Fic: The Getting of Magic (X-Men First Class/Harry Potter fusion) Master Post

[lilacsigil]

Title: The Getting of Magic
Fandom: X-Men First Class/Harry Potter
Written for: xmenbigbang
Characters: Charles Xavier, Erik Lehnsherr, Raven Darkholme, Moira MacTaggert, Albus Dumbledore, First Class ensemble, plus various X-Men comics and Harry Potter characters.
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 65,000
Content warnings: mentions of the Holocaust, Nazis, physical and emotional child abuse and period-appropriate language.
Author's Notes: Thanks to st_aurafina for an epic beta and to afrocurl for running the Big Bang comm and getting me to finish this fic!

With art by sunryder at AO3 or at tumblr.

Summary: It's September 1947 and Hogwarts is finally getting back to normal after the disruptions of the war against Grindelwald and the Muggle World War. Transfiguration teacher Albus Dumbledore has been searching for students who have missed out on starting at Hogwarts, such as Charles Xavier and his sister Raven who have been hiding in the US, and refugee Erik Lehnsherr. Grindelwald's supporters are still strong, though, and it's going to be a turbulent first year for Charles, Raven, Erik and their friends.

The Getting of Magic on AO3

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Epilogue

Comments

[vass]

First of all, that title! I see what you did there. :D

Second, WOW. This is definitely one I'm going to reread again and again.

I like the balance of OCs and canon characters from both canons, and how they interacted. That's a hard thing to get right, and you did it really well. I particularly loved Moira and Raven.

And the plot and setting were also strong. I liked the little details of magical items and spells.

And the ending was painful but right. That is what Erik would do.

[lilacsigil]

I hoped Australians would pick up on the title!

There were so many characters to pack in so I'm glad they came across well, and I loved writing Moira and Raven, who are both very fierce in their different ways. And I didn't think that even Dumbledore would be able to keep Erik at the school after what he did.

Thank you so much!