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Title: Fight for the Past
Author: wook77
Fandom: X-Men Movieverse (Origins: Wolverine Compliant)
Pairing: Logan/Remy (Wolverine/Gambit)
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 680
Summary: Logan's finally caught up to Gambit. Forcing Gambit to tell what he knows takes an interesting turn.
A/N: Beta'd by elanorofcastile and all mistakes are mine. Continuation of Chase for the Past. Written for heeroluva as part of the help_haiti Lightning Round Part 1. I thank heeroluva for the very generous donation!

( Fight for the Past )

Title: The Way It Is
Author: wook77
Fandom: X-Men Movieverse
Pairing: Chris Bradley (Bolt)/ David North (Agent Zero)
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Spoilers for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Canon Compliance
Wordcount: ~1440
Summary: Bradley has doubts. Zero has no humanity.
Author's Notes: Set after Lagos and going into the movie, this has spoilers for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I've taken a bit of liberty with the comics canon where Bolt and Agent Zero have more background. Commas wrangled Beta'd by why_me_why_not and elanorofcastile.

( Bradley can't remember what it was that got him to sign up for Stryker's team… )

Was tagged for the 8 Days of Happiness Meme and as I've only really been pissing and moaning lately, I thought I'd do it.

1. Post about something that made you happy today.
2. Repeat for eight days.
3. Tag eight people to do the same: (you don't have to)

Not going to tag.

Things that make me happy -

1.) There's this little known movie that's coming out. I don't think I've mentioned it here before but it's about these people with special powers and they can do some kick ass stuff. It's called X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Yeah, I'm sure I haven't mentioned it before but the US premiere is in Tempe AZ and I'm going. a;dslfkjasd;flkas;kdflj HUGH JACKMAN! LIEV SCHREIBER! RYAN REYNOLDS! TAYLOR KITSCH! DOM MONAGHAN (maybe)! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG Best thing ever!

ok so that one is cheating. How about -

2.) Heroes. The consumption continues. omnomnomnom BTW - I read this amazing story with Mohinder's mum visiting Matt/Mohinder. Now I can't find it! Help?

3.) I'm getting my car's body damage fixed tomorrow. I also get to drive a shiny rental car for awhile. I hope through until Tuesday so I can take that up to Phoenix for the US FREAKING PREMIERE OF X-MEN ORIGINS *spazzes again*

4.) Writing. I've started an original m/m story and am working through a few other epics including a dean/seamus and harry/draco fic, a Sirius Big Bang fic, the prequel to Memories as a Teacup, an X-Men Wolverine/Gambit fic, and a Matt/Mohinder in Heroes.

5.) The budget at work is almost done which means I can go back to being lazy. Err, working.

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 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.

( moar thoughts on Gambit in Fandom...a mini-rant )

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?

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ANOTHER WOLVERINE TRAILER! and omg it has so much gambit and it's going to be in front of Watchmen so I'll get to see it on the big screen. Gambit's eyes ARE red and I doubted and omg. omg omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg I swear to god that I'm hyperventilating and flailing and not breathing as i replay the trailer again and again and again.

He climbs up a motherfucking building, people. His eyes are RED. He tosses cards and he kicks some serious ass with his bo. oh jesus. I think if I could hear him talking right now, I would orgasm.

Is it May 1 yet? I so want to write fic for this fandom but, dude, it'd be retconned immediately. oh god. Gambit.

Can someone please, for the love of me, rip this and send it to me? My software isn't cooperating.

I think I need a new mood theme. And a new layout. Gambit. OMG.

( edited to put in some spoilers for the trailer )

Added quite a few spaces/lines so that if you didn't want to see the spoilers when commenting, you don't have to. Hopefully.

Title: Auld Acquaintance
Author: wook77
Fandom: X-Men (movieverse and bastardized comicsverse)
Pairing: Wolverine/Gambit (Logan/Remy)
Rating: PG
Wordcount: ~9200
Warnings: Spoilers for X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Summary: Finding an old friend again doesn't change anything at all.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no matter how much I beg.
A/N: written for the request of "general how Gambit joined the X-Men" by zanzou_chan at slashfest. Bastardized comicsverse mixed in with movieverse including spoilers from the leaked X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer/movie. Though I speak French, I'm definitely not a native speaker let alone a Creole French speaker thus possible misusage of French. Many many thanks to my beta the_rainbow_jen. Obviously all mistakes are my own.

( Auld Acquaintance )

Broke a tooth on Saturday night... how? That's a great question. I have no idea. I was eating some cheese, crackers and grapes. Next thing I know, I slice my tongue on the sharp edge of a broken tooth. According to my dental tech sister, I'm going to need a crown. Blech. Not a happy camper.

This morning, I woke up and my thumb drive (the drive I keep ALL my WIPs) was in four pieces. Anyone know if there's a way to get information off of the chip inside the thumbdrive as the USB port thingie is no longer attached?

Also - went to see X3 -

( spoilerific review )

So, I totally plan on claiming an X-Men request at slashfest. I'm super excited for it. We have some brilliant requests including some h/d, deamus, remus/sirius, death eaters and more.

If you haven't put in your requests, I urge you to do so as requesting will be closed down either late tonight or tomorrow morning. Any fandom/ Any slash pairing. You get three requests so keep that in mind. We also haven't received all that many Star Wars requests so, Star Wars fans on my flist - consider yourself *poked*.

Requesting things does not mean that you have to fulfill someone else's requests. So, request away!

And now - even though I told my family that I would be on the internet all weekend due to slashfest, I now have to go downstairs and totter about on a ladder to re-paint the kitchen because my mother doesn't like the color that I've hated since we bought it. I told her that she'd hate it but no, I'm an idiot that doesn't know what she's talking about. So, now I get to re-paint what we just painted a bit ago (and keep in mind that we have 20 foot walls in the kitchen).