Erik/Charles + ensemble, nuclear apocalypse
anonymous
September 6 2011, 17:29:33 UTC
So Shaw was right. Detonating a frillion atomic bombs upon the world did indeed cause mutants to become ridiculously powered-up and kill all lowly humans. It also killed all plant and animal life and caused a full scale nuclear winter, leaving said ridiculously powered-up mutants to starve and freeze to death. Shaw isn't very good at planning long term, see
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CRAPPY MINI-FILL, I'M NOT REALLY A WRITER SO I'M SORRY 1a
anonymous
September 7 2011, 06:48:27 UTC
I don't know much about nuclear winters other than what I remember vaguely from school so… all I know is some kind of chemical would make everything really, really cold. Sorry if it's crap, I haven't written anything fiction in years, and that was for school.
They moved farther south, because even if everywhere is fucking cold, at least the "hottest" part of the world is livable. Well, livable when you're wearing multiple layers of clothing, anyway.
Hank - he's been Hank since that day when all this mess had come to head - managed to rig a machine that could convert energy into heat. Energy like, say, plasma blasts. It kind of worked out, everyone got to be toasty warm, and Alex didn't have to be so in control all the time.
Honestly, he'd expected to die when he saw that bright, awful light coming from the sub. Certainly, it felt like he was dying, but when the world stopped burning he looked down to see himself glowing. Fucking freaky, especially since it kind of looked like he was about to blow something (or someone) to bits
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CRAPPY MINI-FILL, I'M NOT REALLY A WRITER SO I'M SORRY 1b
anonymous
September 7 2011, 06:49:47 UTC
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Everyone was really surprised by Erik. Or, well, Alex was. Charles probably wasn't. Or, at least, he never seemed shocked by Erik. It was like there was a brand new person who sounded like Erik, but acted totally different. Maybe it was because Charles was off his head for first week, and couldn't take charge, but Erik single-mindedly focused on their survival. Okay, so maybe he wasn't actually that different. He just had a different goal, or something like that, and he seemed amazingly concerned not just for their bodily survival, but actually for them.
As much as the world ending really fucking sucked… it actually wasn't so bad.
Comment limits are stupid lol. Someone less fail should write something =P.
Re: CRAPPY MINI-FILL, I'M NOT REALLY A WRITER SO I'M SORRY 1b
anonymous
September 7 2011, 17:13:36 UTC
Honestly, I couldn't think up an appearance for him, so I just didn't really talk about him lol. I thought maybe like those twins from the Matrix when they're passing through stuff, but then I thought maybe that was too many glowing people. My only other idea was to make him purple like Sylvanas ("the Banshee Queen," from World of Warcraft), since the idea for Charles was also from WoW (Algalon, if you want to look it up).
ADDITION TO ABOVE 'CAUSE YEAH SEAN DESERVES TO BE PURPLE
anonymous
September 7 2011, 17:33:52 UTC
Insert somewhere up there... comments above made me realize purple!elf!Sean would be awesome lol
The first week kind of sucked. Charles was off quietly going crazy, and Alex didn't think he's seen Erik sleep all. (Actually, he still hadn't seen him sleep very much. Erik would just kind of go outside and melt into the metal wall for a few minutes, and come back refreshed. Fucking creepy.)
Plus, stupid Sean couldn't stop moaning about being purple and having pointy ears and stupid floaty wings. Alex really doesn't see what he has to complain about, the red eyes are fucking badass and at least he isn't glowing pink. (He can admit it's pink in his own head, because he knows Charles wouldn't tease him, but he will continue to stubbornly insist it's light fucking red, okay guys? out loud.)
Re: Erik/Charles + ensemble, nuclear apocalypse
anonymous
September 7 2011, 18:17:29 UTC
THANK YOU! SWEET CHRIST THANK YOU!!!! It drove me CRAZY that no one pointed out to Shaw that nuclear weapons don't just kill people, they kill everything. During the CIA scene I just wanted one of the kids to say, "Dude, where do you think your steak comes from? Unless there are mutant cows and mutant wheat fields out there, you better go back to the drawing board..." (for some reason, I see Darwin saying this to him). Anyways, great prompt.
