Ficlet: Routine (X-Men)

Um so this stupid little idea came into my head and wouldn't go away until I wrote it but I don't want to put the effort into turning into a whole fic because writing X-Men is INTIMIDATING because there's all that HISTORY and the only canon I know is the most recent movie. So I would inevitably get something terribly, horribly wrong.

( So here, have a few random words about Erik )

Two things

Thing one: I always forget how dearly I adore Jane Austen. She's funny, and witty, and insightful, and does a fantastic job at sketching out characters that really feel real (no really, fantastic, I am totally in awe of her abilities in this regard and desperately wish for even a quarter of her skill), and the dynamics between all the characters are fantastic as well, and yes I am also a big fan of the romance factor. Currently I am rereading Persuasion and oh man it is totally my favourite of her books. I always forget that too; I get distracted by all the talk that Pride & Prejudice gets, and yes, it's an absolutely amazing book, but PERSUASION. SO GREAT. (I was TOTALLY cracking up with laughter on the very first page. A++ snark, Jane Austen!)

Thing two: AO3 subscriptions: MY NEW FAVOURITE THING IN LIFE. It used to be that I'd come across an awesome author and read all their fic and want to be able to keep on top of everything they'd write ever but I wouldn't want to put them on my rlist because I wasn't particularly interested in the rest of their posts, or because I didn't want my rlist to get too cluttered, or a variety of things. Now? As long as they are the sort of person who posts to AO3, I can just click "subscribe" and NEVER HAVE TO WORRY AGAIN. So great! And now I am mourning all those authors I stumbled across in the past and have since forgotten, and thus have not read their latest brilliance and perhaps never shall. Also I am mourning all the authors who do not post their fic to AO3.

(note to self: update your own AO3 account....)