#after that it's nightwing at 6 charles xavier at 7 cyclops at 8 ororo at 9 and dinah lance at 10

[jewishcissiekj]

my current top 5 locg characters,,, I fear Cassie will not be there for long

[wearetakingthehobbitstogallifrey]

Talking about the X-Men...

Hi @camsthisky!  I know you asked if I had any reading/watching recommendations for X-Men.  First of all let me say that my knowledge is REALLY scattered, as are the individual X-Men I am obsessed with.  Like, in DC, I know and love almost everyone, but when it comes to the X-men I mostly obsess over just a few characters...and I have never read any of the comics, so my knowledge comes from movies, shows, fanfic, and reading pages of wikipedia.  So with that fair warning out of the way, let me just spend the rest of this post dumping my thoughts and recommendations out for you :D�� (Also I don’t know what your familiarity is with any of this so....)

A few short character introductions mostly per the movies

Nightcrawler aka Kurt “my smile will melt your heart, also take three guesses as to my parentage” Wagner (hmm Nightwing, Nightcrawler, both lived in a circus at some point, guess what they’re both the light of my life...) 

Havok aka Alex “wait I’m supposed to be the younger bro, ah who cares my face is made of sunshine and so are my death beams and death hula hoops” Summers 

Cyclops aka Scott “I’m not a perfect person but dang it the movies screw me over consistently, also I’m the younger? bro??? what” Summers

Phoenix/Marvel Girl/Dark Phoenix aka Jean “most of the movies screwed me over too but at last I get to look badass and gorgeous, also I am legit the most powerful of you all” Grey

Quicksilver aka Pietro/Peter “I’m adorkable as heck and just as fast, also thank gosh the movies actually made that thing with my father a thing” Maximoff

Professor X aka Charles “my issues have issues but at least I help other people with their issues” Xavier

Magneto aka Erik “if ever a guy had good motivations because of his background, also that’s not my real name” Lehnsherr

Rogue aka Marie “with great power comes a great lack of human touch, I either need to kiss someone or punch them in the face, preferably both if it’s Remy” D’Ancanto (tbh the films did NOT do a great job with her, though she was cute still)

Mystique aka Raven “I’m blue, I look like everyone, my name is cooler than yours, I’m probably your mom” Darkholme

Wolverine aka Logan aka James “I have a different love interest for every day of the week but I’m really cool so hopefully Jean won’t notice, yeah that’s right go away movie!Scott because movie!Jean is my soulmate!” Howlett (I love this guy just...not how the first films push the romance with Jean...where is dad Wolverine that’s all I want)

Storm aka Ororo “queen of everything, deserved waaaaaay better than movies for real, where’s her backstory and her brotp with Gambit?!” Munroe

Gambit aka Remy “could and would charm you out of everything you own, a lover and a fighter, does both with Rogue, pretty sure he was Death one time” LeBeau

Angel aka Warren “my backstory changes, I’m an angel or a harbringer of the apocalypse, but either way I’m in pain” Wilson

THERE ARE SO MANY MORE I NEED TO STOP AND ACTUALLY RECOMMEND STUFF

Movies

1. X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand:  I enjoyed the first two films.  I absolutely love Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan, and to watch the two friends play best frenemies is a treat.  I love the teams and the people, though Cyclops several of the characters get screwed over and Wolverine several of the characters try to take over the story.  As far as I am concerned, 75% of the third movie does not exist

2.  Wolverine: Origins, The Wolverine, Logan: Apparently Origins is a terrible, terrible adaption of the comics.  I secretly love it anyway...mostly because we get an appearance from Gambit, the card throwing, stick-wielding, energy-kabooming Cajun thief who was probably the first X-Man I really fell for.  That said, even he is not a great adaption.  I’m just desperate for what I can get.  What I really want is a live-action film of his life story (not with Channing Tatum, sorry my guy I really do love you but you just don’t fit my picture of him), not to mention his romance with Rogue, the woman who literally kills whatever she touches.  Ahem, anyway.  The Wolverine was pretty cool--I enjoyed most of it, though there is one ethical dilemma that I still scratch my head over.  I HAVE NOT YET SEEN LOGAN BUT IT IS ON MY LIST BECAUSE APPARENTLY I AM DYING TO WATCH ANGSTY MOVIES

3.  X-Men First Class, X-Men Days of Future Past, X-Men Apocalypse: I love love love First Class.  James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender KILL it as young Professor X and Magneto, and they get to be besties almost the whole movie!  And we get an origin story for how the X-Men began in the first place!  And Alex Summers makes his first appearance as Havok, and I can’t help it I fell aboard the fangirl train I love him.  Days of Future Past isn’t my favorite but HOLY HECK I love Quicksilver and there is a fabulous speedster scene in it!  Apocalypse is my fave out of these three movies because my faves are almost all here.  Also another great speedster scene. Bby Nightcrawler is in this movie and HE IS THE FREAKING CUTEST THING TO TELEPORT THE EARTH!  He also happens to be the first X-Man who I decided to adopt as my son.  My sweet sweet blueberry son who deserves only happiness...look at his face again!

