Fanfic: Last of the Jedi by Artaxastra
May. 17th, 2011 01:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mutatismutandisSummary: What would you do if someone told you that you were special, that you needed to come learn how to use your unique talents? If you were Jean Grey, 11 years old in the summer of 1977, Star Wars would give you something to think about when the Jedi come to you.
"I know a man who wants to start a school, a special school for kids like you."
"Kids on crutches?" Jean was sceptical.
"Kids with special gifts that nobody understands yet."
"Like you," Jean said, before she realized that she was pulling it out of his mind.
He didn't flinch. "Like me," he said evenly. "I feel what other people feel. Similar to what you do, but not nearly as strong. It's very useful to me as a priest."
"I bet," Jean said. She and Annie had talked about the Jedi Knights, about what would you do if someone showed up and said that the Force was strong in your family.
"Would you like to talk to him?" Father Michael asked. "His name is Professor Xavier."
A gorgeous story about Jean's introduction to the mansion, and about how fiction gives her the tools she needs to understand herself and the people around her.
Last of the Jedi
"I know a man who wants to start a school, a special school for kids like you."
"Kids on crutches?" Jean was sceptical.
"Kids with special gifts that nobody understands yet."
"Like you," Jean said, before she realized that she was pulling it out of his mind.
He didn't flinch. "Like me," he said evenly. "I feel what other people feel. Similar to what you do, but not nearly as strong. It's very useful to me as a priest."
"I bet," Jean said. She and Annie had talked about the Jedi Knights, about what would you do if someone showed up and said that the Force was strong in your family.
"Would you like to talk to him?" Father Michael asked. "His name is Professor Xavier."
A gorgeous story about Jean's introduction to the mansion, and about how fiction gives her the tools she needs to understand herself and the people around her.
Last of the Jedi
