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Blue Skies Prompt #10: Forever Young (X-Men)

Jul 24, 2011 09:57

Title: Forever Young
Author: mrstater
Prompt: #10, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: / Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, / And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; / And every fair from fair sometime declines, / By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; / But thy eternal summer shall not fade…(Sonnet XVIII by William ( Read more... )

author: mrstater, fandom: x-men, blue skies: prompt 10

Comments 22

bookdragon01 July 24 2011, 17:28:26 UTC

This a beautiful reflection. Makes me think of Highlander too. Eternal youth becomes a curse when loved ones age.

mrstater July 24 2011, 19:34:51 UTC

Thanks very much!

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mrstater July 24 2011, 19:36:03 UTC

Aw, thanks for such a sweet review! As much as I ship these two in the movie, I also like the potential they have for a big disconnect down the road as those differences converge.

just_a_dram July 24 2011, 18:21:50 UTC

She's never understood how Erik can look like that after making love--or trying to make love--to her

Ouch.

This revelation of hers is perfect. It's as much of a curse as blessing, when it's not shared by those around you.

The emotion of this is really strong.

mrstater July 24 2011, 19:37:37 UTC

I was trying to keep this short, but hopefully it also conveyed Erik's sense of loss/envy that he can't share that with her, that he doesn't feel he could measure up to her just as she feels inadequate.

Thanks so much for your thoughtful words, m'dear. ♥

just_a_dram July 24 2011, 20:22:00 UTC

Yeah, the insecurities have sort of flipped over the years. Very interesting!

otahyoni July 30 2011, 14:11:54 UTC

Ohhhh, my heart. Please write them forever. :)

mrstater July 31 2011, 22:13:02 UTC

Aw, I'm glad you like my take on them...even when it's not a very happy take!

gilpin25 July 31 2011, 18:39:06 UTC

Some lovely, very painful lines in this that say so much about where their relationship has failed even while it endures.

I don't know which is sadder: Erik assuming at the end that she is relieved - and proud in her superiority - that she doesn't look as old as she should, or Mystique's bitterness over his failure to be faithful to her when she doesn't care that he looks his age. How ironic that neither of them can understand where the other truly feels inadequate.

Loved this. ♥

mrstater July 31 2011, 22:14:28 UTC

You know what a shipper I am, so I'm a little surprised that I keep visiting this idea of infidelity and misunderstanding within their relationship...but these two come with so many problems and issues and since they wind up being supervillains, they can't really overcome them, can they? Very pleased you think this was a poignant look at this side of being a mutant in love!