My silly fandom tumblr where I reblog the lamest and coolest things that are relevant to my interests. Lately that means a lot of XMFC. :P
This was only supposed to be a rough version of a Cherik piece but I ended up kind of liking the sketchy style.
….why can I never draw these two in anything but monochrome?
Leaked X-Men Origins: Magneto script (summarized by Meg)
As you may know, the script for the once-planned Magneto Origins has been leaked. You can get it here.
It’s like 115 pages long and I don’t have the patience. Luckily my friend Meg actually did read the whole thing! And was super helpful and provided me with these fantastic summaries of it. The short one is funny but the longer one BLOWS MY MIND. Seriously Meg, you win all the awards. Best summaries ever below:
“Here’s the short version: First half = Erik Lensherr makes a complete and utter fucking mess of his life. (Including but is not limited to: causing the deaths of both his wife and daughter. Hunting some Nazis. Then going to see his dying grandmother and realizing he’s all alone)
Second Half = Erik meets Charles Xavier and they prance around Israel being completely fucking useless. Erik leaves after getting Xavier’s institute blown up and goes to hunt Nazis. He’s failing pretty hard at life until Charles inexplicably shows up to help. Charles frees some mutants for an army and Erik kills the final boss (Kleinmein) with a tree, and the help of the Star of David. And when all is done, they buy some land together and start to build a school.(LOLI CAN’THANDLETHIS) But Erik still doesn’t trust Charles, so he makes his helmet.
The End.”
And now for the unbelievable, utterly fantastic longer version:
“First half = Erik Lensherr makes a complete and utter fucking mess of his life. Indirectly kills his wife/daughter, makes a deal with a sketchy American, who’s probably evil somehow, to hunt Nazis for him, arrests a banker, kills some marines in an embassy by displaying his mutant power to everyone there like an idiot, kills a doctor and scares the shit out of a little kid, kills a Nazi with braces and fails so hard at killing Decker(Kleinmein’s evil parter. Kleinmein is the Shaw of this trainwreck), goes to see his dying grandma and realizes he’s all alone.(my god this story all fucking over the place)
Second half = Meets Charles Xavier playing soccer. I don’t even know. He’s chillin’ in Israel coincidently helping holocaust survivors. Maaaaan all the propaganda in this script even down to the ‘Never again,’ not in reference to him being experimented on because of his powers or his parents being killed, but in reference to him being Jewish. This is X-men, not an Israeli documentary. I can’t handle you.
And then… Erik and Charles(who just met) beat the shit outa some thugs bare handed. ‘Nope, we’re not going to use our powers, we’re going to do this the old fashioned Hollywood way.’ And then they run away laughing from the cops, CHARLES XAVIER EVERYONE.(I can see drinking and womanizing at Oxford, but I think beating people up and running away is just a tad outside of Charles’ ethics) And THEN Erik asks for help and they have a nice little chat referencing religion. AND THEN THEY STOP TWO EGYPTIAN TANKS. AND THEN THEY FINALLY FIND OUT THAT EACH OTHER ARE MUTANTS. Yeah, it took Charles a display to know that. Really? Yup, really. He refuses to use his powers. Beating people up is A-okay, but looking into their mind is atrocious. (What in the fuck is going on, I don’t know either, and I read the damn thing) And now apparently Erik is concerned about being a mutant and not a Jew, and he’s like ‘Charles Charles, the Nazis are making their master race with these mutations! Help me with your awesome mind powers’ And Charles looks into his mind, and now uses his morals and refuses to go Nazi hunting, and Erik is like ‘Fine. Bye Thanks.’ AND GOES TO HIS ROOM TO READ A BIBLE.
Erik gets up in the middle of the night, finds Decker, drives his jeep off a cliff with him in it and in doing that, causes the institute that Xavier’s in (of course he gets out, jeez) to blow the fuck up. “Erik… you’re really awful at this,” Charles says. Okay, no he didn’t, but he fucking should have. And after getting Charles’ institute destroyed, Erik actually leaves to go find his final Nazi boss. Oh, and you know that sketchy American from earlier, yeah he was using Erik the whole time, who effing called that!
