#james rupert rhodes

[marvelmultivers]

The others Avengers, cooler than OG

In first, the ultimate duo, the strangest relationship : James Buchanan Barnes and Samuel Wilson, Bucky and Sam, Winter Soldier and Falcon. They've a chaotic energy but that why we love them. Bucky his the first and oldest friend of Steve, they had grow up together. Sam is a friend of Steve at first. They lives together and we have no right to ask questions

Second, the longest distance friendship, those who are the first to believe in each other : Carol Susan Jane Danvers and Nicholas Joseph Fury, Carol and Nick, Captain Marvel and the director of what used to be SHIELD. We don't see Carol often, but Nick teach us few spy stuff.

Third and fourth, coolest kids ever that all : Morgan H. Stark and Harley Keener, they don't have superheroes names for the moment, they're in different schools, both at boarding school, Morgan in France, Harley in Australia. We see them during holidays. Oh, i forgot, Morgan is the daughter of Tony and Pepper. Harley is the, kinda, adopted son of Tony.

Fiveth, the saviors and guardian angels of Tony Stark, his best friend and his wonderful wife : James Rupert Rhodes and Virginia Potts, Rhodey and Pepper Potts, War Machine and Rescue. Pepper lives with us, she is amazing, she helps everyone, Rhodey still working for the army so we don't see him often. Pepper is the CEO of Stark's Industries and mother of all of us.

Sixth, i don't know what happen on this picture i wasn't there but it exactly their relationship, i want to help you/i hate you : Jane Foster and Loki Laufeyson. She is or was, i don't really know the girlfriend of Thor, the reason why he came that often on earth. She is now Mighty Thor. He is the adopted brother of Thor, they have a love/hate relationship… Loki have a love/hate relationship with everyone.

They travels a lot so we don't see them really often

Seventh, the Maximoff, the brother and sister : Pietro Maximoff and Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch. They didn't start very well with the OG, but they're now fastest and strongest Avengers so it had ended well. They are sokovians and still have few difficulties with Tony. They lives at the base, Wanda lives with Vision and Pietro lives alone.

Eighth, the union of artificial intelligence and man, smartest person ever : Vision. Short and efficient. He is the creation of Tony and Bruce, an human body with JARVIS, the first A.I. of Tony. He still have difficulties with human feelings and how to live but Wanda helps him a lot.

Nineth, coolest parents, we never what is their next move : Scott Edward Harris Lang and Hope Van Dyne, Ant-man and the Wasp. They were introduces to each other by the father of Hope for work and finally they never let go. They still learning so they live at the base, but Scott's daughter, Cassie, come when she want/need.

Tenth, from ennemies to besties, they are so beautiful, fun and cool : Yelena Belova and Katherine Elizabeth Bishop, Yelena and Kate, Black Widow and Hawkeye. Yelena is the sister of Natasha, they are both Black Widow, because it was they became when they come out of the Red Room, and of the Black Widow Programs. Kate is especially train by Clint, she's an archer, she is suppose to take Clint placehaw. They still learning so, they live at the base.

Next time I will talk about other avengers again, I will try not to forget no one, for now i'm late to strategy class so la bise

Y/n

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[bedlamsbard]

1900 words today -- adding in a number of bits and pieces to Horizon 8 (which I guess I can either break ~pattern and post on a weekday or wait until next weekend; we’ll see how I feel tomorrow) and starting Horizon 9.  I do know how this story is going to end so I’d better figure out how much longer i have to get there.  (I don’t think it’ll go past fifteen chapters.)

Snippet from The Horizon Line chapter 9.

Getting into Howard Stark’s workshop wasn’t as easy as unlocking the door with a key.  Rhodey ran his hand over the molding on the door, frowning, and said, “There should be – got it.”

Light flickered under his palm and a pleasant female voice with a Hungarian accent said, “Mr. Stark is not available just now.  Please identify yourselves.”

“James Rupert Rhodes, United States Air Force, Avengers Initiative,” Rhodey said.  “Hello, LOTTE.”

“Hello, Captain Rhodes.”

“Been a minute since I had to deal with her,” he explained when Natasha raised her eyebrows, surprised by his apparent demotion.

She shrugged in response and said, “Natalia Alianovna Romanoff, Avengers Initiative,” hesitating for an instant before adding, “On behalf of Steven Grant Rogers, United States Army, Avengers Initiative.”

“Virginia Anne Potts Stark, Chief Executive Officer, Stark Industries,” Pepper said; apparently Natasha didn’t rate a response.

“Hello, Ms. Potts,” the voice said. “Please hold while I cross-check that information.”

“LOTTE’s basically JARVIS and FRIDAY’s great-great-grandma,” Rhodey explained. “She’s outdated tech now, but she’s still installed at a couple of the old Stark properties where Tony never got around to ripping her out and upgrading to JARVIS.”

“Aren’t we a little past her end date?” Natasha asked.

“She has access to certain SI servers and some of FRIDAY’s data,” Pepper said. “We don’t run into her that often anymore, but after the first few incidents, Tony made sure that she had up to date information.  Howard Stark may have been dead for twenty-seven years, but apparently he didn’t believe in underkill.”

“You know, this is actually not the first time this week I’ve heard that,” Natasha said.  

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[marivelsblog1503]

✧ Parte I: Somos dos ahora.✧

Con: 403 palabras en total. Anterior: || Índice: || Siguiente: Conozcan a las personas que estarán a la de Grace Stark a partir de ahora, aunque algunos van a estar en contra de ella. © Todos los derechos reservados.

