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[marastar]

Tomorrow is Packing Day, which means at least 99.999% of my brains are going to end up on my bedroom walls at some point. So, in the event of such an unfortunate development, I thought I should post this tonight, while I'm still in possession of all my wits.

I think.

Title: Photograph
Character: Rogue/Wolverine
'Verse: Movieverse, post X1

Comments

[deep_salt_water]

Gah! I love this. Seriously.

I want to hug it. Is that weird? Probably. I mean it's sad, but still... somehow it managed to give me a fuzzy feeling. I think part of it is the photographer/filmmaker in me. I could imagine exactly how I'd shoot this if I was filming it and it was beautiful, trust me.

[marastar]

I want to hug it. Is that weird?

Not at all. I routinely hug fics and imaginary people.

I mean it's sad, but still... somehow it managed to give me a fuzzy feeling.

That makes me so happy! I didn't want it to be all doom and gloom ... she's just getting older, and she she's realizing that things can't stay the same forever. She's got a future ahead of her, and she's not sure if it's going to coincide with his.

I was thinking of a quote by Richard Avedon I read in an article just after he died -- someting about how every photograph is a lie. I took it to mean that pictures only capture a single moment in time, out of context. Rogue's pictures won't tell the whole story to anyone but her.

In other fanfic, Rogue sometimes becomes a teacher or an artist. But I really think movieverse Rogue might have become a photographer.

Thanks for the feedback!

[edoraslass]

a white T-shirt the only thing identifying him in the leafy darkness of the maple's shade
I really like this line. It's such a sharp image and also a little melancholy, somehow. Perhaps it's the distance between them.

she'd stood on the edge of a cliff, staring out at the valley below
Ok, this kinda makes me want to throw up. God, I hate heights. It also makes me want to drag her away from the edge.

wondering if he's watching her; if he thinks she's childish and silly and taking way too long with the pictures
Ten bucks says he's wishing he had a camera to take a picture of her.

This is lovely and achey all over.

[marastar]

Perhaps it's the distance between them.

You are soooooo good!

When I started writing this, it was supposed to be kinda funny and much lighter, but it started the same way -- with that image of Rogue out in the field and Wolvie watching her. I'm still not sure if it was that image, stuck in my head, which turned the drabble in a different direction.

Ok, this kinda makes me want to throw up. God, I hate heights. It also makes me want to drag her away from the edge.

Then you really wouldn't have like the Grand Canyon version.

Ten bucks says he's wishing he had a camera to take a picture of her.

Hee! He's always a day late and a dollar short. Silly Wolvie.

This is lovely and achey all over.

Thank you! *hugs* And thanks again for the beta.

[edoraslass]

You are soooooo good!
I didn't have a bullshit Film Studies degree for nothin'! :)

Then you really wouldn't have like the Grand Canyon version.
Oh, Christ, NO.

When I started writing this, it was supposed to be kinda funny and much lighter
It's amazing how often they just do whatever the hell they want, isn't it?

[marastar]

Thank you for the wonderful compliment! I'm really happy you liked it. :)

[dutchxfan]

It makes me melancholic. I love fics that make me feel that way. I'd also love to read Logan's POV on this scene. It's really powerful.

[marastar]

OMG, me too. I naturally gravitate towards the emo angst stuff. It's like my crack.

Thanks for the lovely comments! And for continuing to read and give feedback on the drabbles, of course. :)

Gawd!

[claw_grrl]

This is just so clear and clean and brilliant! I love the way we're jerked back at the end, thinking she's letting go, then realizing 'no way.' Marvelous work!

Re: Gawd!

[marastar]

Aw, thanks! I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

In my head, Rogue has a hard time letting go of stuff. But she hides it well.