About Natasha-Natalya, it can be regional. My MiL is named Natalia, and H's uncle was Wolodimir. They're both from what used to be part of Ukraine, is now Poland. In Russia proper they would be named Natasha and Vladimir.
Raise your hand if 'ew.'
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Beverly - May 28, 2012 9:00:16 pm PDT #20776 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
-t - May 29, 2012 7:16:02 am PDT #20777 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK, I tried to pay attention to Loki's motivation this time (mostly I was just all enthralled again, though I did catch the scene with the motorcycle mirror reflection and realized I didn't notice it the first time because I was just watching the action and that it was seen in reflection was entirely transparent to me) and it seems to me that his motivation was just that he'd made a deal with The Other (or whoever that is talking in the very beginning) to deliver the Tesseract and he'd get the Earth to, I suppose, rule. And I don't think he'd put much thought into what ruling the Earth would mean, just that ruling Asgard was out so maybe ruling Earth would be an acceptable substitute.
sumi - May 29, 2012 7:18:13 am PDT #20778 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Huh. I thought that Natalya was a diminutive of Natasha.
smonster - May 29, 2012 8:20:44 am PDT #20779 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Pretty sure from my two years in an FSR that Natalya is the proper name and Natasha is the nickname. Sasha is a nickname for Alexander/Alexandra, Andrusha is a nickname for Andrei, etc.
§ ita § - May 29, 2012 10:45:53 am PDT #20780 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow. Battleship has worse numbers than John Carter. I did actually expect it to do depressingly well, although not be a success. God forbid this be a lesson to have a concept in mind, not just a title, when you get funding.
-t - May 29, 2012 10:48:17 am PDT #20781 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Poor Taylor Kitsch.
Consuela - May 29, 2012 10:55:41 am PDT #20782 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Poor Taylor Kitsch.
Hmm. I think he'll do okay, actually. He's both attractive and competent, and he's still got a lot of good will from Friday Night Lights. Worse comes to worst, he goes back to television, like Scott Porter & Connie Britton have done.
-t - May 29, 2012 10:58:20 am PDT #20783 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's true. But starring in two big bombs in the same summer is a tough break.
Zenkitty - May 29, 2012 11:06:33 am PDT #20784 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Wow. Battleship has worse numbers than John Carter.
Wow. I'm surprised. It looked like fun, anyway, even if it was stupid fun. I bet it suffered from "I'd rather see The Avengers again" syndrome.
Steph L. - May 29, 2012 11:15:46 am PDT #20785 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
How did MIB 3 do? Did it bump Avengers out of #1?