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bedlamsbard · 10 months

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Reread the Hydra Cap AU and I really enjoyed it once more; it fucks supremely. I know that you are not a huge Tony Stark fan, and that’s legit, and if he wasn’t a major player in that hypothetical fic, it would make sense, BUT. I do really enjoy what you’ve set up for him in the concept writing. What’s he got going for him without his Vast Fortune, yknow? Obviously, the trope of the genius inventor working his way up from nothing is problematic and a bit silly, but. Well-executed it’s fun, yknow

Thank you! I really do think about this one daily, though there are a couple of reasons it hasn't gone beyond concept writing. Chief among which is that it doesn't have a plot, just set-up, and part of that set-up involves running out all the events of Phase 1. (The sticking point has actually been Thor, since so many of the events of that movie are driven by factors that wouldn't be affected by the HYDRA-SHIELD changeup, but have pretty drastic consequences further down the line; if Loki and the Chitauri are still invading in this AU, it completely changes the dynamics and plot of the story. If they're not, then SHIELDRA's response back in Thor has to explain why not.) (And the way my brain works I can't just ignore it because it's more convenient.)

Tony was always intended to be a main character in the story (or maybe a secondary character -- Yonder level of involvement, anyway, not Horizon level), since part of the conceit was setting up the Avengers in secret. The AU's divergence point is back in IM1, during the Tony-Obadiah fight at the end of the film, with Tony and Pepper believed killed when the building collapsed. (Possibly Obadiah did not get fried by the arc reactor overloading? Specifics aren't important.) SHIELD -- which was still run by Fury at this point -- pulled Tony and Pepper out of the rubble, but Obadiah had already rushed a funeral and completed his takeover of the company. While Tony and Pepper were recovering, Obadiah sold the prototype of his version of the suits -- the Chessmen suits -- to Alexander Pierce (a.k.a. to Hydra), which tipped Fury off and started him digging, tipping Pierce off and resulting in an attempted assassination and a successful hostile takeover of SHIELD. Basically the SHIELD on SHIELD violence from CATWS but the bad guys won.

Tony was out of the fight the whole time, since he was still recovering from having a building dropped on him, but was at Fury's secret base when he and the SHIELD loyalists limped back after the end of that fight. (The named ones are Clint Barton, Maria Hill, and Phil Coulson, but it was a pretty significant number of survivors; other loyalists, including Natasha and Sharon Carter, remained undercover at SHIELD/HYDRA.) Since then Tony's been with realSHIELD (and has upgraded the Iron Man suit); at some point he was able to get in touch with Rhodey, who's still with the USAF and is still technically the liaison to Stark/Stane Industries, now doing the spy thing. Tony built him the War Machine suit but I don't think he's had a chance to wear it yet. I don't know exactly what he would be doing in this hypothetical story, but he would be in it, especially for a rematch with Iron Monger and the Chessmen suits. He's with realSHIELD, so he's not exactly working himself up from nothing in this scenario. It would still be a Steve and Natasha focused story, but he's there.

As for whether or not I'm a Tony fan -- I actually am; he is not my favorite character in the MCU, but he is a character I do really like. It is just not super obvious in my writing because most of my fic has set been set post-CACW and because I mostly write with a Steve and Natasha focus, Tony does not come out well from their POVs at this point in time. I know that the fandom is really polarized on the team Iron Man vs. team Cap issue; it is one of the few times when I have been stopped IRL by a stranger over Marvel. (It is the one time I've seen Marvel fen act like SW fen in terms of taking sides in a fight I wasn't aware I was having.) Within the CACW to Endgame timeline there's not really any way to write any of the characters involved without having it come off as taking sides and that ends up reflecting back as "the author does not like either Steve or Tony," which is not true; I write the characters like I see them in the films and during this timeline they are portrayed by the PTB as being EXTREMELY polarized towards each other. I'm not a hack; if I'm writing him at a different point in time, I'm not going to write him the same way I do during the IW timeline. If/when I go back to Reaches he'll be a viewpoint character there and that'll be Avengers!Tony.

