Days of Becoming, Chapter 8

[talktooloose]

Title: Days of Becoming, Chapter 8 - "Measured Response"
Author: Talktooloose
'Verse: X-Men movieverse
Warnings: Swearing, I think. It means nothing to me, so I don't really take note. Bubbling sexuality. Implied use of hand lotion as a sexual aid. Bad puns.
Series Summary: This novel focusses mainly on the paths Iceman and Pyro take on their way to adulthood and how they discover and deal with their love for each other. It is a novel about what Joni Mitchell calls "the dream's malfunction" and how we can learn to make our own dreams when our heroes fail us. Other X characters and OC's play prominent roles and the action begins before X1, continues through the events of X2 and X3 and concludes in the aftermath of that movie.
Chapter Summary: The characters react to the shooting in Pasadena. At the mansion, they plan action; in Boston, a disillusioned Mike meets an interesting girl; at the mutant youth meeting in New York, Bobby makes a bold (or is it foolish) move. Bobby and Kitty wonder what's up with all the spandex.
Betas: kuriadalmatia and lux_apollo. My betas' feedback really pushed me to clarify both the action and the character intentions here. Humble thanks.
Disclaimers: Marvel and 20th Century own this stuff but they need us to make sense of it.

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Comments

[ayumie.livejournal.com]

New chapter!
*does happy dance*
I love all the shirt straightening going on in this one. Bobby is very in character - meaning to do well and a bit slow on the uptake. His dream was very interesting. Looks like somebody left a lasting impression...
Also, I'm glad you didn't drop Mike completely. And now there's Jubilee. You do make me very happy.
No John in this one either. Dare I hope for a quick follow-up? I totally forgot to ask that the last time and having no idea when to expect the next chapter has been hell. Uhm, I'll shut up now.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

LOL. Shirt straightening, yes. Bobby and Andi are both easily embarrassed. I love writing the dream sequences. I never know what I'm going to write until it comes out. I'm contemplating a Charles dream but I think it might give away too much of the last section of the novel.

It's funny how things go; I never expected Mike to have so many fans. So in looking at ways to keep him in the story, the Jubilee plot emerged and now the two of them are going to play a big part in the tumultuous events of Hallowe'en. I'm glad it worked out this way!

I haven't started writing 9 because it's been a bit tricky to get the direction, but now I think I have it. I'm planning on it being the shortest chapter so far and, with luck, it will only be about three weeks till I post it.

Thanks for commnenting.