the best pair. Obviously, that won't work either, but watching LEXMAS, it just makes the most sense with Chloe and Clark to end up together.
(For the record, I am not a Chloe fanatic, and was hoping it was her that went out the door instead of his father. But I do like her cahracter and can see why they want to keep her on the show.)
My two cents.