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• Did Xavier not get slightly worried/suspicious when, as the costume director kindly pointed out, Jean started wearing phoenix symbols all over her clothing in X-Men 2?



• Some people don't like Scott. I like him when he breaks down and cries, and does slash like woah with Logan. People have pointed out though that if he hadn't died (though that's not entirely clear), the fight against Jean would have been emotionally stronger - and if he'd been forced to pick himself back up and run the school/lead the fight after Jean killed Xavier, the same goes for his character. And with Logan at his side, the same goes for the slash. So I do think the film would have been better with him in it. But apparently Marsden had other commitments, so there probably wasn't much to be done about it.



• People have also commented on Pyro's one-dimensionality, which I sort of agree with, but think it might actually be true to the character. We saw in X2 that he wanted to be a bad guy, when pushed far enough - and after months (or however long) living with Magneto, telling him he was superior, that it was alright to kill, and being taught/allowed to use his powers destructively, I can't see him not becoming a little full of himself, as we saw him. It would have been nice (for me) if they'd done more with him, but I think you can still suppose complexity under the surface. And hey, that's what fanfiction's for, isn't it?



• I think the end of the movie made it pretty clear that the cure isn't permanent. Which means Magneto will be back, and Mystique (perhaps slightly pissed off) - and Rogue. Which might have unfortunate, slow-burning consequences for Bobby...



• Bonus points for anyone who writes me John/Phoenix!Jean interaction fic.



• Or just John/Phoenix!Jean.



• And in fact, wouldn't his powers have the best chance of working against her? You can't disintegrate fire, after all. Though she'd probably atomise him before/at the same time as he attacked her.

I've also been reading more of Sheenagh Pugh's book, with all my free time. I think it might be starting to work its way into my subconscious: I've had fanfiction dreams three nights in a row at this point. The first was about Guy, Mac and Caroline. They were lifeguards at a pool for some reason, and Mac decided he wanted Caroline back and told her Guy had abandoned her, WHILE GUY WAS BUSY DODGING GIRLS WHO WERE TRYING TO SEDUCE HIM, BECAUSE HE COULDN'T SLEEP WITH THEM BECAUSE OF CAROLINE! Then there was a Life on Mars one, where Sam was being made to do all sorts of things with a post-hypnotic suggestion, and Annie had to talk him down while Gene pushed the guy responsible into an open grave. Then last night it was The Forsyte Saga, with Soames moving into a Victorian studio apartment (with a demon) just above Irene, then setting off on a walking holiday, while Irene decided she loved the new artistic, walking him and followed him.

It's all a bit strange, but I'm vaguely interested to see what happens next.

And I've been watching Series One of Lost on DVD, since I watched all of four episodes when it was on TV before giving up. All signs point to Sawyer falling unconscious and having to be carried around in tonight's ep (2.4) though, so suddenly I'm interested.

I think it's a lot more satisfying watching all the episodes in one go. Or, lots of little one gos. You know what I mean. There much less '...Nothing actually happened in that episode, did it?', and you can move on and be all 'Oooh, they're looking for fruit now!'. Also, I did not know about Claire's evil baby! They're all about the evil/spooky children on this show, aren't they? Maybe the baby and Walt will team up eventually, and run the island themselves. Also, it's a shame the psychic didn't foresee he was sending her to an island with the scary Others. But I suppose crazy prophecies and plane crashes are above the call of duty anyway.

As you may guess, I'm only up to about Episode ten, though I know how the series ends. Mostly I'm just laughing at the craziness and character-watching. I hate Jack. I'm sorry to the people who love him, but I hate him! I hate him constantly being there. I hate his face. I hate his torturing of Sawyer, with a 'clear conscience'. I hate him always knowing what to do. I hate his tattoos and sneakers. I HATE IT ALL! Though its slightly less as his backstory builds up. I don't actually mind Jack episodes, because its quite fun seeing him crazy and in pain all the time - and then I have to feel sorry for his rubbishness and constantly terrible life. But then he says something, or does something, or orders people to do things while simultaneously claiming he's not the leader, nor ever will be! And I just hate him! Hate hate hate!

Anyway. Rant over. I don't hate him completely, it just annoys me that we have this great show with a variety of great characters interacting with each other, and surviving, and we still need a Moral Archetype to step in all the time and give us the 'lesson' of the episode, and we seem to be expected to care about him/it. Kate also annoys me slightly, but I don't hate her, like I did at first. Except when I see her Face of Angst and the strings kick in. Or she tackles someone. But mostly she stays out of everyone's way (except when it's time to Save Sawyer!), and I'm okay with her. Until it's time for more backstory ('IT BELONGED TO THE MAN I LOVED!' Whatever. I'll be on the beach.)

None of them compare even slightly to Sawyer, who is brilliance. He's the best thing to ever happen to that island. Well, him and Sayid. Who I slash against my (and Sayid's) better judgement. They should team up, and move to the Frenchwoman's hut. And fight crime! You know you want to watch that spin-off.

Anyway. I'm enjoying it, so far. For reasons that are probably clear. As substitutes for a life go, it's one of the better ones ;D

I think that's enough for now.