I love this plot and I love that your Erik, for all the love he bore for Charles, retain huge blindspots and is confused when situations become slightly complicated. It's just...very XMFC.
Inconvenient pregnancies, false accusations, unsympathetic church AND queen mother, the Obstacles are becoming overwhelming but I'm sure Charles can overcome them. *hopes*
I love the beginning scene by the way, the incredible confusion and anger and terror are all there..
(And thank you for not making the imprisonment darker..because I'm tense enough as it is..*bites fingernails*)
Yes, it's actually my (much fluffier) variation on The Divorce. Erik will definitely dump Charles due to certain inconveniences, it's within his character. *Thankfully* we're working through that.
And yes, the Obstacles are... well they are all stacked up and I will knock them down in the next part (which will hopefully not be too huge because the longer it has to be the slower it gets to you, my dear readers)
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(And yes, I just... can't do creepy/dark imprisonment, it's not my style and I think it would take this from slightly-tense-mostly-happy to OH GOD DARK! I'd thought to put Charles in like a dungeon, but really a more 'royal' prisoner - in this case b/c he's the king's lover - would be somewhere more like the Tower - cramped and sucky, but not a true dungeon)
I love Emma, I'm sorry, he's 100% one of my favoritest characters I've taken away from XMFC which... is funny because the writing on her was not good and JJ (and the direction) was also not good on her. I am in love with the idea of Emma so she gets a lot of love from me. This is definitely the fic of some of the ladies getting to be BAMFs, Raven didn't get much - she was a bit of a mom-BAMF - but Moira and Emma were totally badass in this.
YES! It was mentioned in passing before, but YES! Such an omega, I was joking around with
Ug, damn it, just noticed my html fail in my comment! SAD! NOW I CANNOT FIX IT! Anyway, yeah I just love the idea of her, what she represents, etc, and it works for me. I want to play with her whenever I have a chance. January just came off a little too wooden for me to super love her.
Yes, I'm just taking all the history porn and smooshing it together! Erik 'well if this Cardinal won't let me get married we're going to have a Church of Genosha!' COUNTER-REFORM THAT, BITCHES! Sorry, I think my mind just went to a strange place there. Erik definitely has places where he is really dumb, and yeah... we see it right here.
SHAW IS A SKEEVY BASTARD! All of Shaw's full wickedness will be revealed next part! (which is kinda slightly spoilered b/c of the prompt, but WHATEVER, we can pretend it's going to be a surprise). I feel bad for whumping, Charles, but it's in furtherance of plot! And yes! Emma/Logan was hilarious, idk it just came out of nowhere and fit.
I'm so glad the doom was sufficiently doomy, there was a great deal of time (and stuff) that had to pass and I'm glad it passed tensely instead of having my readers sitting back and watching the clock for when it would be over.
SKEEVY EVIL! He's had a few moments of it before, mostly just touches of evil, but this is where he starts to show his true colors.
I know, poor Charles <3.
Yes! We have much to do still, but admittedly each of these parts has been around 10k even with my relatively sparse/spartan writing style (if I were a more verbose writer - which I am not, but more power to those who can be - this would be like 3x as long). I could babble about my desire to be a more verbose writer, but honestly I don't know what I would do with myself then.
Everything was daisies and then in swoops Shaw! This plot is amazing, so much suspense with all of the questions that Emma and Charles were pondering over and then with everything picking up near the end. I love your build-up! And the politics! Like one commenter above said, I'm totally on broad with Erik going all Henry VIII on Shaw and just declaring his own faith (hopefully with less beheading).
Its also amazing how you've fleshed out all your supporting characters even though we don't get as much time with them. Oh, to be a fly on the wall of one of Emma and Logan's encounters.
As always, looking forward to more (or the end?)! And Erik's reactions to pregnant!Charles, I keep laughing when imagining Charles doing inventive contortions to avoid any accidental bumping in that scene with Erik, lol.
DAMN YOU SHAW! Yes, he ruins everything. I'm glad everyone's enjoying! I was worried people would feel not much happened but it was all very important stuff! We'll see if we need a whole new religion or not shortly ;) I'm sure Erik will have less beheadings either way.
I always worry about my supporting characters, ultimately I (almost exclusive) write Charles/Erik, but I like my characters to all have their own agency within the fics I write. I almost want to write a little ficlet for some of my sides, but this fic has eaten so much of my life. <3
The next part will be the end! Hopefully satisfying for all involved with plenty of adorable feels! Charles was like 'oh god, Erik likes to touch my belly, NO BELLY TOUCHING' (hint, Charles, there's a reason he likes rubbing your belly, bb) Poor Charles.
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Inconvenient pregnancies, false accusations, unsympathetic church AND queen mother, the Obstacles are becoming overwhelming but I'm sure Charles can overcome them. *hopes*
I love the beginning scene by the way, the incredible confusion and anger and terror are all there..
(And thank you for not making the imprisonment darker..because I'm tense enough as it is..*bites fingernails*)
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And yes, the Obstacles are... well they are all stacked up and I will knock them down in the next part (which will hopefully not be too huge because the longer it has to be the slower it gets to you, my dear readers)
Great!
(And yes, I just... can't do creepy/dark imprisonment, it's not my style and I think it would take this from slightly-tense-mostly-happy to OH GOD DARK! I'd thought to put Charles in like a dungeon, but really a more 'royal' prisoner - in this case b/c he's the king's lover - would be somewhere more like the Tower - cramped and sucky, but not a true dungeon)
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YES! It was mentioned in passing before, but YES! Such an omega, I was joking around with
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SHAW IS A SKEEVY BASTARD! All of Shaw's full wickedness will be revealed next part! (which is kinda slightly spoilered b/c of the prompt, but WHATEVER, we can pretend it's going to be a surprise). I feel bad for whumping, Charles, but it's in furtherance of plot! And yes! Emma/Logan was hilarious, idk it just came out of nowhere and fit.
I'm so glad the doom was sufficiently doomy, there was a great deal of time (and stuff) that had to pass and I'm glad it passed tensely instead of having my readers sitting back and watching the clock for when it would be over.
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Oh Charles, pregnant, cut off from Erik for many months, poison in the palace - the plot thickens!
To wrap this up all in one more update, I think that'll be a fairly big chapter. But I want it so much, so I'll wish you happy writing!
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I know, poor Charles <3.
Yes! We have much to do still, but admittedly each of these parts has been around 10k even with my relatively sparse/spartan writing style (if I were a more verbose writer - which I am not, but more power to those who can be - this would be like 3x as long). I could babble about my desire to be a more verbose writer, but honestly I don't know what I would do with myself then.
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Its also amazing how you've fleshed out all your supporting characters even though we don't get as much time with them. Oh, to be a fly on the wall of one of Emma and Logan's encounters.
As always, looking forward to more (or the end?)! And Erik's reactions to pregnant!Charles, I keep laughing when imagining Charles doing inventive contortions to avoid any accidental bumping in that scene with Erik, lol.
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I always worry about my supporting characters, ultimately I (almost exclusive) write Charles/Erik, but I like my characters to all have their own agency within the fics I write. I almost want to write a little ficlet for some of my sides, but this fic has eaten so much of my life. <3
The next part will be the end! Hopefully satisfying for all involved with plenty of adorable feels! Charles was like 'oh god, Erik likes to touch my belly, NO BELLY TOUCHING' (hint, Charles, there's a reason he likes rubbing your belly, bb) Poor Charles.
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