Star Trek: Into Darkness (ST XII)

Which started in my part of the world yesterday evening, which is when I saw it. I haven't read anyone else's review yet. Mine is going to be spoilery, because I don't think you can discuss this film without spoiling the hell out of it, so anything beneath the cut: don't read until you've watched it. ((Unless you want to be spoiled.) My own overall verdict would be: flawed and enjoyable. Oh, one more thing I actually can say without spoiling. Because of the way most trailers (though not allL) were cut, you could be forgiven for getting the impression that most of the action takes place on Earth and Benedict Cumberbatch is in 99% of the scenes. This did not make the part of the fanbase happy which wanted the focus on the Enterprise crew and wasn't that enamored with Mr. Cumberbatch. Well, rest assured on these counts. Actually most of the plot takes place in space, Benedict Cumberbatch's character doesn't get more screentime than Nero did in the last film, or any other ST villain, and the emotional focus is certainly on the Enterprise characters.

( The good, the bad and the ridiculous are extremely spoilery )

Happy (and the lack of same)

Because this is how I roll, I have decided that what I want most of all post Iron Man 3 is Happy Hogan centric fic. Now that movieverse Happy has acquired a personality, ( a bit spoilery preferences and resentments )

, and we know how he relates and talks to Tony and Pepper, I want more. And I'm not likely to get it.

I mean, there are other fanfiction I wishes I have post IM3, sure. Pepper dealing with spoilerly stuff. (Have already spotted one or two promising candidates.) More fleshing out of movieverse Maya Hansen. Various Avengers responding to events once they hear about them. Maybe Ben Kingsley's character's backstory? But fandom has that covered in varying degrees. Happy, otoh, being stout and unsexy, is doomed to languish in unwritten character hell.

...look, chances are he's known Tony for longer than both Pepper and Rhodey. How did he get his job in the movieverse? (Somehow I can't see Obediah hiring him, though then again Obediah might have done on the principle that he (wrongly) thought Happy as a chauffeur plus bodyguard would get Tony killed and never counted on friendship developing (and Tony surviving). And considering ( a line from the film )

, which of the other Avengers has he already met? Other than Natasha, obviously. And given his canonical fondness for a certain show, has he badgered Tony into downloading the episodes for him so he doesn't have to wait for PBS to show them?

These are important questions, fandom.