They can only hope Loki doesn't have the kids that some mythological sources say he does. Uncle Thor, meet your nephew Jormungand.
Steve is so not asking.
"Oh." He says, blinking at Thor's cavalier attitude toward singularities in spacetime. "From Earth to this other planet? Great. Fuckin' A, I guess. That's not any kind of security risk for the population of Earth."
He runs his fingers through his hair, a little ruffled, and it only gets worse as Thor goes on. He suffers a stab of mild but real panic at the idea of an Asgardian ship coming to Earth. Of course. Of course Thor's first thought would be of Midgard and his friends there. Thor has never quite been aware of how jumpy humans in large groups can be, and Steve has been reminded, of late, how easy it is to blame the guys that stand out in a crowd for things they had no control over.
Yeah, Thor is, like the rest of them, a hero to many, but to some--to enough--he's a dangerous alien. A Nuke, like Ross said. Unsecured, and uncontrollable. Bringing a ship full of alien beings in search of asylum. How can they make that look as little like an invasion as possible?
His poker face isn't great, and the almost-frightened look in his eyes as he weighs potential complications lasts entirely too long to pretend it isn't there. He meets Thor's eyes, realizes he's being the opposite of helpful, and clears his throat.
"Sorry. I'm sorry. Of course you should come to Earth. And I'll do whatever it takes to get you all there safely if I have to make daily pizza deliveries to your ship, myself. It's just that the logistics...the politics of it...God, that's going to be rough to work out."
Would Wakanda welcome them? Steve has an in with T'Challa, and knows he would want to help, but the country is just now opening up to the rest of the world. And how would the rest of the world react to a nation with massively advanced technology absorbing an alien people, to them learning from one another and probably bounding ahead intellectually and technologically further and faster than anyone else could keep up with?
Tony would get this. He'd be able to weigh the implications and start a PR campaign, a mean little voice in the back of his head informs him.
"While you've been gone, the United Nations got together and wrote up a set of international laws called the Sokovian Accords," he says. "As a way to rein in enhanced and otherwise extraordinary individuals. To protect ordinary people, secure the sovereignty of national borders...I forget what the rest of the reasons were. The Avengers were told we had to sign, and in the future we would only be allowed to cross borders if ordered by the UN. If we didn't sign, our options would be retiring or breaking the law and becoming international fugitives."
He gives a weak smile. "Guess which I chose? I'm...100% certain the laws were meant to include you, if and when you showed up on Earth again, but as far as the rest of your people? I have no idea how the planet will react to that."
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Steve is so not asking.
"Oh." He says, blinking at Thor's cavalier attitude toward singularities in spacetime. "From Earth to this other planet? Great. Fuckin' A, I guess. That's not any kind of security risk for the population of Earth."
He runs his fingers through his hair, a little ruffled, and it only gets worse as Thor goes on. He suffers a stab of mild but real panic at the idea of an Asgardian ship coming to Earth. Of course. Of course Thor's first thought would be of Midgard and his friends there. Thor has never quite been aware of how jumpy humans in large groups can be, and Steve has been reminded, of late, how easy it is to blame the guys that stand out in a crowd for things they had no control over.
Yeah, Thor is, like the rest of them, a hero to many, but to some--to enough--he's a dangerous alien. A Nuke, like Ross said. Unsecured, and uncontrollable. Bringing a ship full of alien beings in search of asylum. How can they make that look as little like an invasion as possible?
His poker face isn't great, and the almost-frightened look in his eyes as he weighs potential complications lasts entirely too long to pretend it isn't there. He meets Thor's eyes, realizes he's being the opposite of helpful, and clears his throat.
"Sorry. I'm sorry. Of course you should come to Earth. And I'll do whatever it takes to get you all there safely if I have to make daily pizza deliveries to your ship, myself. It's just that the logistics...the politics of it...God, that's going to be rough to work out."
Would Wakanda welcome them? Steve has an in with T'Challa, and knows he would want to help, but the country is just now opening up to the rest of the world. And how would the rest of the world react to a nation with massively advanced technology absorbing an alien people, to them learning from one another and probably bounding ahead intellectually and technologically further and faster than anyone else could keep up with?
Tony would get this. He'd be able to weigh the implications and start a PR campaign, a mean little voice in the back of his head informs him.
"While you've been gone, the United Nations got together and wrote up a set of international laws called the Sokovian Accords," he says. "As a way to rein in enhanced and otherwise extraordinary individuals. To protect ordinary people, secure the sovereignty of national borders...I forget what the rest of the reasons were. The Avengers were told we had to sign, and in the future we would only be allowed to cross borders if ordered by the UN. If we didn't sign, our options would be retiring or breaking the law and becoming international fugitives."
He gives a weak smile. "Guess which I chose? I'm...100% certain the laws were meant to include you, if and when you showed up on Earth again, but as far as the rest of your people? I have no idea how the planet will react to that."