#homeopolitics

[sapphirescales]

worldbuilding series.    »   the triumvirate.    ( 1 / ? )

+ character arcs in fc.

@mutantism​    &    @homeopolitics    ! ( PLEASE DON’T REBLOG : for rp blog reference only. analyses under the cut. ) 

TRAGEDY:  LOSS DUE TO HUBRIS.

mainly achieved through foreshadowing, charles’ arc starts with him fairly privileged and well-off / well-adjusted compared to erik; he’s rich, he’s educated, he’s white, able-bodied, his mutation invisible and passing as heterosexual. by the end of the movie, both raven and erik have left him -- pushed away either very deliberately ( in the case of erik ) or accidentally through callousness over a longer period of time ( in the case of raven ). he constantly, due to his privilege which seems to override any sensitivity he could gain from being a telepath, hurts and upsets the people around him by speaking carelessly, which culminates in cuba, where his plea to erik resembles the nuremburg defense to a holocaust survivor, is the spark for the following actions.

01.   “a small slip-up is one thing; a big one does not bear thinking about.”  /  “they’re just following orders.” 02.   “you’re my oldest friend.”  raven: i’m your only friend.  “thanks for that.”  /  “go with him. it’s what you want.” 03.  “unfortunately, i do know you.”  /  “until recently, i never had to read your mind to know what you were thinking.” 04.  “peaceful cohabitation, if it ever existed, was short-lived.”  /  erik: we want the same thing.  “my friend, i’m sorry. we do not.” 05.  raven: would you date me?  “of course i would. any man would be lucky to have you; you’re stunning.”  /  “i thought you’d be in a good mood. hank tells me he’s found the answer to your ... cosmetic problem.” 06.  erik: that fear will turn to hatred.   “not if we stop a war. not if we can prevent shaw, not if we risk our lives doing so.”  /  “go ahead, charles. tell me i’m wrong.” 07.  “i can’t! i’m sorry, i can’t shoot anybody point blank, let alone my friend.”  erik: oh, come on! you know i can deflect it.  &  “as none of us mutated to endure extreme g-force or being riddled by bullets, i suggest we suit up.”  /  i am so sorry. 08.  erik: honestly, charles, i don’t know how you survived. living in such hardship.   raven: well, it was a hardship softened by me.  /  “go with him. it’s what you want.”  &  “i can’t feel my legs.”

FOCUS:  NEWFOUND DIRECTION.

in the beginning of the movie, erik is focused entirely on one thing -- finding schmidt. there’s a detachment from the concept of ‘self’; the reduction of himself into his mutation, his anger and the drive for vengeance. in the audience’s introduction to him -- the scene with the bank teller -- he isn’t named, only recognized when he uses his powers. when his name is asked for, there’s a lack of self when he responds, a non-commitment to any identifier that isn’t revolving around his vengeance on shaw. erik is very much a lone wolf, operating on his own, with a single agenda. there’s a shift over time, though -- as he finds out there are others like him, as he lives with them and interacts with them, he can’t help but care. the emotion driving his vengeance -- his love for his mother, his ability to love, deeply -- shifts him onto a new path.

01.  shaw: we have opened your gift with anger. anger and pain.  /  charles: there is so much more to you than you know. more than just pain and anger. 02.  na//zi: who are you?  “let’s just say, i’m frankenstein’s monster. and i’m looking for my creator.”  /  emma: erik, is it?  “i prefer mag//neto.” 03.  “i thought i was alone.”  /  “we’re brothers, you and i.” 04.  “what do you know about me?”  charles: everything.  “then you know to stay out of my head.” /  “you’ve known all along why i was here, but things have changed.” 05.   charles: i tell you, we can start something incredible, erik. we can help them.  “can we?”  /  “all of us together, protecting each other.” 06.  “i don’t need your help.”  /  “i want you by my side. all of us together, protecting each other.” 07.  “i need the situation, the anger.” /  charles: i believe that true focus lies between rage and serenity. 08.  “if you’re using half your concentration to look normal, then you’re only half paying attention to whatever else you’re doing.”  /  “the real enemy is out there! i feel their guns moving in the water, targeting us!” 

TRANSFORMATION:  DRASTIC SHIFT IN VALUES AND PERCEPTION.

she starts off, resentful that she has to hide herself, resentful that she looks so different and only wanting her appearance to be normalised. her self-esteem and self-perception is built off her feelings for charles, and his approval ( and normalisation ) of her person. his fear of discovery only makes her more resentful and ashamed of how she looks, only more keenly aware that she isn’t deemed normal or desirable by societal standards, and that her only option for companionship of any kind is charles. as she meets the first class, especially erik, this starts to change for her. not only does she begin to accept and normalise how she looks for herself but she starts to question both society and its’ values, for rejecting her based on her appearance, and charles, for being intolerant, eventually leading her to leave charles, completely.