Erik proceeds in stealing an army van and finds the American at the zoo. He talks about sharks and betrayal then… Erik lets himself be cuffed but not before unlocking all of the animal cages in the zoo. And then Graves(the American) pissed himself and is eaten. NO BUT THAT’S WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. God fuck this movie. Okay, so Erik and Graves get away from the tigers, get into a car, I really hope that Erik is letting him take him to Kleinmein(Shaw) and is not just a giant tool. It could swing either way really… YOU ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP SOMEONE WHO YOU KNOW CAN MANIPULATE METAL AND YOU PUT HIM IN A CAR AND SIT WITH HIM AND DON’T TRANQULIZE HIM WITH THE GUN IN YOUR HANDS. Worst. Villian. Ever. Award, right there.
Welp, needless to say, Erik takes control of the car and they crash, then says “Shouldn’t you sedate me?” Umm really, yes why, yes he should, but he doesn’t. Because at this point, I’m pretty sure Charles has something to do with all of this, I think he’s taken control of Graves. AND HE HAS. He’s in the driver’s seat of the car they just got into, nice to see you actually using your fucking powers Charles.
Erik: “You know I had a plan back there.” You had no fucking plan Lensherr, don’t even.
Charles: “Yes, I believe it was hitting a fire hydrant and waiting for me to rescue you” Charles wins.
They drive towards a farmhouse in the rain. Erik sneaks into the farmhouse while Charles… (who wrote this)… while Charles summons a bunch of deer to cause a car crash outside between two military trunks. I’m not even making this shit up. Erik waltzes into a basement lab with absolutely no metal like an idiot to meet his maker Kleinmein, and these really creepy pair of blond haired twins. Kleinmein laughs as the twins beat the fuck out of Erik and then attempts to tranq him, but OH SNAP. Erik pulls out a Star of David necklace, the only piece of metal in the room. SAVED BY GOD. Though he doesn’t even use it in a practical way, it’s like brass-knuckle Hollywood bullshit. And while Erik is failing at life, Charles is off somewhere killing the shit out of a German scientist. Yup, yup he is. And Charles frees some captive mutants.(beast, Raven and some others) Erik kills the creepy twins, ruins some soldiers’ day by crushing them with a ceiling and meets up with Charles only to leave him AGAIN, to go after Kleinmein who’s driving away.(Apparently have your neck sliced open by a Star of David is not a legit death). Who he kills by sidestepping away from a tree. I’m very serious. No bending the metal in the car and crushing him, no making the gas tank explode, nope. I’m going to hide this tree behind me and make you crash into it. I. Cannot. Even. He walks away in the rain crying to go find Charles.
Ending = Erik and Charles drive away into the midnight air, with their mutant army and hopes of re-building. Then they buy some land together with plans to make a school, Erik states that he’s good at construction. Hur. But then Erik makes a helmet because after all, he still can’t really trust Charles. Skip to present day – Erik and Charles are old while bickering and listening to Senator Kelly give a speech.
END
FUUUUUUCK. This was so painful to read.”
Fox: “X-Men First Class Sequel is OFFICIAL!!!!!”
TWENTIETH Century Fox has officially confirmed plans for sequels to its summer hits X-Men: First Class and Rise of The Planet of The Apes.
Tom Rothman, co-chairman and chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment, says they hope to get Matthew Vaughn back for another X-Men instalment and Rupert Wyatt to continue the Apes storyline.
“Both of them were really great scripts and so we have to be sure to get great scripts again,” Rothman told ComingSoon at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. “We’re working hard on the scripts for both of them, but we have every hope of moving forward with them.”
Rothman’s public statement signals the studio’s determination to build on the critical success of both films.
http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2011/11/fox-wants-matthew-vaughn-to-di.html
Www. Messy Cherik doodle that I colored…BECAUSE I CAN—but not because I should. Damnit. NEED. TO FOCUS—
Also, someone needs to take Skyrim away from me for just a week or two. The Temptation is driving me insane.
- Erik Lehnsherr to Charles Xavier, X2.
Because this is really it. This is Charles and Erik’s relationship. Erik isn’t saying this as some empty boast, it isn’t a “nah-nah, I’m dangerous and I told you so” statement. Erik thinks that Charles should have killed him; Erik would rather have died than do what he was forced to do, to give Stryker the information to attack the school.
(via theshapeofthoughts)
(Source: sleipnir-lokison)
A Few Drinks (Charles/Erik)
this fanfic was taken off the web but it’s one of my faves and I feel compelled to share. This fic is NOT mine!
“A Few Drinks” by coquilleon Rating: R, I guess?
