I love everything about this story. The tone, the texture, the details, the world-building, it's all so beautifully constructed. I find Erik's work fascinating -- he really is trying so hard to do what's best for everyone. I didn't expect to see him as a good leader of this new world but I truly think he is! Magneto rules the world (country, anyway) and it works out well? What fresh hell is this?! Not that he's perfect, at all, but he's trying so very hard. I love that he listens to Charles, and I feel for him so much when he has to say no and no and no because he has to, even while I feel for Charles starting to get more and more stir-crazy.
I really liked the way you handled Kurt's name. That's such an odd, odd thing, Kurt's name, a trivial coincidence made into a flaming red WTF? by the new First Class canon! He was supposed to be named after Charles, sniffle. I worry about the kiddo, though. There's going to be a dangerous window there between the time that he's old enough to talk about Uncle Charles and old enough to understand that he shouldn't. Erik's interactions with Kurt are so lovely -- this fragile little thing that he loves and has no idea how to love, is jealous of while knowing the kind of person that makes him.
Actually I love Erik's interactions with everyone -- Raven, Rogue, Emma. I'm usually such a Charles fangirl but your Erik has really won me over. Not that I don't still adore Charles -- you have a really great Charles, btw, I love that you've kept his boundless enthusiasm and buy-the-world-a-Coke attitude while still... how to phrase this. Many fics, perfectly enjoyable fics in their way, make Charles into this adorable little kitten (sometimes literally, lol), whereas your Charles may be adorable but is definitely still a MAN. I salute you for that.
Re: FILL: Everyday Love in Stockholm 161/?
I really liked the way you handled Kurt's name. That's such an odd, odd thing, Kurt's name, a trivial coincidence made into a flaming red WTF? by the new First Class canon! He was supposed to be named after Charles, sniffle. I worry about the kiddo, though. There's going to be a dangerous window there between the time that he's old enough to talk about Uncle Charles and old enough to understand that he shouldn't. Erik's interactions with Kurt are so lovely -- this fragile little thing that he loves and has no idea how to love, is jealous of while knowing the kind of person that makes him.
Actually I love Erik's interactions with everyone -- Raven, Rogue, Emma. I'm usually such a Charles fangirl but your Erik has really won me over. Not that I don't still adore Charles -- you have a really great Charles, btw, I love that you've kept his boundless enthusiasm and buy-the-world-a-Coke attitude while still... how to phrase this. Many fics, perfectly enjoyable fics in their way, make Charles into this adorable little kitten (sometimes literally, lol), whereas your Charles may be adorable but is definitely still a MAN. I salute you for that.
/waits ever-so-patiently for next update