Tuesday: Reincarnation

[mahmfic]

Hi guys! I'm mahmfic, back for another week of hosting here at comment_fic! Today's theme is Reincarnation. Interpret as you wish.

The rules still haven't changed:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
No spoilers in prompts.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space.

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Fill: Untitled, Avengers Ensemble, gen Part 2/2

[gehayi]

Thor appeared to be lost in thought. "I can think of no princesses before my birth...except perhaps Embla. The first human woman, created by three gods. One was my father. She was not a princess, but she was there at the right time. I can think of no Asgardian princess who died before my birth."

"I guess that's all of us, then," Clint said. "Except for Natasha, that is."

"No. I know who I am."

She didn't volunteer the information; instead, she waited for it to dawn on them. It was right there in her appearance, after all: a cap of bright red on her head. Krasnaja šapočka--Little Red Cap. It made no difference that the cap was hair and not a hat or hood.

And there were plenty of stories of lost girls wandering in a dark wood--an old metaphor for life. And in life as in forests, there were always wolves. In fact, many early versions of the story painted the girl as a seductress, eager to eat and drink the flesh and blood of humans. Even in tales where the girl was less wolf-child and more human, she tended to end up in the belly of the beast...in the middle of grave danger. But, in the stories without the woodsman, the girl generally cut her way out with a dagger as sharp as a tooth. She couldn't always save her grandmother, but she could save herself.

Not a princess. A survivor. A girl willing to do whatever she must to live, no matter how she felt about it. Natasha could understand such a girl far better than she could a pallid princess.

She thought that they would guess eventually--but she wondered if they would grasp the other half. For Little Red Cap was a survivor. And survivors had to have some wolf in their souls.

People always forgot that wolves and girls weren't necessarily opponents.

In some cases, they were one and the same.

Re: Fill: Untitled, Avengers Ensemble, gen Part 2/2

[evil_little_dog]

This was somewhat silly and somewhat dark, and all wonderful.

Re: Fill: Untitled, Avengers Ensemble, gen Part 2/2

[lil_1337]

That was wonderful! A lovely mixture of fun and dark that sums up the Avengers well.

[canonisrelative]

This is genius, really well done! Funny, a little poignant, loved Tony especially, but of course -- Natasha! I loved how you put it, that she just knew who she was. That's just right :D headcanon accepted!

Re: Fill: Untitled, Avengers Ensemble, gen Part 2/2

[likewinning]

Ooh, this is gorgeous. Natasha. I love that it manages to be both adorable and quite revealing. And I love that you used both traditional Disney princess as well as more traditional fairytales. So well done. <3

Re: Fill: Untitled, Avengers Ensemble, gen Part 2/2

[daria234]

this is great - hilarious and then so yummy and dark, and I love that Tony is trying to figure out when Budapest was, and the reference to Bucky who is TOTALLY Sleeping Beauty and all of it. Thank you!!!