Re: Oh yeah...artaxastraDecember 30 2003, 04:21:07 UTC
I think it's pretty clear that Jean and Erik know and to some extent trust one another. In X1, Erik could easily kill Jean and Scott, and what he does is try to get them to see his point of view and leave them tied up unharmed. And one doesn't get the impression in that scene that Jean is for a moment scared that he's going to hurt her. Which is pretty strange, if there isn't some story there.
Then, in X2, Jean is perfectly willing to hear Erik out, despite the fact that he's just escaped from prison. When Ororo asks "How did Stryker know about Cerebro?" you see Jean's reaction before you see Eriks -- she folds her arms and looks away, pained. Jean already knows. And she wasn't planning to make Erik explain it. She also never doubts his story for a moment. Nor, in Stryker's base, is she afraid to go off alone with Erik and Mystique. She tells Ororo that it's ok.
I think it makes sense that they know one another well.
Personally, my favorite bit is the snow shovel! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Re: Oh yeah...artaxastraDecember 30 2003, 07:07:58 UTC
And he drove a Chevy. Kewl. [so do I, lol]
I'm just waiting for someone to comment on the Firebird! LOL!
This was great. LOL She doesn't bat an eyelash over the 'floating cream pitcher'...which Erik made, of course. And the table.
For continuity's sake, the same table Kurt is commenting on in His Mother's Eyes. Where we also saw, in Kurt's dream, the kitchen as Jean remembers it.
What an evocative image. Hope amid despair. Dancing on the iron. *loved this*
I'm thinking the city is possibly Danzig/Gdansk? selenak what do you think?
Re: this...artaxastraDecember 30 2003, 04:24:06 UTC
Thank you! It's kind of an ode to being that age then -- all the things I remember as being cool -- Star Wars glasses from Burger King, and how much Star Wars changed our lives and the way we looked at the world. It really did. We were never the same.
I love Jean seeing right through them ("You don't know how to run a school"), and the way she influences the development of the school and the X-Men. Young Hank was great, too -- of *course* he's seen Star Wars 39 times.
So do you think Charles will ever see it? Oddly enough I had to make a decision on that for "Nameless."
Re: Wonderful!artaxastraDecember 30 2003, 07:18:16 UTC
Young Hank was great, too -- of *course* he's seen Star Wars 39 times.
Hank is dear. It's fun to get a chance to write him. And I promised I'd get back to Ilene after Smoking on the Bus!
So do you think Charles will ever see it? Oddly enough I had to make a decision on that for "Nameless."
I think Charles will eventually, probably on video. I had to stop and remind myself that nobody has a VCR in 1978. I also had to go back and remove the PC from the desktop! It's a TR 80, the kind my dad got for his complicated drawdown plotting for work in 1979. I was the only kid I'd ever heard of with a computer at home, and it was just for heavy scientific number crunching. The next model played Space Invaders. (Ok, my age is totally showing!)
...I just love this look into the relationship that must have existed between Jean and Erik once. The trust and the affection you've shown in this story is just...wow. Love it! :)
This was amazing. Your characters are incredible, especially Jean and Erik. I loved the bit with the cream pitcher, and the snow shovel, and...well...everything. :) Charles was great, too, especially at the part where Jean said she loved them. That almost made me cry.
The details really made this fic for me. You paint such a complete and vivid picture--it was wonderful. I think this is my favorite X-Men fic that I've read. *fangirls*
I have one question, though. Are you sure "nasty" and "duh" were used as slang so early?
Regardless, I'm in awe. Thank you very much for sharing this. :)
I have one question, though. Are you sure "nasty" and "duh" were used as slang so early?
Actually, well, totally! Like, gag me with a spoon! Like, duh! Jean is a year older than me, so it was fun finding the way we talked then, in the pre-dude years when we said man instead, da was very out there, things were hot instead of kewl, and bad wasn't baaad yet. Now if Jean just had some of those corduroy knickers and big paisley blouses!
Charles was great, too, especially at the part where Jean said she loved them. That almost made me cry.
It makes me cry too. *snif*
The details really made this fic for me. You paint such a complete and vivid picture--it was wonderful. I think this is my favorite X-Men fic that I've read. *fangirls*
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading!
