Comics this week ?
Superman Annual 2023 - People were calling this the best issue of Williamson's run yet, and they might be right. A great showcase of the Daily Planet crew like we haven't seen in ages, with Lois herself getting to be the main protagonist while Clark takes more of a backseat. Williamson's take on Livewire continues to rule, seems he realizes that she is the Anti-Lois and is just canonizing that by having her work at the Daily Planet! Even brought back Red Cloud, the villain who was the Anti-Clark to get Lois and Livewire to bond. Another thing I've been begging for- learning WHY Mercy is loyal to Lex and what her backstory is - seems to be in the cards too! I am somewhat concerned about all of the villains being "redeemed" - Parasite, Livewire, Silver Banshee, Lex, and Mercy are all being placed in this morally ambiguous territory that can't last, and of course there's also PKJ's use of Metallo. My expectation is that Williamson is playing the long game and moving these villains to where they can do the most damage when they revert to type. Livewire at the Planet, Parasite and Mercy with SuperCorp, Silver Banshee with Jimmy (ok I like that relationship and hope it lasts but we can't assume it will), and Lex in Stryker's. Even Metallo is at Steelworks Tower and could wreck havoc there. At least Toyman is back to being a child-killer, call me edgy but I prefer he be the mentally unstable psycho of the Rogues Gallery, and seeing Cat reach out to Moonlight because Cat has suffered in Metropolis too was a nice moment. Finally there's Brainiac getting ready to attack Metropolis to find something buried there, and the presence of Doomsdogs means he's connected to that Watters Doomsday oneshot. Williamson has been great on Superman and ass on events, I hope a Superman event brings out the best in him.
Danger Street #8 - Finally get a glimpse of the connective tissue here. The guy who sold the helmet to Warlord and Starman is presumably the same guy who created the Green Team and the Outsiders, and may even be the same guy who traumatized Lady Cop.
WildC.A.T.S. #10 -Can't remember if this book has had issues solicited past 12 or not, but I think I'll be hopping off by then. This was a fun, entertaining book and still is, but it hasn't bonded me with these characters outside of Grifter. Despite being a "reboot" Rosenberg clearly assumes that most readers already know who these guys are and I didn't coming in and I don't now. Given I need to cut back, this one is getting dropped.
Knight Terrors: Zatanna #2 - Zatanna badly needs a big story that gives her something to angst over besides her dead father. This was fine but I hate how everything keeps coming back to that.
Spirit World #4 - Spread of Xanthe taking on all the demons was breathtaking.
Scarlet Witch #7 - Good issue, glad we got to see what happens when someone shitty walks through Wanda's door and asks for help, but I cannot understand Marvel's approach to the Wanda/Magneto relationship. As her biological father I understand why she feels tied to him despite him being a deadbeat, but was he ever paternal to her at all? Turning him into some rando she merely thought was her dad makes the relationship nonsensical. He didn't raise her, he exploited her and her brother, he was a shit dad, she shouldn't feel anything for him much less his clone. Don't get why Joseph is back either, with Magneto dead are they planning to use Joseph to stand in for Mags for a while? Maybe next issue will make things more clear.
Immortal X-Men #14 - Jesus Charles get off the fucking floor. Shaw is a moron who got rewarded as a traitor deserves.
Avengers #4 - Appreciated T'Challa telling Sam to get off his back, not thrilled about more House of M/Disassembled references for Wanda. Awaiting to see what the Impossible City's deal is, whether it's someone we readers will know or not.
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Just saying: it brings soo much joy seeing someone get excited by Wanda after the whole cinematic experience.
That was my first encounter with the character and it really did not give a good first impression. And it only got worse with how they treated her and her own actor's obliviousness on the character's background (I will never say 'her character', she simply does not deserve that kind of recognition from me - yes, I am spiteful).
I do not know much about her 616 storyline, nor midnight for that matter, but despite that complete lack of knowledge I enjoy seeing you post about her. I may have originally come here for the Venom stuff but really anything you decide to share is what I stay here for.
Anyways, hiding behind the anon mask, I wish you a good day!
