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With all that's going down this weekend between Communikey -- which is already well underway, and bringing a legion of talent to Boulder over the next three days -- Unified Field, the Sonic Bloom pre-party, Brown Suga Youth Fest, and the various other parties around town being hosted by DJ Mu$a, str ... More >>
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RJD2.Snowboard on the Rocks tonight at Red Rocks Amphitheatre will not only feature three world-premiere snowboard films, but also music by Michael Menert, Doomtree and RJD2. It's the perfect way to get ready for winter ... er, fall. (6 p.m., $25, all ages) And if snow sports aren't your thin ... More >>
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Nobody has to pay for tax cuts. They pay for themselves. They result in general prosperity which greatly increases tax revenues.
Reasonable tax cuts are a win, win management policy because they will also encourage local manufactures to stay home instead of running off to distant lands to avoid being taxed out of existence. Yes, the power to tax is the power to destroy.
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Yankees Rumors: Hughes, Jeter, Cano, Sabathia
There was talk earlier this year of the Yankees giving Phil Hughes a qualifying offer at the end of the season in order to either retain him or secure a draft pick in the event that he signed elsewhere. However, that ship has pretty much sailed at this point. "They may make a qualifying offer. And I may run for president," a rival GM told Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com last week. Here's more out of the Bronx..
- Many in baseball speculated that Derek Jeter would decline his $9.5MM option for 2014 and force the Yankees to give him a new deal, but a friend of the shortstop told Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News that he thinks he'll exercise the option and return with a sense of purpose. Feinsand notes that Jeter probably wouldn't have the public on his side as he did three years ago and, more importantly, no one is clamoring to give a 39-year-old shortstop more than $9.5MM.
- The Yankees want Robinson Cano back in pinstripes next season, but team president Randy Levine made it clear there's a limit as to how far they'll go. "[Cano] is a great player," Levine told Bloomberg Television, according to Feinsand. "We will sit down and talk to him. Hopefully he's a Yankee. Nobody is a re-sign at all costs, but we want him back and we feel good about negotiating something with him. But nobody is a re-sign at any cost."
- Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes that the Yankees can ill-afford to see CC Sabathia's regression to No. 4 starter come when he has at least three years and $76MM on his contract. The Yankees anticipated such an occurence might happen toward the end of his New York tenure but thought they'd have capable replacements in Michael Pineda, Dellin Betances and Manny Banuelos, but none have panned out. Their dearth of pitching talent clouds their goal of staying under the $189MM luxury tax threshhold, Sherman adds.
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AL East Notes: Jeter, Davis, Blue Jays, Orioles
Mariano Rivera's legendary career began on a humble note, as MLB.com's Adam Berry relates as part of the site's "42 Days Of Mo" series. Rivera's first contract with the Yankees netted him just a $3K bonus, and it didn't take long for the club to realize they may have had something special when Rivera allowed just one run over 52 rookie ball innings in 1990.
Here are some items from around the AL East…
- Even though Derek Jeter has spent almost the entire 2013 season on the DL, ESPN's Buster Olney (Insider subscription required) notes that the shortstop could have enough leverage to negotiate another multiyear deal from the Yankees this winter. Jeter has an $8MM player option that would net him $3MM from New York if he opts out.
- It seems unlikely that Rajai Davis will re-sign with the Blue Jays this winter, MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm writes as part of a reader mailbag piece. While Davis may not find a full-time job on the free agent market this winter, he should be able to find more playing time than he would in Toronto given the Jays' crowded outfield situation.
- Also from Chisholm, he notes Brett Cecil isn't likely to be converted back into a starter given his All-Star performance out of the bullpen this season. Munenori Kawasaki's presence on the Jays' Major League roster in 2014 is still up in the air and Brandon Morrow's health may be the key to Toronto's starting rotation next year.
- The Orioles have a number of options for their September call-ups, and MASNsports.com's Roch Kubatko gives his take on who the O's might add once the rosters expand on September 1.
- From earlier today in the AL East, the Red Sox called up Xander Bogaerts and released Jose Contreras and made a few other minor roster moves….we learned the Sox aren't pursuing Cuban shortstop Alexander Guerrero….Phil Hughes wants to remain a starting pitcher….the Yankees released Luis Cruz.
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AL East Links: A-Rod, Jeter, Ellsbury, Myers, Jones
According to a "60 Minutes" report, members of Alex Rodriguez's inner circle obtained unredacted Biogenesis documents in February and leaked the names of Ryan Braun, Francisco Cervelli and Danny Valencia (who was later cleared) to Yahoo Sports. Michael Radutzky of CBS News writes. Rodriguez talked to the media (including Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York) today and denied leaking the names of any fellow player, particularly his Yankee teammate Cervelli. The third baseman also warned that more details in the case would be made public in the coming days:
"You know, I've been a member of this union for 20 years, and it is important for all the guys to understand that my loyalty is to this union and it would never happen, it would never occur and it didn't happen. Let's make one thing clear: For the next seven weeks, it is going to be a very bumpy road. Every day expect a story like this, if not bigger."
Here are some more items from around the AL East…
- Given the uncertainty of Rodriguez's situation and Derek Jeter's health, the Yankees will need to explore alternatives at third base and shortstop this winter, Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes. Under Sherman's scenario, Jeter would play half his games at shortstop and the rest at first base or as the Yankees' primary DH against right-handers.
- As least 12 teams project to be suitors for Jacoby Ellsbury this winter, Fangraphs' Paul Swydan writes. The Red Sox are one of those teams, as "GM Ben Cherington isn't letting Ellsbury go without a fight," though Swydan notes that the Sox could be in a position crunch in left field (with Jackie Bradley, Daniel Nava and Jonny Gomes) if they re-sign both Ellsbury and Mike Napoli.
- The Rays still look like the winners of the Wil Myers/James Shields trade, despite the Royals' recent hot streak, Grantland's Rany Jazayerli opines.
- The hiring of Buck Showalter was the key move that turned the Orioles from also-rans into contenders, outfielder Adam Jones writes in a guest piece for Buster Olney's column (ESPN Insider subscription required).
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AL Notes: Jeter, Mills, Angels
A setback in Derek Jeter's ankle injury will keep the Yankees shortstop out until after the All-Star break, Mark Feinsand of New York Daily News reports. Jeter's doctor found a "small crack" near where Jeter's injury originally occurred. He will not need surgery as a result of the setback, but this news ensures that the Yankees' lineup will be without its highest-profile star, in a season in which the lineup has frequently been filled with new Yankees like Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, Brennan Boesch and Ben Francisco. Here are more notes from around the American League.
- Despite the news of Jeter's extended absence, the Yankees will stick with Eduardo Nunez and Jayson Nix at shortstop, GM Brian Cashman tells MLB.com's Bryan Hoch. Not only is it difficult to make trades early in the season, but Cashman says he feels Nunez and Nix have earned more playing time (although neither of them have an OPS higher than .603). "Those guys have done a nice job. They've earned the right, and regardless, this time of year is certainly going to be a factor in anything that happens," says Cashman.
- Now the third-base coach of the Indians, former Astros manager Brad Mills returns to Houston Friday night with no regrets, MLB.com's Brian McTaggart writes. Mills was fired last August 18. There's been plenty of roster turnover since then, and the Astros are also playing in a new league. "It's going to be different, no doubt," says Mills. "It's going to be fun to see some of the fans, fun to visit with some of the players and some of the workers there at the stadium, people you gain a relationship in three years."
- The Angels are off to a 4-10 start, but we shouldn't expect them to make a trade anytime soon, Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com writes. As MLBTR noted last week, it's difficult to make early-season trades (and Gonzalez notes that the Angels' trade for Ernesto Frieri in May 2012 was tricky). Also, the Angels would prefer to stay beneath the Competitive Balance Tax threshold, and that gives them little flexibility. "We put ourselves in this situation, and we have to figure out a way to get ourselves out," says Angels GM Jerry Dipoto.
