Oh man, I love Clint. He's such a normal guy. I've always kind of thought it was cool that he seemed able to fall in love with all the women on the Avengers at the drop of a hat, because honestly, what reasonable man wouldn't? They're usually beautiful, they're strong and brave and cool, and on some level Clint's probably never quite gotten over "OMG! Superheroes!"
Or should it be "OMG, Superheroines?" (For some reason, I always find myself referring to Carol, Jan, et al as "female superheroes," rather than "superheroines," even though I love and regularly use the term "villainess.")
It would be massively, massively intimidating to hang out with the assembled female Avengers in real life -- they're all so drop dead gorgeous and cool and awesome, and there you would stand looking like the female version of pre-spiderbite Peter Parker, torn between "OMG, so hot, can't make brain function" and "Why!? Why are they all so much prettier than me?!" (Peter, on the other hand, wouldn't be at all intimidating to hang out with, and would probably be fun to talk to in short doses).
I love his conversation with Carol about superheroes and how they screw up, and her literary revenge on Marcus. Poor Carol; it's easy to forget how badly she got screwed over.
What are self-insertion novels for if not to consign everyone who was ever mean to you to horrible fates while your avatar saves the galaxy? Personally, I wanted the volume three version of Marcus (where Carol finally gets some of her own back) to die horribly from the very fist time he called Warbird "spirited," completely independant of his previous-timeline-self's actions.
And Rhodey and Hank. I miss Rhodey; one of the few good things to come out of all this idiocy is that he's been around in the comics more lately.
The Initiative is basically the Rhodey & Hank title (there are some teenagers who keep popping up to use up valuable War Machine and Yellowjacket screentime, but they are immaterial -- you know every who buys it does so solely because warMachine is in it). One of the good things about the movie is that it's introduced a bunch of new fans to Rhodey (though there's sadly little Tony/Rhodey slash in comparison with the Tony/Pepper het).
But is it me, or is Hank's affect a little flat? Or maybe he was just too bored to drum up much enthusiasm.
That... was unintentional, but given that it's something that mood stabilizers + anti-depressants can actually do to you, we're going to claim intent.
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Oh man, I love Clint. He's such a normal guy. I've always kind of thought it was cool that he seemed able to fall in love with all the women on the Avengers at the drop of a hat, because honestly, what reasonable man wouldn't? They're usually beautiful, they're strong and brave and cool, and on some level Clint's probably never quite gotten over "OMG! Superheroes!"
Or should it be "OMG, Superheroines?" (For some reason, I always find myself referring to Carol, Jan, et al as "female superheroes," rather than "superheroines," even though I love and regularly use the term "villainess.")
It would be massively, massively intimidating to hang out with the assembled female Avengers in real life -- they're all so drop dead gorgeous and cool and awesome, and there you would stand looking like the female version of pre-spiderbite Peter Parker, torn between "OMG, so hot, can't make brain function" and "Why!? Why are they all so much prettier than me?!" (Peter, on the other hand, wouldn't be at all intimidating to hang out with, and would probably be fun to talk to in short doses).
I love his conversation with Carol about superheroes and how they screw up, and her literary revenge on Marcus. Poor Carol; it's easy to forget how badly she got screwed over.
What are self-insertion novels for if not to consign everyone who was ever mean to you to horrible fates while your avatar saves the galaxy? Personally, I wanted the volume three version of Marcus (where Carol finally gets some of her own back) to die horribly from the very fist time he called Warbird "spirited," completely independant of his previous-timeline-self's actions.
And Rhodey and Hank. I miss Rhodey; one of the few good things to come out of all this idiocy is that he's been around in the comics more lately.
The Initiative is basically the Rhodey & Hank title (there are some teenagers who keep popping up to use up valuable War Machine and Yellowjacket screentime, but they are immaterial -- you know every who buys it does so solely because warMachine is in it). One of the good things about the movie is that it's introduced a bunch of new fans to Rhodey (though there's sadly little Tony/Rhodey slash in comparison with the Tony/Pepper het).
But is it me, or is Hank's affect a little flat? Or maybe he was just too bored to drum up much enthusiasm.
That... was unintentional, but given that it's something that mood stabilizers + anti-depressants can actually do to you, we're going to claim intent.