The Definition of Insanity, by MildSpinning
Groundhog Day AU! aka Erik has a lot of issues to work out, and Bast steps in to provide some divine interference.
They may have to work together to get out of this, but it doesn’t mean Erik has to be the one to give up everything.
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I took a vacation day yesterday? So I have no idea what’s going on at work. Here’s a fic rec instead!
Laughing and Not Being Normal, by etymologyplayground
“So,” the Valkyrie says, falling into step beside Thor on the way to the kitchen. At least, that’s where he’s headed. She might be headed somewhere else. “Have you spoken to our dear idiot friend Korg lately?”
“Don’t call him an idiot,” Thor tells her. “And no, I haven’t. How is he? And how is Miek?”
“Miek’s just fine. He’s got scissors for hands,” the Valkyrie says, as if that explains anything. Thor guesses it does, sort of.
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Rented Thor Ragnarok, enjoyed it greatly. Hoping to have some kind of more coherent thoughts on it at a later date.
In the meantime, a tangent on accents, because I still cannot get over “Doctor Strange” and his American accent. WHY? [Also, the gloves. WHY??? A truly, staggeringly, weird outfit choice.] [[For someone who is supposedly connected with the mystical energies of the universe, he has a strangely Earth-centric view of things.]]
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Looks like Thor Ragnarok is now available to rent, so it’s back on the weekend list! In honor of that, a post-movie fic rec:
new rules, by kafkian
(I thought I had read this one before, but maybe not? It didn’t seem to be the one I was thinking of once I got into it. Anyway, this one is good! That other one I was thinking of was also good!)
‘Oh good, more excellent ideas from Thor,’ Loki sighs with a total and complete lack of enthusiasm. ‘Can’t I just push Heimdall down the stairs or something?’
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Black Panther was great, seriously. But it did kind of grind my gears that they didn’t even hint towards the Accords when they did the chase through South Korea. [‘Hey, we’re going to have our enhanced superhero (plus team) cross your borders and chase an enhanced villain (plus team) through a crowded city, causing an enormous ruckus. That’s cool, right?’]
There was just a whole movie about it, come on! And it just doesn’t seem like it would have been that hard to pop in some kind of acknowledgement during the plane trip.
All of these take less than 30 seconds to say:
*’Good thing South Korea didn’t sign the Accords.’
*’I talked to our contacts in the South Korean government; we have 24 hours.’
*’At least the Accords have been put on hiatus; that would have been awkward.’
*’I’m not surprised you convinced the Accords Council.’
*’Are you sure this falls under diplomatic immunity?’
I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’d trade all of that for a scene of Shuri patting a panther, but still.
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::deep breath:: I have Some Thoughts about the upcoming MCU Infinity War movie. And also fun thoughts. Let’s go with those.
1. A huge shoutout to that tumblr blurb about Shuri and Peter Parker pulling the “what’s updog” joke on Thanos. I chortled through the entire trailer thanks to that, and enjoyed it immensely.
2. Back in the first Avengers movie, wasn’t Loki supposed to get Earth in exchange for the Tesseract? It’s only been six years; that’s like — pfft, hardly anything to super-long-lived beings. Because if that deal was still in place it would be really handy.
3. PLEASE can the running joke of Infinity War be Steve’s three-quarter length sleeves? Because I feel they are worthy of at least ten thousand jokes.
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Saw Black Panther yesterday, thought it was excellent. Would watch again. And now, answers to the Very Important Questions. (Pretty non-spoilery, especially if you have seen the trailers.)
1. Does T’Challa like cats? Answer still unclear. I would tentatively say signs point to yes.
2. Does *everyone* in Wakanda like cats? Also still unclear. I would tentatively say signs point to a likely *respect* for cats, but not necessarily a liking.
3. Will there be cats in the movie? Yes! (Totally counting dream!cats.)
4. Will there be a *lot* of cats in the movie? I didn’t really clarify what a “lot” would be. Google tells me panthers don’t live in packs, so seeing even a small number in one place might count as a lot. There were several, anyway.
