Bruuuuuuuuuuuuce \m/

[dorinda]

In a delightful morning surprise, I've discovered that MOLLYAMORY WROTE ME A BRUCE/TONY COMMENTFIC AW YISSSSSS, to my vague and hopeful prompt! Yay yay yay wooooo freebiiiiiiiiird!

I'd always talked to molly about the "idyll" type of story, in which the characters are stuck in a peaceful, comfortable, well-stocked place, usually with some kind of swimming available (anyone remember the classic Pros story "In Hot Water: an Idyl"? That is totally the Platonic Ideal.). I adore the idyll story, although I haven't yet written one myself.

So I asked molly for an idyll--and mused about, you know, whether Tony would even find my kind of idyll idyllic. Her conclusion is No He Would Not, at least not if he were ordered to be there, because whatever you tell Tony to do he looks forward to doing the opposite twelve times before breakfast. Besides, I suspect an actual idyll for him would definitely have to involve access to his labs and equipment, and something blowing up at some point. So here I get to see Bruce being zen and making sure to get some deep relaxation in, which I think he can be very good at, having perforce developed the skill (and when he's in a place he can feel safe), and Tony being contrary and unexpectedly charmable. ♥

THANKS, MOLLY, ALTHOUGH DON'T THINK I WON'T KEEP MAKING WISTFUL EYES ABOUT YOUR UNFINISHED BRUCE STUFF. ♥ ______ ♥

Comments

[arduinna]

I don't remember a Desert Island challenge, but it definitely sounds like something that should have happened.

I thought Shacks briefly, too, when I was thinking about an Idyll Challenge -- but that has less a sense of peaceful rest and comfort, and more haven from the elements -- cave fic with walls and a nice wood fire.

And okay, now I'm cracking up at my mental sliding scale of "Alone In Some Place" fic tropes. ... Wait, no, sliding parallel tracks.

Cavefic -> Canadian Shack
Desert Island -> Idyll

Except the second track starts midway along the first track, because in my head a desert island starts out a bit more comfortable than a cave, and an idyll is inherently more comfy than a shack, despite potential individual differences in all those things. So:

Cave  ->  Shack
      Island   ->   Idyll

All aboard the train to isolation and snuggles!

(Also I am totally copying this out into my post for today, because this is seriously amusing me. But I have more Things To Say in comments here as well, and will be back!)

[dorinda]

I like the way you think! Definitely, post about the Chart Of Alone In Some Place fanfiction tropes. :D I'm mulling over the Island -> Idyll track... I think there's a particular type of Desert Island Story in which the Island itself begins down at its end nearer the Cave, but actually moves along the track and becomes an Idyll, if you see what I mean. People are stranded there, and at first it's uncomfortable and upsetting, but over time they use the things they find and make to create their own idyll, and it's delightful and timeless and who would ever want to leave.

Like--Swiss Family Robinson, or The Black Stallion movie (I know I read the book as a kid, but I don't have a clear enough memory of the island portion to know if it goes as idyllic as the movie does). Or, of course, The Blue Lagoon, which as you might expect provides the storyline for some sexy fanfic AUs.

[arduinna]

...I have lost my mind.

Idyll Challenge