It was movie-only, and I rewatched X-Men 1 the day after I saw First Class, so I'm kinda cheating. I know fuck-all about the comics myself, except what I've picked up from the cartoon and fics that blend the continuities.
I'm of the opinion that, to some extent, blocking a telepath is generally possible, since it would involve learning to control one's mind, likely through meditation and visualization. As for Paula being far more moral... There's a reason. She went crashing down to the dark side once - in one universe where she exists, courtesy of my allowing a friend to borrow her for his story, she falls again, and it is scary. Even mine is someone who exists in shades of gray (huge since her primary background is Charmed-verse, where that is sadly rare) and has flashes of what might happen if she didn't care. Charles, obviously, does not have that experience feeding his handling of his power and its effects. But no, I agree he generally doesn't mean any harm, he just hasn't thought it through yet. Patrick Stewart's Charles seems to have somehwat, but that's experience and age. (Though he still messes with Logan's mind with no regret in one scene and goes poking around in Magneto's mind, though there's a reason for the second.)
Because of Paula, and Angel to a lesser extent, I'm well aware of the serious pitfalls of telepathy. Give me telekinesis or teleportation, seriously.
It hurts so good, I believe is the phrase people like to use. By the Sixties they wouldn't have gotten jail time in the States, if I'm remembering stuff from one of my classes last semester properly, at least not unless someone was looking through their window and they were having sex - specifically sodomy which I think is still technically illegal in some states - but it would have been yet another social stigma. Though there is that thing about the British public schools and experimenting with homosexuality; that might help where Charles is concerned. As for Erik, the Nazis gassed homosexuals too, I could see him saying anything they thought was wrong isn't. Maybe.
I know. It was so stupid, and yet you can so easily see how he would make that mistake, you can't even be totally angry with him because it makes so much sense. I think I may go with an implication of Erik becoming what he hates, but not outright saying it, because that could set him off even more.
Probably some of both; Charles picking it up from Erik's head and worrying about it, and then not anymore, though I could see it coming up in actual conversation too.
Hee. I don't download much, and it'd be tricky with my limited Internet time in the summer. I am so buying it when it comes out - I am a special features lover, I want to see them!!
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I'm of the opinion that, to some extent, blocking a telepath is generally possible, since it would involve learning to control one's mind, likely through meditation and visualization. As for Paula being far more moral... There's a reason. She went crashing down to the dark side once - in one universe where she exists, courtesy of my allowing a friend to borrow her for his story, she falls again, and it is scary. Even mine is someone who exists in shades of gray (huge since her primary background is Charmed-verse, where that is sadly rare) and has flashes of what might happen if she didn't care. Charles, obviously, does not have that experience feeding his handling of his power and its effects. But no, I agree he generally doesn't mean any harm, he just hasn't thought it through yet. Patrick Stewart's Charles seems to have somehwat, but that's experience and age. (Though he still messes with Logan's mind with no regret in one scene and goes poking around in Magneto's mind, though there's a reason for the second.)
Because of Paula, and Angel to a lesser extent, I'm well aware of the serious pitfalls of telepathy. Give me telekinesis or teleportation, seriously.
It hurts so good, I believe is the phrase people like to use. By the Sixties they wouldn't have gotten jail time in the States, if I'm remembering stuff from one of my classes last semester properly, at least not unless someone was looking through their window and they were having sex - specifically sodomy which I think is still technically illegal in some states - but it would have been yet another social stigma. Though there is that thing about the British public schools and experimenting with homosexuality; that might help where Charles is concerned. As for Erik, the Nazis gassed homosexuals too, I could see him saying anything they thought was wrong isn't. Maybe.
I know. It was so stupid, and yet you can so easily see how he would make that mistake, you can't even be totally angry with him because it makes so much sense. I think I may go with an implication of Erik becoming what he hates, but not outright saying it, because that could set him off even more.
Probably some of both; Charles picking it up from Erik's head and worrying about it, and then not anymore, though I could see it coming up in actual conversation too.
Hee. I don't download much, and it'd be tricky with my limited Internet time in the summer. I am so buying it when it comes out - I am a special features lover, I want to see them!!