5. Will there be an actual (CGI) black panther in the movie? YES. I mean, it was a vision on the astral plane, or whatever. But yes.
6. Will anyone get to pat the CGI panther? Sadly no, but kinda yeah? I mean, the panther transformed into his dad, and they hugged, but that seems different. Going to go with no on this one.
7. Will my cat enjoy watching this movie when it comes out on dvd? Very possibly. He likes it when things move around a lot on the screen, and there was a lot of motion in the movie. He will probably enjoy all the running parts.
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Interrupting the usual workaday Wednesday post not because it’s Valentines Day, but because BLACK PANTHER is about to hit theaters. (Official release date 2/16, which I assume means people can start watching it tomorrow night?)
Which means it is time for some Very Important Questions about this movie:
1. Does T’Challa like cats? (Come on, even Sam Wilson wanted to know!)
2. Does *everyone* in Wakanda like cats? (Fandom says yes, which is baffling to me, and yet I love it.)
3. Will there be cats in the movie? (The MCU has been sadly bereft of cats so far; this could be their chance to turn it around!)
4. Will there be a *lot* of cats in the movie?
5. Will there be an actual (CGI) black panther in the movie?
6. Will anyone get to pat the CGI panther?
7. Will my cat enjoy watching this movie when it comes out on dvd?
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Apparently I’m in a very non-committal space right now, because I keep reading things and not bookmarking them.
So I went checking back to see if I’d ever recced to dwell is to die, by FeoplePeel
Quill’s Guardians are a group of reformed criminals at best; save the literal empath they’ve recently outfitted themselves with, Kraglin shouldn’t have to worry about hashing out his feelings with practical strangers.
And I haven’t (I don’t think), but I did find two other fics that I have no memory of but enjoyed reading (re-reading?) off an old bookmarks list.
Living Arrangements, by scifislasher
“Kendrix, please,” he protested. “Hacking is such a loaded word.”
Poems, Prayers, & Promises, by Cyanne
“And don’t think I didn’t notice that you managed to miss the official proclamation. Good thing I wasn’t planning on calling on the Senior Staff to say a few words seeing as the heads of two of my departments were busy eloping at the time.”
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Found this one in my ‘Saved For Later’ history in AO3. One of those ‘post-Cap2, pre-everything-else’ fics that envisions a happier MCU where people nap in puppy piles and visit IHOP for breakfast.
The Gift Horse, by fartherfaster
Sam and Darcy are formally introduced for the first time. Sam says “formally” with some flexibility. And a couch. A couch and a great deal of flexibility. Nevermind, he’s said enough. They met, is what he’s trying to say.
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Found this while reading AO3 fic tagged “dragons.” Because dragons are cool.
Tony Stark and the Sentinel of Liberty: A Marvels Adventure, by Sineala
(I almost didn’t click through because it’s also tagged Marvel Noir, which is — not really my jam. But I’m glad I did! I mostly pretended they were an AU of the Armored Adventures versions of the characters, since I know next to nothing about Marvel Adventures or Marvel Noir, and this story includes the Makluan ring — and dragons! — so that totally worked for me.)
“Oh,” Tony says, in the tired, blasé voice in which one might say oh, not another one. “A dragon.”
Steve can’t summon up any words.
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Two fics today, because they’re connected and great and I just want everyone to be friends and eat pancakes.
How (Not) to Meet New People, by aloneintherain
(Peter meets Foggy.)
And the sort-of sequel, avocado socks and burnt pancakes, by aloneintherain
(Peter meets the rest of Team Daredevil.)
Peter glanced between the three of them. “Are you guys always like this?”
From the kitchen, making herself a third cup of coffee—which she so, so deserved—Claire called, “I’m not! Ordinary, well-adjusted person over here!”
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And now that it really *is* Friday, another fic rec! (Huge thanks to bluemeridian, whose pinboard page brings great joy!)
I’m waiting through the weekend before I start in with the Wonder Woman fics, since most are full of spoilers. So here’s the Guardians of the Galaxy, visiting Peter’s family on Earth:
guess who just got back today, by irnan
“All right,” said Louisa sharply. “That’s enough, this a family dinner –”
“Well yeah, that’s why we’re fighting,” said Peter.
