Second viewing of Age of Ultron was on Tuesday for thinky thoughts and third viewing was this afternoon for trying to memorize quotes and checking a few things for fic purposes *grins*. So I bring you further, hopefully more coherent, thinking. Be warned: SPOILERS FOR ALL THE THINGS. Also it’s kind of long and detailed, sorry not sorry ;)

Also, I’m going to be making quote icons. Because reasons. So if you have favourite quotes comment with them – I’ve got a bunch, but I’m not convinced they’re entirely accurate and there’s that much in the film that I’m bound to have missed a ton anyway. QUOTE AT ME. You might get icons out of it. (And if my quotes aren’t right in this either, yell!)


( here be lots of words on Age of Ultron )

EDITS:
- also as-complete-as-I-can-remember plot summary in the comments
- also interesting meta on Natasha from thedancingcow on tumblr - critical of how she was written in AOU without being critical of her character

The ATTF discussion on be_compromised tonight has forced me into finally trying to put some of my flailing on this film into words. Rambling at people in person doesn't count ;) It also have a bunch of post-film fic recs that look shiny!

So, some thoughts...


( Captain America 2: Winter Soldier SPOILERS; NO Agents of SHIELD spoilers )


Okay, I think I'm out of words for now ;) Any thinky thoughts to add?

Non-spoiler thoughts: HELLO MOFFAT AND THE DOCTOR WHO CREW, I MISSED YOU! I missed the way you play with my heart and my brain and my expectations. And I missed your wonderful, wonderful dialogue.

HUGE SPOILERS BENEATH THE CUTS:

( Ponds (and in defence of Amy) )

( Daleks (and yes they're scary) )

( Oswin (surprise, surprise!) )

( Questions (...) )

At some point you write too much to sensibly fit it into comment boxes, heh. I haven’t read everybody else’s comments on the series and I’m sure that I’m missing lots of things, because there’s an awful lot packed into it. This is just me trying to get my thoughts together and tease out some overarching themes, since my brain has been taken over by this verse. Do throw your own thinky thoughts this way :D

Some Thoughts on Themes in the 'Small Acts' series

Welcome to the small acts verse

Written by workerbee73 and bob5fic with an epilogue from sugar_fey. You can find the Master List for the series HERE.

( ‘Words are weapons like anything else,’ Clint points out in 'softly she carries me' and in 'bait' it’s said that ‘they never talk about it’, what they do with each other. In the 'small acts' verse it’s not about what’s said but the actions that people take. Read more... )

I have no idea what thinky thought chats Bee, Bob, and Sugar have been having about this verse, but those are some of things that have been running through my brain. What about everyone else?

Meta from someone with little comics background. Essentially a look at Black Widow in The Avengers and Iron Man 2 with some comics snippets.

With thanks to workerbee73 with her wonderful meta and discussions, surreallis who asked questions and got me thinking, and everyone who joined in the discussion on the Alphabet wars thread on be_compromised. Meta referred to is from here and here by workerbee73, here by gyzym, and here by marinarusalka. Fics that deal with Natasha being remade and have influenced these thinky thoughts include RED by waldorph and Chrysalis by sugar_fey.

Some Thoughts On Black Widow, Remaking, And Reclaiming

( I’d like to go down the road of saying that, brainwashing or not, Natasha has been ‘remade’ more than once, in different ways, and to take a look at the themes of identity and names. )

I took myself to see the Avengers. It was brilliant. Joss Whedon, I missed you.

Thinky thoughts behind the cut. There are lots of them and spoilers abound; you have been warned:

( they are a promise all the worlds know )

If thinky thoughts are not your thing: I knew I would love it for the fun dialogue, the character development, the booms, and the Joss Whedon. I did not know I would love it quite this much. Watch it. You will enjoy.