#xmen novelization

[bluefrogsbestfrogs]

Research

So I was reading over the novelization of the first X-Men Movie to refresh myself on some details for upcoming chapters of Dimensions, and came across this gem:

He didn't move.

His attacker didn't move. Logan could feel the weight of whoever it was on his claws. And he heard the gasp of pain.

A familiar gasp.

His nightmare-fogged mind tried to wake up, remind himself where he was.

Suddenly his door burst open. Cyclops stood frozen there for an instant until Storm and Jean shoved past him, flipping on the light.

Logan was sitting upright in his bed. The claws from his right hand were still extended through Rogue's shoulder and out her back.

She was frozen on the end of his fist, standing beside his bed. He held her there, staring into her shocked eyes, not knowing if he should move or not.

What had he done?

Cyclops jumped to help, but Storm grabbed his arm.

"Don't touch her."

Rogue nodded, then smiled at Logan. "You were having a nightmare," she said her voice raspy.

"I know," Logan said.

Rogue eased one arm up slowly and gently touched his face, as if he were a long-lost lover and this would be the last time she would ever see him.

For a short moment her touch was light. Wonderful.

Then what felt like a blast of electric current shot through his body.

His claws instantly retracted, pulling through Rogue like a knife through butter.

Rogue staggered back, mouth open in a silent scream. Her eyes were wide with fear, with shock, with horror.

The electric charge stopped as suddenly as it had started, the moment her hand left the side of his face. Blackness threatened to swarm in from the sides of his mind and take him, but he shoved it back.

Rogue stood staring at him, with Cyclops, Storm, and Jean gathered around her but not touching her. And as they all watched, her wounds healed, leaving not even the slightest scar. She stood for a moment, a stunned look on her face. Then she bolted from the room.

His fuzzy mind wouldn't let him understand what had just hapened. He was just glad that she was ok.

Then he couldn't hold the blackness back any longer.

This time he didn't dream.

Okay. So let's talk about this.

The writing is just so...boring. It makes me so thankful for the world of fanfic writers out there who bust their butts to create stories, characters and worlds that are so much richer than what we got here. Seriously, way to go for attempting to fix this canon mistake.

What the hell? I mean. What the hell?! First, that's not what happens in the movie. Yeah, yeah, I hear you saying, "But BFBF, it's a novelization!" My response: It's a terrible one. The tension in the movie is so much better than what they wrote here, with one exception...

Rogue eased one arm up slowly and gently touched his face, as if he were a long-lost lover and this would be the last time she would ever see him. Excuse me?! Ahem. This part can stay.

The fact that Storm stops Cyclops from helping is crap, especially considering the next section of this chapter has him ranting about how Logan is putting them all in danger and "Think of the students!"

The fact that Rogue "smiles" at Logan while his adamantium claws are stuck through her chest is just...yuck. Pretty sure I'd be screaming or dead if that happened.

Also, Logan would be immediately aware of who he'd stabbed. By scent and sight. The adrenaline rush would've put all those lovely senses into overdrive, and there would be absolutely no confusion about what he'd done...

Anywho. Writing is going well on the next chapter of Dimensions after a two and a half year hiatus, so I'm hopeful I will have an update for you all soon!

Take care of yourselves <3

[privartidahos]

more circus nightcrawler 🏹 he's fun to draw and i feel like i'm being productive practicing weird poses 🕺

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Marvel Graphic Novel #5 / Published: November 1982 / Artist: Brent Anderson

[nerdby]

Yep.

[himbosuplex]

my favorite thing about writing outlines/scripts w/ magneto is that every time something seems too ridiculous or stupid for his powers to do,

i just think for a moment and then remember the shit he's done like reverse the polarity of the entire planet, or fused with the magnetosphere of the planet, or manipulated the electromagnetic fields of the human body, and basically driven himself to insanity on more than one occasion from doing what could be describe as an act of God with his own two hands even if it was more than his body could handle.

So xyz thing I've planned out is like, only a 10% as ridiculous as shit the writers at Marvel have been doing since 1963.

