Theme and Variations: War (Charles/Erik; NC-17)
Title: Theme and Variations: War
Author: ilovetakahana / ninemoons42
Artists: madsmurf & arisupaints
Verse: Primarily X-Men: First Class, with characters and concepts from the wider multiverse of the comics. Also includes characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The initial plot set-up and the world of the story are adapted from the 2012 period thriller The Silent War.
Word Count: roughly 95,500
Rating: R to NC-17 for violence, language, and sexual content
Characters/Pairings: Main pairing is Charles Xavier/Erik Lehnsherr. Discussion of Moira MacTaggert/Janos Quested. (Other pairings are spoilers.) The cast includes characters from the various X-Men teams and titles, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.
Warnings One of the main characters is a person dealing with permanent physical disability. Another has experienced familial abuse in his past and is dealing with long-term mental repercussions from his chosen line of work in the present. Several characters use strong language. There is graphic violence leading to character deaths or injuries, as well as themes or scenes of abduction and torture. (See also AO3 tags.)
Summary:
Erik Lehnsherr is a musical prodigy and a man destined for great things and great stages. But his life is shattered by a terrible accident that leaves him blind and trying to find his way back to his life, his music, and his place in the world.
Then he meets Charles Xavier, an agent of Section 8 of the Military Intelligence Directorate of Providence, and he finds himself listening in to clandestine radio transmissions and clicking Morse code, and these sounds are part and parcel of a war that can only take place in the shadows and the hidden places of history.
Link to fic: AO3
Links to art: madsmurf's graphics [password: cherik] | arisu's art
Playlists:
extended play mix | long play mix
Author: ilovetakahana / ninemoons42
Artists: madsmurf & arisupaints
Verse: Primarily X-Men: First Class, with characters and concepts from the wider multiverse of the comics. Also includes characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The initial plot set-up and the world of the story are adapted from the 2012 period thriller The Silent War.
Word Count: roughly 95,500
Rating: R to NC-17 for violence, language, and sexual content
Characters/Pairings: Main pairing is Charles Xavier/Erik Lehnsherr. Discussion of Moira MacTaggert/Janos Quested. (Other pairings are spoilers.) The cast includes characters from the various X-Men teams and titles, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.
Warnings One of the main characters is a person dealing with permanent physical disability. Another has experienced familial abuse in his past and is dealing with long-term mental repercussions from his chosen line of work in the present. Several characters use strong language. There is graphic violence leading to character deaths or injuries, as well as themes or scenes of abduction and torture. (See also AO3 tags.)
Summary:
Erik Lehnsherr is a musical prodigy and a man destined for great things and great stages. But his life is shattered by a terrible accident that leaves him blind and trying to find his way back to his life, his music, and his place in the world.
Then he meets Charles Xavier, an agent of Section 8 of the Military Intelligence Directorate of Providence, and he finds himself listening in to clandestine radio transmissions and clicking Morse code, and these sounds are part and parcel of a war that can only take place in the shadows and the hidden places of history.
Link to fic: AO3
Links to art: madsmurf's graphics [password: cherik] | arisu's art
Playlists:
extended play mix | long play mix