#washington brotherhood

[antebellumite]

wiliam seward's friendships make me delirious. what do you mean he was bffs with henry foote and john c calhoun was mad about it. what do you mean he was besties with jefferson davis in 1850 and that seward visited him every day when he was sick. what do you mean that seward asked davis for help when a duel almost occurred between two other senators and that the two of them (with crittenden) resolved the duel by making the disputers have dinner at seward's house. what do you mean that seward's house was on F Street, the one the F Street Mess was on. that jefferson davis felt that a cross-sectional settlement was possible "because of his relationship with seward". What do you mean people hoped to be placed next to seward whenever senate seats were reassigned.

[blackflash9]

A Dream Tarnished: The Tragic Idealism and Uncertain Legacy of Assassin’s Creed III

To this day, what sets Assassin’s Creed III apart from other titles is that it feels like a historical story told within a fictional frame rather than the reverse. While many games in the series feature a fictional story enriched by historical settings, AC3 flips this approach. At its core, if you strip away the assassins, Templars, hidden blades, leaps of faith, and the unending struggle for mystical artifacts, what remains is a raw, haunting story about the impact of colonialism.

Here, we follow an innocent and noble native idealist whose life and ideals are ravaged and manipulated by colonial brutality. He's forced to grapple with a world that doesn’t value the fairness he envisions, where his allies don’t fully share his belief in freedom for all. Driven by hope yet painfully aware of the compromises he must make, he fights on, striving for change. And yet, even in victory, he is left questioning whether his sacrifices truly made the world better or worse—a heavy uncertainty that underscores the complexities of the very nation he helped build.

[dinosaurwithablog]

The lights at the Tulalip Casino, while driving to see the main attraction, are beautiful 😍 Out keeps getting better the closer that you get!!! 😀

[ifelllikeastar]

A. Philip Randolph was a labor leader and social activist. During World War I, Randolph tried to unionize African American shipyard workers and elevator operators, and co-launched a magazine designed to encourage demand for higher wages. He later founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which by 1937 would become the first official African American labor union.

In the 1940s, Randolph's abilities as an organizer had grown to such lengths that he became the driving force in ending racial discrimination in government defense factories and desegregating the armed forces, both done via presidential decree. Becoming involved in additional civil rights work, he was a principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.

Born Asa Philip Randolph on April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida and died on May 16, 1979 in Manhattan, New York, New York at the age of 90.

[pavlovianpanic]

josh generally gets along with people at caledon, i think? like amanda, they're chill, she's his bartender, he flirts, she laughs, and they agree it's cool between them. nothing crazy. moses is chill, they get along, though moses doesn't ... really get a lot of josh's jokes. because josh's jokes also make no sense half the time. but they're buds. he gets along with the students, and keeps it classy. he loved maya okada. he fairs well with his cousin, but there's a huge family dynamic there of rivalry, misunderstanding, and josh ... not knowing he's been in two places at once his whole life. he jokes with diamond that they actually are related (their names, of course), and overall? has a pretty good rep on campus. i can't see him being too much of anything other than maybe a goof sometimes, he's very young in the industry, he's got this psych degree he's ready to use, and is also struggling himself to keep it all together. seeing safi is comfort. seeing josh for safi? difficult. because ... well, josh knew maya ... and he didn't say anything, which he regrets. he was younger then, and followed safi's leads on this, and it all came down to family for him, which complicated his feelings for maya. he did confront lucas, but they only argued, and josh tried to support maya, but he was sort of "half there, half not" because he had to leave so much. she died when he was in california. he flew back for the funeral. safi didn't talk to him. he didn't blame her. he still feels bad, and he dreams about maya, sometimes thinks he sees her, and then it starts spiraling again.

[danthepest]

Fuck it, I’ll answer all of them.

1. My Boss prefers to keep his real name and pre-Saints life behind. As far as he’s concerned, his life truly started once he was caught in the crossfire of the Carnales, Rollerz and Vice Kings in the SR1 opening cutscene.

2. Saints Row 1 and 2 are canon to my Boss’ story. SRTT is some Hollywood hack’s script for a movie about the Saints. Saints Row IV and Gooh is fanfiction by weirdos who thirst after criminals and killers and ship real people.

3. Probably dabbled in small time drug dealing. Easier to sell drugs without talking than being silent in “real” jobs.

4. He saw Julius as a father figure, Troy as the cool older brother, Johnny as the badass brother and Dex as the smart brother. Had a crush on Lin. Loathes Donny not only for not lifting a finger to save Lin, but because how much he hates cowards. By SR2, he and Johnny are like brothers, Shaundi is like a sister and Pierce is the friend he secretly respects, but likes to fuck with and get under his skin.

