Thank you! :) It was kind of a stitching-together of two little scenes I'd had in my head for ages. I'm kind of surprised Ric and Layla have never had that conversation in the comic, seems odd that he never asked her outright if she knew stuff about his repowering...
This is wonderful! And it really feels like a whole piece, the funny beginning and the more serious end; there's no disjunction. Also I love that the jacket is Shatterstar-approved :D
Thank you! I'm really glad you felt it flowed OK, because it was originally two separate little half-scenes I had floating around my head, so I did wonder about the midway tone change. And the jacket is totally Shatterstar-approved XD
Aww, I re-read bits and pieces of the whole run all the time, and depressed Ric is very lovable in his cranky, suspicious way. And you're right, I was actually going to have Jamie snark about some other awful part of Ric's X-force costume (wasn't there some lime green trousers on a cover once?), but then I figured he'd just go for the easy target.
I love that I'm not the only person who saw Ric crashing in Central Park after getting his powers back! I don't think we did talk about it on the comm, it just seemed logical to me that he'd need to go chill somewhere before he broke something (especially after all the Avengers nonsense). I have this image of him lying under a tree with a stoned look on his face while 'Star fusses and Jamie and Guido are all 'shit, how are we gonna get him home?' :D
And you're hoarding fic? Post it post it! *flail* XD
You handled Layla perfectly and Ric had the moment I wish he and Monet would have in the comics: they realize that Layla's not enjoying this; she's doing what she must. The first part was so funny, too.
Thank you! <3 Yes, I'm always surprised Ric and Layla haven't had the 'you knew' conversation in the comic! I've always tended to attribute his extreme mistrust of her to something to do with his powers - wondering if she knows if he gets them back or not, dreading the answer, hating the fact that someone else knows something so vital to him and he doesn't/daren't find out - and that section came out of that.
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Loved that line about his feelings ricocheting and the yawn and bulk of the earth's spin. Gorgeous <3
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I love that I'm not the only person who saw Ric crashing in Central Park after getting his powers back! I don't think we did talk about it on the comm, it just seemed logical to me that he'd need to go chill somewhere before he broke something (especially after all the Avengers nonsense). I have this image of him lying under a tree with a stoned look on his face while 'Star fusses and Jamie and Guido are all 'shit, how are we gonna get him home?' :D
And you're hoarding fic? Post it post it! *flail* XD
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You handled Layla perfectly and Ric had the moment I wish he and Monet would have in the comics: they realize that Layla's not enjoying this; she's doing what she must. The first part was so funny, too.
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