FIC: Utopia 16/? (WIP)

[takmarierah]

Title: Utopia
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Pairings: Charles/Erik
Genre: drama, angst, au, dystopia, future!fic
Rating: R
Word Count: 10000/?
Warnings: dubcon, emotional manipulation
Summary: Based on this 1stclass_kink prompt (and originally posted there).

"Erik has succeeded in taking over the world, but mutant utopia has yet to materialize.

Comments

[grey_damaskena]

How ridiculously invested in this story am I?

So ridiculously invested that reading the last chapter was actually painful for me, because I have a terrible time dealing with embarrassment/humiliation, and I'm so invested in Charles and his situation that I can't even handle it. Which is a testament to your skill as a writer, and the creation of this story.

And all of that super sneaking around . . . and gods alone know what has happened to Hannah and Beast. And Charles too! I mean-- I know he can't be dead, but Zeus took him . . . for what reason? And what will be done with him, and to what purpose? Clearly not to return him, as Charles himself already figured out.

Of course, taking Charles and not killing him is rather perilous in and of itself, since Charles is fairly powerful in his own right (although his power is often and fairly easily circumvented, as we've seen), and Magneto is certainly not going to stand for the abduction of his own prisoner. I do wonder how the mutants in Erik's inner circle, and indeed other people in general, perceive the relationship between Erik and Charles, and if they realize just how intense and personal it is. And becoming moreso all the time . . .

I also wonder if the capture of Charles will serve to cover up the wee conspiracy he was perpetrating.

Perhaps it's strange of me, but my favorite moment in this chapter was probably Hannah and Beast sizing each other up. In a very WE ARE SCIENTISTS sort of way.

[takmarierah]

I am not complaining about your investedness! :D Although yes I do know what you mean and that is why I can't watch farce comedy movies; I just get too embarrassed for the characters. D:

Aaaahhhhhh and you can find out some of the answers to that now? :D? Because yeeeesssss let's just say that a telepath would be very useful to anyone who needed to build an army of followers quickly...

Yeeeaaaah they have rather more confidence in their ability to thwart Charles' telepathy than is really appropriate. :o And, mm, I don't think they know how intense and personal it is. I think they know that C&E are friends, or at least appear to be, but I think if they see a devotion there it's more of a "oh, Magneto is very possessive of his trophy prisoner!" Because they would see it as more of a power thing..

Ooooh yes I'm glad that you like the scientist showdown thing because it is TOTALLY SOMETHING THAT SCIENTISTS DO. We foist unwanted science on non-scientists and we try to one-up each other constantly! XD

Anyway, thaaaaank yoooou again!!! <3