Quick Canon Question + Icons

[awanderingbard]

Quick question on Agent Carter canon, though more of an opinion than anything else:

In Season One, Jarvis says he was 'aide' to a General in Budapest. I assumed that he meant 'aide-de-camp', which is a sort of secretarial position, but I recently saw Jarvis mentioned on TVtropes as a 'batman', and that actually makes a lot more sense (batman was a servant to an officer, in charge of running errands, driving him, taking care of his clothing, digging his foxhole in battle, etc.). Did the AC writers use 'aide' so not to confuse American audiences, who probably would have gone to Bruce Wayne at the use of batman? It just makes more sense to me for him to be a batman, and go into life as a butler (historically, batmans often followed their officers into domestic service), than to be an aide-de-camp, which was a very prestigious position, and then have all the skills to be a butler later on.

Any thoughts?

Also, while I'm here, I said I was going to make some Ana Jarvis icons and I did. If any wants them, please feel free to use. Credit to songstressicons and/or citadel_icons if you'd like, but it's not necessary. Also, I'm trying to get the hang of a new graphics program, so if anyone would like any other Agent Carter icons, I'm happy to make them if you give me a picture or subject.

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[joonscribble.livejournal.com]

Nice to hear from you! *huggles*

Thank you! It's nice to be back and talking fandom with you! *hugs*

Bucky is there to be like 'let me tell you how stupid your dad was!' and JJ leaves feeling much more confident about telling Steve about his mistakes.

Hee! That totally makes sense. Bucky is literally the only person alive who can bring the Captain America image down.

Bucky: Want to know what Steve did on a dare? Seriously. Just a dare. No money was at stake.

Steve: The principle was at stake!

Bucky: Yeah, the principle of whether or not you could jump into a half frozen pond and not die.

JJ wants to be helpful, and he wants to be polite, and he wants you to be really comfortable and having a good time.

The fic is a re-working of Elliot being sort of weirded and slightly upset after meeting Winnie's ex-boyfriend from before. JJ is trying to be supportive but also trying to be respectful of not telling Elliot anything Winnie wouldn't be comfortable with since she's not there. Elliot stopped complaining about the ex though because he could just see on JJ's face how hard he's trying to straddle both lines and finding it hard. But still totally committed!

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Bucky: Want to know what Steve did on a dare? Seriously. Just a dare. No money was at stake.

Steve: The principle was at stake!

Bucky: Yeah, the principle of whether or not you could jump into a half frozen pond and not die.

Hee! That sounds like something I had in my original novel-length 'Steve and Nora meet fic'

“I thought Victor wasn’t allowed on the living room couch,” Bucky called.

Steve came in from the kitchen and handed him a beer, having given up on the popcorn. Again. “He’s not,” he said.

Bucky pointed to the couch, where Victor was curled up in a happy ball.

“It was thundering, he was nervous,” Steve said.

“He’s deaf,” Bucky said.

“He was afraid of the lightning,” Steve said.

Bucky grinned and shook his head. “You haven’t changed from when you were seven and trying to untie tin cans from dogs’ tails,” he said. “And getting the pulp beat out of you by the Italian kids who’d tied them there in the first place.”

“The Fabrizis were horrible people,” Steve said. “Someone had to stand up to them.”

“Yeah, all three foot nothing of you really scared them to death,” Bucky said.

JJ is trying to be supportive but also trying to be respectful of not telling Elliot anything Winnie wouldn't be comfortable with since she's not there.

Oh, yeah, that's very JJ. He'd also probably trying not to be mean about the ex, but at the same time not trying to natter about him too much and make Elliot feel worse.

JJ: He wasn't that smart. No, that's not fair, he was actually really smart. And he had nice hair.
Elliot: Oh.
JJ: But nice hair isn't everything.
Elliot: Uh-huh.
JJ: But his hair was really nice.