That happened as soon as Thor fandom developed.
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Dana - May 30, 2012 3:36:21 pm PDT #7739 of 10452
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Matt the Bruins fan - May 30, 2012 3:46:36 pm PDT #7740 of 10452
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
I just feel like taking someone by the shoulders, shaking her, and yelling "No matter how overlooked and in need of validation you feel, a paramilitary organization charged with defending the whole planet is not going to make throwing a huge birthday party for an astrophysicist's assistant on their flying headquarters their #1 priority for days on end!"
Dana - May 30, 2012 3:50:14 pm PDT #7741 of 10452
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I like Clint/Darcy.
Cass - May 30, 2012 3:54:01 pm PDT #7742 of 10452
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Who doesn't?
And I haven't even seen Avengers yet.
juliana - May 30, 2012 4:33:10 pm PDT #7743 of 10452
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
There was a decent Steve/Darcy somewhere on AO3.
Zenkitty - May 30, 2012 4:55:54 pm PDT #7744 of 10452
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Darcy Lewis as a Mary Sue proxy
I thought she was deliberately written that way.
Consuela - May 30, 2012 5:00:22 pm PDT #7745 of 10452
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm with Dana: I really enjoy reading the Darcy stories, even though probably because she's a reader-proxy.
Which, frankly, I think is different than a Mary Sue. A Mary Sue is, IME, a writer proxy, with powers out of proportion with her position, and a tendency to warp the narrative around her rather like a black hole. The canon characters get bent out of shape near a Mary Sue because she absorbs all the awesome to her and they are forced to react as if she's legitimate, although the writing generally doesn't substantiate that.
Dana - May 30, 2012 5:12:50 pm PDT #7746 of 10452
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
And her presence pretty much enabled Thor to pass the Bechdel test (barely), so I'm not complaining.
Zenkitty - May 30, 2012 5:15:01 pm PDT #7747 of 10452
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The Bechdel test is two women talking to each other about something other than men, right?
Consuela - May 30, 2012 5:16:09 pm PDT #7748 of 10452
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Right.
Sadly, Avengers failed it, but at least we got Black Widow kicking ass.