Fanfic recs (and a vid rec)
- obsessive24: new vid – “No, I Don’t Remember” – X-Men – Charles/Erik:
No, I don’t remember what brought us to this
What places we blindly passed, what turns we missed…26 Mar: fanvid author.obsessive24 rec.all_vids
- etirabys: Sharp Teeth Pretty Teeth [1/1]:
“I promise I don’t want it,” Charles said. “Of course I want you to be free.”The selkie looked hellishly frustrated. He kept holding out his pelt, making little faces at Charles.
He looked all of eighteen years old. He was adorable. Just as adorable as he’d been yesterday, when Charles had thrown him the little fish he’d caught without knowing he was the nine-century old legend you got told about as soon as your stepped into the village and saw all the seal-themed restaurants. You got pamphlets stuffed in your duffel bag. Got invited to the Seal Express. Was told about the environmental protection conventions that were taking place. Hawaiian monk seals and whales, that sort of thing. Was fed the local legend five times a day from different people who wanted to squeeze more money out of a tourist. It might have worked if Charles had been looking to entertain a small gaggle of children that he did not have.
Anyway. The point was- legend. It wasn’t supposed to bark at you and roll over in the sand- adorable adorable adorable- and then come up to the front door of your rented cottage the next day and try to seduce you. Ham-handedly.
[Author takes a rather free approach to punctuation and syntax in this fic, but the narrative is full of energy and charm. -L]
30 Mar: x-men fanfic slash nsfw alternate_universe charles/erik author.Etirabys rec.all_fanfic
- Spit and Polish – by sabinelagrande – fandom X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
The first time Erik saw her in them, he looked at her like his brain had just shut down entirely, circuits completely overloaded. “What are you trying to do, Raven?” he asked; it looked like he was trying to be accusatory, but it ended up coming out plaintive.She looked at him in confusion. “Am I doing something?”
He licked his lips. “Those shoes have metal heels.”
30 Mar: x-men fanfic het nsfw erik/raven pwp author.sabinelagrande rec.all_fanfic
- To the Victor, The Spoil – by Annakovsky – fandom Hunger Games Trilogy – Suzanne Collins [Archive of Our Own]:
He drinks his way through the year, like every other year, but the difference is that this time he has to go on the fucking Victory Tour. Watch Katniss look older every day, the circles under her eyes getting darker. He thought watching his tributes die every year was bad — he didn’t think watching them survive would be worse. Well, live and learn.[...] The afternoon sun is falling on her face, making her look as bright and shining as the city outside the window. “Stop acting like I’m some innocent little girl,” she says, desperate and furious both, that flash back in her gray eyes. “I’m not. I’m a murderer. You can’t corrupt me, because they already did. It wasn’t even hard.”
[Mind the warnings.]
29 Mar: hunger_games fanfic nsfw het katniss/haymitch author.Annakovsky angst alternate_universe rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
- Stars Hide Your Fires – by ariadnes_string – fandom X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
Author’s Summary/Excerpt:
Suddenly, Charles seemed to notice what Erik was holding. He came nearer, put his left hand between Erik’s on the birch rod. Time to let go, Erik told himself. But he didn’t. And so they stayed like that, both holding it, so close Erik could feel the iron eddying in Charles’s blood. The thing that was always between them snapped and quivered like a banner in a gale.28 Mar: x-men slash fanfic nsfw charles/erik author.ariadnes_string rec.all_fanfic
- From Westminster With Love – by thehoyden – fandom X-Men: First Class (2011), Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]:
Author’s Summary:
NATO intelligence says there’s an omega-class telepath who sleeps under Westminster. Major Erik Lehnsherr is about to find out the truth for himself.Excerpt:
The good humour drained off Xavier’s face in a flash, leaving his countenance haggard. “Someone is hunting us, Major Lehnsherr,” he said, voice low.Erik leaned forward just a bit. “Why call on NATO?” he asked, well aware that M was watching him carefully. “If you have — what, a serial killer targeting mutants? — then surely it’s a domestic matter.”
