Meme time!

[rthstewart]

I am going to see Avengers again!  knitress and econopodder are Avengers virgins so I'm excited and we WILL stay to the Very Last Scene.  You know the one, which I've so wanted to write but I figure there's more Shwarma fic at this point than Steve/Tony first time fic.  Also I've been to Budapest!

There's been some interesting meta going about readers, writers,

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[ilysia_039]

Just to say: AVENGERS. Ahhh, yissssss, so lovely. My thoughts on that movie are, eloquently: ALL THE FEELS.

Have fun!

[intrikate88]

JEALOUS. I want to go see Avengers again. And damn I want some good Budapest fic because I miss Budapest, it's a wonderful city and no fic I've read yet seems to be written by anyone who has even seen it.

Meme! If you know any of her backstory, what is your headcanon on Natasha Romanov and her view of love, and if you don't, what's your headcanon on how Leia's ideas of Darth Vader evolved after she found out he was her father?

(I've just been feeling more and more cheated lately that Luke and Vader got some resolution in their relationship but Leia who had even MORE history there got absolutely nothing.)

[rthstewart]

The thing about Natasha is that she is Russian. So she knows all about the deep longing of the romantic Russian soul. She thinks it's utter crap. Yuri Zhivago was an idiot. There's nothing the least bit romantic about a dying swan and your lover throwing himself into a lake. Anna Arkadyevna throws herself in front of a train because Vronsky is sleeping around. The Wall coming down, perestroika, and glastnost were all very romantic too. What the romantic idealists didn't understand was that the cut off the head but the body remained and another head just grew in its place. All those romantic Russian souls end up dead and Natasha is a survivor

[harmony_lover]

I love the headcanon for Leia! Awesome. Does she resent what Luke has and at the same time respect it? That is, does she love her brother more for the man he's become with all of that training, even though she resents that he's gained so much that she hasn't?

[rthstewart]

I had in my head last night a whole answer to this and forgot it. And this is all likely where I depart hugely from the vastly complex Star Wars EU that has developed because I don't know every nuance of their relationship over the last 30 years or so of EU time. I think Leia resents the people around Luke, but not Luke himself. I think she loves Luke but her brother and his many, many mistakes have confused her, irritated her, and yes, angered her. Secretly, Leia wishes that Han had been right and the Force was all really just a lot of simple tricks and nonsense and an ancient, hokey religion because it's given her and her family epic woe.

[lady_songsmith]

Hmm, meme! Tell me about Mara Jade and Karrde -- just their business relationship/history, not ship.

[rthstewart]

I NEVER ship Jade and Karrde. I think Karrde maybe, might have had a little crush on her, but not much. There's real loyalty there. He's her mentor and sponsor and he trusts her completely, which is something new for Mara. She rewards him with her loyalty. Once he learns of her Jedi abilities, he will certainly exploit them -- that's Karrde. But Mara stays because she really values Karrde. He respects her and she knows that's a rare thing. Apart from her husband and son, Karrde is the most important -- positive-- relationship in her life.

[lady_songsmith]

Aww, I really like that! I've always been pretty fascinated by the way those two work together, especially since neither trusts easily.

[lotl101]

I just saw it for the first time yesterday and I'm already trying to find people to watch it with again.

And for the meme, what does Steve think of Tony? Not as a hero or anything like that, but as the son of someone he worked with.

[rthstewart]

Someone eventually points out to Steve that one reason why Tony was such a jerk was because he grew up with his dad obsessed about Captain America. Tony, when he was a little boy, tried using living room pillows and blue-rimmed plates as shields so that maybe his dad would like it and love him more. His dad got mad when he dropped the plate.

That helps Steve understand. Steve also understands better why Tony is so affected when Phil dies. Tony wasn't a solider committed to their cause. He is now. Tony changed over a day. He was willing to sacrifice himself to save them all and Steve respects that. Tony also recognized him as the leader of the Avengers. Steve still isn't sure how that happened, but he's grateful for it. He just won't tell Tony in case it's an accident.

[snacky]

I'm interested in your headcanon for Peridan!

[rthstewart]

Well, there's probably real Peridan from the books and then there's the Peridan I invented on the fly for H&M. In H&M and so I guess head canon, Peridan is a very disreputable actor by training. He grew up in traveling shows, I think, knowing magic tricks and performing roles and sneaking around during scenes under benches to pick pockets. He has enormous social intelligence and he's a chameleon, he can blend into any environment, play a role, and knows a lot about the polite cultures of Archenland, Calormen and the islands of the Eastern Sea. He speaks 6 different languages. He's loyal to Narnia for the moment because it pays well and it's a good gig. He is an alcoholic and will always be a bit of a thief. You always count the silver after Peridan visits.

[snacky]

Thank you, I enjoyed that. :D