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Climb the Wind by Minisinoo (Adult)
Fandom: X-Men Movieverse
Pairing: Scott-Logan friendship
Author on LJ: Musings on Writing
Author Website: The Medicine Wheel
Why this must be read:
This novel is another “fan classic” of the X-verse. It’s won several fannish awards. Hard to believe it hasn’t been recommended here before now.
A rescue mission goes horrifically awry for the X-men and Scott and Logan are captured by humans who make William Stryker seem tame. Scott is treated savagely. He is stripped of everything – his fiancée Jean, his mutant power, and his dignity – and he reacts by throwing away his sense of honor, his ideals, and his standards of morality. Scott’s reaction to his imprisonment reminded me strongly of Erik’s reaction to his childhood experiences in the death camp. The parallels between Scott and Erik seemed very clear to me. To me it’s a re-telling of the Charles-and-Erik saga. Scott has no more faith in Charles’ dream, and apparently no more love for Charles. In fact he works hard to alienate Charles. But ultimately, Scott doesn’t become another Magneto. He’ll never be the idealist he was, but he reclaims the values he gave up to the enemy.
This is a good action story. The scene where Scott and Logan fight their way out of prison is terrific. The last scenes – where the bad guys mount a final assault on the mansion – form another outstanding action sequence.
Climb the Wind isn’t slash, or pre-slash, although you might think it’s headed that way from the opening chapters. The story focuses on the friendship that develops between rivals Logan and Scott in a time of crisis. It’s Logan, of all people, who pulls Scott back from the edge of the precipice.
Scott is raped while imprisoned, but his personal situation is almost immediately subsumed by the threat to the school. The rapes become the B plot of Scott’s life, and he just has to deal while the A plot keeps spinning around him. I don't think I've read another "rape/recovery" story in fandom quite like this.
Be aware there is a major character death right in the first paragraphs of the first chapter. There is a lot of killing and violence. The rapes are not graphically described, but there are graphic descriptions of Scott’s medical treatment after he escapes his captors.
Climb the Wind
Pairing: Scott-Logan friendship
Author on LJ: Musings on Writing
Author Website: The Medicine Wheel
Why this must be read:
This novel is another “fan classic” of the X-verse. It’s won several fannish awards. Hard to believe it hasn’t been recommended here before now.
A rescue mission goes horrifically awry for the X-men and Scott and Logan are captured by humans who make William Stryker seem tame. Scott is treated savagely. He is stripped of everything – his fiancée Jean, his mutant power, and his dignity – and he reacts by throwing away his sense of honor, his ideals, and his standards of morality. Scott’s reaction to his imprisonment reminded me strongly of Erik’s reaction to his childhood experiences in the death camp. The parallels between Scott and Erik seemed very clear to me. To me it’s a re-telling of the Charles-and-Erik saga. Scott has no more faith in Charles’ dream, and apparently no more love for Charles. In fact he works hard to alienate Charles. But ultimately, Scott doesn’t become another Magneto. He’ll never be the idealist he was, but he reclaims the values he gave up to the enemy.
This is a good action story. The scene where Scott and Logan fight their way out of prison is terrific. The last scenes – where the bad guys mount a final assault on the mansion – form another outstanding action sequence.
Climb the Wind isn’t slash, or pre-slash, although you might think it’s headed that way from the opening chapters. The story focuses on the friendship that develops between rivals Logan and Scott in a time of crisis. It’s Logan, of all people, who pulls Scott back from the edge of the precipice.
Scott is raped while imprisoned, but his personal situation is almost immediately subsumed by the threat to the school. The rapes become the B plot of Scott’s life, and he just has to deal while the A plot keeps spinning around him. I don't think I've read another "rape/recovery" story in fandom quite like this.
Be aware there is a major character death right in the first paragraphs of the first chapter. There is a lot of killing and violence. The rapes are not graphically described, but there are graphic descriptions of Scott’s medical treatment after he escapes his captors.
Climb the Wind