22 March 2013 @ 12:39 pm
ATTF: To magic or not to magic  
Clint and Natasha are surrounded by people who are either over-scienced or full of magic (two sides of the same coin?) while they are often somewhere in the middle. Not that they aren't special but they aren't "enhanced". Or are they? Natasha has been meddled with while she was in the Red Room. Clint has the ability to shoot an arrow with amazing precision, as well as his vision acuity. Magic? Science? Something else altogether? How do they react to the people around them being enhanced?

What is your headcannon where magic is concerned? Do you stay as far away from the polar edges (magic/science) and keep them in the middle where hard work and luck are their only enhancements?

And what have you read on the subject? Give us your story recs! What would you like to read? Some of us like to work our headcannon out in fic so leave some prompts/ideas you have. Let's delve into the mystery this Friday!
 
 
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[identity profile] hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2013 09:44 pm (UTC)
As people have pointed out before, Clint and Natasha are the "Batmans" (normals) in a super-powered world, and thus I think magic is one of their weak points. Science they can understand to a degree, but magic? Still, I think Natasha would find a way to adapt to magical opponents much better than say, Tony Stark.

ETA: So I guess I see them interacting more with magic in AUs (Supernatural AUs, fantasy AUs and such). Either as magical creatures or as normals in a magic world, not so much as magic users. And the world always needs more SPN AUs, so if you've got something, go for it!

Edited 2013-03-22 09:56 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] workerbee73.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2013 11:20 pm (UTC)
Dude omg yes. I love the fantasy AU's so much.
http://lar_laughs.livejournal.com/: Marvel - a whisper worth a smile[identity profile] lar_laughs.livejournal.com on March 23rd, 2013 01:49 am (UTC)
The "Batmans" comment totally made me think of the conversation that Chandler and Phoebe have in an episode of Friends.

Phoebe: Hey. Why isn't it Spiderman? You know, like Goldman, Silverman.
Chandler: Because, it... it's not his last name.
Phoebe: It isn't?
Chandler: No. It's not like Phil Spiderman. He's a spider *man*. You know, like Goldman is a last name but there's no gold man.
Phoebe: Oh, oh okay...
Phoebe: There should be a gold man!