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So, I might have done what I always do when I get into something new, and read a few fics by people who's stuff I know and love, got totally hooked and gone on a mad reading spree as well as watching the canon repeatedly.
Which is a longish way of saying that Tesco had Avengers Assemble on special offer and I bought it having got hooked on fic about the characters. I don't think I've watched a superhero movie since The Incredibles.
I love the movie. I love Natasha - I love that she's smart and caring and I love her relationship with Barton (and that she fixes him by kicking him in the head, I want to be able to do that!).
I love that the female characters wear practical clothes for their jobs, not short skirts, and that everyone's uniforms are form-fitting, not just the women.
I love Hill, for being cool, calm and awesome. I love Furt for being snarky and taking no crap from anyone and the line about real power wanting a magazine (am I supposed to love those two? I kind of feel like I'm supposed to dislike Fury at least, but I love him).
I love Hawkeye and Iron Man, and I love that they get it together in the end but they're also really *bad* at getting it together, and that they save the world and then have dinner in silence with nothing to say to each other. I kind of love every time Captain America gets thrown through a window or whatever, because, honestly, he would drive me up the wall if I had to work with him, he's way too earnest and virtuous.
So, question: is it worth watching the various other movies in the same universe?
Total change of subject: I haven't watched the first two episodes of 5-0, mostly because I haven't actually had a solid fort-five minutes at home in weeks. But I've got this story in my head in which Steve is Stephanie and still sleeping with Catherine and goes out bar-hopping with Kono and is still best friends with Danny.
My question is: in the first episode, Danny punches Steve for basically being annoying and gettig him shot. I don't know why, but I have a hard time imagining Danny hiting a woman for the same reasons (though he did swing a part of a boat into a woman sort-of-bad-guy). And the whole being put on his knees thing would, I think, be treated as maybe more humiliating by the people around him if it was done by a woman? What I can't figure out is, if Danny wouldn't punch her, what would he do? My brain keeps getting stuck - help?
And sort-of left conversational turn again: I couldn't sign up for this year's femslash exchange because I didn't know *any* of the listed fandoms (well, now Avengers, but sign ups are closed). I used to know loads of them, and I find this kind of depressing. Any good recs for femslashy shows or movies I ougt to be picking up?
And that's it for this whsitle stop tour of bluflamingo and fandom. Please exit the ride to your left, and take all belognings with you :)
Which is a longish way of saying that Tesco had Avengers Assemble on special offer and I bought it having got hooked on fic about the characters. I don't think I've watched a superhero movie since The Incredibles.
I love the movie. I love Natasha - I love that she's smart and caring and I love her relationship with Barton (and that she fixes him by kicking him in the head, I want to be able to do that!).
I love that the female characters wear practical clothes for their jobs, not short skirts, and that everyone's uniforms are form-fitting, not just the women.
I love Hill, for being cool, calm and awesome. I love Furt for being snarky and taking no crap from anyone and the line about real power wanting a magazine (am I supposed to love those two? I kind of feel like I'm supposed to dislike Fury at least, but I love him).
I love Hawkeye and Iron Man, and I love that they get it together in the end but they're also really *bad* at getting it together, and that they save the world and then have dinner in silence with nothing to say to each other. I kind of love every time Captain America gets thrown through a window or whatever, because, honestly, he would drive me up the wall if I had to work with him, he's way too earnest and virtuous.
So, question: is it worth watching the various other movies in the same universe?
Total change of subject: I haven't watched the first two episodes of 5-0, mostly because I haven't actually had a solid fort-five minutes at home in weeks. But I've got this story in my head in which Steve is Stephanie and still sleeping with Catherine and goes out bar-hopping with Kono and is still best friends with Danny.
My question is: in the first episode, Danny punches Steve for basically being annoying and gettig him shot. I don't know why, but I have a hard time imagining Danny hiting a woman for the same reasons (though he did swing a part of a boat into a woman sort-of-bad-guy). And the whole being put on his knees thing would, I think, be treated as maybe more humiliating by the people around him if it was done by a woman? What I can't figure out is, if Danny wouldn't punch her, what would he do? My brain keeps getting stuck - help?
And sort-of left conversational turn again: I couldn't sign up for this year's femslash exchange because I didn't know *any* of the listed fandoms (well, now Avengers, but sign ups are closed). I used to know loads of them, and I find this kind of depressing. Any good recs for femslashy shows or movies I ougt to be picking up?
And that's it for this whsitle stop tour of bluflamingo and fandom. Please exit the ride to your left, and take all belognings with you :)