tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501Mutatis MutandisX-Men Movieverse Fanwork Recsmutatismutandis2011-08-03T06:35:54Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:84429Fanfic: But Skin Deep by trascendenza2011-08-03T06:35:54Z2011-08-03T06:35:54Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> The absence of power isn't what makes her human. It's not in her genes, or in the crest she wears on her uniform, or in the political party she votes for.<br /><br /><i>She meets Carol outside the building on a rainy Wednesday night; between closing her umbrella and juggling her backpack, Marie can hardly see where she's going, and they would have been a fast tangle of limbs on the ground if not for Carol's hand on the small of her back.<br /><br />I'm so sorry, she says breathlessly, straightening up.<br /><br />Carol's smile widens the more Marie tries to apologize, and Marie stops when she realizes that the woman's hand hasn't moved although she's completely steady on her feet now.</i><br /><br />After giving up her abilities, Marie learns something about power from Carol Danvers. An interesting twist on their relationship and an all too plausible future for Rogue.<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/42355">But Skin Deep</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=84429" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:81278Fanfic: ... about the dead floating in the wind by Sakura2011-07-15T04:52:26Z2011-07-15T04:59:20Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> "When I was a little girl, I thought my mother knew the ending of every story in the world."<br /><br /><i>We were working a job at the Hellfire Club, Matta and I. Sebastian Shaw was a regular customer. We always covered security at his parties. Shaw preferred the sort of protection that we provided, rather than the obvious, imposing help other promoters employed. That sort may have looked as though they could crush a person's spine, but they were tall, heavy and clumsy. Muscle like that is only good for putting on a show or stopping a bullet. Our methods were much more delicate. I could feel trouble before trouble even realized itself for what it was. Matta could erase a person before they could touch him.<br /><br />I could do it before they knew I was there.</i><br /><br />A haunting tale of how Psylocke came to be where she was (and <i>what</i> she was) during X3. A take on the connection between Kwannon and Betsy Braddock that would never have occurred to me, this is disturbing and beautifully written.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3167178/1/about_the_dead_floating_in_the_wind">... about the dead floating in the wind</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=81278" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:74521Fanfic: Grow Up and Blow Away by waketosleep2011-06-13T01:03:11Z2011-06-13T01:15:44Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> Raven isn't a child anymore. She's trying to prove it.<br /><br /><i>Raven discovered a lot of things in Paris: sex with women, smoking, eclairs, how to ride a bicycle in a flowy skirt, and the idea of a university education that had nothing to do with genetics. She liked psychology. It seemed interesting; she got inside peoples' heads already, in a way. Maybe she'd study it someday; Hank had said she might live twice as long as a normal person. What was that, 150 years? Jesus.</i><br /><br />After <i>First Class</i>, Raven goes to Paris with the Brotherhood and grows up fast. A beautiful story about falling in love and coming of age, and I really like the Irene Adler in this.<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/209527">Grow Up and Blow Away</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=74521" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:60826Fanfic: Safe by kaydeefalls2011-05-17T09:43:34Z2011-06-11T00:01:27Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> Sometimes, Jean wished she had the guts to go through a rebellious phase.<br /><br /><i>Jean studied hard in college. She was planning on pre-med, but couldn't resist taking a political science course or two. Six classes of bio and poli sci were a heavy load, particularly for a freshman, but she managed. After a week or two, she was well settled in.<br /><br />She didn't really make friends, but that didn't matter. Much.<br /><br />Raven, on the other hand, hardly did any work at all, even though her courses were as difficult as Jean's, if not more so. "I'm a fast learner," she said curtly, the one time Jean mentioned it.</i><br /><br />Jean goes to school and meets new people, one of whom may not be quite what she seems. This is not a scenario that would ever have occurred to me, but it's entirely plausible in this story, and Jean's characterisation as a young woman trying to spread her wings is fascinating.<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/84564">Safe</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=60826" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:36305Fanfic: La Brea by Kate Elizabeth2011-05-16T15:17:09Z2011-06-11T00:01:23Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> Logan's not the first.