One thing to note wrt the "nationality" thing is language. Yes, Clint is American born and bred -- even as a circus nomad hed be functioning in a mostly American cultural context, with some colourful influences thrown in (Mongolian acrobats? Italian highwire artists?).

So. I was once chastised for using the word "bloody" in Clint POV speak, on the grounds that made him sound too British. We use it here in Canada, so I never thought about it. Interestingly, I find myself occasionally stumbling over one particular British phrasing in Avengers fic: "he was sat ..." as opposed to "he was sitting."

So maybe there are bits of a writer's nationality that might need to be taken out of the equation in fic writing? Just throwing that one out for discussion.

Oh very good points! I have noticed that in fics as well! Its kinda jarring for a moment.

Can I please bring up the "Buda-pesh"/"Buda-pest" pronunciations again? Still love it.

Ok, to answer the question...I have never written any fic (althought I want to...I get ideas in my head but no idea how to execute them. And also my ideas are usually based off of other Clint/Nat fanfics I read), but I think I would have a good grasp on the US stuff. Watching the Iron Man movies is always fun because I live in LA (used to work in Malibu). I'm originally from the midwest though, have traveled to New York and a bunch of other states, so I would feel very comfortable writing most US places. Other places in the world? Not so much. I've never even heard of some of the cities mentioned in fics.

NITPICKING. Oh sigh people. That's just plain ol' nitpicking. next time I'll let one of them use croatian curses just because I can and because they speak lot of languages.