This whole thing is written as a response to the feedback I get to the first chapter of FROM THE INSIDE, as I noticed I angered a few fans by making Wolverine the stronger one when it came to the fighting. (For those of you that really were angered with that, I suggest you read the first response below)
If you don't see your name, don't worry- I'll add you as soon as I get your review :)
Job0485- First of all, thanks for the feedback. Whatever the criticism are, I appreciate them.
I want to tell you, that one of the main reasons why I even wrote this story, was actually ME being ticked off. I've read some other crossover where Wolverine's been in them, and a fight between him and an X5 has taken place- and they all irritated me to verge that I just knew I had to do something.
You say, that Max has been specifically designed to be a perfect soldier, and I can't help but notice the resentment towards me, and not to mention towards Wolverine. Then I counter you- do you know anything about Wolverine at all?
Max had the training years in her youth, she was even breed to be a perfected soldier. She usually had the upper hand in every fight due to all this, but Wolverine? First off, the guys more than150 years old. In at least 130 of these he's been an active soldier, a fighter above everyone else, due to his Mutant abilities. He's also had serious government training, been enhanced thanks to the government but perhaps mostly of all; he's been a soldier way longer than Max, and than Max ever will be. (Thanks to Wolverine's healing factor, he's probably gonna live at least 200 years more)
In the Marvel Universe (which I kinda entered into the Dark Angel one by writing this fic) Wolverine's been up against almost any character you can find there. And never, not once, has he come out of the fight beaten, never. He's always been the one to win, and more times than one it's been acknowledged and established that he's the best fighter in the world. Literally.
So when you sum all this up, then Max (or any other X series for that matter) really doesn't have much against him. This fic, amongst other things, was and is a wake up call for those crossing Dark Angels Universe with Marvel's- I want them to realize the strength that characterizes Logan.
I know what I'm doing, know what I'm comparing. I'm aware this has angered some fans out there, dedicated to Max and perhaps her alone, so I know this is a territory which I should be cautious to mess around in...
I've been following this guy for 15 years now, learning him. I followed Dark Angel when it ran (actually still am thanks to the wonderful thing called DVD), read every book, as many fanfics as I could, getting to know Max and all of the other lovely characters.
As I said before, putting Max and Wolverine in a cage together- Max wouldn't last more than a couple of minutes. I'm sorry guys, but this is the truth...
Willow98002- Continue reading, you'll see that baby again ;) And yes, I'm still writing this! (Although I'm not sure where it'll end! LOL)
Anon- Well, just in fight standards, Wolverine's got the upper hand. But like above, you'll see the baby again!
Meredith- She does have some things against him, I'll admit that... You'll just have to wait and see :)
Tyna- Thanks for all the feedback! It's great to find another Wolverine fan who also opts that he's on the upper hand. And yes, if my memory isn't failing me, he's the one who tripped Quicksilver due to his scent. Thanks for the suggestion, I think I'll add something along those lines to the story... keep reading, and reviewing! :)
Jane- I know, I don't like it when Max is inferior to Alec, either. In Fugheddaboutit, we saw that even though Alec perhaps didn't lay out as strongly as he could've, Max still won. So I'm all with you on that. And I'm glad I enlightened you some on Wolverine. It's not that I want to make Max inferior to male character's in general (Hey, Max kicks some serious ass, and she'll always be one of my 3 favorite femme fatales- or whatever it's called LOL) Regarding the age's of the transgenic's, of course I don't know how long they'll live, but regarding from everything we know, nothing speaks in favor of her getting that old. Perhaps she'll live to be a 100, but Wolverine has looked the same now for the last 100 years, at least... Thanks for the feedback, anyways!
Smee- I think that nothing could be more wrong than what you wrote about the training. He does remember the training, just not his life before it. And if we even say that his mind doesn't remember the training, is muscles does. A person that's taken Kung Fu classes and then falls into a coma and wakes up a few years after it, still remember the moves. And the thing you said about Beast kicking his ass just shows how little you really know about him, since it's been shown in a few episodes during training simulations or other circumstances when they've fought, that Wolverine's beaten him. Beast is bigger and fast as heck- but when Wolverine is actually faster than Quicksilver (Magneto's son, has the speed of quicksilver) it shows that the man's really, really fast... He doesn't need his claws to fight, they're just an additional weapon. Of course he gets hurt in battle, although very seldom, but thanks to his healing abilities he doesn't take much damage. My guess, it sounds like you've only seen the movie to me. There, Wolverine's not the same as in the comics, and my Wolverine which I'm adding to this story, is the one I know from the comic books- the same one that would kick Max's ass from here to next Thursday.
Claire- Thanks for the feedback, I'll try to add the next chapter in a few days, preferably next to the weekend.
Ang1- Thanks for the review, and I do agree- that's what makes him him... and that's one of the reasons we love him ;)