X3, with added Cyclops, Nightcrawler, and Gambit.

POSTED BY: Cybersnark
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 02:32
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CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:13 PM

I started doing this way back when X3 came out, and the DVD reminded me to finish it and post it. As threatened: my fanfic doctoring of X3 as it could've been.

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-Flashback: Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr arrive to personally recruit a young Jean Grey. As she demonstrates her powers, Eric looks pleased, but Charles is troubled by the aloof distance in the girl.

-Flashback: Warren Worthington II finds his son in the bathroom, taking a kitchen knife to his back. Worthington consoles the boy, but can't bring himself to touch the "deformity."

-Danger Room training (Kitty, Bobby, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Gambit). Kitty, Iceman, and Gambit are under fire, and Kitty saves Bobby from the missile attack. Rogue witnesses, as her group (with Nightcrawler and Colossus) arrives. Rogue apologizes for the delay; they got lost and ended up chasing Kurt's tail. Kurt quips that, with a tail like his, who can blame them. Kitty agrees; something that pathetic, you just wanna put it out of its misery. The Sentinel catches up and they scatter, then Wolverine and Colossus take out the Sentinel. As everyone gets to their feet, Kurt offers Kitty a hand, but she ignores him. Wolverine and Storm bump heads over training styles; Logan is a loner, but Storm is trying to train the whole team --it doesn't work if Logan always makes the kill. He shrugs it off, noting that he wouldn't need to if these kids could actually do the job.

-Ororo meets up with Xavier, complaining about Logan. Xavier reassures her that Logan means well, but Ororo notes that he's no leader. Xavier makes his pitch to her, giving her responsibility for the school if anything should happen to him. She asks about Scott, and Xavier reminds her of how Scott's changed. He's become unreliable and brutal by turns. Ororo realizes the the wounds are still fresh for him. He blames himself for what happened to Jean.

-In his room, Scott is tossing and turning, in the throes of a nightmare: Jean, trapped behind glass, burning away, but he can't save her.

-Later, Logan finds Scott heading for the garage. They have their confrontation; Scott's slacking off, and Logan's pissed about having to pick up the slack. Scott tries to brush him off (suffering from a migraine). Their conversation is confused and stilted; Scott can't concentrate. Logan tells him to get his act together; Jean wouldn't want-- Scott loses it, yelling at Logan not to tell him what Jean would want. Scott's leaving. Logan asks when he'll be back, but Scott says he might not be. Logan tries to say something else, but Scott warns that not everybody heals as fast as Logan does.

-A very young Warren Worthington (wearing a long, thick coat to cover his wings) is on the observation deck atop the Empire State building. He looks dejected at all the tourists around him, then glances over the edge. A hawk streaks past below, and Warren is transfixed. His eyes follow it, hypnotized, and he starts to climb the safety fence. Strong hands pull him back --it's Storm, gently warning him not to play so close to the edge, then drifting away (she's just another tourist). He turns and watches the Hawk as it vanishes behind another building, then turns back to see that Storm has disappeared (as if she went over the edge. . .). Warren turns back to the fence, wanting --needing to try again, but an alarm sounds.

-Adult Warren snaps awake in his bed. A moment later, he's standing at a mirror, studying the wings he keeps folded to his back. He starts to spread them --gingerly; they're stiff and not used to moving-- but a knock stops him (the wings snap closed, reflexively flinching with shame). His father enters, asking how he is, promising that they might have made a breakthrough, something to help his condition.

-In Washington, Hank arrives at the Presidential briefing and learns of Worthington Labs' activities, and of Mystique's capture. He barely pays attention to the video feed from Mystique's interrogation, and completely ignores Trask's confidence that they can keep her contained. He's too caught up i

BROWNCOATJIM

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:57 PM

That's awesome, just absolutely awesome, i'm hugely impressed.

On a personal note, and I know this sounds all kinds of sappy and stupid, but prior to joining this site, I never knew anyone ever did stuff like that, I really thought i was the only one who ever thought of new and different story lines.

Every day, something new and good comes from me putting on a coat colored brown.

Now, if I can just work out Serenety falling into a Wormhole with a Reaver ship in pursuit and finding Moya..........

WE'RE GONNA CRASH? I DON'T WANNA CRASH!

DANNIISUPERNOVA

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:05 AM

I love you for doing this. It was awesome and you have totally inspired me to write out an X3 variation and an X4.

I love the Castro, because if somebody grabs my ass, I know they're picking my pocket.

REGINAROADIE

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:29 AM

Well, this version of X3 would have been three times the budget of the actual movie (which itself I think was near 200 million) and maybe would have been three plus hours long. But it still would have been a way better flick than the piece of shite Ratner did.

Two questions. 1. Why was Kitty a bitch towards Nightcrawler at the beginning? and 2. Isn't Gambit supposed to be an older guy, and not a teenager?

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CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:58 PM

Thanks for the appreciation; I'm already toying with X4 ideas. Redesigning a pre-existing continuity from scratch is kinda fun.

There's the resolution of the Phoenix trilogy, more Logan/Scott bonding, Mystique's crisis of allegiance, the ongoing Kurt/Kitty/Piotr soap opera, and the appearance of a new character we've all been waiting for.

Remember how Phoenix touched the minds of every mutant, human, and living thing on Earth? Well, she also awoke something that should have stayed buried.

X4: Apocalypse

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Two questions. 1. Why was Kitty a bitch towards Nightcrawler at the beginning?

Well, I wanted to use Kitty to underline the "mutants as monsters" theme, demonstrating that even X-Men sometimes have problems with judging people (and buiding up to her friendship with Hank). She was shying away from both Kurt and Hank --the two nan-fashion-models of the group.

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and 2. Isn't Gambit supposed to be an older guy, and not a teenager?

He's also supposed to spark with Rogue, so I figured why not de-age him (which also explains why he hasn't been around until now).

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RMMC

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:32 AM

Very shiny Cybersnark!

Are ya planning to flesh this out a bit, I hope? *hint**hint*

Much, MUCH better that that piece of gos se I forked over money to see. That piece of refuse had big enough plot holes to stick the entire 'verse through.

More? *looks hopeful*

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