Trying out a move to dreamwidth....

[beckerbell]

In my long hiatus away from lj (while I was on tumblr), I think I finally broke myself of needing to come back to lj. It doesn't hurt that they've been monkeying around with stuff again and since I no longer feel that unwavering loyalty to them and more people have been making the jump, I think I may finally be ready. I'll still crosspost and

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[wintersjuly]

i think the parts of tumblr that i inhabit are the parts wherein you repost things that you like and often, it's too easy to press 'repost' and leave it at that so you don't put in your own thoughts or feelings and i kind of miss that on tumblr. i miss the conversation (i mean, i've seen people use it as a blogging device, but following the threads is such a pain)

i got all of the avengers thrown at me a while back. basically my friends went (friends i see in person regularly so i can't even avoid the question XD), "YOU REALLY SHOULD READ THIS, HERE HAVE IT, BE READY FOR THE MOVIE, WE ARE DRESSING UP FOR IT" but i haven't started it yet because i find that i have to be in the right mindset for it, i think? i mean, i'm behind in all the mangas i follow, but i feel the itch to catch up every few months or so. it's almost seasonal XD

i think there's always a place for fans of different parts of canon (movie canon, comic canon and so on) and i never think anyone is obligated to like everything, especially when it's something like comics which branch out into cartoons, movies etc, and even alternative universes and multiple takes on a universe/characters -- it would be like asking someone to like every incarnation of say, beauty and the beast, fairytale, disney, live action, modern reinterpretation and so on, when clearly some versions are much more to someone's taste than others.

i think that's what i like about first class, is all this fic devoted to the complexities of magneto as a character (which, they did exist before, clearly they did, because a friend of mine's best friend has shipped xavier/magneto for more than a decade) but there's so much more of it now, because he's endlessly interesting -- i could read pages and pages about how his experience as a youth in war shaped him (ptsd, i'm surprised it doesn't come up in fic more), let alone when you get to the part where he had a KID and a WIFE and was happy until they destroyed everything of his all over again (the strength of character it must take to build yourself up again after devastating loss after devastating loss). i am glad fic writers steal happily from canon for that part (there's a disturbingly large amount of mpreg fic, which is really not my thing, but there's also a lot of kid fic, which is my thing)

fassbender is a brilliant actor, and he embodied magneto really well (i'm not ashamed to admit i cried buckets when he was thinking about his mother in the satellite scene) -- it felt like the story of magneto because he was so good as magneto and i love macavoy dearly, how can you not love a man who namesquishes himself? but fassbender sold it to me more.

(the best part of the entire movie is the thirty seconds hugh jackman is in)

[beckerbell]

I completely agree on how different universes appeal to different people. Which is why I never want to seem like I'm coming down on those who enjoy the XMFC movie, because I've enjoyed a retelling of a story that other people have haaaaated and, fuck you, it was interesting and fun to me! There is a lot in there that's interesting! Just... I'm a 616 girl and canon stickler. I hated the first set of movies, too! So, apparently, I'm just crabby at the movies in general. XD (I loved the hell out of X:EVO, though, but maybe that's just an exception. I'm trying to watch the X-Men anime, but I'm having trouble getting past the fanservice, ugh. And I still have yet to watch Wolverine & the X-Men, sigh.)

I really wish I liked XMFC or that I could get into the Xavier/Magneto pairing, because OH SHIT KIDFIC IT IS MY DELICIOUS CANDY and I've had several in-depth discussions about Magneto lately, so I'm allllll about exploring his character and his issues. I think, though, my big problem is that I love Erik's character, I just... the main thing I love about him? His complicated relationships with Pietro, Wanda, and Lorna. Who don't exist in the movie and most of fandom will probably never write Erik/Magda and they are my OTP. (Despite that she appears, like, less than a dozen times in all of current continuity. But the residual effect she has on him, the way he treats his kids because of her, I will always OTP it.) And, even if they give Magneto kids, they're probably not really going to be in the spirit of the Pietro, Wanda, and Lorna that I know. (Even though, god, I so desperately want AU fic where Erik actually raises his kids.)

I'll probably give XMFC another shot sometime (especially now that I have all the Magneto feelings inside me) and I might even poke at some of the gen of the fandom, because character exploration is delicious candy to me. And I do think Magneto is one of the most fascinating characters that comics have ever come up with, so... I want more.