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TITLE: Twelve Gauge Coffee
FANDOM: Wolverine and the X-Men
CHARACTERS: Forge, Domino, Rogue, Scott, Logan, and Jean. Rest of team by mention.
RATING: Teen. [Mentions of assassinations/murders, though nothing onscreen. Mild Language. Vaguely insinuated femmeslash.]
SUMMARY: When Domino becomes part of life at the Mansion, it means big changes for ( Read more... )
Percy, please please excuse the fangirling, because it must be done and it's going to be rampant.
There's just this way you write, (even in 6000+ word fics for the love of pete, I love you!) that every sentence is so well thought out and perfect and fantastic. Every word is chosen ideally and it's magic and it flows so effing well.
Favourites (but really, too many to list <3):
The sound Forge makes when they come around the corner and he realizes the answer is not an attractive one.
The two Alpha males of the Mansion then troop back to the fishbowl, where Domino is still waiting.
Over the course of two months, Forge becomes the proud owner of a mint condition, first pressing of each Rage Against the Machine album, and he’s growing more and more sure that Neena just might be the proud owner of his heart. (OHGODIMAYBEFALLINGINLOVEWITHNEENA::shiftyeyes::)
Forge finds himself suddenly very aware of how the man watches absolutely everything.
The last words manage to squeak out despite his best intentions. Stupid brain. And it had been doing so well too.
I just... guh Percy. My brain melts with how awesome you fic and paint scenes and make me believe this. Your characterizations are always effing flawless (FlailyDorkySmartForge! CoolCollectedYetSomehowSoDarnHumanDomino! PassiveAgressiveSmarmandAwesomeScott! Jean! Logan! EEeeeE!!) And the gun operation subheaders were a wonderful touch <3<3<3
I would kill for Scott, Logan banter like this in Season two. For a Forge like this is Season two. Perc, man, this was just such a freaking pleasure to read and it's why I will always squee wildly when I hear you are writing fic. <3<3<3<3
NOT ENOUGH LOVE ON THIS INTERNET IS ENOUGH FOR YOUR AWESOME <3
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Thanks so much for these kind words, Kelly. They seriously make me blush! Writing Forge was an absolute treat. The guy is just such an astute sweetheart and an absolute dork, and I was nervous about this fic simply because I love that about him and was scared that I had not gotten that across...which would have made me no better than the writers who decided that Forge would be the walking joke of the show. By all means, let him be the comic relief, but let him be a CHARACTER too, you know?
Domino was so much fun too. I totally didn't see her and Rogue's history coming out the way it did, but Rogue!muse came out of no-where during Scott and Logan's super-tense conversation, and then wanted to comfort Forge when Domino left, and I as a writer was all WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
And Lordy, Scott and Logan. Oooooooh, Scott and Logan. I'd love to write something that specifically addresses that inherent tension between them, since apparently the WatXM writers are too chicken to actually give Scott a spine so there's actually someone who can/will stand up to Logan play with the internal politics of the X-Men in a new way. Perhaps they fear the combination of foe-yay and ho-yay?
(My fic, just for the record, would probably focus on the Emma/Scott/Jean/Logan love polygon, the tribulations of being hot for telepaths, and the guys' attempts to out-martyr one another. HOMG PLOT BUNNIES STOP THAT.)
However, if they manage to both bring back Emma and bring some snarky!Scott to the yard in to season two, then I will be SO DAMN APPEASED.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LOVE ON THIS INTERNET, YOU SAY? WELL. WE WILL HAVE TO GO FIND OURSELVES ANOTHER INTERNETS THEN. FOR VERILY, OUR COMBINED AWESOME HAS CONSUMED THIS ONE. <3
Pe-Ess: Your mix arrived. I've cackled and giggled over it, and am going to listen to it this evening. Riley is currently working on the cover for it, and it should be in the mail soon.
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