ohhh shit bro, that’s one of the Big Ones. one of the few ships i have where theres been like a bagillion words worth of fanfic written on them
its hard to know what to say. they’re just so Iconic, ya know
a friendship, love and rivalry spanning decades
they’re legit on the same side, but have diff methods so that makes shit wonky. i imagine they’re so connected, that like, it’s a destiny thing. like i headcanon that charles and erik were literally born the exact same second. its like a “they ~complete~ each other” thing
i also kinda treat their love as like, a drug addiction, sometimes? like, when i wanna take it down a dark interpretation. a legit they can’t quit each other thing. they’re actually kiiinda bad for each other?
but like, a charles needs an erik, an erik needs a charles
i really do love this pairing, its like, one of my favourites. specifically movieverse of course because thats what i’m into and also comics!charles is apparently a prick. and not even in a lovable way, like i’ve liked fictional pricks before, i mean, fuck that guy
charles and erik are two of my favourite characters in general, they’re really, REALLY interesting and compelling:
charles, the idealist who uses his privilege to help his people, which is like The Dream, amirite? and also like, literally needs hope to function properly. fucking mood. i find charles very relatable
erik, the cynic/realist who has seen literally the worst humanity can do, so as such has every right to not trust humans. like i get it. i don’t agree with his methods, i’m more on charles side there, but they’re BOTH right
and gosh it’d be easy for this to be so black and right, and i’m sure the early comics were but times change and as do they. and its so good
and i love ‘em both so so very much
i think the x-men movies kinda wonked up in the prequels and accidently made hank to be charles True Companion rather than erik, and that makes the ship feel a bit hollower but, whatever, im a multishipper. but i just wanted to point that out because it feels like a writing fumble
like, charles and erik barely see each other. that’s weird, right?
on a more shallow note: i think we can all agree that the world as we know it was changed in 2011 when x-men first class made charles xavier sexually desirable. that was a helluva wham, wasn’t it? a concept i would’ve found absurd beforehand. child me would laugh in my face. the x-men fandom got shooketh. i don’t find erik attractive, but whatever
i mean, theres a lot more that could be and has been said about this pairing and these characters because oh my gosh, they’re great, but uhhh yeah
A++++ love them, they’re amazing, pretty sure they’re soulmates