«— Hay ciertas etapas de nuestras vidas, que cambian tan repentinamente, que sin darnos cuenta puede ser genial esos cambios. —»

«— Pero, no todo puede ser color de rosas, siempre habrá alguien que quiere arruinar tus sueños de ser feliz, y que lastimosamente, la voz de esa persona está en tu cabeza. —»

«— No siempre continuaremos el legado familiar o mejor dicho, no todos podemos ser la sombra de nuestros padres. —»

«— Para Tony Stark no es para nada sencillo ser padre soltero, pero, no se arrepentía de nada, sin embargo, eso no quita que llega a ser difícil en algún momento, en manejar una empresa, y el cuidar y estar para tú hija las 24 horas del día. —»

«— Una vida llena de locura y también diversión en la mansión Stark, ¿Qué más se puede pedir? —»

╔══════════ ✧ ══════════╗

Cast para esta primera parte:

╚══════════ ✧ ══════════╝

|| Violet McGraw como Grace María Stark de niña. ||

«— Quiero ser igual que tú papá, no quiero que la compañía vaya a la ruina por mi culpa. —»

|| Roberth Downey Jr. como Anthony “Tony” Edward Stark. ||

«— Tú eres mi mayor creación mi pequeña, solo tú decides tu destino. —»

|| Gwyneth Paltrow como Virginia “Pepper” Potts. ||

«— Sabes que puedes contar conmigo, aquí estoy para ayudarte Grace, aquí estamos para apoyarte. —»

|| Jon Favreau como Harold “Happy” Hogan. ||

«— Trabajo para su padre, pero, no me molestaría que me llamara tío Happy señorita Stark. —»

|| Terrence Howard como James Rupert “Rhodey” Rhodes. ||

«— Mi amigo tuvo una hija, será interesante de ver, en cuanto a ti pequeña, soy tu tío Jimmy. —»

|| Paul Bettany como J.A.R.V.I.S. ||

«— Soy solo una Inteligencia Artificial, pero, estoy aquí para servirles. —»

|| Jeff Bridges como Obadiah Stane. ||

«— Es un legado lo que se ha llevado a cabo por generaciones, y si el apellido de tu familia se viene a bajo, será por tu culpa. —»

╔═══════════ ✧ ═══════════╗

Playlist para esta primera parte:

╚═══════════ ✧ ═══════════╝

|| Aplause de Lady Gaga. ||

|| Hijo de Hombre y En mi Corazón Vivirás de Phill Collins. ||

|| Raindrops Keeps on My Head de B.J. Thomas. ||

|| Footloose de Kenny Loggins. ||

|| Vivan las Vegas de Elvis Presley. ||

|| Girls Just Want to Have a Fun de Cyndi Lauper. ||

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[rk-ocs]

Rhodey birthday reading

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Rhodey

James Rupert Rhodes

October 8, 1968

WONDROUS HIGH ROMANCE

- PERSONALITY TRAITS OF THIS DAY -

IMAGINATIVE

ROMANTIC

CAPABLE

UP‑TO‑DATE

FAIR

INSIGHTFUL

CHARMING

FRANK

DYNAMIC FLIGHTY

EMOTIONALLY LABILE

POWER‑ABSORBED

COMPLACENT

SEVERE

SELF‑DECEIVING

OVERLY EXACTING

CRITICAL

REPRESSED

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The Day of High Romance

Traits...

IMAGINATIVE

ROMANTIC

CAPABLE

FLIGHTY

EMOTIONALLY LABILE

POWER‑ABSORBED

Meditation...

Astrology is the psychology of the Universe

Advice...

Keep to your path and move steadily forward.

Learn to deal with distractions; don’t get sidetracked.

Use your wisdom to help yourself as well as others.

Experiences are not only to be lived but learned from as well; beware of getting stuck.

For those born on October 8, life is a fabulous romantic adventure. They will give all for love, elevating it to a high plane, or they will have none of it. But it is not only the area of love to which their romantic feelings apply. Their souls can soar from the wonders of nature to the mysteries of outer space, from the movements of the sea to the rotation of the planets themselves. Those born on this day often have well-developed intellects also, and are particularly sharp in their perceptions of human psychology. Yet many October 8 people have little insight into their own personality. As they see it, they are simply attending to business, efficiently acting on what they have to do, while others stare in open-eyed amazement at their unusual antics.

    Within their family or social group those born on this day are usually free spirits. For this reason, their common sense and judgment are not always trusted, particularly by those who think of themselves as highly practical. Yet October 8 people are good with money, able to run a family, responsible and conscientious in discharging their obligations—up to a point! For always the danger is present that they will be swept away to other worlds, sailing off into the beyond. Their experiential attitude to life recognizes few limitations and boundaries, and therefore they can get caught up in sheer sensationalism in a thirst for excitement.

    It is not surprising that October 8 people can get themselves into all kinds of trouble, particularly in the emotional sphere. Their relationships are not only complex but also occasionally hazardous. They have a habit of getting involved with all manner of strange and sometimes questionable characters, but also, paradoxically, with people who are too nice and prove to be not at all right for them. Their interest in unusual people and fateful, even bizarre circumstances makes them prey to those who attempt to use them for selfish purposes.

    Yet somehow these brilliant October 8 butterflies always manage to escape their would-be captors and fly to yet another beautiful flower. They are deeply affected by their experiences, particularly feeling the grief and pain caused by separation from a loved one, but they are also indestructible, perhaps because of their ability to key in to the essence of things, to confront (or be forced to confront) them and emerge a wiser person. Thus those born on this day may read and think a great deal (and often do) but ultimately their wisdom is derived from life experience, which they value more highly than anything else.

    October 8 people must never lose a sense of their origins. There is a definite danger of power-tripping attendant to this day, of either being carried away by authority or being tempted to climb social ladders that only lead to unhappiness. The happiness and stability of October 8 people is directly proportional to their ability to remain centered in their true self. Whatever dragons or monsters they encounter will have to be overcome, or perhaps transformed into companions and guides.

Health...

    Those born on October 8 will not have so many problems with their physical health as with their psychological health, particularly in relation to their emotional experiences. They are particularly prone to depression, and find it difficult to deal with grief, either attempting to ignore it or, conversely, allowing it to dominate their life. October 8 people are extremely complex emotionally, and therefore may find that psychological counseling can be helpful in keeping them on track. Aesthetic forms of physical exercise, particularly dancing, are recommended for October 8 people. Those born on this day must not put too much faith in extreme or unusual diets and instead should ground themselves with earthy foods such as grains, bread, stews and root vegetables.

Numerology...

    Those born on the 8th of the month are ruled by the number 8 and by the planet Saturn. Since Saturn carries a strong feeling of responsibility and an accompanying tendency toward caution, limitation and fatalism, the combined influence of this planet and Venus (Libra’s ruler) can trigger an October 8 person’s darker, more depressed and discontented feelings toward relationships. Those ruled by the number 8 generally build their lives and careers slowly and carefully. Although they are most often quite warmhearted, those ruled by the number 8 can present a cool or detached exterior. Sometimes a Saturn-Venus connection can indicate childhood difficulties with the parent of the opposite sex.

Archetype...

