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Wow, hon. This is pretty darn amazing! I almost never cry at even the most heart-wrenching fics these days; I've read too many and grown inured. But this one got me, hard!
Ooh. Heh heh. This is great! I love Jubes' voice (when it's well-captured, which is not often) more than ALL the other Xmen ,I think. It's just that most ppl don't quite know what to do w/her.
Jubes, in this story, is magnificent. She makes for a nice supporting role -- popping back into our focus ust enough to make her point, then quietly exiting for Rogue to resume the spotlihgt ;)
The reversal of the X1 nightmare scene is delicious, and so delicately written. You have an economy of expression that serves this story well!
And that last scene is incredibly heart-warming, seeing the profound effect her trust has on Logan's poor isolated soul.
you handled this very well! I've read dozens of chapters just like this, yet somehow I wasn't bored. ;) That means it's unique, and you're doing something right.
aw. It's so easy to see Logan doing this. In spite of the awful subject matter, it's a lovely story -- has a certain strong sense of humanity running thru it, fragility & strength entwined.
So far this is just an incredible tale! I'm reading voraciously -- I just can't stop!! I LOVE your characterizations! And you write mystery/intrigue very well ;)
That's IT?? You can't stop it there! Get writing, honey!!
Hey, now! You can't leave a scene like this hanging for three years -- that's a capital crime, don'tcha know??
So now, I am ordering you by all things Rogan to explain this situation forthwith!! ;) What is Rogue doing back in the past -- who brought her there -- why did Cyclops shoot @ the people he was supposed to be rescuing?
The images here have stuck with me for years. They're nightmarish. I hate them. This story should come with a WARNING! It's a grotesquely disturbing image that I wish I could blot out forever but never entirely leaves my imagination.
The images here have stuck with me for years. They're nightmarish. I hate them. This story should come with a WARNING! It's a grotesquely disturbing image that I wish I could blot out forever but never entirely leaves my imagination.
Author's Response: I\'m sorry your response was so negative. I think the story is accurately labeled (as Dark and Drama). I think a lot of elements in this fandom ARE disturbing, and I wanted a story that gave \"fanservice\" in the darkest and most literal way: \"make them together, forever!\" Be careful what we wish for... But if this story offended you or troubled you seriously, I am sorry. I hope you find other stories of mine, or other authors, that you enjoy. Best wishes. M
Sigh. Such a great set-up, here. I'm reading this for the 5th time, I think. ;) I'm an old fan of this story!
Wolvie-n-Rogue are AWESOME here! And you write with such exquisite emotion, just on the fine edge of pain & longing.
The description of the others' relationships & their quarters are creative, too.
oh, dear ... and one of them is going to be captured or overwise terribly traumatized, right? Yep, I can see this freight train coming (i love stories like this. and you write Logan's little family dynamics so well. it's adorable!)
seems like their planning wasn't the greatest. And I must say, to be totally honest, this isn't your best writing. Either you struggle with action sequences in general, or you were in a hurry to get this out and didn't spend much time editing. But it advanced the plot to where it needed to be, and I'm sure the major part of the story will be focused on the aftermath of these events, and all the angsting and character drama you're so good @
This is like watching one of the many dramatizations of "Titanic" or "pearl Harbor" ... you keep seeing them make mistake after mistake, and you want to yell @ them to open their eyes ... argh!
Please don't tell me they're going to find Marie dying! LOgan's going to go completely insane!
So far, I'm having a thoroughly enjoyable time with this story. I guess I'm wishing you'd have spent just a little more time developing the Valerie/Logan dynamic, just so that we can get a feel for what their relationship is like, and know his justification for falling in love with her. So far she's kind of a 2D "warm body" sort of fill-in. I wish I knew more about her, and I have a feeling she's about to be shoved into the background as the plot unfolds. Seems like she missed the chance to shine as a character!
oh, no! Is he going to figure it out before Val pushes her out of the picture entirely??
Well done. Though, yes, I wish there had been maybe one more in-between chapter to show Logan "getting over" Marie enough to let in another woman.
Heartbreaking! VEry sweetly written.
well done! Brilliant! ;) You do a good job of showing Logan's character under stress.
So is Kayla going to have skin-based powers like her mother? And are Jean's flashbacks related to her own mutation (which shouldn't really have anything to do with precognition, right?) ... OR, are they a result of Jean's mutation interacting with Kayla's?? You've got me thinking!
Logan's conviction in front of Kayla that Marie must be dead, and that "habit" of "erasing" her name ... WOW! *Please*, girl, explain that at some point. I'd really like to know how he looks back at his life with her; is he resentful toward Marie? I think you have imagined something going on in his head that I haven't anticipated, and I'd love to take a peek!
...and listen: I can see the writing on the wall, here. I've found this story for the first time, but it's been 3 years since you updated and with only 2 more chapters to go, I just know you're going to leave the story off at a doozy of a cliffhanger that's gonna leave ME with a boatload of frustration!!
I KNOW that I read in your note at hte beginning of hte story that you had TWENTY-THREE chapters ALREADY typed out before you even finished posting!! So where are all the missing chapters?
PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE --- could you have mercy, and take the time to go back in your old computer files and retrieve those old chapters, and post them?? Even if the story's still unfinished, at least we'd have that to read. And if you can't do THAT, can you @ least post an outline of how you *would have* finished the story -- whatever it was you had planned in your mind. Just an outline. Surely that would only take an hour of one day out of your life!! I *have* to know how this story ends! (can you tell I'm desperate?)
Charlie Xavier is an idiot sometimes.
Poor Marie. After all this hell she's gone through ... her mate has abandoned her, and what's worse, MARRIED a usurper when he never even bothered to marry HER for 5 years!!
She's going to be devastated.
So is Logan.
And *I'M* going to be devastated if, through all your devious author's tricks and delaying tactics, I find that the next chapter ends before Logan even re-enters the story and sees her!
If you abandoned this story and left us hanging without even the long-awaited payoff of getting to watch Marie and Logan's reunion ... wow. I'm gonna be SO disappointed.
argh! And what a witch this woman is! I think I'm starting to hate her.
...and I'm gonna absolutely *haunt* you if you don't update! I *knew* you were gonna do this to us! I think I should start a picket line, hang up a cheesy cardboard sign and chant: WE WANT UPDATES NOW!
Thank YOU! You made my day! It has everything! Thoroughly satisfying ending, awesome plot & character development on the WHOLE Xmen gang; unique villains and unexpected pairings and really well-written emotional scenes.
This is a great companion to Katherine's story! Well done.
gah! what a heart-breaker! I'm crying inside, really. I do wish you'd tell us what exactly happened to Logan, b/c really, I'd like to know what could have killed him.
...or is he not REALLY dead after all, and will show up in the end and surprise them all?