Meta? Spock/McCoy, the Logic vs Emotion Binary in Media

Or. Um. My interpretation, specificially as an Aspie, of same. I'm not sure I want to post this, and may take it down later? But for now:

I recently found a link to a meta by Saucery about OTP pairings, and how they're based on a fundamental dichotomy between the two characters that the viewer finds appealing. Like Arthur/Eames (solidity/fluidity) or Steve/Tony (responsibility/irreverence). Like that. And I was looking at my own pairings, and the only one that immediately pinged for that was Spock/McCoy (logic/emotion), except it was more complicated than that (mind you, I suspect it always is).

So I ended up thinking about that. About that binary and the way I interact with it as presented in media. Logic vs emotion, the perpetual war that people seem to think exists between the two. The old romanticism vs enlightenment debate, which seems to run in cycles through most of modern history (and thus a lot of media). And about Spock/McCoy, and why that pairing pinged so visceral a response because of that.

( Enlightened Romanticism - Or so I tell myself, at least. )

Avengers Meta: Scientist vs Warrior in the MCU

I'm in the mood for meta, apparently. This is sort of a follow-on from the Spock/McCoy meta last night, prompted along similar lines of thought. This one though is more honour/expediency than emotion/logic.

I'm picking Thor vs Tony as the angle of attack on this, but it actually spreads out across the movieverse, so I'll be taking the whole team as we move on. They actually divide relatively neatly into opposing pairs by cast-herd: Thor vs Loki, Steve vs Tony, Clint vs Natasha, Bruce vs Hulk, but Thor vs Tony has the advantage of an almost carbon-copy narrative to highlight the contrast, so it makes a good starting point.

And, um. I mostly started thinking about this because I was trying to figure out why I can get into Tony's head all damn day, but I haven't written a single piece from Thor's POV, alone among the entire Avengers cast (seriously, Maria gets more POV time from me and she was only barely in the movie). So. Thor vs Tony is pertinent, yes?

( Tony vs Thor: the Scientist vs the Warrior in the MCU )