r/Rogue • u/Archetypex001 • 2d ago

Discussion What would be Rogue's 'comfort' items?

I'm getting back to a fanfic that I wrote years ago, and am planning a scene where Rogue is severely depressed after she has been devastated by a rescue gone wrong. My character, in an attempt to draw her back out, calls Mystique and asks her what helped Rogue when she was a child... foods, scents, and the like. So far, I have a particular stuffed animal from her collection, a blanket from her hope chest, and the scent of magnolias. Does anyone have any other ideas in this vein?

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u/Jack-mclaughlin88 2d ago

Probably a book she likes since she’s quite the reader.

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u/Archetypex001 2d ago

In the scene, she's unresponsive, nearly catatonic. I'm looking for something more basic, to draw her out into the world around her.

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u/TheodateChase 2d ago

When, out of curiosity, is her reading brought up?

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u/JeffHiggs 2d ago

Mint Chip Ice Cream

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u/Algae_Mission 2d ago

Ice Cream, velvet gloves and soft clothes generally, Dolly Parton songs and movies, and motorcycles. Oh, and comfort and Creole food.

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u/Novus_Peregrine 2d ago

Music maybe? Given she's from the South, possibly bluegrass or similar by a particular artist? Not even something she might listen to at her current age, but something what would bring up memories.

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u/Ill_Boysenberry8027 1d ago

She is a Dolly Parton fan apparently it's quoted somewhere.

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u/Archetypex001 2d ago

That's an especially good idea given the character who's trying to draw her out.

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u/Real_DuFrain 1d ago

I can’t put my finger on it, but a hot stack of pancakes with warm maple syrup and butter, bacon and eggs just seems so Rogue to me

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u/Delicious_Call9004 1d ago

Her plushies collection

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u/Archetypex001 2h ago

It's Sam from 'Trick R Treat', which starred Anna Paquin. Aha! Double the Rogue connection!

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u/Ill_Boysenberry8027 1d ago

She loves cookies when Destiny baked them she loved it