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Real name: Sarah
Member Since: 01/18/2010
Membership Status: Member

I didn't used to write. It took me a year & the prodding of a very talented author on this site for me to actually post something. I'm still more of a rabid Rogan reader than writer though. I pass the time in between fics by maintaining a real-life job in victims' rights and worrying about how I'll manage my Rogan habit & studying for my masters.
 
Reviews by sahara
A loose and dark retelling of Beauty and The Beast, Rogan style.

Rated: Adult
Categories: AU
Characters: None
Genres: Dark, PWP
Tags: None
Warnings: Not Beta Read

Series: None
Chapters: 1
Wordcount: 2680 - Hits: 5182
Complete?: Yes - Published: 07/17/2010 - Last Updated: 07/17/2010
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 07/17/2010 Title: Chapter 1: Beauty

Hot damn...

If you hadn't short-circuited my brain with this maybe my review would be better with like...more words...and stuff...and yeah...

Please let me know where I can send my electric bill since the cranking of my air conditioner seems to be directly related to what you write. I accept cash, credit, check, money order, shirtless Wolverines...

Author's Response: hey, i\'m taking no responsiblity... i come from a cold, damp climate, this sort of smuttiness is the only way to survive an irish summer without catching your death... if you want to pay ME in shirtless Wolverines though, well that wouldn\'t be so bad... someone to keep me warm of an evening, y\'know... grins

What the Wolverine pulls from the crash is a broken bird, can she ever be repaired?

Rated: PG-13
Categories: Comicverse
Characters: None
Genres: Drama
Tags: None
Warnings: None

Series: None
Chapters: 1
Wordcount: 718 - Hits: 1833
Complete?: No - Published: 08/02/2010 - Last Updated: 08/02/2010
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 11/17/2010 Title: Chapter 1: Wreckage

I can't believe I finally found this again! I can't believe I didn't review the first time around!

This intro is short, but it's been popping into my head for months now. The brevity is maddening because I want more of this story, but the descriptions are really vivid. I guess this, along with the whole concept is what has me hooked. I'm dying to know where you planned on taking this. My mind keeps coming up with scenarios, but I don't think they'd come close to what you could do with this story.

I really hope you come back to this

Wedding bells are a-ringing at Xavier's when Kitty drags Logan, Marie and Jubes off to New Orleans for her big day. But Wolverine's going to regret sending her to see his old friend Gambit- Because suddenly he's not the only handsome, cool badass with an interest in Rogue. But there's no cause for alarm, is there? And why are Jubes and Kitty grinning like that anyway..?

Rated: NC-17
Categories: X3, X-Men Origins Wolverine
Characters: None
Genres: Humor, PWP, Shipper
Tags: None
Warnings: Not Beta Read

Series: None
Chapters: 17
Wordcount: 30458 - Hits: 114682
Complete?: Yes - Published: 08/23/2010 - Last Updated: 06/23/2011
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 08/23/2010 Title: Chapter 1: Ring! Ring! Ring!

"Leaving her hot and bothered and completely unable to get back to sleep-" Well, damn, me too.


Can't wait to see where this goes :D

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 08/30/2010 Title: Chapter 2: Are You Lonesome Tonight?

" Maybe ask her whether she wanted him to show her the kinda stuff he wore in bed- Which was basically jack shit- Nada" Hahaha, oh man. I was this close to doing a spit take thanks to this line. Note to self: do not ingest liquids while reading anymore updates for this :p

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 09/02/2010 Title: Chapter 3: Doncha Wish Your Boyfriend Was Hot Like Me?

“And you are..?”

“Armed.”

Brilliant! You come up with the greatest dialogue. You always manage to write characters that I'd want to hang out with - even if they're neck deep in drama.

Definitely the cure for a bad week!

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 09/25/2010 Title: Chapter 5: Tainted Love

"he looked like the type of man who laughed easily and often, a far cry from the Wolverine and his death-and-me-are-Molson-buddies stoicism". A) I can see this in Remy, good characterization. B) Same with Wolveroni. Only funnier.

I also want Rogue to find out that she's getting played & show Remy just how the South Shall Rise Again with her own brand of ass kicking.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 10/06/2010 Title: Chapter 6: I Don't Feel Like Dancing

Only you could write a believably bashful Logan. Jubes has a point, not all hairy criminals are likable - just the one laced with adamantium. If they stay in New Orleans long enough maybe Jubilee will singlehandedly make the south rise again.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 10/31/2010 Title: Chapter 7: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

Ah, let the good times roll indeed. I really, really wish I could be a fly on the wall in this story. Luckily you're descriptive enough to practically give me heat stroke just * reading* about Logan & His Magnificent Ass.

