Classic-verse 1.2

[elspethdixon]

Title: Classic-verse 1.2
Authors: seanchai and elspethdixon
Pairings: Hank/Jan.
Rated: PG
Warnings: ... Fluff?
Disclaimer: The characters and situations depicted herein belong to Stan Lee and Marvel comics. No profit is being made off of this derivative work. We're paid in love, people.
Author's Note: AU conceived as a modern retelling of early Avengers. Of course, there are about six seasons planned, so it won't end up mirroring canon completely.
Summary: Sequel to Classic-verse 1.1. Hank and Jan's attempt at a date is less than successful.

(Classic-verse 1.2)

Comments

[quietly-chaotic.livejournal.com]

Um, hi!

I was lurking on stevelovestony (my LJ settings won't let me join or post there) and noticed you asked for a "Black Bolt is laughing at you in his mind" icon. I decided to give it a go. Feel free to use it if you like, or not.

P.S. I have been reading the recent fics you and seanchai have posted, but most of it (as well as all of the comments/discussion) has been on stevelovestony so I couldn't comment with everyone else. You two did an absolutely fantastic job with King of Infinite Space.
The ending wasn't as sweet/happy as I had hoped for, but after a second's consideration I realized it really worked with the overall tone of the fic. They haven't fixed themselves or their problems yet; they just stopped the deterioration and made some small steps towards that happy ending I always look for. Their story isn't over (whether or not you choose to write a sequel; they're still dealing with the aftermath in my head). And I love how you tied back into the reuccuring sleeplessness/bad dreams.
I wish I could say something more, about all the little details that had me laughing and whimpering and flailing at the screen, but everyone else has pretty much said everything I wanted to.

Thank you for the time and effort you two put into this fandom!

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Ahaha! Thanks! Now I have an icon to use when mocking things ^_^. And thanks so muchb for the surprise reviews!

KoIS didn't end up being quite as long as we thought it might be (given that Readjustment was supposed to be about sixty pages and ended up clocking in at nearly a hundred, we expected the next fic to run long as well), so when we planned it out, we were imagining the final scene happening around page 120 or something, rather than page 80-something. We thought about whether or not we wanted to actually show Steve and Tony going to bed together, or include a flash-forward of them actually consumating their relationsip, but that would a) be hard to write (can't write sex well) and b) things just felt resolved at that point, once they'd finally talked.

Honestly, the effort we put into fandom is as much for us as it is for anything else--comics aren't very happy right now, and fandom is our happy place for Tony, Steve, et al.

[quietly-chaotic.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

Actually, I was referring to how they'd deal with the SHRA that Stone had introduced, and how neither of them had verbally acknowledged the causes of the miscommunication (though they each seem to have thoughts on the subject), and how Tony is still quite emotionally fragile. They need to deal with all that before they can get to a stable, functional relationship.

Which is really what I mean by a 'happy ending': a point where they both know how much they mean to each other and are comfortable in the relationship. When there are no doubts about being worth the other's time. Whether/when they go to bed together isn't as important as giving them that emotional security, to me. (You can tell I've been in the mood for happy!couples!fic all week, can't you?)

In my mind, Steve and Tony will get there in that world, someday. It just wasn't within the scope of your fic. The situation is resolved as much as it realistically could be at that point, considering the characters (because realism can totally exist side by side with hate rays and magical crowbars and internet-as-a-projectile-weapon.) And it worked beautifully.