FIC: Suerte [Runaways].

[daughtersofisis]

Title: Suerte.
Fandom: Runaways [comic].
Rating: R for vague sexual activity.
Genre: Angst, romance, smutfic.
Summary: Xavin wants what sie thinks Karolina doesn't want, but Karolina actually does want it, which of course leads to puddles and puddles of angst.
Warnings: Femslash, genderbending (it is Xavin), vague lesbosex.
Pairings/Characters:

Comments

[aslanscountry]

A+++++

[daughtersofisis]

Oh, yay, thank you! Glad you liked. :D

[train_diskense]

Yessssssssss.

[daughtersofisis]

*grins* Thanks for reading!

[neontehsheep]

Hi! You're a pretty awesome writer. Your Gert/Chase fic is, in my opinion, one of the best things to have come out of Runaways fandom, and I rec it to anyone who asks for good fic. So, naturally, I was glad to see you write [another] one of my favorite pairings in the series.

I adore the fact that you chose to write this scene, because it is one of the most significant parts of Karolina and Xavin's relationship - the time they spent together in space getting closer to each other, the on-panel mentioned agreement that they will not get married unless Karolina is in love with Xavin, and Xavin knowing about Karolina's feelings for Nico - except we've never gotten to see it in canon. It's one of those things that simply had to be written by someone, except no one had the right combination of the necessary guts and talent to go ahead and do it. So mad kudos to you

SECOND PART lolz

[neontehsheep]

Then there's the issue of Xavin's moping: Xavin doesn't mope. She has so many insecurities about herself that just keep adding up, and she lets them until she's ready to explode. And her explosions are usually a single sentence spoken in a quiet tone. She has serious identity issues, unsure of her gender, unsure of her species, wants to be the best for Karolina even if that involves being someone else entirely because she doesn't know who she is to begin with? "I don't know who I am". That's it. It's becoming more and more obvious to her that Karolina will never be over Nico and that Nico doesn't particularly mind their remarkably ambiguous relationship with each other, and despite Karolina telling Xavin she loves her, she's still not sure that she's good enough [because it's all her fault, of course] and the doubt is eating her from the inside? "I'm just not sure if I'm the right girl." To Chase. See what I'm getting at? There's also the issue that Xavin would never allow herself to show anger towards Karolina FUCK YOU JOSS, wouldn't

Re: SECOND PART lolz

[daughtersofisis]

1. Drama - I agree, this is a really dramatic fic bordering on the out-of-character. Usually I don't write this way, but part of the reason I chose this style for this fic is because I do see Xavin as an incredibly insecure person who tends to bottle things up and dwell on them when sie should be trying to work them out. Some of the lines are pretty over-the-top, but I was kind of on a deadline, so unfortunately I wasn't able to work them out completely to my satisfaction

Re: SECOND PART lolz

[daughtersofisis]

3. Moping - Yeah, Xavin doesn't mope out loud, but I really feel like sie has a lot of personal moping time in hir head. And I know that sie is usually very careful with Karolina, but sie has gotten upset with her in canon, like when Karolina made the millions dead vs. one dead comment after Gert died, or in the future right before Xavin turned into Sexy McSexypants, or right before they met the Kingpin. You also have to kind of factor in the issue that they're more or less alone in space trying to negotiate a deal between people who hate and would love to annihilate each other: tensions are gonna be high

[immortality]

I'm not a Xavin/Karolina shipper, but I really loved this story. I think you managed to fully capture both Xavin and Karolina's POV; Xavin doesn't want to be Karolina's rebound, because he/she genuinely cares for her. On the other hand, I think Karolina does love Xavin, in some way, but she loves Nico more, and she can't see how much she's hurting Xavin. I think on some level she might know, but I think she feels that if she says she's not using Xavin, she can fool Xavin (and herself). I like Xavin, but I don't think the Xavin/Karolina pairing is good for either of them, because it's obvious that this is a one-sided romance, and it's not going to end well.

Not that I think a Karolina/Nico relationship would be great right now either, because they both have way too many issues to work out first. That, and Nico would have to break up with Victor, which would just multiply the awfulness.I like how your fic is sort of the lead-up scene to the scene later on when Xavin takes on Nico's shape because he/she feels it would make Karolina feel

[aurevoirpeyton]

:D

srsly, I really love Karolina & Xavins together & this is definately one of the most awesome things I have read in a long time