Hi, everyone! Huge fan of Gambit/Remy LeBeau here. :D
You can all just call me Reve (I know, I'm being so lazy by dropping the gender article. 'le Reve' is French for 'the dream', in case anyone was wondering).
I am a writer who is hoping to be published in the future. I tend to write mainly for the fantasy genre, but I also write realistic fiction (have actually finished one novel so far that would be categorized as such) and, occasionally, poetry. I have written fanfiction in the past and may again in the future, but that's as close as it gets to short stories for me. I am a novelist! Once I start, I can't stop. ha ha!
Speaking of fanfiction:
I love the Romy pairing and always have, but lately I have found that I enjoy Gambit's tendency to be a "ladies' man", so I have started to like the occasional fanfiction about him with other women (such as Jean Grey). I love everything about his personality and history, including that extremely romantic and flirtatious side of him.
I am embarrassed to confess that I'm going mostly by my childhood memories of Gambit for what I consider to be canon (recent cartoon renditions and the brief movie scene ring true enough for me but I wouldn't place them on the timeline of his life--in my opinion, they are things that could have happened in an alternate universe, similar to how Uatu the Watcher describes events in his 'What-If' realities) in the comic books and the early 90s cartoon that seemed to be based directly off of the comics. I do intend to pick up some comics again soon and try to catch up on what I've missed. . . But I've never stopped loving him in the meantime! Story about why I stopped reading X-Men. . .
I traveled on the road a lot with my family as a kid, and whenever we would stop at a convenience store or gas station on the road they had comic books for sell in these stands between the aisles. . . My 2 favorite series, X-Men and Batman, were immediately within reach and therefore it was convenient to pick up various issues, buy them, and read them. I was such an enthusiast that my dad went out of his way to take me to comic stores--once more, this allowed me access to the characters I loved without my having to take the initiative of tracking them down.
At some point my family put down roots somewhere and comic books were no longer offered to me, and as I stopped seeing them displayed in every convenience store I went to, I just. . . turned my obsession with fictional worlds in other directions, such as more traditional books and eventually fanfiction, once I discovered the internet. Mainly, I think, once I was distracted by Harry Potter I just kind of drifted away from most things X-Men related. That is, until. . . X-Men Evolution and the X-Men movies started coming out.
I have been content all these years to just watch different writers depict their interpretations of the characters I grew up loving, but now I am really wanting to get back into the comics and support 'the real' Marvel characters, especially Gambit!
I have missed out on so much! Can you guys believe I just found out a few days ago. . . after I discovered this guild, actually. . . about Antarctica? I know you will all know what I mean, but I won't say more here. That's for a different thread, I know. But if someone will point me in the right direction so I can be clued in on what-all has been happening with my favorite Cajun, I would really love that!
Anyhow. . . great to meet you all! :)
-Reve
