*ahem* So, yes, hi, I'm TurtleTotem, secret slashfic identity of [redacted], deeply entombed in the X-Men First Class fandom. There may be fic posted here at some point; right now I'm using this identity to follow a few fics on LJ and do stuff with the XMFC Reverse Bang and kinkmeme. You can find my work on Archive of Our Own here and I also have a Tumblr.
I'm not on LJ very much anymore, but feel free to friend me or drop me a line!
I really look forward to seeing what happens with this exchange! You'll find I'm pretty easy to please, but here's a little info on my preferences.
I'm way more into romance and ~love than straight-up porn. Which isn't to say you have to stay G-rated, by any means, just... more passion than parts, please? That said I find the dynamics of D/s and A/O 'verses fascinating. Not sure any of my prompts lend themselves to that, but feel free to work it in if you like. No preference for who tops, either physically or psychologically, I've seen it work great either way. Mpreg is A-OK.
Feel free to pour on the angst as long as it ends happily. (Like seriously I am all about the happy ending.) Fluff and crack are also totally acceptable. All three at once, even. Bring it on.
Competent Bad-A** Charles = yes. Fluffy Kitten Charles = okay. Dark Charles = no. (I am a hardcore Charles girl and don't like to see him lose his pure shining innate goodness. Exploration of his flaws is cool, though.)
Favorite beta pairings are Alex/Darwin, Moira/Sean and Raven/Irene, Raven/Hank also acceptable.
I think that about covers it? Again, I'm pretty easy to please, so no pressure. I'm just excited to be here.
(The goal of this mix is to unite all the really obvious Cherik songs out there, all the ones that the fandom has said YES GOOD THIS WILL BE OUR ANTHEM. And maybe a few more that I feel have the potential to become such songs, even if I haven't really seen them around. Most of the mix is very angsty but the last few songs are solid crack.)
1. Poison & Wine - The Civil Wars You only know what I want you to I know everything you don't want me to Oh I don't love you but I always will
2. Rolling in the Deep - Adele The scars of your love remind me of us They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
3. The Unwinding Cable Car - Anberlin [Charles to Erik] This is the correlation between salvation and love
4. Burning in the Skies - Linkin Park And in the end we were made to be apart Like separate chambers of the human heart
5. Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream
6. The Scientist - Coldplay Nobody said it was easy It's such a shame for us to part
7. Hate Me - Blue October [Erik to Charles] While I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight
9. Come Home - OneRepublic & Sara Bareilles [Charles to Erik] The fight for you is all I've ever known So come home
10. No Light, No Light - Florence & the Machine (ultimate beach divorce song, again just ALL the lyrics)
11. This Love Will Be Your Downfall - Ellie Goulding This love is not what you want This heart will never be yours This love is be and end all This love will be your downfall
12. I Gave You All - Mumford & Sons How can you say that your truth is better than ours? Shoulder to shoulder, now brother, we carry no arms
13. Come on Skinny Love - Birdy Who will love you? Who will fight? Who will fall far behind?
14. The Harold Song - Ke$ha They say that true love hurts Well this could almost kill me
15. How to Save a Life - The Fray Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
16. Battlefield - Jordin Sparks I never meant to start a war You know I never want to hurt you Don't even know what we're fighting for Why does love always feel like a battlefield
17. Do What You Have to Do - Sarah McLachlan [Erik] What ravages of spirit Conjured this tempestuous rage Created you a monster Broken by the rule of love
18. Running Up That Hill - Placebo So much hate for the ones we love Tell me we both matter don't we?
19. Between - Vienna Teng We are not together here Though we lie entwined To make room for the other presence [Magneto] we both draw back in our minds
20. Undisclosed Desires - Muse [Charles to Erik] I want to reconcile the violence in your heart
21. Love the Way You Lie (Pt. 2) - Rihanna [Charles to Erik] But you'll always be my hero Even though you've lost your mind
