Round Table - First Encounters of the MFU Kind

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Here it is, our week of First Meetings and first time partnership exploits.  I think this is one of the most popular categories of stories in MFU, that moment or event that brings the two main characters together.  If Solo and Kuryakin never meet then we have a universe empty of the wit and charm we so love.
So today, here at the big Round Table, let's hear about some of the favorite fiction moments that have been imagined.  Or perhaps you have a new idea about it, would like to remark on the surroundings that would have been present when the American and the Soviet first discovered what the all knowing Waverly had in mind.
The discussion is open.  I should think we have a lot to examine.

Comments

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

I think where, in both time and place, can affect how a first meeting is written.

There is more likely to be mistrust if they are both early in their Uncle careers or IK has only just arrived from Moscow and no one knows his loyalties.

If they have a few years with Uncle behind them both and IK has spent the time establishing himself in Uncle in Europe then I can see them meshing almost at once. Both will know the other's reputation and it will just be a matter of confirming their levels.

[avery11.livejournal.com]

That's a very good point. People are generally suspicious of what they don't understand, and the Cold War would have amplified that mistrust exponentially.