fic: Nocturne of the Brooklyn Bridge (China Mountain Zhang)

[throughadoor]

Nocturne of the Brooklyn Bridge
China Mountain Zhang, all audiences, 6000 words.
I am Teresa Luis but also Comrade Li Taiming, because my great-great grandfather Rafael José Luis y Iglesias was born in the old United States, became a founding member of the Reformed American Communist Party and died defending the Brooklyn Bridge at the start of the

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[paintedmaypole]

YAY! You posted it! I may use this opportunity to read/reread the small handful of China Mountain Zhang fanworks in existence.

The sad thing is that I still write all the time.

Yes! I completely understand this feeling. I am writing all the time, but there seem to be a lot less feelings and cuddling and other things involved. And there are way less opportunities to play with narrative structure. Sigh.

Also, am totally in agreement with you about the first half of the movie. It felt very sluggish and I wanted lots of moments of the band getting together, but I felt like they skipped half of those and jumped ahead to the awkward hiatus phase and then to the kicking alien-ass and eating shawarma reunion tour. I wanted the awkward/awesome early bits too.

However, re. the other films. I'll say the same thing here that I said to smartlikejustin: I don't think Thor is worth seeing, not unless you suddenly feel overwhelmed with a love for Loki. (Which... is a thing for many people, but I don't really see it as being quite your thing.) (Okay, yes, I have seen it more than once, but mostly because I have a problem where I need to watch the few moments we have with Hawkeye and Coulson together on a semi-regular basis. Also, Kat Dennings.) HOWEVER, Captain America was actually pretty well done. Different tone than the Iron Many films, but understandably so. Also, um... I feel like Steve might be a character you could enjoy. He he has a lot of feelings about bullies, and he just wants to do something about the bullies, and then there are crazy Nazis and then it's THE FUTURE. So, you might want to consider that. And stuff.

[throughadoor]

Yeah RE: Avengers, I think the problem is that the story being told wasn't "getting the band back together" but "awkwardly assembling the boy band with the creepy marionette skills of Lou Pearlman." What makes the band-back-together trope so enjoyable is the sense that the people interacting might be annoyed and/or angry with each other but they have a foundation of trust and shared history. Because this movie had so many prequel movies, it FELT like a sequel (even if you hadn't seen the other movies!) so it felt it should be band-back-together even though it was just band-awkwardly-assemble, so ... I don't know.

You know what movie has done band-back-together best since Ocean's 11? FAST FIVE. WHY CAN'T I BE WATCHING FAST FIVE RIGHT NOW, K8? WHHHHHHHY?

[paintedmaypole]

"awkwardly assembling the boy band with the creepy marionette skills of Lou Pearlman."

Yes! And the problem with this scenario is that, in this case, we're ultimately supposed to like Lou Pearlman, and they couldn't really commit to making him bad, good, or giving him much of any personality for us to connect to. (Other than the eye patch.)

Heh. Maybe they needed to approach this as "awkward band reunion tour with feelings," rather than "first time on the road, let's put on a show."

Also, dude! You can totally be watching Fast Five. I know for a fact that your roommate has it. :D