Days of Becoming, Chapter 41 of 44

[talktooloose]

Title: Days of Becoming, Chapter 41: “Spending Our Days Waiting for Tomorrow”
Author: Talktooloose
’Verse: X-Men movieverse
Betas: mofic and lux_apollo. It needed to stand on its own.
Disclaimers: Marvel and 20th Century own the X-Men, I own my original characters. The People own the Internet.

Series Summary: This novel focuses 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 (including ones from comicverse and elsewhere) 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. This novel does not take X-Men Origins: Wolverine as canon.

Previously in Days of Becoming: Bobby and John are holed up secretly in a San Francisco hotel while John recovers from his concussion (having been aided by an old healer named Caducea). John plans to leave as soon as he's well. Bobby hopes his money holds out that long and that he can somehow convince John to stay with him. Meanwhile back at the mansion, Kitty has developed an interesting nascent relationship with Warren Worthington III. Charles Xavier, in a new body has returned from Scotland. Will he be able to resume the life he had?

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Comments

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

*sings*

Doot, doot, doot,
Another one bites the dust!

[nat-dimension.livejournal.com]

Man, you're really on the ball with the updates these days! No complaints at my end, although this cliffhanger is pretty tantalising.

I found this chapter intriguing. My first X-series experience was the cartoon when I was very young, and I always had really idealistic hopes for the characters (i.e. Jean Grey would come off her acid trip and live happily ever after with Scott, Rogue would gain control of her powers and marry Gambit etc). What I'm getting at is that I've read this novel over the course of a few years and I think it's a tribute to your writing that you've swayed me from my initial (and admittedly very contrived and boring) hopes that Bobby and John would go back to the mansion and live happily ever after (or as long as anyone does in the x-verse). When the characters are well-developed enough to convince you of what they're saying, you know it's good stuff you're reading. Keep up the good work.

(All that being said I won't think it's a bad novel if they do go back to the mansion and live happily ever after. I'm still 8 inside, after all.)

[ima-pseudonym.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Niftyness. I so don't trust Warren. And I think your take on the new and "improved" Xavier is very intriguing. Post Last Stand Xavier isn't something I've seen anyone deal with yet. I think it's one of those things I've wondered about while not really being able to wrap my mind around. I suppose my main issue is just not being able to imagine anyone except Patrick Stewart for that character.
Poor crazy old geezers. I'm looking forward to seeing Bobby becoming accustomed to the fabulous world that is fast food employment. *cackle*
I'm irritated with myself for missing this update, but then again... It's like finding a Christmas gift 'after' the holiday is over and you thought all the presents were opened. ^_^
Looking forward to more!

you are a god.

[dead-ice-roses.livejournal.com]

you are awesome and have inspired so much x-men ideas in myself though i might not right them cause im horrible at it. but now i keep slashing Scott with John or Logan but after that chapter where Bobby has that crush in the locker room i keep seeing Scott with John. weird i know but hey. but yes this new chap was as amazing as the rest. i hope bobby/john get there happy ending of sorts. poor them. anyhooter's good luck. and hope u update soon.