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X-Men: Some Charles & Erik Meta
Jun. 18th, 2011 10:32 pmI made some previous reference to upcoming meta on the relationship between Charles and Erik in X-Men: First Class (with some reference to the chronologically later X-Men movies and a few broader, cross-media statements). Here 'tis.
Stories are like points on the compass: their basic courses are limited, and new cardinal directions are unlikely. But the stories that catch the heart are the ones that point their arrow at a precise degree no other story has touched. Stories in which friends become enemies or enemies friends are common. But only in The X-Men have I encountered a story in which friends become enemies while (more or less) remaining friends and continue simultaneously enemies and friends for forty years. The psychological gymnastics involved are so prodigious Charles and Erik surely deserve an Olympic medal.
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Stories are like points on the compass: their basic courses are limited, and new cardinal directions are unlikely. But the stories that catch the heart are the ones that point their arrow at a precise degree no other story has touched. Stories in which friends become enemies or enemies friends are common. But only in The X-Men have I encountered a story in which friends become enemies while (more or less) remaining friends and continue simultaneously enemies and friends for forty years. The psychological gymnastics involved are so prodigious Charles and Erik surely deserve an Olympic medal.
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