cap_ironman | Fruits and Vegetables

I'm amazed this post has some clear cut majority (and that i voted with it). shipfood!hivemind.

Edited 2008-12-02 04:02 (UTC)

Also, I would like the prickly pear people to explain their reasoning.

Ever eaten one? Sharp and spiny and a pain in the ass to peel, but oh, so tasty once you do.

But Tony's smooooooooth

When he wants to be. Cactus pears in flower form (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Opuntia_ovata_2.jpg) are flashy and sleek enough that they'll attract things despite the spiny bits of the cactus itself. XD

Well, now that I know the reasons, I have to agree. Tony is a cactus.

I agree too.

I'm kind of genuinely spooked that there was a majority on this, and that I totally went with it without realizing...

I totally voted Corn because of that one Marvel Adventures comic.

He's so a tater.

I would have put potato's somewhere on this list... but I wasn't sure if they were vegetables....

What fic is this for? ~~...and is it just me, or did Steve get a lot more phallic vegetables in his options?~~

This is for my Harlequin Romance: The Cowboy and the Socialite.
If you haven't read it I can get the link for you, if you'd like.

The vegetable thing was completely unintentional. ~~Perhaps my subconscious is telling me something....~~
Besides, outside of Bananas I can't think of that many phallic fruits.

Oh, I've been meaning to take a look at that when it's done. I have a policy of not reading gay fics set in the past until it's done (at which point I check if there is a happy ending), because there is usually so much persecution angst and suspense. I'm a bit of a history geek, I know the horrible stuff that happens then. So, if it's completely fictional, I can just discount unhappy as one of the AUs, but if it's historical, it stays unhappy because I knew something like that did actually happen.

Well, cucumber is actually a fruit, because it is the part of the vegetable that bears seeds. Ditto for tomato and squash. People tend to associate sweets with fruits though (or at least the use of), sometimes rhubarb sauce is lumped with fruit even though it's a stalk.

Oh, I understand. I'd just like to say umm... if you're looking for any real history in my fic it might be hard to find. Most of my information is from civil war movies (like The Patriot, or Glory) and Wikipedia. Also, by merit of being part of the Harlequin genre, it is gonna end up with a happy ending that is completely unrealistic. I know what your getting at though, with the depressing facts of history- I also try to avoid such things. It's just too sad to think about for long periods of time.

Also, I think the official description of Fruit Vs. Vegetable is based on whether or not you eat it with dinner. That's the legal definition at least. At some point people needed to know the difference for tariff purposes with imports and exports. When it comes down to the biological part of it I have no idea.

I thought squashes had their own category? That's why I didn't list pumpkins- I'm saving squashes for a later poll...

Props for being a history geek!

Hey, unrealistically happy is okay as long as people are in character. The universe is full of infinite possibilities and at least a few of them has to be ridiculously happy.

I heartily approve of this sentiment.

At some point people needed to know the difference for tariff purposes with imports and exports

NOOOOO NO brinign HTS codes into my fandom *Cry*

Sorry imports exports is my job.

Was it the 1980s...? Tony would have been the kiwi. Ridiculously furry on the outside, sour and sweet on the inside.

=D I like that description!

Ok now if this doesn't show some inner consensus about Steve's character I don't know what does.

Granted I said he was a beet . . .
I don't know it beets make me think of the army which make me think of Steve.
Corn makes me think of my mother, who is not Steve.

I had to put Tony as a Strawberry, just because . . .
I feel like there is a metaphor here for relating somehow to how QUICKLY strawberries turn icky. Seriously one minute fine, the next black and gooey and OMG WHAT HAPPENED. That needs to relate to Tony somehow.

Do you mind if I ask why a beet? I like your strawberry = Tony description. I agree that there is a metaphor in there somewhere.

Why beets make me think of the army and therefore Steve? I don't know. It seems like the kinda food they'd inflict on you. I don't even know if this is true.

Also for whatever reason that is utterly illogical it make me think of old things. Maybe because my grandparents always had beets, and I knew very few people in my generation who will eat them. That my just be me though.

So of everything on there beets struck me as Steve.

*LOL* I'm glad you like the strawberry=Tony metaphor. I have to admit I cam up with it second. Really Tony is a Strawberry because of my fanart of Chibi!Tony and the giant Strawberry ^^;;

I remember that pic! It was so cute!
I had an after thought that beets are sweet - like Steve. The old-fashionedness of beets hadn't occurred to me. I like beets - they were one of the few vegetables my mother could get me to eat when I was a little kid - but I don't really know anyone else who will touch the things either.

I had an after thought that beets are sweet - like Steve

Sweet and good for you! ^__^
I also just realized I associated beets (and carrots)with victory gardens, which his also maybe why I thought of beets = Steve. Granted, of course you can grow other things but beets and carrots are what stuck with me and I don't see Steve as a carrot *L*

I love beets too!

So um. I originally said Tony should be a dragon fruit just because of the name, but now I'm leaning towards Prickly Pear because of the T.S. Eliot reference.

i know you know my reasoning for Steve=corn. Thanks to the above comments, I am now incapable of not thinking dirty thoughts on that subject.

I know about your ideas on corn...but think how fun it will be for you to beta that! The euphemisms will be great!
You know it's true. Besides we can compare the colour of gold to his hair. ~~among other things~~

Do you think a T.S. Eliot allusion would be to... intelligent for the story? I wouldn't want anyone to take me seriously.

hmmm... point. heaven forbid anything remotely literal should enter the story (<-- that was not sarcastic, btw).

...and i suppose Eliot would be rolling in his grave if Steve and/or Tony had a Deep Abiding Love for T.S. Eliot that they could Bond Over.

On the other hand I did put a classical simile in the last chapter. You remember my epic simile. ~~I love saying that because it is actually, in literary terms, an epic simile.~~ I mean, if we can reference Greek Gods, could we mention 20th century poets?

Damn, I totally missed corn on there. That is the most perfect thing, ever.

What is more all-American than corn?
Maybe cranberries or syphilis.

I thought syphilis was more British? Cranberries are good though.

Well, there are some theories that it originally came from the New World.

Wow, I paid attention in history class. Huh.

Oh. I didn't know that. I was thinking of the fact that a English prince supposedly died of syphilis. Well, I learned something new today!

If Cap is a carrot, then he can be CAPTAIN CARROT!!!

Ba-bum-bum-ching!

=D

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