FIC: Paideia

[musamea]

Title: Paideia
Author: musamea
Disclaimer: The X-Men belong to Marvel and affiliates. The Odyssey belongs to Homer (sort of).
Warnings/Rating: PG-13, since John has a potty mouth.
Summary: Kalos k'agathos. Scott teaching in the classroom, and out of it. Pinch-hit for renata_kedavra, who requested Scott with students (friendship, teaching, paternalistic moment,

Comments

[uraniachang]

Perfect story, that's the only word to describe your work.
And the last scene had my eyes filled with tears. *sniff*

[musamea]

Aw, thanks, hon! I'm glad you liked it. *hands you a tissue*

[inathunderstorm]

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I AM CRYING AT MY DESK AND IT IS 9 AM.

Dude, *FANGIRLS MADLY* This is phenomenal. I don't need to tell you how much I loved the classical stuff:

"Well, if that happens, at least you know his name." And that hadn't been funny, not really.

!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I totally am going to :P I loved the sections, each name, how you made it fit so perfectly with each facet of Scott's personality. And, oh, GOD THE END!!!

This is so perfectly, wonderfully Scott. Oh, wow. I am just floored by this, and your talent, and you are amazing and awesome and this was beautiful and so, so perfectly in character!! Wonderful, wonderful stuff!!!

[musamea]

Yay! I've reduced Sionn to keyboard smashing!

And I'll admit to thinking to myself while writing this, "OMG, there's way too much classical stuff. Even if I'm firmly convinced that Professor X gave all of his early students a thoroughly classical education. Everyone's going to hate this. Well... everyone but Sionn and Min, maybe." So, I'm glad people have thought it works. :D It was a lot of fun to figure out what these ancient values would mean to Scott, now.

[caiusmajor]

Oh man. I love the chapter names and the references and also how they *fit* with Scott and his calling as a teacher and his relationship with his students. Very very nice!

[musamea]

Oh yay! Thank you! I was really worried about classical reference overkill, so I'm glad it worked for you.

[renata_kedavra]

Oh my! This is gloriousss, thank you so much!

This is so perfectly the way I envision Scott, and all the students are spot-on too. I think my favorite one was his interaction with Kitty (maybe because I was soo Kitty in high school). But they're all great, and I can see them all happening. And I love how self-aware Scott is, reflecting on what Logan means to him and to Bobby and to Jean. Also maybe I was just kidding when I said I had a favorite--I completely adore the one with John, too. "You're not here just for that, John, and you know it. Though I hardly take 'a couple of drawings' that turned the girls in your class into sex objects lightly." Such a... accurate, teachery thing to say and then it turns more serious with discussion of the team... oh, Scott.

And then the last one... oh God, so sad and perfect. One of the things that bugged me most about X3 was the way Scott just disappeared. I'd love to think that something like this happened at some point.

[musamea]

Heh, I was totally a Kitty in high school, too. Though I wasn't fortunate enough to have a Scott-like teacher! :)

Oh, Scott, indeed, especially with John. He wants so very badly for John just to be good. I'd like to think some of what Scott said made it through.

I'm glad the wake worked for you. One thing that bugged me TO NO END about X3 was the lack of concern shown for Scott's death. It just rang so false. Here's this man who was hero, team leader, teacher, foster parent, older brother... and no one even notices he's gone? No one mourns his passing? No way!

I'm sooo glad that you liked this, and that it fit in with your vision of Scott.

[jeangreyrocks]

Beautifully perfect! You are A-MAZING!

I love the references to your other works (e.g., the red pen, John's pornographic doodling, the memorial for Scott, etc.). The whole thing was so fantastic from start to finish.

I particularly liked that Scott wrote the flying manuals (LOL!) and was confident when comforting Kitty even though he was thoroughly confused about why she didn't see his logic (aww!).

Favorite LOL moment:

She snorted. "Right. 'Oh, pardon me, Katya, but you are so hideous that no man in his right mind would ever want to kiss you.'"

"He said that?"

"No... but, I mean, what's a girl to think?"

[musamea]

Oh, thank you! I'm glad you liked it. And heh, yeah, you caught me out. I borrow very freely from myself whenever I write in this universe. It really thrills me when readers catch on, too.

And of course Scott wrote the manuals! Heh, I think even if he'd had originals he would've written them. Because... you know, Scott. :) And I'm really, really thrilled you liked Kitty. I haven't had much chance to write her, so that scene was a lot of fun, and I'm relieved to hear it worked.