*giggle* Sorry. I did't mean to sound critical! I just couldn't remember if "nasty" was around back then. I think it's still in use, which is probably why I thought it sounded a bit modern.
Your post reminded me of the Jem dolls from the mid-late 80s. Do you remember those? "She's Jem, Jem, she's truly outrageous! Truly, truly, truly outrageous..." (I think they said "Totally!" and "Gag me with a spoon!" on the cartoon show, too.)
And then something else (can't remember what) had the advertisement, "So cool, they're hot! So hot, they're cool."
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And it was very enjoyable.
Oh how I needed, right now, to read about an Eric that a kid could feel safe with and love.
Yes.
Thanks for this.
Another feather in your cap, O Queen of XMM fic.
*wink*
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Then, in X2, Jean is perfectly willing to hear Erik out, despite the fact that he's just escaped from prison. When Ororo asks "How did Stryker know about Cerebro?" you see Jean's reaction before you see Eriks -- she folds her arms and looks away, pained. Jean already knows. And she wasn't planning to make Erik explain it. She also never doubts his story for a moment. Nor, in Stryker's base, is she afraid to go off alone with Erik and Mystique. She tells Ororo that it's ok.
I think it makes sense that they know one another well.
Personally, my favorite bit is the snow shovel! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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I'm just waiting for someone to comment on the Firebird! LOL!
This was great. LOL She doesn't bat an eyelash over the 'floating cream pitcher'...which Erik made, of course. And the table.
For continuity's sake, the same table Kurt is commenting on in His Mother's Eyes. Where we also saw, in Kurt's dream, the kitchen as Jean remembers it.
What an evocative image. Hope amid despair. Dancing on the iron. *loved this*
I'm thinking the city is possibly Danzig/Gdansk? selenak what do you think?
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I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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So do you think Charles will ever see it? Oddly enough I had to make a decision on that for "Nameless."
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Hank is dear. It's fun to get a chance to write him. And I promised I'd get back to Ilene after Smoking on the Bus!
So do you think Charles will ever see it? Oddly enough I had to make a decision on that for "Nameless."
I think Charles will eventually, probably on video. I had to stop and remind myself that nobody has a VCR in 1978. I also had to go back and remove the PC from the desktop! It's a TR 80, the kind my dad got for his complicated drawdown plotting for work in 1979. I was the only kid I'd ever heard of with a computer at home, and it was just for heavy scientific number crunching. The next model played Space Invaders. (Ok, my age is totally showing!)
What do you think about Charles and Star Wars?
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It must have been hard for Erik to leave that.
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The details really made this fic for me. You paint such a complete and vivid picture--it was wonderful. I think this is my favorite X-Men fic that I've read. *fangirls*
I have one question, though. Are you sure "nasty" and "duh" were used as slang so early?
Regardless, I'm in awe. Thank you very much for sharing this. :)
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Actually, well, totally! Like, gag me with a spoon! Like, duh! Jean is a year older than me, so it was fun finding the way we talked then, in the pre-dude years when we said man instead, da was very out there, things were hot instead of kewl, and bad wasn't baaad yet. Now if Jean just had some of those corduroy knickers and big paisley blouses!
Charles was great, too, especially at the part where Jean said she loved them. That almost made me cry.
It makes me cry too. *snif*
The details really made this fic for me. You paint such a complete and vivid picture--it was wonderful. I think this is my favorite X-Men fic that I've read. *fangirls*
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading!
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Your post reminded me of the Jem dolls from the mid-late 80s. Do you remember those? "She's Jem, Jem, she's truly outrageous! Truly, truly, truly outrageous..." (I think they said "Totally!" and "Gag me with a spoon!" on the cartoon show, too.)
And then something else (can't remember what) had the advertisement, "So cool, they're hot! So hot, they're cool."
Ah, nostalgia. *g*
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Remember parachute pants? And The Prairie Look? Princess Diana hair? The giant prom dresses with poofy sleeves?
Ah nostalgia. I think Jean needs one of those poofy dresses and a Princess Di hair cut!
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