iâve had numerous thoughts about the roanoke society in the context of the marvel universe.
succubus having a snark-off with tony stark. harry just watches over a glass of scotch and canât stop smiling at the verbal sparring.
loki enthralled with houdiniâs ability to change her appearance, almost just like he can. (jack canât decide if he trusts him or not but refuses to let them be alone in the same room just in case.)
lycan and bruce having a quiet conversation over hot chocolate or tea, because sometimes their other selves feel like monsters, but itâs still them. and they are not monsters. eggsy approaches her after, overhearing them: âamy you--you know that no one sees you like that, donât you?â
pepper potts losing her mind over how well the scribe keeps her records. all that information organized to perfection. vida just smiles. âiâve... had a long time to practice.â
bucky barnes being very, very selective over who he lets tinkers with his arm--and saying yes without a pause when sprite asks to look at it. even tequilaâs fascinated.
agent seance has seen a lot, heard a lot, walked through years and years and years. natasha romanoff hasnât. but seance knows what that kind of weariness looks like. the black widow doesnât like to talk about the red room. but she likes to talk to andi.
agent specter, watching both enamored and a little anxious as clint fires arrow after arrow at mothman. joe catches each one, and it vanishes. itâs all fun and games until: âjoe? iâm gonna get my arrows back, right? ... joe. ... joe!â
agent ondine playing diplomat to a very, very enthusiastic phil coulson, who quietly confesses to her: âyâknow, i always loved the little mermaid. i knew they were real, i knew it!â
agents arizona and phoenix, sitting and relaxing with gamora and peter quill, drinking strong beer and looking on as raziel and nereus try to teach drax, groot and rocket the fine, kentucky art of corn hole.
agents cherub and rougarou marveling at the machinery that lets james rhodes walk like he never almost fell to his death, taking notes as quickly as they can, because science this sophisticated is virtually indistinguishable from magic. he is a walking medical wonder.
at first, annabelle refuses to go near wanda maximoff. wanda understands. itâs only after annabelle sees her in the gardens, helping the flowers grow with a gentle touch, that she finally, very cautiously approaches her. wandaâs hand movements look like sign language, and in her way--annabelle teaches her to speak.
agent sentinel finding something he recognizes in sam wilson. âso... you were a soldier, too?â
agent thorn may or may not have managed to rig what he calls a trebuchet (itâs--something, yes, but âtrebuchetâ might not be a strong enough descriptor). agent zed and roxy watch as agent hood loads up anything she can grab into her brotherâs contraption. and thorn fires it off, but itâs all right. pietro maximoff never misses a catch, no matter the strength or distance.
scott lang thinks heâs a master magician. agent elfin isnât sure he agrees, having been around the courts for so long, but... he humors him.
and iâd like for you to think about peter parker, excitedly asking agent nova and charlie over tacos, âwhat do you mean there are other universes? how many are there? wait, how--how many many have you been to?â
agents judas and exorcist arenât--entirely sure, of stephen strange. but stephen, as it turns out, is not a stranger to internal religious struggles. especially after what heâs seen. they talk theology over tea and itâs easily the most bizarre conversation that agent poltergeist has ever eavesdropped on.
vision is fascinated with pru because of what she is; technical officer signal is fascinated by vision because of what he is (along with drake, longa, wyvern--vision has a fan club).
agent chimera meeting wade wilson and being positive that, somehow, theyâre both related. the fact that their senses of humor are almost identical doesnât help.
agent nightcrawler talking about north american cryptozoology with tâchalla, who describes the twilit afterlife realm where his father now resides. then another story, and another, and another, and nightcrawler makes a mental note to check in with the crane circle, and see how far the influence of wakanda reaches in their organization.
and shuri? shuriâs amazed at some of the things that come out of iunioreâs mouth. âso itâs true. big things, small packages!â (and the white lady figures later that itâs probably shuriâs fault that tina canât seem to stop quoting vines.)
carol, sitting on the porch, with cerberus next to her. sheâs eating an apple. âso. a scientist in a dogâs body?â âessentially, fraulein.â carol thinks of goose, and wonders how many animals sheâs seen that are much more than they appear to be. â... nice.â
mantis tries to get a handle on agent archivist and... canât. but sheâs not afraid, no. mostly just engrossed. âoh--oh! thereâs so much in there, itâs like a big garden! ... a lot of black, but itâs very interesting!â
and i rather like the idea of heimdall trying midgard coffee for the first time with agent nephilim and agent ainsel, on a quiet sunday morning. he watches how nephilim looks at her. it reminds him of how odin and freya looked at each other, long ago.
lilith and nick fury sharing glasses of bourbon, talking about how much they love their very dangerous, and very powerful children.
merlin, standing in a doorway, watching seraphim carefully arming herself with  a very specific shield. the captain grins, although the exorcistâs expression is a bit more lined in awe. âi know--itâs heavier than it looks.â (later heâd murmur softly by her ear, âleadership looks good on yâ, dove.â)
but i think my favorite image of all is daisy unwin, dressed in a bright pink tutu and a blue sweater with a fox on it, picking up mjĂślnir like itâs nothing and politely handing it to thor.
