    The 8th card of the Major Arcana is Strength or Courage, which depicts a graceful queen taming a furious lion. The queen symbolizes the female Magician who can master rebellious energies and stands for moral as well as physical strength. This card’s positive attributes include charisma and determination to succeed; the negative qualities include complacency and the misuse of power.

The Week of Society

Traits of this week...

UP‑TO‑DATE

FAIR

INSIGHTFUL

COMPLACENT

SEVERE

SELF‑DECEIVING

Advice...

Try to find your true heart’s desire.

Once you have found it, remember to show you really care.

Don’t always give things away—hold on to what is most valuable in yourself.

Learn to limit your explorations of interesting but distracting subjects that can sidetrack you from your main purpose.

Make some hard choices, but preserve your dreams and visions.

Personality of this week...

    The paradox about those born during the Week of Society is that although their social skills are highly developed, they may really be loners by nature. Their knowledge of current events, fashions and matters concerning lifestyle is impressive, and family and friends usually consult them as to the choice of materials or methods to get the job done in the most tasteful way possible. Constantly in demand, they often have difficulty finding time for themselves, and at some point must learn how to limit the time and energy they are prepared to give.

    Generally well liked as people, they are also highly sought after as confidants and counselors. They inspire trust in those who are meeting them for the first time. Their nonthreatening approach makes other people quickly feel that they have nothing to fear—they can open their hearts and unburden themselves. Indeed these people rarely behave hurtfully or maliciously toward those who confide in them. Those who seek them out feel safe with them.

    Although fair, just and agreeable in most situations, they can also be extremely sharp and critical. Because their insights are so often right on, their barbs can sting. Associates and employers who listen to them can probably learn something, but the fury of their attack often arouses too much negative emotion in the assaulted party to allow for clear listening. Only later will the truth of their criticisms begin to sink in.

    These children can be demanding of their parents, and these parents can be strict with their children. When young, they may be extremely rebellious or at the very least troublesome to those in authority. They are guided by a sense of fairness but also by an extreme antipathy to stupid, harmful and needless regulations and laws. Too often these young persons may see the harm or waste being caused by a social or parental attitude yet feel helpless to do much about it. As they grow up, they may become crusaders or reformers, but they can just as easily turn into quiet observers who watch and listen but only offer their opinions and judgments when asked to do so.

    Emotional instability may be the single biggest problem they face. It can undermine their relationships, making them prone to jealousy, irritation, possessiveness and all sorts of negative emotions they could really do without. Physical problems and even lifelong disabilities can result. Involvement in some form of spiritual, religious or physical training is often essential, to provide the stability and grounding that they require if they are to keep on an even keel.

    There is too often a glaring discrepancy between what they think they want and what they truly need. They may blunt their own desires by not taking them seriously. Thus, through their own insistence that they don’t need something, they can stunt the development of their will. Any resulting confusion, unhappiness or despair may serve them well, if they can take advantage of it. Through depression, they can get in touch with themselves at a deep level and, stripped of externals, will find out what their deepest needs really are.

    An ever-present danger for these imaginative individuals is that they will come to live too much in a fantasy world in which all things are possible. Through complacency, and narcissistic enjoyment, they can fail to take action. This lack of aggression may affect their professional life. Worldly ambition can be very healthy for them, since it can spur them on to be more assertive, and to demand from the world what they really want. The problems here are they aren’t always sure what their true wishes are, and they are too often satisfied with what they have and indecisive in charting out a realistic course of action.

    These people are highly valued by their friends, not least for their light and fun-loving manner. They are often good conversationalists, and even the most shy of these blossoms in activities involving a small group of companions, such as parties, dinners or outings. They are highly responsible in such surroundings, and may be depended upon to make a contribution. Yet as aware and realistic as they are about other people, to the same or a greater degree they can be unrealistic about themselves. It may be an unfortunate trait of these people to pull the wool over their own eyes. Such self-deception can lead to disastrous choices of partner, and also to professional blunders. Simply put: without a clear view of themselves, they cannot make cogent personal choices, and are constantly landing themselves in trouble. Fortunately, they are highly resilient. Still, they must not take their ability to snap back from injury or defeat for granted, or rely on it unduly.

    During rocky periods in their personal relationships, those born during the Week of Society tend to be more hurtful toward themselves than to the other person. This is a sign less of masochistic tendencies than of low self-esteem, and of a habit of putting the needs and wants of a lover or friend before their own. Their difficulty in expressing anger and aggression leads them to blame themselves when things go wrong. They may consequently sink into a quiet depression, tumbling into a well of loneliness from which it may be extremely difficult for them to climb out.

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The Way of Wonder

Traits of this way...

CHARMING

FRANK

DYNAMIC

OVERLY EXACTING

CRITICAL

REPRESSED

Suggestions...

Practice affirmations that remind you of your worth.

Know that you deserve to have pleasure.

Realize that you are not responsible for fixing all of life’s problems.

Try to be more spontaneous.

Their goal...

TO CULTIVATE AN ONGOING AND INSPIRING SENSE OF AWE OF THE WORLD AND LIVING

They must release...

BEING CRITICAL—OF BOTH SELF AND OTHERS

Their reward...

THE JOY OF PLAY

Their balance point...

WORK & PLAY

Personality of this way...

    Those born during the Way of Wonder must let go of their exacting attitudes in order to approach life in a more open, relaxed manner, one that is defined by a childlike sense of awe at or delight in the world. They must learn to cultivate and experience wonder. This requires releasing an overemphasis on the details of life and a propensity to perfectionism in order to achieve a broader view. By being less critical and focused and by extending their vision behind the mundane, they will significantly enhance the quality of their lives and will become imbued with a sense of wonder as they get into touch with the larger forces at work in the universe. Awe is the natural by­product of such a process. Fairly cool customers emotionally, they will usually need to become more familiar with their own feelings in order to become more spontaneous and fun. Play is the simple key for them, as well as their core lesson. It is best for them to slow down by putting the brakes on a bit and regularly taking the time to enjoy life’s simple pleasures.

    These folks are born with a desire for order. They need to arrange their world in a fashion that feels right to them. Naturally, this requires quite a bit of management and organization. Their minds are taken up with all the little details of any situation or issue and with thoughts of how best to arrange them so that they form more beautiful or perfect relationships to one another. Efficiency is their goal. As useful as this tendency may be, as anyone who has too much to do or worry about can attest, at a certain point the sheer volume of decisions required by such an exacting approach can be overwhelming. Stressed out, they forget to see the bigger picture, to engage more openly or fully in the experience of living, or even to enjoy the end result of their labors. Sometimes they are so overinvolved in setting the details of their lives in the right order that nothing is good enough for them, causing them perpetual frustration and irritation.

