EXCHANGE INTERFACE

And I'm impressed...

( ...and kind of horrified, too )

I have more things to think about and comment about, but I don't have a lot of brain right now. If you want to discuss spoilers in the comments, then I don't mind at all. I'd love to have conversations with people about different angles.

Also: when's Captain Marvel actually due to come out?

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a Nick POV section to write for sharp Evening stars and bright Morning flame (the sedoretu series).

Well, if there's anything that could overcome my love of Marvel for the last four years, then DC's Wonder Woman might very well be it.

If they pull it (and Suicide Squad) off, then I might very well jump back to Diana/Bruce, which looks like it already has a few decent writers, and maybe a couple of good ones to boot.

Maria/Steve will always be the MCU pairing of my heart, but it's been hell being the only steady, dedicated writer for it for 4 years, with little encouragement and nobody to share the load who stuck it out for the duration.

I loved Marvel back before the X-men Movies wrecked my favourite character (Scott Summers), I was a fan of the Justice League Animated series between Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis. I enjoyed the Dark Knight trilogy before I got into the MCU with the first Avengers movie, and if DC pull this off, then I'll be there with bells on.

Dr. Strange? Spiderman? No. Not in my interests pile.

Avengers: Infinity War? Well, I'll probably go see it, but it mostly depends on whether they continue to use Maria in the MCU. The odds of that are little-to-nothing, which means the odds of people appreciating her are little-to-nothing, and the odds of people writing her are sweet fuck-all.

But the reports on BvS:DoJ Extended Edition are positive, and Suicide Squad seems to have gone straight for diversity, and WW hits all my 'female characters that I can love' buttons, even before you add in a blond-haired blue-eyed pretty boy as a love interest.

Pacific Rim Secret Santa Gift!

title: living in a fallen home
summary: Their instant connection pushed Raleigh into focusing on all the things he and Mako share, all the places where they align. It's only with a little time, and distance, and a lack of wires fused into both their brains, that he learns where they deviate from one another.
why: This was a pinch-hit for me when my author couldn't get her assignment in due to Life Issues (and let me know ahead of time as well as promising me a fic in Jan). So it's short but sweet, a few little slices of life and dealing as they work out how they're going to relate in a post-kaiju world.

In contrast, my Captain Hill Secret Santa gift is intense:

title: this of all nights
summary: In the weeks after Ultron, Steve and Maria find comfort in each other, only to find themselves on opposite sides of the Sokovia Protocols.
why: No quarter given in this fic; the harsh and bitter truth of love and war. It's not an easy fic to read, but it's an powerful one, and the ending is as much interlude as it is completion. The characterisation is amazing - particularly the harder side of Steve and the sharper side of Maria. We don't always write those in Captain Hill fic because it's not easy to write them in a relationship like that - it takes a fair bit of emotional maturity to both conceive it and accept it, but this has been done brilliantly, with their emotional need balanced against the things they believe are right and the choices they have to make in the situation.