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Writing thoughts
Jun. 14th, 2019 07:40 amIs there a saying in English about the Devil reading the Bible? I'm assuming there probably is since there's the Shakespeare quote. We have one, which is basically about being very pedantic when interpreting something, usually resulting in the interpretation being something other than the original creator wanted to convey. This is basically me with my Endgame fic and canon, I'm definitely going to tag it with "Technically canon compliant" and "Not so much in spirit". Basically when I was writing the beginning of the story I was muttering to myself, "Steve actually didn't answer to Sam's question whether things went right or wrong." So the premise is that one small thing went wrong with long lasting consequences, and it's the fallout that the story focuses on.
Another thing the story will definitely have is Steve and his friends. The thing that most annoys me in Endgame is that they went so no homo with it that we actually have no scene where Steve is shown personally missing any of those who were dusted, which is absolutely out of character for him (and the film makers know it, after all in IW both the beginning and end of the final sequence is us seeing things via Steve and how it affected him). We see him work for bringing people back as much as anyone, but there's no personal connection given ever., it almost comes off as him doing his duty to the world rather than setting something personal right. One of the things I've consistently liked about Steve is his commitment to his friends and reaching out for them, and in EG while we see him with Nat and Tony (and I liked those parts), there's also a very conspicuous lack of missing those who are lost. Instead whenever his personal feelings of loss are portrayed, it's always connected with Peggy, which makes no sense in context, because she's not coming back even if they win the battle. And I like Steve's relationship with Peggy, but this is the wrong context to display it so prominently, because it just makes him look callous and non-caring toward other very important people to him.
There's also a whole lot of interesting stuff to do with Bucky in this story, but I'm not talking about it here since happily there's no "What the hell did you do with his characterization?" problem to deal with. You'll see what I have in mind for him when you read the story. I'm going to have alternating chapters written from Bucky and Steve's POV, starting with Bucky's right where the movie ended and moving forward from there. I'm also going to be posting as I write, this story feels right for that particular method. I just need to get to the point where I know enough of how it'll go so I won't set up stupid stuff in the beginning before I start posting.
Another thing the story will definitely have is Steve and his friends. The thing that most annoys me in Endgame is that they went so no homo with it that we actually have no scene where Steve is shown personally missing any of those who were dusted, which is absolutely out of character for him (and the film makers know it, after all in IW both the beginning and end of the final sequence is us seeing things via Steve and how it affected him). We see him work for bringing people back as much as anyone, but there's no personal connection given ever., it almost comes off as him doing his duty to the world rather than setting something personal right. One of the things I've consistently liked about Steve is his commitment to his friends and reaching out for them, and in EG while we see him with Nat and Tony (and I liked those parts), there's also a very conspicuous lack of missing those who are lost. Instead whenever his personal feelings of loss are portrayed, it's always connected with Peggy, which makes no sense in context, because she's not coming back even if they win the battle. And I like Steve's relationship with Peggy, but this is the wrong context to display it so prominently, because it just makes him look callous and non-caring toward other very important people to him.
There's also a whole lot of interesting stuff to do with Bucky in this story, but I'm not talking about it here since happily there's no "What the hell did you do with his characterization?" problem to deal with. You'll see what I have in mind for him when you read the story. I'm going to have alternating chapters written from Bucky and Steve's POV, starting with Bucky's right where the movie ended and moving forward from there. I'm also going to be posting as I write, this story feels right for that particular method. I just need to get to the point where I know enough of how it'll go so I won't set up stupid stuff in the beginning before I start posting.
