*emerges gasping from the murky waters of The Pit of Voles, grasping a fist full of treasures*

This is a fic rec post. :D I'm usually leery of the Pit unless I'm given a specific rec, but I put on my hipwaders and got out my hunting cats and found me some fancy picks from the voles.

They are all X-Men stories, from various continuities and time periods. Most are Iceman-centric, but not all. eta: None of these are porn! :D

The Shape of Water is a story about Rogue talking to Bobby about his secondary mutation. It has some interesting imagery and some discussion of the Iliad, and that's probably the major contributing factor to me reccing it.

Snow People features the original five X-Men, and is set shortly after Jean's arrival. It has an interesting little twist. ;3

Superhero is a Northstar-centric character piece with situational illustration. I'm describing it badly. IT'S REALLY GOOD, my favourite story by this author, and the chapters are short. It takes place during his time with the X-Men.

Morning is a 1602 story by an author who felt that the friendship between Werner and Roberto Trefusis (Angel and Iceman) was not sufficiently addressed in the books. This story takes place after the death of a character and thus should not be read by anyone not wanting to be spoiled for the story.

babysat is a Hank & Bobby friendship fic that takes place during the first run in X-Factor, after Bobby's powers have been amped by Loki and Beast has been whammied by Pestilence. The timing is a little wonky (Hank's intelligence should not have deteriorated that much before Bobby has the inhibitor belt) but the sentiment is 100% awesome (and the Star Wars obsession is, alas, spot on).

Things Not To Do At Xavier's is the token Evo fic in this list, but it's... incredibly long. It's not actually a fic, per se: Xavier has posted a list of rules, and various people (including bad guys) have written comments on the list. I laughed out loud a lot while reading this, but it is essentially a list with talking heads, and it's very silly, so take that into account when deciding if you want to read it. Spoilers for the entire X-Men: Evolution series.

Th-th-that's all folks! (Although if you want to rec something to me in the comments, OH HEY FEEL FREE, MAN! 8D ...Please nothing featuring getting drunk or taking drugs or spanking in any form. *scarred by The Pit*)

random things

I order a chicken Caesar salad and instead of chicken it has massive amounts of cheese. This is about typical for what happens when I order food. My friends basically have to learn to accept that I will inevitably be sending food back to the kitchen at some point where we've gone out for dinner.

My local corner store carries 2L bottles of low-acid apple juice now! :D This makes me so incredibly happy!

Coming up with new code names for established characters is much harder than I expected. "Nightcrawler" for instance. Sure, he's dark (like night), and he kinda crawls, in there will all the jumping and perching on things like a gargoyle. But a nightcrawler is a type of worm, and apart from his tail, he is not worm-like. I have a pet AU I play with periodically, and I figured it was a good chance to finally change it, but damn me if I can think of anything.

Of course, other people are easier. Madison Jeffries = "Tinker". TADA! But hardly any of you will know who he is, I bet. Naming more well-known characters is harder. Even giving Jean Grey a code name that has nothing to do with the Phoenix force (which, in this AU, was never a factor) that isn't "Marvel Girl" is difficult. In contrast, giving Candace Southern a name that wasn't "Marvel Girl" was easy. (And yes, she went by Marvel Girl for a while.)

Mexico has ruined me. I like orange Fanta better than orange Crush now! WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?!?!

Really, I'm making this list because I was writing a story and then I got to the end and can't seem to get the words to come. I know what happens, but I lost the voice. :/

Lakibug~, tell the owl that I really like the Engy mix. :3

Which is cooler, a fake eye that shoots laser beams, or a fake eye that ...?

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