5. Born and bred in Stilwater.

6. I see Playa being in his early to mid twenties or at the least aged 18-19 in SR1.

7. No pairings. Has trouble connecting with people on a romantic level after the events of SR2. Probably has fuck buddies that he’s on good terms with, but no romantic relationship

8. Was somewhat attracted to Samantha but never acted on it or showed it. Had a massive crush on Lin. Her death hit him hard and was the beginning of his dark turn.

9. No family outside. Cut ties with them when he came of age.

10. He went from a loyal grunt who saw Julius as a father figure to a cynical, ruthless, teetering on paranoia, strong and charismatic gang leader whose main drive is his rage at the world for betraying him.

11. We both like 80′s music.

12. He is about as different from me in personality as he can get.

13. He’s a straight male but isn’t embarrassed compliment another man’s attractiveness.

14. Male Voice 1 from SR2 aka thick English accent voice. Best voice in the franchise.

15. The idea that Boss was “too scared to talk back then”. I like to think he was really embarrassed about his English accent, especially since its not really “gangsta”. So he fakes an American accent in the first game.

16. I try to include as much of in-game tomfoolery, lore and shenanigans as possible.

17. If SRIV was canon to my boss, the most likely romance, with how its portrayed, would probably be Shaundi. Yes, I’m a vanilla straight guy. Sue me.

18. Johnny Gat is his best friend, and he considered Dex a close second before his betrayal. He was also fond of Chicken Ned and Samantha.

19. He favors the katana as far as melee weapons go, because he views it as an exotic weapons and the fact that he gets an ego boost because he beat Jyunichi at his own game

20. In-game tats only, all Saints related.

21. He sees the lieutenants as equals. He’d also expect them to either leads the Saints together or figure out who the new leader is, should anything happen to Boss.

22. What are your Boss’ favourite movie genres?

⚜ Saints Row Bosses Ask Meme ⚜

It's a lot of questions but maybe that will incline people to pick multiple?

1. Is your Boss's name a secret? Do some people know but not others? Do they use a pseudonym? A nickname?

2. What games do you play this Boss in or what games are canon to the story you imagine for them?

The Third. What job/jobs was your Boss doing (if any) before joining the Saints?

IV. What is or was your Boss's relationship with <asker chooses character> like?

5. Were they born in Stilwater? If not, where are they from and how did they end up there?

6. What is their birthday or date of birth OR how old do you see them as in the games you play them in?

7. Do you have an OTP/OT3+/endgame pairing etc. with them?

8. Do they have other sexual or romantic connections?

9. What family does your Boss have or if they have a lot, what family are particularly important to them?

10. How has your Boss changed throughout the games/years?

11. One or more ways your Boss is similar to you

12. One or more ways your Boss is different to you

13. What is their gender/sexuality/romantic orientation/pronouns etc. (either all, or asker specifies)?

14. Which voice does your Boss have? Or if you imagine them speaking differently to one of the in-game voices, describe it.

15. Are there any small things about them in the canon that you've really run with in your headcanon?

16. Is there anything from the games you've drastically avoided or downplayed in your headcanon?

17. If you play them in SRIV... which of the romance options, if any, are headcanon to you? xD

18. Do they have a best/closest friend?

19. Does your Boss have a favourite gun or other weapon?

20. Do they have any tattoos? Are they from the game or something you created?

21. Do they have a second-in-command or are all their lieutenants equal?

22. Another question not listed here!

[velvet4510]

Why Magneto’s Storyline in X-Men: Apocalypse is The Worst (it’s not just Cherik)

Ok I just need to vent because this has been chewing away at my brain for far too long.

Cherik is far from the only reason why Erik’s family plotline in X-Men: Apocalypse is some of the stupidest, sloppiest, and most character-ruining pieces of writing I’ve ever seen. Haters may say “oh you’re just upset because he married someone who wasn’t Charles.” But, like, aside from the fact that the original timeline already established that Erik’s top priority was always the fight for mutantkind and he had no interest in settling down - whether that had anything to do with his feelings for Charles or not - the problems with the Apocalypse writing go WAY beyond just him & Charles:

Erik would never abandon his cause at this point. By the end of DOFP, Erik has just been imprisoned for a full 10 years thanks to the JFK situation. Meaning he has spent a full decade being forcibly inactive in the fight for mutants. And he just learned that all of his fears about humans and mutants came to pass in the future to the level where a time-traveler had to be sent to change the past. And he was so set on averting that future that he tried to kill his friend and the sister of the man he loved, and then made a whole speech on international TV begging for the mutants of the world to fight alongside him. This is the POLAR OPPOSITE of a man who would feel like settling down and walking away from the fight within the next decade. The Sentinels being cancelled did NOT make mutant life easy overnight; Stryker was still up to no good, and there is no way that there weren’t others like him doing the same. Yes, Raven’s actions made a very positive difference, but I think we have enough brain cells to agree that this did not mean things for mutants immediately became sunshine and rainbows to the level where Erik - the most (understandably) paranoid character in the X-Men series - would even consider taking a break, let alone giving up the fight permanently. Knowing what he did about the possibilities of the future would’ve made the Erik we know double down on his commitment to his cause and follow up on his actions in Washington.

