More Avengers Fic

Sequel to Those Bad Days. Because it may have been a throwaway line, but suddenly I did kind of want to see the Hulk cuddle Tony after a battle -_-;

Title: Those Quiet Moments
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: The Avengers (movieverse)
Characters/Pairings: Tony Stark, Bruce Banner/Hulk, the team. Tony & Bruce, Tony & Rhodey, the team
Summary: The Hulk cuddles Tony after a battle. Unrepentant fluff
Wordcount: 2081
Warnings/Notes: PTSD, fluff, so much fluff. Also, Tony Stark, who is a warning unto himself
Disclaimer: Not mine

( Those Quiet Moments )

Shippy vs gen - Question on my fic

Just a question relating to my own fic. *tilts head, muses* After the meta post about shipping v. gen, and some conversations in the comments there about definitions of gen, particularly traditional style gen as in longer, action/adventure and/or casefic ... Basically, you know, plotfic. Anyway. I was looking over my own long fics, and ... well, the conclusion I came to was that either my genfic was very shippy, or my 'shipfic was very gen. *shrugs sheepishly*

( Looking at the Four Big Fics, in particular ... )

*rubs temples*

Okay. I can respect my Nana's religious beliefs, and politely defend my own in a discussion. That's fine, and I've no problem with what she believes. I will not knock her faith in that circumstance.

I will do everything in my power to knock her faith in 'the good earth' if the upshot of it is that she genuinely and steadfastly believes that anything 'herbal' is automatically good for you, and you can eat as much of it, and in as many combinations, as you want. If it's 'natural' and comes from the earth, it is good for you no matter what you do with it.

Except, you know, no. No, it really fucking isn't, Nana. Opium is natural (with some processing). Quite a few viciously deadly poisons are 100% natural. Medicinal herbs, when taken in the wrong combinations or at the wrong doses, can be really fucking bad for you. You can't, you really can't, take whatever you feel like, and trust it won't kill you just because it's 'natural'. And sorry, but I will attempt, strenuously, to destroy your faith in 'the good earth', if that's what your faith leads you to. For heaven's sake, where do you think humanity got most of the basis for its poisons from. If you are taking it for it to have an effect, that means it is changing something in your body, and if you do it wrong, then it changes your body in the wrong way.

(I am irresistably reminded that Granny Weatherwax once drank absinthe because it was misrepresented to her by Nanny as 'green and herbal, and therefore good for you'. But Granny is badass, and a witch, and can get away with shit like that. My Nana can't.)

For the love of sanity, woman, at least talk to the herbalist/chemist/health shop selling you the herbs, and do things like, you know, tell them what else you're taking, and listen when they tell you how much to take, and don't mix things they tell you not to mix just because some book tells you something is better for such-an-ailment than what they gave you. I don't care how trustworthy the goddamn book is. The book doesn't know what else you're taking, or your personal medical conditions, or a whole host of other things that the person you talk to, however untrustworthy, at least has a better chance of being aware of.

*rubs face* You can't just put any old plant in your mouth, you know? For the love of Someone, haven't you told your kids that enough times? Why do you suddenly decide it's not true now?