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⌈ Secret Post #2285 ⌋

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[Kirk Cameron]

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[Lindsay Lohan, Sean Penn, Sean Bean]

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[MCU/Marvel movies - NOT the comics]

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10. [SPOILERS for Spartacus War of the Damned]

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14. [WARNING for rape]

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[the beatles]

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Steve being written as stupid. As in, he cannot grasp new technology and is a huge oaf in general. Like, the dude was smart before the Super Serum and after it seriously helped him with memory recall. (If not other mental things as well.) Also people writing him as naive and innocent and prudish. Like, the dude fought in WW2. You cannot convince me someone could have come out of that war and be so damn innocent. And lastly? People writing him as being unfunny, as unable adapt, being sexist/racist/whatever, and being unable to ever correctly navigate social interactions with any finesse. There is a huge difference between being awkward and being completely and utterly socially stunted.

So yeah, a lot of issues with how people write Steve.

This makes me sad.

I'm sorry. When I see the stuff I described I just want to post these:

But yeah, I'm sorry.

Hahaha, appropriate response is appropriate.

(Also, unf!)

This is partially why I'm scared to read Avengers fic tbh. That and I don't like the more popular pairings, so I usually don't even try.

Yeah, it's difficult to find good avenger fic, especially if you don't like the popular pairings. I would say stick to rec lists but that won't work. Trust me. I would rec some but even then, when I look at the ones I'd rec I realize that quite a few of them aren't actually good. They're just better than the other stuff, which isn't saying much.

Anyway, it's part of the reason why I stopped reading Avengers fic. I just couldn't deal with it anymore.

:( I've been there with other fandoms and it sucks. For a while it might be enough, but eventually it gets old reading fic you don't like or aren't too invested in. Maybe after the next movies the fandom will get some new blood and it'll help things. Doubtful though, considering how huge the fandom already is and how widespread certain characterizations seem to be.

Yeah. It's more likely that by then I'll have lost some of my intolerance and will go wading back in.

I adore that little grin on his face, watching himself - so freakin' cute!!

it's a good scene.

Augh, yes to all of this. It always gets me when they write Steve as being afraid of women who can fight (mostly Natasha). Pretty sure he was amused when Peggy punched dudes, not terrified.

Ugh, yes. If I recall correctly, when she punched out that douchebag he was impressed and thought it was funny. Unless I'm completely misremembering that scene.

I think he would treat Natasha the same way. He'd respect her abilities, know when she was/wasn't the best person for a job/maneuver, and find it funny when people underestimated her.

Edited 2013-04-06 02:02 (UTC)

The comic I mention upthread pretty much has him being completely confused at technology, though to their credit it is, like, at a game console and not an oven.

I think initial confusion is fine, especially for things that may not have had any lower tech equivalent or been in scifi books of the time. In fact, if it's really high tech let him be confused for a while.

But in a lot of fics he was such a slow learner about everything, even things that already existed in his time, that I'm left wonder how he knows how to tie his shoes. That and sometimes they'll say something like, "Oh, and this is his phone that he's had for months and he still doesn't know how to text."

I'm assuming that the fic you're talking about lasted the course of one night. Honestly, initial confusion wouldn't bother me in that instance. What would bother me is if he's had a lot of nights trying to figure it out and just can't. Also people who write him "giving up" on some "newfangled technology" and that blows my mind. Why would he ever give up trying to figure out new things?

+1.

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