    Their core lesson is quite simple: to nourish the child within through play. Teaching themselves how to engage in play and making sure that they give themselves enough playtime will help they to cultivate a sense of wonder. Through play, they will forget to focus on everything they think needs to be done and begin to relax and allow things to go as they will. Of course, bills must be paid, daily tasks attended to, and provisions made for the future, but there is no reason why one cannot forget about work or chores for a while. They will discover that stress is largely something that they inflict upon themselves and that when they are able to put things out of their mind long enough to enjoy themselves, their general health and well-being improve dramatically.

    Almost always, they force themselves to assume a mature or overly responsible role. Often they are hard on themselves for not being perfect enough. Rarely satisfied, they drive themselves on toward greater and greater achievement in all areas of their life. Frequently, such a stance echoes an overly strict or critical parent or other authority figure from childhood. An underlying dynamic here is that they have a tendency to repress their feelings. Somewhere in the distant past, they decided that mastering emotion was a high priority. This, combined with a dislike of anything that smacks of emotional messiness and a love of an efficient and well­ordered world, makes for people who are quite good at denying, stuffing, and blocking their feelings. They appear to be quite cool, even unemotional, but in fact they are quite complex on a feeling level. Developing any sort of spontaneity means that they must engage in the work of unlocking their emotional expression. While letting their real emotions out of the proverbial box may be fearful for them, ultimately they will discover how to balance feeling and rationality, contraction and expansion, expression and reticence. The child in them and its sense of wonder will begin to peek out and be heard only when their internal, and often critical, parent stops being so repressive. Moreover, they may find, as they rediscover their feelings, a kind of warmth and charm they never knew existed. They will know they are doing something right when they start to notice how many people seem to be attracted to them.

    These are intense personalities, uniquely suited for tremendous achievements as long as they transform themselves into motivators rather than detractors of others. It is extremely unlikely that they will give up their discrimination or exacting tastes, but they must learn to keep them in balance with the rest of their personality and not allow them to dominate. Unusually critical people, they have a tendency to nitpick, be negative, or criticize others too severely based on their own high standards. They will always employ those standards to achieve the best results for their own and others’ efforts, but when it comes to motivating others, learning to focus on the good and to ignore the less­than­perfect side of things (even though they will always see it pretty clearly) will reap them rich rewards in any field of endeavor. Relenting in this approach and becoming more accepting and forgiving will occur naturally as they begin to relax and have more fun. Also, an important part of this process is that, following the development of a greater sense of wonder themselves, they will find that they are able to infect others with it. Moreover, they are possessed of a fierce, quick wit; once they learn to use it less to wound or to be critical and more simply to entertain, they will find that it is inordinately powerful as a form of engaging and charming people. Thus, they will be able to inspire others to great creative achievement.

    Their issues are likely to be worked out on an internal or psychological level. Working on patterns in thinking and relating will be their main objective. Learning how to relax and drop one’s critical attitudes is not as easy as it sounds. The best approach is to attune oneself to the natural flow of things, letting things happen rather than attempting to make them happen. Since relaxation is so important here, they should spoil themselves more, particularly in the form of treating themselves to certain activities that will inevitably lead to removing tensions. Learning to enjoy themselves fully, without any feelings of guilt, is crucial to this process. Also, paying more attention to sleeping, eating, sex, and other natural functions will give their unconscious self more autonomy and free them from many strangling inhibitions.

    What a relief it can be for them at last to back off from workaholic tendencies. Suddenly having more time on their hands and less work can lead them to make new friends and seek out whole new worlds of experience. In general, deemphasis on career and a focus on increasing interpersonal involvements are hallmarks of progress for them. Finding the right partner, or partners, will aid the process tremendously, and the joys of vacation, travel, affection, lovemaking, and in general just kicking back will steer these intense individuals in a sensibly hedonistic direction. If they have children of their own, they will vicariously rediscover the joys of childhood through their own progeny. Also, having children provides them with a chance to become the loving, nonjudgmental parents that their own stern mother or father could never be. Attracting more free and open friends can exert a positive influence by fostering more fun-loving attitudes.

    What is best for those born during the Way of Wonder is to put aside more serious, intellectual, or demanding hobbies such as reading and discussion in favor of less cerebral and more active ones such as sports, dance, hiking, or biking. All outdoor activities should be pursued, since it is outdoors that a sense of wonder is truly fostered. Through really learning to enjoy themselves, even being silly and irresponsible from time to time, they will get into the habit of forgetting to be demanding and critical. Strange to say, for these people, who typically find it hard to reward themselves except with more hard work and responsibility, even the untrammeled pleasure of getting lost in the thorough enjoyment of a chocolate bar or a cartoon can represent a major spiritual breakthrough. Their fulfillment can be likened to a student’s playing hooky from school. Removing himself from the reach of a critical or repressive teacher, he spends time on his own and simply indulges himself in the joy of a beautiful spring day.

The Path of Wondrous Society

The Week of Society

travelling

The Way of Wonder

Their fulfillment...

OPERATING FROM THEIR LIGHT, FUN-LOVING SIDE MORE OFTEN

Their challenge...

TAKING THEIR OWN NEEDS AND DESIRES MORE SERIOUSLY

Personality of this configuration...

    Paramount to the success of those born during the Week of Society who navigate the Way of Wonder will be learning to take their own desires and needs more seriously and not trying to quell their sense of passion or enthusiasm in endless responsibilities, unproductive relationships, or trying to reform others. Going within in order to get reacquainted with the child who dwells in all of us may prove quite an education for these souls, especially if it frees them from the rigid or overly exacting standards they have most certainly outgrown. Likely to be rather sharp-tongued and insightful, they would do well to keep their critical faculties under control and turn their attention to the task of developing a clearer vision of themselves and their place in the larger scheme. Thus, freed from self-deception, they can experience great happiness on this life journey.

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The Month of the Magnet

Their motto...

I Attract

Personality of this month...

    The Month of the Magnet is the seventh month of the Personology year. As perhaps the most socially involved of all the months, those born during this time symbolize the need of the mature human being to take their place in the world. Moreover, these people posit a full awareness of the roles which people play on the world’s stage.

