fic: Dig for Fire (XMFC; Charles, Alex, Scott; g)

[musesfool]

Dig for Fire
X-Men: First Class; Charles, Alex, Scott Summers; g; 760 words
"I have a brother."

You guys, I don't even know. Proof that you should never say never, I guess. This ignores all other Scott origin stories. Title from the Pixies.

Comments

[otherpervert]

Yes, yes, yes. Everything about this, yes.

I've got a huge soft spot for Scott and to be honest the imagery of the duct tape over the eyes after a recent manifestation nearly killed me. Freaking awesome.

Your Charles voice was perfect and I loved him grasping for hope to be found somewhere with a near-silent and very dignified... not desperation really, but so near to despair that it might as well have been.

Gorgeous. This ficlet is love.

[musesfool]

Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it! I also have a soft spot for movieverse!Scott, which apparently hasn't gone away over the years. *g* I'm also glad Charles worked for you here. I think a lot of what comes off as dignity at this point is really him not knowing what the hell to do or say so he keeps quiet instead of making things worse by being socially awkward.

[otherpervert]

Yeah, it bothered me big time that in the third X-Men movie the only person who seemed to give a crap that he went missing was Logan. Like Storm suddenly didn't care about years of friendship and him leading the team.

Hee! Which definitely reads with the "peek behind the curtain" at what's really going on, but as it's all a matter of perception I kind of picture him all dignified and thoughtful looking except for in the eyes where really he's like "what the hell am I supposed to do now?". Just... yeah. Awesome fic.

[musesfool]

I didn't even see X3. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't exist. La la la I can't hear you!

I kind of picture him all dignified and thoughtful looking except for in the eyes where really he's like "what the hell am I supposed to do now?"

That's exactly what I was going for! I'm sure Erik or Raven would have picked up on the fact that he didn't know what the hell he was doing, but they're not there, and the kids... not so much with that.

[otherpervert]

Suddenly I don't remember what movie we were talking about... To paraphrase, it's like dozens of crappy screenwriters, producers, and directors cried out in terror at once and were silenced. heh

That's exactly what I was going for!

Hee! Then it came across perfectly. Not to sound like a writer-stalker or anything (though I totally am), but the thing I look forward to the most when reading your fic (besides the fact that somehow you worm into my brain and write exactly what I want to read) is that visualizations are immediate. I read a scene in the fic and it's like watching it roll on the screen. Very happy making.

[musesfool]

Hee! Thank you very much. I really appreciate that, because I feel like I don't really do well at descriptions, so it's nice to hear someone say they're actually working.