when the wind is southerly i know a hawk from a handsaw

I don't mean to alarm anyone... but I do believe I am facing an actual weekend. As in, two days of free time. I mean, sure, I haven't even started on my Christmas shopping, but still. Free time. I don't have fifteen billion huge projects I need to get done before Sunday night.

I'd Eat Her Heart In The Marketplace.

plural_entity asked me a couple of questions for December 19th:

1. What was the very first ship you ever shipped (even if you didn't know what shipping was at the time)?

First, a little context. I have always loved romance but back when I was 8-10 (which is when I first started consuming media in, basically, a very similar way to how I consume media now) I was a lot more willing to follow the author to whatever relationship they wanted. For example, with Tamora Pierce, I was happy to just follow the narrative and see who the heroines ended up with.

And then there was The Darkangel Trilogy. (I'd like to pause for a moment and mention that I liked vampires both before they were cool AND back when they were beautifully monstrous, monstrously beautiful creatures.) So, three books happened, including things like the heroine giving the hero her heart, if I remember correctly? And it became clear to me that the hero was falling deeper and deeper into love with the heroine after treating her badly in the beginning, but she didn't see it, even though she was in love with him, and then in the final bookthey don't get together. They FUCKING FINALLY consummate their marriage (I think? again, it's been over a decade) and he's like, 'let's be married for reals!' And she says no, because of duty or magic or some bullshit like that.
And okay, the heroine does go off to spend eternity (I think) with her female bff which in retrospect... I feel like I should be more okay with? But at the time, I was just furious that after three books of tragedy and longing and beautiful prose,( spoiler )

I really need to do a reread, see how my memories of my feelings match up with what I see as an adult.

2. You're stuck on an island LOST style with 3 fandom characters. Which ones would you choose?

Katniss Everdeen, Slade Wilson (arrow version), and Tony Stark.

I WOULD FUCKING LIVE TO GET OFF THAT ISLAND, AND IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO BOOT.

3. What character death (of any fandom) affected you the most?

I can't think of a good example? I mean, there have been fridgings I've been super pissed about (Abigail, Shado), deaths I thought were really badly done (Sirius Black), and things that made me sad but I really understood and were okay with them happening (Derek Reese), so I'm having trouble thinking of a really good example to go here.

BONUS QUESTION FROM qualapec:

You Rule 63 the entire cast of one Shakespeare play you have read/seen. Which one would it be?

Much Ado About Nothing. I think it would gender-swap really well, Hero's plot, while still undeniable fucked up, would at least be DIFFERENT if it was a male character's purity being questioned, and I would LOVE to see a male!Beatrice requesting that female!Benedict kill Claudio.

From Now On, Plan B is Always Plan A

qualapec asked me: If Kate Bishop was introduced to the MCU, how would you want it to play out?

Not where she's Clint's daughter, that's for damn sure.

To be honest, I actually think that Kate would be a pretty poor choice to add to the MCU - I've liked Kate best and thought she worked best when the universe is smaller than the movies marvel is currently making - she's the Batman of a team of superheroes finding her feet, she's hanging around Clint Barton on his days off, she's driving to California to be a hero for hire.

If SHIELD were a better show, I'd think she'd work well there, but as it stands, some of SHIELD's intrinsic problems make me want Kate to stay far, far away.

Maybe, if the upcoming Marvel Jessica Jones/Luke Cage minseries work out well, that might be a good slot for her?