Jul. 6th, 2015

scribblemyname: (assemble)
Written by a woman. Go figure.

An excerpt:


Johansson plays Black Widow in a complex and understated way, fitting for one of the most interesting characters in the franchise. While her romance subplot with Bruce Banner is rather out of left field and at times very clunky, Black Widow is never reduced to an accessory for the male character and always has strong motivations outside of that relationship—a rare thing indeed in nearly any “blockbuster” movie, let alone one based on comic books. Her revelation that the “graduation ceremony” of the Red Room involved sterilization to make her a more effective assassin by removing the possibility of family is opaquely written dialog rendered clear only by Johansson’s performance: Natasha thinks of herself as a monster not because she cannot have children, but because of all the things that were done to her to make her into an assassin, with that as the crowning event. That Natasha simultaneously considers herself a monster and is still “Auntie Nat” to Clint Barton’s children highlights the emotional complexity that defines Black Widow.



Technically, this was a review of the entire movie and in a venue I read and appreciate, Strange Horizons, not just a review of Natasha, so here's a link to the rest. Enjoy.
scribblemyname: (Default)
I'm getting ready to read about 100,000 words of canon review for the collaboration, which is no small chunk, and before I do, I kind of wanted to write some drabbles. Any prompts?
  1. fandom or canon - tagset of fandoms
  2. character(s)
  3. fluff or angst
  4. one to three word prompt
scribblemyname: (maria hill)
So I wanted to challenge myself. (Any time I decide I want to challenge myself, I wish someone would pry my fingers off the keys and order me to only offer fandoms I know inside out and backwards.) I offered Chronicles of Narnia. I had to defaul this fic and gift it as a treat because I knew a little beforehand it wouldn't be done on time.

:makes face:

The original story is some great bonding moments between Jill and Eustace, but there's this spot where she asks him to tell her about last time, and he says he doesn't know how to tell stories. I wrote the title and figured it would come easy. It didn't. I had to go read Dawn Treader again and whoa, did I catch some feels when I did. It was hard to write because usually when I write about this kind of loss, I do it in poetry or half-poetry, not facts, not misdirection. I'm glad I wrote it though and I think the effort that went into it was worth it.

A Factual Account of the Important Details of Eustace Scrubb's First Visit to Narnia (1052 words) by scribblemyname
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Eustace Scrubb, Jill Pole, Puddleglum, Reepicheep
Additional Tags: Friendship, Loss, Animal Transformations, dragon - Freeform, remembering, Remix
Summary:

So Eustace recounted the facts of his previous adventures in Narnia, beginning in the middle with the dragon.






Remix [livejournal.com profile] tielan? Who in their right mind wouldn't? Now, granted, I really wanted to remix a couple other people too and I had to drop a claim for Roswell because again, time, but this one was from tielan and for characters I've missed writing something fierce: Rogue and Logan from pre-X3. So, yes, I was all over it for that reason alone.

Like That (Living Legend Remixed) (381 words) by scribblemyname
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men (Movieverse)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bobby Drake/Rogue, Logan & Rogue
Characters: Rogue (X-Men), Logan (X-Men), Bobby Drake
Additional Tags: Remix, Internal Conflict, Jealousy, relationships, Angst, Found Family
Summary:

She thinks about it sometimes, when she's curled up under Bobby's arm and he's feeling a little raw, a little vulnerable. She thinks about telling him she's not in love with Logan, despite whatever brief crush she'd felt when he followed through on his promise and gave her everything to keep her alive.

scribblemyname: (calligraphy)
June 2015 (about 58K)


  1. Drabble: Fraternity (The Unusuals, Walsh & Casey): AO3

  2. Drabble: Mission Success (MI4, Jane/Brandt): AO3

  3. Drabble: This is Not a Request (616, Kate/Clint): AO3

  4. Drabble: A Time to Embrace (Divergent Movieverse, Tris/Four): AO3

  5. Drabble: About a Girl (Good Will Hunting, Skylar/Will): AO3

  6. The Changeling (Blank Space, Taylor/Sean): AO3

  7. Shining in the Corners (MCU, Maria/Bucky): LJ | AO3

  8. Slow Dance (MCU, Bobbi/Hunter): LJ

  9. Upon Questioning the Sanity of a Certain Archer (MCU, Clint/Laura + Natasha): LJ

  10. Drabble: Still Beautiful (MCU, Clint/Laura): LJ | AO3

  11. My Job (MCU, Clint/Wanda): AO3

  12. Drabble: Denial (MCU, Clint/Wanda + Natasha): AO3

  13. Tracing Trouble (Original: Kingdoms and Thorn, Cate/Marc): AO3

  14. Fever (Tortall, Daine/Numair): AO3

  15. One for Hope, for Peace, and for Joy (Andromeda, Trance/Harper): AO3

  16. Look Who Came to Dinner (MCU, Phil + Clint + Natasha): LJ

  17. Exception (Original: Kingdoms and Thorn, Shift/Kilter): LJ

  18. 15-Word Prompt Meme (multifandom, 8 fills): LJ

  19. Drabble: Own (the Sword) (Tortall, Alex/Alanna): LJ

  20. Make Me Forget (MCU, Skye/Tripp): AO3

  21. That One Child (MCU, Andrew/May): AO3

  22. The Apocalypse (Original: Kingdoms and Thorn, Cate + Dreamer): LJ

  23. Must Bring Flowers (MCU, Maria/Steve + Clint/Natasha): AO3

  24. Drabble: The Worldship Hungry (Andromeda, Tyr): AO3

  25. Drabble: Mother, Monster (MCU, Jiaying + Skye): AO3

  26. Drabble: The Last Day and Hour of the Infamous Convertible (MCU, Bobbi/Hunter): AO3

  27. Drabble: The Things We Should Not Be (Andromeda, Trance + Harper): AO3

  28. Drabble: Domestic Maintenance (MCU, Clint/Natasha): LJ | AO3

  29. Drabble: Hide the Bruises (MCU, Clint/Natasha): LJ | AO3

  30. Drabble: A Time to Refrain (MCU, Clint/Natasha): LJ | AO3

  31. Drabble: Changeling (MCU, Clint/Natasha): LJ

  32. Drabble: Origins (MCU, Clint/Natasha): LJ

  33. Drift (MCU, Jemma/Bucky): AO3

  34. Reading Volumes (MCU, Clint/Natasha): AO3

  35. The Fine Art of Compromise (MCU, Steve/Maria + Pepper/Tony): AO3

  36. Alternate Definitions of the Word 'Family' (MCU, Clint/Laura): AO3

  37. A Factual Account of the Important Details of Eustace Scrubb's First Visit to Narnia (Narnia, Eustace + Jill): AO3

  38. Like That (Living Legend Remixed) (X-Men Movieverse, Bobby/Rogue + Logan): AO3

  39. Stay (By the Wayside) (MCU, Jemma/Bucky): AO3

  40. The Way to be a Good Neighbor (MCU, Steve/Maria + Pepper/Tony): AO3

  41. Transition, (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Carter/Brandt): AO3

  42. World's Worst Road Trip (MCU, Hunter/Bobbi): AO3

  43. Remember the Name (MCU, Steve/Maria): AO3

  44. All Tied Up (Marvel 616, Clint + Kate): AO3

Profile

scribblemyname: (Default)
scribblemyname

July 2024

S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
1415 1617181920
21222324252627
28293031   

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated May. 29th, 2025 04:23 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios