Relationship/Questions Meme

[mind_over_metal]

Passed the 5K mark with my LJ+DW comment count, so: a meme.

Disclaimer is that I probably won't start on this until at least this coming weekend, when I'll be heading into a hiatus due to work.

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[godwinner]

I wouldn't mind a good old fashioned relationship for Erik. a SOTU from Charles's perspective, if you will.

[extremities]

Clusterfuck thoughts!

[mind_over_metal]

...oh god. Okay.

So Charles is, on the one hand, rather an "I DO WHAT I WANT" sort. He just... self-polices what he wants, when it comes to certain things. Maybe he decides that he can't/shouldn't have something that he wants! But he's the one who makes that decision.

The whole clusterfuck aspect of his relationship with Leto sort of caught Charles off-guard. And it's definitely something that he wants, and he's aware of that. But it still surprises him sometimes, even now, that it's an actual... thing. It was one of those impulse things -- if Leto hadn't pushed him in that mistletoe thread and succeeded in pushing him over, this might not be happening.

On the one hand, he knows Leto to be singular and very much not-your-average-15-year-old and that's part of what draws him to Leto in the first place. On the other hand... it feels Wrong. Leto is the god emperor of the universe and a kid. But Charles is well aware of how vulnerable he is to Leto, and that helps to give him some sense of balance. And Charles is certainly no stranger to doing Wrong things in his private life -- he is basically sleeping with the murderer and racial supremacist who paralyzed him for life and abandoned him and is said to do any number of terrible things in the future. And damn, if that isn't twisted. But it's his private life, and Charles knows/believes that he won't allow indulging that to affect his other decisions. (E.g., promising Scott that he'd choose the X-Men over Erik and knowing that to be true.) So basically... yeah, it's screwed up, but he's allowed to screw up his own personal life as much as he wants, thank you very much.

(It also is very much his private personal life. Unlike Erik, he would never kiss Leto in public, save for mistletoe or something, or anything like that. He knows how terrible it would look and how much of a terrible thing it would be for a teacher/educational administrator. If given the choice between going public and breaking it off, Charles would break it off. The X-Men come first.)

And it feels right that it's something that he shares with Erik. On the one hand, he and Erik are pretty clearly non-exclusive. On the other hand, each of them is so present in so much of what the other does. Charles definitely loves Leto as an individual, but he also loves sharing Leto with Erik (and also Erik with Leto). Even if Charles weren't romantically involved with Leto (and Erik were), he would still do things like yell at Erik for being a dick to Leto.

Though Charles doesn't really think of them in terms of classifications/labels, it is kind of like Erik is the husband and Leto is the boyfriend, but in a poly sense of "boyfriend" rather than "something on the side." Just... when this all ends, camp and everything, Charles and Erik will be stuck together, for whatever their lives end up being, for all of their fighting and working and living and dying and everything. Leto... won't be forever, for Charles's "forever." And Charles clings a little to this time, as a result of that.

...there's probably more but idek dear god, also the show just ended.

[zerozerogrump]

awww

[mind_over_metal]

OH and if you are up for returning, I'd be curious to hear about how Scott currently stands with his relationship with Charles

[goddamnemperor]

For Scott, the first person he's going to look out for and protect will always be the Professor. Even Jean is aware that the Professor tends to come first and they have bickered over it! That part hasn't changed. What has changed is that Scott feels completely left out of the Professor's life and doesn't know what to do about it. Because the Professor leans on him! Scott does the work, Scott helps to run the mansion, Scott's the one with the responsibility and now, while he is busy with the mutants, he hasn't heard any requests/orders from the Professor and that makes him feel lost and antsy. He feels he lacks a place with the Professor, something he's always taken for granted.

UHHH SoTU for Tatsumi.

[drfeelgold]

First impressions o/

[mind_over_metal]

Charles likes Josh! He really want to help Josh! But it's the funny situation where, on the one hand, Josh is a kid, and needs and deserves support from the adults in his life... but on the other hand, Josh has been through so much. The camp situation on a whole, with the timelines getting mixed up... it's just so strange for Charles, as a person from the beginning of a movement/struggle, to now be here with so many people, such as Josh, who are from the deep, dark middle of it. So Charles enjoys interacting with Josh on a more mundane level -- chit-chatting! science! mutants! -- but also wants to get to know him on a deeper level, while recognizing what a dark thing that is. And he's Charles fucking Xavier, so it's not something that he shies away from. But it's definitely something that's unknown territory and that he's figuring out as he goes.

[mind_over_metal]

Oh, and also reverse, if you're feelin' it.

[drfeelgold]

JOSH REALLY RESPECTS CHARLES XAVIER like no matter what has happened or will happen he will always feel a great swell of respect and gratitude to the man because the Xavier Institute was the only place to open its doors to him after it came out he was a mutant and he got kicked out of his home. And he is all the more grateful considering they really didn't have to open their doors to him considering he used to run with the anti-mutant gang the Reavers, but they did and Professor Xavier himself was one of the first to welcome him into the school. They gave him a home and a family when he no longer had one (... and then M Day happened and he lost both of those things once again BUT MOVING ON).

The thing is though, is that Professor Xavier left the school and turned over control of it to Cyclops and Emma Frost not long after Josh joined the Institute (how long is... difficult to say because lol comic book timelines) so he's really more familiar with the man's legacy than the man himself. So meeting this Charles, this young and bright Professor X who still has his metaphorical training wheels on is... well it's definitely interesting.

He thinks he's rather nice and would be open to chit chat and science talk with the man, but so much crap has happened in Josh's world and to Josh personally and Charles so obviously still has his shiny plastic wrapper on, that Josh actually feels kind of guilty whenever the more troubling stuff about his world comes up because it's deeply messed up and unpleasant to hear and he doesn't want to put any burden on anyone. Josh has also been screwed over by a lot of the adults in his world too, so he's also really gun shy about trusting/relying on any of them ever again.

Like he has no urge to hold any of the X adults here accountable for the actions of their counterparts, and he's not carrying any grudges, but the X kids are all really deeply entrenched in the mentality that they take care of each other and can only rely on one another, and they're all fine with it too. Like they all rather think they're better off for it.

So while he'll be open to speaking to Charles about mundane things and eve n some of the not so mundane things about his world, he will always be holding some things back because Charles, like the other adults, hasn't earned the right to see all of Josh's cards yet. And for the time being, he's planning on keeping as much of a death grip on those last cards as he needs to.

(gosh that got kind of long- any other questions I can answer?)

[the_ex_in_xp]

Impressions for yours and mine?

[mind_over_metal]

Charles really likes Ramona! She's like his Normal Friend! Well, was, until she connected the dots on the X-Men thing. While Charles is a pretty head-on sort of guy, honestly not the type to go "LA LA LA NOT HAPPENING" with things that he's passionate about just because the going has gotten tough, it was still nice to just be... Some Guy. Charles's life went completely insane in the past year or so, so it was just... a relief to be able to hang out with a pretty woman who's sharp and witty and level-headed -- her handling of him suddenly showing up in her bed made a very positive first impression for him -- who didn't have some preconceived notion of who he was or any expectations for what he should be doing or anything to do with his disability. Ramona's groovy in her own right, so it's not like Charles would stop chatting her up because she knows that he's a comic book character, but it is one of those "...oh, that's a shame. Oh, well." sort of things.

(...Jack enjoys Ramona's company a lot, and if he were from before the FML awfulness of Children of Earth, he might be trying to tempt her into joining Torchwood.)

Reverse?

[the_ex_in_xp]

Ramona does like Charles for the same reasons that he didn't freak out or have issues to the whole bed thing and he's her classy friend! Erudite but approachable because she can't be put off by a guy who wears pajamas that dorky. So even though she realized he's that Charles Xavier her reaction was less "oh you're fictional!" and more "oh this is something Scott would have loved ...augh feelings stop that" so he hasn't changed for her, she just needed a moment to regroup her thoughts because he represented stuff for her since Scott would not shut up about them. Thankfully she tuned him out well she she's still pretty ignorant about the whole X-Men thing. In fact here's a list for you...

Stuff Ramona knows about X-Men (and has retained):
mutants are guys with powers
there is a mutant named Scott who shoots lasers from his eyes and is kind of a douche
Hugh Jackman is ridiculously hot and has played Wolverine, ergo some version of Wolverine is ridiculously hot
something something dragon something Excalibur something Hell
more relationship drama than you can see on a soap opera

Clearly they need to thread more and just have their weirdness settle again, get back to normal topics like our dating megalomaniacs with issues thing


Annnd Ramona thinks Jack is hot. He is on her list of "if I were not emotionally stupid and hung up about stuff I would enjoy making out with you frequently." Also because he's so easygoing and charming, he's the kind of guy she'd gravitate towards no matter how she felt that day, so I totally see them as drinking buddies and mutual flirts. She likes that he swings every which way and has no issues or judgements about hooking up so she's also more likely to unwind about that stuff.

tl;dr we need to play more and do stupid things together :|b

[finalities]

Impressions on Phoenix and tiny Jean!

[mind_over_metal]

So the Phoenix thing is a little bit "o_____0" for Charles. Not as much as it would have been if he had met Phoenix without having had all of this time in camp with gods and wizards and magical ponies. Because at the point of XMFC, things are at least presented as being based in science ("science"). And then suddenly: FIERY COSMIC ENTITY INSIDE HEAD I mean seriously wtf. Part of Charles can't help but... find Phoenix fascinating. Because... fiery cosmic entity inside head! But that isn't his primary feeling toward Phoenix, because there's so much anger and fear there, it's clearly not a good situation for either Phoenix or Jean, both are hurting.

Regarding Phoenix's threats toward Charles... Honestly, he's genuinely more concerned about her whole "burn the world" thing. People hating him or being pissed off at him, with varying levels of justification, is nothing new. He has a sort of detached view of it -- he more assesses it in regard to how it might affect Phoenix's actions, what threats it might increase/decrease toward others, etc.. He's not entirely unaffected by it -- it's obviously rather shaking to have anyone, especially something so powerful, passionately want to kill you -- but Charles is very defiant about victimhood. It's a coping thing -- he pretty much just... refuses it, mentally/emotionally speaking, in order to help himself get through it.

