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Fill: A God in the Pew (1/4) hermione_vader May 16 2012, 02:44:49 UTC

On one particularly sunny morning, Thor decided to pay his friend Steve a visit. He knocked on the door to Steve's quarters and found the good Captain dressed in what the Midgardians called 'a suit and tie.'

"You look quite handsome in that garb, Steve," Thor told him, and indeed, it was very flattering (but little could not flatter Steve's looks). "But why break out your finery so early in the day ( ... )

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 19 2012, 01:24:14 UTC

Thank you! And you're welcome---it was so much fun to write.

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) downbythebay_4 May 17 2012, 07:43:51 UTC

Pretty awesome!

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 19 2012, 01:25:49 UTC

Thank you!

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) bookwrm17 May 17 2012, 09:20:06 UTC

Excellent all the way through. You captured Cardinal Dolan perfectly, and Thor's prayer for Loki was beautiful.

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 23 2012, 04:46:35 UTC

You're welcome again. This was so much fun. I'm glad it was all IC for you.

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) my_dear_watson7 May 17 2012, 15:40:47 UTC

I was raised Catholic, went to Catholic schools from the time I was 1 until I graduated in high school, and, though I don't consider myself a Catholic person anymore, this story made me want to go to Mass this Sunday and relive it through Thor's eyes.

I don't know if that makes sense, but reading this kind of gave me another insight on how to approach going to Mass and appreciating it as an outsider. Maybe if I'd had Steve and Thor with me all of those years to keep me interested, I would have enjoyed it more XD

Thank you for this wonderful fic, you wrote it wonderfully.

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 17 2012, 17:08:06 UTC

Wow. Thank you. I'm so glad (and amazed) that this fic affected you that way.

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 18 2012, 02:30:01 UTC

That was wonderful. Thor's prayer was so in-character! I haven't been Catholic for many years but I appreciated this fic so very much. :)

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 19 2012, 01:38:22 UTC

Thank you so much! It's cool that you appreciate it; in all honesty, I think this fic is me making sense of my Catholic upbringing.

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hazel_belle May 18 2012, 22:52:07 UTC

THIS ENTIRE SERIES MADE ME FUCKING HAPPY!!

Like series, you took such care with the story and tried to answer the questions on how steve would answer them, and the adding in the Cardinal... love i!

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 19 2012, 01:47:00 UTC

Awesome! Thank you so much!

I'm glad Steve's answers sound like Steve---I was worried they sounded very basic. Aw, yeah, the Cardinal! He seems like he'd get behind the whole superhero thing if he existed in the Marvel universe.

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hazel_belle May 19 2012, 01:59:42 UTC

No, but as a Catholic, sometimes I find it hard to explain certain things because I know the answer but I don't know how say it without sounding preachy, but you did a fabulous job.

And oh yeah the Cardinal would definitely get behind it... he'd probably be like "yes...." and secret fist pump in the air.

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 23 2012, 04:50:49 UTC

Yeah, that was kind of difficult. I just had to approach it as "If I had never, ever set foot in a church before, what would stand out to me most and what questions would I have? What questions would a Norse god/alien have?" and go from there.

LOL, yes. I like to think he secretly thinks Thor is an angel of some sort, sent in a disguise that would impress modern society, but he can't say that to the congregation because the Vatican probably wouldn't like that. ;)

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 19 2012, 04:48:39 UTC

This is neat. The bit with Thor praying is my favorite. I kind of expected some reference to Odin's sacrifice...although I am not sure if that is Marvel-canon...

Re: Fill: A God in the Pew (4e/4) hermione_vader May 21 2012, 19:08:31 UTC

Thank you!

I kind of expected some reference to Odin's sacrifice...although I am not sure if that is Marvel-canon...

I just went with movie-canon, where Odin lost his eye in battle instead of giving it up to gain knowledge, and instead went with Thor's sacrifice against the Destroyer in Puente Antiguo (which was incredibly Christlike).

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