fic snippet: Nothing Much Changed
Inspired by Sal's question here: Not much changed after Loki won the war.
Well, sure, you can't get fresh fish anymore--turns out the Chitauri are, like, MAJOR pescatarians--and the traffic between NYC and DC was a nightmare for weeks. And my dad never stops bitching about how the market tanked and all his Stark Industries stock is now worthless. There were riots in Russia and Iraq, and some of the -stans, too.
Nobody knows where the President is, and all the political blogs went black for three weeks, and when they came back they only posted cat-macros with little hammers and shields.
Turns out Loki--I mean His Omniscience the Emperor of Midgard and Outlying Domains--knows a lot about the internet. (4chan's gotten really interesting lately, I hear...)
But the USDA is still out there inspecting chickens, the power came back on after only three days, and classes started back up only a couple of weeks late. Misha Collins' Twitter feed is still a thing of beauty, although I think he's getting a little stannish about the Emperor.
Oh, and that Howling Commandos forum where all the Manly Men in comics fandom hung out is gone. Too bad: they were mostly a bunch of blowhards, but they had some good gen fic recs once in a while.
So, you know? Could be worse. At least that douchebag Tony Stark isn't on the cover of Mom's People magazine every week.
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Sal herself answered the question, rather better, here. And that's why she's Sal and I'm just me. Mwah.
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In other news, I went for a very hilly 20-mile bicycle ride this afternoon, and got incredibly chilled and kind of wrecked. I thought I was in pretty good condition, but evidence indicates otherwise. Thank goodness for hot chocolate and Mom's cashmere sweater...
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.
Well, sure, you can't get fresh fish anymore--turns out the Chitauri are, like, MAJOR pescatarians--and the traffic between NYC and DC was a nightmare for weeks. And my dad never stops bitching about how the market tanked and all his Stark Industries stock is now worthless. There were riots in Russia and Iraq, and some of the -stans, too.
Nobody knows where the President is, and all the political blogs went black for three weeks, and when they came back they only posted cat-macros with little hammers and shields.
Turns out Loki--I mean His Omniscience the Emperor of Midgard and Outlying Domains--knows a lot about the internet. (4chan's gotten really interesting lately, I hear...)
But the USDA is still out there inspecting chickens, the power came back on after only three days, and classes started back up only a couple of weeks late. Misha Collins' Twitter feed is still a thing of beauty, although I think he's getting a little stannish about the Emperor.
Oh, and that Howling Commandos forum where all the Manly Men in comics fandom hung out is gone. Too bad: they were mostly a bunch of blowhards, but they had some good gen fic recs once in a while.
So, you know? Could be worse. At least that douchebag Tony Stark isn't on the cover of Mom's People magazine every week.
*
Sal herself answered the question, rather better, here. And that's why she's Sal and I'm just me. Mwah.
*
In other news, I went for a very hilly 20-mile bicycle ride this afternoon, and got incredibly chilled and kind of wrecked. I thought I was in pretty good condition, but evidence indicates otherwise. Thank goodness for hot chocolate and Mom's cashmere sweater...
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.