01.  “but if you’re a freak, you better hide.”  /  “should we have to hide?” 02.  “mutant and proud -- or is that only for pretty mutations or invisible ones, like yours?”  /  “oh, and beast? mutant and proud.” 03.  “you’re not ... scared of me?”  /  “but i guess pets are always cuter when they’re little.” 04.  “would you date me?”  &  “well, it was a hardship softened by me.”  /  “you know, charles, i used to think it was gonna be you and me against the whole world.” 05.  you want society to accept you but you can’t even accept yourself.  /  “we shouldn’t be trying to fit into society. society should aspire to be like us.” 06.  “this serum doesn’t affect abilities, right? just appearance?”  /  “hank, don’t! you’re beautiful, hank. everything you are, you’re perfect.” 07.  “beautiful on the inside, huh?”  hank: and the outside.  /  “well, this isn’t really me though, is it, hank? i mean, you might as well be complimenting my shoes ... “ 08.  “you know i can’t control it sometimes, when i’m stressed or tired.”  /  charles: put some clothes on!  “that’s not what you said when you first saw me.”  &  “this is who you were meant to be. this is you. no more hiding.”

[cryhavok]

homeopolitics replied to your post: MUSE AESTHETICS - SEX & ROMANCE EDITION ! bold...

i feel dirty liking this

charles is cordially not invited to fuck him in a rainstorm

[granitetouch]

@homeopolitics​

When the wheels of Charles’ chair cross the threshold from carpet to hardwood and into the kitchen with a sudden thump, Josh nearly chokes on the orange juice he’s drinking straight from the carton.

“I was going to drink it all, I swear,” he manages through a short coughing fit. The nearly full contents of the carton slosh around in protest, pointing out just how unlikely his claim is to be true.

[misshavok-blog]

@homeopolitics | greeter

“Look, Prof, this is nice and all, but can we actually do something?”

[bluebxmfing]

i want kurt to know that i love him

I get this sort of thing a lot. I do appreciate this very very much but there are some people out there who need love. Ones who feel ignored in favor of someone slightly more popular. 

So here is a shoutout to people who deserve some love. Please brighten their days!

@mesonoxianmonster @fireworkvamplee @shatterstarart @marvelous-mystique @lokibannerpool @katzchcn @the-ncighborhood @homeopolitics @recuerdaxme @browsdraws @cryptid-child @playerentity @morgansmornings

I have a lot of followers so I definitely missed so many, but these are a few I either know need some love or who I think are just really nice ^.^

[flwerpower]

WHAT’S YOUR MUSE’S PLANT PERSONALITY? TAKE THIS QUIZ AND POST YOUR RESULTS ( repost, don’t reblog! ) 

Tagged By: stolen from @homeopolitics Tagging: @ordinarybeauty @mosteffectiveagent @fratriciide @tragicloss @runningrealfast !

NETTLE. Truly a nurturing and supportive friend, you’re the kind of person that just isn’t for everyone. But those who take the time are rewarded with your gentle disposition, and the kind of friendship that does a person good no matter the difficulty they’re facing. When out of balance, you can become more prickly than supportive or nurturing, though—a sign that you need to shower yourself with the same kind of nurturing you so freely give to others.

PASSIONFLOWER. Deeply concerned about others and the world around you, you have a developed sense of what’s right and just. You’re a bit of an idealist and strive to see your vision of perfection realized in the world. On occasion you get out of balance, and you may feel a deep sense of unease and be prone to worry—especially at night, tossing and turning over all that is wrong or that needs fixing.

PEPPERMINT. Unflappable. You are cool in the crisis, calm in the storm, collected amongst the chaos. You’re a breath of fresh air, a waft of inspiration to the down-and-out, a refreshing, inspiring, uplifting person to be around. Of course, even a cool cucumber like yourself can run into trouble. You may try to take on too much, which can leave you feeling weighed down and not quite yourself.

[cryhavok]

@homeopolitics liked a starter call

Alex has just gotten out of the nervous, half-baked habit of wearing the chest plate Hank made him under his shirts; he didn’t want to let it become a security blanket, but he does miss the almost-peace of the extra layer of encasement.

It’s hard enough giving up one token of safety and he’s not interested in giving up the bunker’s concrete walls.

     “I’m not doing       this outside.”

[cryhavok]

homeopolitics replied to your post “@homeopolitics liked a starter call Alex has just gotten out of the...”

hey...what the HELL

you liked the starter call. i am not responsible for anything that happens after that

[cryhavok]

@homeopolitics​

Alex isn’t really a big news-reader, but he watches it sometimes, and today Darwin has left it on in the kitchen, which means he’s watching coverage of something he’s almost certain is not “normal” news, with normal in this case meaning “catalyzed by humans.”

