Cap_Ironman Weekly News, Week Ending 5th April 2010

[valtyr]

Happy Easter, all who celebrate it! This week someone decided to tell cap_ironman they loved us, and we are always at home to gratuitous flattery, so thank you very much. :)

Last week we got a Cap and this week we got a Bucky. But rumour has it Emily Blunt has turned down the role of Cap's girlfriend, which is likely to be Peggy Carter, although could still be Golden Girl. (Not that I'm partial to Golden Girl or anything. I'm just putting it out there. Forlornly.) The article says they're also considering Keira Knightley or Alice Eve for the role; something all these women have in common is that they're British, which suggests that Cap's WWII girlfriend will be British. Which does make sense, considering there were a lot more British women than America out in the combat zones of WWII. It also suggests they might drop the close relationship between Sharon and Peggy, which would make Cap seem a little less, uh... well... creepy. What do you think?



vive_la_yaoi posted some fanart for us.

garrideb posted her fanmix, The Surface He Finds

viperchurros posted some fanart

thelilytriad posted a fanfic, Shiny Leather In The Dark.

savemoony posted to basically make us jealous that Obama signed her comic, and it worked. :)

googlehead84 posted to alert us to the Stark Expo.

marinarusalka posted to tell us that movie Bucky has been cast.

stormseye posted with assorted fanart

And ani_bester posted a cute little April ficlet for us.


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Comments

[muccamukk]

Oh and for a Love Interest, I vote Howard Stark :P

HAHAHA. I think we're trying to avoid Steve creepily working his way through entire family trees.

[valtyr]

Nah, it's grand. His first movie is adventures with Peggy Carter, Howard Stark and Bucky Barnes, and then his second is him kidnapping Sharon, Tony and Rick and making them pretend to be his old friends. Fury makes them all play along because they need Steve too much. They try and persuade Thor to wear his wings on his ankles instead of his helmet and answer to Namora, but he's having none of it.

[savemoony.livejournal.com]

It's not creepy; it's Tony. They are *~*~*~*DESTINED*~*~* for each other. *rolls eyes*

Actually, I have no way to say this without sounding 'Like a slash fangirl who hates women', but I really don't want a love interest. Period. I'm all for Kick Ass Women as Resistance fighters, nurses, Avengers, etc. But no smooches. I don't want Pearl Harbor. I want Saving Private Ryan.

[valtyr]

Well, for me it depends. I don't mind a good, well-integrated love story where in the course of the plot Cap and Designated Love Interest fall for each other. I do mind having thirty minutes of important Nazi-smashing time taken up by meet cutes and awkward dialogue and then the chick ends up tied to railroad tracks and screaming while the hero Saves Her and also The Day.

[savemoony.livejournal.com]

LOL, No, I agree. But I fear it will be the latter. That's why I'd "rather be safe than sorry" and just skip it all together. Plus as I've pointed out before, Marvel's trying to cram SO MUCH into this movie already -- the origin, Bucky, Gail, the Avengers, Red Skull, Modern Time Bookends -- that I feel like it's going to be the Who's greatest hits album instead of Tommy.

[valtyr]

Well, if it was Gail, and they went with the Ults origin, it would fit quite well - they've known each for years, so no time wasted on getting-to-know you, and they write to each other. However, that does mean she's not on-screen much. (Also I don't see how she could be British, so probably not Gail.)

Although Gail as his girl back home and then Keira or whoever as Spitfire and not a romantic interest would be very cool!

[savemoony.livejournal.com]

That would be cool.

[muccamukk]

If it does turn out to be Knightly, I expect more wackign with things and running about in a badass way than annoying underwater swimming. I do get what you mean though. I don't want the character to be "Girl, First Name: The". I want her to be part of the story. With explosions. Peggy was like that originally.