Comments | trovia: E.R./X-Men: Allegiance [5/8]

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E.R./X-Men: Allegiance [5/8]

Jul 12, 2011 00:05

Title: Allegiance
Fandoms: E.R./X-Men Movieverse
Spoilers: Up to the end of E.R. season 13, rewriting "I don't," rewriting X2, and ignoring everything that came afterwards on both fronts, except for some backstory borrowed from X3
Characters: Ray, Neela, Jean, Xavier, Abby, Cyclops, Kovac, Gates & pretty much all the X2 ensemble
Pairings: Ray/Neela ( Read more... )

genre: action/mission, crossover fic, x-men fic, genre: romance, allegiance, e.r. fic

Comments 10

scribble_myname July 11 2011, 22:23:35 UTC

:trying to regain my breath: Once again, you have blown me away. And the difference because he let them outside, just wow. :picking jaw up off floor:

trovia July 11 2011, 22:57:54 UTC

Thanks so much! :) Also, that's a lovely icon. Reminds me that I really liked that show the one time I saw it.

ofsoapsuds July 11 2011, 22:28:16 UTC

AWESOME! I love how Ray finally decided to let more of himself be shown to Neela. This is great!

trovia July 11 2011, 23:00:05 UTC

It helps that he's completely and utterly helpless about his feelings for her. :) I'm not even usually a shipper in any fandom, but they're just so cute together. Thank you! :)

lorrainemarker July 11 2011, 23:09:36 UTC

Ray's protective reaction once the fight began was nice to see. I think Neela's never going to look at 'human' - 'mutant' the same way again after seeing a bunch of armed special ops troops attack a school of children. It would be interesting to see what having her there at the school means politically down the road. I do love the continuing changes Ray's presence makes to the story. None of the major arc changes, but his being there impacts just exactly the right bits.

Ray/Neela is coming along fine. I'm glad he told her about the empathy at this point. It was one of those things that the longer he sat on, the worse it got.

trovia July 13 2011, 20:21:07 UTC

I think Neela's never going to look at 'human' - 'mutant' the same way again after seeing a bunch of armed special ops troops attack a school of children.

No kidding. The fun part is that she used to be married to a military officer, and she hasn't been a fan of the US armed forces since he died in the first place. So if there's anything that'll make her take the mutants' side, sending in special forces to attack kids will probably get the job done.

It was one of those things that the longer he sat on, the worse it got.

This is true. I find myself amused (and a little in awe) about how it was perfectly in character for him to get to that point after only a day. There's something really joyous and innocent about their attraction to each other.

jebbypal July 11 2011, 23:54:54 UTC

Intense...loving this. Great job.

trovia July 13 2011, 20:24:01 UTC

Yay! Thank you so much. :)

brennanspeaks October 29 2011, 00:57:06 UTC

Awesome job on this chapter! I really liked the pacing of the action sequence here. That's a hard thing to get right, but you really made it work. The juxtaposition with the kiss scene was particularly effective. I found it really interesting how Ray's X-Man combat instincts so quickly overrode his more recently formed physician's instincts. I enjoyed Neela's reactions throughout; she would be just the sort of person to wonder about reproductive advantage while touring a school for superheroes;)

trovia October 29 2011, 15:30:26 UTC

Yay you're back! Thank you! It's a lot of fun to get your reviews. :)

I think Ray's X-Man instincts, or rather his instincts to use his power, are something that he's trying hard to overcome but it doesn't always work. He overcompensates a lot when he doesn't use them (the empathy mostly), so I imagine they're still very much there. He wouldn't have to otherwise. Also it's more fun if he can participate in the battle. ;)