A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: A Multifandom Comment Fic Meme

Jul 11, 2011 12:15

Have you seen a hot photo at Sex is Not the Enemy and you wish there were a fic to go with it? Is there a still from your favorite series that needs a story to accompany it? Do you have a vast stockpile of pictures of outer space that would make amazing back drops for a sci-fi story? Well, this is your place! You're invited to post an ( Read more... )

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Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel ashen_key July 13 2011, 23:13:14 UTC
Angel Salvadore knows all about power.

She has it when she dances, when she does a slow, sliding figure-eight with her hips, when she makes a man's eyes darken with nothing more than a slight pout. She loses it by possessing that curve of her ass, the swell of her breasts, the brown of her skin.

Men have power, too. They have it in their money, their suits, their laws and assumption that this is their world. Of course, they lose power. She takes it from them when she parts them from their money (so much money), when they worship at the shrine of her body, and sometimes that makes her feel like a queen.

But not always.

(she tries not to keep a tally of who loses more and who wins more, because she knows the answer.

hint: she doesn't win)

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Of course, she turns the showing of her wings into a dance, a whole-body-flirt. Of course she does. She can fly, and that is groovy, and she can spit fire, which does wonders for a girl's confidence, but the pair of them have walked into her club, paid her, and now they expect her to go ( ... )

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel rubynye July 14 2011, 01:19:56 UTC
This is absolutely perfect, and I will remember this whenever I write her. I am just astonished by how deftly and three-dimensionally and plausibly you've portrayed her, especially in such a small space. And not just her, either.

Wow. *applauds*

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel ashen_key July 14 2011, 13:19:41 UTC
Oh my gosh, thank you so much! I had thoughts regarding Angel and her motivations and way of viewing the world, and your prompt just made everything click. Thank you *g*

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel igrockspock July 14 2011, 02:56:58 UTC
What an incredible portrait of this character!

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel ashen_key July 14 2011, 13:21:58 UTC
Thank you!

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel ceitfianna July 14 2011, 18:19:05 UTC
I love this. She's so honest and knows what's out there for her and how the world works.

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel ashen_key July 15 2011, 01:36:44 UTC
Thank you! And yeahh, I think by now she's very much a realist.

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel walksbyherself July 15 2011, 01:59:46 UTC
I love this. And you. But you should have guessed both those things. :D

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel ashen_key July 15 2011, 02:03:58 UTC
Always nice to be told, bb!

And :D

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel littledust July 16 2011, 23:17:41 UTC
You're so fantastic. ♥ I love this take on Angel.

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel ashen_key July 17 2011, 02:08:05 UTC
ANGEL ICON! <3!

And thank yooooooooooou.

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel thistlerose July 17 2011, 03:40:42 UTC
Ooh, I love this insight into Angel. You've given her motives that are totally plausible and kind of make me ache for her.

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Re: Like A Queen, (X-Men: First Class), Angel ashen_key July 17 2011, 03:42:55 UTC
Thank you! That's exactly what I set out to do, so I'm glad it worked. And, oh, yes, Oh, Angel.

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