The Wordsmith's Forge

>>I discovered this series about 2 years ago and have ended up rereading it every couple of months, it's a lovely story and the links have helped explain things I hadn't really thought of before but helped point out ways of coping I hadn't considered of before. <<

Yay! I'm glad I could help.

>>I also read Schrodinger's hero's but this is the one I keep coming back to (except for Bruce's story).<<

That's good to hear.

>>Quick question though - In this particular fic Jarvis had a runner sent up with glue, <<

Runners and other staff inside the Tower are Stark Industries employees, very carefully chosen.

>>in a previous fic Phil had a restaurant make Spaghetti-O's plus Footie pyjamas and toy's etc. have been sent to the Avengers towers, not just the towers but the private floors. <<

The usual approach for outside items is to have them brought to the semi-public parts of the Tower, and from there carried by trusted staff through the serviceways to the Avengers' quarters. Shipped items are customarily sent along a circuitous route, unless urgently needed. But they do have a few restaurants and other regular stores where at least one employee there has been vetted enough to bring things right up to the Avengers. If you've got a team of superheroes eating out of the same place at least once a week, it starts getting silly to make them hand off the package every time. Tomasino's will just bring a cart up -- and leave the cart and dishes, to be sent back whenever is convenient.

>> Is this just a matter of not thinking what it would look like to others, which seems unlikely considering the press attention that Tony and Steve as well as the others get, or is Jarvis deflecting attention (though I'm not sure how) or have they been really lucky in who has noticed. <<

Game Night is pretty well protected. Much of what comes to the Tower is not obviously connected with the Avengers -- there are hundreds of people in there doing all manner of things. And Tony is famous for buying weird things. That was old news by the time he hit college. JARVIS has layers upon layers of subtle protections and misdirections.

>> Phil said to Betty when they first met that it wasn't known other than a general team training exercise and hulk's comment about it being safe in Green eggs. <<

Yep.

>> It's a small niggling thought as something like that usually brings unwanted attention and considering how toxic press can be I'm surprised in a good way how little backlash there seems to be. <<

Well, you screw with Tony's friends, and technology suddenly hates you. You screw with Phil's people and you get strangled in red tape. Play nice, and you get invited to the press conferences, where Tony sometimes belts out gems like, "I am Iron Man." Savvy reporters realize they can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. For the rest, there are deflections and protections.

>>Also considering how many magic users and Mad scientists (demons/gods/others) out there it wouldn't be unexpected that the team be de-aged at some point (I haven't read a lot of the comics but I'm sure it's happened somewhere!!)would they de-age to their real ages or keep the memories of the Saturday nights. I think it would be adorable to have the mini avengers and their uncle Phil (Uncle Phil's Avengers?) for a while.<<

It's possible, but I have no active plans for it.

>>thanks for writing, I don't usually review as I have trouble getting what I write to say what I mean and tend to fret as I feel I come across as too blunt or critical, but I've been wanting to say thanks for a while.<<

It's fine! Feedback is candy. Thank you for posting.