    These people emphasize the need for attractiveness in their external orientation. Indeed, for them, looking good can go very far, sometimes resulting in being liked by others; however, they can also be criticized or even rejected for their vanity. They believe in fair treatment for all, but at times can be overly judgmental. Their sensuousness, charm, grace and good humor exert a magnetic effect in drawing others to them.

    Those born during the Month of the Magnet transmute service-oriented, discriminating and analytical energies into fixed, powerful and controlling ones.

    Their personality can be compared to a mature adult passing through their mid-life period and endeavoring to formulate a modus vivendi for the second half of their life. Inevitably, this involves redefining social roles by reconsidering the way one relates to others. Attractive individuals, they have beauty-loving and social aspects to their personality, as well as a need for harmony. Paradoxically, despite the fact that they love things to go smoothly with few problems, they can stir up a great deal of argument through their controversial attitudes and behavior. Although generous, they can sometimes be blind to the wishes of others and proceed (either merrily or miserably) on their own way.

    Because of their need to see both sides of a problem, indeed to examine every aspect of it, they are capable of procrastinating. They stubbornly refuse to be rushed in making up their minds about most anything. These people demand adequate breathing space and tend to get nervous if crowded or pressured. They are quite capable, however, of applying pressure to others, particularly if they feel they are acting in everyone’s best interest.

    Because of their attractiveness and personal magnetism, those born during the Month of the Magnet are often highly prized as mates and co-workers. However, they must beware of imposing their strong views on others. They are at their best when they can keep it light and have fun—particularly since depression is difficult for them to cope with. Being attractive is extremely important, but they must beware of becoming obsessed with physical appearances. If they go too far in this regard they may compromise their dignity.

    Another high priority for them is fairness, but in their quest for equality they must seek the middle way, thus avoiding the twin pitfalls of overly accepting or judgmental behavior.

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The Season of Maintenance

Their mode of thought...

MAINTAINERS

These are the people who can be relied upon to hang in there, institute repairs if necessary and keep things going year after year.

Concepts of this season...

Beauty, Drama & Criticism, Revolution

Their motto...

I Weigh, I Control, I Philosophize

Elements of this season...

Air, Water, Fire

Personality of this season...

    The fall equinox usually occurs around September 23rd in the northern hemisphere. At this time of harvest, days and nights are again of equal length. As fall wears on, however, the days grow shorter and the nights longer. Fall is the third quarter of the yearly cycle, extending from the fall equinox to the winter solstice.

    Fall is traditionally the period at which time the final harvest of summer growth takes place—afterwards, much of the ground is covered by leaves or mulch for the winter. A decomposition of plant life now begins by which the earth is enriched. Most of the farmland lies fallow during this period but some winter crops can be planted. Temperatures begin to drop as the sun shares less of itself, and freezing nights are evinced by morning frost. Some animal life goes into hibernation or migrates to a warmer climate. Deciduous trees change color in riotous displays, and an autumn nip is in the air. The rhythm of life of this quadrant is quicker and more survival-oriented. High-energy or bulk diets are preferred here (both by animals and humans). The bounty of foodstuffs is waning, and life again becomes more difficult.

    Generally speaking, those born in the fall demonstrate both a greater ability and need to control their external environment. Autumnal people are rarely as enthusiastic as those born in the spring and summer, being rather more selective and critical. Maintenance is the overriding consideration here rather than initiation or development of new projects. In some respects, autumnal people tend to be more introverted and thoughtful than springtime and summertime people. Feelings are kept under stricter control. Yet, social urges are more maturely and fully expressed here also—friendships, group and community activities, direct working contributions to society are important at this time. Autumnal people manifest a strong urge to share and take part in serious and fulfilling relationships.

    Those born in the fall have a heightened awareness of what is going on around them, perhaps greater than that of any other seasonal group. Impulse and emotion may be lower key in autumnal people, but often more subtle and complex. Both self–understanding and self–control are given high priority.

    Autumnal folks tend to be more concerned with nurturing ideas and with survival than with bringing new life into the world. Childbearing and childrearing generally speaking may not hold as central a place for autumnal people as for those born at other times of the year. Sexuality and affection, on the other hand, may hold a deeper meaning and be highly valued by autumnal people. Rather than being positive per se, the attitude of those born in this period is realistic, and positive only when justified by the course of external events.

#rhodey #iron man #writing

[theliterateape]

I Like to Watch | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

by Don Hall

No one really flinched when Tony Stark's wingman, Colonel James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes, went from Terrence Howard to Don Cheadle. Sure, it was a bit jarring but Iron Man 2 just glossed over the difference as if most couldn't tell the difference from one black actor to the next. I mean, it wasn't like Howard died. He just wanted fair compensation and the powers that be decided to replace him instead of pay him. Such is Hollywood (and I'd hazard a guess more likely Hollywood for black people than for others). We took it in stride and did our best to enjoy a sub-par Marvel sequel.

If Howard had died? There may have been a bit more responsibility on the creative team to deal with that absence in a less blunt manner. You can't just replace an actor who is deceased, right?

Wrong.

In 1955, Ed Wood Jr. tried to revive the career of one of his heroes, Bela Lugosi of Dracula fame, and cast him in Plan 9 From Outer Space. Lugosi, in the middle of filming, died from cardiac arrest. Wood had an obvious dilemma to solve and solve it he did. He replaced Lugosi in the remaining scenes with his wife's chiropractor who looked nothing like Lugosi. Plan 9 was a bomb but now enjoys a ridiculous cult status. Lugosi was buried in his Dracula costume and the whole episode was then chronicled in the 1994 Tim Burton film Ed Wood.

Paul Walker was one half of the Fast & Furious franchise with creator Vin Diesel until in 2013 during the filming of the seventh installment he died in a Porsche accident. Diesel decided to finish filming with Walker's brothers acting as stand-ins with CGI and let the film serve as a truly moving send-off for Walker. We all knew he had died but the final shots of the film became a cinematic obituary. As a fan of the series, I cried.

When Chadwick Boseman died in 2020 from colon cancer, writer/director Ryan Coogler had, arguably, one of the most difficult tasks along these lines that any director has had. Boseman first and foremost was a fantastic, award-winning actor. Second, as T'Challa (aka The Black Panther) he had heralded in one of the most culturally significant films in generations, bringing millions of black audience members to come see a fully black Marvel blockbuster. T'Challa was the first superhero to come to Steve Rogers aid in Endgame. He was debatably the best part of the What If? series. Coogler couldn't replace Boseman with anyone (let alone a chiropractor) and he couldn't CGI him like Carrie Fisher at the end of Rogue One. Yet a sequel to Black Panther was inevitable.