22. Antebellum - Vienna Teng I know the borderlines we drew between us Keep the weapons down, keep the wounded safe
23. Vox Populi - 30 Seconds to Mars [Magneto] This is a battle song Brothers and sisters Time to go to war
24. E.T. - Katy Perry You're not like the others Futuristic lover Different DNA They don't understand you
25. Evil Has Never Loved You - Union of Knives [Charles to Erik] Evil has never loved you as I do.
26. Blue Eyes - Cary Brothers [Erik to Charles] Blue eyes You're the sweet to my mean
27. Bang Bang - Nancy Sinatra Bang bang, that awful sound Bang bang, my baby shot me down
28. Love Love - Take That [From the soundtrack.] Why don't you teach your heart to feel And give you love love
I've posted my entry to the X-Men Fairy Tales! Snow White & Sky Blue is based on the tale of Snow White and Rose Red. Mother MacTaggert raises two mutant infants left to die in the forest, Shaw is an evil dwarf, and Erik is a bear.
Featuring adorable art by my highly huggable friend AristoKitty! Check it out, guys, it's tres cute and only two thousand words!
Fic Title: Roses & Cinnamon AO3 Premise: X-Men First Class powered Regency AU Artist: celadonite (Art Masterpost) Written for:X-Men Reverse Bang Rating: PG-13 Word Count: 69k Warnings: disabled character, PTSD, battle flashbacks/hallucinations, death of a child (flashback), period-appropriate homophobia
Summary: Charles Xavier lost more than his leg in the war with Napoleon, and the man he's just pulled out of the water has ghosts of his own -- especially when Charles's involuntary projected hallucinations prove catching. Raven, meanwhile, faces the choice of whether to marry respectably or run away with a carnival fortune-teller.
Fic Title: Roses & Cinnamon AO3 Premise: X-Men First Class powered Regency AU Artist: celadonite (Art Masterpost) Written for:X-Men Reverse Bang Rating: PG-13 Word Count: 69k Warnings: disabled character, PTSD, battle flashbacks/hallucinations, death of a child (flashback), period-appropriate homophobia
Summary: Charles Xavier lost more than his leg in the war with Napoleon, and the man he's just pulled out of the water has ghosts of his own -- especially when Charles's involuntary projected hallucinations prove catching. Raven, meanwhile, faces the choice of whether to marry respectably or run away with a carnival fortune-teller.
Fic Title: Roses & Cinnamon AO3 Premise: X-Men First Class powered Regency AU Artist: celadonite (Art Masterpost) Written for:X-Men Reverse Bang Rating: PG-13 Word Count: 69k Warnings: disabled character, PTSD, battle flashbacks/hallucinations, death of a child (flashback), period-appropriate homophobia
Summary: Charles Xavier lost more than his leg in the war with Napoleon, and the man he's just pulled out of the water has ghosts of his own -- especially when Charles's involuntary projected hallucinations prove catching. Raven, meanwhile, faces the choice of whether to marry respectably or run away with a carnival fortune-teller.
Fic Title: Roses & Cinnamon AO3 Premise: X-Men First Class powered Regency AU Artist: celadonite (Art Masterpost) Written for:X-Men Reverse Bang Rating: PG-13 Word Count: 69k Warnings: disabled character, PTSD, battle flashbacks/hallucinations, death of a child (flashback), period-appropriate homophobia
Summary: Charles Xavier lost more than his leg in the war with Napoleon, and the man he's just pulled out of the water has ghosts of his own -- especially when Charles's involuntary projected hallucinations prove catching. Raven, meanwhile, faces the choice of whether to marry respectably or run away with a carnival fortune-teller.
Fic Title: Roses & Cinnamon AO3 Premise: X-Men First Class powered Regency AU Artist: celadonite (Art Masterpost) Written for:X-Men Reverse Bang Rating: PG-13 Word Count: 69k Warnings: disabled character, PTSD, battle flashbacks/hallucinations, death of a child (flashback), period-appropriate homophobia
Summary: Charles Xavier lost more than his leg in the war with Napoleon, and the man he's just pulled out of the water has ghosts of his own -- especially when Charles's involuntary projected hallucinations prove catching. Raven, meanwhile, faces the choice of whether to marry respectably or run away with a carnival fortune-teller.