Erik wouldn’t risk starting a young family at this moment in his life. Erik was a Holocaust prisoner, his people were massacred, his mom was shot when he couldn’t move the coin, and then Charles was shot when Erik accidentally deflected a bullet into him, and then every member of his Brotherhood save Raven were captured and killed. Not only is this more than enough grief for one character to have, but the man wouldn’t dare risk having a new family of his own when everyone he’s ever loved has gotten hurt (largely because of him), and when he’s an international fugitive. That is no time to risk being selfish, and he would know. He would’ve been the first to realize that a potential spouse and child would also end up killed, and so he’d avoid that altogether. In fact, he wouldn’t even consider it, because, as mentioned, he wouldn’t leave his cause behind. You know, if he was actually in character.

Magda is a human. At this point, Erik hates humans. Again, he has just been imprisoned by humans for 10 years for trying to save a mutant, and he just learned that in the future, humans would’ve wiped out mutants, exactly as he feared. Everything that happened in DOFP would only further inflame his already-passionate hatred of humans. He is not in the mental state to even begin to consider Charles’ philosophy and give a human a chance at a relationship, let alone marry a human.

The family lives in Poland. The country where Auschwitz is. The country where Erik and his family and people was imprisoned, tortured, and executed. The country where Erik had to watch Shaw kill his mother. Basically the LAST country in the freaking WORLD that Erik would want to ever see again, let alone spend the rest of his life in. Erik is fluent in multiple languages - he is shown to easily converse in French and Spanish in First Class - and has been all over the world thanks to his Nazi hunting, so if he really needed to flee the U.S., there were a hundred other countries he could’ve gone to and blended into (Canada, France, Mexico, anywhere in South America, heck, he even could’ve discovered Genosha during this time). But in the original timeline, he didn’t leave the U.S. at all despite being a national fugitive after escaping his plastic prison, and he never did get caught again, so….

Erik’s first meeting with Magda is completely OOC for him. Erik mentions that he told Magda who he was the first night they met and he trusted her then. EXCUSE ME??? Erik Lehnsherr does not trust strangers. Erik Lehnsherr does not tell the complete truth about himself and his past to just anyone; look at how deeply Charles had to probe before Erik opened up to him. This stupid line was obviously shoehorned in just to make their relationship seem like perfect soulmates and thus ensure it is doubly tragic when she gets thrown in the fridge 5 minutes later (more on that in a sec). Obviously the intention is for the audience to go “aww, he instantly trusted her, she instantly accepted him, this is true love…” Give me a break. You’re really telling me that Magda met this stranger one night, found out he was none other than the international fugitive who apparently killed the U.S. president and just tried to kill another president on live TV, and went “oh, no problem, honey, let’s make a baby and live the cottagecore dream!” That’s some BS if I’ve ever heard it, and I’m convinced the writers subconsciously knew it; there’s a reason that is revealed in a throwaway line rather than shown onscreen, because then nobody would’ve bought it.

Fridging. Magda and Nina exist in the movie for one reason and one reason only: To get brutally killed and give Erik even more grief and trauma so that he’ll seek revenge on the entire world, aka do what the plot demands of him, aka have the same journey as he did in First Class (more on that in a sec). That’s all. Neither of them are any more than one-dimensional plot devices. They are not characters at all. Magda isn’t even named in the actual movie (he doesn’t even say her name when she dies) - it’s so obvious they didn’t even know what her name would be when they made the movie. This is textbook fridging, and one of the worst examples of it of all time. It’s all the worse considering that Erik never met Magda in the original pre-DOFP timeline, meaning Magda originally most likely lived a long happy life and died old in bed. But now, she gets fridged just because the writers didn’t know what more to do with Erik. It’s misogyny of the highest level.

A parenthood story for Erik was already set up. DOFP already hinted at Erik being a father, with Peter’s comment about his mom. So if the writers wanted to show Erik as a father, and to include Magda, they already had a solution that would seamlessly flow from the previous film - make Erik and Peter’s relationship one of the centerpieces of the story, and let Magda be Peter’s mom! (You know, like she is in the comics!)