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AL Notes: Yankees, Happ, Indians
The Yankees made some last minute moves this week when they traded for Vernon Wells and picked up the recently-released Lyle Overbay. Both Wells and Overbay have made the club along with Ben Francisco and Brennan Boesch, leaving Juan Rivera as the odd man out. Tbe first baseman/outfielder was cut loose, though he did cash in on a $100K retention bonus for staying on the roster beyond Tuesday's Article XX(B) deadline. Here's more from the Junior Circuit..
- It's time for the Yankees to start looking for a replacement for Derek Jeter, Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com writes. Eduardo Nunez, who is manning shortstop in Jeter's absence, is not a good solution for the long haul, Matthews argues, and Jeter's age and injury status are both worrisome. Matthews also suggests that the Yankees should have acquired Jose Reyes or Yunel Escobar in the offseason.
- Having gone in just days from being ticketed for Triple-A to being in the big-league rotation with a new contract extension, Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ is thrilled with his recent streak of good fortune, reports MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm. "It certainly has been a great few days," says Happ. "There was a long time before that where it wasn't quite as easy, but this kind of makes it all worth it."
- After his team's signings of Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn, GM Chris Antonetti hopes the Indians will snag a playoff spot, Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The organization felt it needed a splashy offseason to maintain the attention of its fanbase, Pluto writes. "There is risk whenever you make substantial investment," says Antonetti. "But for us, there was even more risk if we didn't."
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Quick Hits: Rivera, Jeter, Orioles, Harang
GM Brian Cashman explains how the Yankees nearly traded Mariano Rivera for shortstop Felix Fermin in spring of 1996, as noted by Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News. To describe the deal as "franchise-altering" would be an enormous understatement, since it would have affected not only Rivera but also then-rookie Derek Jeter.
Cashman, then an assistant GM, says that then-owner George Steinbrenner was concerned about entrusting Jeter with the starting shortstop job, and "it was a fight to convince The Boss to stand down" and avoid trading Rivera or Bob Wickman to the Mariners for Fermin. "And it wasn't because we knew what we had in Mo or Wickman," Cashman says. "It was, we had committed to go with young Jeter, and thankfully we didn't do that deal." As it turned out, Jeter won the 1996 AL Rookie of the Year award, Rivera finished third in Cy Young balloting, and the Yankees won their first World Series title since 1978. The Mariners, meanwhile, released Fermin in April, and he only ended up posting 19 more plate appearances in the majors. Here are more notes from throughout baseball.
- David Robertson tops the list of potential Yankees closer candidates once Rivera retires at the end of the season, Adam Berry of MLB.com reports. Joba Chamberlain and David Aardsma are also possibilities, Berry says. The Yankees have an entire year to choose a successor, however.
- The Orioles are on the lookout for catching depth, report Rich Dubroff of CSNBaltimore.com and Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports. Matt Wieters is, clearly, entrenched as Baltimore's starter, and Taylor Teagarden will likely serve as his backup, but the Orioles are concerned about their depth beyond those two. The only other catcher on their 40-man roster is Luis Exposito, although manager Buck Showalter is also curious about new addition Luis Martinez, who spent much of 2012 with the Rangers' Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock. With Wieters and several other options in the fold, it seems unlikely the O's will make a major move for a catcher, despite what Kubatko calls their "sloppy" play behind the dish this spring. Dubroff suggests that Eli Whiteside of the Rangers, Miguel Olivo of the Reds and Chris Snyder of the Nationals might be possibilities.
- The Dodgers' Aaron Harang says he isn't worried about rumors that he'll be traded, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com writes. "I don't even think about that," says Harang. "We know [scouts are] in the stands. I look at them as fans as well. I'm not worried about that." The Dodgers have a surplus of starting pitching, and Harang currently doesn't have a clear shot at a rotation job. The Brewers and Orioles could be potential suitors for Harang.
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AL East Notes: Red Sox, Ichiro, Jeter, Orioles
MLBTR's offseason in review series is just getting started, but the AL East is now complete. Click here to see how the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays and Orioles navigated their respective offseasons. Here are some more links from the division…
- The Red Sox aren't close to bumping up against MLB's luxury tax, as Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com shows. With commitments in the $163MM range, the Red Sox have $15MM separating them from the $178MM threshold.
- Ichiro Suzuki explained to Ken Davidoff of the New York Post that he wanted to re-sign with the Yankees because of the team's focused emphasis on winning. "Those are things that I wanted in a clubhouse and on a team, and I didn't know that it existed," Ichiro said. "I kind of had given up hope that I would find that ideal clubhouse, kind of how I felt how about a clubhouse should be. And I was able to find that last year, and that was here."
- In a video blog Davidoff explains that Brian Cashman's recent misadventure won't stop him from doing his job as the Yankees' general manager. Cashman broke his right fibula and dislocated his right ankle after jumping out of a parachute to raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project two days ago.
- Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner are among the ten most powerful people in baseball, Tom Verducci writes at SI.com. Commissioner Bud Selig tops Verducci's list.
- The Orioles like what they see from Jair Jurrjens this spring, Eduardo A. Encina of the Baltimore Sun reports. Jurrjens, who signed a minor league deal with Baltimore this past offseason, is one of 13 Orioles pitchers competing for a rotation spot this spring.
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AL East Notes: Jeter, Morse, Red Sox, Duquette
The Yankees could have another tricky negotiation with Derek Jeter on the horizon, writes Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York. Jeter is entering the last guaranteed year of his current deal and he holds a 2014 player option worth $9.5MM ($8MM in base salary plus $1.5MM that Jeter has thus far earned in incentives). If Jeter comes back from offseason ankle surgery and continues to hit well, the Yankee icon will surely be looking for a longer commitment beyond 2014. Knowing the Yankees' stance on extensions, however, I'd expect the team to not discuss another deal with Jeter until after the 2014 season, when Jeter will be 40 years old and the Bombers will have a better idea if their captain is worth another multiyear contract.
Here are the latest items from around the AL East…
- The Yankees have "nothing alive" with the Nationals in regards to a deal for Michael Morse, reports Chad Jennings of the LoHud Yankees blog (Twitter link). New York was one of several teams interested in Morse, who has been on the trade block since the Nats re-signed Adam LaRoche.
- In an interview on WEEI radio's Hot Stove Show (partial transcription from WEEI.com's Kirk Minihane), Red Sox GM Ben Cherington said that there is no news about the team and Mike Napoli. The Sox are continuing to talk with Napoli while also exploring other options at first base.
- Speaking of those first base options, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports that the Red Sox "have explored" signing Casey Kotchman and Nick Johnson and also checked in with the Mariners about a trade for Justin Smoak.
- The Orioles are looking for pitching depth as they head into Spring Training, executive VP Dan Duquette tells MLB.com's Brittany Ghiroli. Though the O's haven't made any major transactions this winter, Duquette believes his team has improved itself, though he did vaguely mention a few deals that didn't happen. "We looked around the industry for that middle-of-the-order bat," Duquette said. "There was one free agent that was a significant player. There have been some other players available in a trade that I'm not sure they were better than what we had, and the cost of the acquisition has been a little pricey for us."
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AL East Notes: Jeter, Yankees, Red Sox, Hamilton
Earlier today, the Blue Jays shipped catcher Yorvit Torrealba to the Brewers for cash considerations or a player to be named later. More out of the American League East..
- Derek Jeter says that suggestions that he wants to play elsewhere are "comical," and that he obviously wants to end career with the Yankees, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch (via Twitter). Yesterday, Jeter seemed to imply that he would be open to playing for another club once his contract expires. The shortstop is under contract for 2013 with an $8MM player option for '14.
- Most members of the Red Sox braintrust are keeping a close eye on whether the team will have a top-ten pick in this year's draft, writes Alex Speier of WEEI.com. Outside of the obvious benefits of having a higher pick, top ten selections are protected, giving the Red Sox flexibility in the event that they wanted to pursue a free agent such as Josh Hamilton. In the case of Hamilton, multiple sources say that Boston is unlikely to join the fray for the 31-year-old, which is in line with what has been previously reported.
- Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star isn't quite sure if Alex Anthopoulos is the General Manager to take the Blue Jays to the next level. However, Griffin believes that Anthopoulos is ready to do more traditional things this winter like signing short-term veteran free agents and packaging prospects to land one solid major league talent.
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Quick Hits: Upton, Greinke, Escobar, Managers
Stephen Strasburg may not be there, but the Nationals are going to the playoffs. The Nats clinched a postseason berth with tonight's 4-1 win over the Dodgers and now have a magic number of eight to clinch the NL East. This is the franchise's first postseason appearance since reaching the NLCS (as the Expos) in 1981, and the first time a Washington baseball team has made the postseason since the Senators played in the 1933 World Series.
Here's the latest from around the majors…
- Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic talks to several executives and scouts about Justin Upton's trade value, with the general consensus being that the Diamondbacks can still command a high price for the outfielder, though Upton's disappointing 2012 campaign has hurt his value. Opinion was split on whether the D'Backs or Rangers would have to add players in such a possible Upton-for-Elvis Andrus deal.
- Upton discusses his season, his career development and his feelings about the trade rumors in an extensive profile by Robert Sanchez of ESPN The Magazine.
- John Axford believes the Zack Greinke trade was the inspiration for the Brewers' surprising turn-around, reports MLB.com's Adam McCalvy. Since Greinke was dealt to the Angels on July 27, the Brewers have surged back into the NL wild card race with a 32-18 record, including today's win over the Pirates. "Personally, I thought it was going to be more motivation for certain guys," Axford said. "There wasn't ever a thought on this team that this was a lost season. It was disappointing for a while….But there's no guy on this team that's going to lie down and give up. It's shown recently."
- "The sense now is that some teams would still be willing to take [Yunel Escobar] on provided he delivers a proper penance first," writes Sportsnet.ca's Shi Davidi. Escobar is scheduled to return on Friday from his three-game suspension for wearing eye black that contained a homophobic slur. This incident could spur Escobar's departure from Toronto, especially since the Blue Jays have promising shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria waiting in the wings.
- ESPN's Jim Bowden lists ten of the top managerial candidates, a compilation that includes nine men who have never managed at the Major League level and two-time World Series winner Terry Francona. Two names on Bowden's list (Tim Bogar and Dave Martinez) are reportedly the top candidates to become the Astros' new manager.
- Jim Thome's quest for a World Series ring has surprisingly taken him to the Orioles instead of the Phillies, writes MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince, but the slugger has dropped hints that 2012 may not be his last season.
- Derek Jeter told ESPN's Rick Reilly (passed on by Anthony McCarron of the New York Daily News) that he would potentially be open to playing for a team besides the Yankees once his current contract expires. "Well, if I wanted to keep playing, yes," Jeter said. "It's a business. People forget that." Jeter is under contract through the 2013 season with an $8MM player option for 2014; the shortstop turns 40 years old in June 2014.
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L2 Motivation and Personality as Predictors of the Second Language Proficiency: Role of the Big Five Traits and L2 Motivational Self System
This study examined the predictability of the L2 proficiency by personality and L2 motivational self system variables among 141 Iranian EFL university students. Participants completed Transparent Bipolar Inventory (Goldberg, 1992) as a personality measure, L2 motivational self system (Papi, 2010), and a self-rated measure of second language proficiency. Regression analyses showed that extroversion and openness to experience accounted for 13% of the variance in L2 proficiency; and ideal L2 self and L2 learning experience accounted for 35% of the variance in L2 proficiency. Further, extroversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, and openness explained 25% of the variance of in ideal L2 self; neuroticism and conscientiousness explained 24% of the variance in ought-to L2 self; and conscientiousness and extroversion explained 26% of the variance in L2 learning experience. Hierarchical regressions also showed that L2 motivation is a more powerful predictor of L2 proficiency.
Key words: Second language proficiency; Big Five traits; Ideal L2 self; Ought to L2 self; L2 learning experience; Motivation
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{croissants on a friday morning}
Friday 23rd July, 2010
by Roséline
. . . has only been a little while since our last breakfast in paris, but any time away from paris is far too long and while we may not be having our croissants and café au lait in the jardin du luxembourg this beautiful summer morning, we will be packing our weekend carryalls for a little time away . . .
{p.s.} don' you just adore the rhinestone detail against the wicker?
{one last thing:} weekend wishes & links to follow xo
{images:1 – taverne agency via living art interiors; 2 – heather bullard; 3 – oliveaux}
Paris is my wedding inspiration, and I'm loving the idea of chocolate croissants and cafe au lait for dessert! Oh yea, and I totally adore the rhinestone on wicker too.
What an ideal breakfast spot
Love Paris, rhinestone sparklers, and croissants! This post is a slice of heaven!
xx Vivian @ http://diamondsandtulle.blogspot.com
ughhhhh! I love everything about Paris its so amazing
I've just returned from a blissful vacation myself, but one look at this post makes me want to getaway all over again! Have a beautiful weekend. xo
This looks so serene and fabulous. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
Love all of this!!!!! I just wish I could smell it!!!!!!! Rhinestones and wicker…works for me. Maryanne
This is glamorous indeed – and so Paris! Oh, how i miss walking the streets of Paris, watching the french people eat with such intensity and delight, and eat sth. myself, or just have some fresh bread from that basket … have a great time away
gorgeous – instantly gets me into a weekend mood
I'm ready for breakfast in Paris ANY DAY!!!
Ah, Paris!! Count me in!
Fresh Croissants from Paris? My oh my, I can't think of a better way to start the day!
xo tash
this balcony looks incredibly cozy…
yes, love the rhinestone detail! happy friday! xo
Mmmmm. That by far is my favorite breakfast! Croissant and Cappuccino. Even better if it's pain au chocolat.
Yes I want to be in Paris!!!
Just looking at the pictures, I think I can smell the coffee and freshly baked baguettes. I'd like to stay there and have breakfast all day.
The rhinestone detail – perfection – only in Paris!
That last image, especially, has me longing for a peaceful, beautiful, delicious morning like that! Have a wonderful weekend!
Beautiful photography! I would love to have a dreamy breakfast in Paris someday.
wah, this just made me so nostalgic. i spent 10 days in paris last summer at a hotel next to the jardin du luxembourg and ate pain au chocolat for breakfast every morning. i miss it soo much!
Breakfast in Paris sounds delightful – it couldn't happen again soon enough. And to then stroll through any of the many jardins – oh heaven. Lovely post. =)
Lovely post and lovely thought. I love the rustic baskets with bread piled in there! Really classy.
Oui, oui j'adore!
the rhinestone detail is fabulous and delicate
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According to a friend's recommendation, I watched "Becoming Jane" tonight. The film, as listed on IMDB, is a biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman Mr. Tom Lefroy.
I am not an avid reader to Jane Austen's work. At least not yet. I was introduced to her only a month ago through the 2005 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" by Keira Knightley. Since then however, I've been charmed by the world she creates. Perhaps it's inevitable that everyone-who-reads will fancy Austen's writings once in a lifetime at the very least. And although, as I mentioned, I have only seen and read one novel of hers, but she struck me with how eloquently she wrote about this part of us we try to hide, despite our wishes for someone to observe and admire.. just the way we are..
Back to "Becoming Jane", I must say that I was taken by surprise. The film is sadly ironic. I never thought that the person, who wrote profoundly about love, was deeply wounded in her life time. It raised an old question of mine which is if, it's been universally acknowledged that, life doesn't have happy endings, then why do novels have? And why does living in this part of the world indispensably mean never to have similar stories in life even with sad endings?..
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* The title was said by Mr. Wisley in the film. And though it may not be relevant, I still wanted to use it as a title for this post.


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The Truth0 Reviews
Takes place 2 years after Apocalypse, 1 year after the Phoenix. The mutant problem has grown and a obscure general named William Stryker thinks he has a solution. Has Scott/Jean, Wanda/Kurt, Kitty/...
