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Poison Ivy by Titaniafae (R)
Hey y’all! I’m back in the driver’s seat for X-Men again. I was just here in February, but I had such a good time that I just had to come back for more. I’m gonna skip the whole ‘theme-recommending’ thing this time and just try to scrounge up the best stories I can. It’s kind of tough, these days, as I’m sure a lot of you would agree. X-Men just ain’t the fandom it once was. However, there is still some pretty great stuff out there if you’re patient and know how to dig. I’ll do the best I can for y’all.
One more thing: I just had sinus surgery yesterday, so I’m on some pretty heavy painkillers and probably will be for the next couple of weeks. I'm pretty out of it, as a result. If my links are wrong or I forget something, just give me a poke so I can fix it.
Fandom: X-MEN MOVIEVERSE
Pairing: Logan/Rogue, Logan/Jean, Scott/Jean, Scott/Rogue
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cupiscent
Author Website: http://www.viscerate.com/
Why this must be read:
So, I have issues with reading comicverse stories that focus on Rogue. This is mostly because of the whole accent thing. Now, I get why she’s written all “Ah don’t know, shugah” in actual print comics. Comics are a visual medium and actual text is as much a part of that as the art itself. Prose fiction, however, is different. I’ve always had issues with writers who actually write in the accent, tracing back to a deep hatred of Mark Twain. (Ask me how!) So, I have problems with a lot of Rogue stories. If you write the character well enough, you don’t need to write the stupid accent phonetically, kthnx. I’ve found that movieverse writers are somewhat less inclined to write the accent in. I don’t know if that’s because The Paq’s accent was shit, or what. Whatever the reason, I’m totally grateful.
Poison Ivy is a story about the love-quadrangle that is so richly set up in the first film. It’s totally there. You know it is. More than this, though, it’s a story about Rogue. A good one. It explores the marked difference between Marie, the frightened girl who needs a hero, and Rogue, the badass fighter who says, “Fuck heroes; I’ll do it myself.”
Titaniafae takes these characters to a very weird place. And that’s what I like about reading fan fiction. There is such opportunity for an author to take risks and assassinate characters and twist situations. The freedom of anonymity is a beautiful thing.
That was now, this is then. Stop, rewind. Back to a confused girl with too many people sharing her mental space needing to talk to someone, anyone, everyone. Pouring out her confused mind to Jean, her anger to the Professor, her sore heart to Scott. An odd choice, but the way the cards fell.
No, not that far back.
Every story starts with something changing. Look some time; they all do. This time the story starts with a bike just tucked in the garage, like it had always been there. My heart thudded in my chest as I ran gloved fingers over the metal. It was still warm, not sun-warm or engine-warm but /Logan/-warm.
Poison Ivy by Titaniafae
One more thing: I just had sinus surgery yesterday, so I’m on some pretty heavy painkillers and probably will be for the next couple of weeks. I'm pretty out of it, as a result. If my links are wrong or I forget something, just give me a poke so I can fix it.
Fandom: X-MEN MOVIEVERSE
Pairing: Logan/Rogue, Logan/Jean, Scott/Jean, Scott/Rogue
Author on LJ:
cupiscentAuthor Website: http://www.viscerate.com/
Why this must be read:
So, I have issues with reading comicverse stories that focus on Rogue. This is mostly because of the whole accent thing. Now, I get why she’s written all “Ah don’t know, shugah” in actual print comics. Comics are a visual medium and actual text is as much a part of that as the art itself. Prose fiction, however, is different. I’ve always had issues with writers who actually write in the accent, tracing back to a deep hatred of Mark Twain. (Ask me how!) So, I have problems with a lot of Rogue stories. If you write the character well enough, you don’t need to write the stupid accent phonetically, kthnx. I’ve found that movieverse writers are somewhat less inclined to write the accent in. I don’t know if that’s because The Paq’s accent was shit, or what. Whatever the reason, I’m totally grateful.
Poison Ivy is a story about the love-quadrangle that is so richly set up in the first film. It’s totally there. You know it is. More than this, though, it’s a story about Rogue. A good one. It explores the marked difference between Marie, the frightened girl who needs a hero, and Rogue, the badass fighter who says, “Fuck heroes; I’ll do it myself.”
Titaniafae takes these characters to a very weird place. And that’s what I like about reading fan fiction. There is such opportunity for an author to take risks and assassinate characters and twist situations. The freedom of anonymity is a beautiful thing.
That was now, this is then. Stop, rewind. Back to a confused girl with too many people sharing her mental space needing to talk to someone, anyone, everyone. Pouring out her confused mind to Jean, her anger to the Professor, her sore heart to Scott. An odd choice, but the way the cards fell.
No, not that far back.
Every story starts with something changing. Look some time; they all do. This time the story starts with a bike just tucked in the garage, like it had always been there. My heart thudded in my chest as I ran gloved fingers over the metal. It was still warm, not sun-warm or engine-warm but /Logan/-warm.
Poison Ivy by Titaniafae