fire and ice

Not sure if people still check this place, but in the preview of the latest X-Men Gold (Issue #32), Bobby and New Pyro hooked up! Wish it was the original St.John Allerdyce, though.

Black Flies
Vidder: kaiyote
Fandom: X-Men
Song: Black Flies by Ben Howard
Characters/Pairings: Pyro/Iceman (John Allerdyce/Bobby Drake)
Rating: PG-13. Or so.
Spoilers: Up to X3.
Warnings: None.
Summary: If I was to go my own way, would I have to pass you by? Pyro/Iceman vidlet.

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Title: Also by the heart
Characters: Bobby (& John)
Genre: gen
Rating: PG
Word Count: 101
Summary: There is one thing Bobby refuses to believe might not be the truth.

Also by the heart

Fandom : X-Men
Characters : Bobby/John
Ghost of the Present
Summary : — The ghost, John! Which one would you choose?
I roll my eyes. He didn’t forget about the question I didn’t answer earlier. If I could which Dickens’s ghost would I choose to meet : Past, Present or Future?


BECAUSE OF YOU

In the comics, at least, one half of our dynamic duo has come out (sort of). Shawn Ashmore offered his congratulations, though again it's Earth-616 time-shifted teenage Bobby that's gay, not movie-verse Bobby.

Any thoughts/responses? I've seen a number of people commenting here and there that the fanfic creative juices just started flowing again, and there had already been a bit of a burst when Days of Future Past came out last year so perhaps this will pull some more of us back to writing again. Speaking of DoFP, it's nice to see that there's been some activity on here, even with LJ dying its slow death... I should do a search around and see where everyone has gone, I guess.

I do still work on my own fic, and perhaps this will spur me back into action (although, I've said that many times and only made piecemeal progress). But... I'm off work and grad school this summer, so maybe I'll actually have time to get back into it if I can wrench the muse into place. You might see some more of Spiral, after all.

To be honest with all you Bobby/John shippers, the project has evolved quite a bit since I started posting it on here. The Spiral concept was maybe a misnomer... in my mind it was always more like a set of helices rotating around the same point... or maybe they are all spiraling in towards a common intersection at some point in the timeline? Alas, perhaps I should just avoid framing it in metaphor altogether. Part of the reason the project is so slow moving, beyond just a lack of time, is the fact that Bobby and John were just two of the characters - central, yes, but still just two among a number who's stories I wanted to follow. Justin, Aleks, and Wanda of course, but also Northstar, Karma, Emma Frost, and perhaps a couple others. The storylines will never be told all in the same arc, but there would be intersections. A couple years ago, I started re-writing the beginning of Spiral to accomodate this vision. I was always unhappy with the beginning of my fic - there were aspects of it that were too Gary Stu with Justin even if back then I only wanted to use him as a plot mover - a vehicle to get Bobby to come out and to cause an incident that would somehow lead to Bobby and John together again. As I wrote, though, things evolved. I'm ten years or so older now (god, it's hard to believe that...), and I think I've become a better writer with (hopefully) better perspective.

We shall see what develops from all this, both from all of you and from me. Cheers for Bobby, and cheers to all of you fans and authors who have been part of our community over the years!

For anyone interested, the most recent X-Film inspired some John/Bobby fic, although be aware it does include massive spoilers.

Summary: because everyone deserves their happy ending.

Fic: this used to be the future.

Title: let blood to bleed
Characters: Bobby/Rogue, Bobby/John
Rating: dark PG
Word Count: 360
Summary: The result of Pyro getting hit by a syringe during the battle of Alcatraz is not pretty.

let blood to bleed

Title: Valor
Featuring: Bobby Drake, implied Bobby&John
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100 words
Summary: In the aftermath of terrorism, Bobby has a conversation with his teachers.
Notes: This can be read as a prequel to Bridges but it also stands alone.

Valor

Title: You know nothing

Fandom: X-Men

Pairing: John/Bobby

Rating: PG

Warnings: none

Summary: Wanda accidentally turns John into his five-year old self

Read it here

Title: Lowdown
Characters: Leech, Bobby, St John
Genre: outsider-pov
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~900
Summary: Until today, the trial of the terrorist and self-proclaimed Brotherhood lieutenant St John Allerdyce has passed without incident.

LJ - DW - AO3