round 3 overflow post

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Round 3 Overflow Post

This post is for Round 3 fills only. We ask that when a round hits 8500 comments, fillers begin moving their fills to this post.

Format:
SUBJECT LINE -- Round #, short description of fic (ex: "Alex/Hank, lab partners")
--- Link to the prompt
--- Text of the prompt

--- Link to the fill
OR
--- Entire text of the fill

EXAMPLE:
Prompt: http://xmen-firstkink.livejournal.com/6437.html?thread=1038472#t2038174

Charles/Erik -- Charles is a bakery owner whose most frequent customer is Erik.

Fill: http://xmen-firstkink.livejournal.com/6437.html?thread=0139482#t4502942

Charles started off the morning the same way he always did...

Comments

Re: FILL: Everyday Love in Stockholm 161/?

[turtletotem.livejournal.com]

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.

/waits ever-so-patiently for next update

Re: FILL: Everyday Love in Stockholm 161/?

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! You know I love your writing, so this makes me super happy :)

I think one of the most fun things in this fic has been taking some common tropes and turning them on their head - Erik is keeping Charles captive, but it's for his own good. Erik takes over the country and does a good job, because he's eminently capable of it, given the chance, but he so rarely is. I'm enjoying it immensely!

I can't take credit for the name thing - that was suggested by the fabulous oxys_kai_moros, who came up with a far better reason than I would have. It did allow me then to have that little angsty faceslap in there for Charles, too, which just drives home the reality of his situation that little bit further.

One of the things I really wanted to do in this fic - and to a certain effect in all of my fics, though some of my pornfills may do this more or less than others - is keep Charles' masculinity and maleness intact. He has broad shoulders and man's hands, and he's handsome but he's not waifish. He's a strong, independent person, and I hope that's reflected here.

There will be another update on Friday as usual pending disaster, so you'll have to be patient a few more days :D