Hi anon! Thank you for your kind words; Wanda really was one of the first characters I got into with Marvel, long long before I cared about anything arachnid-themed (unless it was Julia Carpenter, since she was one of Wanda's teammates, haha). I'm fortunate that I met her character via comics (thanks to my friend who dragged me to the LCS) so that got to be my first impression.
Wanda's an interesting character to try to get into, since she's so strongly tied to the Avengers. She didn't get a solo of any decent length until 2015... but I highly recommend checking out Scarlet Witch by James Robinson if you can. It's not perfect, but it's very good and it has a lot of nice art by different artists. It's a fun series!
A lot of people who like That™ version of the character seen in certain films and a mediocre television show will talk about "feats" and "power" and all that even in terms of the comics, but honestly I think all of that is a load of bull. Wanda's greatest moments have always been where she follows her heart, but also her head. She's a veteran Avenger, she's one of the most compassionate characters ever, she has had epic highs and some very low lows... but she always pulls through.
And when you get a good writer that really does her justice? Oh, that's just peak. That's the best.
(I also like when she just straight-up punches people - Avengers #186; Plot: Gruenwald, S. Grant, W: Michelinie, A: Byrne)
On the note of Midnight Suns, they kind of... tried? Like, it's hard to explain. It's not great, and I would prefer her hair to be several shades darker, but it could be worse, as far as adaptations go?
EDIT 8/4/2023: I previously criticized the game here for using Romanian for Wanda - this was a mistake on my part as it's been pointed out that she has spoken Romanian in the comics but it does not mean she is intended to be Romanian. I've also learned it's commonly spoken in the region Wanda is from. To my friend who pointed out my mistake, you have my thanks!
Anyways, I'm glad you've continued to stick around even as I've expanded beyond just Venom-posting. I confess, though, I've often thought about what it would be like to smash my two little interests here together... I think particularly in Midnight Suns-verse (mixed with a little 616, of course) Venom and Scarlet Witch could have an interesting conversation. (Let's be real, I'll probably write it.)
I also think about Poisoned!Scarlet Witch a lot. I think about the universe where she was Venom... what that must have been like... what their symbiosis was... many thoughts. I bet their joined form was awesome. Wanda has great style.
(Venomverse #3, #4, #5; Bunn, Coello - that last one is fine; the host and symbiote are both dead the second they get Poisoned 😔 Mania did them a favor.)
Anyways, thanks for stopping by! If you get a chance, check out @brw's Comic Scarlet Witch Week 2023! Life circumstances have kept me from participating thus far but every week is a great week to appreciate Wanda Maximoff as she was meant to be. 🥰
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TSB Week 6 Roundup! These also include the remaining adopted prompts from January, and even one or two from February!
And for last week, Alex was the earner of a Participation badge! Congratulations!
And now, on to the fills! Go give them some love!
Title: I do, me too, me three
Collaborator: Trashcanakin
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: S4- Marriage of Convenience/Pretend Couple
Ship: Tony/Bucky/Matt
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: none
Summary: [Moodboard + Prompt] Tony fake dates both bucky & matt for some undercover mission, later, he marries them also for a mission. But they stay married at the end 'cause love.
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Title: Newton’s Cradle
Collaborator: ABitNotGoodieBag
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A2 - Vibranium
Ship: None
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: TeamSalty, Not Steve Rogers friendly, Peter is a little shit, Tony is a little shit, Team Iron Man, IronDad and SpiderSon, Post CACW
Summary: Steve asks where his shield is, Peter tells him.
Word Count: 1546
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Title: Red and Blue
Collaborator: Politzania
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S1 - Present Tense
Ship: Pepperony
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: Established Relationship, Present Tense, Scavenger Hunt
Summary: Pepper sends Tony on a scavenger hunt around the mansion.
Word Count: 424
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Title: let the soft animal of your body love what it loves - Chapter 9: ix.
Collaborator: deathsweetqueen
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S3 - resolve
Ship: Stony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags:
Summary:
Word Count:
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Title: Adventures of Tiny Dragon Tony and His Treasure (Loki) - Chapter 38: Snapshot #38: La Vie en Rose
Collaborator: BennyBatch
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T2 - shapeshifter
Ship: FrostIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: AU, established relationship, Fluff
Summary: Who knew pink could be both at once so infuriating yet so fetching when it concerned one tiny dragon.
