DVD commentary Q&A

[sholio]

I've noticed in the past that I basically suck at doing DVD commentaries on my own fic, for a rather specific reason: when I'm writing, I tend to approach it from a "narrate what's happening" standpoint (I kind of "see" or "feel" the story happening, I guess), and afterwards, that's what I remember -- the things that happened in the story, not my

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[trobadora]

Ooooh.

For Written in Blood and Bone, can you talk a little about Natasha? What's she telling Bucky at the end, when she's speaking Russian, that "brought a look of surprised pleasure to Bucky's face"? Or what's going on in her head during Steve's meltdown just before Bucky appears? (Anything about Natasha's POV in that story would be awesome, actually.)

[sholio]

Woo! I would LOVE to talk about Natasha in that story. \o/

So first of all, in this story I got to use my headcanon MCU backstory for Natasha, which is sort of a synthesis of her comics backstory and the various clues she's dropped about her backstory in the MCU. Basically my headcanon for MCU!Natasha is that she really is the age she appears, but has some of the memories of previous Black Widows and doesn't always have a clear handle on what's hers vs what's not hers, hence occasional references (like to the KGB) that don't quite make sense for someone in her mid-20s

[trobadora]

Thank you so much for the detailed commentary! I'm going to have to reply properly tomorrow, but I wanted to let you know you are made of every kind of awesome. :D

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Thanks for this. I love the way you write Natasha. I can no longer remember if my head canon for her just happens to coincide with yours or (more likely) I've simply accepted yours so smoothly that I forgot it wasn't always mine.

And Steve is being a reckless moron in the caves, as he has been many times before and no doubt will be many times again.