You & Me & The Devil Make Three

[redbrunja]

gacked from qualapec:

Give me a fannish topic and I'll meta for at least 50 words. Then I'll give you a topic to meta on for at least 50 words.

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[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Okay, here is the thing I love about Young Justice (specific to the first season). I love that the ladies (M'gann and Artemis) have MORE TIME spent on their backstories and have MORE INTERESTING backstories than the dudes.

Seriously, Artemis' (trained to be a villain! rejects her father to be a hero!) is fucking epic in every way. And M'gann is super-relevant in that she's a girly-girl (likes baking! skirts! cheerleading) who is inarguably the hardest hitter on the team, has sex, has an idealized version of the world she wasn't to live in and isn't mocked for that, AND has what reads subtextually to me as an arc about choosing what body matches your interior self that is respectful and empowering, imho.

I heard that the next issue of Hawkeye is going to focus on the ladies - I'm unsure if that means more Cherry or some combination of Kate/Jess/Natasha/Bobbi, but in your ideal universe, what what that look like?

[phemyscira.livejournal.com]

Illana from Green Lantern, the Animated series. :3

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

She had a half a minute of screentime; I have no opinion.

[phemyscira.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, I thought she might be worth bringing up because:

1) Though she had little screen time, she totally won me over with her speech to Razer about how building a society is more important than waging wars.

2) The series did not make a big deal of the fact that she wore the hijab or that her culture was based on muslim cultures. I'd love to see more muslim women being portrayed like that in the media. :3

Kind of makes me wish they kept her alive. XD

Um, okay... Lucy Liu/Joan Watson. :3

[hungrytiger11.livejournal.com]

Clint and Natasha

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

One of the things I keep coming back to with Clint and Natasha is how Clint serves Natasha's story. He exists to give her emotional depth, a tragedy to react to, and the fact that the Avengers has the tension that the movie does is because Natasha cares about and is worried about Clint; because Natasha cares, the audience cares. Do you know how fucking rare and feminist that is?

Talk to me about Natasha and her idea of debts and ledgers.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

Thoughts on Pepper as RESCUE and her perspective on killing/causing pain?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

re: rescue

First of all, I love the idea of Pepper as Rescue. I found out via fannish osmosis that Pepper doesn't have weapons on her suit, and I thought that was a very accurate character note - I think Pepper knows she's capable of murder (Pepper, based on IM1, is arguably already guilty of killing in self-defense) and I think not giving herself that option is a very Pepper way to handle not wanting blood on her hands. THAT SAID, there is intrinsically something hypocritical about Pepper - as Tony calls her on in IM, she managed Tony's professional and personal lives, which is both literally and figuratively facilitating a warzone. By choosing not to kill, Pepper is (like Batman) prioritizing her emotional and mental health over innocent lives that killing someone else might take. AND THAT'S INTERESTING. I find the questions that raises - does choosing not to carry a weapon make one selfish or selfless? Also, in a more nuanced universe, I could see Pepper and her "clean hands" work in places and deescalate situations that Tony/Iron Man would make immeasurably more volitile.

What is Tony's reaction to Rescue?

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

re: Rescue

I agree with all that a lot. I'm thinking about writing a fic, and I'm thinking about including Rescue, and I wasn't sure how to handle the no weapons thing. I think MCU Pepper is someone who can kill and has killed and would do it again to protect herself and the people she loves. However, I don't think fighting or killing or causing pain would ever be something she actively enjoys. I also think Pepper is someone who can distinguish between her own moral code and what she has to do for, say, survival or her job.

What is Tony's reaction to Rescue?

"And you say we don't do enough as a couple."

I think MCU Tony's reasons for making the Rescue armor would be to protect Pepper, first of all. I think it would be more about him reacting to her reaction. She's being welcomed into this huge other side of his life, so I think how she reacts to that is going to be more important to him than seeing her in the suit itself. Like, he's made her this thing and I think he'd put all of his love for her into making it to keep her safe, so I think her reaction to it would matter to him more than anything.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I think MCU Tony's reasons for making the Rescue armor would be to protect Pepper, first of all.

*nods*

My first thought was that Tony would be really concerned about Pepper going off and super-heroing but then I realized that the Iron Man suit is SUCH a security for HIM, that it would probably make him IMMENSELY relieved to know that Pepper has one too, and is sometimes (literally) surrounded by the best of Tony.

[chomiji]

Jobs that Balalaika would not take on, and why.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Okay, it's been so long since I've read Black Lagoon that I'm not sure I can answer this. I want to say something along the lines of a job that would be way too easy.

What manga are you enjoying currently or recently and why?

[streussal.livejournal.com]

Anne Hathaway!Catwoman

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Anne Hathaway Catwoman is the Catwoman I have been waiting my whole life for. She’s the true heir of the Catwoman of Batman: The Animated Series. Hathaway’s Catwoman is in control, on her own side, has her own moral code, is badass and sexy and quippy. She’s a high-class cat-thief in an actual-facts catsuit.

She’s awesome.

For you: either Catwoman/Batman specifically, or the dating Catwoman trope.