Cartoons

Okay, this is easy, seeing as I have only seen one so far.  X-Men Evolutions. I LOVE IT.  I LOVE EVERY CHARACTER’S PORTRAYAL.  ROGUE GETS JUSTICE.  NIGHTCRAWLER IS PRECIOUS AS ALWAYS.  WOLVERINE DOESN’T MAKE ME WANT TO PUNCH HIM.  JEAN AND SCOTT YESS.  IT’S FUNNY!!! LAST I CHECKED IT WAS ON YOUTUBE

Fanfics

1.  “This Is a Story about Control” by GrayJay      https://archiveofourown.org/works/4439783

      This is a really cool fic about who Scott Summers is.  A great intro to his character, one that makes me love him more and more.  

2.  “The Way Things Break” by GrayJay      https://archiveofourown.org/works/7227142       This fic is an au of Alex and Scott Summer’s relationship and meeting.  “It might help to watch First Class, Days of Future Past, and Apocalpyse, but you could probably get away without watching them, if you really didn’t feel like it.) The fic is a brilliant explanation of part of the FREAKING MESS that the film and comic timelines has become.  Because Scott is the older Summers brother and Alex is the younger Summers brother...except, well, after they find each other after YEARS of separation, Alex is 30 and Scott is 15.  It’s weird.  Both brothers have issues, but they love the heck out of each other.  There is soooo much angst!!!  

3.  “Corner Pocket” by GrayJay     https://archiveofourown.org/works/5520086

      This short little fic involves Wolverine watching Scott Summers play pool with Matt Murdock.  I never would have thought of Scott and Matt being good friends but I read this and the world makes sense.  Also I really really love Logan and Scott being kinda friends?  Despite their differences?  (The author has a few Daredevil stories that are really good too btw)

4.  “Connect the Dots” by GrayJay     https://archiveofourown.org/works/4279881

     Scott Summers wants to hire a lawyer to teach at the the Institute, so he pitches his idea to Matt Murdock.  Two guys with red glasses read Braille menus.  I REALLY LIKE SCOTT AND MATT BEING FRIENDS

5.  “Rex Racer on the Final Turn” by you guessed it GrayJay (I stumbled on her fics I am just so enthralled by them I can’t help it I have to spread the word)       https://archiveofourown.org/works/2356574/chapters/5200295

     This is a bit of a long fic but I LOVE IT TO DEATH.  It’s a mostly comic canon compliant au of how Alex and Scott reunited after having been seperated for many years.  Mostly it is letters, texts, emails, and phone calls, and normally I am not as into that but the author does it really well.  Realistic dialogue, a great mix of angst and fluff, so many freaking feels.  The author also links various fics along the way that more like traditional fics set in the same universe.  You like brother things?  You’ll like this.  When you start though, know that Scott is secretly Cyclops, that Alex hasn’t manifested his mutation yet, and he doesn’t know that Scott is a mutant.

6.  “The Busy Griefs” by likeadeuce        https://archiveofourown.org/works/63189

      This fic is heart-wrenching.  Deals with the aftermath of a major death in X2.  Storm has a lot to deal with--mostly people dealing or not dealing with grief.

7.  “in the lonely cool before dawn (the wings for wheels remix) by handyhunter       https://archiveofourown.org/works/189580

     A friendship fic for Scott and Ororo (Storm).  Scott really loves his plane

8.  “Hell of a Thing” by likeadeuce       https://archiveofourown.org/works/68110

     I feel like I’m staring to just randomly throwing out a bunch of my recent fave X-Men fics at you without regard anymore to whether you will appreciate them as a newcomer...so feel free to set these aside till you get better acquainted with the characters and stuff.  Anyway, this fic is a quiet one where Scott Summers and Kitty Pryde have a talk about griefs and miracles.  And weird relationships with former enemies.  (I love Scott but the guy’s love life is a mess.)

9.  “Angelus Redemtio” by Misha Berry      https://archiveofourown.org/works/7868899

     A beautiful hurt/comfort AU that takes place after X-Men Apocalypse.  Features Warren/Angel and my precious son Kurt/Nightcrawler.  Kurt is the sweetest kid in the world!

10.  “Help Me Find My Way on Home” by oppressa        https://archiveofourown.org/works/7010188

      Takes place after Apocalpyse.  Something is vaguely hinted at in that movie, like, really vaguely.  This follows up on it.  Features light of my life Kurt Wagner and also Raven Darkholme.  

WEEELLLLLLLLL sorry that all got really long and idk if any of it will even be helpful to you but...here it is anyway!  :D

P.S.  You think DC Comics is a mess?  HAH

P.P.S.  If you want a headache, just look up the Summers’ family tree and general timeline.  It’s a freaking train wreck