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Tweak says, "More super than Campbell's!"

Krystle Harrison (omggirlonthenet) wrote in memebells,
@ 2012-01-13 20:23:00

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[rated] nc17, [rated] pg-13, [rated] r, [type] choices, [type] crack, [type] dark, [type] fluff, [type] memories, [type] serious, [warning] possible triggers

Good Ending/Bad Ending meme
Do you get a happily ever after? Or a 'Rocks fall, everyone dies'? Why not both?

* Post your characters and set up two scenes. One with an ideal setting (They got what they always wanted, hit it big, became rich and famous, etc.) and one with a bad twist of events (They're homeless, everyone hates them, maybe they're even dying!).
* Others respond to one of the two settings (Or both in different comments, if they want!)
* Respond.
* ???
* Profit!!!

Just remember: no ending is set in stone, good endings can turn sour, and bad endings can be made better. Just see where it takes you and enjoy the ride!

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Erik Lensherr (X-Men First Class)

serene_rage
2012-01-14 04:32 am UTC (link)

Good ending
They'd done it. Not the whole world, but he wouldn't really have known what to do with the whole world even if they'd gotten it. They'd done it with the minimum amount of bloodshed, which had surprised him. He'd expected the humans would have put up more of a fight, it seemed to be what they did best, after all. They also weren't all extinct, not by half, but a truce had been reached, even a wary peace. It wasn't what he'd initially been after, but it would do, at least for the time being.
Right at that moment he was enjoying a glass of scotch and the view from his new office, halfway up one of the skyscrapers in downtown New York.

Bad ending
They'd lost, that day on the beach. Or close enough. Erik hadn't been quick enough and Shaw had managed to whisk him away again. The doctor didn't want him dead, even though he knew full well that Erik would kill him if given a chance.
No, he just wanted Erik back under his control. Broken. He as almost there, he'd nearly managed it in the weeks, months, nearly a year since The Showdown, since he'd had to go into hiding taking only his most loyal followers with him.
Erik had only gotten more resilient as he'd gotten older, which just made Shaw try harder, he'd gotten more inventive since the early days, and Erik got to enjoy the brunt of that experience.
Right then he was recovering from having his left arm flayed so that Shaw could get at the tendons for no other reason than he'd wanted to see them.

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Good ending, bb

begoingbald
2012-01-14 06:27 am UTC (link)

Charles wasn't sure what he thought to be honest. Not after everything he'd believed in had gone down the drain. It didn't help that Erik's views had been proven right. So right now he was sitting in one of the chairs and just staring into space. Hell, he still needed to get over the fact that there were less humans around than mutants. Or at least that's all he could feel with his mind.

So if and when Erik says something he actually doesn't notice. Or if he does he's spaced out enough not to hear him.

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	serene_rage 2012-01-14 07:07 am UTC (link)
	He hadn't said anything, and he didn't say anything as he crossed to Charles' chair, setting his glass on the edge of the desk so that he could knead at the telepath's shoulders, thumbs digging in against the back of his neck, "Penny for your thoughts?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-14 07:13 am UTC (link)
	There's a soft groan out of the telepath the moment he felt those thumbs digging against the back of his neck. "...What?" Hey, he'd been spacing out a bit so he's got no clue what in the world the metal bender said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-14 07:18 am UTC (link)
	He chuckled softly as he continued kneading at Charles' shoulders and nape, "Was just wondering what you were thinking, Charles, that's all." He wasn't always curious about what was on the telepath's mind, he had enough sense to know that he wouldn't always like it, but he had to check anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-14 07:22 am UTC (link)
	"What're we really doing, Erik?" He asks idly. "I mean truly doing. None of this even really matters. You've made sure of that." It might upset the metal bender but he'd deal with that when and if it happened. "You're enjoying this show of power far too much." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-14 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Because the show is what's important, Charles. The symbolism. You should know that as well as I do. People need their totems." He shook his head, fingers still kneading, "We're doing this because it's expected, it's what people need." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 05:56 am UTC (link)
	"No, Erik, the show isn't what's important. Or if anything it's only important to you." There's an almost pained laugh. "I'm not anyone's totem. I don't want to be anyone's totem nor am I anything anyone needs. Perhaps that's what you think but you've lost your way." That might upset the metal bender but he's been good at doing that lately. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 06:41 am UTC (link)
	He laughed, just once, a quick bark of sound, shaking his head, "You aren't the symbol, Charles, this building is, our being in it. It's our stronghold, where we can oversee everything. That is the symbol people expect." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 06:48 am UTC (link)
	"That's where you're wrong, Erik," he says idly almost conversationally. "They don't expect it. You just think they do. This building... it means nothing to them. You mean nothing to them. None of us mean a thing to them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 07:26 am UTC (link)
	He tutted, shaking his head, "Not the remaining humans, Charles, they don't matter to anyone now, do they? Nor do their opinions." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 07:32 am UTC (link)
	"Do you truly believe you mean something to anyone anymore, Erik?" Other than him but he didn't count as far as he was concerned. "You're nothing to them either." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 08:08 am UTC (link)
	He pinched Charles' shoulder, "You're being contrary just to be contrary, aren't you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)