Final-ish Author's Note: Alright, I know some people were waiting for the next chapter of this story, but I'm afraid you're going to be waiting for a while. That isn't to say that you won't get the conclusion of this story eventually, so don't worry about that, it's just that I need to wait for my other story (soon to be stories) from this universe-ish thing I've seemed to created to catch up with this one. Silly me was so eager to write this part of the story that I got a bit ahead of myself.
Ok, so what's going on here? Where can you get your angst on?
-Well, first off, I recommend reading my other fic In All the Wrong Places which really is the first in this series I'm doing. Yes, I've now resigned myself; this is a series of stories that I just need to tell, as slow as I can be at times with my updates. Wrong Places starts when Tabby leaves the Brotherhood and branches off into this Alternate Universe. It will be touching on some of the darker parts of her life as well as exploring a previously unexplored relationship. I'd be all cryptic here, but most people who've read this story have already read Wrong Places, so yes this would be the Tabicott relationship, or as I like to call it… Boomclops.
-The second story in this time line also stems from the rp that spawned both Boomclops and Toad's death, though mostly as a way to hopefully serve as a lesson of sorts to all the people rping at this particular group in order to have sex with one another. It deals with the very sweet pairing of Amara and Ray, and of course it tackles some issues that you never really see dealt with in fan fiction. I'm excited to write this one as soon as I get a free moment. While I want to work their relationship up slowly in the story, I know that will make all of you wait so much longer, so expect this story to drag a bit behind the others.
-Originally, the next story in this timeline would deal with the Acolytes, but to be honest I'm rather touchy about that one as it uses my original character, and I'm sure you've all come to realize how harsh I can be on OC's and Mary Sues. Gayle was my attempt at making an original character for the Acolytes/Brotherhood (she was intended for comic-verse first) that could conceivably survive in such a place. On the one hand, I was sick of all the pretty sexy sexy dark gothic sexy raven assassin powerful sexy beautiful sexy sexy sex girls that were always written into the Acolytes (because seriously… I know for one, St. John would have no patience for that kinda shit, at least not if he retains even a sliver of his comic-verse personality, which I firmly believe he does). But on the other hand, the shy, sweet, bouncy sort of characters would never be with the Acolytes either.
So I created Gayle, the namesake of my screen name now that she's retired: she wasn't pretty, she wasn't sweet, she wasn't gothic, she wasn't look-at-me-I'm-so-fucking-tough-and-badass-OMG, she was just a believable sort of character who had come from the right environment to make her jaded enough (note: not angsty, jaded) to go along with the Acolytes. However, in the rp that this story is based on… she ended up in a relationship-ish thing with Pyro. So boom, there went my attempt. True, it was worked up to, but I just feel so guilty having to say that an original character of mine ended up with Pyro. And so, I retired Gayle, and now I'm not even sure if I'll write this part of the story. Any feedback on whether or not people want to read this story is welcome, of course. I have yet to really make up my mind.
-And of course, I wouldn't be me if I didn't right some sweet sweet slash into this verse. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure which of my slash couples I want to write about, as we never got to this on the RP. I don't think it will involve Pietro, as much as I hate to say it, as he will have a bit part in the arc involving Toad's death. Oh, he'll be as gay as ever in that arc, so never fear, but I won't be focusing on him in another story. And Scott's taken for now, along with Ray, both of whom can be wonderful when slashed, and well, Toad dies, so unless I'm up for extra uber angst with some angst fries on the side, I don't think I'll be writing a pairing with him (sorry Kurt/Todd fans). However, there are two pairings I am very seriously considering… the famed Xavier/Magneto pairing, and the more comic-based pairing of Bobby/Hank. I'll have to work more to make the Bobby/Hank one work, but I think I could make it come off as believable so long as no one's expecting some hot hot s3x0r right away. Oh, and there's also the possibility of a one-sided Duncan/Scott thing too, I suppose. It's always interesting to write from the point of view of an asshole. Again, any feedback you'd like to give me will influence this decision.
-The Toad story comes about four months after where Wrong Places currently stops. Yeah, I really got ahead of myself there. So, consider this a preview of things to come in this verse, and the ensuing fight will be in a separate story after the others have merged firmly into one.
Hmmm, it seems this whole AU thing has suddenly gotten pretty elaborate. I'm considering giving it a verse name or something in order to mark which stories are a part of it. No ideas yet for that, but we'll see.
Love goes out to the fans that have been reading this stuff. I'll try not to keep all of you waiting for too long on the other stories. If I'm getting lazy, by all means, kick my ass into motion through AIM or e-mail or whatever. Thanks.