How Rogue fell for Gambit when he has no clue who she is confuses me a bit. Did she fall for him in her head, for him in real life and the professor removed his memories, or something much more weird?

Her talking about him as her ex when the first chapter said he didn't know her was the main confusing part. After she mentions he doesn't know her, it's a bit less confusing but it was still awkward until that moment.

*reading on*

Do not really want to think about what might be seeping from "all" Boris's orifices. *shudder*

Interesting start, particularly how hard and almost angry several people have become. Makes me curious as to what's going on with Rogue. *click forward to chapter 2*

Wow . . . Absolutely perfect.

I read this story a long time ago now and have spent a lot of time thinking about how to say what i wanted to in my review without sounding self-indulgent.

I felt your story, the characterisations and plot were skilfully done, the intricate threads of your narrative came together so beautifully, without slipping any ‘stitches’ or becoming convoluted and entangled; they form a genuine whole and are truly satisfying. You put ROMY through the challenges but you also allowed the audience to understand and share with them the thrill of moving forwards through epiphany, insight and catharsis and enabled them to come out the other side still themselves but immeasurably clearer and more true to themselves and to each other.

Too many authors get lost in their tales and change the characters to fit into their own resolution; you kept the characters consistently recognisable whilst giving them personal development which felt organic and true to the characters from the cartoons and comics and true to your story.

You have a visual flare for both action and intimacy, emotions and narrative which is truly beautiful and your creativity is a gift I hope you continue to nourish.

I loved Giddy and very much expected Remy to forget Rogue at the end, as most writers choose the harder path for their characters instead of the happy ending so I was pleased and left feeling fulfilled at the way they not only earned their happy ending in Love of my life but you chose to give them it, their having deserved it for so long. Thank you.

I’m a very different person to Anna-Marie/Rogue and Remy/Gambit but am also very powerfully influenced by their relationship; for all that they have such trust issues within themselves and towards others in the various media in which they appear they also always return to the core of themselves, loving each other and through that learning to love themselves.

I went through something similar and epic within my life, world-changing within my world but not so much with the superpowers! I wouldn’t wish it on anyone but wouldn’t be without it as it’s now a part of me I value and which sustains me in the work I do for others.

In 2002 I met and fell in love with Craig, my fiancé who I have lived with since 2004.

Within 2 weeks I knew he was the one and he for me but on 23rd September 2002 (his 27th birthday) he collapsed unexpectedly and suffered cardio-respiratory arrest and nearly died. I raced to the hospital to be with him and knowing a frightening amount about Psychology I was so afraid of losing him even if his body survived, when we realised he had suffered a brain injury due to lack of oxygen and no-one knew how much of himself would be there once the bruising to his brain subsided. For the next 30 days I was by his bedside when he awoke and when he slept, except when I was dragged away to eat or get changed.

For that month in hospital I was there, loving him through all his confusion (delusions, memory problems, not understanding where he was or what had happened) and his fear he would lose me; one nurse told us she thought we represented the epiphany of the song ‘I’m sticking with you cos I’m made out of glue’ and it was true until the swelling in Craig’s brain subsided and all of a sudden he lost the last 3 months of his life, all of the time we had been together and all of his memories of me except for a vague memory that I was on his counselling course.

His closest friends told him I’d tried to ban them from the hospital and his grandparents who raised him told him I’d ripped his grandma’s hand out of his and tried to ban them from the hospital too, and his other family were too afraid to go against his grandparents to tell him the truth about me. He was taken into rehabilitation and asked his mum to tell me I was banned from the hospital.

I was luckier than Rogue in a lot of ways though in that I knew how much Craig loved me and didn’t doubt for one moment that that love was real, and I don’t have trust issues (although as you can imagine I was horrified about what he was hearing from his friends and grandparents) so I was in great pain but determined not to give him up. I did a lot of soul searching and knew that if this was what was meant to be then I’d accept it but that only when I’d exhausted every opportunity to try would I accept that I’d lost Craig.

I spoke to others of his friends (I’d been keeping all his friends who couldn’t visit him easily up to date on his health before he forgot me) who went to Craig and told him they didn’t know what had happened in the hospital but not to just dismiss me because they had seen how much he loved me, and fortunately others in his family including his step-father alluded to the fact that it might be better for him to keep an open mind about me rather than close the book. Craig is also very courageous and even though he was confused, trying to heal his body and mind and not needing to add to the confusion he phoned me from the hospital on his mobile and would talk to me.

