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ysabetwordsmithThis story belongs to the series Love Is For Children which includes "Love Is for Children," "Hairpins," "Blended," "Am I Not," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys,""Saudades," "Querencia," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," "Touching Moments," "Splash," "Coming Around," "Birthday Girl," "No Winter Lasts Forever," "Hide and Seek," "Kernel Error," "Happy Hour," "Green Eggs and Hulk," and "kintsukuroi."
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Nick Fury
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Minor character death. Bullying. Fighting. Suicide attempt (minor character).
Summary: This is the story of how a little boy named Flip grows up to save the world a lot.
Notes: Hurt/comfort. Family. Fluff and angst. Accidents. Emotional whump. Disability. Sibling relationship. Nonsexual love. Parentification. Manipulation. Coping skills. Asking for help and getting it. Hope. Protection. Caregiving. Competence. Toys and games. Comic books. Fixing things. Martial arts. Gentleness. Trust. Role models. Military. BAMF Phil Coulson.
Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Skip to Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9.
"Little and Broken, but Still Good" Part 4
When Flip turns eight, he asks for two things: a box of Legos, which are fun to play with even alone; and a hot dog cooker, because he loves hot dogs and it looks really easy to use.
He gets three things: the Legos, the hot dog cooker, and a stack of comic books.
Flip's eyes water, because Alexa has always given him comic books on special occasions, and he thought he'd never see that again. The covers are wrong -- these aren't the detective comics that he's been collecting for the last year -- but Flip doesn't care. They're comics and they're from his sister and so he loves them.
"Alexa saw those and insisted you'd like them," Mom says. "I know they're different, but well, she's never been wrong before ..."
Flip looks at the glossy covers where a handsome man swings a shield at the bad guys. The colors are so bright, red and white and blue, so different from the darker art of spies and gumshoes. It makes him smile. He could use something a little brighter in his life these days. It would be nice to have a hero rush in like that and save him.
"I think they're great," Flip says. "Everything is great."
"Happy birthday," Alexa says, mumbling only a little. She's learning to talk again, and getting pretty good at it now. "I'm happy. Are you happy?"
"I am happy," Flip says, and he is. He really is.
* * *
Notes:
Legos are fun and good for learning many things.
I had a hot dog cooker when I was little. You put the dogs on the prongs, closed the lid, turned it on, and in a few minutes: hot dogs!
This is the cover of Captain America #121 January 1970, typical of what Phil might have.
Detective Comics became DC. Originally they focused on hard-boiled detective and spy comics before shifting to superheroes.
Emotional intelligence includes recognizing and naming emotions. Here is a scaled list of feeling words. Parents can help children learn about emotions. This workbook about feelings may be used online or downloaded.
[To be continued in Part 5 ...]
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Nick Fury
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: Minor character death. Bullying. Fighting. Suicide attempt (minor character).
Summary: This is the story of how a little boy named Flip grows up to save the world a lot.
Notes: Hurt/comfort. Family. Fluff and angst. Accidents. Emotional whump. Disability. Sibling relationship. Nonsexual love. Parentification. Manipulation. Coping skills. Asking for help and getting it. Hope. Protection. Caregiving. Competence. Toys and games. Comic books. Fixing things. Martial arts. Gentleness. Trust. Role models. Military. BAMF Phil Coulson.
Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Skip to Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9.
"Little and Broken, but Still Good" Part 4
When Flip turns eight, he asks for two things: a box of Legos, which are fun to play with even alone; and a hot dog cooker, because he loves hot dogs and it looks really easy to use.
He gets three things: the Legos, the hot dog cooker, and a stack of comic books.
Flip's eyes water, because Alexa has always given him comic books on special occasions, and he thought he'd never see that again. The covers are wrong -- these aren't the detective comics that he's been collecting for the last year -- but Flip doesn't care. They're comics and they're from his sister and so he loves them.
"Alexa saw those and insisted you'd like them," Mom says. "I know they're different, but well, she's never been wrong before ..."
Flip looks at the glossy covers where a handsome man swings a shield at the bad guys. The colors are so bright, red and white and blue, so different from the darker art of spies and gumshoes. It makes him smile. He could use something a little brighter in his life these days. It would be nice to have a hero rush in like that and save him.
"I think they're great," Flip says. "Everything is great."
"Happy birthday," Alexa says, mumbling only a little. She's learning to talk again, and getting pretty good at it now. "I'm happy. Are you happy?"
"I am happy," Flip says, and he is. He really is.
* * *
Notes:
Legos are fun and good for learning many things.
I had a hot dog cooker when I was little. You put the dogs on the prongs, closed the lid, turned it on, and in a few minutes: hot dogs!
This is the cover of Captain America #121 January 1970, typical of what Phil might have.
Detective Comics became DC. Originally they focused on hard-boiled detective and spy comics before shifting to superheroes.
Emotional intelligence includes recognizing and naming emotions. Here is a scaled list of feeling words. Parents can help children learn about emotions. This workbook about feelings may be used online or downloaded.
[To be continued in Part 5 ...]
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Date: 2014-06-06 09:26 am (UTC)Helga
Yay!
Date: 2014-06-09 05:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-06-06 10:07 am (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2014-06-09 05:42 am (UTC)satisfying
Date: 2014-06-06 01:26 pm (UTC)Yay, Captain America appears, right at the point where a little boy would want a hero. That they were brighter and more positive than his previous comics plays into so many possibilities... Perfect.
Thanks for posting it.
Re: satisfying
Date: 2014-06-06 07:25 pm (UTC)Yay! It takes about a year for most people to adjust to a major loss.
>> and Alexa is more 'present', rather than Flip thinking of her in terms of what has been /lost/. <<
Yes. By this time, most of the damage has healed that's going to, and they can work on building a new life based on current circumstances. Alexa has enough focus and energy to take part in more family activities now, not all taken up by sheer survival.
>> Yay, Captain America appears, right at the point where a little boy would want a hero. <<
Sooth. Flip needs somebody to look up to.
>> That they were brighter and more positive than his previous comics plays into so many possibilities... Perfect. <<
Flip does have a tendency to get caught up in darker things. He needs someone to remind him of the lighter side in life. When he was tiny and got bored with cartoonie stuff, Alexa introduced him to the exciting world of spies and detectives. Now that he needs something uplifting, she has brought him a hero instead.
Her logical skills may be impaired, but her emotional ones are perfectly intact.
>> Thanks for posting it. <<
*bow, flourish* Happy to be of assistance!
From: The Tadpole
Date: 2014-06-07 02:00 am (UTC)Re: From: The Tadpole
Date: 2014-06-09 09:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-06-07 07:11 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2014-06-09 07:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-07-29 07:15 am (UTC)(I'm Anna Libertas pretty much everywhere)
Yay!
Date: 2014-07-30 05:45 am (UTC)