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ladyithildiel.
Anyway, this is not a GIP because! I just read part of an X-Force fic circa Domino as den-mother/team leader, where she's forced into the unenviable position of teaching Shatterstar about the birds and bees. Logically (this being 'Star), she very seriously leaves it up to porn. If it was me I'd get an assortment of hardcore, softcore, straight, gay and radical feminist lesbian porn. Alternate with telenovellas. Done.
Sample?
Domino cringed. "Shatterstar, do you know what 'gay' means?"
Shatterstar straightened, confidence returning. "Yes. I have seen it on TV."
Domino nodded and opened her mouth, but he continued.
"It is where men talk funny and prance rather than walk, and share a bedroom with other men. Also, they like to dress people."
Domino stopped. She supposed that was a fairly accurate assessment of the gay men on television. "Do you know what homosexual is?" she tried again.
His face clouded. "I am uncertain of that. Is it not the same as gay?"
Good lord. "Yes, it is the same as gay," she said after a minute. "But not all gay men act like they do on TV."
"Ah," Shatterstar said wisely. "It is a case of television disviewing reality. Julio warned me about that."
"Distorting," Domino corrected absently. "Yeah. What gay refers to is a man who is sexually attracted to other men rather than women. Do you understand that?"
He thought about it for a long time. "I believe so," he said finally.
"Shatterstar, I want you to think carefully about this. Are you gay?"
"Yes." That was faster than she'd expected. "But I do not prance. Nor do I like to dress people."
Touching, by JB McDragon
You know what the world needs? A Domino ongoing where she goes back to her fancy-free mercenary days and sets up her own agency. Guns, logic-defying mutant luck powers, rampant badassery and all for profit (and payback). Of course, due to her long association with the X-people and her subsequent semi-infection with Xavier's Dream, she vets all ops for Evil, and does the occasional pro-bono when the cause is Just and the bad guys Annoying.
X-Factor meets Deadpool! With 20% less angst about the morality of her actions.
What's great about the character (well, one of the things that's great her) is that she's one of those Liefieldian Wolverine ripoffs, all badass, pouches, and horrific origin story, but she doesn't drown in an ocean of angst or uncertainty. She's a woman who knows her capabilities, both physical and moral, and has seen the darkest parts of humanity and her own soul, but who continues to get out there and do her freakin job. And she does it very, very well. All the while taking things only as seriously as they need to be taken.
Great moments in Domino:
- personally tracks him down and kills an old friend because he'd become a feral killer
- takes on Reavers single-handed to save ex-husband (who ends up dying because she's one of *those* Marvel characters)
- leads surly band of mutant teenagers
- along with Shatterstar breaks out some of the 198 from the refugee camp outside the X-Mansion
- actually survives a relationship with Cable
And for the supporting cast we could rescue Shatterstar and Tabitha from off-panel obscurity. You're tempted. Just admit it.
ladyithildiel. Anyway, this is not a GIP because! I just read part of an X-Force fic circa Domino as den-mother/team leader, where she's forced into the unenviable position of teaching Shatterstar about the birds and bees. Logically (this being 'Star), she very seriously leaves it up to porn. If it was me I'd get an assortment of hardcore, softcore, straight, gay and radical feminist lesbian porn. Alternate with telenovellas. Done.
Sample?
Domino cringed. "Shatterstar, do you know what 'gay' means?"
Shatterstar straightened, confidence returning. "Yes. I have seen it on TV."
Domino nodded and opened her mouth, but he continued.
"It is where men talk funny and prance rather than walk, and share a bedroom with other men. Also, they like to dress people."
Domino stopped. She supposed that was a fairly accurate assessment of the gay men on television. "Do you know what homosexual is?" she tried again.
His face clouded. "I am uncertain of that. Is it not the same as gay?"
Good lord. "Yes, it is the same as gay," she said after a minute. "But not all gay men act like they do on TV."
"Ah," Shatterstar said wisely. "It is a case of television disviewing reality. Julio warned me about that."
"Distorting," Domino corrected absently. "Yeah. What gay refers to is a man who is sexually attracted to other men rather than women. Do you understand that?"
He thought about it for a long time. "I believe so," he said finally.
"Shatterstar, I want you to think carefully about this. Are you gay?"
"Yes." That was faster than she'd expected. "But I do not prance. Nor do I like to dress people."
Touching, by JB McDragon
You know what the world needs? A Domino ongoing where she goes back to her fancy-free mercenary days and sets up her own agency. Guns, logic-defying mutant luck powers, rampant badassery and all for profit (and payback). Of course, due to her long association with the X-people and her subsequent semi-infection with Xavier's Dream, she vets all ops for Evil, and does the occasional pro-bono when the cause is Just and the bad guys Annoying.
X-Factor meets Deadpool! With 20% less angst about the morality of her actions.
What's great about the character (well, one of the things that's great her) is that she's one of those Liefieldian Wolverine ripoffs, all badass, pouches, and horrific origin story, but she doesn't drown in an ocean of angst or uncertainty. She's a woman who knows her capabilities, both physical and moral, and has seen the darkest parts of humanity and her own soul, but who continues to get out there and do her freakin job. And she does it very, very well. All the while taking things only as seriously as they need to be taken.
Great moments in Domino:
- personally tracks him down and kills an old friend because he'd become a feral killer
- takes on Reavers single-handed to save ex-husband (who ends up dying because she's one of *those* Marvel characters)
- leads surly band of mutant teenagers
- along with Shatterstar breaks out some of the 198 from the refugee camp outside the X-Mansion
- actually survives a relationship with Cable
And for the supporting cast we could rescue Shatterstar and Tabitha from off-panel obscurity. You're tempted. Just admit it.