“Not serial killing,” Xavier said, and his knuckles were white where they gripped cup and saucer. “Trafficking. Whoever this is, he wants them alive. He moves them across Europe. He makes use of them.”
24 Mar: x-men fanfic slash nsfw charles/erik author.thehoyden rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
- The Salmon, Downstream – by Cesare – fandom X-Men: First Class (2011), Thor (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
So Charles has a thing for picking up strays, right?Strays like one tall, lean, sharp-eyed, dangerously driven young man on a quest for vengeance against the cruel sadistic son of a bitch who tore him away from his natural family and turned him into a living weapon with the aim of having his protege destroy the world…
I’m talking about Loki, of course.
[Charles's characterization in this vignette is fascinating. -L]
20 Mar: x-men avengers fanfic slash sfw author.cesare rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
- A Decent Boldness – by pearl_o – fandom X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
Author’s Summary:
Raven meets Charles’s conquest in the kitchen the morning after. This has never happened before. Featuring promiscuity (no slut-shaming), feral polyamory, and siblings with odd boundaries.[Modern no-powers AU]
20 Mar: x-men fanfic slash het sfw charles/erik author.pearl_o rec.all_fanfic alternate_universe
- A Woman Unscorned – by misura – fandom X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
[This ficlet is less than 200 words, but packs in a whole universe of fixit. -L]20 Mar: x-men fanfic sfw het charles/moira author.misura rec.all_fanfic rec.flawless
- Circles on the Grass – by pearl_o – fandom X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
Author’s Summary:
While on their mutant recruitment trip, Erik and Charles find an abandoned baby.Excerpt:
Erik had occasion to see Charles’s brilliance, competence, and self-confidence at so many things in the short period of time they had known each other. It was unfathomable to him how completely and utterly all three traits seemed to desert him when faced with an infant. If he didn’t know better, he would think Charles was almost terrified of the kid.“Just finish your breakfast,” Erik said. “I’m fine.”
18 Mar: x-men fanfic slash sfw charles/erik author.pearl_o kidfic rec.all_fanfic
- Stand Down – by TurtleTotem – fandom X-Men: First Class (2011) [Archive of Our Own]:
18 Mar: x-men fanfic slash sfw charles/erik author.TurtleTotem deathfic rec.all_fanfic
X-Men meta & art/fanart & picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Moira in XMFC:
This is why I have headcanon.It’s one of the reasons, anyway.
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Ian McKellan:
I know Magneto is drawn differently in comics canon, and of course Fassneto is delicious, but in my head this will always be his real face. - greekedtext.tumblr.com: JLaw’s exercise routine:
Fuck it, I’m going to reblog all of the Jennifer Lawrence, but I’ll space them out on the queue so no one will notice I’ve gone completely insane. That will work, right? Right?30 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: McAvoy looking pretty and stern:
It’s good that I will never meet this man in person, because I would cling to him like a koala to a tree.30 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Magneto vs. his clone (cover art):
This art would be so awesome if they weren’t wearing giant purple diapers. - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Jennifer Lawrence:
TOP RIGHT, OMGOMG, *hands over mouth*30 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Jennifer Lawrence:
O.O30 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: 7x7x7 writing meme:
1. Go to page 7 of your most recent WiP
2. Count seven lines down
3. Copy and paste the next seven lines of textOkay, my most recent WIP isn’t going to be seven pages long even when it’s finished, so I scrolled down to the epic 1949 AU. Charles, who’s the speaker in the first paragraph, is an Army captain. Erik has been with the French Foreign Legion since 1939-ish. His family moved to France before the war, but some of them were killed for being Jewish anyway (I haven’t worked out the details, but it’s something to do with Vel d’Hiv and the Drancy internment camp). Anyway, the lines from my WIP: …
30 Mar: x-men
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Jennifer Lawrence and first impressions:
So, I might be shipping Jennifer/Woody/swing now. As well as Jennifer/Zoë/shower. Or Jennifer/Zoë/swing and Jennifer/Woody/shower.
