Title: Good Intentions
Summary: Deadpool thought killing that 'Nathan' guy was going to be a fairly routine job. He couldn't have been more wrong.
Chapter: 3/?
Characters/Pairing: Cable/Deadpool, X-Force
Rating: NC-17 (over all), R (this part)
Word Count: 5590
Previous Parts:
Part 1 Part 2 (
Chapter 3 )
I was wondering what you were going to do about the Vanessa thing, because Wade's ex, Nate's ex... might be a bit awkward. It really did take me by susprise when Wade brought it up completely voluntarily (and also made me want to hug him quite a bit). And yeah, you're right the whole thing is confusing, but who can keep Marvel timelines straight anyway. Now I have to wait for the next part to see what actually happens. *sigh* I've gotten too used to instant gratification, no patience anymore.
I keep sort of expecting that Cable and Deadpool should know each other better and then have to remind myself that they just met. That's really a roundabout way of saying that they remind me whole lot of later versions of themselves and not always the ones they were at that time (wow, that was a confusing way of saying it). Again, I don't really mind. Because I like my Deadpool a bit cudlier than he necessarily was back then, then again Deadpool was a completely new character so it's not like anyone knew exactly what he was like back then. And if they acted exactly like they did in the comics of that era... well then I'm sure I'd feel they were at least slightly off, because I've come to expect them to act more like they did in C&DP.
And really, did I mention how much respect I have for you for the canon stuff and for actually daring to write something that, AU or not, has to be in for a whole heck of a lot of plot complications and you know actually making it a good story. Because I do. Really a lot.
Also, about Nate and his metal bits... personally I always sort of took it as given that he was pretty much half and half. Or that there used to be less of the metal and that it took over more of him over time (of course that would be assuming that Cable would have been choronolgically pictured with more metal... which would be too much to ask, I guess. But it's the sort of automatic rationalisation my brain's always made about it). And because I'm me I've never been able to not wonder that if his left side is completely metal, what does that say about the parts we never get to see in the comics? Hey, obviously his equipment has to work, but how much of it is real. I'd blame it on Deadpool's comment about Nate's techno-organic mesh rising to the occasion when needed, excpet I'm pretty sure I was wondering even before. Right... which so had nothing to do with the fic really.
I mentioned the fic is awesome, right?
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I just read through the story so far and I really like it.
Thoroughly pleased to hear it! =D Doubly nice to have someone reading who knows the background canon.
Admitedly Nate pretty much seducing Wade right of the bat wasn't exactly what I'd expect of the guy. Not that I mind, I really don't and you made it make sense, which is all kinds of awesome.
Given that I have not even technically filled out the complete explanation for what was going on in Cable's head there yet, it's really quite gratifying that it already works for you. *g*
I was wondering what you were going to do about the Vanessa thing, because Wade's ex, Nate's ex... might be a bit awkward. It really did take me by susprise when Wade brought it up completely voluntarily
I knew from the start the Vanessa situation was something I'd have to deal with early on - the scene where Wade brought it up has been planned out in detail for longer than several scenes before it. If he's working for Nate for real, he's got good reason to rat her out quickly.
but who can keep Marvel timelines straight anyway
Not even the guys writing them at the time, unfortunately. The continuity gnarls in the X-Force era are pretty ugly even by usual Marvel standards.
That's really a roundabout way of saying that they remind me whole lot of later versions of themselves and not always the ones they were at that time (wow, that was a confusing way of saying it).
No, I get what you mean - and it's something I'm conscious of. They've both changed a lot since this era, partially because they've developed as people, but also because they were both new at the time and the writers were still making up their minds what kind of characters they were meant to be in the first place. So, to a degree, I'm trying to write them as earlier versions of the characters that everyone has decided they are since, and to a degree I'm trying to write them as the guys we know and like from C&DP, and sometimes I feel like I'm cheating by making either of them this sympathetic. So yeah - basically I'm trying to write them a little different to the C&DP era, but they're still coming out with more in common with they're C&DP versions than their X-Force versions, and mostly I doubt anyone minds much. ^^; (if that makes any sense)
And really, did I mention how much respect I have for you for the canon stuff and for actually daring to write something that, AU or not, has to be in for a whole heck of a lot of plot complications and you know actually making it a good story.
Thanks! Sometimes I think I'm nuts to be writing a fic based on part of canon that most of my readers won't recognise, but there are just enough plot points in the X-Force era that I wanted to try exploring a different way to make it worthwhile. And at least since it's AU, if I hit something that doesn't work, I can just bulldoze right over it.
Also, about Nate and his metal bits... personally I always sort of took it as given that he was pretty much half and half.
Out of curiousity, was C&DP your introduction to him as a character? Because his very first appearance shows him floating upside down in nothing but his shorts, and in that pic the metal hardly gets past his shoulder. I may be rather fond of that pic for unrelated reasons.
I mentioned the fic is awesome, right?
Yes, yes you did, but I don't really mind hearing it again. ;)
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And actually no C&DP wasn't my introduction to either of the characters, but it is what I've read of either of them most recently and that's mostly what I picture when I think of either character (and I admit I haven't read much of what's happened to either after that). My first introduction to Cable would have been some X-men or other, right after Cyclops and Phoenix got back from raising him in the future and Phoenix actually realised that was him (or maybe she just suspected, can't remember). A very, very confusing place to suddenly drop in on the story.
And yes, that picture of Nate is rather... uh... nice. ^^;
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