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Love Affairs are Horrible by Dandelion (PG-13)
Fandom: X-MEN COMICS
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: None that I could find.
Author Website: None that I could find.
Why this must be read:
In the X-men comics, characters are regularly put through absolute hell: if they're not being blown up, they're being cloned or mind-controlled; if they've managed to avoid cloning or mind-control, they get possessed by interstellar beings or mortally wounded by the enemy. And if they somehow manage to get through their hellish missions unscathed, they still run the risk of being dumped at any point, for no reason, by girlfriends or boyfriends.
Such is the fate of Pete Wisdom and Remy Lebeau: they've both been dumped by their teams and the women they loved, and in this story they coincidentally meet up in a Moroccan bar. The premise is simple--two scorned men meet up by chance and bitch to each other about their lives--but Dandelion turns it into a fic that's funny, bittersweet and somehow manages to leave you with a happy feeling at the end of it, despite the somewhat depressing premise. I love seeing Pete Wisdom and Remy Lebeau interact, because they're so alike in many ways but I can see how they would completely hate each other if they were to actually meet. Dandelion's dialogue is spot-on here, and this is also a perfect introduction to both of these characters if you're new to the fandom.
Pete Wisdom did not care for Morocco. It was hot. It was crowded. It wasn't London. He was here anyway. London didn't offer any solace. She was there, nearly everywhere he looked. Casablanca did not house her ghost. Here he was, alone. Again.
Well, alone in the emotional sense anyway. He had been forced to plow his way forcibly through the streets loaded with sellers and buyers and hagglers and whatnot before reaching the cave-like doorway that led to his favorite watering hole in this most unfavored locale.
He had been sent in to do some time with a bunch of do-gooders and had fallen in love with one of them. He was in love all the way. And she had decided that they needed to stop being in love. He still hadn't figured that out. He hadn't done anything wrong. She just didn't want him anymore.
It was enough to make a bloke just plain give up.
Love Affairs are Horrible
And its sequel, Destination Central
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: None that I could find.
Author Website: None that I could find.
Why this must be read:
In the X-men comics, characters are regularly put through absolute hell: if they're not being blown up, they're being cloned or mind-controlled; if they've managed to avoid cloning or mind-control, they get possessed by interstellar beings or mortally wounded by the enemy. And if they somehow manage to get through their hellish missions unscathed, they still run the risk of being dumped at any point, for no reason, by girlfriends or boyfriends.
Such is the fate of Pete Wisdom and Remy Lebeau: they've both been dumped by their teams and the women they loved, and in this story they coincidentally meet up in a Moroccan bar. The premise is simple--two scorned men meet up by chance and bitch to each other about their lives--but Dandelion turns it into a fic that's funny, bittersweet and somehow manages to leave you with a happy feeling at the end of it, despite the somewhat depressing premise. I love seeing Pete Wisdom and Remy Lebeau interact, because they're so alike in many ways but I can see how they would completely hate each other if they were to actually meet. Dandelion's dialogue is spot-on here, and this is also a perfect introduction to both of these characters if you're new to the fandom.
Pete Wisdom did not care for Morocco. It was hot. It was crowded. It wasn't London. He was here anyway. London didn't offer any solace. She was there, nearly everywhere he looked. Casablanca did not house her ghost. Here he was, alone. Again.
Well, alone in the emotional sense anyway. He had been forced to plow his way forcibly through the streets loaded with sellers and buyers and hagglers and whatnot before reaching the cave-like doorway that led to his favorite watering hole in this most unfavored locale.
He had been sent in to do some time with a bunch of do-gooders and had fallen in love with one of them. He was in love all the way. And she had decided that they needed to stop being in love. He still hadn't figured that out. He hadn't done anything wrong. She just didn't want him anymore.
It was enough to make a bloke just plain give up.
Love Affairs are Horrible
And its sequel, Destination Central