*sigh*

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 11/03/2010 Title: Chapter 8: Let's Hear It For The Boy

YOU TEASE!

*sputters*

*dies for a few seconds*

*is resuscitated by the thought of Logan's abs*

*deep breath*

How great would being a Wolverine junkie be? I wouldn't mind being turned into a zombie because of him. If that means I get to nibble on the man, then sign me up. I'll zombie the hell out of this.
That's the best/most delicious/smutty version of a zombie apocalypse ever.

You're still a tease.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 11/17/2010 Title: Chapter 9: Crazy In Love

"Better a tease than a prude", eh? Dammit. Fine, fine. You win. What can I say? Awesome stories make me stupid.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 12/07/2010 Title: Chapter 10: Heart of Glass

"And he swept a hand behind him, as if to encompass all that might be The Fuck" Haha, oh man I loved this line.

Thank you for reminding me of someplace so deliciously warm after walking around my town where it's so painfully cold.

I bet Marie's stomping through Bourbon Street would deter people from propositioning her too. That's damn common there. If you've got boobs & a heartbeat, then consider yourself employable at Big Daddy's World Famous Love Acts (that's actually a real place, honest to Logan's Abs).

I just wish I found a feral on Jackson Square :(

Glad you liked "Throwing Rocks"! Thanks for reading & updating. And if you would please make these two see sense I'd be much obliged.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 01/20/2011 Title: Chapter 11: I Play Chicken With The Train

"a look on his face like a smacked ass."

OH. MY. GOODNESS.

I truly guffawed at that. That's right, I didn't just laugh, but I cracked the mess up. So for the record: your confidence crisis is has no business here. You started out of the gate with this hilariousness! C'mon!

"Paffinate"? Hmmm, I like it.

Love how you kept the whole "Armed" thing and you worked in the demon princess/goat sex thing.

You've successfully undone a three hour lecture on research methods. I can't thank you enough.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 02/10/2011 Title: Chapter 12: It's Raining Men

I'm a naughty girl & read this during class. Oops. Let's be honest, this dominates research methods any day of the week. Hands down. The Swamp Rat won a tiny piece of my heart by allowing his little Cajun butt to get kicked and since I just watched the series finale of Friday Night Lights w/ the guy who played Origins Gambit - I got me a nice visualization of that.

"Nobody puts Wolvie in a corner" is a new classic!

Once again I'm loving that Marie is still "Armed".

Oh yes, one other thing I liked: Smex Garage. It's new all right. Terri gave us the Smex Cabin & let it be known that hobbitsdoitbetter gave us the Smex Garage.

And it was good.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 02/16/2011 Title: Chapter 13: True

Bouncing, bouncingbouncingbouncingbouncing

You know you could've ended it right there....

...if you were a terrible, awful, sadistic individual who wanted death threats.

Luckily for everyone you're the Smut Queen and you do deliver.

"And it was in that moment that Marie decided being locked in a tricked-out sex cave with Logan officially fucking rocked." Well said!!!!

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 03/05/2011 Title: Chapter 14: Some Kind of Wonderful

I don't know how I missed this! I should have been as on top of this update as....

...well you know.

Ugh, can I outsource any writings of Smutty Goodness to you? Do you do freelance Smut Writing? Because you balanced the romance perfectly here, showing that you know your smexy writing.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 06/02/2011 Title: Chapter 16: All The Single Ladies

Oh mess. I've sorely been neglecting all things Rogan, including your lovely fic! I'm so sorry. While I grovel, let me point out some things I loved:

"Death By Bromance" :)

"...just as she heard Logan join Marie in the fight with a delighted shout of “Whatever you bite you keep!” :D

Your fics never fail to put me in a delightful mood. You always write scenes that I would love to be smack dab in the middle of.

Kudos for the Chippendales reference for a certain Thunder God. Spot on!

'This just became one of those nights.'

Rated: Adult
Categories: AU
Characters: None
Genres: PWP
Tags: None
Warnings: Not Beta Read

Series: None
Chapters: 1
Wordcount: 940 - Hits: 3661
Complete?: Yes - Published: 09/12/2010 - Last Updated: 09/12/2010
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 09/12/2010 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

GAH.....



.........*5 minutes later*......

