#josephine asks

Sasha’s character started from two things I really wanted in the MCU. The first is found family, especially for Tony at first, and then, for the Avengers as well. I’m still living in 2012 when we all believed the Avengers would live in the Tower together. The second is the better incorporation of magic and Asgard in the mcu and a chance to do a character study of Loki. I was obsessed with the first Thor movie when it came out in 2011 and honestly it remains one of my favorite mcu movies. 

It’s hard to say what is my favorite thing about Sasha because there’s so much about her I really love. But if I had to pick one thing, then I think it’s her character arc. where Sasha really comes into her own and accepts herself as she is and with all of her anger. It seems like a character flaw that deep down the core of Sasha is rage. She’s a very compassionate person and is gentle with others, but not so much herself and while she tries not to think about it she is so angry at a lot of what she goes through. 

She starts off the story doing her best to hide all the parts of herself that she hates and is ashamed of (her powers, her anger, her longing, etc). She wants to be unnoticed unseen and that manifests in the ability to be invisible. But everything works against her. Once Tony Stark enters her life and everything that follows after challenges her, forces her to face herself, the careful shell/defense and the anger buried inside, so she can grow beyond it. So she can grow her own abilities and her sense of self. It’s a long over arching arc interwoven in everything and it’s really fascinating to see how each mcu movie builds on it. Sasha from the start in post iron man 1 is already different from Sasha in avengers, who is very different from Sasha post age of ultron. And each version is her, leading Sasha to be more of herself. 

Easton has become an unexpected favorite character in Sasha’s fic. Sasha is undoubtedly the main character of Apostasies and Easton begun as a side character who has slowly grown more and more important, gaining depth and arcs of his own. My favorite thing about him is his arc in Asgard and how he, Sasha, and Darcy become a tight knit group because of their time in Asgard. Easton is a good Agent, and prides himself on it. But living in Asgard is nothing like he was ever trained for. It’s a literal alien world, full of Asgardians who don’t have the best outlook on ‘Midgardians’/humans. Easton, Sasha, and Darcy quickly have to form this bond, a united front, to be able to support each other while living there. And Easton didn’t really have much of a life or friends who weren’t in SHIELD, and there is always such professionalism in his friendships because of it. Darcy can make Easton laugh like no one else and Sasha is one of the most interesting people to talk to, just to hear how she views the universe. i have a lot of feelings about their friendship. 

I started to create Josephine’s character when I was watching tFatWS. My interest in the mcu is mostly everything pre age of ultron. I have a lot of feelings about Endgame and didn’t really like where it left the mcu until Wandavision and FatWS came out. And FatWS reminded me of how much I love CA:tWS. In Sasha’s story I have the chance to explore Tony’s character, Asgard, and the Avengers more. But her story is removed from the events of tWS (she’s literally in Asgard when it happens). Josephine came out of the desire to explore the parts of tWS that I was most interested in, namely Steve’s character. Josephine was also inspired by the movie the Old Guard. I’m obsessed with immortal characters who are so human, and what it does to a person for them to die, but then come back and remain ageless, undying, continuing to live and love, but knowing that all the people and places they love will age and change and die.