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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Reaction (no spoilers from me) and some thoughts on x-men fandom
I had had every intention of being a good fangirl and holding off and waiting for the X-Men movie. BUT, then it got leaked, someone on my flist squeed and I caved. I admit it. I caved so fast that I reached the center of the earth before I took another breath, that's how far and deep and fast my cave went. (ok, come on, work with me here, my brain is mush)
OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. I called![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elanorofcastile and the entire message was squee and giggles and OH MY GOD. She had to call me back just to figure out what the fuck I was talking about.
The only critical thing I could say is "needs moar Gambit" cause it totes should be X-Men Origins: Gambit :P.
GAH. I cannot wait to see the finished copy in the theatre. Now it's even harder to wait. GAH GAH GAH GAH GAH GAH OMG
Having said that, I think I've told this story before but I can't find the post so... here's how I came to slash fandom. See, I started out in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. There I abandoned my first WIP. As I was cruising ff.net in a desperate search for something other than work to do and I thought to myself "well, self, you like Gambit, look for fanfiction". I found an awesome story and it was labelled slash and I had no idea what that meant. Little did I know that i would be sucked into X-Men fandom and, from there, decide to look for Harry Potter and, baddabing baddaboom, here I am.
Wolverine/Gambit is, by far, my favorite pairing in X-Men. I love Bobby/John. I've read Beast/Bobby and Wolverine/Nightcrawler but, for me, I always come back to Wolverine/Gambit. They have such similar personalities and, yet, they're very different. Their backstories (all billion and one of them), their interactions, their attitudes, their powers, everything pulls me in and keeps me going back.
It's one of the few pairings that I'll give a bit of fanon a pass. For comicsverse slash, here is a fairly complete archive.
In canon, Gambit has multiple mutations. He has physical mutations - his eyes are red thus his nickname, Le Diable Blanc. He has, depending on interpretation, two "talents" - kinetic energy and "charm". The charm, in a lot of fanfiction, turns into empathy. Regardless of the empathy factor, he has three known mutations.
In fanon worlds, Remy(gambit) is abused on the streets, normally a street hustler and prostitute. There's plenty of stories where he isn't but that's the fanon characterization. Some I don't mind, some I like, most I hate.
What I don't love is the way that authors have a habit of feminizing Gambit. Dude. This guy is all man. He's a slick talking motherfucker that is totally badass. He blows shit up, he holds his own in fights with Wolverine, he's fucking awesome. Yet, authors have a habit of making him into a chick with a dick. Dude. :/ Not on.
Thus - it's hard to find good fanfiction out there with Wolverine/Gambit. I keep looking but, honestly, most of it is dreck where Remy is a cutter or a drug user or does some other emo kid activity. I get that he's had a rough life but what I don't get is where, in the actual canon, someone could possibly get cutter chick with a dick.
Merging canon with fanon, most fanfiction stories take place after Antarctica when the Gambit/Rogue ship died athankful sad, much celebrated much mourned death. At least for a little bit. These stories normally involve a lot of hurt/comfort schmoop. Which annoys me to no end.
For those that are just getting started in X-Men fandom due to the Wolverine movie, there's a a brilliant Remy/Gambit fansite that will tell you almost everything you need to know about Le Diable Blanc in the comics.
Now that I've introduced Gambit, maybe I could tempt a few of you into writing and drawing Wolverine/Gambit. Plz?
OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. I called
elanorofcastile and the entire message was squee and giggles and OH MY GOD. She had to call me back just to figure out what the fuck I was talking about. The only critical thing I could say is "needs moar Gambit" cause it totes should be X-Men Origins: Gambit :P.
GAH. I cannot wait to see the finished copy in the theatre. Now it's even harder to wait. GAH GAH GAH GAH GAH GAH OMG
Having said that, I think I've told this story before but I can't find the post so... here's how I came to slash fandom. See, I started out in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. There I abandoned my first WIP. As I was cruising ff.net in a desperate search for something other than work to do and I thought to myself "well, self, you like Gambit, look for fanfiction". I found an awesome story and it was labelled slash and I had no idea what that meant. Little did I know that i would be sucked into X-Men fandom and, from there, decide to look for Harry Potter and, baddabing baddaboom, here I am.
Wolverine/Gambit is, by far, my favorite pairing in X-Men. I love Bobby/John. I've read Beast/Bobby and Wolverine/Nightcrawler but, for me, I always come back to Wolverine/Gambit. They have such similar personalities and, yet, they're very different. Their backstories (all billion and one of them), their interactions, their attitudes, their powers, everything pulls me in and keeps me going back.
It's one of the few pairings that I'll give a bit of fanon a pass. For comicsverse slash, here is a fairly complete archive.
In canon, Gambit has multiple mutations. He has physical mutations - his eyes are red thus his nickname, Le Diable Blanc. He has, depending on interpretation, two "talents" - kinetic energy and "charm". The charm, in a lot of fanfiction, turns into empathy. Regardless of the empathy factor, he has three known mutations.
In fanon worlds, Remy(gambit) is abused on the streets, normally a street hustler and prostitute. There's plenty of stories where he isn't but that's the fanon characterization. Some I don't mind, some I like, most I hate.
What I don't love is the way that authors have a habit of feminizing Gambit. Dude. This guy is all man. He's a slick talking motherfucker that is totally badass. He blows shit up, he holds his own in fights with Wolverine, he's fucking awesome. Yet, authors have a habit of making him into a chick with a dick. Dude. :/ Not on.
Thus - it's hard to find good fanfiction out there with Wolverine/Gambit. I keep looking but, honestly, most of it is dreck where Remy is a cutter or a drug user or does some other emo kid activity. I get that he's had a rough life but what I don't get is where, in the actual canon, someone could possibly get cutter chick with a dick.
Merging canon with fanon, most fanfiction stories take place after Antarctica when the Gambit/Rogue ship died a
For those that are just getting started in X-Men fandom due to the Wolverine movie, there's a a brilliant Remy/Gambit fansite that will tell you almost everything you need to know about Le Diable Blanc in the comics.
Now that I've introduced Gambit, maybe I could tempt a few of you into writing and drawing Wolverine/Gambit. Plz?