Title: Clint Barton, Boy Detective
Characters: Clint/Natasha, F!Tony/Steve, awesome cameo by Captain Marvel
Summary: The Avengers are getting a team pet.
Notes: I am so sorry.

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And now, the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail in their rendition of: some Avengers meta.

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I am so worried that Zuko will have a beard. Like, I woke up in the middle of the night, and I was thinking, Please, don't let Zuko have facial hair like Ozai. Why the hell does this concern me! ? I just don't want him to have a beard like that! It would be weird!

Possibly maybe it's an excuse to put off watching the latest LoK episode, because I hear it has HEARTBROKEN KORRA, and I don't think I can deal with HEARTBROKEN KORRA.

Please let's not talk about how I tore through ten volumes of Black Bird in two days. Instead!



I'm so behind at answering comments.

Over the past few days I've had a lot of movies I didn't watch pop up on Netflix under "Recently Watched." PUZZLING. First thought it was an error, then that someone had my password. When it kept happening after I changed my pw, I called Netflix customer service...and it turns out that the Wii I resold, although apparently wiped of all other data, had retained its link to my account. *shakes fist* NINTENDO !!!

But goodness that was the best customer service experience I have had EVER.

(I was sort of tipped off that someone else was using my service because although I could almost, almost see myself entering some kind of television-induced fugue state, I doubt I would only watch westerns and war documentaries when Marvel just put up all the Ultimate Avengers movies. My amnesiac self would never do that, probably!)

Have a turtleduck!

See, at first I though I was only interested in one plotline in this series. "Emma's pretty cool," I said to myself, and then Robert Carlyle's face, but I was still aggressively disinterested in the Snow White plot, but then somehow she started running around shooting people and got interesting, and then Ruby. What is this show.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO a list for you, dear showrunners!

Please consider including:

1. A sword and a suit of armor for Emma.
   
2. More of Belle, who is brave and ought to be a librarian.
   
3. More of Robert Carlyle's face, preferably contorting into as many expressions as possible.
   
4. More Whedon alumni, or at least more of Amy Acker.
   
5. A suit of armor and a sword for Emma.
   
6. Ruby and Emma's wedding. To each other. As in, Ruby and Emma getting married.

Bonus round:

1. Charming teaching Emma how to use a sword.
   
2. Henry and Emma continuing to bond. (How is this kid not obnoxious? Whatever you're doing, keep it up.)
   
3. More of Robert Carlyle's face interacting with Belle.
   
4. A better ending for Mass Effect 3.

And then, after six thousand fervent wishes, Carol Danvers became Captain Marvel.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Better yet, the new series is being written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, and while I've not read her Norman Osborn mini, she wrote a fantastic one-shot about Sif a couple of years ago. She and costume designer Jamie McKelvie have started by putting Carol in a new costume that covers her from neck to toe, and while I did find the old red sash terribly dashing, I have to say that they're starting off on the right foot.

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Anyone available to beta part two of a Mass Effect story? Shepard/Garrus, 5400 words, could use as many critical eyes as possible.

IMPORTANT HEADCANON QUESTION: Does Shepard have a college degree?

The Yes Argument: Most commissioned officers are required to have a college education. I could see her managing to graduate before she turned eighteen, especially since whatever her background, she probably wasn't in a position to be schooled in a formal institution. (If this is the case, would she enlist at 18 and later be commissioned, or would they initially commission her at a higher rank? Maybe enlisting was her only way in.) I could also see an argument made that she attended some kind of Systems Alliance Naval Academy, earning the same general Bachelor of Science as most military university graduates.

The No Argument: No matter what background, Shepard's profile explicitly uses the term "enlist." Very, very rarely, enlisted personnel are commissioned based on excellent performance. The game makes no reference to Shepard attending any university.

Right now I'm leaning toward the "graduated by 18" explanation, which makes the most sense for spacer/colonist Shepard. This would be so much easier if I knew more about military life.