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Uncharacteristically, I've already done my grocery shopping for the long weekend AND gone to the gym AND straightened my place somewhat...all before noon just for pukajen, whom I'll now be meeting in the shadow of the cathedral with her mother during their Europe River Cruise.

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Okay, I will never get to write about ALL THE FANDOM! experiences I had, but let's try to cover a few things before the weekend hits us, shall we?

1.
( Tomboy, the movie )

2.
People have actually written things for me in the Black Widow Promptmeme! Rock on, girls:

a) I'll Come When You Call by lar_laughs
[Marvel Avengers movie 'verse. Maria Hill/Natasha Romanov. Prompt: my S.H.I.E.L.D. and my sword. Maria and Natasha have a good thing. So good that Maria's willing to jump whenever Natasha calls, even when Natasha doesn't expect her to.]

b) Untitled fic by my darling pukajen
[Marvel Avengers movie 'verse. Prompt: Natasha/Bruce, who's to learn more about control here? When she sees Bruce Banner again, it isn’t by accident. No matter what SHIELD tells the world, they never stop watching those that could be needed and those that could be trouble, and more often than not it seems to be that need and trouble go hand in hand.]

3.
Fringe --

( 5 Icons of Olivia Dunham )

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The visa interview in Munich went well, and I should have my passport with that coveted entry back by next Monday. Should definitely be more joyful at the moment, but there you go; can't choose the brain you're given.

( Physical health )

Study-planning -- please don't ask. Sigh.

Munich: that one was wonderful because it was the last time of just me and my sister in our home country. ( Details, details. With photos. )

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Greetings from Munich; visa appointment tomorrow that may fail like the Titanic, meaning I'll have to re-do the whole process, so I'm at once anxious and dead tired from today's fun with my sister right here, in what's still paradise for people like sis & me, who are...let's say young at heart.

The reason I'm writing is that I saw this ad in the Munich subway today...


...and of course immediately thought of Lincoln and Olivia. I know, I'm besotted.

And feel half-compelled to post a prompt over at the Fringe kinkmeme that features glasses now.

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Day was lazy and spent with the sister and her husband, who will far too soon emigrate Down Under, forever. She & I went to see Tomboy in a local Munich arthouse cinema, and then there was pizza at a neighbourhood Italian hole-in-the-wall. Too tired to type out my review of the movie right now, alas.

That said, in other media news, namely Fringe ones, I miss Lincoln Lee -- Redverse version, absolutely, yes. But especially my Blueverse boy.

So I've been circling the AO3 on my smartphone ever since it was posted on the fringe_kinkmeme, but what the hell; it's fantastic as-is, so have at it:

Untitled ficlet to the tune of 'Blue Lincoln, masturbation' -- spoilers only for the basic set-up of mid-Season Four, adult (duh).
The list of things that make it hard for Lincoln to sleep goes something like this: Robert, shapeshifters, sentient fungi, invisible men, alternate universes, and Boston.

The list of things that make it hard for Lincoln--to sleep, and otherwise--goes something like this: Robert, Olivia, Peter, Astrid, the other Olivia, and his own damn alternate.

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Tags: fringe, fringe rec, lincoln lee is dorky deliciousness, rec fringe

Sitting happily in my sister's kitchen in Munich, watching her husband across the table play Angry Birds and listening to her discussing one of her projects with a particularly persistent Client in the background. Have sent out some -- thankfully, finally positive -- emails to the US, China, and our contacts in Germany, and am now leaning back and ready to dive into breakfast...preferably the fish she brought from Norway when she flew back in this morning.

After last night's wine and cheese and Harvey Wallbanger and this tasty cocktail I can't spell prepared by the husband with the mad bartending skills and rare vintage cachaca, that's just the ticket.

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Today, I needed a drink or three by the time noon rolled around (but didn't ultimately have it, fear not). ( See icon )

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1.
Coming to the US seems to be much easier for the privileged: The visa application fees at various steps alone had me pay close to EUR 500 by now. Oy.

2.
Speaking of the States, their comics adaptations -- no, that was not my smoothest segue, but just go with it -- continue to make me happy. I'm currently giggling over this gif over on tumblr. Oh, Steve Rogers. <3

Here's the must-read story of the day if you like Steve and Natasha on their own and together too: what a smile means (4475 words) by victoria_p [The Avengers (2012) / Mature / Natasha Romanov/Steve Rogers / Natasha knows a lot of things Steve doesn't.]

3.
All the spellings of Natasha's name confuse me (not, mind you, the 'tasha -- informal -- versus 'Natalya'). In theory it doesn't matter that much given it's all just transliteration from its original Russian, but in practice, for tagging in systems not as versatile as the AO3, it's...not so practical.

(I guess I can just use "Black Widow".)

Did I mention there's a promptmeme for her? I might have. I'll do it again. *g* As for its threads, the not!fic where she's turned into a kitten made me smile like the Joker. No, wait. Wrong universe!

( One point of clarification regarding one line in the Avengers movie -- vaguely spoilery )

4.
As for the triple threat of good meta on The Avengers in general, great musings on Natasha in particular, and fanfic recommendations featuring (for the most part) her, I recommend the following:

a) selenak's posts here, there & and everywhere;

b) marina's posts, a-one, a-two, a-three.

Beyond the above, there were some Black Widow stories that I enjoyed so far, but I think I didn't save any of them: oh, self. In any case, I warn for not having seen any movie beyond the first Iron Man and Captain America and not being a comics fan. Or Russian, for that matter. (Think my Eastern blood doesn't reach further than Poland, although really: who knows?)

As for a thus somewhat random story beyond the ones from the above posts I enjoyed so far: this isn't Dylan goes electric (798 words) by Bob5 [The Avengers (2012) / Teen And Up Audiences / Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov / There are no words to break the magic spell.]

5.
And, since I'm totally, absolutely sure you've all been waiting for it, some Avengers icons.

In alphabetical order, ( Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanova! )




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Congratulations! North-Rhine Westphalia has voted; as NRW is the most populous German Federal State, this tends to be seen as a signal for overall German politics. A red-green and now majority coalition headed by two women, Hannelore Kraft und Sylvia Löhrmann will keep leading the State -- on a national level, I doubt it will have any impact on fiscal politics; following the constitutional court's dissolution of the parliament on the Rhine, the ruling parties have vowed to keep a tight budget and are thus "in line".

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Mother's Day: went well; Mama loved the bouquet I'd brought in my sister's & my name. Unfortunately, when my father brought her back to the clinic after our little trip to the ballot, someone broke into his car and stole the GPS. Sad reminder I should put mine away when leaving the car.

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Papa was bemoaning that the lemon verbena was growing like weeds and covering the lamps in our garden. I cut off some and am now sipping a tea made from the big bag I took along.

Definitely need some calming tea, still: yesterday at Mikey's birthday party, the usual Barbecue In The Garden celebration, I drank a bottle of Spanish red...and that was before he brought out the bottle of Baileys. Oh, God, my head. /o\

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