After informing Angel of her allies, Erik and Charles spend a little extra time at the gentleman’s club.
If the story between Charles and Erik is on some level this… tragic romance, you’ve got to arrange the other elements in that way to…
—Yeah in this case you have Hank and you have Raven, who end up being the B-story version of the same story playing out with Charles and Erik… The making and then the breaking of a relationship.
Ashley Miller and Zack Snyder, from the Behind-The-Scenes XMFC.
“In earlier versions there’d been perhaps more of a love triangle, Moira was much more of a central character who drove the elements of the plot.”
I’m sorry are there STILL people out there who refuse to accept Charles/Erik?
“Things Unsaid”
Trade with Arcane Winter that I should have finished aaaages ago. She wrote a brilliant sequel to A Measure of Peace for me, called “It Goes Unsaid” and it’s bloody amazing so go read it at her LJ.
The hands were super fun to draw but damn those boys’ faces are hard and way too pretty!
MATTHEW VAUGHN IS OFFICIALLY BACK TO DIRECT!!!!!
First Class co-producer Simon Kinberg is currently banging out the initial drafts of the script, which I’m sure will now see revisions on the part of Vaughn and his writing partner Jane Goldman.
No word on what exactly the direction of the new story is, but now that Vaughn is officially back in the fold I’m very much relieved.
Additionally, Bryan Singer is also on board to co-produce with series regular Lauren Shuler-Donner.
Expect more updates soon in terms of an official release date and the eventual casting.
OH.
MY.
GOD!!!
MY EMOTIONNNNNS.
(Source: heroesandhellions.com)
Great big X-Men: First Class fanfic rec list (tumblr deleted it :()
I have read everything out there (except AUs) for X-Men: First Class. Here’s the list of the only ones I would read again and genuinely love. They are largely Charles/Erik with a few no-pairings fics thrown in as well. Most are wonderfully in-character (unless otherwise noted) and all of them take place during or after the movie timeline. No AUs or fixit fics here.
I realize that despite my pickiness this is still a considerable list, so if you only have time for a handful, I have put my 5 ABSOLUTELY MUST-READs at the top with a *. :) The rest are in no particular order.
*How Deep the Bullet Lies Charles slowly realizes what Erik means to him. Starts at the roadtrip and goes to post-beach. One of the best-written fics I’ve read so far, littledust is a truly talented writer.
*Nuclear Winter Erik and Charles visit a gentleman’s club on the night before the battle. This fic to me is one of the most canon I’ve read. It really addresses the UST and fits so nicely into the movie that I seriously cannot envision it not being a part of it.
*If This Isn’t a Kingdom Charles teaches Erik how to dance.
*Acceptance Charles and Erik, what they were to each other, how they found out, and what they still are to each other. The only fic to ever give me a lump in my throat.
*And Miles to Go Before I Sleep one of the most in-character XMFC fics I’ve ever read. Erik and Charles and how they relate to each other and come to know and befriend (and it’s implied) fall for each other pre-beach.
Cute Chicken Salt Rings for Slugs During the road trip Charles gets sick and Erik looks after him
The Deeds that Define Us Erik and Charles, how they circle each other and come together in various points in time.
The Pen(is) Mightier Charles always keeps a metal-plated pen on him. Erik is well aware. Hilarious and fun :)
He Kisses Charles Charles is kind of freaking out the night before the battle. Erik knows a way to calm him.
Stuck in the Middle of it All Charles/Erik from Moira’s perspective.
On the Surface of Grapes How Charles and Erik touch each other physically and emotionally
Perfectly Imperfect Charles reflects on why he fell for Erik instead of Moira.
Given Back, But Not To Keep Erik helps Charles hone his abilities. VERY NC17 but a nice take on how scary Charles’ powers are.
Leitmotiv Erik reflects on what Charles means to him. A bit out-of-character on Erik’s part but still good. NC-17.
Alekhine’s Defense Post-Cuba, Erik and Charles play chess in the park. Sweet and sad.
Call Me By His Name Erik visits Charles one night post-beach. Very bittersweet. NC-17
Reckless Charles and Erik have an argument after Russia.
This Land is Mine But I’ll Let You Rule Roadtrip fic. Mostly friendship fic between Erik/Charles.
Fairy Tale Erik asks Charles to help him remember more from his childhood. A really sweet moment between these two.
