Mighty Dark to Travel (Full Fathom Five) [X-Men Movieverse; Bobby/Rogue; Bobby/John

[wyclef_jeangrey]

Mighty Dark to Travel (Full Fathom Five)
Author: schmevil
Summary: After John is shot, Bobby loses control. (mid X2)
Fandom: X-Men Movieverse
Pairing: Bobby/Rogue, Bobby/John
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Marvel owns some of it, Fox the rest.
Original Story: Frosted World, by ms_jvh_shuhNotes: I know medicine doesn’t work that way. Roll with the comic book

Comments

[mayachain]

Whew, this was great! I especially liked the way you made Bobby's little ice age so much more dark and dangerous, and the added POVs of Derek the cop and Ronnie. Favourite lines (my apologies if my added comments seem a tad trite):

Derek:
Derek wonders what he would do, if he was faced with that choice. If one of his special and amazing kids were a mutant - what would he do?
Great description of the dilemma the cop is in. I'm so mad at Bobby's parents in this scenario, because they do nothing.

Rogue:
And Bobby - Bobby is doing his best one-man impersonation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and maybe Rogue should stop her boyfriend from going to the dark side, but right now she just wants to keep John from dying in her arms. She doesn’t even like him.
Great character insight.
I love your paramedic!Rogue, and the way you fleshed out her saving John's life.

Bobby:
His friends he leaves in a circle of relative warmth. Bobby doesn’t want to hurt them any more than they’ve already been hurt by the humans. He doesn’t want to hurt them

[schmevil]

Wow, thank you for such detailed feedback. This is such a treat. ;)

Hopefully, working on Frosted World was fun for you, too

I had a great time. This was my first time writing in XMM and it was fun to dip into this 'verse, and play with one of my all time favourite characters (Bobby). Thanks for the opportunity. ;)

[etrangere]

Loved this, very intense.

[schmevil]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

[likeadeuce]

Great job with all the differing viewpoints. I particularly like having the cop and Ronnie in there, so they aren't just the bad guys but we can see where they're coming from. Ronnie seeing Logan as a creepy old guy makes perfect sense. And your Bobby is really interesting; he's good at processing things once the moment is over, but he's not quite ready to draw all the necessary conclusions about himself. He's groping for self-awareness, but doesn't quite have it. And it's a nice touch at the end, that Pyro's reaction to Bobby's potential for violence is so ambivalent.

[schmevil]

Thanks for your comments - that's exactly what I was hoping to do with this story. :)

[likeadeuce]

Wow, I love that icon. What's it from?

[schmevil]

darthphere made it so I'm not sure, but iirc it's from one of those Phoenix stories. Warsong/Endsong or the one where she meets death. Sorry!

And-- ooh, I like yours.

[schmevil]

Thanks so much. :)

[ayumie]

What a great remix! I love the original version and this makes it even better. Great work!

[schmevil]

Thank you!