#codealiaswave

Hi, thanks for asking. I love Romy fics and there are so many great ones out there.

I’ve struggled to choose a single fic/author, so here are a couple of favorite authors (and a fic rec for each) that I think would be good for a newbie. I would definitely suggest reading anything these authors have written.

- The Irony Series by @chellerbelles

Summary:

Rogue and Gambit meet while in the queue to get the Cure.

This is a great series. It has an amazing slow burn with a strong dose of angst. Chelle’s put a lot of care and research into this series. It’s great read and it gives me so many feels each time I read it.

- Devil’s Poison by @codealiaswave

Summary:

The prophecies of the Thieves Guild aren’t so secret. Everyone knows about Le Diable Blanc. Each Guild did their best to use him to their advantage. But is a lesser known prophecy the key to Assassin rule? If they acquire Le Poison du Diable, will the odds turn back to their favor? Or will the prophecies end in both Guilds’ ruination? Romy, AU.

This is a slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance. Code has created a complicated, well-researched, should-be-canon version of the Guild and their history. You feel you're really in New Orleans as you read. It’s a story I can’t put down.

And, if I may be so bold, I will add one of my own fics.

- Risk and Reward by @dayenurose

Summary:

There's an old adage that goes, the greater the risk, the greater the reward. As a thief, Remy LeBeau knows full well that oftentimes the greatest risks come with the greatest rewards. When he starts to fall for the enigmatic Rogue, Remy must decide if the risks are worth the possible reward.

Or,

Six times Gambit risks kissing Rogue and one time he earns his reward.

Thank you very much! I have to say the LeBeau family has been one of my most favorite character profiles to explore. There’s just enough content in the comics to give a general personality, but not so much established that there isn’t too little wiggle room to create a fully fleshed character. I’m going to have a hard time letting some characters go at the end of my fics, and haven’t decided yet if their same personalities will show up in other fics or if I’ll take the opportunity to start all over again!

I know. I’m sorry. It hurt me too that I couldn’t find my inspiration and muse for 2+ years. I hadn’t intended for that to happen, but that’s how much mental health issues impact your life. And for me, I had stopped being “me” for quite a while. 🫥🖤🤕❤️‍🩹

Not at all! Usually the way I know it’s going to be a hit is if it’s exciting to me. I figure other people will enjoy it too. Also, I try to vary things up so it’s not the standard missionary style. Sometimes that’s a hit, sometimes it crosses a line that just ends up being too far. (I got some pretty opinionated reviews for the scene between Remy & Vivienne in Devil’s Poison Ch 27 and ended up having to provide more explanation in Ch 28 for what I thought was implied. It’s also why Rogue didn’t have as much interaction with Baron Samedi in Ch 34.)

And I try to consider both male and female turn-ons (which is why Remy got the nut buster in Devil’s Poison Ch 33). For the male, I use certain message boards and consult some very close friends to find out if I have a good depiction. Something I think is going to work often needs to be tweaked a little after I get male perspective.

As for getting used to it, sometimes. I found if every single chapter has a highly detailed lemon, then it just becomes desensitizing both to me and the reader. Sometimes I can get away with an implied cutscene, but sometimes even the reference is too much and it just has to be implied that Gambit & Rogue are a couple who probably has sex on a regular basis. And if a scene just isn’t coming across well, I’ll usually put it away for a couple days and come back to it (and maybe even scrap it to rewrite it.) We mere Homo sapiens aren’t sexed up horn dogs like Homo superiors are always depicted to be!

Finally for the update, I’m actually getting ready to post Devil’s Poison on AO3. One of the reasons I’d been delaying was because I knew it had some (minor) continuity issues I wanted to correct. But it’s also been a significant amount of time since I first published it and there are some (major) additions I had always wanted to put in but didn’t have the guts to do so way back when.