Excuse me while I ROLL AROUND IN YOUR MOFO ESSAY. Aaaaaaahhhhhh glorious.
clinical, intelligent, not generous is a good was of describing...every character I love writing? WELL OBSERVED. And you know I have to fiddle with the mechanics of these universes until logic appears (even if that takes A WHILE) so playing with Charles's powers and their development was a lot of fun.
I DID NOT KNOW BALLIOL WAS THE COLLEGE OF YOUR DREAMS. I like it because it was Lord Peter Wimsey's college!
I do think that Charles through Raven's eyes is a nicer person than Charles as I see him personally, but Raven can be a very biased judge for all that she's a keen observer. Charles is one of Her People, no matter what he does.
FIERCE. FUCK YES. Oliver Wolf would not argue with that assessment. (The crossover's title: Oliver Wolf Discovers The Turtleneck.)
The thing about the lack of happiness comes from James McAvoy's performance, which I think was amazing for the brief spots of smugness or enthusiasm or self-congratulation or humour, but only occasionally tipped over into something that looked like happiness. Fassbender too, obviously, but it's all the more striking in Charles as a character because he's less overtly Alone And Angry, he's just...missing something.
Moira :( I really don't know how to feel about her; first time through she was unoffensive and occasionally lovely, second time through I was watching with my Raven-brain on and her lack of connection with anyone in the movie, ANYONE, apart from Charles, is astounding. I think she just doesn't know how, and is so grateful for Charles with his smooth inclusive manner and his constant attention that she doesn't make the effort, it doesn't seem necessary.
SMILE O'CLOCK. I at one stage considered going through and counting the number of smiles and then trying to remove half of them, but no. No! SMILES ARE IMPORTANT.
I wanted to write so much more Charles/Erik because I explored them the LEAST and I do, in fact, have many feelings. Many! OH WELL NEXT TIME EH :D
(I googled the actual dang boat name, because I knew it had one. Charles says it, "The crew of the Aral Sea are all dead.")
Happy birthday, Cosmas! You are one of the best things that the world has given me :)
clinical, intelligent, not generous is a good was of describing...every character I love writing? WELL OBSERVED. And you know I have to fiddle with the mechanics of these universes until logic appears (even if that takes A WHILE) so playing with Charles's powers and their development was a lot of fun.
I DID NOT KNOW BALLIOL WAS THE COLLEGE OF YOUR DREAMS. I like it because it was Lord Peter Wimsey's college!
I do think that Charles through Raven's eyes is a nicer person than Charles as I see him personally, but Raven can be a very biased judge for all that she's a keen observer. Charles is one of Her People, no matter what he does.
FIERCE. FUCK YES. Oliver Wolf would not argue with that assessment. (The crossover's title: Oliver Wolf Discovers The Turtleneck.)
The thing about the lack of happiness comes from James McAvoy's performance, which I think was amazing for the brief spots of smugness or enthusiasm or self-congratulation or humour, but only occasionally tipped over into something that looked like happiness. Fassbender too, obviously, but it's all the more striking in Charles as a character because he's less overtly Alone And Angry, he's just...missing something.
Moira :( I really don't know how to feel about her; first time through she was unoffensive and occasionally lovely, second time through I was watching with my Raven-brain on and her lack of connection with anyone in the movie, ANYONE, apart from Charles, is astounding. I think she just doesn't know how, and is so grateful for Charles with his smooth inclusive manner and his constant attention that she doesn't make the effort, it doesn't seem necessary.
SMILE O'CLOCK. I at one stage considered going through and counting the number of smiles and then trying to remove half of them, but no. No! SMILES ARE IMPORTANT.
I wanted to write so much more Charles/Erik because I explored them the LEAST and I do, in fact, have many feelings. Many! OH WELL NEXT TIME EH :D
(I googled the actual dang boat name, because I knew it had one. Charles says it, "The crew of the Aral Sea are all dead.")
Happy birthday, Cosmas! You are one of the best things that the world has given me :)
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