Woefully behind on my flist. Infatuated with Robert Downey Jr. Waiting on the re-scheduled U2 show dates. Seriously considering selling my car and getting a new/newer one. Leery of finding out what airfare to Germany in October would run me. Hoping to see my brother's new house soon.

What I Want in an Iron Man Fic, by Naina, age 32:



Set in the movieverse, for one thing. I paged through a few of the comics in a used bookstore the other day and was still snickering an hour later.

NO Tony/Pepper. Yeah, they were cute and flirty. But any pairing that comes to be dubbed something as nauseatingly precious as 'Pepperony'... I just want no part of it.

Tony Stark in all his obnoxious, redefining-genius, alcoholic glory. I want to see his issues and his demons. I want to know how he realized the palladium was killing him, and his reaction to that. I want to see one of the military guys asking "what the hell is in Mr. Stark's chest?" and the gigantic kerfuffle that ensues, because you KNOW they'll think it's a bomb. And, god, what if they want to get an MRI or CT scan?

The mini arc reactor. Yeah, it looks kinda like an electronic Brita filter, but it's also disturbingly sexy. It keeps the barbs away from his heart, yeah, but what about other parts of his body, like his lungs? Or his spinal cord?

I want more Tony/Rhodey, and am sorely disappointed that there isn't more of it. Will I write some myself? Maybe, I don't know. I'd like to.

Just did some heavy editing to my interests list. Took out a lot that I hadn't touched upon in a long time, added things that are more recent. I know I don't post often, period, but having a more up-to-date profile is good.

C'mon, flist. I know I saw the name 'Tony Stark' pop up two years ago when the first Iron Man came out. Please tell me at least one of you can point me towards a good community or fansite? Preferably Tony-centric, NOT Tony/Pepper, though slash is okay.

I don't want to beg/plead/whine, but I will if I have to.

Hello! Yes, I am alive. My class has finished and now I've fewer distractions.

Also, I watched 'Iron Man' for the first time on Thursday (saw the sequel yesterday). And, well, there's that one scene about 2/3 through, where Tony Stark is watching the news while calibrating (I guess? for lack of a better term?) the hand armor and gets pissed off, and realizes that he can use the stabilizers as a propulsion weapon? Starts, I dunno, *whoomp*ing parts of his lab.

And, y'know, I really, really liked Robert Downey Jr. in 'Sherlock Holmes', loved the accent and his acting, but now I'm staring at him on the screen as Stark and thinking holy fucking hell, where have YOU been and who do I have to bribe to get you to stay?!?!

*staggers off to find a sponge to mop up all the drool*

For those that care, I've been posting at least one article a day to http://www.modernmythology.net for the past month. (And before that, it was more haphazard but there's still a lot there.)

So if you feel like reading...

...I don't even think to login to LJ most of the time anymore. On the other hand, I've been contemplating deleting my FB and possibly Twitter with increasing regularity, so who knows- whether that means I frequent here more or delete this too and just give the entirety of "social media" the middle finger.

Honestly, if I thought that it might not cut off some potential new people from my work, I probably would've a long time ago. The illusion of contact, illusion of conversation, etc. that it provides isn't satisfying to me. Frankly, I find it kind of depressing. Especially in lieu of, you know. A real social life.