It doesn’t contribute anything new to Erik’s character development. From a screenwriting POV, this is unforgivable. May I remind you that Erik’s entire storyline in First Class revolved around grief and trauma for the loss of his family and people, especially his mom, and seeking revenge for it. Giving him a wife and daughter just so they can get killed too adds absolutely NOTHING to his character development. It’s merely retreading everything that already happened in his arc: he loses his family and goes on a roaring rampage of revenge. Completely superfluous, right down to Charles insisting that there’s good in him beyond the pain. The redundancy becomes apparent even in the dialogue, where Charles literally says “I told you since I first met you there’s good in you too.” The script itself can’t help but point out that all of this has happened before and literally nothing new has been added to Erik’s character arc.

See? It’s not just because of Cherik. Erik’s story in X-Men: Apocalypse is an atrocity in basic screenwriting and character development, on every level. And I will always despise it.

(Please tell me I’m not the only one who feels this way…)

[jstor]

Alexander Miles, a prominent African-American inventor of the late 19th century, is best known for his groundbreaking invention - elevator doors that could open and close automatically. This invention transformed the safety of elevator rides, with automatic doors now considered a standard feature in modern elevators.

Born on May 18, 1838, in Circleville, Ohio, Alexander Miles was the son of Michael and Mary Miles. As a young adult, he relocated to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he worked as a barber throughout the 1860s. It was while living in Winona, Minnesota, in 1870, that he met Candace J. Dunlap from New York City, who later became his wife. After the birth of their daughter, Grace, the family moved to Duluth, Minnesota.

In Duluth, Miles enjoyed significant success as a barber, setting up a barbershop in the four-story St. Louis Hotel. He smartly invested his savings into purchasing a real estate office. His business acumen led to him becoming the first Black member of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce. In 1884, Miles constructed a three-story brownstone building in an area that later came to be known as the “Miles Block.”

While taking elevator rides in his buildings, Miles noticed the dangerous risks associated with manually operated elevator shaft doors being left open. Determined to solve this problem, he invented a mechanism that allowed elevator shaft doors to operate at the correct times. The mechanism, which involved a flexible belt attached to the elevator cage touching drums positioned along the elevator shaft, automated the elevator doors through a series of levers and rollers. On October 11, 1887, Alexander Miles was granted a patent for his life-saving invention (U.S. Patent 371,207).

In 1899, Miles and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he started The United Brotherhood, a life insurance company for Black customers who were denied coverage by White-owned firms. Eventually, Miles relocated to Seattle, Washington. Prior to his death on May 7, 1918, he was considered the wealthiest Black person in the Pacific Northwest area, largely due to the income from his invention. In recognition of his contributions, Alexander Miles was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007.

Read more about Alexander Miles here.

[teecupangel]

I feel like Connor would be the type of person who would casually lore drop on you without blinking. Like he could be helping miriam and norris at the homestead and casually be like "I killed my dad last week"

I agree that Ratonhnhaké:ton would casually drop lore without any gravitas, like he was just talking about the fox he saw on his morning walk.

But he wouldn’t talk about how he killed people because (1) he knew that some people wouldn’t want to hear that and also (2) it’s a step into the whole “do not compromise the brotherhood” tenet.

He will say something like “Washington ordered the burning of my village”.

But anything that can be connected to the Brotherhood? He wouldn’t talk about them. He will casually lore dump stuff like that to fellow Assassins though once he’s close enough to them that he considered them as friends.

[antebellumite]

three things:

they made almost all the republicans sit in the back

one seat distance between seward and sumner & davis and douglas makes me supremely sorry for whoever is sitting there (also fessenden is right before sumner, which makes me imagine that he's having a very bad time listening to the two guys snapping at each other from behind him)

apparently the way people determined which seats were Good or Bad in the senate back then was based on a. how close it was to the president's chair and b. how close it was to known popular kid william seward

[batboyblog]

So on the Teamsters, it seems that Harris has been endorsed by

International Brotherhood of Teamsters Black Caucus

Teamsters Joint Council 7 (north and central California and Northern Nevada)

Teamsters Joint Council 42 (Southern California, Southern Nevada, Hawaii, Gaum, and Saipan)

Joint Council 28 (Washington, Alaska, and the Idaho Panhandle)

Joint Council 40 (Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia)

Joint Council 43 (Michigan)

Teamsters Local 186 (Santa Babara and Ventura Counties California)

Local 237 (public employees in NYC and Long Island)

Local 572 (Los Angeles area)

Local 623 (Philadelphia)

Local 769 (Southern Florida)

so Teamster Union organizations representing hundreds of thousands of members have endorsed Harris-Walz

[darkeagleruins]

GPS—Judge Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali has meet with the Muslim Brotherhood and other radical Islamists at the Islamic Center of Washington D.C. and also, a 5 minute walk to Barack Obama’s White House located at 2446 Belmont Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008, over two dozen times just since the election, afterwards, the Biden Administration makes him a federal judge, AFTER the election Trump won!

