>> OH, this post was sooo worth staying awake for, <<
I'm delighted to hear that.
>> JUST for the image of Mrs. Coulson calling Fury "Nicky"! <<
In this story, I wanted to introduce Nick Fury before he destroyed himself trying to save the world. So this tidbit is a hint at his childhood.
>> He's not yet the uber-spy, but is still formidable... and as Phiil observed, smart enough to recognize a credible threat and still face it. <<
Sooth. He's very astute.
>> Which only makes me sad for the way Fury behaved in both Cap movies. <<
Agreed, although Fury fared better in the second than in other movies. I'm stuck dealing with canon, to a certain extent -- trying to find rationalizations for the poor choices of other writers.
I do like the explanation I came up with, though. Fury started out as a dutiful man with laudable goals, and over time, he made compromises and took damage that ate away at the core of him. The Tesseract energy really didn't help that.
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Re: NICKY!
Date: 2014-08-04 06:19 am (UTC)I'm delighted to hear that.
>> JUST for the image of Mrs. Coulson calling Fury "Nicky"! <<
In this story, I wanted to introduce Nick Fury before he destroyed himself trying to save the world. So this tidbit is a hint at his childhood.
>> He's not yet the uber-spy, but is still formidable... and as Phiil observed, smart enough to recognize a credible threat and still face it. <<
Sooth. He's very astute.
>> Which only makes me sad for the way Fury behaved in both Cap movies. <<
Agreed, although Fury fared better in the second than in other movies. I'm stuck dealing with canon, to a certain extent -- trying to find rationalizations for the poor choices of other writers.
I do like the explanation I came up with, though. Fury started out as a dutiful man with laudable goals, and over time, he made compromises and took damage that ate away at the core of him. The Tesseract energy really didn't help that.
>> Thanks for this one, too! <<
You're welcome.