Note: Lois doesn't have a ton of pre-canon history on the show, so this is... absolutely everything I can glean from the show, as well as plugging in her mom's accepted name from the comics.
♣ Lois' early life was spent traveling from one army base to another, because of her father, General Sam Lane. As an army brat, she got to see a lot of the world, but never made a lot of lasting connections.
♣ Her mother, Ella, died of lung cancer when she was only six years old. With her father's position in the military, this left Lois to more or less raise her younger sister, Lucy, on her own. Because she spent more time being a mother than a sister to her, Lucy was often resentful towards Lois, and tended to rebel against her. Lois herself was forced to grow into the responsibility of this role quickly, and as such, never had much of a childhood of her own. She remained incredibly protective of her sister all through their lives, and her father held Lois responsible for Lucy's behavioral issues.
♣ While in elementary school, Lois met Wes Keenan, and they had a brief childhood romance. He was her first kiss.
♣ Eventually, her father sent Lucy off to boarding school, because of her behavior problems. Lois, on the other hand, had to stay with him, and continued to travel from base to base.
♣ Lois switched schools so much that she never actually successfully completed enough credits to graduate, despite taking longer to finish high school classes than normal. By the time she was 21, she thought she was an equivalent high school graduate and at this point has applied to Metropolis University. (She'll later, learn, however, that she's not eligible for this until she finishes out her hs credits).
♣ Lois' father wanted his girls to be able to defend themselves, so Lois has been taking karate lessons for long enough to be a qualified third-degree black belt.
♣ Despite the long distance between them, Lois was very close to her cousin, Chloe Sullivan, all through her life. When she learned of her cousin's death, and got her hands on a video letter from Chloe to Clark Kent, she traveled to Smallville herself in order to investigate Chloe's death further. This is where she enters the show in Season Four.
♣ The rest of her history over the course of the show can be found here (http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/Lois_Lane). The most prominent events of her life are meeting Clark Kent and coming to stay with his family while she finished up high school in Smallville, a short stay at Metropolis University, where she was kicked out for underage drinking, an eventual first foray into journalism working for the tabloid Inquisitor, and eventually landing a job at the Daily Planet. She's subsequently made a name for herself, and was on a one woman mission for a time to get an interview with the Red-Blue Blur; however when he finally contacted her, she admitted she simply wanted to give him an outlet to talk to. She began dating Clark Kent, but "the Blur" came between them, in more ways than one, and they eventually broke up, only to get back together after Brainiac V smacked some sense into him. After being possessed by the goddess Isis, Clark realized he couldn't lose her without telling her his secret and finally did so, even though she'd already figured it out. The two are currently engaged, and she works with the superheroes to combat the government's crackdown on vigilantes.
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Note: Lois doesn't have a ton of pre-canon history on the show, so this is... absolutely everything I can glean from the show, as well as plugging in her mom's accepted name from the comics.
♣ Lois' early life was spent traveling from one army base to another, because of her father, General Sam Lane. As an army brat, she got to see a lot of the world, but never made a lot of lasting connections.
♣ Her mother, Ella, died of lung cancer when she was only six years old. With her father's position in the military, this left Lois to more or less raise her younger sister, Lucy, on her own. Because she spent more time being a mother than a sister to her, Lucy was often resentful towards Lois, and tended to rebel against her. Lois herself was forced to grow into the responsibility of this role quickly, and as such, never had much of a childhood of her own. She remained incredibly protective of her sister all through their lives, and her father held Lois responsible for Lucy's behavioral issues.
♣ While in elementary school, Lois met Wes Keenan, and they had a brief childhood romance. He was her first kiss.
♣ Eventually, her father sent Lucy off to boarding school, because of her behavior problems. Lois, on the other hand, had to stay with him, and continued to travel from base to base.
♣ Lois switched schools so much that she never actually successfully completed enough credits to graduate, despite taking longer to finish high school classes than normal. By the time she was 21, she thought she was an equivalent high school graduate and at this point has applied to Metropolis University. (She'll later, learn, however, that she's not eligible for this until she finishes out her hs credits).
♣ Lois' father wanted his girls to be able to defend themselves, so Lois has been taking karate lessons for long enough to be a qualified third-degree black belt.
♣ Despite the long distance between them, Lois was very close to her cousin, Chloe Sullivan, all through her life. When she learned of her cousin's death, and got her hands on a video letter from Chloe to Clark Kent, she traveled to Smallville herself in order to investigate Chloe's death further. This is where she enters the show in Season Four.
♣ The rest of her history over the course of the show can be found here (http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/Lois_Lane). The most prominent events of her life are meeting Clark Kent and coming to stay with his family while she finished up high school in Smallville, a short stay at Metropolis University, where she was kicked out for underage drinking, an eventual first foray into journalism working for the tabloid Inquisitor, and eventually landing a job at the Daily Planet. She's subsequently made a name for herself, and was on a one woman mission for a time to get an interview with the Red-Blue Blur; however when he finally contacted her, she admitted she simply wanted to give him an outlet to talk to. She began dating Clark Kent, but "the Blur" came between them, in more ways than one, and they eventually broke up, only to get back together after Brainiac V smacked some sense into him. After being possessed by the goddess Isis, Clark realized he couldn't lose her without telling her his secret and finally did so, even though she'd already figured it out. The two are currently engaged, and she works with the superheroes to combat the government's crackdown on vigilantes.