I’ve been reading some fanfiction lately (don’t laugh at me), on X-Men: Evolution. I’m a fan of Rogue and Gambit in particular, thanks to the original cartoon when I was a kid. There’s just something beautiful about how starcrossed they are. As for the cartoons, I just prefer the art style of Evolution. I also wouldn’t understand all the references of real X-Men fanfiction and, frankly, X-Men: Evolution is for teens and that’s the age group I gravitate toward, as far as entertainment goes.
The show itself was kind of moralistic — it tried to teach lessons about being a true friend and how family always forgives and how you should talk things out. That was okay, but it did get in the way of plot. The best episodes were the ones that delved into the characters’ canon comic backgrounds, because that added surprising depth to a show that leaned too far toward after-school-special. My favorite of these depth episodes was (obviously) the one where Gambit gets Rogue to help him out with something in his old hometown: “Cajun Spice.” I won’t spoil the plot, but it’s the first (and only) real interaction the two have (the show got canceled soon after).
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Sent a query with an SASE that, guess what, doesn’t have proper postage on it.
/slitwrists
Have to completely resend it and now that agent will think I’m a moron.
In fact, all my pre-prepared envelopes don’t have enough postage because I prepared them THREE YEARS AGO. Idiot idiot idiot!
So I can’t do anything with snail mail until we get some 3 cent stamps.
Alex said “It’s just one,” but it’s really not. It’s one out of a very limited number with a very low chance of success. In querying, you must query every agent perfectly or they’ll just throw your materials out. They will THROW YOU OUT. I’m not even joking. It’s a very very tough scene.
I’m going to go cry now.
Alex examines the cats as they fight, 3 lb Alice versus 12 lb Tiger. “He’s not hurting the new kitten, she just meows when he pins her down.”
I pull a tomato out for my sandwich and look for something to cut it with. “So she whines when she’s losing.”
Alex shakes his head and teases: “Just like a woman.” Tossing a look over his shoulder to meet my glare, he straightens abruptly. “Oh, you’re holding a knife.” Placating grin. “I love you!”
I hold back laughter to keep glowering. “Uh huh.”
He says that every time we make sandwiches — “Oh, you’re holding a knife.” Every time I set the knife down, he makes some wisecrack, and every time I pick it up, he nervously tells me he loves me. It’s pretty hard to keep a straight face.
He even has a meter he created to rank his jokes, from “I just got stabbed” at the top to “chuckle-worthy” in the middle to “meh” at the bottom. The closer he gets to me stabbing him, the better the joke.
Several years ago, I read Alex the Night World series by LJ Smith. He liked them well enough, so I decided to record a man’s perspective on them for posterity. This interview is several years old, but it’s still good. :)
One warning — this interview has major spoilers for the series up to and including Huntress. If you haven’t read them and want to, don’t read this interview.
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