Okay all systems functioning again, for the most part. I just want to thank you for waiting until the summer heat broke before posting this. Imagine how terribly awkward it would be to explain passing out & a high temperature to a doctor.

The Normandy Beach thing was epic. Hell, the entire thing was epic. Of course, Logan's...thing...was epic too. His claws aren't the only weapon he's packing.

Good lord.

Author's Response: Heavens, I did make him rather, ur...um...gifted, didn\'t I? Well, I always have believed his sexual swagger was well-earned and that he was more than just a legend in his own mind, as it were. I\'m glad my timing worked in your favor...that certainly could have been embarrassing...Thanks so much, Sahara, for letting me know in your usual hilarious way that you enjoyed this. --Wendie

Hope it is kosher to update this given that it was technically complete before...this is actually the second fanfic I wrote, but I've never been happy with it. Now that I've got a little more experience under my belt, I decided to rework it. I've added a section, and reworked the second half to resolve some point of view and other issues. Overall, though, it might seem very familiar if you read it the first time around. It's about half angst, half smut.

Rated: NC-17
Categories: X1, X2, AU
Characters: None
Genres: PWP, Shipper
Tags: None
Warnings: Not Beta Read

Series: None
Chapters: 4
Wordcount: 6877 - Hits: 27039
Complete?: Yes - Published: 11/25/2010 - Last Updated: 05/14/2011
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 11/27/2010 Title: Chapter 1: Poison

"But traveling really only counts if you have a home to go back to. Otherwise it’s just wandering, and as much as she had never really felt at home at the school, she was afraid of what she would become without it." I really liked this - the idea behind it and how you worded it.

This chapter was rife with a ton of emotions that I think you balanced very well. It could have easily gone into melodrama territory & been unbelievable, but you steered clear of that. Looks like we've got another promising writer on our hands here :)

Author's Response: Aw, thanks! I\'ve been reading your stuff and loving it, so it\'s great to see a review from you!

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 11/27/2010 Title: Chapter 2: Chase

Also, if you have a Mac & you're trying to select multiple genres - press the "command" button while you click on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc genre you want. Hope that helps

Author's Response: Oh, thanks, I\'ll try that. I knew there had to be a simple answer.

Now COMPLETE!!! :-D The X-team, including Rogue, liberate a mutant lab and find our favorite feral...

Okay, that's not much of a summary, so here's an excerpt to give you a feel:

She held out her hand, palm up, and for a second time seemed to stop. The man narrowed his gaze on her hand, and then again on her eyes. He took one shuffling step forward, and she concentrated on keeping her body loose, letting no tension show in her posture. The sudden /snick/ as the claws retracted startled her, but she managed not to jump. He watched her closely, reaching toward her hand. Suddenly he grabbed it, and for a second she thought he was going to bite her palm. But he just took a deep inhale, smelling her scent and then looking back at her eyes, assessing. She thought she saw a slight lessening of the tension in his posture after this strange ritual, but either way they were out of time.

Rated: NC-17
Categories: AU
Characters: None
Genres: Action, Adult, Angst, Drama, Shipper
Tags: None
Warnings: None

Series: None
Chapters: 20
Wordcount: 45928 - Hits: 198228
Complete?: Yes - Published: 12/06/2010 - Last Updated: 01/22/2011
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 12/06/2010 Title: Chapter 1: The Prisoner

My brain! You're in my brain! Wait...no...false alarm, just the regular voices there. I honestly had a Rogue-gets-Logan-out-of-a-lab thought this past weekend w/ a side of her having a history in a lab herself. That's what happens when we're all drinking from the WRFA kool-aid, huh? So I'm interested to see where you take this.

Not sure where the lake house originated. It just became a convenient plot device. All I know is that Terri was the creator of the sex cabin, though.

I also love, love, love thatcraktykid's "Dark Side..." series. My absolute favorite AU/X1 mashup - it's so well done. I hope you're enjoying it.

Author's Response: I am definitely in your brain, but probably just because I mainlined every story you have written in one afternoon. Yes, I love the Dark Side series. Hope she writes more. Does Terri have an author name? Sex cabin sounds...intriguing. ;-)

Marie thought she needed a cure. Logan thought he needed answers. Turns out fulfilling a need is a lot less satisfying than accepting a want – but no less achingly complicated.

First part in the Use Somebody series. Post-X3, the architects of Marie's cure and Logan's amnesia conspire within the government. Only together can Marie and Logan break their cycles of self-destruction and stop a war they were never meant to start.

