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The Bell's Toll (14/?)

Jul 11, 2012 17:03

Title: The Bell's Toll (14/?)
Author: monstrousreg
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Warnings: This chapter. Everything in this chapter. That is a legitimate warning. Disturbing imagery and violence ahead. Read with care. I apologize in advance.
Pairing: Erik/Charles.
Summary: Nikkita AU inspired by this prompt. A sort of fusion between the two series, with a healthy (or ( Read more... )

fic, tequila-inducing chapter, x-men:1st class, heavy on the angst, au, bell's toll, erik/charles

Comments 12

furius July 11 2012, 20:25:29 UTC

I love this chapter. I love how well you integrated everything together: Erik's fracturing, Charles' conscientious logic, Shaw's experimentation, Marvel WWII's biological arms race, Shaw's immortality and cellular regeneration.....And of course, Charles Xavier in a suit, cool as you please, with Erik being a mass of seething fury.

The only horrible thing is that it ends on a cliffhanger!

monstrousreg July 24 2012, 23:27:18 UTC

Thank you! I was really, really worried about whether I would manege to knit it all together, so I paid a lot of attention. I'm glad it sounds convincing!

Cliffhangers are fun! /shifts eyes

tequila inducing indeed ke_dou July 11 2012, 23:29:41 UTC

I wasn't going to comment because I dislike navigating livejournal via mobile, but this chapter kept spinning around in my head. Charles's choices are absolutely mind reeling. Especially the cliffhanger! Charles, the logical half, is the one who controls Baskerville. Yet when faced with a gun to his head, an obvious danger to his life and therefore an enemy, his supposedly logical side does not order the elimination of the enemy. Previously Charles seemed to think himself able to give the order to rip Erik apart, but when the time came, well, we just read what happens. I wonder if Charles will still be able to say that he and Baskerville are entirely separate sides, logic versus emotion and instinct, when he recovers (or is in whatever state the author has planned). His subconscious obviously prefers Erik alive and able over his own life. Unless Charles already knew how else he could survive a bullet in his brain. Or if Erik hadn't in fact shot him and had instead clubbed him in the head hahahahhaaha. Then that would destroy all my ( ... )

Re: tequila inducing indeed monstrousreg July 24 2012, 23:33:07 UTC

Ugh I know what you mean about mobile LJ! Thank you for taking the trouble to comment despite the awkwardness <3 I appreciate it immensely.

You know, Charles thinks a lot of things about himself that may or may not be true. Though he knows himself well enough, he doesn't take into account he fact that he, like everyone else, also grows. Things that were true when this story began have stopped being true now.

Nope, your theorizing is great! Erik shot him. And Charles will not be best pleased when he comes back around, trust me.

Next chapter not being brutal... uhm... have tequila on hand.

queena21 July 12 2012, 07:10:28 UTC

Oh. Oh you evil, cruel genius! Your chapters blow my mind. Every. Fucking. Time. I got the alert while I was at work that a new chapter was put up and all I could think about was how much I wanted all the customers to just GET THE FUCK OUT of my store so I can run home and read this. And OMG was it worth it. I was literally thinking to myself as I started chap 14 "I wonder how things went so wrong that they led to the events from the prologue", and then damn, there it is. Wonderful <3

monstrousreg July 24 2012, 23:37:01 UTC

Ahahaha I am evil and I enjoy it! And oh god, thank you so much. Oh man,. costumers suck. Get rid of them.

LOL I guess they went pretty shit, didn't they? To say there is now bad blood between them is... to put it mildly.

singingduck2 July 12 2012, 09:42:29 UTC

Hey you!!!

I'm still following this from afar, so not much reviews ans I'm sorry, but this chapter just couldn't let me go like this.

Brilliant, is what this story is! And your writing too.

I have to admit I didn't always understand where this was going, but now that it unfolds and that I have more keys to the plot and how the characters function, the whole thing appears all the more stunning.

I just wanted you to know how wonderful I find this, and that I will continue to follow your story, though I will try to review more in the future!

Just keep on like this, you're doing great!!!

monstrousreg July 24 2012, 23:39:11 UTC

Hey, duck!

Never worry about not leaving reviews, i'm just happy you;re still enjoying it!

Thank you so much for your kind words <3 I'm happy you think this makes more sense now. I would apologize for dragging the mystery along but... that would be me lying, because I'm not /evil grin

Thank you!

turtletotem July 13 2012, 05:24:00 UTC

THIS CHAPTER OH MY GOSH YOU WERE RIGHT TO JUST WARN FOR THE WHOLE CHAPTER ( ... )

monstrousreg July 24 2012, 23:47:53 UTC

I love Jean! /casually ignores question

A lot of things caused Baskerville to exist, but the distance between what Charles knows logically and what he feels has always been an abyss, and that certainly helped. His mother did not deserve it. But we can;t help but love our mothers, can we?

Haha not even Charles has a handle on himself, man. What I enjoy the most about Charles is making him unpredictable. He's always been complex, but he's never been invested enough in anything to demonstrate it. In this chapter, he brought his whole mind to bear on Erik's issue, and so I was able to show more layers. I had fun writing it. And it was a fascinating exercise.

I love Moira! And I can't seem to write a fic without the Avengers thrown in lately >.Aw, I know. I like this Erik, myself. But he's not okay as he is. /hugs ( ... )