The Five People You Meet In the Light

 

So, I have fallen down the fanfic rabbit hole. This story is the first one that I ever wrote. It takes place shortly after Darth Vader dies in Return of the Jedi before he shows up as a Force Ghost at the celebration of the Ewoks. It is based on the concept of the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I take Anakin through five people that influenced him. It starts with Qui-Gon Jinn and ends with Obi-Wan Kenobi. I enjoyed writing this story. And for the record, I feel that Hayden Christiansen did a wonderful job as Anakin Skywalker, but I kept my Anakin as Sebastian Shaw. My thought process was that this showed him as how he would have been had he not turned in the first place.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46524853/chapters/117152821

Transformers Generation 2 (1992-1994)

 

This is the first time I met Optimus Prime and Megatron. I loved the concept of giant robots being able to transform into things like semi trucks and the like. We also had all the toys growing up as well. I don’t remember much of the story, just that I enjoyed it. According to IMBD these are remakes of the original 1984 show.

The Incredibles (2004)

 

Bob Parr aka Mr. Incredible marries Helen aka Elastigirl right before being a superhero is outlawed due to some dubious choices of Mr. Incredible in his attempt to save a bunch of people. Years later, Helen and Bob are attempting to live normal lives with children Dash, Jack-Jack, and Violet all who have superpowers of their own. But Bob misses the life and when someone offers him the chance to be a superhero again, he jumps at the chance leaving his family to follow behind him. The story is a clever look at family and marriage and the importance of trust and acceptance. The stand out character is Edna Mode, the superhero costume designer. A great children’s movie with superheroes.

XMen: First Class (2011)

 

The story about how Charles Xavier first met Erik Lensherr. Together with a group of mutants they go after one Sebastian Shaw in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis. But it soon becomes apparent that Erik and Charles have different views on how Mutants and Humans should interact. It frays their friendship to the breaking point, but lays the groundwork for the relationship we see in other movies between them. The idea that they have gone their separate ways and are now enemies, but there is still that underlying affection. This is one time that a prequel did it right.

Timeline by Michael Crichton

 

Using quantum physics and string theory, the corporation ITC has discovered that they can travel through time. Essentially they fax themselves to the previous time. The problem is that too much “faxing” results in anomalies in the genome.

The main story is about a group of college students that are sent back to medieval France to save one of their professors that is lost in time. They have to find their professor all without contaminating the timeline themselves. One of Crichton’s best even if he starts babbling about science the average person doesn’t care about. You have time travel, Michael, I get it!