Rated: R
Categories: X1, X2, X3, X-Men Origins Wolverine
Characters: None
Genres: Action, Angst, Drama, Shipper
Tags: None
Warnings: None

Series: Use Somebody
Chapters: 13
Wordcount: 24694 - Hits: 77639
Complete?: No - Published: 12/16/2010 - Last Updated: 08/15/2011
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 01/02/2011 Title: Chapter 4: Brain Stew: I

I'm so glad you're back :D I missed your writing like you wouldn't believe. I'll be honest, I was a little confused with the time shifts, but I think I got it. You have such a way with words, really. You give us these vivid descriptions without bogging us down in too many words. That's just....just amazing - which is an understatement. You think of everything too - I like that you're really trying to work in Origins, despite how the movie kind of messes with the other X-movies.

Part of me is completely envious of your writing ability, but most of me is just dying to see where you take this. I'm just so, so, so glad you're back!

P.S. I'm with you about X3 issues. I think the entire WRFA is.

Author's Response: Thank you. :D Sorry about the time shifts. They\'re there to a) make me write more by making me write less (if that make sense); b) distinguish this work\'s style from Dark Side of the Moon (also 3rd person shifts between Rogue and Logan); and c) mirror how I would edit a fan vid based on these songs (I miss vidding like you would not believe!) Before I sat down to plan this fic, I actually wrote up a comprehensive timeline that reconciles Origins with the Trilogy and even the new First Class movie (e.g. how Emma Frost\'s character got recycled). I even cooked up a few Rogan coincidences pre-Trilogy, just because I\'m that obsessed, haha.

Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 03/09/2011 Title: Chapter 7: Wish I Was the Moon: I

You are the queen of comic/movie mashups. I don't know why I consult Marvel Wiki when there's you. You are one X-Men walking encyclopedia. This won't make sense, but I love how you craft this. It seems like everything is deliberate, but the seams from stitching it all together are hidden. You make it seem effortless. Do you have everything already planned out in your head or are you still developing the plot as you go along?

Author's Response: If you consult me, I\'ll consult Marvel Wiki then get back to you. My thought process is usually, \"Hm, I need a mutant who goes like this,\" search, search, search, \"Hm, what an interesting history. I\'ll bastardize it for my purposes.\" *g* Thing is, I tried to write this without plotting, just loosely following what I\'d try to do if I made a song vid, but then things started to connect all nicely and then that became a plot...ugh, and now my series of stand-alones have morphed into to another epic. Bear with me, haha.

Have a good one x

Rated: G
Categories: AU
Characters: None
Genres: Drabble
Tags: None
Warnings: None

Series: None
Chapters: 1
Wordcount: 79 - Hits: 1824
Complete?: Yes - Published: 12/23/2010 - Last Updated: 12/23/2010
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 12/24/2010 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Right on! Definitely a Merry X-Mas over here on the WRFA. Thank *you* for your spectacularly thoughtful reviews along with this little Merry X-Mas (it's an X-Men fanfic archive, there's no way I'm spelling the holiday out!) shout out.

Thanks to everyone on this wonderful site for encouraging me to finally write. You guys all rock!

Logan appreciates Christmas with Rogue

Rated: G
Categories: X1
Characters: None
Genres: None
Tags: None
Warnings: None

Series: None
Chapters: 1
Wordcount: 629 - Hits: 2165
Complete?: Yes - Published: 01/01/2011 - Last Updated: 01/01/2011
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 01/01/2011 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

"Mrs. Logan", "Mr. Rogue"!

*Squees* I loved that. The Mr. Rogue thing will have me giggling for quite some time :)

Five days of torture, before her blood time. Scent so thick with musk that it made his judgment suspect, and his hands untrustworthy.

Rated: NC-17
Categories: X2
Characters: None
Genres: Adult, PWP
Tags: None
Warnings: None

Series: None
Chapters: 5
Wordcount: 9851 - Hits: 47418
Complete?: Yes - Published: 01/21/2011 - Last Updated: 02/14/2011
Reviewer: sahara Signed
Date: 01/21/2011 Title: Chapter 1: Scent

I've been hard pressed to find a new story that I can get into lately, but this looks incredibly promising. I've enjoyed your other fics and can't wait to see where you go with this one. You're really able to paint a clear picture here without bogging us down with too many words. I envy that. :)

Author's Response: I like brevity, but I also think it suits the character. I just don\'t see Logan as being a particularly wordy guy - he\'s more action. Except in this fic, strangely. Then it\'s all about the words .... oops, major hint dropped. Bother. ;)