If you wouldn't go to someone for advice, don't take their criticism either.
Wait whoa
op woke up and chose logic today and idk how i feel about that
Fic idea where after the whole Accords fiasco Steve just starts working as a bartender at a pub in a small town in Ireland.
And it's just ridiculous.
He gets this thick Irish accent two weeks in, and at the beginning people don't realise it's him. But his name tag says STEVE and he never hides his superstrength.
You can see him carrying too many beer barrels for it to be normal, or cursing Stark/The Avengers/Accords new policies and its hilariously accurate/only an insider could come up with such detailed takes.
His bartending game is 10/10 and his sense of humour, no nonsense attitude towards bigots makes it so people in the town just decide that he is their local himbo.
So when he is recognised, his identity is kept like an open secret. Everyone in the town knows Cap is the guy serving Guinness down the street, but if a tourist/UN official shows up? That's just Steven, he was born and rised here, he's Siobhan's grandkid, what are you talking about.
Bonus points if Rogue Avengers (Bucky, T'Challa, Sam, Nat, etc) just keep showing up with like: zero disguises and sometimes even Cap merch.
The UN is going fucking crazy, and one day Tony Stark himself goes there to check. Steve pulls a fake mustache and just pretends like he doesn't even know who Tony Star, CEO of Stark Industries is. It gets on his nerves so much he starts rising his voice and all the regulars at the pub just kick him out. "How dare you speak like that to Siobhan's boy!"
Bonus points if Grandma Siobhan just looks absolutely nothing like Steve.
HAPPY 42nd BIRTHDAY, CHRIS EVANS! (June 13, 1981)
I’ve met some actors who are wildly self-aware, wildly self-possessed, incredibly intelligent people. I’ve also met actors who have no idea what’s going on around them at any given moment. And both can turn in phenomenal performances. It really begs the question: What is going on in your head when you see a piece of paper with a bunch of words? The only conclusion I can draw is that there is no formula. I think it’s meant to be in a constant state of rebirth. It’s this organic, living thing that you have to re-examine with every character. Sorry if that made me sound pretentious; I’m hearing myself right now.
Beagle puppies rescued from a medical testing facility got to meet Snoopy. (source)
peace and love on fucking earth
[Kamala’s] mother presents her with a costume she had made in Karachi. The color scheme is similar to her idol, Captain Marvel, but the silhouette is in line with her Pakistani heritage, the garment taking the form of tights, a kameez, and a dupatta. “Even just if you look at the detailing,” [executive producer Sana] Amanat said, “there’s a lot of cool textures in it that Arjun [Bhasin] incorporated that feel very South Asian in a very subtle way, and yet have that texture and weaving that superhero suits have.” –Delia Harrington, “The Importance of Getting Ms. Marvel’s TV Costume Right”
Kamala Khan’s Uniform in MS. MARVEL – SEASON 1 (2022), for @mcuchallenge
570 words written today -- I am slowly trying to get back on track for my monthly word count goal. Fortunately the word count tracker I use tells me how many words a day I need to write to still meet my goal and automatically adjusts, so I don’t come out of something like last week’s bad days and go “oh my god I need to write three thousand words in one day just to catch up.” (I’ve written 3K in one day before, but it’s not the norm for me -- the most I’ve ever written in one day is around 10K, which by the way I do not recommend, and anyway I think the last time I did that was back in college. I did about 8K or 9K a few years ago for a chapter of Morning (the big flashback chapter, chapter 6) in a fit of absolute frenzy.)
Snippet from Of Home Near chapter 8.
After a moment, Morita said, “You guys got any normal friends?”
Steve rubbed at his face and sat upright again. “Sure. Nat’s best friend is retired special ops and he lives on a farm with his wife and three kids. Mine’s a former Air Force paratrooper.”
“That the one with the wings?”
“Yeah,” Steve admitted.
Morita and Jones exchanged a look and Steve dug his thumb into his forehead again.
Dum-Dum read his commanding officer’s obvious distress with his experienced NCO’s eye and said, “Hey, Mrs. Rogers. The captain ever tell you about the puzzle of getting five French chickens, one Italian cat, two German dogs, an Austrian parakeet, and the seven of us over the Seine in one boat? All during a new moon with German troopers on one side of the river and la Milice on the other, with the Maquis taking potshots at both of them and sometimes us the whole time?”
“No, I haven’t heard that one,” Natasha said, bemused and relieved by the change in subject. “Where did the animals come from?”
“This story does not make me look good,” Steve protested, but he looked relieved too.
“Really?” Falsworth said. “I think the cat on your head made you look properly dashing. Good reason to wear a helmet, though.”
“I had to get a new helmet after that because the damned thing clawed it up so badly –”
*heavy sigh* I’d forgotten that “Character X accidentally (or on purpose) gets sent back in time and attempts to make things Better” is actually a trope I hate – I don’t read it very often (because I don’t read fic very often, and I avoid it in original fiction) so I forget I hate it.
“but Bedlam aren’t you actively writing –”
I cannot more explicitly say that that is not what is going on in Home, given that it’s been explicitly stated on multiple occasions in the fic itself. you may be reading a Bedlamsbard fic if the so-called fix-it is making the situation way worse.
any time travel-related attempt to make things Better in a Bedlamsbard fic will just make things way more complicated and probably worse, even if it fixes the original problem.
#the closest I have ever gotten to a pure 'the time travel has made things better' is probably other side AU#we haven't seen the earth side of the reaches 'verse yet but it is uh. way more complicated.#but hey! they're not being invaded by aliens! so they've got that going for them.#on the other hand they are now short three infinity stones and that may actually break the universe#your girl
*heavy sigh* I’d forgotten that “Character X accidentally (or on purpose) gets sent back in time and attempts to make things Better” is actually a trope I hate -- I don’t read it very often (because I don’t read fic very often, and I avoid it in original fiction) so I forget I hate it.
“but Bedlam aren’t you actively writing --”
I cannot more explicitly say that that is not what is going on in Home, given that it’s been explicitly stated on multiple occasions in the fic itself. you may be reading a Bedlamsbard fic if the so-called fix-it is making the situation way worse.
When you spend a lot of time, like I do, just standing around and waiting, or being moved from place to place, every minute gets consumed by something someone else has set up for you. And it’s not like I’m always in a beautiful place wearing something gorgeous.
you ever find a piece of clothing and feel like you just stumbled upon an essential bit of your character design
Level 1: There are no surviving records of what this was about.
Level 2: There are some surviving records of what this was about, but they're from centuries after the fact and may be speculative or fabricated.
Level 3: We have writings from a contemporary primary source regarding what this was about, but it's often unclear whether the writer is speaking from first-hand experience, and also they're known to have sometimes just made shit up.
Level 4: We have writings from multiple contemporary primary sources which broadly corroborate each other regarding what this was about, but – and hear me out – what if they're all lying.
@bedlamsbard student worthy
this is just what working on my dissertation is like, I don’t need students for this.