I feel so bad for Remy. Rebound Guy always gets the worst of the deal, in real life & fiction.

I'll refrain from the hate mail for now, since this IS how the comics Logan thought of Rogue for a LONG time!

I do love lab-rat!Logan and animal!Logan stories. They're rather heart-wrenching in a beautiful way. And so far I'm quite enthusiastic about this one! I can't wait for your next update. Your characterization of Rogue, Scott, Jean & Storm is well done (though so far we've only glimpses of course), and I like the tantalizing peek at the back-story you've given Rogue. The Rogan interaction here should be really, REALLY interesting!

THe only reason I'm not giving you 5 stars is that I reserve those for the rarest of gems.

Author's Response: Glad you\'re liking this one. And it\'s cool, I\'ll take 4 stars. I really appreciate people taking the time to review, however many stars they want to give. ;-) Feel free to recommend any of the rarest-of-gem stories, I\'m still finding my way around this site.

Hey! with the hints of coming attractions you gave us, I was expecting some gratuitous smut ... SO glad I was wrong!! Would have totally killed the mood you had set up so far. You definitely managed to keep the kick-A tone of 2 damaged people struggling to get thru each hour of "normalcy" ... while fighting the loneliness & deprivation of human affection which Logan at least isn't even aware of needing.

Seeing thru Logan's eyes as he "figures out" forthe very 1st time what masturbation is ... that was well done, in only a couple of short sentences!!
Well-constructed sentences, for sure.
I'd love to see more of Logan's POV though, next chapter.

Author's Response: Hmmm...I thought I responded to this one before, but it\'s not showing up. I\'m glad you liked the only quasi-smut approach I took. It seemed to me like it might come off like a tease, but to me it was more realistic for the characters, and of course doesn\'t involve Rogue taking advantage of a cognitively-impaired Logan. I guess you know by now that it switched almost entirely to Logan\'s POV in the next few chapters, not sure if that was your suggestion percolating in my brain or if it would have happened anyway, but thanks!

any 2 a.m. updates in store for tonight??

Author's Response: Sorry I missed 2 a.m. last night, but maybe today or tomorrow. :-)

Woah! What's happening?? Boy, I sure didn't expect that! I hope you don't leave us waiting for too long.

Well, I guess I frankly would have preferred some other outcome to this chapter, but it's cool that you basically have X1 movieverse Logan being his old rascally self ... because he's meeting an entirely different Rogue this time, and boy is that interesting!
btw, you asked about the "rare gem" stories ... well, 1st thing that pops in my head is pretty much ANYthing by TinHutLady. She has these 2 unbelievably epic series ... I think it's possibly the most superb fanfic story I've ever read, at least for Xmen. Plus, on her own website, she has a HOUSE/Xmen crossover that lovingly juxtaposes the twin grumpiness of Dr. Gregory House & Logan -- it's SO much fun!! They have some great misadventures together. A Wolv/Rogue pairing is hinted at but it's only an aside.
Also, Becca has several stories on her own site, loganandmarie.com. "Yellow Brick Road" is my fav. Very complex Logan & all the characters have their own unique voices.

Author's Response: Sorry if you had a different outcome in mind. Glad you\'re find the story interesting. Thanks for the fic recs, I\'m a House fan too so that should be interesting.

It was intriguing how you painted Xavier's vulnerability, his near-willingness to let it all end for himself. A nice piece of character exploration! Also the various reactions to Xavier's reading of Logan's mind were well executed.

Author's Response: I\'m glad you liked it. I wasn\'t sure about shifting to Xavier\'s point of view all of a sudden since so far we\'ve only seen the POV of Logan or Marie. Glad it worked.

I spent half of today poring over this story, slowly, to take it all in properly. ;) You're in my top favorite fanfic authors of all time, hon!

While this is not my fave fic of yours so far (brooding angst is not my thing), I'm loving all the movie & comics tie-ins. Caliban makes a good foil for Marie in the 2nd chapter; the character exploration you've done with Bobby thru just a few overheard messages & a conversation or two is masterfully executed; the subtlety of the way you've chosen to reveal Logan's deepest feelings gets me every time!

I totally agree with you on the Rolo implications of X3. Although, I'm actually a big RoLo shipper, also; though I think they make a much more natural couple in the comics, I can see the Berry/Jackman incarnations working out, too. Still, my fellow Southern gal gets precedence. :0)

I'm eager for your next installment!

