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This story starts exactly where you'd expect it to start: drunk, in a library.

Carpe Brewski is a College Alternate Universe Fic of X Men: First Class written by Gyzym

Noteworthy not only for being very well-written slash with remarkably good Unresolved Sexual Tension between the Just Friends leads, but also for being a good example of Wacky Fratboy Hijinks due to a very strong basis in Animal House.

It is currently a work in progress and can be found here on Live Journal and has a Bonus Material Tumblr run by the author here.

Warning: Spoilers for an ongoing work below.

Tropes used in Carpe Brewski include:

Alcoholic Parent: Charles's mother
All There in the Manual: The Bonus Material isn't necessary for the enjoyment of the story, but without it, details about the characters would be missed, such as Alex and Armando's future daughter and the dressing habits and beer choices of the ABG members.
Alternate Universe Fic
Badass: Detective Nick Fury
Betty and Veronica: Steve and Erik
Bi the Way: Raven. Charles manages to be surprised by this despite already having been told, leading to a minor What the Hell, Hero? moment.
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Scott and Logan take it to a new level.
Bonus Material: The above Tumblr, which contains Q&A posts with the characters, Fan Art, Future Fic, and reposts of highly appropriate TFLN graphics.
Cannot Spit It Out: Both Charles' attraction to Erik, and the Oxford application.
Casting Gag: Kevin Bacon was in both Animal House and X Men
Cool Dean: Dean Stark
Crossover: of the Fusion Fic variety with Animal House
Dissonant Serenity: Scott in chapter 3. The pledges and Logan are passed out in the next room, the house is presumably trashed, and he's sitting at the kitchen table eating toast and reading the paper.
Drinking Game: A Hanukkah Drinking Game
Embarrassing Nickname: Invoked
Everyone Can See It
Everyone Is Gay or Bi: Not very explicit, but all the main characters and several of the secondary characters apply.
Fan Art: Has attracted a large amount of great fan-made art.
Friend Versus Lover:
Good Is Boring: Steve
Hangover Sensitivity
He Is Not My Boyfriend
Hidden Depths: Logan in particular, though presumably all the pledges as well
Hipster: Scott, World's Douchiest Houseplant
I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Incompatible Orientation: According to Charles.
Informed Judaism: Played with. Jewish holidays have an apparent habit of being turned into drinking games.
Initiation Ceremony
Innocent Cohabitation
Lap Pillow
Love Epiphany: A subtle one with Erik
Peking Duck Christmas
Romantic False Lead: Steve
Serious Business: Brotherhood to Erik
Shout-Out: To the film, the comics, Animal House, Cash Cab, Terry Pratchett, and various others.
Sleep Cute
The Stoner: Nearly everyone at some point, but special mention goes to Pyro
Sorry, Ociffer...: Only less with the "sorry" in Erik's case.
True Companions
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Wacky Fratboy Hijinks: A given with the Animal House ties, but original and hilarious all the same.
What the Hell, Hero?: Charles gets quite a few of them and is usually called out by Raven.
Whole-Episode Flashback: Chapters 4 & 7
Wild Teen/Early-Twenties Party: Many nights at the ABG Frathouse

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-=== ''Carpe Brewski'' provides examples of: ===
 * [[Alcoholic Parent]]: Charles's mother
 * [[All There in the Manual]]: The [[Bonus Material]] isn't necessary for the enjoyment of the story, but without it, details about the characters would be missed, such as Alex and Armando's [[Kid Fic|future daughter]] and the dressing habits and beer choices of the ABG members.