Agents of SHIELD

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Settling in with nail biting.

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[enigma731.livejournal.com]

Yessss good!

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They're bringing him in! (Of course, no other choice, but...) And the beer. Goodness, there was so much knowing him exasperation. And Bobbi really does seem like the girl in charge.

And can I just say I'm pleasantly surprised at Melinda's ex. Everything about their interaction makes me want to know more, and I'm sooo glad he's starting out on Skye's side.

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Right? I even approved of the way they wrote him as a psychiatrist!

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And eee! I loved her questions. Deflecting or not, seriously, they gave her candy. I love that he exchanged too. And now I want all the May loves Vegas stories.

Coulson knew Bobbi was lying. Kind of worried. Love how she took down the guy.

I'm actually really worried and acknowledge I've crossed over to seriously rooting for her because she just doesn't feel like a traitor to me.

And Fitz and May about Andrew. And my poor baby Jemma. She seems scared for Skye and like she's floundering to hold onto something with all the anchors gone. Agh. Gotta go watch more.

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Annnnnd then my OnDemand froze. -.- But I can still discuss since I did see it last night.

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Pause to laugh. Fury's on my commercial.

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Sooo sorry!

Not waiting for commercial to squee that May is canonically a bad cook. I'm going to NEED May fic after this episode.

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YES WE LAUGHED AT THAT TOO. Especially since he's talking about Quicksilver!

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Oh my, there was sooo much subtext in that May/Andrew conversation when the bus took off.

And Skye's dream. My poor baby.

And it was hard listening to Bobbi about Hunter. That wasn't all lies, and I want them to work out so bad now.

Those people! So many were just kids.

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I am going to beg you for psychiatry beta any time I fic that element in the future.

[enigma731.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if they're dead. Also that part bugged me because catatonia does not mean falling over unconscious...It's a specific state of being conscious but not response. /nitpicky rant

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Yeah. I saw that and noted to ignore that if I wanted to enjoy. Thanks for the heads up.

And can I just say Skye, I love you and what were you thinking with that particular scenario?!

Dubai. Lies. Mack really loves him. I want to cry.

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Eeee! The real SHIELD. Please let it include Maria, and so many feels with May, and Skye was hurting herself, and Jemma, more secrets, and SHIELD hasn't changed. Incoherent flailing.

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What you said. At the end of the episode, still on tenterhooks.

But this season is sooo good.

[enigma731.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my other friend and I think it's Maria and/or Fury, and that giving Coulson the "toolbox" was actually just another layer of cover.

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YEP

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I want to say why hand it to Coulson, thendo it yourself, but Fury's secrets have secrets, Coulson was a liability, and Fury said he'd be off working. And Maria was deputy and Bobbi was close to Fury professionally and Hartley was in and Clint apparently is close to Fury in AoU.

But the toolbox!

Maybe Maria knew about it and wanted it? But, but, but!

So much conflicting data! Need more.

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Please tell me you're ficcing something for this?

Two SHIELDs and real backup and not HYDRA. I have so many questions.

Theories will come, but I'm clearly still processing.

[enigma731.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not sure what to make of the toolbox. But, think about Coulson and Fury in the context of Winter Soldier -- Maria was in on Fury's doubts about SHIELD. Coulson wasn't.

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Well, I won't be ficcing it before next week because I STILL have a chapter to write and then family visiting. But I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up writing more AoS fic before this season is over.

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(And to think, I straight up HATED AoS when it premiered...)

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I missed the first season until after HYDRA reveal. And Hulu dumped the episodes, so.

I have a lot of fics I should write. I'll probably be ficcing AOS. Yikes.

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True, true. I ranted after that AOS episode. I didn't mind, due to show logistics, that they chose Coulson. I minded much Fury saying, you're the only one...

I was seriously like, and what about Maria!?

Cover is an interesting thought. The untrusting lot of spies.

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Fair. Reasonable. Healthy. I won't pester.

[enigma731.livejournal.com]

I mean, you are welcome to enable. :p It just probably won't be acted upon until after next week.

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I watched like the first 3 eps, then quit until after the HYDRA reveal because I hated it so much. But then I realized I mostly hated it because I was angry at it for not being the show I wanted it to be (i.e. a show about other canon SHIELD agents from the comics like, you know, Bobbi). And then, ironically, this season it became the show I had wanted it to be from the beginning, so.

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Okay ALSO. Natasha totally taught Bobbi how to do this, right?

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I am writing that fic, where they totally exchange tips and tricks.

I want so much more fic than I can write. Pouts

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That makes sense. A lot actually.

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Speaking of enabling, I totally blame our Bobbi chatting for this fic I'm writing for Clint/Bobbi/Natasha and that it's trying to sprawl.

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(I definitely just saw these comments because LJ decided I don't get to have notifs today...)

Haha, sure! :) I liked that he exchanged too. I actually use that strategy a lot with patients -- I find you can get so much further by offering a few benign details about yourself than by playing the "you don't get to ask about me" card. But everyone has their own style, I think.

And...I've been rooting for Bobbi from the beginning and I'm not really worried about it. Adrianne keeps saying the secret is not a bad thing, and I believe her. Plus, it wouldn't make any sense for them to promote her to series regular and then write her off as a traitor, you know?

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I'm more worried about the conflict because both sides are good and Civil War? But yeah, I definitely get that whole it's not bad and clung to it and the reveal works, still hoping they don't send my favs to war.

I got no notifs on this post from the beginning, so stuck to refreshing here.

I shall not rant.

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But, if Fury wanted to sell Coulson on it, that's exactly what he'd say, you know? Think about how he lied to the Avengers about Coulson's death to unite/motivate them. Telling Coulson that he considers him the only one/basically an Avenger is exactly what Coulson would need to hear in order to buy in 300%.

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And really Coulson was better suited for the PR war and as a HYDRA target. I felt Coulson was more visionary, Maria more acceptable losses, big picture get the job done prioritization.

Maybe Fury needed both. Hm...

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I think it's too early to be setting up Civil War that explicitly. Plus we don't even know how the MCU Civil War is gonna go, you know? Winter Soldier was nothing like its namesake comic and it seems like AoU will be the same.

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I think Fury definitely needed both. I keep thinking about Steve and Natasha in that first sequence of Winter Soldier, and how Fury gave them different missions without telling them. Coulson is definitely more of the Steve type, right? I mean, he basically wants to be Steve. Whereas Maria (and definitely Bobbi) is more like Natasha -- able to compartmentalize, follow orders, do the ruthless thing if it's what's needed.

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Also I have been so happily surprised by the risks they've taken -- what they did with Ward, what they've done with Skye, etc. It started out feeling to me like kind of a watered down spy procedural, with a lot of rather generic elements, but then they have repeatedly blown the lid off all of that and it's just so great.

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I want Bobbi/Nat gym porn now. Like, they train together to blow off steam and then fuck to blow off a different kind of steam. :p In fact, maybe it actually turns out that Bobbi is the first person Natasha sleeps with at SHIELD.

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So definitely. When I say worried with this series, it's not long term. It's short term, can my nerves take this. It's intense, which is awesome, but I do react very viscerally to certain forms of suspense and emotional conflict.

Huh. Can you believe, I just figured out that's why I get nervous if I feel it coming.

But I honestly get surprised at outright worry about whether MCU will ruin something. They've done an amazing job so far.

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I am sadly totally not turned on by femslash and find it almost impossible to write, het as it gets and all myself. I can write gym play but not porn. :(

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I think I kind of adore that the guys are gentler in MCU, and the ladies get things done. The ladies are ruthless. It's nice to see that.