[mavkacomics]

JUST LOOK AT THIS. I love her so much. She, herself, is artwork. I hope our future will be Laura Filled.

X-23: Deadly Regenesis #5 (2023)

[marahsfandomloves]

I'm reading the Marvel Prose novel for Rogue Untouched and own several for Loki, we need a Prose Novel for Nightcrawler!

[writing-nothing-but-spilled-ink]

If I started posting book recommendations would anyone be interested in that?

I tend to read a lot of dark romance books, books where students are trying to catch serial killers and just like crime/mystery books and alot of fantasy books... So is anyone interested in book recs.. I can also post comic/graphic novel recs and webcomic recs to as I read alot of those as well..

Comment down below if you want recs and I'll compile a list and post it also comment if u wanna be tagged in the list

[milleniummarket]

[kideternity]

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Remaking this 👍

HEY!!!!!!!!

Im Ant or Dinu, and for a few years I've had a comic server going for a while ^_^ due to the uhmmmmm horrors (getting hacked) I currently don’t have access to my old discord, so I've for right now deleted the original promo posts and have made a new server, until either I regain the old one or well, to replace it if the worse happens.

There’s no official DNI just know if you’re like a bigot a racist a homophobic a misogynistic etc it’s an automatic ban and also I don’t allow pro shitters either get outta here!!!

It started originally as a big two (dc and later marvel) centric server but the current one has branched out to include any sort of sequential art such as manga, graphic novels, indie comics, etc

Feel free to join! 🐜 https://discord.gg/RrqC9XKBmr

[sarcastic-salem]

X-23: Innocence Lost & Target X Are The Books That Will Make You Hate Steve Rogers

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X-23: Innocence Lost is a 2005 graphic novel published by Marvel, following the popularity of the X-Men: Evolution cartoon series which was based off a miniseries of the same name. The show featured the X-Men attending public high school as teenagers while living at the Xavier Institute, which for all intents and purposes served as a group home in the show. The show also served as the debut for the fan favorite character Laura Kinney — AKA X-23.

Following her debut in the Evolution cartoon series, Laura became so in demand that Marvel decided to officially introduce her into the Marvelverse with Innocence Lost. And lemme just say innocence was indeed lost.

The book focuses heavily on Sarah Kinney, whose a scientist and Laura’s mother for all intents and purposes. Sarah was originally hired by the Weapons Plus program — the same government program that produced Weapon X (Wolverine) — to create a clone of Logan Howlett. But when Sarah failed to create a male clone and instead produced a female clone — this is next part is a wee bit fucked up — she is forced to carry Laura to term herself as punishment.

I bet you’re starting to wonder how Steve Rogers comes to play into all of this.

Welp, following years of child abuse — I mean, training — and being forced against her will to carry out multiple assassinations by the Weapons Plus program, Laura eventually escapes the facility she was raised in following her mother’s death. Grief-stricken and rife with PTSD, Laura decides to hunt down Logan at the Xavier Institute in Target X, which is the direct sequel of Innocence Lost. It all leads up to what, I think, is a very touching murder-suicide attempt.

Luckily, Logan is saved from the fourteen-year-old girl by none other than….

Steve Rogers

And if you wanna see the irony and hypocrisy that ensues, I highly recommend doing a compare and contrast of these two books alongside of Ed Brubaker’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Or, ya know, watch the movie. That might get the message across a lot clearer.

Happy Reading❤️

[batcatweddingofficiant]

X-Men Gold #26 (2017)

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Excalibur: The Sword Is Drawn (1988) / Published: April 01, 1988 / Artist: Alan Davis

[nerdby]

Just wondering if everyone who watched X-Men: Evolution growing up in the 1990s-2000s and had a crush on Kurt is a monster fucker now?

[captainaway]

Just had to join the hype for X-Men 97, in the only way that made sense for my channel, but covering Marvel’s previous tribute to the classic animated series! Spinning out of the 2015 Secret Wars, it's X-Men 92! Check it out now!

[mavkacomics]

Wolverine #47 Sabretooth War

Laura Kinney deserves more hype than she gets.