Chapter 20: The Truth
"Yes Wanda...I know what Pietro was trying to say," answered Eric Magnus Lensherr to his daughter as took a deep breath in preparation for what he was about to do.
"Well...What was it? What was making him sound so distressed?" asked Wanda, eager to find out what had been causing these incoherent flashes that had been plaguing her for years now.
Magneto then turned to Jean, who was standing behind them...Completely unaware of what they were talking about or what was even going on for that matter. She had only recently come back from the rescue mission with Scott and hadn't been told all that much of what happened in the base while she was away. But something told her...She was about to find out.
"Jean...Are you ready?" asked Eric looking about as nervous as Wanda.
Jean simply nodded and stepped forwards as the master of magnetism took one last look at his daughter's innocent face...The face that was formed by an elaborate illusion that he ordered. He knew that once this was done...He may loose his daughter forever. Pietro had already made it clear that he hated him after what he put him through...And once Wanda knew the truth there would be no going back.
"What...Why is Jean here? What's going on?" asked Wanda, now feeling all the more confused.
"Wanda...My little girl...You know how much I love you and your brother," said Eric, feeling as though he should speak his final peace now or never, "I...Know I never showed it enough. I know I was never there when I should have been...But just know that...You and Pietro mean everything to me. I've been such a fool in the past...Fighting battles with the world when I should have been fighting battles with myself. I'm an old...Undeserving man of such children. And looking at you know...You remind me so much of your mother that I...I feel as though I can still be with her even though she's gone. You and Pietro have given me a lot...And I have never given anything back. I guess...What I'm trying to say is...I'm sorry Wanda...I'm so sorry."
Wanda was actually shocked to see tears forming in her father's eyes...And somewhat scared at what he may be implying. The young woman swallowed hard...Not at all liking where this was going. She didn't know what he could mean by such words...She didn't know why he was pouring his heart. She had to know...Why was he doing this?
"Father...What are you trying to say?" asked Wanda, now feeling her emotions take hold as the sight of tears in her father's eyes put a strain on her control.
"What I'm trying to say Wanda is...I want you to know the truth," answered Eric as he continued to struggle with such pent up feelings, "I've lied to you...I've lied to Pietro. And I've decided...That I'm through lying. I know that...You may hate me once all is said in done...But even if you do...Please, remember that I'll always love you as my children..."
The time had finally come...Magneto gave one last signal to Jean, who was the only one in the room completely in the dark. But something told her...She was about to find out. Taking a deep breath, she approached Wanda and placed both hands on her temples. The confused Scarlet Witch didn't know what to do...But she didn't fight it. Something inside her...Told her that she would soon have the answers that she had been seeking.
Jean began to concentrate and use her telepathy to probe Wanda's mind. She went slow at first...But quickly discovered the blocks that Magneto had been talking about. There were indeed quite a few of them...Most of which spanned back the vast majority of her life. All these blocks were placed in the memory section of her mind...What could they be suppressing? The blocks were not extremely advanced, but not the simplest either. However, her telepathic abilities were definitely strong enough mainly because of the surge in power that she obtained after the Phoenix incident. But still...She hesitated...Not knowing what she would find. But...Being that it was now or never and Magneto seemed somewhat determined to have it done...Jean began to remove the blocks.
One by one...The powerful suppression's of old memories began to quickly overtake the fake ones that had been put outside the blocks. Jean saw some of the images...They were horrifying...Terrifying...Full of so much sadness, loneliness, and anger. As more blocks fell...More images came forth. Some were images Wanda had never even seen before...Some images were pent up emotions...But they all had one thing in common...Magneto was the source. Once the final block had been removed Wanda's entire mind began to shutter violently. Jean quickly pulled out...Only to hear Wanda let out a single agonizing scream that echoed through the room as she fell to the floor, clutching her head.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" she cried with unparalleled emotion as she fell to the floor.
Jean fell back towards the door where she quickly made her way out to tell the others what had happened while Magneto quickly rushed to her side.
"Wanda?! Wanda, are you alright?"
But before Eric could get any closer...Wanda got up from the floor and looked back at him with an overwhelming expression of rage on her face.
"You..." said the Scarlet Witch angrily with glowing eyes, "IT WAS YOU! Those weren't nightmares! They were MEMORIES! You threw me away! You let those monsters take me away and stick me in a hole for years!!!"
Seeing so much rage in Wanda's eyes, Magneto bowed his head in defeat...For he had been all too right in assuming his daughter's reactions.
"Yes...I did...And I'm sorry," said Magneto in a deep tone of remorse.
"YOU'RE SORRY?!" bellowed Wanda as the whole room began to shake violently, "You think that's enough to undo all the pain you and Pietro put me through!?"
"Pietro had nothing to do with it..." said Eric as her powers grew increasingly volatile, "I...Forced him to go along with it. It was all my doing...If you should direct you're rage towards anyone...It should be me."
Wanda clenched her fists in rage as she looked at the man that had hurt her so much in her life. He had thrown her...His own daughter...Away into an insane asylum. She was forced to live in a cold, dark room where people treated her like an animal. Every last memory was all too clear at this point...It hurt so much to think about after being suppressed all these years. Tears of sadness and anger streamed down the young woman's face as her powers continued to simmer...Ready to unleash her full rage upon her father.
"You did it all...To me...Your own daughter!" yelled Wanda in a fit of agony, "What kind of monster are you?! YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER! I don't have a father anymore! You're just a monster now! A beast! No better than the one that murdered all my friends!!! I hate you! You deserve to die!"
Eric shut his eyes as he tried not to look at the pain in Wanda's eyes as she spoke to him with such rage. Every last venomous word stung so hard that no physical pain that Wanda could inflict would ever amount to it. Now his daughter...The last piece of his dead wife...Hated him. And it was all his fault.
"I know...I have no excuses for what I did to you," said the master of magnetism in a deep, solemn tone, "It took me years to see the error of my ways...And no words in existence could ever describe the regret I feel for doing such a horrible thing. I deserve whatever punishment you choose to inflict upon me...And I'm not going to fight against it...Not anymore. But I'm a different man now Wanda...I've changed since that day..."
"BULLSHIT! YOU NEVER CHANGE! You've always been the same, sadistic monster! You'll NEVER change!" bellowed Wanda, the intensity of her powers growing to even greater levels.
"You're wrong Wanda...People can change," said Eric, now knowing the answer now more clearly than ever, "Two years ago...I was forced to see how much I had hurt everybody in life because I was just too selfish and sadistic. I saw how much I hurt you...Your brother...Everybody. And it's haunted me ever since...I cannot sleep...I cannot dream...I cannot even think straight anymore without thinking about the horrors that I committed. So please...Wanda...My beloved daughter...Do what you may now. I am ready...To accept it."
Eric Magnus Lensherr closed his eyes as Wanda raised her glowing hand towards him...Preparing to hex him into oblivion. There was nothing stopping her...He wasn't going to fight her. All it would take...Is one single command...And it would be done. But as Wanda stood ready to exact the revenge that she had started...More images from the asylum haunted her mind...More feelings of pain and agony...But at the same time, she remembered her father's words. She remembered his desperate words before he unveiled the truth to her...Knowing how angry she would be.
Then...As she pointed her hand at her father...Something began to happen. Her hand began to shake...She felt herself unable to strike him. She wanted to...So badly. She wanted to blow him away...Send him to hell where he wouldn't hurt her or anyone else in this world ever again...But she couldn't. Tears were now streaming down her face uncontrollably as she struggled to gain control of herself. One part of her wanted to blow him away...The other didn't...It was a truly epic struggle within the young woman...Until finally...She broke down...For she couldn't do it.
Another agonizing scream echoed through the room as Magneto found his body flung out the door. Wanda quickly locked herself in with her powers and let out a cry of agonizing emotion.
