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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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My various fanfics.Thor: WHY AREN'T YOU DRUNK YET?
Steve: I told you. I can't.
Thor: THAT JUST MEANS WE HAVEN'T USED ENOUGH ALCOHOL YET!
My various fanfics.Dammit, there's a video I really want to post in response to this, but it doesn't seem to be online anywhere. Alas.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.It's a scene from WKRP in Cincinnati where Johnny Fever, being made to take a drink every so often and immediately follow it with a sobriety test as part of a PSA-type thing, gets increasingly sober, much to the frustration of the cop conducting the tests.
It's not as funny described which is why I want to find that video so badly
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.What kind of bothers me about the notion of a romance between Bruce and Natasha is the age difference. I mean, he is 15 years older than her - if it were reverse, everyone would be up in arms. But apparently there is no question that young, vibrant Natasha who could have guys built like the Falcon would go for old, broken Bruce Banner. I can't think of a more unlikely pairing other than Natasha/Tony.
Maybe it's a case of opposites attracting each other.
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Wellll... if the MCU Black Widow program is anything like the comics version Nat might not necessarily be quite as young as she looks. Also, she's surrounded by muscly meatheads in SHIELD for the most part, Banner is something a bit different.
I have no idea how old the actors are...I am talking about the MCU ages. Bruce's is on his Culver University Card on the "wall of search" in "The incredible Hulk" and Natasha's is mentioned in The Winter Soldier by Armin Zola. I am currently working on my own timeline for the MCU ( http://archiveofourown.org/works/3452657/chapters/7573943
) and have figured out the ages of the Avengers in addition to it, as far as possible...the one of Thor is a little bit vague, Hawkeyes hasn't been mentioned yet and Tony has three different, none of which actually fit the information given so far.
How'd we get from Steve drinking Thor under the table to talking about the ages of the characters?
Also, I'm worried for Bruce and Natasha. After all, it IS a Whedon movie, romances don't generally end... alive, when he gets involved.
I highly doubt Marvel would ALLOW Whedon to kill off The Hulk. Or Black Widow, since right now she's the only major female superhero in the MCU and the backlash Marvel and Whedon would get back from fans both male and female who like Natasha would be fucking huge.
And if Whedon kills a black superhero in this movie, I'm done with him. He finally goes on my list of shitty writers/directors to avoid at all costs.
edited 5th Mar '15 8:11:37 AM by higherbrainpattern
I have a sneaking suspicion that the writers haven't decided if Black Widow has a slowed aging process or not.
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Well, Thor does come from a culture based on Norse values. I imagine he's killed people for less.
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