Holy balls, this comment just made my week! Ahh, I love these boys so very much; they were already so well-formed and gave me so much to play with. ♥ (I hated writing that scene, though, with the fight and everything. I knew some serious shit had to go down to set everything in motion and I was all proud of myself when I first outlined it because I thought it'd be all intense and everything, but when it was time to actually write it...aaugh, it just made me really sad and uncomfortable and I just hated it. But, y'know, had to be done. I am poooossibly too attached to these kids.) Raven is my homegirl now & forever and I really grew to love their brother-sister relationship in the movie even though it took me by surprise at first, so I really wanted to expand on that. :) Alex...heh, I think that was probably a very simplistic friendship. He's not quite as effulgent as Charles, is he. Not very chatty. I think he probably really respects Erik's strength and independence, but perhaps he kinda didn't ask some questions that maybe ought to have been asked, y'know?
(Did that make sense? With, like, an electric shock? I wasn't sure if I did that right/if anyone was getting it. Lawd. Because he's all, you know, metaly.) Did I mention the part where I listened to "Rage and Serenity" and watched that scene OVER AND OVER AND OVER while I was writing? Because...seriously. ♥ It was just so perfect and said everything I wanted to say, so I tried to use those ideas a lot. ;) I'm so thrilled it worked & people are into it! Ahh, your comments are amazing and I am totally going to come back and read this when I need a boost. :D
Oh no, that'll make it the saddest essay ever! But those two really were the original slash pairing, weren't they. I remember reading it in freshman year and I was just wriggling in my seat like "OKAY WE'RE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, RIGHT???" and my professor was just cracking up. Heh. Thank you so much for reading & for this amazing feedback!
(Hee, well, I actually have a few other things I'm working on, though not nearly this...large. The kinkmemes and stuff @ LJ are just OVERWHELMING. I keep seeing stuff I want to try. This fandom is amaaaaaazing.)
:) That comment is well deserved. The soundtrack's Rage and Serenity makes me wanna cry everytime I hear it, and that scene was just gorgeous. I don't think I breathed once in the theatre when it happened and I don't think I do now when I watch it sometimes. <3
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT. FOCUS. I was reading it and I was like "AM I THE ONLY ONE TAKING THIS IN?" The original slash pairing and betrayal story. I almost went into too much detail on that on my essay lol. Holding hands and sobbing for days after his death. my friend jesus.
And that theme is used in one of the deleted scenes! In the thing where Erik's at the train station and the dude's like "are you looking for something?" and he's like "aren't we all"--it's totally the same music! Because Charles is what he's looking for!! *flail etc*
...anyway. I couldn't resist getting all English-major-nerdy there a few times (although credit for the Hamlet bit totally goes to my beta/internet wife ♥). I think I may have written an essay about that as well back in the day...I'm pretty sure I wrote about Ishmael/Queequeg a few times too. Good Lord, everything is gay. Well, as it should be.
(I'm kinda working on one now and it's just NOT happening and it's driving me crazy...I need to just force myself through it this weekend. Turns out I reeeeally need deadlines to get shit done. Sigh.)
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