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: Oh yeah...llscorpiusllDecember 30 2003, 06:48:38 UTC
And since I'm quoting too much, and I imagine this stupid thing will cut me off--the scene where they discuss being different, and 'their rules not applying to them' and being 'accountable to themselves', and 'not hurting the others.' Very good interplay there.
And this: Of course, Jean thought. We are the Jedi. Our world is different. We love differently.
And I loved Erik's Yodaesque "You will be".
The part where Jean says 'it will never happen again'. *Portentous thunder*. I imagine she remembers that, later.
Probably my favourite part of all: He came over and put them down near her. He was wearing a white shirt, and he had rolled the sleeves up. She glanced sideways and saw. She looked away before he noticed. She looked back at the dirt. Her hands were covered with mud and there was dirt under her nails.
and
He touched the blossom again, very gently. "That will be good," he said.
This is who I sense he is. If only the damn movies would do him justice.
I'm your student. I know what that means.Very cool
( ... )
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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And this:
Of course, Jean thought. We are the Jedi. Our world is different. We love differently.
And I loved Erik's Yodaesque "You will be".
The part where Jean says 'it will never happen again'. *Portentous thunder*.
I imagine she remembers that, later.
Probably my favourite part of all:
He came over and put them down near her. He was wearing a white shirt, and he had rolled the sleeves up. She glanced sideways and saw. She looked away before he noticed. She looked back at the dirt. Her hands were covered with mud and there was dirt under her nails.
and
He touched the blossom again, very gently. "That will be good," he said.
This is who I sense he is. If only the damn movies would do him justice.
I'm your student. I know what that means.Very cool ( ... )
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Hee hee.
The part where Jean says 'it will never happen again'. *Portentous thunder*.
I imagine she remembers that, later.
Because we, of course, the readers, know that Charles will be crippled and Jean will be able to do nothing. Forky forky forky.
This is who I sense he is. If only the damn movies would do him justice.
Erik's complicated. That's why I like to write him.
And yes, the snow shovel. Of course he could aim that.
I love Charles walking out to see the snow shovel chasing Jean while she runs squeaking. It's just such a picture! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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