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Unfinished Business by Brenda Antrim (NC-17)
Fandom: X-Men Movieverse
Pairing: Scott/Jean, Charles/Jean, Scott/Logan
Author on LJ: Ramblin’ On
Author Website: Brenda Antrim’s Fan Fiction Archive
Why this must be read:
Brenda is a well-known and prolific author in many fandoms. She’s won a number of fannish awards and has been interviewed by mainstream media reporters on the topic of fanfic.
Brenda has a tough, blunt, unsentimental way of writing that I think lends itself to writing from the masculine POV. In “Unfinished Business,” a husband bent on revenge tracks Logan to the Institute. The man observes Logan’s interactions with Scott and decides to kill Scott first.
The title refers not only to the “unfinished business” between Logan and the man from his past, but also to the “unfinished business” between Logan and Scott at the end of X1.
I really like the way Brenda describes the growing attraction between Jean and Charles, a pairing which makes all kinds of sense to me. I like the way Brenda writes Logan. He’s a crass SOB, but likeable. And the way she writes the angry husband’s stream of thought is interesting. Note that Brenda doesn’t describe Scott’s mutant power correctly. In her story it is a laser beam, not a blast of concussive force.
Unfinished Business
Pairing: Scott/Jean, Charles/Jean, Scott/Logan
Author on LJ: Ramblin’ On
Author Website: Brenda Antrim’s Fan Fiction Archive
Why this must be read:
Brenda is a well-known and prolific author in many fandoms. She’s won a number of fannish awards and has been interviewed by mainstream media reporters on the topic of fanfic.
Brenda has a tough, blunt, unsentimental way of writing that I think lends itself to writing from the masculine POV. In “Unfinished Business,” a husband bent on revenge tracks Logan to the Institute. The man observes Logan’s interactions with Scott and decides to kill Scott first.
The title refers not only to the “unfinished business” between Logan and the man from his past, but also to the “unfinished business” between Logan and Scott at the end of X1.
I really like the way Brenda describes the growing attraction between Jean and Charles, a pairing which makes all kinds of sense to me. I like the way Brenda writes Logan. He’s a crass SOB, but likeable. And the way she writes the angry husband’s stream of thought is interesting. Note that Brenda doesn’t describe Scott’s mutant power correctly. In her story it is a laser beam, not a blast of concussive force.
Unfinished Business