Charles Xavier/Erik Lehnsherr
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| Pairing: | Charles Xavier/Erik Lensherr | |
| Alternative name(s): | Professor X/Magneto | |
| Gender category: | slash | |
| Fandom: | X-Men, X-Men Movieverse, X-Men: First Class | |
| Canonical?: | ... no? | |
| Prevalence: | fairly minor prior to First Class; now enormous. | |
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Charles/Erik is a slash pairing in X-Men fandom. Sometimes name smushed, regrettably, into 'Cherik'.
Professor Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, is a powerful telepath and the founder of the superhero group the X-Men. He first appeared in the X-Men comics and has subsequently appeared in the various adaptations and spin-offs: X-Men: The Animated Series, the first three X-Men movies, the Ultimate X-Men comics, the cartoons X-Men: Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men, and the 2011 prequel film X-Men: First Class.
Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, also known as Magneto, has powers related to metal and magnetism. He was once Xavier's close friend but has generally been his archenemy in canon. Generally. Off and on. Mostly on.
Fandom Overview
A fairly minor pairing in the comics fandom, though with some passionate advocates, it exploded after the release of X-Men First Class.
Comics
Movieverse
Wolverine and the X-Men
They barely interact in this canon, what with Xavier being in a coma in the future for the whole thing. There's little to no fannish activity for them in this fandom (afaik).
X-Men: First Class
Where to begin? General consensus (even outside the fandom) is that the film is really nothing more or less than a romantic tragedy. Meta and primers have been written regarding the two characters' textual and subtextual relationship, as well as more fanfiction than you could read in a lifetime. Tumblr has also been busy.
Fanfiction
Tropes & Fanon
- XMFC: Lots (and lots and lots) of Alternate Universes.
Example Works
- The Winter of Banked Fires (link) by Yahtzee. A fix-it fic for X3.
- The changeling; or, Charles Xavier (a Novel by a Lady) by aesc. A Regency steampunk AU, fusion with Jane Eyre.
- A Curious Carriage of Crystal and Cold by Etharei (XMFC & XM Movie-verse, 2011). AU science-fiction novel.
- Nine Eleven Ten by Subtilior - WIP (XMFC, 2011-2012). AU dystopia epic.
- X Marks the Spot by thehoyden (XMFC, 2011). AU fusion with Indiana Jones set in 1962.
- Utopia by Takma'rierah. Post-XMFC dubcon fic in which Erik kidnaps Charles and takes over the world.
Fan Art
We Want the Same Thing, by brilcrist
Chess AU, by luminary1412
Charles & Erik, by loobeeinthesky
Meta
- Enemies: A Love Story by Alara Rogers for Ship Manifesto. (2004, covers all canons up to then).
Resources
- Erik Lensherr/Charles Xavier tag at AO3
- XMMF Magneto/Xavier tag at X-Men Movie Fic.
- Charles/Erik search at DeviantArt, mostly XMFC.
Communities
- Old Friends on LJ. All canons.
- Erik-Charles on LJ. X-Men: First Class
- CXE First Class on LJ. X-Men: First Class.