We talked for hours, very challenging questions about everything he’d heard and about our relationship. He remember things that were ours like certain catchphrases and in jokes we shared but didn’t know they were ours and things like that and the fact that he trusted himself enough to know he wouldn’t have been with and in love with the person his friends and grandparents described led him to ask me to visit at times he knew no one else would be there. The first visit was so frightening because I thought it would be goodbye but instead he wanted to get to know me as a friend because he felt a fondness for me (that made my heart sink at the same time as holding onto hope).

In that time it was reading ROMY goodness and other tales of true love surviving in spite of epic battles that helped sustain my faith in Craig and I and our relationship.

Gradually we went out together when he was sent home and although I was always terrified for his health he and we became stronger and 7 years later we’re happily together, engaged and both qualified counsellors running Open Minds Counselling Service working with children and adults who can’t afford counselling elsewhere, on any issue and going to start a family we think in the near future so all is good between us.

Craig’s brain injury still affects him in his attention and concentrating sometimes (I tend to say he’s become the ultimate man; ask him to multitask and we’re in trouble!) and I think he will never work again because he tires so easily but he’s my equal and I’m his and together through Open Minds we’re doing our best to fulfil the promise I made to God when Craig was being resuscitated, that together we can change the world for the better but without him I’d be lost.

I explain all this because although I’m not like Rogue in that I save the world on an epic scale, because of Craig who is my Remy I’m trying to save it a bit at a time every day. So thank you for your story because sometimes the obstacles we face to keeping our work going (always money) seem too big to overcome and this has helped renew me. Thank you

I also want to thank you for your happy ending, because having gone through a piece of what Rogue & Remy go through in your story I’m glad they got their happy ever after as did Craig and I

Thank you, and I hope you don’t mind me sharing this with you, helenx

*dies* XD i love how everyone froze when logan came into the room. That was pure awesomeness, it made my day.

Also, brotherly awkwardness to the boyfriend. nice touch even though their is more to it than that, still nice

I'm sure Charles has been called a lot of things but never god... well he can add that to the list now.

lol, i want some of those painkillers too. I so agree with logan

Wow. That's all I can say is ... totally and completely wow. I actually found this story very randomly ... I was in a Remy/Rogue mood, opened it up ... and 2 days later, I had finished all 76 chapters, my mind was reeling, I had a huge smile on my face and my emotions had been ALL over the place. You wrote an amazing story. Actually, when I first started reading I was tempted to stop, because the world you created was so rich and detailed, and having not read Giddy first I was worried I would miss any subtle details or subtext. And maybe I did, but as a standalone this story rocked my world. Your characters were so full of life - you wrote both Rogue and Remy with a vulnerability that is aching and so sweet and giddy to read, but it never once came across as sappy. You really pulled me in - I have tons of work to catch up now, thanks to you. But this story was worth it, and the plot and all of the pieces were so complex that I could not stop reading. The details you gave about Rogue's powers, and Essex's plans - I'll admit, they were beyond me at parts, but they were still so well-thought out and researched that I found myself reading and re-reading to fully understand everything. Thank you so much for your effort and time in creating this amazing world, and building such a complete relationship between Remy and Rogue. This was amazing.

Holy crap that was a long story, and the thing is I just couldn't stop reading it haha Amazingly done and I swear you just made me a hard-core Remy/Rogue fan XD

Well, it's not ten years...but three is pretty good, eh?
This = ** AMAZING.

This was the best fic I've read in a long time. Maybe ever. I'm serious! It had everything, action, adventure romance, humor(though only a little)...angst. There was plenty of that. I think I'm in love with this story! You capture Rogue & Remy relationship down to T. The pyshes- ok I didn't really understand all of that, but I got the gist-we're perfect as well. You write the characters in way that it's hard not to feel for them. I started crying when Hank died..and then Storm & Ray.. When Remy died, before Rogue saved him, I just broke down. Sobbing! It was just soo sad.. And than she saved him & I thought she was dead..I admit it, I balled like a baby. I don't think I've cried this mush over anything in a LONG time.. Your writing style just drew me in so well...That said...I love your style! You wrote this (and Giddy) with so many plot twists and turns...It was hard to keep up! I haven't read anything this good for a long time...I read the author's note, and while the fan in me would love for you to write more with this, I see how you can't! But you should really keep writing, you're very good!
I'm sorry I wrote such a long and complicated review, but this story was worth it!!
Keep up the good work!
:)

~SW

holy hell ! :O
I cried a couple of times while reading .
I FELT their emotional war and everything felt so real !
I love your writing ! :D
There's no words to describe how great your story is . (:

So clever! How did you come up with all this virus stuff?

I loved the fight scene! awesome story!

A friend of mine told me about this fic awhile back, so when I found it yesterday in the wee hours of the morning, I was pretty excited. I rank this as one of the best full-length fics out there. It's very well developed and definitly the best X-men fic I've read.