     “Is anyone still        looking for us? ”

[cryhavok]

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@kiyote - i’ve been talking ooc with c for like 1 single day and we’ve only done like two replies worth of writing together and actually i should probably be doing that draft rn but Anyway.  ANYWAY.   i’ve actually seen her around for a couple of months because i think? she was playing with august & noel?  i forget, but it was someone i was following. anyway, i’m kinda intimidated by those good ocs, so i only followed like a week ago, but i’m LOVING it.  first, i love mateo.  i think the character concept is really cool generally — a supernatural crime family, animal shapeshifting, omnilinguism, i’m into it.  and i love her writing?  she shares my love of parallel structure.  we do not share sentence style generally because she knows how to end a sentence and i don’t, but i love the Short Punchy style.  and in the last dayish that we’ve been talking ooc i have discovered that 1. c is really fun to talk to, 2. she has really cool npcs (one of whom you should go pick up because i already love him and i need to watch her write mateo with him) and 3. i lov mateo’s short, proud, greaser-lookin ass.  i love his commitment to his aesthetic.  i love his dumb hair.  i love his hat that says DADDY because he’s a ironic deviant.  what a good

@homeopolitics - i also haven’t known anj very long and we have talked even less ooc than c and i have, but ! anyway i think she’s got a really good grasp of charles?  and our one thread together is v interesting and is giving me a chance to use all this useless knowledge i’ve acquired about the pardon/parole/jail system? from her tags on that thread she’s very funny, although she does keep blaming things that are totally her fault on me, like the fact that we’re hurting each other, which, sure, i started the thread but it’s not my fault that she did me dirty like this?? her writing is very pretty and i feel like she’s very well-versed in film and comic canon (which honestly i’m impressed she was able to sit thru apocalypse, but WHATEVER WHATEVER WHATEVER i’m only a little bitter abt that movie).  it’s really hard playing different versions of a character too, imo, but i’ve also seen her play older charles? and idk i feel like his voice is just very present in her writing.  and she responds by screaming at me when i tag terrible things for her, which is exactly what i want out of a friend.  so what i’m saying is, we should talk more ooc

[cryhavok]

@homeopolitics​ didn’t like my starter call but i needed me some charls

Alex thinks: This is a terrible idea.  He pushes on the sides of the wheelchair and the x-frame resists and then collapses under the pressure, sliding with a gentle scraping sound into a much more manageable shape for him to throw into the back of the car.

He and Charles get along the way he got along with the birth kids of his long string of foster parents---quietly and without complaint, because even though they have nothing in common, there are no other real options and no real reason not to.  Not out of any dislike but out of a profound lack of similarity to rest on.  He remembers this car ride being awkward even before he and the Professor caught onto the fact that they just weren’t going to rub along easily.  He can’t imagine with the year-old freshness of Cuba between them it will be any more pleasant being trapped in the car together for thirteen hours.

He starts the car.  Fumbles with the shift a moment; the friction point of the clutch refusing to catch in the place he thinks it should. Maybe the car will judder the first few miles when they speed up or slow down.

Sometimes he needs silence and sometimes the silence is trying to eat him alive.

     “I, uh.  Hope       you’re better       with maps       than me.”

[sapphirescales]

@mutantism to @homeopolitics ‘it’s time you die’

[cryhavok]

WHAT’S YOUR MUSE’S PLANT PERSONALITY? TAKE THIS QUIZ AND POST YOUR RESULTS ( repost, don’t reblog! ) Tagged By: stolen from @homeopolitics & therefore also from @sapphirescales, who i tagged, so technically stolen from myself Tagging: i already tagged people on patroclus so just DO IT

DANDELION. Scrappy and tough, you’re a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps kind of person. You don’t give up easily and you often thrive in situations that others would find discouraging. You have an instinct to serve others and see yourself as most useful in times or places of crisis, but you may over rely on your toughness and forget how sensitive you really are.

FENNEL. You’re quiet, sometimes shy, with a tendency to be reserved. You have a humble, kind nature and often find yourself taking care of others. You can be known to hold things in, and you don’t always speak up for yourself. This tendency to hold things in can lead to disturbances.

NETTLE. Truly a nurturing and supportive friend, you’re the kind of person that just isn’t for everyone. But those who take the time are rewarded with your gentle disposition, and the kind of friendship that does a person good no matter the difficulty they’re facing. When out of balance, you can become more prickly than supportive or nurturing, though—a sign that you need to shower yourself with the same kind of nurturing you so freely give to others.

[cryhavok]

#charles' insensitivity is so important to me...that it comes off often like he can't quite understand where other people are coming from... #that (very often) he takes his telepathy for granted and Cannot Communicate sometimes or understand exactly what his words could sound like #his face in that fourth gif -- the irritation and disappointment with himself because he knows he's screwed up (again) #charles still screwing up with people even with his telepathy...and how very often his telepathy and knowing Everything about someone #doesn't translate over to /knowing/ them and how the lesson still catches him by surprise so often #i love this scene a lot and i'm always really sad it was deleted

mmmmmm @homeopolitics these tags