Fortress Of Good Fortune

MIT's annual prank ("hack") this year was putting Captain America's shield on the Great Dome during the movie's Opening Weekend. Chris Evans, a Massachusetts native, delightedly tweeted all about it. Anyway, here's the vid with the grand theme music! :)



https://www.boston25news.com/news/mit-hackers-turn-great-dome-into-captain-america-s-shield/944249881

Well, I saw it! What can I say?

PLENTY!!!

( Spoilers galore! You have been warned )

So there you have it. A- because of the grand scope, a coherent story, and very good performances by a huge cast. Also the 'small moments' were good. Emotions were engaged.

Only one post-credit scene this time around, and it's a clever one.

Well, at least we don't have to wait 3 years for the sequel like Star Wars fans did after the ending of The Empire Strikes Back! back in the day.

I've already been inspired to write a trilogy of poems by this film. :)

Well, riffling through my draft folder, I realized that I had never posted my review for Captain America 3: Civil War! Oh, well, little chance anyone will be spoiled by now, but it'll be behind a cut just in case. It's unedited, so these were my first impressions. Enjoy!

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Wow, just saw Captain America 3: Civil War! I give it an A- overall. The first Avengers and first two Captain America movies were A+ ratings for me, because they were nearly perfect. This film got a lower grade because I'm not a fan of the Civil War premise (hated it in the comics). I prefer my superheroes working together against a common foe instead of beating each other up. 

However, this film was leagues better than Batman vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice.

( Spoilers galore )

Hello, luvs! Trying to catch up with some things. Here is a general review of the first three episodes of Agent Carter (1x1x2x3):

( Love the hat! )

Hi, all! Since I was so quiet for such a long time I feel like posting about anything and everything, so be warned! ;)

Maintenance was supposed to come Friday to pound in the nails so I could hang calendars and pictures but never showed up. I don't want to start out like a complaining resident, but since I was promised they would come, I'm going down bright and early to the Manager's Office tomorrow and request if they could come in the morning. Whether it'll take a week or more to get this simple task done, who knows? Chasing people is part of life, after all. It's a definite negative checkmark, though, as at home I'd just do it myself. The policy is Maintenance does it, not the resident.

My extra icons will be kaput on the 14th. :( I know, I know, I'm a nag about them, but I can't renew them myself for reasons I would prefer not to go into. Just know that I would do it if I could and spare you the laments! ;)

I'm going to start going over some of the fic I have in my posting queue and hopefully will get something up soon. It's weird to see my journal with no fic posted in so long.

I need to go see Captain America 2 again soon!

We can put things on the doors here (yay, like Media West!) so I'm going to get a doohickey and put up something, at least by the fall. I need to have something Halloween-ish by then and Christmas-y after that.

I will be hosting a Halloween Challenge this year (possibly my only one for 2014), so keep that in mind. The official notice will go out in August, and I'd love to see more participation this year. Remember, crossovers are welcome, so if you're hot on Steve/Bucky or anything Marvel right now, that's acceptable to mix with the DCU characters.

I hated not hosting the Dick Grayson Challenge this year but things were just too crazy. Maybe Dickie ideas will fit for Halloween! ;)

I still can't find my box of CDs which also has my Public Enemies DVD and, ironically, the Superman/Batman Public Enemies DVD. I can't find one box of Christmas ornaments, either. Oh, well, they're all here. I just need to come across them! :)

I did a total dusting, polishing, sweeping and Swiffering today, cleared out another bag and box, and plan to go sit out on the deck soon.

Damn, I wish the Patriots had taken Michael Sam in the draft! I would have been so proud of them being the first organization in the NFL to employ an openly gay football player. Good luck, St. Louis Rams! :)

Title: Keeping Vigil (1/1)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters: Thor Odinson, Tony Stark, Clint/Phil, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner
Continuity: The Avengers (2012)
Genres: Action, Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Slice-Of-Life
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: Thor takes care of his teammates after an arduous battle leaves one of them in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Medical Center in grave condition.
Date Of Completion: March 13, 2014
Date Of Posting: March 17, 2014
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, Marvel and Paramount do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 2557
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Note: Written for this prompt by arwen_lune on avengerkink.

( When it was all over, five weary Avengers stumbled back to the Tower. )

October was a busy month with Halloween in the air, but I managed to post five stories, two for the holiday. The word count was boosted by my dcu_bang fic. :)

( Details behind the cut )

Title: The Sisterhood Of The Ruby Stilettos I: Bad Day Made Better (1/1)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters: Natasha/Pepper, brief appearances by Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Thor Odinson, Clint Barton
Continuity: The Avengers (2012)
Genre: PWP
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: Pepper has a bad day at the office. Natasha makes it better.
Date Of Completion: March 5, 2013
Date Of Posting: May 29, 2013
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, Marvel and Paramount do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 624
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
The entire series can be found here.
Author's Note: I'm debuting the lovely Natasha/Pepper icon created for me by ctbn60. Thanks, luv! It's gorgeous! :)

( Natasha was close to finishing the report when she heard the rapid click of high heels out in the hall. With a smile she read the last page just as Pepper walked in. )

I LOVED Captain America: The First Avenger! ;)

( Spoilers )

Okay, I am *so* tired of DC and Marvel screwing up the characters of comicdom! For cryin' out...first DC thinks it's a great idea to kill off Superman. Sure, it made the mainstream media and briefly boosted sales, but they brought him back, so it was all kinda cheesy in a way. Same for Captain America, who apparently is going to be killed by an assassin with the latest issue. Here's the URL if you'd like to read all about it, as the newsboys used to say hawking their papers on the street corner: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17499797/

I know death never lasts forever in the comics world, but it just irritates me NO END that they do stuff like this. Hey, we can do it in fanfic, but this is the *canon mainstream* we're talking about! It just smacks of a cheap trick to me. Bleah.

Oh, yeah. And DC considered KILLING OFF DICK GRAYSON recently! Is there no end to their evil?

I must be the kiss of death. Dick is one of my favorites in DC, and Cap is my fave character in all of Marvel, so he goes! :)

Well, I shouldn't be surprised. They retconned Bucky to be some surly assassin *while* he was Bucky, doing all the dirty work while Cap got the glory during World War II. They also took an event that was always heartrending, Bucky's death in the final days of the war, which haunted Cap for years after he was revived by the Avengers in the early '60s, and screwed that up. Apparently Bucky was kept in suspended animation and only let out to do assassinations for the Soviets as the Winter Soldier. Bleah, bleah, and *triple* bleah! Must be a sign of the times. Take a good, strong friendship between Steve and Bucky and retcon it into some twisted relationship and oh, by the way, make Bucky out to be some cold-blooded killer, why dontcha? Am I the only one getting a headache? *rolls eyes*

So there you have it! Marvel, you suck.