marvel movie fandom, why?

[schmevil]

It's cracking me up that Clint's characterization in a lot of fics seems to be 'quiet'.

Not so much, no.

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[dirty_diana]

Heh. I am basically puzzled by everything that fandom does, ngl.

[schmevil]

Marvel movie fandom is constant source of butwhy for me right now. Don't get me started on XMFC. :D

[brooms]

Don't get me started on XMFC. :D

Do get started, please.

[schmevil]

I just don't understand the fandom. The side pairings baffle me. The lack of Darwin baffles me. Woobie!Charles baffles me. idgi

[brooms]

Oh. I get all of those bar side-pairings. Mostly because I haven't seen a real trend in side pairings.

[schmevil]

The one that really confuses me is Sean/Alex, tbh.

[brooms]

Oh, I don't see a lot of that one. Alex is most commonly paired with Hank, Darwin and to a lesser extent Charles in my experience.

[brooms]

I can't edit, and I don't know if you're looking for recommendations (you mentioned you were baffled by the lack of Darwin), but here's the AO3 tag for Alex/Armando -

http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Armando%20Mu%C3%B1oz*s*Alex%20Summers/works

Thistlerose is the best writer for that pairing, in my opinion.

[schmevil]

Ooh, thanks for this. I'll definitely check out her stories.

[brooms]

Maybe they're just being cautious, since the rumor-mill seems to indicate Hawkeye won't be doing much in the movie. He could be toned-down for RDJ's Tony benefit.

[schmevil]

Could be, but when when you're writing fic for a movie that hasn't come out yet, you're going to get Jossed. Might as well go all out.

I know, right?

[jazzypom]

movie fic makes me head tilt like woah. But to be fair, there's a lot of ensemble fic out there, and people haven't met Hawkeye yet Renner isn't my visual or personal Hawkeye, but that's a whole other story for a whole other time.

Re: I know, right?

[schmevil]

Agreed on Renner. So not what I expected. But he's a good performer, I think he'll give us something we can enjoy.

[valtyr]

He's got a little snark going on in his Thor cameo, so I wouldn't expect quiet - I'm expecting a deadpan snarker, and Tony taking the challenge-authority role Clint had in comics.

[schmevil]

Hmm, I pretty much agree with this. They'd be silly not to use RDJ's RDJ-ness to the fullest. Renner's a really strong performer too, though. I'm hoping that they're going to anchor the drama around it's best actors, and keep the load lighter on Evans, Helmsworth and ScarJo.