So, how exactly does an Indian from Canada move to the United States, becomes a lawyer, Executive Director at the MacArthur Justice Center (the same radical organization that called for defunding the police and demanded that charges be dropped against violent BLM rioters) and then AFTER President Trump wins the 2024 elections, meets with the terrorist organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood, the Obamas and White House, after which, I repeat, literally weeks after Trump’s win, Joe Biden appoints him to a lifetime appointment as a Federal Judge, and, just luck, he draws THIS suit?

The Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization spreading their terror via hundreds of front groups operating in America: CAIR, MSA, MPAC, ISNA, MAS.

They are much more dangerous than the cartels, and, unfortunately, they are totally embedded in the U.S. government, Congress and Senate, thanks to Barack Hussein Obama II.

@realDonaldTrump must designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Designated as a terrorist organization by Muslim-majority countries, like Egypt, KSA, Syria, and UAE.

Countries like Türkiye, Qatar, Persia are controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood and their radical Islamist leaders.

They are funding many splinter organizations and NGOs in the US, UK and beyond.

This radical Islamist judge, now forces our president to send money to other countries?

It’s long past time to get serious and start arresting these terrorist judges.

[wishchip106]

What are so good fanfic recs you have???

here’s a big list of fics i have read and recommend

(if i included all of them this post would be a lot bigger 😭)

The Bird’s Opening by druswriting (M)

Erik knew one thing about the story for sure; even if the Capitol created him, he was no one’s property.

Tessellation by nekosmuse (E)

He had been following Xavier's career for years. He had read and reread and reread again everything the man had written. He had tried, on more occasions than he could count, to recruit Xavier into the Brotherhood, but each request for a meeting had been denied. Aside from his work, no one knew anything about Xavier. Not what he looked like, not the full extent of his power--though from what little they did know, he was by far the most powerful telepath in existence--and not what his intentions were.

The man was a recluse. As far as Magneto knew, Xavier had never once stepped foot outside his impenetrable Westchester manor. And now he was scheduled as the keynote speaker for the largest pro-mutant conference in the world.

Hollow Minds and Dead Souls by helens78 (E)

When Charles and Erik take a portable version of Cerebro out to New Mexico as part of their mutant recruiting trip, they aren't expecting to find out the town's falling victim to an epidemic. But things are far worse than they seem, because this is no ordinary virus. Will Charles and Erik find their way home in time to help save the world... from zombies?

Repeat Offenses by populuxe (M)

“Prickly bits aside—hell, for the two of them, prickly bits included—it almost felt like a date. Which is stupid on multiple fronts. Grudgingly buying your ex a meal after he grudgingly bails you out of jail is obviously not a date.”

Five times Charles bailed Erik out of jail—and one time he didn’t.

Replay by SlightWeasel (M)

After Magneto of an X2-ish future succeeds in the unthinkable, Charles sends his consciousness back to 1962 to guide Erik away from the path that will lead to the genocide of the human race forty years hence.

Charles knows that Erik has always loved him, and intends to use this knowledge + sex to seduce Erik away from his ideals in his youth.

There's no way this well-thought-out, sensible, debugged and 100% bulletproof plan can possibly go wrong.

Special Topics in Mutant Studies by populuxe (T)

The trouble with Charles Xavier isn’t just that he teaches genetics and holds terrible views about mutant rights—it’s also becoming increasingly clear that everyone but Erik seems to love him.

Thou shalt Not Eat Stones by valancysnaith

Two months after Washington, Raven found Erik in a skeevy motel off the Florida interstate.

“They have Charles, Erik,” she said.

The bedframe shrieked. In the bathroom, the showerhead snapped in half and clattered into the tub.

Lucky, Lucky you (i am fortunes fool) by @stinkrat-aleks (T)

Charles buys a houseplant to prove to his therapist that he can take care of something. Single father Erik sells them at the local farmer’s market every Saturday.

Paper Monsters by clocks (E)

Charles meets Erik Lehnsherr, his favorite novelist of all time at a coffee shop, but doesn't know it's him, and Erik just criticizes his own writing in front of his biggest fan.