It's no secret that I've not been thrilled with the last few MCU offerings. Hell, I hated Thor: Love and Thunder and, to be fair to that movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has made me hate Taika Waititi's nose-thumb of a movie even more. Wakanda Forever is a tour de force, an example of how an MCU movie should be made, and extraordinary achievement created under extraordinary circumstances. Wakanda Forever is the result of a film that is important to those who made it, important to those who see it, and far more than the money generated by the box office receipts.

This is a film that deals with genuine grief in a thoroughly entertaining way. Like Kilmonger, Namor is a villain who does awful things for good reasons. Like the audience who loved the first film, each character deals with the loss of Boseman (T'Challa) in a different way but with such dignity and truth, it's hard to fathom. The stuff that connects this film to the greater arc of the MCU are fine but in the way. The meat of this is the anger and sadness and guilt of grief and the achievement, while in part belongs to the actors and hundreds of filmmaking staff, is really all Coogler's to own.

His leading actor died. Instead of replacing him or finding a convenient way to deal with it, Coogler embraced the death as a part of the narrative, effectively honoring both Boseman and T'Challa in one fell swoop. I'm so goddamned impressed with the depth of creativity and feeling.

Also, it's a really fun movie. It's also a fun movie populated mostly with heroic black women (which aside from The Woman King, I can't think of too many like it). And it does that wonderful thing all the best MCU films do—it sets us up for more.

And, if you know me, I always want more.

I want more Wakanda. I want more Namor. I want more Okoye. I want more Julia Louis-Dreyfus. And, please, I want more Coogler.

#Wakanda Forever

[feleshero]

Because I just referenced him: Shout out to Uncle Phil (James Avery) for voicing James Rupert Rhodes in the Spider-Man 90s cartoon. He had like... ten minutes of screen time across the entire show, but it was enough!

#ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴄᴏsᴛᴜᴍᴇ; ooc. #I remember when mark hamill tried to kill him with a pumpkin. the 90s were wild

[vinylsoul]

rhodeytony + hozier songs (1 / 2)

#hozier #anthony edward stark #james rupert rhodes #tony stark #james rhodes #rhodey #rhodeytony #ironhusbands #rhodeytony. #flashing lights / #this is for rhodeytony day #happy rhodeytony day!!! #rhodeytony day #rhfe #mine. #marvel #marvel cinematic universe #mcu #iron man #iron man 2 #iron man 3 #avengers #captain america: civil war #cacw #aou

[siancore]

Beyond ready for this 🖤 Dear Followers, I’ll be tagging fatws spoilers if you want to filter. 

#sambucky #fatws #sam wilson #bucky barnes #sharon carter #hoping for my man #james rupert rhodes #to make a cameo

[stankrhodes]

NEW YORK TIMES SPECIAL EDITION: INTERVIEWING PRESIDENT JAMES RHODES

“In just six months, President Rhodes has spearheaded the country in directions foreign and intergalactic that were previously unheard of. Hear directly from him as he discusses fighting in the war against Thanos and how he is handing a country torn in half.”

@rhodeyappreciationweek

#president rhodes #president james rhodes #james rhodes #james rupert rhodes #james rupert rhodey rhodes #war machine #rhodey appreciation #fanwork day #rhodeyweek2020 #magazine cover #myheroesrbands edits #edit

[memesadnessandanxiety]

im only here to say that Rhodey and Tony are best fucking friends and we REALLY deserve a MIT era series of them getting up to shenanigans

#marvel u coward #give it to me #tonyrhodey #ironhusbands #iron man #war machine #rhodey #tony stark #james rupert rhodes #anthony edward stark

[gywnbleidd-archive]

“People are concerned about you Tony, I’m concerned about you.”

Iron Man 2 / Iron Man 3: Rhodey being worried about Tony

#iron man 2 #iron man 3 #tony stark #james rhodes #james rupert rhodes #my gifs #gifs #rhodey: moves hand over chin in worry for boyfriend

[panwith1plan]

HIS NAME IS JAMES RUPERT "RHODEY" RHODES. IT'S NOT "RHODNEY". IT'S NOT "JAMES RHODEY". IT'S NOT "RHODEY RHODES". IT'S "JAMES RUPERT 'RHODEY' RHODES"!

#Rhodey #marvel #war machine #iron patriot #james rhodes #rhodey #James Rupert Rhodes

[chase2452]

ironhusbands wedding commission for @lunaticalwriter !

commissions for my boyfriend's top surgery

#ironhusbands #rhodeytony #rhodey #james rhodey rhodes #james rhodes #james rupert rhodes #tony stark #iron man #war machine #iron patriot #marvel #mcu #this was a fun piece... I'm love them #I spent forever working on don cheadle's smile before I remembered that the hands were gonna cover his face... rifp #those hands also took forever. I hate drawing hands. but they look good so ayyyyyyy #I don't like the US military BUT Rhodey looks handsome in his dress blues so #chase.draws #original post #commissions #500

[fightingforcreativity]

