round 3 overflow post
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xmenfirstkinkThis post is for Round 3 fills only. We ask that when a round hits 8500 comments, fillers begin moving their fills to this post.
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Charles/Erik -- Charles is a bakery owner whose most frequent customer is Erik.
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Charles started off the morning the same way he always did...
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Re: FILL: The Better Men (23e/24)
Date: 2012-02-14 06:37 am (UTC)I'm interested that you chose to keep Charles's paralysis in this AU - I was actually expecting Shaw's spell to just not work at all since he'd cast that protection on Charles. But I guess it doesn't quite cover a direct hit.
I'm also very curious about how one manages paraplegia in the wizarding world. We know that they can't just regrow lost appendages (Mad Eye Moony) so I doubt they could heal a damaged spinal cord, but it would be interesting to figure out how to balance day-to-day mobility and body care issues between magic and muggle approaches. If this is going to end at 24 parts I'm guessing you won't go into much detail about it here, but I still find it an interesting consideration. Has anyone asked JKR about this?
Anyway, getting back to the actual update, haha, take that, Shaw! You're dead! Shot with your own bullet! How d'ya like them apples, huh? Probably not very much! Because you're dead! Ha!
Erik has his wand back again! This makes me very happy. And it also makes me very happy that Dolly Dursley didn't die (and that Erik wasn't willing to sacrifice her, not that I expected him to). But I was extremely pleased that she got to know that.
I want to see Erik's Slytherins bringing him cards and get-well presents in the hospital wing (or at Saint Mungo's). Especially Scorpius! He can bring stuff to Charles, too. And holy cow, I just realized this makes Charles the new headmaster of Hogwarts! Go him!
Now he and Erik just need to be uninterrupted long enough to go from starting to make out to sexytiems. And live happily ever after. Or else. (That was intended as more of a threat towards their universe than towards you, the author.) You just get lots of praise and sparkly hearts thrown in the air. And one other thing--
In honor of this new part, I have posted a picture of the QBAD (Quit Being A Dick) bracelet that I made for Erik. Check it out here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76596721@N02/6874061367/in/photostream).
The blue and green beads represent Erik and Charles's house colors as well as their eyes (aww!). Slytherin silver is there in the metallic cord, and there's a teensy bit of Ravenclaw bronze in the beads near the letters. The red and purple that accompany them are, of course, a tribute to Magneto's taste in color schemes. [I put waaay too much thought into this, I know.]
Now Erik can glance down at his wrist and remind himself of who he wants to intertwine his life with - and what the best strategy is for ensuring that outcome: Quit Being A Dick.
Re: FILL: The Better Men (23e/24)
Date: 2012-02-14 06:41 am (UTC)Re: FILL: The Better Men (23e/24)
Date: 2012-02-16 06:50 am (UTC)The bracelet is soooo awesomeeee. I've already posted on my tumblr about it. MUST REMEMBER to point it out in the notes when I post the next chapter. Feel free to remind me, if I drop the ball.
I was actually expecting Shaw's spell to just not work at all since he'd cast that protection on Charles. But I guess it doesn't quite cover a direct hit.
That protection is actually the only reason he survived at all. Shaw did say it wasn't guaranteed. As you say -- couldn't quite cover a direct hit. (Trivia question, since I might or might not be able to work this into the last chapter -- guess where Charles's lotus is?)
If this is going to end at 24 parts I'm guessing you won't go into much detail about it here, but I still find it an interesting consideration
Actually I do plan on going into it a little. Last chapter is going to be fairly long, in fact. Might end up being two chapters but I'm trying not to let it get out of control, lol.
/joins you in dancing on Shaw's grave
Re: FILL: The Better Men (23e/24)
Date: 2012-02-16 03:48 pm (UTC)Ooh! It's at the small of his back! (Okay, I should not sound so happy about a spinal cord injury, but I was excited that I figured it out.)
Last chapter is going to be fairly long, in fact. Might end up being two chapters
*maniacal laughter of joy*
[resumes dancing on Shaw's grave; twirls you]
Re: FILL: The Better Men (23e/24)
Date: 2012-02-18 03:09 pm (UTC)Correct! Which I bring attention to only because I find it a strangely intriguing mental image and therefore needed to share. :)
And now back to work on ze writing...