Hear Me Out by @star-lights-up (T)

Nineteen-year-old Charles Xavier and his friends have been posting their group hijinks on TikTok for two years – though when it started, they never expected to go viral, or to end up making a steady living as content creators. It’s something that comes with a lot of surprises, like when Charles puts a picture of his celebrity crush, the mutants rights activist Erik Lehnsherr on a hear me out cake… and he responds.

in the end, it all comes down to you. (you want it all; you’re all i want) by @mapofyourstars (M)

Steve reaches out to Charles, asking for a partnership between the Avengers and mutants. Given the recent decade of peace between mutants and non-mutants thanks to Erik and the Brotherhood, Charles isn’t quick to accept Steve’s offer. Charles takes Steve’s concerns to Erik, and after involving others pivotal to mutants' safety, Charles and Erik agree to help the Avengers. Throughout this journey, however, Charles and Erik will be forced to make rash decisions that will change their lives' course; acknowledge their past and present, coming to terms with the pain suffered at the hands of the other; and lead others into a galactic battle to save their loved ones and each other.

Incy Wincy Spider by Tawabids (M)

Erik Lehnsherr is a renowned homicide detective, with his husband Charles at home and his partner on the job, Moira MacTaggert. When a twisted serial killer starts targeting mutants, Erik and Moira are the perfect team for the job, especially since Erik himself is the mutant poster-boy of an NYPD trying to improve their image.

But what they don't yet know is that the serial killer is an old soul out of Erik's past, and his next move is to pull Charles into his web.

Rumor Has It by blueink3 (M)

"Did I hear the doorbell earlier?"

"Yeah, but I'd steer clear if I were you. It seemed a little tense. I don't know what's going on, but there's a kid out there who looks freakily like the prof."

Nearly six months after Cuba, Charles' life is turned upside down for the second time. Though he's slowly learning to adapt to the first, he's not sure he can handle the second. Luckily for him, there are a few people out there more than willing to help.

Favorite Mistake by endingthemes (M)

Charles Xavier doesn’t think anything of it when he sneaks out without even saying goodbye to his latest one-night stand. What he doesn’t expect is to walk into his new position in the Xavier Industries marketing department and find that his latest hook-up is now his new boss.

An Ideal Grace by afrocurl, nekosmuse (M)

Erik Lehnsherr is a visiting professor at Columbia University, as well as an acclaimed and award winning poet. Charles Xavier is a lead researcher with the Genetics Department who is well on his way to tenure. But what happens when Charles has to cancel a class because half his students abandon him in favour of a mysterious new English Lit professor? Naturally he ends up sitting in in the class, where Professor Lehnsherr mistakes him for a student. It's really too bad Erik has such a strict policy against dating students. It's also too bad Erik doesn't seem to know how to use Google.

Boden’s mate by kaydeefalls (T)

XMFC/Inception fusion AU. Erik is an extractor, Alex is his point man. They're assembling a team to go after the most dangerous mind in dreamsharing: Sebastian Shaw. But unless Alex and the team can keep him in check, Erik's desire for vengeance might just rip the whole job apart around them -- and then there's the shade that haunts his dreams...

The Plus-One by populuxe (T)

When Erik grudgingly agrees to play Raven's boyfriend at her terrible family's holiday party, he'd thought the biggest challenge would be staying sober enough to make it convincing. But then he meets Raven's extremely hot—and extremely infuriating—stepbrother, and everything starts to get complicated.

Punnett Squares and Metal Hearts by roseghoul (w.i.p but you should still read it) (M)

Charles Xavier taught biology at Westchester High School and has for the past seven years. If you were to ask his sister, Raven, then she’d say it was a waste of his Ph.D., but he was inclined to disagree. Founder of the Students With Disabilities Club, he’s created a bit of a name for himself at the school, nurturing an environment that encourages learning and acceptance.

Erik Lehnsherr has thirty-six years under his belt, yet not a single one has been spent teaching, despite his Industrial Arts degree. Yet he accepted a teaching position, in the United States, of all places. Desperation for a new life would lead many to do rather rash things. After many months and piles of documents and certifications, he’s now a shop teacher at Westchester High School, and his first year is just around the corner.

It’s a week before the first day of school when Erik meets Charles, and he’s put off by the optimistic man, yet curious to learn more about him. Charles, ever the kind soul, is eager to bring a new teacher under his wing, but his reasons are far from selfless, enraptured by the handsome, mysterious man with an even more mysterious history.

Fallen from the Stars by madmalina (M)

Erik’s only purpose in life is to find and kill the man who had his parents executed—Sebastian Shaw, Captain of the Emperor’s fleet. When Erik gets assigned to a job under Shaw’s command—on the spaceship supposed to take the Crown Prince across the galaxy—he’s sure he’s closer to fulfilling his destiny than he has ever been before.

Charles is apprehensively awaiting the day of his twenty-fifth birthday, when he’ll be crowned Emperor, because not only does he have high doubts about his own suitability for the job, he fears the crushing responsibilities it will bring, and ultimately wants nothing more than to live a quiet and peaceful life.

