The thing about him giving up his red boots and gloves and helmet and feeling like he'd given part of himself away was beautiful and subtly done
Yay -- I'm glad someone picked up on that part! I'm kind of proud of myself for managing to work that in without my anger & bitterness over the bit of canon it's referencing leaking in too much. I had to go over the scene in my head several times to make sure it didn't come out completely tonally wrong for a fairy tale. And it wasn't until I'd finished the whole section that I realized that having the whole thing take place inside a tomb (which was originally just a Tolkien shout-out and a way to get Steve a shield and give Fury a headquarters that involved a ship of some kind) was probably all kinds of symbolic.
I had to give Steve his shield afterward; it was only fair, since he had his costume taken away (but Gerda does lose her gloves and boots in the story, so Steve had to lose them, too). I'm pretty sure Viking shield didn't have fancy little star designs on them, but I am lame and don't care. Steve's sheild needs a star!
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Date: 2008-12-24 04:47 am (UTC)Yay -- I'm glad someone picked up on that part! I'm kind of proud of myself for managing to work that in without my anger & bitterness over the bit of canon it's referencing leaking in too much. I had to go over the scene in my head several times to make sure it didn't come out completely tonally wrong for a fairy tale. And it wasn't until I'd finished the whole section that I realized that having the whole thing take place inside a tomb (which was originally just a Tolkien shout-out and a way to get Steve a shield and give Fury a headquarters that involved a ship of some kind) was probably all kinds of symbolic.
I had to give Steve his shield afterward; it was only fair, since he had his costume taken away (but Gerda does lose her gloves and boots in the story, so Steve had to lose them, too). I'm pretty sure Viking shield didn't have fancy little star designs on them, but I am lame and don't care. Steve's sheild needs a star!