Eric looked back at the now sealed door in amazement...For she hadn't gone through with it. She didn't strike him down like he knew she wanted to. He was still alive...She wasn't able to go through with it. Had his desperate words gotten through to her? Another round of Wanda's agonizing cries echoed through the door and burned their way into his mind. He could do nothing but sit there dazed...Confused...And unable make sense out of what had just happened. But there was no going back now. Wanda hated him...Pietro hated him...And he was sure that Magda now hated him as she looked down from heaven upon his pitiful disposition on the floor. A man once dead of all emotion...Was now drowning in it. He felt so much sorrow, remorse, and hatred for himself. His resolve was now in shambles...Whatever fire burned within him was now extinguished. It was over now...He had lost.
Hanging his head low, Eric slowly got up and headed towards the elevator. As he past the living area...He was met with the bewildered gazes of the others. Scott, Jean, Kurt, Kitty, Mystique, Alex, and Piotr were all looking at him with unequaled amounts of shock. It was clear that Jean must have told them...And from the looks of it...They were pretty disgusted. But this did not matter anymore...Magneto was beyond caring. He truly couldn't sink any lower at this point. His pain had numbed him from anyone else's opinion on him. He knew what they probably thought of him now...And they had every right to do so. He couldn't say any longer...He couldn't face them anymore.
"Mr. Lensherr wait!" said Kitty as she went to follow him towards the elevator.
"Let him go Kitty..." said Piotr, holding her back, "Whatever suffering that man is feeling...He brought it upon himself."
Kitty responded by angrily shaking the Russian mutant's hand off and shoving it back.
"How can you say that?!" said Kitty angrily, "How can you say that to somebody who is obviously in a lot of pain?!"
"You don't know him..." said Peter in a tone that seemed somewhat urging of her not to go up and confront this man, "You have no idea the sins that he's committed!"
However...Those words didn't do a thing to stop Kitty's resolve.
"You're right Peter...I don't know him!" responded Kitty in a stern tone, "But no way am I just going to sit by while he suffers like that! He helped us find this place! He helped save Alex! It doesn't matter how many bad things he's done in the past...What matters is whether or not he truly is sorry for them!"
"Katya...That man is full of lies and deceit and..."
"How do you know?!" shot Kitty sternly, "You're not even willing to give him a chance! I know you hate him for what he's put your family through...But didn't he say he was sorry? Didn't he try to atone for it? What good is feeling remorse if nobody believes you?! Did you ever think of that?! He's been saying he's sorry since he got here...And not once has anyone actually said that they forgive him! It may be his fault he ended up like this...But it's going to be our fault if he falls back into his old ways!"
And with that, Kitty Pryde stomped off to follow Magneto before Piotr could even utter another word. He looked back at her with complete shock...Not at all understanding how anybody could have compassion for such a monster. It was truly shocking to see that caring young girl go after such a heinous man...And it was even more shocking to see that she was willing to forgive him for what he had done. Her actions perplexed the strong Russian to no end...Leaving him nearly at a loss for words.
"How can she do it? How can she feel compassion for a man who has committed so many sins?"
"Did you listen to anything she just said Peter? Did you ever consider that maybe...She really is willing to forgive?" answered Scott, who had long known the extent of her character and her compassion towards others that Colossus seemed to be slow on picking up.
Piotr didn't say another word...He was only left to think about what Kitty had said in her blind rage. Everybody there hadn't expected something like this...Hell they never expected to be suck in such a situation to begin with. But here they were...In the midst of a truly catastrophic breakdown with Magneto and his children. The attacks on their homes were now compounded with this problem...And both seemed equally helpless.
Kurt heard another cry come from Wanda's room and he turned towards the hall. But once again...His mother stopped him cold in his tracks.
"Kurt wait..." urged Mystique, not wanting him to get hurt around Wanda in her volatile state.
However, her words fell on deaf ears...For Kurt was already gone.
The young blue mutant soon found himself outside of Wanda's room. The surrounding area was still shaking from the extreme emotional distress that fueled Wanda's powers. However, this did not dissuade Kurt in the slightest as he heard the Scarlet Witch's pained sobs through the door. Knowing how much more it would hurt if she lost total control, Kurt frantically knocked on the door in an effort to get her to let him in. But given how she was feeling right now...That would be a remote possibility at best.
"Vanda? Vanda it's me!" said Kurt as he knocked feverishly on the door to the young woman's room.
There was no response...The area continued to shake and Kurt almost lost his balance at one point as Wanda let out a particularly fierce sob. Again, Kurt knocked...Hoping that he could do at least something to calm this girl down. It was clear that she was in pain...And the more she cried, the more it engraved itself into Kurt's mind. He couldn't stand hearing such agony from a girl that truly didn't deserve it. He kept trying...Praying that Wanda would hear him out.
"Vanda...Please. Don't do this to yourself...Vhatever is going on, please let me help you! You don't have to be alone! I don't want you to be alone! Please..."
After a few tense moments...The shaking died down and Kurt breathed a sigh of relief. But no sooner had he done so, did he hear a rather harsh voice respond to his desperate pleas.
"Go...Away!" said a stern voice brimming with sadness and anger.
Kurt let out a frustrated groan as he tried to knock again. He refused to leave when she was in so much pain, but at the moment she was adamant about refusing any help whatsoever. But Kurt didn't want that. He was an X-man...And X-men don't give up. He knew that it was the worst possible action to leave Wanda to herself to suffer alone at a time like this. She needed help...But not just sympathy...She needed understanding. Few people truly understood this girl...But Kurt felt that he may be one of those few. In getting to know her since their initial meeting, he had found that he could relate to her in a way that he could never do so with anybody. And if anyone should help her through this tumultuous time...He should. Kurt felt he owed her as much.
"No Vanda...I'm not leaving," said Kurt with a determined tone, "Not vhen a friend is suffering so much. I don't vant you to be alone for this! I can help you! Please...I don't vant to see you suffer! Nobody here wants that. Ve are all your friends Vanda...Please don't shut us out...Please don't shut me out. Please..."
Kurt's words were on the verge of begging Wanda not to let herself sink any further into her own world of pain. It was a pit that Kurt knew all too well how hard it was to get out of. Now, he could do nothing other than hold his breath and wait for Wanda to make her choice. Kurt could only pray that he had gotten through to her...He could only hope that she would accept their help. They were all still in this together...And if they were to survive with one another, they had to help one another.
Finally...After several tense moments...Kurt saw the glowing around the door cease and the shaking gradually began to wane. Now, the door was open and Kurt was allowed too step in. But whatever had caused Wanda to lose it like this...It was obvious that it couldn't have been pleasant. However, Kurt pushed such worries to the back of his mind for the time being as he anxiously stepped into the room.
Kurt slowly entered the room and found the traumatized young woman sitting on her bed in total darkness hugging her knees and crying her heart out. Her sobs were a harsh mixture of pain, anger, isolation, and bitterness over what she had just learned. Kurt gently shut the door behind him and kept the lights off...Not wanted to overwhelm her any more than she already was. She looked like she was in so much pain now...And it was a truly awful sight to see such a girl suffering. She had already lost her home, her friends, and had nearly watched her brother die. Now, she knew the truth about her father and what he did to her as a child...Now, she knew all about his lies. Nothing could've hurt more now...But she had let Kurt in because she truly didn't have the strength to tell him off anymore. She was beyond normal thinking at this point...Everything was in ruins...Nothing was whole anymore in the world of Wanda Maximoff.
"Vanda...Please...It's okay now," coaxed Kurt as he slowly made his way towards her and sat next to her on the bed.
"No it's not..." said Wanda bitterly through her sobs, "You don't know...How could anybody know?! Everything I once knew...Were lies...All lies..."
"Vhat vere lies? Vanda...Vhat did you're father tell you? Vhat is it that is causing you so much pain?"
"Why should I tell you?" responded the distraught girl bitterly.