However, the trip across the planets of Charles’ future Empire turns out differently than they both expected, shedding light on intrigues reaching back decades into the past, and forcing both men to put their lives into each other’s hands, even though their differences are seemingly infinite.

[gerec]

have you read any fics where charles is experimented on? specifically for his powers and as his younger version

Anon, here are some excellent stories about Charles being experimented on:

sins of the father by faerie_ground

Brian Xavier experiments on his only son, believing it will make him powerful. Years later, Charles Xavier still suffers from the aftereffects.

Smile (The worst is yet to come) by hllfire

Charles' telepathy developed when he was a baby. His father, driven by his desire to know more about his son's abilities, experiments on him, causing Charles to learn to ignore visual and social cues in order to rely heavily on his telepathy to interact with others.

When Erik doesn't allow him to see his mind like Charles would normally do, Charles is lost.

Thou Shalt Not Eat Stones by valancysnaith 

Two months after Washington, Raven found Erik in a skeevy motel off the Florida interstate.

“They have Charles, Erik,” she said.

The bedframe shrieked. In the bathroom, the showerhead snapped in half and clattered into the tub.

the mystery which binds me still by pocky_slash

It's been seventeen years since Charles lived at the house in North Salem. It's big and imposing and filled with memories he thinks he's repressed for a reason. But after a strange man breaks in during a storm, demanding to see people Charles is sure died years ago, Charles finds himself investigating his past for the first time, venturing into the burnt out catacombs that hold the secret to the childhood he doesn't remember.

Powers and Control by flightinflame

Hank and the others turn up at the Brotherhood, asking for Erik's help. They might hate him, but he is the only one who has a chance of rescuing Charles and bringing him home.

Hand in Hand by flightinflame

Charles is used to being experimented on. Meeting one of his father's friends should have been simple, but he finds himself kidnapped. It is there, in his kidnapper's base, that he meets Erik - and that changes everything.

[panfroggy]

Cherik Apocalypse AU

The time can never stop me from yelling about old gay men

Smallest lil CW for like mutantphobia related violence, death, general zombie things. No gore dw

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OKAY SO. Zombies in this au operate in an evolving and hivemind based infection (Not Fungus). HOWEVER the infection originated with a mutant ability in the world that got out of hand. So in the few remaining survivors, mutants are getting killed on sight or thrown out of survivor camps.

So. The Cast of this au in my head.

Charles (30). Getting his PhD in Genetics when the infection broke out. Currently traveling with Raven and trying to find mutant survivors. (BTW he can walk, No Erik = No Bullet)

Erik (33). Okay idrk what he was doing b4 the infection. Probably working mutant liberation. However! After infection he went through a lot to get his kids (Wanda and Peter). In this he discovers that Wanda is imune to the infection.

Raven (27). Living with Charles and working as a model before in infection in this AU. Now just wants to find and help as many mutants as possible.

Wanda (11). Preteen girl who lived w/ Magda before the infection came and Erik saved her. Imune to the virus. Wants to get the the research centers down south.

Peter (11). Preteen boy same as Wanda. He is theoretically immune to the infection, being twins and all, except they dont know what exactly makes Wanda immune and they aren't keen on testing it. He is frustrated with everything and wants normal back.

Alex (21) Fresh out of jail, fun side effect of a zombie apocalypse is all the prison guards go home. Immediately got Scott and set out. Trying to keep himself and his brother safe.

Scott (14) Happy to have his big brother back! Confused but going with it. Quite the trooper, probably the most well behaved of the kids but also the oldest so yeah.

Logan (???). Girl it's wolverine this is only the third weirdest thing to happen to him. However, he actually cares about living right now because he's somehow managed caring for Jubilee and Kitty. He wants to get them safe, so he's headed south and just hoping.

Kurt (24). Logan's traveling buddy. Was still working in circuses before the infection. Instantly agreed to pack a bag and get moving when first word broke. Now helping in their task to get the girls safe.

Jubilee (5) and Kitty (7). Lumping them together so this post isnt so insane. These two kids were cast out of a survivors group for being mutant and picked up by Logan.

Jean (15). Traveling Alone. PLOT TWIST: Mutant expirimentation on her caused her to freak out and alter someones brain to badly that (mixed with some fucked up biochemistry) created the zombie virus. She's desperately trying to find someone who will help her fix this but is worried that telling anyone will get her killed.

Thats Main Gang TM in my mind. The ones doing all the traveling and eventually crossing paths. Some other group

The Southern Research Facility. Moira and Hank + random scientists. Not important til like the end of all this with the dramas and all that.

First Class. Angel, Darwin and Sean + Other mutants. A small traveling group making camp somwhere around like, Kansas ish. Act as the converging point for the groups as they are a known mutant friendly outpost that is small but open to trade and help.

