15 May 2015 @ 12:22 pm
ATTF: Headcanons  
Greetings, Lovelies!

I’m glad I was stalking the community today because I completely forgot I offered to take over ATTF. Which would have been a bad thing because I’m 95% sure [livejournal.com profile] enigma731 is actually training attack birds. I don’t know how long it would take them to fly north and come after me, but I don’t want to risk it, SO.

Today’s discussion: headcanons! \o/

Now, headcanons are great things. For those of you who haven’t come across this amazing term, headcanons are the things we privately and not-so-privately muse about our characters until it’s either confirmed or denied by canon. Ways to fill in the gaps, as you do. I’ve been making them up for every movie character I find interesting for years (and books and TV, too!). They can be huge, life-altering events, or they can simply be how the character prefers their coffee (Clint: black; Natasha: enough sugar to make an elephant dance).

The great thing about headcanons is that canon sometimes comes along and confirms these and it’s a great feeling. The worst thing about headcanons is that sometimes canon comes along and stomps them into iiiiiiiitty bitty little pieces and you’re left with a broken heart and a broken headcanon. Each installment lives on that knife’s edge of thrill and terror.

Recently, we got a huge installment in our canon—aka one of our characters actually showed up on screen for the first time in three years and he got backstory. So I want to check in with everybody about how your headcanons came through.

Today’s discussion points:

  • What were your headcanons prior to Age of Ultron? How’d they fare? How do you feel about that?

  • Did Age of Ultron give you new headcanons?

  • What, in your opinion, is the best headcanon you’ve seen somebody else post? Did you decide to adopt it?

  • What do you feel are the most common headcanons about Clint and Natasha?

  • And—please keep this positive, please!—but which headcanons don’t you agree with?


And as always, here are your ATTF guidelines:
Things to remember:
1) Always label NSFW (Not Safe For Work) stuff in the title and post under a cut.
2) Fic and artwork needs to have a rating and warnings (or you can say that you’ve chosen not to use warnings).
3) For people with annoying internet connections, say in the title if a comment is graphic/images/gif-heavy and post picspams under a cut.
4) Have a damn good time! (Because if that’s not happening then this post has clearly failed.)
5) There are going to be Age of Ultron spoilers in this post, so if you haven’t seen it yet, probably best to skip it unless you don’t mind getting spoiled!
 
 
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[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on May 15th, 2015 09:46 pm (UTC)
Well, I think the not noticing the Bruce thing is partly an "oblivious male" thing, but partly because there really wasn't much to see -- at least not at that point. All we had seen was a convo in the bar, and next thing ... "I considered getting in the shower with you."

But, eh.

I think the baby gender thing would be new. Laura looks about 5 months on, and may just have found out. Many pregnant women don't actually want to know, but then sometimes there's that ultrasound that's Bloody Obvious (usually with boys...) and they can't help it. This is my head canon for how she found out!
[identity profile] happilydancing.livejournal.com on May 15th, 2015 09:54 pm (UTC)
Well as long as that relationship is never acknowledged again I am good ;)

I'm still kinda hmm on the baby's gender thing. Like Clint obviously knows. I guess she could have JUST found out like a couple of days before. Yeah I guess I'll go with that.

(I think basically I didn't like the way am certain parts of this movie were written ;) )