#typeoneninja #bedlam replies #ws steve au concept tag

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worstloki · 4 years

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the thing is alot of the 'heros' genuinly did some bad stuff but its all glossed over because they were sad and became 'heros' but loki didnt even do anything as bad as the heros and literally was the reason hela was stopped (without loki nobody would of been there to revive surtur) and yet his reputation is still evil and literally the only reason why is because thor screwed with everybody's opinion of loki before they had a chance to see for themselves. if in avengers 1 thor had actually stopped and said 'to be honest this really is out of character for loki' and hadnt just accepted what was happening and been like 'yeah lets crush my brother' then maybe the avengers would of actually figured out the very obvious fact that it wasnt lokis fault. if thor 1 had been focusing on lokis pov instead of thors we would of seen the humane side of him and not the villainous act he put on (the act he put on because he had just found out that in asgardian culture he was supposedly a monster and had no idea what the fuck to do) and we would of seen loki go through the same redemption ark through the movies that thor supposedly went through in thor 1 (although the only fucking difference you can notice in other movies is that he doesn't throw mugs at the floor anymore where as loki actually develops somewhat of an acceptance towards himself and a more forgiving nature than anybody he actually forgave deserved)

the only part i think could be disputed is “if Thor 1 had been focusing on Lokis pov instead of Thors’ we would’ve seen the humane side of him and not the villainous act he put on“ because while the film was focused on Thor we do get to see that Loki is, relatively to everyone around him, a “good person” at the beginning, and even later in the film he’s clearly conflicted and feeling as if he has no other way to prove himself, and it shows, much more than any of Thor’s words or actions in the film because even though Loki gets half the screentime more of his characterisation is explored simply because for Loki the first Thor film is a time of crisis and he’s incredibly proactive about responding to the new information of being adopted which is trying to shift his entire worldview.

#Loki WAS relatively compassionate through Thor 1 but this may be because I'm comparing him to Thor and Odin #but Loki openly shows he cares through the entire start of Thor 1 #have you SEEN how he LOOKS at THOR? there's one part in the vault where Thor looks around the room #and his eyes pass over Loki for a second and he doesn't even acknowledge him but the second he's looking around you know what loki does??#he turns his full attention to Thor just in case Thor decides to address him and when Thor stops looking around he sulks #its not even a proper sulk its more like he's just resigned and used to being looked over #but he's still showing he cares #not to mention even without the deleted scenes Loki demonstrates the most emotions in the film... which is how you see how conflicted he is #he doesn't enjoy fighting and killing for fun like thor does #he doesn't want to slay all the frost giants like thor does #he doesn't want to have to put himself against thor to prove he's got worth #he does all that because he feels its the only way to gain even a semblance of acceptance or sense of purpose and it SHOWS #more screentime of loki would've been great but loki's side of the story was done pretty well in thor 1 #other than deleting the openning scene the audience gets to see the major points of loki's emotional changes and his plan coming into play #its thor's pov that ends up less interesting because he's oblivious and needs to learn some humility and humanity in my opinion #Loki puts on a show in Thor 1 and the best part of that is the audience can tell

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writingtheafterglow · 3 years

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Spider Like Me

Pairing: Peter Parker x Reader

Warning: fluff, slight angst, fighting, making out (kinda, not really, but still)

Summary: Spiderwoman (Y/N) has a huge crush on her partner Spiderman (Peter). Peter has a crush on the most popular girl in school Y/N Drew. Neither of them know the others identity.

A/N: Sup Shawty. This is definitely inspired by Miraculous Ladybug. This is also inspired by Women Like Me by Little Mix. This is pretty fluffy but there is some angst so yeah. Enjoy!

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Y/N Drew was always honest. She always tended to say what she was feeling. She was also pretty complicated. She always had to have her coffee with two sugars and had to have fun in her purse at all time. Being Tony Stark's niece she had people serving and waiting on her, but she didn't let that make her a spoiled brat like some girls with rich relatives. She was pretty popular in her school, Midtown School of Science and Technology, mainly because she was related to the Tony Stark. Another perk of having Tony Stark as your Uncle is you get to work with him. Well I don't know if you can consider what she does a job, but it sure feels like it. She has a pretty big secret. She is the friendly neighborhood Spiderwoman. Tony is the one who gave her the suit, missions, and other Superhero duties. Her life was pretty crazy.