Author's Response: Thank you, thank you, thank you! I\'m really touched. And I\'m so glad you found things to enjoy, even though it\'s not your (or my, for that matter) usual style. I\'m finishing up the next chapter right now (then it\'s off to my new beta!) and I can promise a lot more action going forward. And Re: the RoLo \'shipping, Berry/Jackman do make a pretty couple in Swordfish. Plus, I have no room to judge because I can see Rogue with...everybody, haha. But I\'m much pickier about Logan, so with him she stays. :D Great to have you on board!

Very cool! You should thank your muse for sending you such an awesome plot bunny ;)

I look forward to updates!

Author's Response: I do tend to like my muse, but sometimes he has a tendency to chuck rabid ones my way and then I don\'t know what to do exactly. Luckily, this one wasn\'t so bad. I\'m glad you like the idea!

That's it?? :( That's only half an update! Sigh. I'm still hungry for more from you ... that wasn't nearly enough to satisfy! ;) ...but, it was a fun little romp nonetheless. Not quite what I expected from Marie, though, or from her first meeting w/the X-geeks. She actually seemed more *normal* than I'd anticipated!

You must be a bit of an obsessive Shakespeare fan, yourself, to have all these quotes on the tip of Marie's tongue at the appropriate times. I must admit I can sympathize; there was a time when I had nearly all of Hamlet & parts of King Lear memorized!

btw, "query" is a question; "quarry" is the one that can refer to an object difficult to obtain. So, that line from Marie should've been "she spotted her QUARRY." just FYI ;)

Author's Response: Thanks! I\'ll fix that now actually. I don\'t have a beta as of currently so any checking of grammar and spelling is done by me and you can only reread something so many times before your brain just sees what it wants to see. I am fairly obsessed with Shakespeare (theatre major) but not to the point where these are all rolling off the top of my head. I have to do some research to make sure quotes are right. On the upside, Google is my friend. \r\n\r\nAnd Marie is a pretty good at seeming normal isn\'t she? Maybe her \"coping mechanisms\" actually work somewhat?

I really enjoyed this. REally. And the Shakespeare quotes were more apt this time; a better fit, and therefore funnier.

The reveal of the two parties' respective mutant status was everything I could have hoped for, and you accomplished it with less drama than I expected. (I thought Marie's claws would create a crazed sort of moment on both her part & Logan's, but you did good underplaying it)

Author's Response: Thanks! I\'m gonna delve more into their respective mutations eventually but it just didn\'t seem quite right at this time. Thanks for reviewing!

So is Logan tied to Carol from his past, and close to her, like he is in the comics? That why he's so furious? ...but I'm not surprised the scent of Rogue's abject terror and more-or-less insane behavior would put him off. He's not one for kicking a man when he's down; he likes to fight someone who actually has the spirit to fight back, doesn't he? ;)

Poor Rogue. You continue to do a good job writing her state of mind while she feels totally anchorless and unwanted in the world.

I *do* hope you explain Jubes' behavior sometime ... that *was* very strange, to be sure.

Author's Response: Cap\'n, you\'re makin\' it happen. \"Anchorless\"!!! Gosh, that is *such* a great, appropriate word. It\'s the kind of word I want to sink my teeth into - if that makes sense. I actually let out a \"YES!\" and pointed to the screen of my laptop when I read that (luckily I was alone, no mental hospital trips for me!) I kind of feel like I should hand the reigns over to you since you\'ve got such a good grip on this! I will address Jubes - at least my theory on her & why she is the way she is in this story....that doesn\'t really make sense does it? Oh well, uh keep tuning in! Thanks!!!

I really enjoyed all the gossip-juice! Very nice set-up, and you've played Jubes well. Rogue is growing into a nice 3-D, rounded person in her reactions as well.

One mildly irritated question, though: if you have 13 chaps written already, where are they?? Post them, already! (pretty please with honey on my knees?)

Author's Response: I\'m glad you\'re liking my version of Jubilee. I don\'t want to make her the one-sided mall rat y\'know? I like working in some of her stuff from the comics too like the dyscalculia. As I said with another reviewer, I don\'t mean to tease with the 13 chapters thing. I don\'t mean to dangle them over your heads and make you guys jump for a chapter - if that makes sense. I\'m a big fan of the Fresh Eyes approach - I like being able to go back to a chapter & rework it, give my beta enough time to edit it, etc. after I\'ve been away from a certain scene for a while. I\'ve found it to be a huge help with how I write and controlling the stress of writing, too. I also like taking everyone\'s comments into account. I\'ve worked in theories and filled in future plot holes in chapters that haven\'t been posted because of some feedback I\'ve gotten so far. I hope this doesn\'t dissuade you from reading! I promise there\'s a method to my madness!