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A Very Marvel Thanksgiving

Nov 25, 2009 18:20

Growing up, Thanksgiving in the McNeil household had always been a grand affair. With ten mouths to feed - more, in fact, on the few occasions the Twoyoungmens had joined them, not to mention whatever extended family had made their way out west on any given year - Heather had assisted in the preparation of the traditional dinner since she’d been ( Read more... )

dr. meredith grey, dr. george o'malley, johnny storm, nico minoru, mary jane watson, wolverine, felix unger, spike spiegel, jean grey, brodie bruce, rogue, heather hudson, jamie madrox, gathering, rahne sinclair, wanda langkowski, cable, karolina dean, kate bishop, chase stein, alice cullen, peter parker

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segaboybrodie November 26 2009, 09:51:23 UTC

Thanksgiving was an AMERICAN TRADITION. Brodie didn't really give a shit that they weren't actually in America at the moment, and that some of the people in attendance weren't even American (the Alpha Flight chicks and Wolverine were Canadian, for Christ's sake).

Mostly, he was just glad that the day didn't mean a fucked up Thanksgiving like the ones he'd had back home. Maybe he should have been all nostalgic for home and shit. And it wasn't like the brain children of Stan Lee didn't have their own issues.

But when there wasn't a chance that his cousin Walter was gonna stick his dick in the Turkey and call it Suzanne...there was definitely something to be thankful for. To this day, Brodie STILL didn't eat stuffing.

He'd shown up early, outfitted with a pretty fucking authentic Indian head dress that the clothes box had given him and an Apache Chief t-shirt. Who the fuck cared that there wasn't REAL turkey? he was excited as shit.

like_arrows November 26 2009, 13:44:26 UTC

"Really?"

I don't really think about it -- the question just bursts out of me when I spot Brodie looking like someone tarred and feathered his head. True, Thanksgiving might be more fun if it were more than just sitting around eating, but that's special.

"Is this some kind of quaint New Jersey custom no one ever told me about?"

segaboybrodie November 26 2009, 14:26:27 UTC

"It's a fucking AMERICAN tradition," Brodie said, sounding offended. Jesus fucking Christ, he was just being FESTIVE. Since when did being festive mean that people looked at you like you were a fucking retard?

"Pilgrims? Indians? Remember all that?"

like_arrows November 27 2009, 02:27:04 UTC

"I remember those," I say, arching an eyebrow as I raise my hands. I come in peace and all that. "I just missed the part about costumes on the invitation." Not that there was an actual invitation on paper, unless I missed it.

segaboybrodie November 27 2009, 07:05:02 UTC

"Nobody said NOT to come in costume though, right?" Brodie replied. "Just think of me as 'ahead of the curve.'"

Next year, EVERYBODY was gonna decide to go in head dresses, and Brodie'd be able to say he'd done that shit FIRST.

like_arrows November 27 2009, 09:00:20 UTC

"I'll keep that in mind for the future." It would take some serious bribery or blackmail to get me to dress like a Village Person in the name of Thanksgiving, but there's no harm in humoring him. This entire group's like the set up for a seriously bad joke as it is. "You definitely stand out."

segaboybrodie November 29 2009, 06:34:34 UTC

"Not the point, but I'll take it as a compliment," Brodie said. At least people weren't trying to get all fucking PC about it. Head dresses and pilgrim hats were fine when he was a kid, and they were good now.

like_arrows November 30 2009, 04:01:51 UTC

"Like you should," I tease, though I'm not actually sure I meant it as one. "In this crowd? That's pretty hard to do." I mean, we are surrounded by some pretty big names here, and it's tough to stand out compared to someone like Cable.

exweapon November 27 2009, 01:13:07 UTC

"If that's your idea of dressing up like Thunderbird," I say, from directly behind him, "I'll cut something off even Stark can't make a prosthetic for."

segaboybrodie November 27 2009, 02:55:20 UTC

Brodie was still scared as shit of Wolverine. It was his own fault for wearing that fucking mask that one time. See if he ever drank at one of these things again.

"What, a guy can't be festive without people giving him shit about it?" Brodie asked, but honestly, if Wolverine didn't like the shit, he'd get rid of it.

All in the best interest of his dick, of course.

exweapon November 27 2009, 02:59:01 UTC

"Not in this crowd, bub," I say. As long as it's just festive, it gets a pass, but only from the violence. He still gets a ribbing for coming in costume.

Besides, I'm mostly just @#$%ing with him because of that time he wore a Wolverine mask. "You got a Thanksgiving play to get to after this or something?"

segaboybrodie November 29 2009, 06:20:48 UTC

"Yeah, I'm POCAHONTAS," Brodie said. So when the fuck did he get to STOP being Wolverine's metaphorical punching bag? Jesus fucking Christ, make ONE mistake while drunk and pay for it for a lifetime.

exweapon December 1 2009, 02:45:26 UTC

Well, hell. If he's going to make easy pitches, I'm going to swing for 'em.

"Is it a singing part?" I ask.

segaboybrodie December 1 2009, 04:00:41 UTC

"Why the fuck would Pocahontas sing?" Brodie asked. Had he missed some fucked up alternate universe comic somewhere where historical figures did weird shit like that?

For the first time in a while, Brodie was almost glad that he'd missed a fucking decade's worth of titles.

exweapon December 1 2009, 04:47:12 UTC

"Don't ask me," I say. "I didn't make the movie."

And sure as hell wouldn't have picked it to go see.

segaboybrodie December 2 2009, 08:15:02 UTC

"Movie?" Brodie asked, confused as fuck. It wasn't the part about the singing Indian chick that was bugging him, it was the fact that Wolverine was apparently a fan of musicals.

Jesus fucking Christ, he might have pegged Cyclops for that, but not Wolverine.

...unless he was from some alternate timeline or something.

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