SPN/Thor fic: The Tomato in the Mirror 2/4

[rokhal]

Title: The Tomato in the Mirror
Chapter: 2/4
Characters: Sam Winchester, Thor Odinsson, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury, several Avengers and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and guest-starring Dr. Stephen Strange, Sorcerer Supreme of Earth
Pairing: Gen
Rating: T
Length: 6k (of 18k total)
Warnings: Two uses of the F word, several uses of the S word, mild hand-to-hand

Comments

[noctemus]

I was so very happy when I saw this in my inbox when I logged in. This is awesome and it leaves me eagerly waiting for the next installment.

Question though: they way you have Thor speak, is that from the comic? 'Cause he doesn't really talk like that in the movies and the movies is the only frame of reference I have so it made me curious.

Anyways, thanks for sharing this and I'm eagerly waiting for more :D

[rokhal]

I was just having way, way too much fun with Thor's diction. And apparently it shows. Oh, well. In the snippets of old comics floating around on Tumblr, Thor uses a lot of thous and doths, but . . . not always in the proper combination. I don't have Joss Whedon's ear for snappy dialogue from a bygone era, so, um, yeah.

Thanks for pointing that out! Next update should be Monday.

[honeylocusttree]

Oooh, veddy interestink!

Not sure why I didn't read the last installment, but I do find myself enjoying it now. Especially liking the contrast between Sam's darker world and the relatively more colorful Marvel 'verse (discounting the Ultimate universe, anyway). That question about what Thor eats. Eep. Also, despite having no interest in Loki myself, the comparisons drawn here are very revealing. And interesting. I do like the way you write Sam--he's more sympathetic to my mind when his actions are identified as bad choices, and explained within the context of his character, rather than being written off as 'poor ickle Sammy needs a hug,' which a lot of fics sadly seem to do.

Despite the surreality of the crossover, I'll wait impatiently for the next installment. (And this is the only vaguely Marvel-ish icon I have. Sorry.)

[rokhal]

You think this is surreal, you should try the SPN/My Little Pony crossover on FFnet. Anyway, glad to see you here, and thanks for the comment.

Loki's an interesting little woobie. He gets the "baby needs a hug" treatment a lot from his fans, too, when no matter what reasons fandom gives him for attacking his brother and deploying an interplanetary WMD, he still did it. Like with Sam. I think in Season 4 Sam had the only workable plan (as far as they knew) to stop Lilith, but the way he went about doing it was not okay, and I still haven't seen him stop using the ends to justify the means. I guess what I'm saying is, characters can have serious, fundamental flaws in the way they interact with the world, and I can still like them, just not everything about them.

Cool icon! I am the farthest thing from a comic snob you could hope to see. Is that Galagtus?

[twisted_slinky]

Very cool story so far. I look forward to the next installment. That fast line sounded pretty scary.

[rokhal]

Thanks! It might be scary. I don't know. Glad you're reading!

[liliaeth]

Love this, and I esp. love that you don't ignore that Sam's idea of gods would not be positive, since his first thought would go towards the pagan gods he's familiar with.

[rokhal]

Glad you liked it! SPN's Christmas Special is probably the best Christmas special of any show, ever. Except maybe Futurama.

[claudiapriscus]

Sam motherfuckin' Winchester! Hah!

Also, Reno, yay! That's my city. This shouldn't be exciting, but it kind of is.

[rokhal]

Nick Fury was only white in the comics until Marvel discovered he was actually Samuel L. Jackson.

The Winchesters coming to town is always exciting! Let's hope I vaguely . . . sort of . . . almost did Reno justice . . . okay, just feel free to point out any glaring problems. I'd appreciate it.

Thanks for the review!