Word Count: 27,401
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Title: this is where worlds end (and ours collide)
Collaborator: cadmvs
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A1 - Doom
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: Character Death
Summary: The end of the world is here, and Tony is stuck with Bucky. Many of their friends have died, some of them are alive. What happens when they used to be too scared to admit their repressed emotions and now seems to be the perfect time?
Word Count: 2134
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Title: Self-Preservation
Collaborator: ashes0909
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S5 - AU: Hydra Won
Ship: Tony Stark/Strike Team, Tony Stark/Brock Rumlow, Tony Stark/Jack Rollins
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Hydra Trash Party, Rape/Non-Con Elements, Dark Ending
Summary: When shit hit the fan, Tony’s self-preservation always won out, because there was always the next fight, and he had to be alive to see it, even if that meant he had to get used, degraded, torn down. It’d give him time to plan, to escape, to come back and take his vengeance.
Word Count: 2880
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Title: N/A [Art]
Collaborator: trashcanakin
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: Adopted - Power Swap
Ship: N/A
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: N/A
Summary: Tony as The Scarlet Witch? Seems legit
Word Count: N/A
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Title: IM Spotter
Collaborator: Gavilan
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A3 - Free
Ship: Tony Stark & Peter Parker
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: POV Outsider
Summary: Floriana has headed up the IM Spotter club, New York branch for years, in a certain cafe with a very good view of Stark Tower. Never has she dreamed of having such a special guest, however.
Word Count: 2154
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Title: Feelings that Flood on the Page
Collaborator: PoliZ
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A4 - Vulnerability
Ship: Stony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Alternate Universe: High School
Summary: Steve gets a somewhat anonymous love letter in his locker; Bucky pushes him to confirm his suspicions as to the author.
Word Count: 710
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Title: You’ll Do
Collaborator: camichats
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S2 - Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
Ship: Tony Stark/Scarlet Maximoff
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Fake Relationship, Getting Together
Summary: Wanda had agreed to bring her fiancee to a family vacation so everyone could meet. Unfortunately, a week before that vacation, she finds Brock cheating on her. Tony gets roped into not only going on that vacation with her, but into pretending that they're engaged.
Word Count: 2368
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Title: About Face
Collaborator: Politzania
Link: AO3
Square Filled: Adopted - Brock Rumlow/Crossbones
Ship: background Stucky
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: CA:CW canon divergence, occult Hydra bullshit, de-aging, redemption arc
Summary: Brock Rumlow is having a weird fucking week. After surviving the explosion in Lagos thanks to occult Hydra bullshit, he is tasked with assisting Helmut Zemo in an improbable (at best) plan to destroy the Avengers. But getting a new lease on life may have given Brock a change of heart as well; when the plan turns Captain America, the Winter Soldier and Iron Man into children, Brock takes on the role of protector.
Word Count: 2746
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Title: Phase Two
Collaborator: betheflame
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K1 - Vampire / Werewolf
Ship: Stuckony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: fem!Tony
Summary: Toni and her fuzzy favorites celebrate the day of manufactured affection.
Word Count: 1495
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Title: Pizza for Valentine's Day
Collaborator: newnewyorker93
Link: AO3
Squares Filled: S4 - writing format: 5+1 (Chapter 1)
S1 - wish (Chapter 2)
K4 - Morgan Stark (Chapter 6)
Ship: Pepperony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: fluff, Valentine's Day, 5+1
Summary: Five times Tony and Pepper had pizza for Valentine's Day + one time they didn't. A series of short ficlets and drabbles of Tony & Pepper celebrating Valentine's Day - together and apart - from several years before the events of Iron Man 1 through 2020.
Word Count: 2310
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Title: let the soft animal of your body love what it loves - Chapter 10: x.
Collaborator: deathsweetqueen
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K4 - graveyard
Ship: Stony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Time Travel, Endgame Steve goes back in time to be with Post AOU Tony, Explicit Sexual Content, Dirty Talk, Past Domestic Violence, Post AOU AU, Breaking Up and Making Up, Marriage Counselling, Superfamily, Team Iron Man, but not Steve unfriendly, he's just a moron, a lot of fighting and arguments, Dubious Consent due to Identity Issues
Summary: In 2023, Steve Rogers, after burning his husband's body, goes through the timelines to return each of the Infinity Stones. In 2015, Tony Stark’s husband returns to him and for the first time in years, he has hope for his marriage.