Peter Parker is such a cute but akward kid. He only has one close friend, Ned. Him and Ned love Star Wars and Legos. They are always building new things out of Legos. But lately Peter hasn't had the time for that stuff because of his Stark Internship. What's really going on during his "Stark Internship" is actually way cooler than sorting papers and getting Me. Stark's coffee. Peter is actually the friendly neighborhood Spiderman. Tony gave him his suit and Introduced him to his partner Spiderwoman. They have never seen each others try identities because Tony didn't want any trouble outside of saving queens, just in case we didn't get along. In reality Spiderman and Spiderwoman got along perfect. In fact Spiderwoman started developing feelings for Spiderman but she can't tell him. Peter however has a crush on the most popular girl in school, Y/N Drew. He thinks she is perfect. He loves how her Y/H/C hair frames her face perfectly and how her beautiful Y/S/C glows naturally, she doesn't even wear much makeup. She is his dream girl.

It's now P.E time at Midtown. The students had just finished watching a video by Captain America. They were told to split into pairs and do sit ups. Y/N and some of her friends finished early so they decided to sit and talk in the bleachers. Peter was partnered with Ned still doing his sit ups. Ned was trying to convince him to ask Y/N out but Peter wouldn't do it.

"Come on Peter I'm sure she likes you" Ned claimed

"No Ned she won't"

You were still on the bleachers with your friends playing f, marry, kill.

"I'd f Thor, marry Iron Man, and kill Hulk. What about you Liz" Betty asks looking at your dark haired friends.

"Same but what about Spiderman?" She asks.

"Oh Spiderman..... he's cool I guess..." You say while your friends stare at you.

"Oh my gosh you totally like him" Betty squeals out. You cover your face and giggle.

"Maybe but he probably doesn't like me"

Peter and Ned overhear your conversation and just sit there in shock.

"Dude they're talking about you" Ned explains. Peter just sits there frozen. He couldn't believe it. You. Y/N Drew. Has a crush on Him, Peter Parker.

As you continue talking Ned gets an idea.

"Peter knows Spiderman!" Ned yells drawing the attention of the whole class including Y/N and her friends.

"Uh no, no I don't" Peter says getting up from the mat and walking towards you.

"They're friends" Ned says

"Yeah just like coach Wilson and captain America are friends" flash days jumping down from a rope.

"yeah I've met him a couple times......through the Stark Internship.......yeah well I'm not really supposed to talk about it" Peter says that last part turning around and glaring at Ned.

"Yeah well maybe you should invite him to Liz's party right?" Flash days motioning towards Liz.

"Yeah Peter you should Y/N would like that" Liz says laughing. You smack her lightly on the arm.

"Chill out guys give him a break......it's fine Peter you don't have to. I've already met him a few times because of my Uncle anyways so I'm good" you explain smiling at Peter. It was true you have met Spiderman before. Technically you ran into him on the way upstairs to see your Uncle but you still met him.

"Oh come on he'll be there right Parker" flash says as the bell rings.

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"Dude do you have the suit" Ned asks Peter as they walk towards the entrance of Liz's house.

Peter rolls up his sleeve a little to show his red and blue suit underneath.

"This is gonna change our lives" Ned says as they enter the house.

Once they get in they see colored lights and hear loud music. Peter looks over to see flash working as the Dj. They see red cups and paper plates everywhere.

"Hey guys, cool hat Ned" says Y/N walking towards them with a red cup in her hand.

"Hey Y/N" Peter says in a shaky voice.

"Cool party right. Liz throws the best parties" you say taking a sip from your drink.

"Yeah she....she does" Peter says smiling at you.

"P3N!S PARKER WHAT IS UP!" Flash says into the microphone.

