I was speaking with
maggiesox about how much we yearn for Iron Man fic right now with no shame whatsoever, and the following ensued, as is likely when one speaks to me about... oh, anything.
karenhealey: Okay, so, what if Pepper is all setting up funds and stuff and she's like... why did your father donate to something called Hogwarts?
karenhealey: AND THEN SHENANIGANS I THINK Y/Y?
maggiesox: DOT DOT DOT. I THINK Y/Y.
karenhealey: TONY'S DAD: A SQUIB!
maggiesox: YIS. And Tony only found out when he was eleven and he made a robot talk to him!
karenhealey: And that is why the movie science is indistinguishable from magic!
karenhealey: BECAUSE IT IS MAGIC.
maggiesox: YES.
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karenhealey: So he eventually gets in touch with that side of his heritage
karenhealey: POSSIBLY NICK FURY TELLS HIM TO
maggiesox: YES. Because they need the wizards in S.H.I.E.L.D. Something about dragons and giants and S.H.I.E.L.D. can't fix it on their own.
karenhealey: So Nick's like "go recruit me their top stars. Like this Potter guy."
karenhealey: He and Hermione are both Aurors!
maggiesox: Oh, of COURSE.
maggiesox: So wait, how do we get Ron in here?
karenhealey: Well, he's Hermione's boyfriend
karenhealey: And of course, he has a family background in muggle mechanics
maggiesox: And totally aware that Tony's trying to get in her pants. I like it.
maggiesox: And Hermione is aware of the same thing.
karenhealey: And Pepper is very patient and very sharp and saves the fucking day even though she is neither magic nor superheroic
maggiesox: EXACTLY.
maggiesox: BEST IDEA EVER, Y/Y?
karenhealey: Y!
karenhealey: And HERMIONE MAGICS PEPPER'S SHOES. That is her going away present! They will always feel comfy and she will run in them with ease!
maggiesox: Best. Ever. And you best be posting this, pls.
karenhealey: This conversation?
maggiesox: Yis. For explanation of why I am posting this crazy-ass poll.
karenhealey: OH OKAY
karenhealey: I will edit bits
maggiesox: Good plan. Make us seem less crazy.
karenhealey: That probably won't work
maggiesox: A girl can dream. Wait, we're talking about a Harry Potter/Iron Man crackfic. No, that's pretty much crazy.
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- Music:You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones


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Oh, yeah. We're crazy.
I think I spent about an hour and a half after the movie trying to work out the physics between four inch heels, metal grating and running, and you're totally right, magic is the only answer.
But anyway, yes. Especially the heels thing.