Word Count: 44,670
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Title: The Berry Thief
Collaborator: newnewyorker93
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: T3 - I regret nothing
Ship: none
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: none
Summary: Gerald the Alpaca absconding with the last of Pepper’s goji berries:a reenactment in felt
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Title: Zoom!
Collaborator: monobuu
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: A4 - Iron Dad
Ship: Tony Stark & Peter Parker
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Shenanigans, Tomfoolery
Summary: They've got an iron man suit, roller skates, and a free afternoon.
Word Count: N/A [Art]
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Title: Missing - Please Return
Collaborator: Turtlesse
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T1 - Tony playing piano
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: None
Summary: What Tony needs is sleep.Oddly enough, what Tony wants is sleep.What Tony doesn't want but probably needs anyway is to sign those damned papers.What Tony neither wants nor needs is Bucky calling him in a panic. Yet, that is what he gets.
Word Count: 2836
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Title: Forever Intertwined
Collaborator: alexisriversong
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S5 - Steve Rogers/Captain America
Ship: Stony
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: None
Summary: symbiote!Tony infests Steve but rather than taking over, falls in love with this Very Dumb Human, 'oh god, how did you survive without me'
Word Count: 1000
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Title: People. Ugh.
Collaborator: Turtlesse
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K5 - Writing Format: a pairing you’ve never done
Ship: FrostIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University
Summary: Loki hated students. Rather unfortunate, as a professor.However, he did not hate Professor Stark.
Word Count: 1072
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Title: Booty Booty Booty
Collaborator: monobuu
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: K5 - Art Format: Comic Layout
Ship: None
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Shenanigans, tomfoolery, butts
Summary: Tony finds a penny, picks it up, and chaos reigns in the gym
Word Count: N/A [Art]
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Title: Perfect Solution
Collaborator: 27dragons
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K1 - Puzzle
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Established Relationship
Summary: Despite telling Tony that they didn’t need to exchange gifts for their second dating anniversary, Bucky's got something for Tony -- a puzzle to solve. Or rather, several.
Word Count: 984
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Title: Adopt-A-Prompt: Stephen Strange
Collaborator: lronhusbands
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: Adopted - Stephen Strange
Ship: IronStrange
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: moodboard
Summary: Where Tony Stark and Stephen Strange work for NASA, find a new planet, and argue about what to name it.
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Title: Armageddidn’t
Collaborator: rebirthofaphoenix
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: Adopted - AU: Good Omens
Ship: Tony/Crowley/Aziraphale
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: immortality, blood, crossover-ish, AU-ish
Summary: its a moodboard lads (of course Harley and Peter become friends with Warlock and Adam)
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Title: Attempt 200
Collaborator: Pyrone
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S1 - on the run
Ship: Tony & Stephen
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: none
Summary: Stephen’s 200th out of 14,000,605 timelines. Otherwise known as the timeline Stephen just grabs Tony and runs off with him.
Word Count: 858
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Title: Bedtime Story
Collaborator: dixiehellcat
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S2 - old team
Ship: Nick Fury & Avengers
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Reading Aloud, Insomniac Tony Stark, well insomniac Avengers really, Avengers 2012—freeform, Helicarrier, mention of past dysfunctional childhoods, Nick Fury is a good bro
Summary: The Avengers are stressed after a disturbing mission, especially Tony. Steve turns to Fury for help, and the SHIELD director has a unique idea.
Word Count: 2532
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Title: Can’t Get Enough
Collaborator: SierraNovembr
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S3 - KINK: orgasm denial / edging
Ship: Tony/Sam/Bucky
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Smut, Threesome - M/M/M, oral sex, anal sex, biting, orgasm delay/denial, laughing during sex, bottom Bucky Barnes, top Sam Wilson, Sam Wilson is a delight
Summary: The idea was that they would tell Bucky they needed him urgently, Bucky would hurry in to see what they needed, and then he would be here sooner and with a tiny hint of a lovely flush as a bonus. He would take one look at them snuggled naked under the covers and want to join them. Affection. Sex. A good morning for all.
