X-Men: First Class/Ho Yay


Charles and Erik

  • Oh, dear lord, Charles and Erik. Deep heart-to-heart talks, chess games, intimate mind-linking, Erik cradling Charles's injured body and trying to kill the person responsible, the list goes on.
  • Worthy mention: the sheer number of times these two cry for each other.
  • "It is a little bit of a mini-tragedy that him and Magneto don't, you know, have sex and become married and become best friends." This is coming from James Mc Avoy, one of the ACTORS.
  • In a deleted scene, Charles projects Erik in drag (yes, you read that correctly) and remarks, "You've never looked more beautiful, darling."
  • Even better is the "It's good isn't it?" just before. Technically he's talking about his telepathy, but really Charles, you seem a bit too pleased with yourself.
  • Surprised the beach scene hasn't been mentioned. There's a video combining the visuals with the audio of another notably homoerotic duo: the Master's death in the Doctor Who episode "Last of the Time Lords". It works eerily well.
  • In the truck where Charles mentally renders the soldiers invisible, Erik's hand is on the inside of his thigh. Yes, really.
  • The Xavier/Erik Ho Yay is almost made explicit in the last scene where Erik explains to Emma Frost that he sought her out to fill a hole in his life left by losing Xavier.

Other pairings

  • Darwin and Alex (Havoc) have their little moments. There is a scene where Darwin places his hand on Alex's stomach, and just a few seconds before Darwin dies, who does he reach out to? Alex.
  • On the villainous side, Azazel and Riptide. Their pairing is just as popular as Azazel/Mystique.
  • Hank and Alex is a pretty popular pairing in the fandom, too.
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