Fic - "Hestia" (4/7)

Title: Hestia (4/7)

Summary: Azazel and Riptide retire from the Brotherhood, with Magneto’s blessing. This multi-chaptered story chronicles their life together on their houseboat over a period of ten years. We will see a wedding, a birth, the relationship getting into trouble and getting out of it, and more. Angel, Mystique, Magneto and others will make appearances.

Word count: All together, the word count for the seven chapters comes to 16,000. Each chapter is around 3,000 words.

Rating: R

Pairing: Azazel/Riptide

Disclaimer: I don’t own X-men, or Azazel or Riptide, unfortunately.



Previous Chapters:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
( Behind the cut to Chapter Four )

Book report

Time for another book report already? Well, I did read “The Hunger Games” in a matter of days, and one of the other books on this report was really short. So here is the latest crop.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – I’m going to assume that anyone reading this review has already heard of this book and doesn’t need a summary, so I’ll concentrate on my reaction to the book. I read it after hearing how several friends liked or loved it, and when a coworker said she’d lend me her copy. I also found it hard to put down. Midway through I was like ‘I don’t want to be reading a book that is this grim, this horrifyingly suspenseful.’ (I had a bad dream that night too, surely brought on by the bleak scenario). And I really didn’t want to care about the main character. But my stomach was in knots, I did care about her, and I cared about her love interest too. I hated the Capital and its callous disregard for life and for the suffering of others. I wondered what it was an allegory for, and I know that this a topic that surely has been discussed in a million places online. My personal take was that it illustrated the treatment of the people in ‘third world’, poor countries and how those in the ‘first world’, rich countries exploit them. So, do I read the sequel? One friend said that only the first book in the trilogy is good, another said she likes all three. So I imagine I will check out the second book, but I do need to let some time pass. Grade: A

My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them, edited by Michael Montlack – I love the concept. An actual collection of men praising women?? Wow! Alas, the concept was great but the book wasn’t. It got so repetitive with endless panegyrics to Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler, and all the other usual suspects. There were a few weightier choices – Sappho, Virginia Woolf, lesbian therapist and writer Betty Berzon. And I squeed for a moment to see one of my all-time favorite recording artists, Kate Bush, included. I liked how one essayist pointed out that women have been allowed to express a much fuller range of emotions than men, and that’s why a lot of gay men connect with a diva. It was good that the essays were short and concise. But I’m sorry to say that overall the essays weren’t particularly inspiring and reading the book almost became a chore. (I wonder if someone there’ll be a version where lesbians write about “Men We Love”. I bet Joss Whedon will top the list). Grade: C

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Azazel/Riptide prompt requests

I’m feeling weird about the fact that I’ve gone for 2-3 weeks without writing any Azazel/Riptide fic. Before I post something on their comm, I wanted to ask my f-list first. Does anyone have any prompts they’d like me to try? I can’t promise anything but I’m hoping one of them might interest me. So if you’ve got a prompt, please let me know.

Yes, I know that after 12 fics, about 7-8 crack!fics and smut fics, and a drabble or two, I really should feel no need to write more on this subject. But I am convinced that I have at least one more AzRi fic in me!