Author: Yahtzee
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Rating: NC-17
Written for the prompt: "Nazi hunter Erik Lernsharr is apprehended and sentenced to prison for the sheer trail of brutality and blood he left in his wake. But before he can be sent to prison, he's purchased by a Deadman Wonderland, the world's only privately owned prison come amusement park, where the prisoners are the entertainment.
If you're familiar with the show, basically the rules, brutality, and the like are the same. Except DW is run entirely by mutants, even if not all the prisoners are mutants, since mutants would need to be able to subdue other mutants. But mutants are also the most valuable form of entertainment, and hence the most valuable prisoners, especially the ones who are deadmen walking."
I don't - I don't even know where to begin with this fic. It's brilliant and gory and painful and gorgeous and so so satisfying in the end (even though I know nothing of the Deadman Wonderland universe). I can't even write a worthy rec because half my brain is still in that word and forming coherent though is hard. I especially like that Charles and Raven also have emotional issues to work through, because after watching First Class I always thought Raven resented Charles to a certain extent for making her go out as blond and human instead of her true blue form, but at the same time they grew up together and it was the two of them against the world, and you don't just forget bonds like that. Erik's journey is also painful but beautiful - all the emotions in this fic just sparkle and feel so real. Also, it has Wolverine being a badass, which is always a bonus :D
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