…Josh can watch it all and be adorably boggled.28 Mar: none
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: The McAvoy photoshoot that shall henceforth be known as This Is Not A Photo Opportunity:
Every time I think I can cope, there’s another closeup, and bam! I’m all out of cope again. *surrenderhands*28 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Sir Ian:
I don’t regret Fassbender!Erik at all, but, man, now I’m going to lose many hours to imagining McAvoy!Charles opposite young!McKellan!Erik. And possibly McAvoy/young!McKellan.…Mmmmm. Yeah.
28 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: X-Men cover art – Rogue:
I could stare at this all. day. - greekedtext.tumblr.com: “Just the bill, please.”:
Bottom left, the shoulder movement. That’s the moment that melts me.28 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Do you have any hidden talent?:
I just, I love her. How did this happen? How are you so charming, Ms. Lawrence?28 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: A collar-shaped necklace…:
Relevant, I say.It’s made of metal. Probably not magnetic metal, but X-Men canon laughs at your science.
28 Mar: picspam
- thoughtsnotunveiled.tumblr.com:
“an intimacy from which they never recovered” - fuckyeahmagnus.tumblr.com: quote:
“Magneto represents strength and challenges the negative stereotype of weak-bodied and small Jewish men. Large and muscular, he generally stands above other characters…” - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Ororo & Jean fanart:
Hearts in my eyes. - greekedtext.tumblr.com: McAvoy pics:
ALL OF THE FRECKLES. WET HAIR AND SKIN. AND ALL OF THE FRECKLES.27 Mar: picspam
- fassbender-mcavoyobsessed.tumblr.com: McAvoy at the Empire awards:
Question: Extraordinary chemistry between you and Michael, can you talk a little bit about how you developed that on screen and what it’s like to work with him?Answer: We had sex every morning and that helps, you know, to make the chemistry.
[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yL6Ja-E11A&feature=player_embedded
and additional fannish commentary: http://codenamecesare.tumblr.com/post/19973334271/lostwiginity-one-story-two-versions-you-can ]
26 Mar: none
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Jennifer Lawrence pulling faces:
I love her face THIS MUCH.26 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Caleb Landry Jones in L’Uomo:
PRETTY HAIR AND POSTURE IS PRETTY.26 Mar: picspam
- theempressoftheuniverse.tumblr.com: Magneto’s heritage:
And as such, it’s my personal headcanon that Erik came from a mixed German-Polish family. - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Hunger Games, non-spoilery review:
Went Friday night on an unexpected outing with folks who had not read the books. If I’d known this before the movie started, I might have warned them that the premise is appalling and violent.During the chariot/parade scene:
Friend on my left: (whispers) They’re teammates, right?
26 Mar: hunger_games
- fanofthefass.tumblr.com: Magneto’s heritage:
Uh, let me correct you on your history there. Not all the camps were outside Germany, and don’t forget that near the end of the war when Germany started losing, they tried to move the prisoners to Germany… - hymntothesun.tumblr.com: Magneto’s heritage:
In addition, The Nazis weren’t all that worried about deniability considering how dedicated they were to meticulously documenting everything that went on inside and outside of the camps. - experimentalmadness.tumblr.com: Magneto’s heritage:
“The canon in the comics has been all over the place…”But rock on with clarifying historical inaccuracies, secret, rock on.
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: McAvoy pics:
Top left: YOUNG MAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT IS NOT FAIR STOP IT THIS INSANT NEVER STOP25 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Narnia gifs:
Okay, fine, fuck you, Mr. Tumnus, I admit it! YOU ARE CUTE. NOW GET OUT OF MY LIFE.25 Mar: picspam
- helens78.tumblr.com: Haywire:
I also LOVE LOVE LOVE what this scene means in the movie. This is the only instance of gratuitous nudity in Haywire.Let me say that again.
A gorgeous man in a towel is the only instance of gratuitous nudity in Haywire.
It’s an action movie with a female lead, and the “femme fatale” part is played by Michael Fassbender, who has the only instance of gratuitous nudity in the film.
22 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: From X-Men: Supernovas, part 5. [page scan & transcript]:
[top panel, long shot of Xavier mansion]Unidentified Speaker: The verdict of history? What do you mean by that exactly?