"Where's your friend Spiderman. Probably in Canada with your imaginary girlfriend. That's not Spiderman, that's just Ned in a red shirt." Just as he stops talking you storm over to the Dj booth. You snatch the microphone from flash and glare at him.

"Leave him alone, your just jealous that he might have actually met Spiderman" you say shoving flash backwards.

"Whatever" he says grabbing the mic an placing it back on the booth.

Just as you were about to check on Peter, you turn around to see him gone. You were gonna look for him but then you see a weird light glowing in the distance, out of the window. You then run upstairs, pit your suit on, and swing towards the light. Once you get there you see Spiderman sitting on a wall.

"Sup Spidey" you say standing next to him

"Hey ghousty" Spiderman says. Ghosty is your nickname from him, one because your suit is white, two because some people call you Ghost Spider, but your official superhero name is Spiderwoman.

"So what's going on down there" you ask resting your arm in his shoulder as you both squat down.

"Don't know they're using a weird looking weapon" he says still looking at the bad guys.

"That doesn't look like something from earth" you say this because you've learned things from Tony. One being what alien weapons and machinery look like. That blaster they were using looked farmiliar but you couldn't put your finger on it.

"We need to stop them" Peter says. You nod and jump down at the same time he does.

"Sup fellas watcha doing?" You ask causing them to turn around.

Just then one of the men pull out a gun, but Spidey shoots a web and grabs it. You then run up and start to fight them. You got one on the ground and the other two are fighting Spidey. You jump on one of the men's shoulders and backflip off causing him to fall to the ground. Spidey got the other man on the ground. You guys then walk towards the van to see what they have. They have all sorts of weapons. Some look weirdly farmiliar to you.

"Let's take these somewhere safe" Spidey says. You nod and get into the front of the van. You guys drive off and take them to Stark Tower. Once you drop the weapons off you swing to a nearby building.

Once you get there you sit on the edge and sigh.

"What's the matter ghosty?" Spidey asks plopping down next to you.

"Nothing it's just.....I like this guy"

"Really well who's the lucky fella?" He asks scooting closer to you.

"I don't think I can tell you" you say scooting away from him.

"How about I tell you who I like first" he says causing your head to shoot up towards him.

"O-ok" you say.

"Ok so she goes to my school, she's pretty popular actually, I just wish she felt the same way." He says looking down at his hands.

"Well that's nice....can I know her name?" You ask

"Ok....Y/N Drew" he says whispering the name but you still heard it.

The eyes on your mask go wide and you suck in a breath. He likes you? All of the sudden you feel more nervous than when he asked the question.

"Oh" you say looking down at the city below you.

"Now you tell me who you like" he says voice a little shaky. You can tell he's shy, but he is still so sweet.

"Well now I can't tell you" you say getting up

"Wait, what, why?" He says getting up with you.

"Well....." You start to rock back and forth on your heels.

"Come on tell me please" he is so cute you can't say no to him.

"......you......" You whisper

"Huh?" He says

"YOU! There you happy now?" You say. You have no clue why you didn't want to tell him. He literally just told you he liked you, kinda.

"Oh...."

"Wait why am I so scared to tell you. I'm literally her?" You say. That was meant to just be in your head but it accidentally came out.

"Wait hold up what" oops he heard. You figured your in too deep now, screw it.

"Ugh.....Uncle Tony is gonna kill me" you say pulling your hood down.

"Uncle To-" just as he was about to ask you take your mask off. The eyes on his suit go wide. You stand there nervous.

"Y/N?" He ask in shock.

"Yeah..." He then walk towards you. He pulls his mask up just above his nose. You place your gloves hand on his cheek. You run your thumb over his lips. You were trying to recognize him but you couldn't.

You were gonna pull his mask up but he pulls you into a kiss. It is passionate and you can feel the spark. His hands rest on your waist and yours are on his neck. He pulls away and takes the rest of his mask off.

"PETER?" You say in shock.

"Yeah" he says smiling shyly

"Your Spiderman?" You ask again. Duh he was Spiderman.

"Yeah.....sorry for kissing you I should have-" you cut him off by smashing your lips into his once again. You pull away to look into his eyes.

