I've definitely noticed her exceptional reaction to Hulk and been puzzling over why. It's turning up a lot in a WIP I have going, and I haven't settled on what my take will be yet. The idea that it's because his strength is something she can't take from him is an interesting explanation, and does run parallel to some of the things I've been musing on.
Yes, to me Natasha's exceptional fear of the Hulk was quite puzzling as well - I mean, no one else reacts that way. They're wary of him, but they aren't terrified. Her inability to use his strength/madness against him is the only explanation I've come up with so far - anything else might be driven by something that happened in her past, but you'd think if that were the case they'd have made special note of it. (As they did with her response to Hawkeye's comment about being unmade).
Yeah, talking about politics depressed and exasperates me as well. The current Canadian gov't is quiet horrible, and unfortunately our electoral system is flawed so they've ended up with a fair bit of power, despite the fact that very few people actually voted for them.
But yes, the main problem with this polarization of politics is that no progress is made. If you aren't allowed to agree with your opponent on ANY issue, if there seems to be a mandate of striking down ANY bill proposed by the other side...then what is ever going to get done? Good or bad, if nothing gets done, then everyone suffers. I once had a history teacher who pointed out that for all America talks about being democratic, their democracy actually stagnated in the 1800s and hasn't moved further since then. If you want to see a good example of democracy these days, you have to look to Europe.
America is sort of like a bad relationship. The two parties keep arguing about who is leaving wet towels on the floor of the bathroom, rather than the fact that they can't pay their mortgage and their kids keep ending up in jail...and no one is feeding the dog and he's starting to eye the baby oddly.
Anyway, I hope you survive this election year. Speaking as a Canadian, it always annoys me too, because we get inundated with it as well and we can't even vote.
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Date: 2012-08-19 09:52 pm (UTC)Yes, to me Natasha's exceptional fear of the Hulk was quite puzzling as well - I mean, no one else reacts that way. They're wary of him, but they aren't terrified. Her inability to use his strength/madness against him is the only explanation I've come up with so far - anything else might be driven by something that happened in her past, but you'd think if that were the case they'd have made special note of it. (As they did with her response to Hawkeye's comment about being unmade).
Yeah, talking about politics depressed and exasperates me as well. The current Canadian gov't is quiet horrible, and unfortunately our electoral system is flawed so they've ended up with a fair bit of power, despite the fact that very few people actually voted for them.
But yes, the main problem with this polarization of politics is that no progress is made. If you aren't allowed to agree with your opponent on ANY issue, if there seems to be a mandate of striking down ANY bill proposed by the other side...then what is ever going to get done? Good or bad, if nothing gets done, then everyone suffers. I once had a history teacher who pointed out that for all America talks about being democratic, their democracy actually stagnated in the 1800s and hasn't moved further since then. If you want to see a good example of democracy these days, you have to look to Europe.
America is sort of like a bad relationship. The two parties keep arguing about who is leaving wet towels on the floor of the bathroom, rather than the fact that they can't pay their mortgage and their kids keep ending up in jail...and no one is feeding the dog and he's starting to eye the baby oddly.
Anyway, I hope you survive this election year. Speaking as a Canadian, it always annoys me too, because we get inundated with it as well and we can't even vote.