[second panel]
Mystique: Precisely what I say, Cable. How does the future remember us?
- dedkake: Fanfic: We’ll Be Just Fine:
Author’s Summary:
Hunger Games AU. Erik has survived his final reaping, but Charles and Raven are still eligible.20 Mar: x-men hunger_games crossover slash sfw charles/erik author.dedkake rec.all_fanfic
- demoiselledefortune.tumblr.com: pragmatichominid: Okay, this is pretty difficult…:
pragmatichominid:
…I don’t think there are any fans of Erik (Or Mystique, or the Brotherhood in generally, or whatever) who DON’T acknowledge that the things he does are often problematic as hell. He’s taken a flying leap off the slippery slope more times than once, and as a result of that done shit that’s entirely inexcusable. If you don’t own up to that then you aren’t engaging with the character honestly.But the problem with the series is the framing. …
demoiselledefortune:
…the result is, for me, a character that is extremely intriguing, interesting and awesome and at the same time often very winces inducing because the narrative lends itself to the sort of tropes (in the text and from fannish commentary) that make me want to throw my computer against a wall. - wondygirl.tumblr.com: scans from The X-Men vs The Avengers #4:
But this raises an interesting issue, should Magneto have used the helmet and save a lot of mutants from being future victims to bigots despite Steve and the X-Men’s moral objections? - marvelbenders.tumblr.com: Nitpicky and slightly feminist XMFC post.:
The thing that bothers me the most about Charles being often slut-shamed in fic is that he is also the character who is most often portrayed as being feminine. … - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Fassbender gifs:
That awkward moment when George Clooney praises your genitalia.18 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Prometheus gif:
Who gave Magneto a palantir and what will he do with it?! This explains so much.(We all know what Brandon Sullivan would do with a palantir. Now go wash your hands.)
18 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Erik’s smile:
…said, “Can you blame me? I’m too cute for you to blame me.” He’s still a troll, though. - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Raven in XMFC:
Given what Raven’s doing in X1, I understand why she was written this way, but now I really want the movie about Mystique fucking off and doing her own thing for a few years or twenty, and then eventually coming back to Magneto at least as much for strategic/ideological reasons as for needing personal validation. … - greekedtext.tumblr.com: re recent effort of jamesmcavoywith sloths:
You have managed to make this pic look less ridiculous. I am AMAZED.
18 Mar: none - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Charles and Raven’s relationship is enviable:
Except for the part where they were gloriously codependent until he used her to… oh, wait, that’s the AU in my head. Never mind, carry on.
16 Mar: x-men - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Shipping:
In any universe where he non-consensually wipes her memory, I can’t ship Charles/Moira. It’s too gross a betrayal. If canon compliance isn’t an option? Then go for it.
16 Mar: x-men - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Jennifer Lawrence @ the Hunger Games Premiere…:
The actress who was on fire. (Hunger Games publicity: It metas itself.)
13 Mar: none
Hunger Games & Catching Fire book recaps – I’ve decided that movieverse Hunger Games stuff falls into “six degrees of X-Men” but bookverse does not.
- gyzym.tumblr.com: What…Just Happened: An Afternoon With The Hunger Games:
Me, 11:15 AM: Oh, I’ll just read a couple pages.
Me, 11:35 AM: Oh, I’ll just read a couple more pages.
Me, 11:57 AM: Goddamn it I, I have shit to do today. I’ll go buy coffee. I will put this book down. My resolve is strong.
Me, 12:15 PM: My resolve is so not strong. My resolve is the opposite of strong. What is resolve? Do they have it in Panem?
Me, 12:16 PM to 3:00 PM: NOTHING ON EARTH MATTERS EXCEPTING FINISHING THIS FUCKING BOOKSo join me, tumblr, on an ~exciting recap~ of my journey through this life-killer of a novel. You will laugh! You will…no, you’ll probably just laugh. At me. I don’t care; I must get it out of my brain before I like, break from sanity and buy the next two on my computer and end up bleeding out my eyes trying to finish them as rapidly as possible. I just. Hunger Games, what even are you.