Word Count: 2318
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Title: Morgan's Valentines
Collaborator: rebelmeg
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K5 - I Love You 3000
Ship: Morgan & her family
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Valentine's Day
Summary: Morgan makes a valentine for all the people, creatures, bots, and AI's in her life.
Word Count: 2100
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Title: Red String of Fate
Collaborator: rebirthofaphoenix
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: T1 - polyamory or open relationship
Ship: Clint/Tony/Pietro
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Pietro didn’t die, happy triad, soulmate tattoos, Celtic influences
Summary: moodboard
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Title: Outdoorsy in That I Drink on Patios
Collaborator: betheflame
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S2 - KINK: nippleplay
Ship: Stuckony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: explicit sexual content
Summary: Tony wants to take his boyfriends skiing. They discover other uses for his mountain cabin.
Word Count: 1359
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Title: A Thousand Words
Collaborator: tisfan
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S5 - Tony Stark / T'challa
Ship: IronPanther
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: were creatures, Tony Stark Does What He Wants, Wakanda
Summary: Tony knows he’s not supposed to cross the border, but the call of a prize winning photograph is strong. When he finds his subject, things are more than they appear...
Word Count: 1897
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Title: Upside Down - Chapter 1
Collaborator: Iron_Eirlyssa (Eirlyssa)
Link: AO3
Square Filled: Adopted - AU: Alice in Wonderland
Ship: Winteriron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Alice in Wonderland AU, canon-typical violence, developing relationship, happy ending
Summary: Time after time, Phil lures an unsuspecting Alice down to Wonderland. And time after time, Bucky has to watch as they fail to succeed in the one task set for the Alice - to kill the Hydra with the Vorpal Sword. He doesn't expect this 'Anthony' to do any better.
Word Count: 733
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Title: Define Winning
Collaborator: lbibliophile-mcu
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: A5 - writing format: missing scene/ epilogue/ coda
Ship: Stephen Strange & Eye of Agamotto
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: the Snap,14,000,605 futures
Summary: When fighting against impossible odds, you need to know exactly what you are trying to achieve; what is the one battle you cannot lose. Sometimes, success all comes down to asking the right question.
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Title: Doppelganger Downey Jr.
Collaborator: martianwahtney
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S4 - Doppelganger/Evil Twin
Ship: IronHusbands
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: crack
Summary: 'Apparently Robert Downey Jr and Tony Stark are two different people. Could have fooled me’. the instagram post by Harley Keener quickly goes viral and Tony Stark does not agree
Word Count: 682
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Title: more than i love you
Collaborator: summerpipedream
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S2 - fluff
Ship: Stony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: poetry
Summary: On the subject of why you, Tony Stark, and I, Steve Rogers, should get married.
Word Count: 473
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Title: Synchronicities
Collaborator: dixiehellcat
Link: AO3
Square Filled: Adopted - Christine Everhart
Ship: Christine & Fate
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: pre-Wordsmith, journalism, are there coincidences?
Summary: Reporter Christine Everhart gets a chance at the big break she's been hoping for, and finds herself swept along by the tides of fortune. A story about the feeling when everything comes together and you wonder if it's all happening for a reason.
Word Count: 1025
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Title: i wrote an entire album (about us drowning)
Collaborator: asphxdels
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A1 - Steve Rogers / Captain America
Ship: past Stony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: angst
Summary: what troubles him right now the most though, is the fact that tony is here. he is with him, walking beside him.
Word Count: 1547
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Title: let the soft animal of your body love what it loves - Chapter 11: xi.
Collaborator: deathsweetqueen
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T4 - nightmares
Ship: Stony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Time Travel, Endgame Steve goes back in time to be with Post AOU Tony, Explicit Sexual Content, Dirty Talk, Past Domestic Violence, Post AOU AU, Breaking Up and Making Up, Marriage Counselling, Superfamily, Team Iron Man, but not Steve unfriendly, he's just a moron, a lot of fighting and arguments, Dubious Consent due to Identity Issues
Summary: In 2023, Steve Rogers, after burning his husband's body, goes through the timelines to return each of the Infinity Stones.
Word Count: 48,895
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