"I like you" you say smiling.

"I like you too" he says rubbing circles on your waist with his thumb.

"What does this make us?" You ask

"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" He asks

"I don't know" you say

"Wait, why?" He ask. He is adorable

"I was just messing with you silly of course I want to be your girlfriend" you say. He calms down and pulls you into a hug.

You guys spend the rest of the night on the roof of a random building talking, holding hands, and stealing a few kisses. It still shocks you how could he fall for a girl- no a spider like you?

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©️ spideymix 2021

#tomholland #tom holland x y/n #tom holland fluff #tom x y/n #peter parker #peter parker x you #spiderman #spiderman fanfiction #marvel #mcu #romance #miraculous ladybug #miraculous lb #secret identity #tony stark #x y/n

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stxleslyds · 3 years

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MARVEL COMICS I READ TODAY!

I only had three comics in my pull list last week, one of them being Nightwing (which I already gave my thoughts on) and the two others being Black Cat #2 and King in Black #3.

I love when I have three to five comics to read in a week, but those three were absolute beauties!

Black Cat is super interesting and the art is gorgeous! Seeing Felicia being herself in the middle of a world ending event is truly a breath of fresh air! KiB is definitely very tense and emotional event so her tie-in is very needed if you just want to read something fun!

It's fun but it also gives Felicia her moment to shine, she is trusted with a very important mission: saving Doctor Strange from the symbiote cage, and she does so phenomenally!

And at the very end of the issue...boy oh boy! Felicia having the powers granted to her by an ancient asgardian artifact was not something that I saw coming... But I am glad it's happening!

And then we have King in Black... Before I read it I knew I wasn't ready for whatever I was going to read, because I read Venom's run we know that Eddie is fighting to go back to his son, he is dead but not dead dead.

However Dylan doesn't know that, in fact nobody knows that so, we are shown one of the most heartbreaking panels in this whole event, did we need it? No, but Marvel enjoys seeing us suffer :)

Dylan, this brave boy, understands that he is the best chance they have against Knull and he in his fight he actually saves Cap? I love him. Forever.

But then when shit goes inevitably south Thor appears and let me tell you I loved his entrance, but what I did not expect was a team up between Thor and Dylan, I mean... Marvel, are you trying to kill me???

Anyway shit goes south once more (I did mention that this event is tense) and Tony Stark comes to the rescue? I mean I hate the guy, like a lot but the moment I saw him I couldn't be happier about it!

And the end... Well KiB has given us amazing cliffhangers since the first issue so... I wasn't expecting it but I am sure glad it happened! The more people are willing to help, the better!

#marvel comics #marvel #king in black #black cat #KiB black cat #eddie brock #dylan brock #thor #silver surfer #doctor strange #knull

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gronjon44 · 3 years

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Ok so thoughts on MK-2021

I was gonna make a longer more spoilery review but I'm gonna cut it short cause there's one big thing I wanna talk about (so let's bullet point

Kano is and always will be one of my favorite characters in the MK Franchise (with Reptile, Barakka, Noob Saibot, and Scorpion) His character felt like it should and while I originally would've wanted to see Karl Urban as Kano I do really like Josh Lawsons performance.

Lui Kang and Kung Lao were really fun to watch, Lui especially (I'm not fully familiar with Kung Lao so I won't talk about him too much other then the fact I think he's neat)

I'll kinda consider this a ⚠️⚠️SPOILER⚠️⚠️ so if you wanna skip this whole bullet point snd the next one after; The villains were all awesome in this film (Reptile was awesome to see quick as it may have been, Mileena was fucking AWESOME, Reiko and Nitarra were... there? (I don't know either of them so they were just kinda canon fodder to me), Kabal was cooler then I thought he'd be (though I wanted more)

Gorro was awesome to see but he felt... underused? I'll go more into detail at the end.

Jax was alright but I never knew much about him then and I still don't

Sonya Blade was fine until the end and she just kinda felt... crammed in? Like yeah yeah know she has more in the games and she had a presence in the original 95 film, and she was an integral part of the story all the way through till the end but then she *spolier *spoiler *spoiler* with *insert name here* and she just felt like a thematic paper weight at the end.