16 Mar: hunger_games
- gyzym.tumblr.com: Dear God, Why: An Evening With Catching Fire:
Me: Okay, I finished The Hunger Games, and now I’m going to go about my business like a normal person and pick up the next book when I have time.
Catching Fire: ~Welcome to the Hotel California~
Me: What?
Catching Fire: ~Last thing I remember, I was running for the door~
Me: Dude, what the hell. You skipped the rest of the chorus.
Catching Fire: ~I had to find the passage to the place I was before~
Me: Okay, I get it. You’re really cute. Shut up now.
Catching Fire: ~Relax, said the nightman, we are programmed to receive~
Me: STOP SINGING
Catching Fire: ~You can check out any time you like, but you can never leaaaaaaaaave~
Me: If you weren’t an ebook, I would set you on fire.
Catching Fire: Speaking of which, Ray Bradbury called. He wants his dystopian future back.A word of advice, guys: any book whose siren song is Hotel California is a book you want to avoid. These novels aren’t Tiffany twisted; they’re just twisted. TWISTED AND EVIL AND AFTER MY SOUL. With that said, please feel free to enjoy the follow-up to my Hunger Games recap…
16 Mar: hunger_games
Other stuff
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Myrna Loy in fedora and suit:
Dooo iiiiiiit!I have two–one blue, one pink. I regret nothing.
30 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Fassbender in boots:
It took me about ten refreshes to get this picture to load, but SO WORTH IT. *drool*30 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Black Widow:
My interest in the Avengers is nearly zero, and yet every time she appears on my dash I get stuck.30 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Black Widow:
…She’s in Iron Man 2?? Maybe I will have to watch that some time.30 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: fuckyeahfanficflamingo: EVERY WAKING MOMENT SPENT ON ELABORATE AU WORLDBUILD…:
WAIT I DON’T REMEMBER SUBMITTING THIS.25 Mar: meta
- greekedtext.tumblr.com::
I don’t know who this is, but I now declare him RELEVANT.25 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Catchy summaries:
Summaries *are* hard! I want to play matchmaker to the good writers with terrible summaries and the good summarizers with the terrible fics. Complementary skills ftw! Alas, I don’t know how to make that happen without hurting anyone’s feelings.25 Mar: meta
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: so I went to wondercon:
I didn’t see Fassbender because I didn’t know he was going to be there. (Big con schedules confuse and demoralize me.) OTOH, I attended a fun panel on science in science fiction by Kurpinski & Johnson, the bioengineering dudes who wrote How to Defeat Your Own Clone: And Other Tips for Surviving the Biotech Revolution.Johnson was cosplaying the Eleventh Doctor. Best line came after they brought up the scene in The Matrix where Keanu downloads all of the kung fu skillz. …
22 Mar: none
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Faster ways to get an AO3 invite:
20 Mar: none - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Megan Fox, by Craig McDean, from Interview June/July 2010.:
o.O <— disturbed, baffled, aroused20 Mar: picspam
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: helens78: fuckyeahfanficflamingo: Fic summmaries:
“In a world where” is cliched and unnecessary verbiage = not a good sign. But I would drop everything to read a fic whose summary started, “Aliens have—” Science fiction for the win.19 Mar: meta
- eggplantavenger.tumblr.com: Bane was giving out free shrugs…:
[I laughed and laughed. -L] - keaneoncomics.tumblr.com: adorable tintin cosplay:
18 Mar: picspam wondercon - greekedtext.tumblr.com: trololol:
It’s all fun and games until someone gets arrested.18 Mar: none
- greekedtext.tumblr.com: Jennifer Morrison in a suit and tie:
18 Mar: picspam - greekedtext.tumblr.com: RTMI:
Katharine Hepburn as Amazon warrior princess Antiope & Colin Keith-Johnston as Theseus in stage production of The Warrior’s Husband (1932)18 Mar: none - greekedtext.tumblr.com: Official Rules for Spoilers (video):
1) Reblogging for the part after the—well, this isn’t really a spoiler, but—damn.
2) My sister is still unspoiled for the series finale of Buffy. I deserve a goddamn prize.
12 Mar: none