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  1. Helga Winter (hwinter) on Chapter 31

    Thanks a lot for this! Great read, I enjoyed it enormously. ))

    And, being Russian myself, I'm amazed at how you handled all the names and patronimycs - awesome job, people outside of former USSR rarely get it right. I love the authentic feel they give Natasha's outside-of-S.H.I.E.L.D. story.
    (One minor thing, though: with Nadya, if you meant that her father's name was Yuri, it would make her patronimyc "Yurievna", not "Yurinichna".)

    And the one about her and Clint in Chicago fell right in line with my head-canon about them, I've always thought that for them getting together like this would be something utterly uneventful and simple (as opposed to the lives they lead), just an extension of the connection they already have between them. And of course it would be Natasha who would start it. ))

    Thanks for such a great job writing this!

    Posted Wed 20 Jun 2012 10:11AM EDT

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    1. ashen_key on Chapter 31

      re: Nadya's patronimyc, oops! I'm sorry there, the internet was confusing me when I was researching. I'll go and fix. Thanks for pointing it out! And :D! I am really glad that, aside from that, I got the names and conventions right.

      And yessss re: Nat/Clint getting together being quiet. I have a weakness for them being...normal and simple outside their work, their bond just extending to cover it all, so yay for other people agreeing!

      And thank you so much for commenting! ♥

      Posted Wed 20 Jun 2012 06:22PM EDT

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      1. Helga Winter (hwinter) on Chapter 31

        You've got absolutely nothing to be sorry about, you did a wonderful job and this stuff is really very confusing. :) I wish Hollywood and TV writers and directors did their research as thoroughly as you. :)

        Um, btw, I just couldn't stop coming back to your story and... would you mind if I translated it into Russian? (I must confess I've already done a couple of chapters and I'd love to do the rest of them, but of course I won't post it without your permission).

        Posted Thu 21 Jun 2012 10:46AM EDT

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        1. ashen_key on Chapter 31

          ...! I would be honoured, actually. So, yes, you absolutely have my permission! As long as you link back, obviously *g* Go for your life. :D

          :D

          Posted Thu 21 Jun 2012 11:02AM EDT

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