Scorpion and Sub Zero were FANTASTIC and i have no complaints with either (at least not directly)

Raiden was there and he was played by Tadanobu Asano (of Thor) and was a MUCH NEED improvement over Christopher Lambert

And then Cole Young...⚠️SPOLIER BTW⚠️

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(I'm doing this in a smaller font to get everything I wanna say) I wanna like his character more I do, and i have nothing against Lewis Tan he's a phenomenal actor, but Cole Young is a weird character for this film.

Hes both underutalized and at the same time completely unnecessary to the plot.

Lewis Tan is the decendant of Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion) after all of Hanzos family was murdered by Sub Zero, say for one orphaned daughter; throughout the film he's hyped to have this big connection to Scorpion (through glimpses of a Kunai surrounded by far to even Cole seeing Hanzo in visions) and later on we see that each champion has a special power, and Coles "power" is supposedly passed down to him by his familial ties to Scorpion.

Now, from that description I'm sure you'd think Cole would gain the Hellish abilities Scorpions known for, or even his retractable Kunai, but NO, instead he gets these wrapping all across his body that act as a sort of shield to protect him and absorb incoming damage (its basically the Black Panther suit)

He also has a set of Tonfas (one of which is bladed) that appear when he needs them

Now I should point out that early on in the film it's shown to the audience that Cole is a struggling boxer trying to support his family, and if you look you can see these wrapping across his body are reminiscent of the boxing wrappings he put on his ha ds prior to a fight. But here's the thing... WHAT DOES HIM BEING A BOXER HAVE TO DO WITH HIS TIES TO HANZO?

You can argue it shows us he's always had a connection to tournament fighting, and yeah that's valid, but it doesn't change the fact that he and Scorpion don't really share a connection.

He unlocks his armor while fighting Gorro who was sent to hunt both him and his family (which frankly is such a waste of Gorro on it's own but I'll get to that in a minute)

When we see Cole get hit in his armor it glows a Hellish red, similar to the fires of Scorpions Hell based powers, but that's as far as it goes and it shows that the armor has absolutely nothing to do with their connection

If you wanted these two to share a bond in their powers, why not have Cole dress in clothes inspired by Scorpion, and then have his powers be hell based or have him control a mystical Kunai, and maybe have the soul of Hanzo watch over him

And this ties into both of the fights that Cole takes part in (Gorro and Sub Zero)

His fight with Gorro is cool, but Gorro isn't the same menace as he was in 95; he's a goon for Shang Tsung and that's it (they refer to him as a prince but even then he's mostly just a lackey, similar to Sub Zero and Scorpion were in the 95 film) And ⚠️SPOLIER⚠️ Gorro gets fucking wrecked.

And even then there is no stakes between them, other then his family might die; these two don't know each other, they have no beef, hell to Cole I bet Gorro is just a big monster.

And this is where the missed opportunity was with Sub Zero; Sub Zero HAS history with Cole there IS a beef between them (even if Cole isn't fully aware of it) but there final fight is just kinda... meh.

Sub Zero and Cole have a full fight (Sub-Z using his ice powers and Cole with his armor and Tonfas) and throughout the fight it looks like Cole might lose; that is until he cuts himself on a Kunai Raiden gave him (it was the original Kunai that belonged to Hanzo when he died) and his blood beint spilled on that blade actually SUMMONS Hanzo FROM the depths of Hell to help win the fight.

They win, Sub Zero dies, Hanzo is laid to rest blah blah blah.

Now, all of that sounds like a REALLY AWESOME IDEA in writing.

The problem is that it goes LITTERALLY NOWHERE WHEN THEY USED IT

Up until this point there is no physical evidence that shows Cole is Hanzos decendant, hell you could argue that Lui Kang is his decendant and it'd make more sense.

Cole's entire arc has been nullified by the simple fact that there is no physical evidence to show the two are related, and this whole blood feud with Sub Zero is kinda useless.

