I don't think Charles would have had the ability from birth, though, not if the theory about mutation manifesting at puberty is correct. Although, he and Raven seemed pre-pubescent to me, or barely an adolescent and just tiny in Charles' case. Erik seemed to be a bit older - my mind wants to make him about thirteen or fourteen at the beginning of the film, with Charles about ten or eleven and Raven maybe a year or two younger than Charles.
My personal theory is it's the "heightened emotional stress" that Jean Grey mentions in the first film that's the real trigger, and it's just that puberty is the most common time. Even so, he seems to have an inability to keep his mouth shut about what he hears - like when accidentally outing Hank. That was... so stupid.
But yes, I think you're right. Telepathy is tough to turn off, and you likely wouldn't notice sometimes what you were doing unless the other person did. That's why Paula, one of my two telepathic characters - the other one was an old X-Men OC, Angel; my first experiment with a character whose morals were more gray than white - teaches those she spends the most time around to block her, so that's not as easy.
Oh, God, are we mind twins on shipping? Because I know what you're talking about, that tension is just so... real, I think. (I'm also of the opinion that other than the snark, Erik/Charles has a hint of that concept on Erik's part.)
No, I agree with you. Because look how close Erik and Charles became in the short time they did spend together. Something like that... Yeah, it could have been different. The basis for my AU - I do have this scene in my head - is that Charles is actually smart enough to realize what a huge fucking error that excuse was. To be fair he was kind of freaking out and with almost anyone else that might have actually worked, so he gets half a pass. I'm still debating what he says - pointing out to Erik that he's going down the road of becoming what he hates most is true but maybe not the right thing to say. Or maybe it would wake him up. I can't decide. Thoughts on what Charles could say?
Oh God, yeah. And at first Charles is worried because he actually believes it, and then after a while he's all "All right, Erik." *to self* "See you in the morning." Can I steal that idea? Because it really works.
I'm working on it. I meant to wait for the DVD, but... I have a feeling that won't happen. Kinda like with my Inception fics.
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My personal theory is it's the "heightened emotional stress" that Jean Grey mentions in the first film that's the real trigger, and it's just that puberty is the most common time. Even so, he seems to have an inability to keep his mouth shut about what he hears - like when accidentally outing Hank. That was... so stupid.
But yes, I think you're right. Telepathy is tough to turn off, and you likely wouldn't notice sometimes what you were doing unless the other person did. That's why Paula, one of my two telepathic characters - the other one was an old X-Men OC, Angel; my first experiment with a character whose morals were more gray than white - teaches those she spends the most time around to block her, so that's not as easy.
Oh, God, are we mind twins on shipping? Because I know what you're talking about, that tension is just so... real, I think. (I'm also of the opinion that other than the snark, Erik/Charles has a hint of that concept on Erik's part.)
No, I agree with you. Because look how close Erik and Charles became in the short time they did spend together. Something like that... Yeah, it could have been different. The basis for my AU - I do have this scene in my head - is that Charles is actually smart enough to realize what a huge fucking error that excuse was. To be fair he was kind of freaking out and with almost anyone else that might have actually worked, so he gets half a pass. I'm still debating what he says - pointing out to Erik that he's going down the road of becoming what he hates most is true but maybe not the right thing to say. Or maybe it would wake him up. I can't decide. Thoughts on what Charles could say?
Oh God, yeah. And at first Charles is worried because he actually believes it, and then after a while he's all "All right, Erik." *to self* "See you in the morning." Can I steal that idea? Because it really works.
I'm working on it. I meant to wait for the DVD, but... I have a feeling that won't happen. Kinda like with my Inception fics.