XMFC, a new universe

CBM.com posted a short article with Jane Goldman's response to the question if Cyclops, Jean Grey and the rest of the X-Men will appear in the XMFC sequel: link. She said:

In a comic sense, I still think there’s room for an X-Men [film] with the original X-Men [Laughs]. In terms of how they fit in this new universe that First Class kicked off, I don’t know.

Personally, I couldn't care less if we never saw Scott and Jean and Ororo again - we got 3 movies with them already and I don't see the point of focusing on them again when there are so many other mutants out there, keep this trilogy Charles and Erik centric! - but what I really loved was the part I bolded, "in this new universe."

I love that they see this movie as an AU, a completely new universe. Why? Because what happened in the previous three movies does not have to happen here. Mystique doesn't have to betray Charles. Charles doesn't have to die in such a dumb way, with Erik not caring one bit - seriously, Charles just died and Erik's response was, you're marvelous, Jean! WTF?! No, seriously, WTF! Charles was Erik's best and oldest friend and it didn't move Erik one bit that he died, right there, in front of his very eyes. WTF?!

All that is scrambled and forgotten, it might never happen in this new universe. And suddenly, all is beautiful and glorious! Yes, Mr. Vaughn, please, protect Charles and Erik's friendship - as Michael Fassbender said, in his opinion, Charles and Erik would remain best friends forever, despite the differences in their POV - do not make a mockery of it the way X3 did. Do not let the writer who wrote that mockery ruin it for us for the sake of a flashy bit and shocking the audience. Please! I hope that with Vaughn, McAvoy and Fassbender all wanting the same thing, they won't let Kinberg run amock!

Pink socks!

His pink socks get me every time I see this picture. LOL!

Fic rec: Cabin Pressure

"Given More For Less" by Lady_T_220 | Gen | Non-con | It's hardly money for nothing, but it's the closest he could think of. | ~3.700 words

It's impossible, of course. It can't be, it absolutely can't be him, and besides it's well known that everybody has a double out there somewhere in the world. Martin's just happens to be working the corner at a junction of the B674 ring-road. That's all it is, just a weird, weird coincidence. Because the alternative is just preposterous.

I admit I have a soft spot for hurt!Martin and protective!Douglas. And this story pushes all my buttons!

Sherlock Holmes: The Naval Treaty

I never understood why people considered Holmes a misogynist. He always held women in high regard, he just had no personal "need" for them. In this episode, it was Miss Harrison whom he complimented on her character and strength. Without her help, he wouldn't have recovered the treaty and admitted as much.

My favorite scenes were, of course, mostly Holmes and Watson related:

-- The first one, where Watson returned home to find the flat turned upside down and with bullet holes in the wall.
-- Or when Holmes started yelling, "Mrs. Hudson! Mrs. Hudsooooooon!" That was funny.
-- And when they visited Phelps, Watson was so concerned about his friend's health - and Holmes was almost LOL'ing at the guy's histrionics.
-- And when Holmes started talking nonsense about the God and roses, Watson's face! O_o Almost saying, "Are you now completely off your rocker?!" So funny.
-- Or when Watson defended Holmes, convinced that Holmes didn't have anything against the French - because Holmes' grandmother was French! Holmes' face! LOL!
-- And when Watson told that annoying detective that they were going to question the minister! The detective pissed him off like whoa!

Also, Holmes and Watson looked really dashing, walking down the street in their dark suits and with elegant walking sticks. Lovely!

And I can see a follow-up, a coda of a sort, with Watson bandaging Holmes' hand properly, all tender and concerned, chiding him for being reckless again. Aww...

The only scene where I had to LOL - and not because it was funny, but because it was so bad - was the one where Holmes actually caught the perpetrator, you know, the whole slo-mo "shadow theater". That was ridiculous! *snorts*