"Because I'm your friend...Ve are all your friends Vanda," coaxed Kurt as he moved in closer to her, unafraid of her powers, "Me, Scott, Jean, Kitty, my mother...Ve all care about you...You're brother cares about you. Ve don't vant to see you like this...Ve vant to help."
"I don't want anybody's help! I don't need their pity!" shot Wanda as her powers started to make the room shake again.
Kurt quickly placed a gentle hand on her shoulder to help the shaking stop, but Wanda was still sobbing uncontrollably.
"Wanda...Please don't do this..." begged Kurt, trying desperately not to lose this girl to her own emotions, "I don't want to see you like this...Please...Let me help you. I may be able to understand if you just give me a chance..."
"How can you understand?!" cried the Scarlet Witch in agony, not believing in him one bit, "How can ANYBODY understand?!"
"Because you and I have been through the same things...Ve have gotten through this attack together. I've come to know you...I've come to...Like you. You understand me Vanda...Now just let me understand you..."
Wanda Maximoff couldn't keep herself from crying...But as she slowly raised her head and met the eyes of the boy that had saved her brother's life...She saw his compassion and worry. His gaze was gentle and even somewhat soothing to her as tears continued to stream down her face uncontrollably. Then, she felt Kurt slowly wipe the tears from her face in a kind and soft manner that was filled with his kindness and compassion.
"It'll be okay Vanda...You are strong enough to handle this. I know you are...Now please...Let me help you..."
Wanda felt her body collapse into Kurt's waiting arms as she let out another round of heart wrenching sobs. They were very difficult for Kurt to listen to...But he knew that she had to let it out. And all he could do at this point...Was hold her closely to him...Soothing her pain as best he could.
Wanda didn't know how to explain it...Nor did she really have a desire to...But hearing Kurt's gentle words and seeing the worry in his eyes made her feel...Warm inside. It helped calm her when she had been so close to completely losing altogether. This was the boy that had saved her brother's life...This was the boy that helped her feel strong in her darkest hour. Maybe...He could understand what she was going through. Maybe...He could relate to her suffering. But the more she held it in...The worse it hurt. She couldn't take it anymore...It was time...To tell him what had happened to her all those years ago.
Magneto...The master of magnetism and arguable one of the most powerful mutants on the face of the planet...Was at a total loss. Here he was...Hallow and alone...Now and forever. He had just revealed the horrible truth his daughter...He had just told her about the way he had thrown her away as a child simply because she was too hard to control. Now...She hated him...Pietro hated him...He hated himself...What more could he do now? Did he have anything left in this world worth fighting for? Did he have anything left in this world worth LIVING for? How could he call himself a superior being when he couldn't even do something as basic as love his children? How could he ever go back and undo so many mistakes?
Eric Magnus Lensherr simply sat on a rock outside the base and stared off into space...Not looking at anything in particular...Just staring. The night was quiet...The air was crisp and clear...But it may as well have been on another planet to Magneto. He was cut off from everything now...Unable to focus on anything else except what had just happened. When he first found his kids while escaping from the military...He felt a feeling unlike anything he thought he could possibly feel. The way Wanda embraced him...The way he actually shed tears while holding her...It was truly a feeling he never wanted to let go. But he had...And there was no turning back now. What's done is done. And the worst part of this whole thing was...He brought this all upon himself.
"Now what do I do?" asked Eric into the night, as if the world itself could give him answers, "Everything's gone...I threw it all away. Now what?"
It was a question that he struggled to comprehend. But no matter how hard he tried to use his keen, cultured intellect...He could not even begin to answer this most profound of questions. For so many years...Eric thought that he knew the answers to his primary problems in life. He thought he knew his purpose...But now more than ever, he knew that he had just been deluding himself all these years simply because he was too afraid and embittered by his own selfish notions. Was this it? Was this how his story would end? This tragedy...This hopelessness...Was this how his life was to end? Was there truly no going back? No answers came...And he knew that there was no chance of him finding such answers on his own anymore. But whether he liked it or not...He was alone now...Hated by humans, other mutants, and even his own children. He never thought it could hurt so much...But it did.
Eric was so lost in his solemn thoughts that he didn't notice somebody coming up from behind him. He was more or less a statue at this point...Stuck in his own mind. But he was soon brought out of his demeanor by the sound of a single voice.
"Mr. Lensherr?"
Magneto nearly jumped at the sudden sound of the voice, but it did bring him back to Earth in a sense. He saw that the source of the voice was none other than that of young Kitty Pryde. She was the sweet, innocent girl who had grown up lucky and privileged...Only to have her world changed by the fact that she was a mutant.
"Ms. Pryde...What is it that you want?" said Eric in a rather dark tone.
At first, Kitty hesitated somewhat in answering because it was obvious that this man was not in the best of moods. But still...She persisted. Even if this was the man once believed to be the X-men's arch enemy...She would press on.
"I don't want anything..." answered the young valley girl, "I just wanted to come up and see why you looked so distraught a moment ago."
"And why would you want to know that?" said Magneto in a rather unbelieving tone.
"Well...I'm worried about you and Wanda, that's all.
"Worried? About me? Why should any of you be worried?" said Magneto, sounding somewhat cynical upon hearing this.
"Why not? I mean...Wanda, like, completely broke down and you, like, came out looking as though somebody had just hit you with a baseball bat."
It was a rather mundane observation...But it was one that Eric couldn't deny. Why this sweet young girl, whom should be disgusted with him by all means, actually went so far to say that she was worried about him was beyond even his comprehension.
"It's rather complicated..." said Magneto with a solemn sigh, knowing that this girl would have probably kept on pressing if he didn't tell her, "You and the others shouldn't concern yourselves with such matters."
"Well...Why shouldn't we? I mean...It looked pretty bad...For the both of you," responded Kitty.
This just caused Eric to let out another exasperated sigh of frustration...Not so much at Kitty, but more at why on Earth wanted to talk to him about this.
"Ms. Pryde..." began Eric rather sternly.
"Kitty...My name is Kitty," said the young woman, not at all seeming afraid of this man and his harsh tone.
"Kitty..." said Eric, actually managing to somewhat calm his voice upon hearing the young woman's response, "What happened with me and Wanda is a matter that you best no delve into. I do not wish to talk about it...I do not wish to think about it...And I do not wish for you to bother me about it."
"Then why are you, like, sulking here all alone like someone just shot you in the foot?" quipped Kitty.
Normal logic would have told anybody not to go any further with such a dangerous man as Magneto. But for Kitty Pryde...She had already faced down the military, watched her home go up in flames, and seen the dead bodies of many of her good friends. At this point...She was beyond fearing mundane things. And looking at Magneto...He looked a bit like the man she knew and someone she had never met before. The look on his face was a mixture of sadness and anger. It was true that he was lost and alone...Full of unabated remorse and uncertainty. Magneto didn't know what was driving this young girl to talk to him of all people or why she even bothered. But at this point...He more or less stopped trying to answer questions that had no simple answers.
"Kitty...Please...Just leave me alone," said Magneto, now sounding less angry and more solemn as he just looked back out over the lake.
As much as he hoped for her to heed his words...Kitty Pryde did not leave. Instead, she just made her way over towards the rock he was sitting on and took a seat next to him. It was not the action Magneto had hoped for. What could this young girl, who grew up in a completely different world, possibly have to say about his problems?
"I'm sorry Mr. Lensherr...But I just can't do that," said Kitty.
"Can't do it? What's so hard about leaving me to suffer that which I so rightfully deserve?" asked Eric in an increasingly frustrated and bitter tone.
"That's just it...Leaving someone when they're sulking in so much sorrow just isn't my style. My conscious would nag me for days on end if I didn't do something...So for now, let's just say I'm saving myself the trouble," answered Kitty, managing to smile in hopes of lightening the mood.
"Don't talk to me about a nagging conscious..." quipped Magneto, "I have enough troubles at this point."
"Well...Why is that? What's bugging your conscious so much that you just ran out of the base and propped yourself up here?"
Magneto just shook his head in greater frustration. Couldn't this girl take a hint already?