The Other Earth

~~~Chapter 1:  A Whisper In The Night~~~

Notes:

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark, others, James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Steve Rogers, Barnes family - Character, Alpine the Cat (Marvel), OFC, baby winter Additional Tags: Amnesia, Presumed Dead, Family, Mystical Creatures, Fluff and Crack, bakery Au elements, Mirror Worlds - Freeform, Alien Culture, Alien Biology, Cross-Posted on Tumblr, Angst, Angst and Tragedy, Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Avengers still being Avengers, oc child - Freeform, child named Winter, (OFC and Winter do not have a main role) Summary:

Bucky had a cat, had a job at a local bakery, and some odd jobs here and there. At night, he would look in the sky, trying to figure out the constellations, seeing the stars differently than he faintly remembered. At the same time on one of those stars far away, a star named Earth, Tony Stark held his baby boy, whispering, “One day, you’ll know you’re the world.[…]”

Notes:

This fills a square for @starkbucksbingo

Title: The Other Earth- A Whisper In The Night Collaborator Name: Fighting_for_Creativity Square Filled: B5- Didn't Know They Were Dating Ship/Main Pairing: WinterIronWidow Rating: Mature Major Tags & Triggers: Amnesia, presumed dead, Family, mystical creatures, slight crack (later), bakery Au elements, mention of alcohol abuse 

Summary:

Bucky had a cat, had a job at a local bakery, and some odd jobs here and there. At night, he would look in the sky, trying to figure out the constellations, seeing the stars differently than he faintly remembered. At the same time on one of those stars far away, a star named Earth, Tony Stark held his baby boy, whispering, “One day, you’ll know you’re the world.[…]”

Word Count: 2699

The reassuring click sound of his lock opening as he turned his key let Bucky smile. He had a couple of jobs a day and the city he lived in- Bucharest- had a burglar problem, or maybe every city had that in the cheaper neighborhoods. His lock still being intact meant that his things were still where they belonged. A low meow greeted him when Bucky stepped inside.

“I’m back, Alpine. Gimme just a few moments,” he said while shrugging out of his jacket and pulling his boots off, “I’ll renew your water and give you fresh food. ‘That is wonderful, Bucky! Thank you. How was your day at the bakery Bucky?’ Why thank you Alpine! It was stressful but the old lady from three streets down insisted on tipping me.”

During his little monologue, Bucky made his way to the kitchen, refreshing the water, rinsing the bowl before giving his beloved white cat fresh water. Then he gave her food and continued to tell her of his day, despite Alpine lazily blinking at him and doing the equivalent of a shrug before she dug into her food.

Smiling softly Bucky observed her for a moment before he made himself something to eat as well. While he prepared and then ate his spaghetti, he thought about his current life and the still amiss memories. Just yesterday he had remembered that his friend’s name had been ‘Stevie’ and that the blond had lived with Bucky, his ma, and his sisters for the most part of their childhood. Why that was though, Bucky still didn’t know.

What he had compiled so far was all safely stored away in a red leather-bound book. The book had a spider-like web in black, and the book ribbon was golden intertwined with a cerulean blue. Somehow the book called out to Bucky so he bought it. After his purchase, he had stared at the thick pages for quite a while until he got a memory of a faint male chuckle. He had scrambled to catch that sound, to describe it with every word he had relearned over the time he had been here, but it faded too fast for him to grab.

The first page in the book was filled.

More followed and now he had already written about half the pages. Sometimes it were scrambled notes, dreams fading too fast to note down. Sometimes it were memories so vivid that Bucky could detail every aspect of them. Such a memory was of him wanting a dog, after spending time with Rumko, the dog from his family’s neighbors.

Bucky had loved the dog next door back when they were kids. He had tried to argue with his ma over and over and over that he would take good care of a pet if he ever got one. But money was tight, and his sisters’ and Steve's health were more important than having a pet.

That had been another, rather saddening memory. Knowing that his family and he had struggled to survive on a daily basis recalling hushed conversations between his sisters about marrying a jerk just because he would pay for their lives and even give some good coins to his ma for them- yeah those memories he could have done without.

The memory of Rumko, though, was one of the happiest he had. Rumko had been a long-haired beast of a dog. He had jumped on Bucky whenever they crossed paths and they had played and romped around a lot when Bucky was young. Sometimes when his old neighbors, a greying couple, she with blue eyes and him with brownish ones, both always had a kind smile and a kind word of advice for him, were too ill to go with their dog, Bucky and later Steve would do it for them.

Mrs. Lie? Leg? Lee?- Bucky still didn’t remember perfectly- would bake a pie for all of them and Bucky’s sisters would squeal in delight when he brought them a piece. All in all, the brunet’s memories regarding a pet were overly fond.

So one of the things Bucky did once he remembered and was 'fine ' was looking for a dog. He hadn't expected to find a cat, but he loved her dearly.

There was no excuse as to how he found himself with Alpine, but he wouldn’t wish it any other way anymore. Sure the white furball was stubborn as they came and tended to ignore any and all attempts of Bucky to somewhat train her, beside the litter box, but she had a sixth sense for how Bucky was feeling and was often aware of it even before he himself was.

One time, when Bucky had thought himself to feel fine, he came back from work, got Alpine her food, and then sat on the couch. At the very next moment, Alpine sprang on his lap, leaving her food for the moment, and pawed at his chest gently. For a second Bucky stared until he felt the first hot tear running down his cheek.

Alpine had stayed with him til no more tears came and he fell asleep.

After that time, Bucky tended to buy a little extra for his friend, and she kept close to him during the night, for the night was when he often felt a strange longing and sadness.

In the broad daylight, it was easy to forget that he didn’t belong here. Sure, Bucky had made some acquaintances. And yes, Bucky was most popular with the gals and some fellas as well, but the elder folk were mostly wary of him. Something about the way Bucky had been found made them uneasy. Honestly, Bucky couldn’t blame them; he had heard the whispers.

Apparently, he had been found bleeding out by a lake, left arm strongly mangled and thought to be a case for the undertaker. Suddenly though, he had recovered nearly completely, the only issues left were his memory and part of the dexterity in his left arm. A few shallow scars are the visible souvenirs of that.

So yes, Bucky could understand why they were wary. What he didn’t get was why the younger ones, weren’t and why Mrs. Halász insisted on hiring him for every kind of odd job there was, even in the beginning. After a few weeks, people talked about how well he worked and how much he could handle and thus he managed to get enough payment to rent himself a small apartment, pay off the debt for his hospital bills, and get new clothes and everything a human needed to live.

So all in all, his current situation could be summarized as stable - he had a cat, a job at the bakery, and a few odd jobs here and there - and financially well off.

That wasn’t the all in life for him though. Bucky was searching for his memories desperately. At night, he would look in the sky, trying to figure out the constellations, seeing the stars differently than he faintly remembered.

Today was one of those nights he went outside, climbing the fire escape upwards to the roof with Alpine perched on his shoulders. Bucky arrived on top and took a few steps to the center. Then he flopped down, sitting cross-legged and throwing his head back, gaze fixed on the sky. He felt how Alpine settled on his lap and absentmindedly sank his fingers in her fur.