Re: Erik/Charles + ensemble, nuclear apocalypseinteresting_ginSeptember 8 2011, 00:10:37 UTC
OKAY SO
When I'm not writing two full length fics I will totally come back here and attempt a multiple fill, if the OP and Above Author are cool with that BECAUSE NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE FIC IS ~AWESOME.
FILL: carry the fireinteresting_ginSeptember 20 2011, 11:52:06 UTC
Hello! I've got a fill for this amazing prompt, over at my journal in case of comm deletion. It's in 2 parts, and it's... uh... 13000 words... and it's sort of a crossover with Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' in style, although you by no means have to be familiar with that. So yes.
Warnings for graphic descriptions of death, nuclear fallout, and implied cannibalism.
"Because we're the good guys. And we're carrying the fire."
The nukes went off, and the humans did die, and the mutants did survive. In the cold and the snow and all the death that lurks on the road, somehow Erik must keep them alive.
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NUCLEAR WINTERS ALWAYS BRING THE FAMILIES TOGETHER. ALWAYS.
And I can't help thinking of fallout... urgh.
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They moved farther south, because even if everywhere is fucking cold, at least the "hottest" part of the world is livable. Well, livable when you're wearing multiple layers of clothing, anyway.
Hank - he's been Hank since that day when all this mess had come to head - managed to rig a machine that could convert energy into heat. Energy like, say, plasma blasts. It kind of worked out, everyone got to be toasty warm, and Alex didn't have to be so in control all the time.
Honestly, he'd expected to die when he saw that bright, awful light coming from the sub. Certainly, it felt like he was dying, but when the world stopped burning he looked down to see himself glowing. Fucking freaky, especially since it kind of looked like he was about to blow something (or someone) to bits ( ... )
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Everyone was really surprised by Erik. Or, well, Alex was. Charles probably wasn't. Or, at least, he never seemed shocked by Erik. It was like there was a brand new person who sounded like Erik, but acted totally different. Maybe it was because Charles was off his head for first week, and couldn't take charge, but Erik single-mindedly focused on their survival. Okay, so maybe he wasn't actually that different. He just had a different goal, or something like that, and he seemed amazingly concerned not just for their bodily survival, but actually for them.
As much as the world ending really fucking sucked… it actually wasn't so bad.
Comment limits are stupid lol. Someone less fail should write something =P.
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However, I can't help but wonder about Banshee/Sean. Where is he?
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Maybe built in wings could be part of it? So he doesn't always have to use the uniform. Ah, don't mind me. Heehee, I'm silly.
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The first week kind of sucked. Charles was off quietly going crazy, and Alex didn't think he's seen Erik sleep all. (Actually, he still hadn't seen him sleep very much. Erik would just kind of go outside and melt into the metal wall for a few minutes, and come back refreshed. Fucking creepy.)
Plus, stupid Sean couldn't stop moaning about being purple and having pointy ears and stupid floaty wings. Alex really doesn't see what he has to complain about, the red eyes are fucking badass and at least he isn't glowing pink. (He can admit it's pink in his own head, because he knows Charles wouldn't tease him, but he will continue to stubbornly insist it's light fucking red, okay guys? out loud.)
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When I'm not writing two full length fics I will totally come back here and attempt a multiple fill, if the OP and Above Author are cool with that
BECAUSE NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE FIC IS ~AWESOME.
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Can't wait to read what you have =D
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Warnings for graphic descriptions of death, nuclear fallout, and implied cannibalism.
carry the fire
"Because we're the good guys. And we're carrying the fire."
The nukes went off, and the humans did die, and the mutants did survive. In the cold and the snow and all the death that lurks on the road, somehow Erik must keep them alive.
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there is no god and we are his prophets
"These are not the stories of our heroes. They are no elss beautiful for that."
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