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Avengers fic, circa 2014! Sometimes I cannot even, and so I put in a load of laundry and read a fic.
Living On My Own, by rekishi
“James Barnes is back in the world and finds that not only has there been 1) an alien invasion, but 2) Howard Stark had a kid. One that dispenses unsolicited life advice, no less. Oh, and 3) Captain America is alive again, after getting himself killed by his own recklessness in a move so stupid only Steve could have come up with it. In which James learns to do laundry, turns into an accidental neighborhood vigilante and makes Tony Stark a happy grease monkey, all while he figures out where to stake his claim.”
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1. I laughed! I cried! I saw two women on the screen at the same time!
2. I liked it more than the first one!
3. Baby Groot is still voiced by Vin Diesel. (Aww….)
4. Peter said he’s been flying the Milano since he was ten years old. (And then Rocket says he’s cybernetically designed to fly a spaceship, which — really?)
5. Possibly the best recurring theme: Nebula being 10,000% done with everything.
6. Best plot news of the day: this movie has nothing to do with Infinity Stones. (The events of the first movie are briefly mentioned, but no new Infinity Gauntlet related plot occurs.*)
7. Baby Groot is flipping adorable. The apparently irresistible waving thing — super cute.
8. Remote piloted fighter ships are possibly the smartest idea ever for a space battle. I vote we ret-con the entire Nova Corps fleet to also be remote piloted, because then I could finally stop crying about That Scene from the first movie.
9. I absolutely do not believe they were ever planning on leaving Nebula in a prison on Xandar.
10. [*ETA apparently there was a comics callout to one of the infinity gems in one of the post-credits scenes. Also, there are multiple post-credits scenes, FYI.]
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Clint Barton and the Howling Commandogs, by galwednesday
This story has: Cute dogs! Kate Bishop and America Chavez! Clint Barton being a general failboat! James Barnes as recovering amnesiac assassin and dog trainer!
Kate rolled her eyes. “Of course we knew. How many one-armed amnesiacs do you think are running around these days? It’s fine, I shot at him a little when he first turned up to make sure he wouldn’t go berserk.”
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Still below zero here, but it should be into positive single digits by noon!
Fic rec for today has nothing to do with the holidays, but parts of it take place in places far warmer than here right now. Yay!
No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Pine, by galwednesday
Avengers AU where Steve works for SHIELD and Bucky works for himself and neither of them got frozen.
Steve took a deep breath in. Let it out. “See, guys?” he said calmly. “This is why we keep chatter off the comms. You never know who’s been listening.”
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No time for long fics! It’s nanowrimo time! (Says the person who started reading a 200,000+ word Merlin epic yesterday… Not done yet, so I don’t want to rec it until I make sure I won’t cry at the end.)
Anyway, here’s a short fic to rec for today!
A Short List of Relevant Skills and Abilities, by ignipes
That whole saving-the-galaxy-from-certain-destruction thing has convinced them they kind of want to be good guys, but they pretty much only know how to be bad guys.
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A classic! I have re-read this one many times, and it never fails to make me smile.
Breaking News, by nightwalker
“‘Can’t comment on awesome news’,” Peter read out loud from his phone. “‘Getting proposed to.’ Holy crap, there’s already a CapTony hashtag. How many followers do you have, Tony?”
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This is essentially my fave trope of ‘snowbound in an inn at Christmas,’ except they’re not actually snowbound, and it’s not an inn. But there is a cat, so that evens it out.
I’m in the Wrong Place to be Real, by hermionesmydawg
After hours of being in this damn jet (and who gave Steve fucking Rogers a license to fly this thing anyway, hello, he crashed a plane into the Arctic on purpose once), they land in the middle of a field. Yes, a field. Literally right next to a fucking cow. They file off one by one, each taking in their new surroundings. Bucky moos hello to the cow.
“Did you just moo?” Sam asks. Bucky shrugs, and Sam rolls his eyes. “You didn’t say a fucking word the entire flight, and yet, you greet a cow. A goddamn cow.”
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