"Why do you care?" asked Magneto, who didn't seem to be capable of even beginning to comprehend this young girl's reasons for wanting to know, "Do you not even remember who I am? I'm Magneto...The opposition to the X-men, the man who exposed you all to the world, and one responsible for Apocalypse's release."
"I remember..." answered Kitty, still not fazed by the old man's words, "I know what you've done...But that really doesn't mean that I know who you are."
Eric shifted his gaze back towards the young girl, still unable to grasp the full meaning behind Kitty Pryde's words. He has faced a similar dilemma earlier with Scott Summers, but he was no closer to the answers now than he was then.
"Professor Xavier told us all a little about you Mr. Lensherr," Kitty went on to say, "He told us how you two used to be friends...Good friends really. You both shared the same dream at one point. He even told us how you nearly became the co-founder of the Institute."
"Charles told you all this?" said Magneto, somewhat surprised that his old friend was still not willing to consider him an enemy even after everything he had put him and his students through.
"Yeah, he had a pretty large collection of stories about you two working together with trauma victims, studying mutation in college, and preaching peace in war torn regions. I have to say that I didn't believe it at first...Hell, I don't think anybody did, but the Professor insisted that he spoke the truth and that was good enough for me."
Magneto was silent for a moment...Trying to take in what this young girl was telling him. He and Charles did at one point share the dreams of peace that his X-men fought so hard for. Working with him had been one of the brighter points in his otherwise dark life. But there were just so many complications that led him down to path to where he was now...And he wasn't sure that anyone could ever fully understand why he ended up like this.
"Well...Xavier was not lying. In all the years I knew him...I found Xavier to be a lot of things...But a liar wasn't one of them."
"So it is true!" said Kitty, with a smile upon hearing confirmation of what she and the others had found so unbelievable after all these years.
"Yes...Charles and I did share the same dream...But that was a long time ago. A lot of things...Changed over a short period of time. Many complications...Tore apart our once mutual goal."
"And that's usually where the Professor stops talking," said Kitty, now showing a great deal of curiosity upon hearing that Magneto had in fact been a man of peace long ago, "So many times...The rest of the team asked him what happened to make you so...Angry at the world. I, for one, made my share of attempts to find out. But every time I asked him...He would always say that...It was too hard to talk about. And that as hard as your falling out with him...He still wanted to respect your wishes and keep certain things private."
"You mean he never told anybody?" asked Eric, sounding both surprised and relieved that his old friend had loyally kept his secrets from anybody.
"Nope...Never," confirmed Kitty, "I guess...That's why I'm here now. Because I want to know...What happened to you Mr. Lensherr? What gave rise to Magneto...And killed off the man that the Professor had befriended? I don't, like, get it...But whatever it was...It must have been horrible."
Magneto then chose to divert his gaze away from the young girl once again, not wanting to go through some of the memories that had haunted him for so many years now. But...He could tell that this girl wanted some answers. And after what he had put her and the X-men through...He felt as thought they deserved as much from him...Now that he was a mere empty shell of a man.
"It was..." he finally answered after a brief silence, "Years ago...While Charles and I were working together in the Balkans with victims of the constant civil wars over there...An event...One so horrible...Forever changed my life. One day...One moment...I remember it so clearly. That day...That moment...Was when Eric Lensherr died...And Magneto was born."
"What was it?" asked Kitty intently, now so eager to know the answer.
"It was my wife...Magda...And an infant Wanda and Pietro," said Magneto as he bowed his head solemnly and found himself pouring out the truth despite the horrors of such a memory, "While in the hospital that Charles and I were working at...We received urgent news that rebel soldiers from the mountains had garrisoned certain sections of the village and nationalist soldiers from the state were storming the area in an effort to weed them out. That village...Was where my wife and children lived. Charles and I quickly ran to find and protect the innocent people of the village...But there was so little time. The soldiers...Were on a campaign of brutality...Torture...Rape...You name it. We both tried to do what we could to save the people...But in the end...I had to use my powers to purge the city of the soldiers. I had to expose myself as a mutant in order to save lives...But it came with a most dire price."
"Oh no...What happened then?" asked Kitty, who could only begin to imagine the horror that must have followed for it to be so hard for him to talk about.
"I had saved the village...But everybody knew that I was a mutant now. Everybody was afraid of me. And I had already been called many things in life...Street trash...Orphan boy...Filthy Jew...But now I had freak of nature added to the mix. I tried to plead my case to the people and Charles tried to help me. But in the end...Their intolerance was just too great to handle. And in the time I had used up to plead with the villagers that I was not a monster...A lynch mob formed near my home. Angry villager...Driven by hate and fear of the power that I had used to SAVE them...Took it out on my family instead of me. I...Tried to get there in time to save them...But I was a mere second too late. They set fire to my house with my wife and children still inside. The screams...The hatred...The sheer terror of such a sight was...Too much for me to bear. I got them out...But Magda had shielded the children with her body...Causing irreparable wounds that led her to die right there in my arms...Right before my very eyes."
Eric soon found himself unable to go any further as he felt tears forming in his eyes. Every time he closed them...He could see the final expression on Magda's face as the life drained from her body. The look on her eyes...The smell of death...There were just no words to describe such a horror.
"Oh my God..." said Kitty as she covered her mouth in shock at what she had just heard, "That is so sad...No wonder you were so angry. I...I had no idea."
"Well now you know..." said Eric in a low, nearly inaudible tone, "That...Was when Eric Lensherr died. Now...The man you see before you is nothing...Nobody. My heart is gone...My soul is gone...Everything is gone. My human side died that fateful day in the Balkans...Magneto died that fateful day with Apocalypse...Yet I'm still here...Alive. But I might as well be dead."
Kitty didn't know what to say at this point...But at least it made sense now. It was now evident why Magneto had done what he had in the past. It was clear now why he hated humanity so much. And in some ways...She could relate. He had his home go up and flames and his family killed in a way not at all dissimilar to the way that the mansion had been blow up over a week ago. What she had felt when she saw the dead bodies of her friends, who were so much like family to her, strewn across the institute grounds like columns of death...Was very close to what Magneto had described.
"I...Have a pretty good idea how you must feel about that Mr. Lensherr. After seeing the institute blown up with all my friend inside...There really are no words to describe it," said Kitty, feeling a gentle tear fall down her cheek.
"But it gets worse," continued Magneto, "Afterwards...I became a monster. I abandoned Pietro...I threw Wanda into an insane asylum when she was just a little girl. I then went on to brainwash her so that she wouldn't remember...And I used Pietro to further my own selfish goals. I was their tormenter...Their master...But never their father. I have survived the holocaust...I have watched Nazi soldiers slaughter women and children like animals...I witnessed the death of my parents...I held my wife as she died...I stood by idly while Wanda was thrown into a dark cell for the majority of her childhood...And I betrayed Pietro and used him as a puppet for my own causes. After Apocalypse...I finally saw all these things clearly after a lifetime of trying to forget them. Now...After all these years...I still can't find the strength to accept them...And its left me a mere shell of flesh in blood...Unworthy of any other attributes that other humans feel."
Eric Lensherr had plunged into a low unlike no other at this point...Kitty could see that. Upon hearing about this man's life and his actions...The shroud of mystery that had always surrounded Magneto was lifted somewhat and his true self finally showed. However...To Kitty, there was something that he had missed.
"But your still alive...Aren't you? And so are your kids," reminded Kitty as she saw the solemn look on the old man's face, "That's something to be thankful for."
"My children hate me now...And if my wife were alive...She would hate me too. I have taken everything left in my life worth living and thrown it away after all these years. I am a fool...A nobody...A shell of flesh and blood that does not deserve to live in a world where he only brings pain to others."
"But you're not dead inside..." argued Kitty adamantly, unwilling to let this man sink any lower, "From what you've told me, you've survived a lot of trials and tribulations...Yet here you are right here talking about them. I can see that you feel remorse for what you've done...And that's proof enough that there's still a part of you inside that's alive and willing to believe in himself again. You say you're dead inside...But I can still see Eric Lensherr alive and well in your eyes. Wanda and Pietro may not see that now...But that's because they haven't been allowed to."
