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Can someone link me to interesting discussions of The Winter Soldier and in particular speculation what it might mean long-term for Agents of Shield, but without casual AoS bashing in the post or the comments? I'm getting tired of clicking on links and backing right out again.

Rec(s) of the day

Red Bull and Pringles by cat_77
Gen; Natasha, team; teen; 2987 words
Summary: Everyone had a vice, hers just proved far more dangerous than it really needed to be.

She had been distracted. She was the Black Widow, she should never be distracted and this was a prime example of why. But she had been distracted and lax in her awareness of her surroundings and was contemplating her less than healthy snacks and the gorgeous drive and the actually quite relaxing lunch she had shared with her old contact and how well life in general had been going so recently with friends and colleagues she could trust and so her hand was not on any discernible weapon when she opened the door to the seemingly mostly abandoned gas station.

An Ounce of Prevention by the_wordbutler
Gen; Ward and team; early team fic/character study; M; 13266 words
Summary: When a group called the Normalizers starts killing people with abilities by hawking a false cure, Grant Ward and the rest of Coulson’s team head to rural Illinois to consult with a famous but elusive geneticist.
Grant expects it will be just an ordinary mission. What he finds is something else entirely.


Just when I thought I had that 2048 thing under control, ralkana made a MCU Hawkeye Edition.

Miraculously I stiill got all my week's work finished and will take tomorrow off if the weather is nice. (To go climbing and learn Japanese, not to play more of the game. Well, 80/20 perhaps)