<br /><br /><i>She writes Rogue poetry and makes her watch Masterpiece Theatre and strange British comedy that Rogue mostly understands and finds herself laughing at, startled and happy. Brea lives on a whole different plane. Sometimes it's lower than the rest of them, sometimes it's higher. But it's definitely different.<br /><br />Brea knows things. When she discovered Rogue's limitations, she wrote out a detailed list of sex toys that didn't require body-to-body contact and left it, folded only once, halfway under Rogue's door. Bobby found it first. Brea turned his face green for a week. "For envy," she said, and winked at Rogue.</i><br /><br />I love this original character, and her power, and the way she connects with Rogue. Sensuous and sharp.<br /><br /><a href="http://blueshades.net/xmen/labrea.html">La Brea</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=36305" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:33385Fanfic: The Lover by Elizabeth2011-05-16T15:01:33Z2011-06-11T00:01:23Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> Ororo Munroe has a secret admirer.<br /><br /><i>When the science journals carry headlines that talk about mutations and genetics and the changing face of humanity, she always places the magazines face down on the counter and looks at me with wide and slightly fearful eyes. I turned the magazines over once and watched as her fingers knotted around each other, slowly tightening and strangling in fear. I didn't turn her magazines over after that.</i><br /><br />Storm is in the closet, but at least she has company. Beautiful and sad, and a reminder that community reactions to mutants aren't always what they might expect.<br /><br /><a href="http://blueshades.net/xmen/lover.html">The Lover</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=33385" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:27997Fanfic: Nothing But Blue Skies by lilacsigil2011-05-16T13:04:53Z2011-06-11T00:01:22Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> Callisto comes to the mansion to kidnap Leech, but ends up with someone else entirely.<br /><br /><i>Logan, having made sure the other students were clear, hurtled into the group at top speed, grabbing Callisto by the throat and throwing her away from Leech. She landed on her feet and sped back towards him, but was thrown off stride when her speed dropped off as she entered the zone of the terrified Leech's power. Ororo wasted no time and leapt from the ground to tackle Callisto around the waist. Off-balance, the two women staggered backwards, stepping down into the decorative pond and falling into a tangled pile of flailing limbs in the water.</i><br /><br />Fight scenes, ideological debate <i>and</i> femslash all in one story! In my opinion, all the X-Men's dates should start with a kidnapping. The comic book incarnations of Storm and Callisto have always had a tense and interesting relatioship, so it's nice to see the movie versions interacting here.<br /><br /><a href="http://xmmficathon.livejournal.com/78313.html">Nothing But Blue Skies</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=27997" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:24121Fanfic: Possession by C. Elisa2011-05-16T10:17:35Z2011-06-11T00:01:21Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> Storm and her goddess.<br /><br /><i>Oya is the goddess of storms, of lightning, of the whirlwind. She can be as gentle as a breeze, sometimes. Other times she will come from the sky and destroy everything you have clung to, tear you from the ground and leave you far from home. She is sudden change of every kind, including the transition into death. She is in charge of cemeteries and the marketplace. (Kitty Pryde once asked me if the marketplace includes the mall. Of course it does.) She is known to be fierce in protecting her children. She is capable of gentleness, but do not get in the way of her anger. In the stories she rides into battle swinging an axe, with sparks of lightning darting from her hair - just as my own hair flowed with electricity every time I let my anger gain the upper hand.</i><br /><br />Storm's religious beliefs aren't something the comics have ever gone into in any coherent fashion, let alone the movies. This story does an excellent job of filling in some of the gaps. A great tale of Ororo's past, her faith and her future.<br /><br /><a href="http://blueshades.net/xmen/posession.html">Possession</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=24121" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-11:888501:6002Fanfic: Storm Breaking by anenko2011-05-15T03:26:59Z2011-06-11T00:01:19Zpublic0<b>Summary:</b> Mystique tempts. Ororo doubts.<br /><br /><i>Rain gleams against Mystique's skin and scales. She does not move forward, and does not retreat. She looks upon the evidence of Storm's grief, unblinking.<br /><br />Mystique says:<br /><br />Such anger. Such power.<br /><br />You could make a difference, Ororo Munroe. You could help us change the world.<br /><br />Ororo's anger pounds against the street. Her helplessness makes the trees creak, and groan, and shake their branches at the sky.</i><br /><br />Mystique tries to court Ororo away from the X-Men. Personal, political and poetical.<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/18363">Storm Breaking</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mutatismutandis&ditemid=6002" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments