Fic: A Christmas Carol (1/4)

[leandralocke]

Title: A Christmas Carol (1/4)
Fandom/Pairing: X-Men: First Class, Charles/Erik
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 4,864
Summary: Around Christmas 1962, Erik gets a nightly visit by a strange woman with extraordinary abilities who claims to be the Ghost of Christmas - Past, Present and Future. Despite his objections - after all, such

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[emilys_knickers]

Very good story; I'm looking forward to the rest! And by the by, the most common name I see for Erik's mother has been Edie. Can't wait to read more!

[leandralocke]

Thank you :)
Edie you say? I've read that before, hm. Doesn't strike me very much like a German-Jewish name of that time, though. Hm. I could be wrong.

Ugh, and now I'm seeing what comments look like on the new LJ default layout. Weird. o.O

[emilys_knickers]

O.o It is weird. As is the reply button/box thing. Huh.

Yeah, Edie is the name I see the most. And you're right; the name itself is short for Edith or Edwina and is English. My guess is that Edie/Edith do sound a little as if they're from the Germanic Language tree, so who knows. Short of calling Stan Lee himself, yeah? ;)

[leandralocke]

Lol, I'll stalk him in front of his house like Sheldon did ^^
And well, Erik is actually an old Norse name, so that's also really unconventional ^^ But maybe Erik's dad was a bit of a cosmopoloitan - it does make a lot of sense when you see how many languages Erik speaks, fluently or at least quite well. So I thought maybe his father used to travel and trade a lot, could speak several languages himself and taught Erik, because I don't quite think in those times one could pick several foreign languages in school (for as long as Erik was still able to go to one).
Errr... where was I? Oh right, the name. ^^ So yeah, maybe Erik's parents were a bit more modern and chose a name simply because they liked it and not because it was traditional.
Same COULD apply to Erik's mom, but I somehow liked to pick something a little more traditional for her.

[avictoriangirl]

Oh, this is lovely! Can't wait for more. ♥

[leandralocke]

Thank you :)

[telperion_15]

What a neat idea for a Christmas fic! Looking forward to reading the rest! :)

[mrssimply]

Hey! Your french is quiet great! I'm saying that because I'm french ^^. Generally there is so much more miskates when english people try their hand at French (and it can't help but make me laugh gently, because I know how hard French is).
Also, I love this story, I loved your other strory, beneath the surface so I'm quiet exited about this one too. I love X-ma period, everyone write fluff and happy ending!

[leandralocke]

Aww lol, you're cute. I'm not even English ^^ I'm German. Guten Tag. Well, the first draft of those French lines was somewhat okay-ish... but it wouldn't have ended up like this if it hadn't been for 'gabrielmanga' on tumblr helping me with those lines. Actually, my active vocabulary in French is nearly non-existent, and you also don't want to hear me talking French ^^
I'm reeeeeeally picky when it comes to languages, so I always try to get a native speaker help me if it isn't German or English (though of course my English isn't perfect either, so I make mistakes there if I don't have a beta, but I suppose it's okay).

And thank you very much. I'm glad you're enjoying this one as well.

[histoirede]

Quite a nice beginning, I'm looking forward to the next chapters ^-^

[leandralocke]

Thank you! I'll post the next one in a few hours. :)