"But how can they ever forgive me? After everything I've done to them...How can they ever see me as a father again?" said Magneto, sounding all the more desperate for answers to questions that only compounded his demeanor.
Kitty bit her lip as she considered a response. She was just a 17 year old girl...And this old man who had survived so much was turning to her for answers. She was not Xavier...She was not Beast...Yet she felt the weight of a desperate man's soul bearing down on her. Her mind had gone blank...Then, she looked up at the stars.
Out here...In the vast wilderness away from any city lights or obstruction...The stars shined with a brilliance unlike anything Kitty had ever seen before. With so many horrible events in such a short period of time...She almost forgot that the stars were still there...Shining with celestial beauty that could never hope to be matched. Everything was so clear...The stars were shining so brightly even though the world around her was in turmoil. It was after a long period of silence that she finally felt she had at least part of the answer...As she looked at the bright stars above her with great awe.
"You know...There are so many questions out there that we all spend our whole lives trying to answer. We ask ourselves...We ask others...We do anything to try and get at least some of the answers even though they usually just lead to more questions. We spend our whole lives trying...And sometimes we die not knowing. And one of the questions that I've always struggled with...Is why am I doing this? Why am I fighting with X-men and Xavier for a dream that sounds so impossible? Much like the questions you've been asking me...There are no easy answers. But...I think that I know now...And that I've always known and I just keep forgetting because the world gets in the way so much with tragedy...Loss...Sadness...Everything."
"So then...Why do you still believe? Not just in Xavier's dream...But everything? Why?" asked Magneto, trying so hard to understand what drove this young girl and the rest of the X-men to do what they do.
Kitty was silent for a moment...Her gaze now back up at the heavens. Magneto began to look too...Wondering of this was a part of her answer. Then finally, Kitty managed a smile and spoke her peace.
"Look at the stars Mr. Lensherr...But don't just look...Observe," said Kitty not tearing her gaze away from the sky, "So many stars...Countless in number...Many times more than there are humans here on Earth. Every one of them is different. Some of them have attributes that no others have. Some are red, yellow, blue...Some are bigger, some are smaller, and some have planets...Yet when you look at them all together in the sky from a distance...They all look the same. Alone they shine...But together...They are a sight truly unlike no other. No matter how hard things get down here...No matter how traumatic our lives get or how violent the world becomes...The stars still shine. Even when this planet is long gone and every last living thing is dead...The stars will keep shining. The sun will set...The night will come...And a new beginning will always dawn. I think...That's why I fight with the X-men. I think that's why we believe in something that some may think impossible. But the real purpose...The real thing that will always help us believe...Is right above us no matter what. The stars will keep shinning...New beginnings will come."
Eric Lensherr soon became lost in the majesty of the sky. Kitty's words were wise beyond her years...And they finally helped him make sense out of at least one thing. For all his years...It took only a simple gaze to get a simple answer. For all the questions he still had about his life...There was finally something to hold on to. There was finally something solid that he could grasp.
"I...I think I see now Kitty...I understand."
The young girl just smiled as she watched Eric's demeanor shift from unbelievable self loathing...To one of renewed questioning. The barriers that held him back and crippled his mind...Were now open to a new sense of being. He thought about what had transpired over these past few weeks...He thought about Scott's words when he first arrived...He thought about Pietro's reaction to his return...He thought about Wanda and what had happened when he told her the truth...And he thought about what Kitty had said out here under the crystal clear night.
"I'm glad I could help Mr. Lensherr..." said Kitty as she got up and started to walk back into the base, "I hope it gives you something to think about...And something to hold on to in considering what to do with Wanda and Pietro."
Magneto...No, Eric Lensherr...Turned back towards the young girl with a smile on his face as he now stood indebted to this girl for helping him in a time of such great turmoil. For now...He didn't know what he would do about his children...Or if they ever would come to forgive him. But now...He was more determined than ever to win them back. He was through with half truths and self doubt...He would fight for their hearts or die trying.
The old holocaust survivor soon found himself looking down that the helmet he had always worn to distinguish himself as Magneto. Then, looking back up at the stars...He suddenly heaved the metal helmet into the air...And used his powers to warp and crush it beyond recognition as it plummeted into the lake. The place was here...The time was now...Magneto was dead...And Eric Lensherr...Was alive again.
AN: So Magneto finally sees thing clearly...Well, better late than never! I know this was a long chapter, but I wanted it to be because of all the drama I wanted to pack in! And don't think that it's over just yet! Stay tuned to see how Wanda deals with the truth and how Magneto chooses to go about winning his children back. And don't forget Stryker! He's still in a position of great power and has the desire to use all of it to kill every last mutant! So what do you think? Do you like this story thus far? Please tell me! Send me your reviews directly via email or post them on the fanfiction website! Until next time, I wish you all the best!


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1) The growing pains of a rookie quarterback - Geno Smith was 19/34 for 201 yards and 2 interceptions on Sunday. His interceptions were deep in Pittsburgh territory and he missed Stephen Hill on a deep ball where he was wide open. I think Geno Smith is growing. He looked better today than he did against Tennessee, he looked better today against a proud defense, coached by the great Dick Lebeau who had 2 weeks to prep for him, than I thought he would. Geno looked like he belonged today and we get so upset with his mistakes because his demeanor and promise make us think he is farther along than he is. This is only the second time he had to prepare on a short week for an opponent and I'm sure there will be lessons he will take away from this. He has gotten better overall but he needs to value the ball especially in the opponent's end of the field.
2) The secondary and big plays - Statistically it looks like the Jets had a good day defensively. Four sacks, eight quarterback hits and holding the opponent to 2.8 yards per rush and 6-16 on 3rd down look very nice. Unfortunately what battles were lost were the key battles. The 3rd and 15 completed to Antonio Brown for 16 yards, the 3rd and 1 playaction pass that fooled Antonio Cromartie for a touchdown, the array of screens and underneath routes that Heath Miller ran at crucial junctures. The 1st downs that got the Steelers just close enough to be in field goal range. It was the fact that the Steelers converted enough first downs to own 35 minutes of time of possession. Either Antonio Cromartie's knee was bothering him or he is having some serious issues because he was abused by Antonio Brown and beaten cleanly by Emmanuel Sanders for the game's lone touchdown. An array of safety/linebacker combinations could not stop Heath Miller and has made tight end coverage a weakness of this defense. They need to patch these things up quickly with the Patriots and Saints coming soon.
3) Injuries - In addition to Santonio Holmes and Dee Milliner's hamstring issues keeping them out of action a whole slew of players went down Sunday against the Steelers. Mike Goodson has a knee injury that appears from reports to be serious, Kyle Wilson left with a possible concussion, Clyde Gates left with his arm in a sling and Powell left with a shoulder injury but claimed not to be injured stating he did eventually return to the game. Goodson's loss will hurt as his role was increasing and it was clear to see he was impacting the game. Kyle Wilson plays better than most think and with pass happy teams on the horizon they need him to be out there. If Gates is going to miss time they are going to need to go outside the organization for help at receiver and returner. Josh Cribbs and Joe McKnight are names that have been mentioned but I don't knows if Cribbs is healthy yet and if McKnight is able to contribute.
4) Pretty offensive line - The Steelers had a good plan of attack because the Jets did not block them well especially at the tackle position which has been a source of strength. The Steelers had three sacks, six quarterback hits and a ton of pressure all day. While the Jets did average 4.2 yards per rush the Steelers won the battles up front and effectively stopped the Jets ground attack as well. The key for Pittsburgh was to hold the Jets to three yards or less on 1st down then leaning on the Jets passing tendencies based on down and distance. The Jets are going to have to go back to basics and establish the run especially with Wilfork out for the Patriots next week and control the line of scrimmage.
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