>> Phil is coping, putting things in perspective, still. It'll take a while, and it's clear he still has guilty twinges during game night. <<
Yes. A dizzying emotional blow like this doesn't fade away quickly. It takes time to heal. Fortunately Phil has good coping skills.
>> Jarvis is testing a little more, too, which helps. <<
Yes. They have a wonderful exchange going on here, advancing their relationship in careful increments.
>> Steve loves art, clearly. One way to begin bridging the gap from his youth to the present might be to begin before his birth year, with Art Nouveau, and let him get a look at some of the fully realized, best pieces across the media of oils/watercolors, lithographs, glass, furniture, sculptures, architecture... just let him SOAK in it, and then let him follow a particular medium forward. <<
That is, in fact, what JARVIS has been doing. If you've watched Steve's art activity in the stories, you'll notice that he uses a combination of older and newer media. Tony provided him with an initial selection of supplies, some books, and an introduction to Starktech. At first, Steve was too wrecked to do much. But JARVIS gently dangled subtle opportunities in front of him until he started responding, and that has helped Steve explore the evolution of art over time.
>> There's a legitimate need to get him caught up on TECH, but that's not his favorite part of the world. <<
Yes, that's true. Steve does not have Bucky's affinity for mechanical things. However, Steve does appreciate good tools. It just takes a while for him to get the hang of stuff as complex as Starktech. Tony's nasty remarks on the Helicarrier did not help Steve's raging case of future shock. Why don't you give him a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it. *sigh* But it's getting better now.
>> Heck, his mother probably did her laundry by hand in the bathtub and had a line hanging above the tub, or a shared line on the roof of a larger building--(not because of the scarcity of washing machines, but because it was expensive and time-consuming to haul clothing to and from a laundromat). <<
Likely so.
>> Think about how much tech THAT involves now, but most of it is "behind the curtain". I'd still not want to go from "wash (with maybe a few time markers), rinse, spin" on the dial to a common household model made after 2010. <<
Frankly I despise the trend toward smooth keyboards. They are much harder for me to control effectively. I greatly prefer dials. I hate the idea of spending huge amounts of money on an appliance I'm going to despise. The only time I watch television anymore is if someone else turns it on, and that's just for DVDs. It's not worth the amount of fucking around required to make the damn thing work.
I can sympathize with a lot of Steve's frustration with modern equipment. Though to be fair, Starktech would be much closer to the farside of my preference; I like sufficiently advanced technology. That is, if I didn't kill it dead just by walking into the room with it, which is a very real risk. The fact that Loki's staff didn't work on Tony is an encouraging sign of his tech's resilience in the face of magic though.
>> Basically, Steve needs something to act as a framework to interconnect technology, history, social changes, fashion changes, language drift and slang, music... <<
Yes, that's true. There are some things the Avengers have done to help him catch up, far more effective than whatever "how not to create a PR disaster" advice SHIELD gave him. So he's got some technological and pop-culture background now. JARVIS has helped tremendously, both for Steve and for Bucky, tracking and serving up things they wanted to study. There are mentions in some future stories of other projects where they are learning one thing or another in a methodical progression.
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Re: Getting Through
Date: 2014-04-25 06:55 am (UTC)Yes. A dizzying emotional blow like this doesn't fade away quickly. It takes time to heal. Fortunately Phil has good coping skills.
>> Jarvis is testing a little more, too, which helps. <<
Yes. They have a wonderful exchange going on here, advancing their relationship in careful increments.
>> Steve loves art, clearly. One way to begin bridging the gap from his youth to the present might be to begin before his birth year, with Art Nouveau, and let him get a look at some of the fully realized, best pieces across the media of oils/watercolors, lithographs, glass, furniture, sculptures, architecture... just let him SOAK in it, and then let him follow a particular medium forward. <<
That is, in fact, what JARVIS has been doing. If you've watched Steve's art activity in the stories, you'll notice that he uses a combination of older and newer media. Tony provided him with an initial selection of supplies, some books, and an introduction to Starktech. At first, Steve was too wrecked to do much. But JARVIS gently dangled subtle opportunities in front of him until he started responding, and that has helped Steve explore the evolution of art over time.
>> There's a legitimate need to get him caught up on TECH, but that's not his favorite part of the world. <<
Yes, that's true. Steve does not have Bucky's affinity for mechanical things. However, Steve does appreciate good tools. It just takes a while for him to get the hang of stuff as complex as Starktech. Tony's nasty remarks on the Helicarrier did not help Steve's raging case of future shock. Why don't you give him a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it. *sigh* But it's getting better now.
>> Heck, his mother probably did her laundry by hand in the bathtub and had a line hanging above the tub, or a shared line on the roof of a larger building--(not because of the scarcity of washing machines, but because it was expensive and time-consuming to haul clothing to and from a laundromat). <<
Likely so.
>> Think about how much tech THAT involves now, but most of it is "behind the curtain". I'd still not want to go from "wash (with maybe a few time markers), rinse, spin" on the dial to a common household model made after 2010. <<
Frankly I despise the trend toward smooth keyboards. They are much harder for me to control effectively. I greatly prefer dials. I hate the idea of spending huge amounts of money on an appliance I'm going to despise. The only time I watch television anymore is if someone else turns it on, and that's just for DVDs. It's not worth the amount of fucking around required to make the damn thing work.
I can sympathize with a lot of Steve's frustration with modern equipment. Though to be fair, Starktech would be much closer to the farside of my preference; I like sufficiently advanced technology. That is, if I didn't kill it dead just by walking into the room with it, which is a very real risk. The fact that Loki's staff didn't work on Tony is an encouraging sign of his tech's resilience in the face of magic though.
>> Basically, Steve needs something to act as a framework to interconnect technology, history, social changes, fashion changes, language drift and slang, music... <<
Yes, that's true. There are some things the Avengers have done to help him catch up, far more effective than whatever "how not to create a PR disaster" advice SHIELD gave him. So he's got some technological and pop-culture background now. JARVIS has helped tremendously, both for Steve and for Bucky, tracking and serving up things they wanted to study. There are mentions in some future stories of other projects where they are learning one thing or another in a methodical progression.