Oh, X-men...
So I went and saw X-men: First Class with Jenny while I was in Houston. It was pretty much exactly what I was expecting. And what I was expecting was a two-hour-long tragic gay love story between Charles (Professor X) and Erik (Magneto). IT WAS SOOOOO MUCH THIS. The manly tears! The significant looks! The awkward parenting skills!! Oh, X-men, don't ever stop being gay. ^_____^ It was awesome.
The fandom has, obviously, exploded over this movie. There's so much new fanfic, and art, and everything, and all of us old-schoolers are like "What took ya'll so long? Here, read the part in the comic where they're living together in domestic bliss!" Because, seriously, I can't even remember when I started shipping Charles/Erik, but it was definitely there for me even during the first movie/the old-school 90s cartoon (I saw it later than the 90s, but still...)/Evolution. THE COMICS SHIP THEM SOOO HARD TOO. There is an actual line where Charles says they're "Bookends of the same soul" or something like that I KID YOU NOT. How do the writers think that is NOT SLASHY?!
*Ahem* Anyway, thank you, X-men: First Class. Thank you for the fic explosion. Now to go see Thor! Apparently Thor/Loki is almost as obvious and tragic as Charles/Erik! Yay for comics and their subtext that is aaaaaaaalmost text!!
The fandom has, obviously, exploded over this movie. There's so much new fanfic, and art, and everything, and all of us old-schoolers are like "What took ya'll so long? Here, read the part in the comic where they're living together in domestic bliss!" Because, seriously, I can't even remember when I started shipping Charles/Erik, but it was definitely there for me even during the first movie/the old-school 90s cartoon (I saw it later than the 90s, but still...)/Evolution. THE COMICS SHIP THEM SOOO HARD TOO. There is an actual line where Charles says they're "Bookends of the same soul" or something like that I KID YOU NOT. How do the writers think that is NOT SLASHY?!
*Ahem* Anyway, thank you, X-men: First Class. Thank you for the fic explosion. Now to go see Thor! Apparently Thor/Loki is almost as obvious and tragic as Charles/Erik! Yay for comics and their subtext that is aaaaaaaalmost text!!