As for tiny!Jean, she gave Charles some insight into Phoenix. Charles has very personal experience with how terrifying one's own power can be and how such power can twist a person. And it's very linked in with Phoenix, in that there's just this... mystery, trying to figure out exactly what happened/will happen as part of trying to figure out what to do when Phoenix blows her cap.

Also, Charles still does have a good amount of "......WHAT DO" when it comes to young girls. (Unlike a certain metalbender I could name.) Charles is definitely most comfortable as one of the guys. As he gets older and more experienced and develops his teaching chops, it won't make as much of a difference, but on a personal level... yeah. Definitely more comfortable with boys.

Relationship for Jean and Charles?

[finalities]

Jean is kind of half angry and upset and half confused. She's angry at 'him' for sealing her powers and Phoenix away because wtf what gives 'him' the right to do this to her! And on the other hand, Charles isn't... the same professor. She can't blame him for this. So it's a bit of a tug of war. She is mad that he didn't tell her he was the one who sealed Phoenix away though.

At the same time, she is also worried the Phoenix will want to kill him? SHE'S JUST really confused and frustrated and doesn't know what to do about it. Because Charles isn't exactly the Charles she knows. And while she respects him the same way, it's just not quite the same. She does want to protect him so she has been hesitant about approaching him out of fear that Phoenix will just break free suddenly and do something she'll regret.

I'm not sure if that makes sense. She definitely still loves Charles. Father figure and all (even if it's the younger version) There are just too many complicated feelings involved.


Things you want to do with any of your characters? idk /original

[velocivector]

Anything~

[mind_over_metal]

Charles likes Accelerator, probably more than he should. He has a soft spot for the trollish grumpy ones, what can I say. Accelerator's powers are super groovy, and Charles appreciates Accelerator's bluntness even when it irritates him. Charles relates to the powerful and arrogant types, and he also feels that, when push comes to shove, Accelerator is someone who can be depended upon, in the sense of getting things done, at least to a certain extent. Overall, he'd like to get to know Accelerator better, and while he likes him and is interested in him, he's kind of... reserving more substantial judgement until some occasion arises that would actually let Charles know him better.

Also, I need to thread, like. All of my characters with Squid Girl.

Reverse?

[velocivector]

Squid Girl is always open to being thread-jumped. :Da

Accelerator has a neutral, leaning toward positive opinion of Charles. He's someone who can hold up just fine against his bluntness and gruffness, he's actually a sensible adult from what he's seen, and the little he knows about Charles being Professor X and in charge of the mutants has painted him in a more positive light than most of the scientists he knows, as well as the #5 Level Five, who is a powerful telepath but also notably deranged. Powers are a completely normal thing where he's from, so what's more important is how people use theirs, and the novels have this running theme of corruption and monstrosity surrounding those who misuse their powers, particularly the higher level ones. Accelerator isn't the type to make an effort to get to know most people beyond the superficial due to social conditioning and a fucked up childhood, so it may take Shit Going Down for anything substantial to develop, but he's not against it. He has briefly considered talking to Charles about the issues with HxH Hisoka that were prevalent earlier this year in case he or any other mutants would be up for helping guard possible targets, but ended up not due to a few reasons (like not wanting to involve too many outsiders and also Sakurakouji Sakura telling him that the killings have mostly stopped). With that in mind, he may try to seek him out in the future if Shit Happens in case he or others he's involved with would be useful.

Are you still up for finishing the thread in Magneto's deaged post that Charles was tagging people in as well?

[mind_over_metal]

YES I AM AND I WOULD LOVE TO. I'd kind of given up on myself because I had taken so long to get back to it, but I'd be super pumped to pick that up! I'll be out all day tomorrow, but I might be able to start that again late tomorrow night, or at least on Monday.

[velocivector]

You tag, I will tag back. That is the important part here. :Db

[strooonger]

JUBILEE

[mind_over_metal]

JUBILEE YOU ARE A DELIGHT AND A PUZZLEMENT. Charles loves her upbeat spirit, as annoying as her headstrong, impetuous whimsy can be. To be honest, he thinks that the Momfessor/Dadneto thing is a bit ridiculous, and he would hate the nickname if it were just some independent thing... but he likes it insomuch as it's from her. And it's just nice to see Jubilee being so strongly... Jubilee. Being yourself, or another person being him- or herself, isn't something to be taken for granted.

He's honestly not quite sure where he stands with her, given how she's from a different point in time from the other X-kids but still closer to them than to Charles or Erik as far as experience goes. Charles also just has problems navigating his way with women/girls. And Jubilee occasionally reminds him a bit of Raven -- pushy, exuberant, defiant. It's only slightly, very slightly, but it's still a raw nerve. In some ways, he's kind of at a loss for trying to get to know her better, though he certainly wants to do so.

Reverse?