I Can’t Leave Him On the plane back from Russia, Charles is thoroughly disturbed by Shaw’s ideal future. Erik tries to calm him down.
Smashed Glass Glittering Everywhere Like Stars Snippets between Erik and Charles, before, during, and after the timelines of the movies. It’s a beautiful, haunting three parter. Part 2 and Part 3, though I think Part 1 is my fave.
Wisteria How Erik sees and wants Charles.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang This is as close to AU as I get. It’s the end of the world and Charles is pretty dark in this.
Shelter Erik likes it rough. Charles likes it slow and sweet. They try to balance it out. Smutty, but not JUST about the sex. NC-17
Say Yes and I Believe Him Erik and Charles play chess while Charles slowly gets high. Conversations and more ensue. NC-17. I really like this one because it feels tremendously in-character and I like the anecdotes, which also feel in character. I also like that the author establishes that Charles is quite straight, because way too many fics out there paint him as gay and I don’t think he is. He’s straight with one person who’s his exception to the rule.
I want you By My Side Drabbles. More Drabbles.
Vexed and Glorious Erik and Charles meet after the beach. Tempers flare.
Nowhere but Here Roadtrip. Charles gets sick along the way and Erik looks after him.
And I Would, If I Could Snippets of characters post-beach. Sad. :(
I Need to Know How to Live My Life As It’s Meant to Be All the characters cope with their situations post-beach.
Be Strong, Be Weak Another fic about the kids coping post-beach.
Wait to Watch the Fire Erik and Charles’ sweet and destructive relationship, how it unfolds, and how it comes apart.
Saudade Erik has feelings for Charles but begins to wonder if they’re emotions manipulated into existence by Charles… pretty OOC but I like it anyway.
Metal and Flesh Erik feels the metal, and feels Charles’ heart. Sweet :)
Perfection Moments between Erik and Charles in the mansion and their build up to something more.
Apple Seeds This fic is… fascinating. It feels a little OOC but it doesn’t matter so much because it’s strange and dark and interesting. Charles and Erik’s complicated romantic relationship. Bittersweet.
The Show Must Go On On the morning of the beach battle, Charles has premonitions of what’s going to happen but is powerless to stop them. Heartbreaking ;__;
Ascension Companion piece to The Show Must Go On, Erik’s perspective of that final day. Also heartwrenching. Whyyy do you do this to me fanfic authors? ;__;
I Stand and I Wait for the Touch Erik helps Charles in the attic and the discovery of an old gramaphone leads to something more.
An Effigy to Be Disgraced When Erik asks what Charles knows about him, Charles replies “Everything”.
Break a Silver Lining A rainy day in a motel room.
I Cry to You Charles sneaks in on Erik’s dream and is surprised at what he finds.
Nickel Content Erik gets drunk and reflects on the coin. Sad :(
A Measure of Peace Erik has bad nightmares. Charles helps him deal with them.
I’ll Be Your Water A moment between Charles and Erik in a hotel room. Short and sweet and powerful.
Two Worlds A brilliantly thought-out, well-written argument between Erik and Charles that really makes you think about the characters and their driving forces.
Inevitable Erik through Charles’ eyes.
Rosy 5 times Erik made Charles blush, and 1 time it was the other way around.
My Dream is Past Erik slowly relaxing into his life with Charles and the students. Pre-beach. Kinda OOC.
A Few Drinks Charles and Erik *ahem* enjoy each others’ company after they recruit Angel.
While the World Burns A fic based on my art of the same name. There are 2 more fics based on that art here and here. All three of them are great fics I would have faved anyway, regardless of the art :)
Nourish Erik, and how only when he’s touched does he realize how much he wants to be.
Wave Drowning, in so many ways both good and bad.
So I just watched X-Men First Class, and OH GOD… ALL MY CRYS FOR ERIK AND CHARLES. TT^TT
One of my favorite scenes was when Charles first teaches Erik about serenity and taps into his brightest memory and they share that moment of heartbreaking warmth… I thought it would have been better if Charles had touched Erik to tap into that instead of always putting his fingers to his own temple. Because… I ship them.
So… I brushed up on my semi-realism and ended up with this. Charles doesn’t look quite right in my opinion, and man do their hands need work, but so help me, I’m more comfortable with my silly animu style.
It’s 1:30 AM, I should go to bed and stop doodling First Class.
Oh yeah! Title of this silly doodle is: Erik, Let Me In
