If Raven was nine or eight, that's not puberty, though. And both of them seemed pretty deeply used to their powers, especially Raven being, well, blue - and even more so considering that if that's her 'natural form,' she probably would be born in it. On the other hand, I know fuck all and a barrel of fish about the comics canon and I don't remember the earlier movies too clearly, so possibly that's my fault - and if it is the emotional stress, then that would tie in to puberty and possibly work with teeny-teeny-tiny Raven having her powers, if something horrifying happened when she was really little.
Yeah, exactly. Blocking it would be a solution in some 'verses, but other than making everybody really uncomfortable helmets... and the flip side is that I'm not sure Charles would want to. Your Paula's a lot more moral than him; I think he really does like having that access to what the people around him are thinking. Which is understandable if he's used to it, and hell, I can't say I wouldn't give in, but it's still pretty damn invasive.
That said, I don't think he means any harm - for all that good that does occasionally. For example, if I recall correctly, he thought Hank was already entirely out as a mutant at that point.
And evidently we ARE mind twins, and about the tension, yes, it's real and it can hurt and under the right circumstances there's something almost bizarrely hot about it but at the same time it's the emotional connection to the characters. And Erik and Charles could definitely have some of that - particularly considering, you know, I'm fairly sure that being gay at that point in time could (and possibly did) get you jail time in Britain and everywhere in the United States but Illinois. Which I think is the biggest block I have to writing any of this - some people can ignore that, but I can't, and I'm not sure I can tackle it either.
Yes, that is seriously all it would take. And since "just following orders" is clearly a Huge Fucking Deal to Eric, they wouldn't even have had to know each other that much longer for Erik to mention something that would tip Charles off about what a shitty idea that was (although I do understand why he'd say it, I agree - between the panic and never having really been in that position, it makes sense.) I'd have to look at the actual speech again to really know what he might say, though. I"m sorry.
Oh yes, that is perfect. I was thinking Erick mostly reassuring himself he'd vanish and not bringing it up, but that probably works just as well if not better and gives a lot more space for Charles to interact with him; STEAL AWAY.
...la la la downloading is obviously not an option and I would never ever ever suggest such a thing even if you did then buy it anyway once it came out and the download simply served to tide you over, la la la I propose NOTHING OF THE SORT.
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Yeah, exactly. Blocking it would be a solution in some 'verses, but other than making everybody really uncomfortable helmets... and the flip side is that I'm not sure Charles would want to. Your Paula's a lot more moral than him; I think he really does like having that access to what the people around him are thinking. Which is understandable if he's used to it, and hell, I can't say I wouldn't give in, but it's still pretty damn invasive.
That said, I don't think he means any harm - for all that good that does occasionally. For example, if I recall correctly, he thought Hank was already entirely out as a mutant at that point.
And evidently we ARE mind twins, and about the tension, yes, it's real and it can hurt and under the right circumstances there's something almost bizarrely hot about it but at the same time it's the emotional connection to the characters. And Erik and Charles could definitely have some of that - particularly considering, you know, I'm fairly sure that being gay at that point in time could (and possibly did) get you jail time in Britain and everywhere in the United States but Illinois. Which I think is the biggest block I have to writing any of this - some people can ignore that, but I can't, and I'm not sure I can tackle it either.
Yes, that is seriously all it would take. And since "just following orders" is clearly a Huge Fucking Deal to Eric, they wouldn't even have had to know each other that much longer for Erik to mention something that would tip Charles off about what a shitty idea that was (although I do understand why he'd say it, I agree - between the panic and never having really been in that position, it makes sense.) I'd have to look at the actual speech again to really know what he might say, though. I"m sorry.
Oh yes, that is perfect. I was thinking Erick mostly reassuring himself he'd vanish and not bringing it up, but that probably works just as well if not better and gives a lot more space for Charles to interact with him; STEAL AWAY.
...la la la downloading is obviously not an option and I would never ever ever suggest such a thing even if you did then buy it anyway once it came out and the download simply served to tide you over, la la la I propose NOTHING OF THE SORT.