The Brotherhood. Emma, Azazel, and Toad among others. A group that is Pro Infection and thinks that it will kill all humans so mutants can reign supreme. AFTER the child they hear is a cure.

Okay now for what actually happens. RQ. Alex+Scott originate from like Michigan or Wisconsin. Charles and Raven from New York. Erik and Co. from Washington and Logan and Co. from Canada.

Charles and Raven pretty quickly pick up Alex and Scott when everything starts going down and they become a merry little band that will also pick up Jean. their journey includes a lot more encounters with outside forces and struggles with other survivor groups.

Logan and Kurt stumble into Erik near the begining too and after a quick fight they reluctantly agree to work together. Their journey is dealing with other survivors but also a lot of wrangling four children who are not even teenagers yet.

They converge in Kansas! Meeting up with FC who give them directions to the research base. This is the actual start of Cherik (making yall wait for it IK). Alex and Scott stay with FC but Scott makes Jean promise to come back. The journey there together is mostly personal conflicts and the whole 'Jean caused the Apocalypse btw + we are being actively hunted by a teleporter and a mind reader' thing.

During the traveling they deal with a rly bad swarm and Raven sacrafices herself for them to get out of it. Depression arc! Much hurt/comfort here. Big Cherik leaps made.

When they Get to the facility they are like 'oh yeah Wanda would be super helpful can we cut her skull open?' and Erik gets reasonably angry.

No fear, PETER IS HERE. As a twin he has the same DNA mostly besides mutation. (They arent identical but work w/ me here). He agrees to let the doctors look at him without Erik knowing. Erik gets reasonably angry. Peter ends up not providing anything helpful but they are able to look at his DNA WITHOUT cutting anyone open and find the dyscrepency between the not-exactly identical twins

This is how we discover that the thing that makes them both immune is a genetic glitch carried by the X gene Wanda posesses. Through the amazing world of BioTech they are able to make a serum that will alter peoples genetics to contain the glitch.

Woohoo! Right? EXCEPT the Brotherhood is still totally after Wanda and Jean by this point so they've gotta start schmoving again.

Logan, Kurt and their girls stay back at the research center, not wanting the children to be in more danger. The remainder of the group starts trecking back towards FC when they are intercepted by the brotherhood. Confrontation, Fighting, and Charles getting REALLY MAD happens and the gays come out on top. Cherik love CONFIRMED. The story ending with them walking off into the sunset together, the kids running ahead as FC comes back into view.

UH YEAH! I know the science is actual BS but so it mutants in general so shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. For this just note that Kurt and Raven are #NOTRELATED cuz I ain't justifying their ages.

This would be so fun to write but I'd want it to be so detailed so it'd take FOREVER. Want the dynamics of everyone to be fleshed out. Cherik being THEM. Kurt and Logan being lovers who have stood the test of A LOT leading up to this. Alex being a protective older sibling. Jeans panic, Wanda and Peters closeness and fear of the world, and the girls being patches of joy in a bleak world. not even gonna get into characterization and stuff this is long enough.

I rly hope I explained this half decently. I wrote it at 1 am! Hope you like mayhaps. Maybe I'll write this if enough people are interested. Wanna hear more? Maybe later its bed time

UPDATE: Uh there’s more about this more check it out here👍 and even more here

UPDATE 2: THE FIC IS OUT!!

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by Robert Schmad

While serving as governor of Minnesota, presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz hosted an Islamic imam multiple times who has a history of pro-Hamas social media posts and gave $100,000 worth of grants to a Muslim organization he leads, the Washington Examiner first reported.

Walz hosted Imam Asad Zaman of the Muslim American Society (MAS) of Minnesota on at least five occasions during his tenure as governor, according to the Examiner. Zaman, on his Facebook account, shared a Hamas press release in 2016, a link to a blog post attacking Jews in 2014, praised the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on multiple occasions in 2023 and even posted a link to a documentary praising Adolf Hitler in 2015.

“It is astounding that with all the available public reporting and information about the iniquities of Imam Asad Zaman and MAS Minnesota that Gov. Walz has repeatedly given public platforms and taxpayer money to this extremist,” Sam Westrop, a terrorism researcher and analyst at the Middle East Forum think tank, told the Examiner. “Across the country, Islamists hungry for government support will surely welcome Walz as vice president.” 

Zaman serves as the executive director of MAS Minnesota, an organization federal prosecutors at one point said was “founded as the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States,” according to court records. The United Arab Emirates designated MAS as a terrorist organization in 2014, the Examiner reported.

Walz’s administration, however, showered the group with over $100,000 in grant funding, according to state records and press releases.