Theme Challenge #3: Passion
Theme #3: Passion
Rating: PG
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Word Count: 268
Notes: Experiments with first person POV.
I don’t pretend that I can’t understand Erik’s motivations. I’ve been in his head. I’ve read his thoughts. I’ve seen his past. I know very few people who have experienced the worst of humanity like he has. That doesn’t mean I agree with him, of course, but I can empathize.
I would never take away all the pain he’s been through, though some people might say that’s the humane thing to do. I could easily wipe his mind of all the horror, every moment of trauma and suffering blurred out like chalk under a wet cloth. But doing so would change who he is, and I could never do that.
Erik’s life is what has made him the way he is. All the torments he’s had to live through have made him stronger, shaping his personality and his beliefs. And that same drive that made him follow Shaw over God knows how many continents and kill more people than I’d like to admit is also the one thing that makes him so loyal, so dedicated and determined. Sometimes I don’t think he’s even a man anymore- he’s a force of nature.
It’s that passion that makes me want him so much. That purpose, that resolve is what separates him from every other person I’ve ever met. And even if removing the years of pain and suffering from his mind would make the world a safer place, would make him happier, it would also mean that he wouldn’t be the same man anymore.
And I don’t want to live in a world where Erik Lensherr doesn’t exist.
Rating: PG
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Word Count: 268
Notes: Experiments with first person POV.
I don’t pretend that I can’t understand Erik’s motivations. I’ve been in his head. I’ve read his thoughts. I’ve seen his past. I know very few people who have experienced the worst of humanity like he has. That doesn’t mean I agree with him, of course, but I can empathize.
I would never take away all the pain he’s been through, though some people might say that’s the humane thing to do. I could easily wipe his mind of all the horror, every moment of trauma and suffering blurred out like chalk under a wet cloth. But doing so would change who he is, and I could never do that.
Erik’s life is what has made him the way he is. All the torments he’s had to live through have made him stronger, shaping his personality and his beliefs. And that same drive that made him follow Shaw over God knows how many continents and kill more people than I’d like to admit is also the one thing that makes him so loyal, so dedicated and determined. Sometimes I don’t think he’s even a man anymore- he’s a force of nature.
It’s that passion that makes me want him so much. That purpose, that resolve is what separates him from every other person I’ve ever met. And even if removing the years of pain and suffering from his mind would make the world a safer place, would make him happier, it would also mean that he wouldn’t be the same man anymore.
And I don’t want to live in a world where Erik Lensherr doesn’t exist.