I don't think so
May. 11th, 2013 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakBrought to you courtesy of my renewed Avengers fanfiction reading: there is one bit of fanon (err, one of several, but bear with me) that I hoped would be gone but is still around, and that's Tony bringing up the fact she stabbed him and spied on him to Natasha at every opportunity. Which just strikes me as wrong. Yes, he isn't thrilled by that and brings it up - in Iron Man II, just after it has happened. In Avengers, the only bit of direct interaction between them is when Tony shows up at Stuttgart, overrides the loudspeakers of Natasha's quinjet to play Shoot To Thrill and asks "Agent Romanoff, miss me?" before engaging Loki. (Which makes her smile.) This to me does not sound like a man who still isn't over the fact Natasha did her job (and, um, saved his life) months after it happened. As teasings go, this is a fond one (and all three Iron Man films plus Avengers gave us enough examples of how Tony Stark sounds when he's delivering a hostile taunt for comparison).
Do I think he trusts her? No (and nor does Natasha, hence her "Stark trusts me as far as he can throw - " line to Coulson.) But not out of personal animosity; more in a realistic estimation of what her job means (and that she's really good at it). When Steve asks, re: Fury, why Tony would assume Fury is lying to them, the reply is "He's a spy - Captain, he's the spy, his secrets have secrets", not "Fury tricked me by letting Natasha work undercover for me". In conclusion: I wish that writers, if they have Tony interacting with Natasha, would take in the fact he's not still in Iron Man II mode. As both Avengers and Iron Man 3 demonstrate.
Do I think he trusts her? No (and nor does Natasha, hence her "Stark trusts me as far as he can throw - " line to Coulson.) But not out of personal animosity; more in a realistic estimation of what her job means (and that she's really good at it). When Steve asks, re: Fury, why Tony would assume Fury is lying to them, the reply is "He's a spy - Captain, he's the spy, his secrets have secrets", not "Fury tricked me by letting Natasha work undercover for me". In conclusion: I wish that writers, if they have Tony interacting with Natasha, would take in the fact he's not still in Iron Man II mode. As both Avengers and Iron Man 3 demonstrate.
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Date: 2013-05-11 01:55 pm (UTC)This still sounds better than the fics where the team falls for Loki and his "incredible sex appeal".
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Date: 2013-05-11 03:09 pm (UTC)Don't get me started on Loki/Any and all Avengers stories. :( Bleh.