The stars seemed to twinkle brighter whenever he looked at them, seemingly wanting to lure him in. In the silent moments Bucky spent on the roof, it was as if the stars tried to tell him pieces of his past. A soft scoff left Bucky’s lips. ‘As if. Only because you are hopelessly longing for something doesn’t mean that the stars will try to help you.’

Rationally Bucky knew that it was nonsense and stupid to believe otherwise, to think that the key for everything was out there in space. That the one star his gaze was constantly drawn to, held any significance to his memories. But somehow, deep down, Bucky couldn’t help feeling his heart throbbing to the beat of said star’s twinkling. Whenever the brunet concentrated on that particular star, he started to lowly hum under his breath.

A melody so ingrained in his flesh and soul, even his spotted memory recalled it the very first time Bucky had seen that star. While he hummed, Alpine would purr and sometimes Bucky thought he could hear that man’s voice, and a woman's laugh, and then his head would throb in pain.

But his heart… Well, Bucky’s heart would clench in yearning.

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Little could Bucky have known, that while he watched the sky, with longing in his heart, another brunet did the same.

At the same time but far away, on one of those stars, another star named Earth, Tony Stark stood on his balcony, surveying the land beneath before raising his gaze into the stars. In his arms, he held his baby boy, Winter. The boy was named after the season they had lost their third. Despite the loss they had experienced, Tony couldn’t feel more joy when he looked down again, grey steel eyes meeting with his golden ones. The babe made grabby hands, and Tony chuckled softly.

Holding Winter carefully against his chest, Tony fed him stardust from a bottle and whispered, "One day, you’ll know you're the world. One day, you’ll know you are a wise guy. But wisdom comes with age and until then you are just smart."

Because in Tony’s mind, there was no doubt that his child was at least as smart as him. It was in their blood. His father had been smarter than his grandfather who had already been smarter than his father, the founder of the Stark Space Travel line. Albeit their planet being highly advanced, technology-wise, their whole race had a glaring design fault. Their children needed stardust to survive and nurture. That itself was not a problem. The real trouble lay in the fact that so far only four stars had been discovered which held the right concentration of all needed elements.

So, no matter what your life brought you if you wanted to have a child, you needed to come back to one of those four stars. Tony had been born on Earth, like every other Stark. His mother, Maria, though had been from Xantha, his Dam, Peggy, from Asrir. So his parents hadn’t been sure where Tony would be raised best but soon found that the brunet got most nutrients from the stardust of Earth.

Wiggling startled Tony out of his reverie,  and he adjusted his grip on Winter. “Whoa! Watch it, little man. Don’t wanna make your mother mad by dropping you!”

The baby looked at him, blinked and then chuckled himself. Tony made sure that his boy settled again and was safely tucked in his arms when his eyes returned to the sky.  ‘One day, I will remember your name. Your name and your face and everything else about you. Right now I only have your voice and the sweet things you told us. Right now I only know despite not remembering, that Winter has your eyes. And one day, dear, I shall remember so I can tell our child everything about his Mod. ’

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Natalia was with them, standing in the background watching them, knowing things she shouldn't.

She felt her own sorrow echoed in Tony’s heart. She heard the silent screams of her husband at night. She felt the confusion, the search for his Mod whenever Winter looked around. The child felt that there was a person missing. She just hoped her precious boy wouldn’t suffer as she had.

She hoped devoutly that her own curse wasn’t her boy's burden to share. Her own second mother, Dam Vanka, had pleaded with Natalia for forgiveness when she had been still a little child. Only a few years later and after her Dam’s death did she understand what she meant.

Natalia had tried to drown her foresight with alcohol, but it never lasted. Flashes of their world, their planet destroyed, burned, and scourged had plagued her since she was a small child.

A dystopia of pain and burning bodies. A world where they all destroyed each other. Foul soil and no more stardust to feed the babies. Women and men bare, even the three DNA’s not enough to fertilize an egg and have a child. She had always believed that she’d never find a semblance of happiness. Then she had met Tony and Clint and Phil and Steve and Bucky.

Bucky and Tony had already been in something. No one could answer her what kind of bond those two had forged and how it came to be, not even Rhodey and Steve, the respective best friends of Tony and Bucky. Later, way later, she found out that a common love for pets had gotten them to talk. Then, in the secret of a joined bedroom, under the covers with eyelids heavy from sleep, both had confessed to her that they’ve been prisoners of the Kree at the same time.

That they had done things together, just to survive, which they regretted with every fiber of their heart. But it also had united them. A few weeks after their confession Natalia had confessed how she had always seen things. How she always knew things, bad things would happen before they did. How she had killed a man because she knew he would kill his wives and his children.

But how those visions had not been hers. Neither her ideas, never her wishes, nor thoughts.

"These aren't mine" she had said over and over when the doctors viewed her mind, they never believed her. She had said it still when BARF showed Tony her innermost secrets. Unlike the doctors, they believed her. They believed in her. Bucky and Tony supported her, made her feel fine and alive for the first time in so long. How could she not have fallen in love?

These days though, even her other friends looked strangely at her.

Besides Tony, everyone judged her. Believing her to be cruel and to want the visions, the destruction. But she didn't. The boy in Tony's arms was proof of that. On silent soles, she made her way into the kitchen to cook the chicken soup the way her mother taught her.

On her way there she detoured to the gear room. They might be benched for as long as Winter needed to be fed Stardust on an hourly basis, but that didn’t mean Natalia would let their equipment get dusty. She entered the spacious room, lights turning on automatically thanks to JARVIS.

Purposeful she strode towards her Black Widow bites and checked their charging. Then, without asking, JARVIS provided her information on the repair status of the latest Iron Man suit. Another reason they were benched, the real reason, to be honest, had been Tony’s near-suicidal maneuver the past few missions before he was injured badly enough to need the cradle.

Selective amnesia had been the result.

Natalia sighed deeply. Not long before that mission, they had rediscovered a parachute- glancing to the side her gaze found it. The parachute of their friend and lost lover. It had been found floating on a lake not far away. Steve and Rhodey had suggested they all went out for a while, letting Winter see some animals and plants. Natalia had bit her lip, a headache overcoming her as she saw flashes of the same parachute and her precious boy crying. At that moment she hadn’t known what exactly would happen, but she’d known their little excursion wouldn’t end all daisies and roses.

Stepping out of the room again Natalia finally went into the kitchen, cooking the soup and thinking, ‘If the myths were to be believed, then that lake led to a world beyond. To a star far away. Maybe even the star Tony was looking at. A star Bucky hopefully now lived on, amongst the mythical creatures, cats. He always loved animals, and those creatures are said to be one of the most elegant cohabitants for people.’ ~~~~~~~~~~~

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