Now I'd like to propose an alternative plot point to fix this if you'll bare with me

Again, another ⚠️⚠️⚠️MASSIVE SPOLIER⚠️⚠️⚠️

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Shang Tsung kills Kung Lao in front of Lui Kang, basically setting off that entire arc like the 95 film. Now, here's the alternative I'd like to suggest.

Shang Tsung isn't the one to kill Kung Lao, Gorro is.

Gorro is ordered by Shang Tsung to kill Kung Lao after he ⚠️SPOLIER⚠️ kills Natarra.

And instead of killing off Gorro have him leave with Shang Tsung and the two return to Outworld and Lui Kang is left with a dead Kung Lao.

And to Parralell this, instead of Gorro fighting Cole, have a prelude fight between Cole and Sub Zero, one where Sub Zero actually DOES KILL Coles family (they didn't even die in the film so there)

Sub Zero can battle Cole, Cole can discover his powers, and Sub Zero (in a panic) can just fuckint destroy his whole house with his family inside by summoning a giant ice glacier inside the house.

This in turn adds more weight to the final fight between Sub Zero, Cole and Scorpion; Cole lost his family to Sub Zero, just like Hanzo did before him. And when Cole summons Scorpion in the climax it holds more weight because TWO GENERATIONS OF THE SHIRAI RYU CLAN avenging the deaths of their families in that instant.

And as for Lui Kang make him the main fighter of the ACTUAL TOURNAMENT (they don't even do the tournament in this film they just kinda talk about it) and have Lui battle Gorro for the Title of MK Champion.

Well... that was a long post. I think I'll end it here by saying that while i do have beefs with the film I still want to make it clear I don't hate jt, in fact I genuinely enjoy it.

I just... have some criticisms.

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat 2021 #mk 2021 #MK-2021 spoilers #spoilers #movie analysis

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spacesuitsforemergency · 4 years

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The Rise Of Iron Maiden

Chapter 6: Whatever It Takes

Word Count: 3.1k

Originally Requested by: @amateurwriterbigdreamer

Previous Chapter: The Return Of Iron Maiden

Next Chapter: The Time Heist

A/N: this chapter was so fun to write, hope you enjoy! This is probably my favorite chapter so far

“Come on, I feel like I'm the only one eating.” Dr. Banner pushes a plate forward. “Try some of that. Have some eggs.”

“I am so confused.” Scott stared in awe.

“Yeah...” you blink.

“These are confusing times.” Banner says seriously.

“Right. No, no, that's not what I meant.” Scott shook his head.

“What exactly is going on here?” Tye gestured to Banner...or...Hulk...Dr. Hulk...

“No, I get it. I'm kidding! I know. It's crazy. I'm wearing shirts now.” Bruce says happily. You stare at his current form, somehow part Banner and part Hulk.

“Yeah! Wh...How? Why?” Scott stuttered.

“Five years ago, we got our asses beaten. Except it was worse for me. Because I lost twice. First, Hulk lost, then Banner lost. Then, we all lost.” Bruce explained.

“No one blamed you, Bruce.” Natasha reassured him.

“I did. For years, I've been treating the Hulk like he's some kind of disease, something to get rid of. But then I started looking at him as the cure. Eighteen months in a gamma lab. I put the brains and the brawn together. And now look at me. Best of both worlds...” he motioned to himself.

“What is this Hannah Montana bullshit...?” You whisper to Tye as three children walk up behind Bruce...or Hulk.

“Excuse me, Mr. Hulk?” The girl asks shyly.

“Yes?” Banner turned to face them.

“Can we get a photo?”

“100%, little person. Come on, step up.” He took off his glasses and held his phone out to Scott. “You mind?”

Scott nods and takes the picture, leaning over to give the phone back. “Don't you wanna grab one with me? I'm Ant-Man.” He offered. “They're Hulk fans, they don't know Ant-Man. Nobody does.”

“Wait, no, no, he feels bad. No, he wants you to...he wants to...” he turns to the kids, the boy shakes his head. “You want to take a picture with him, right?”

“Stranger Danger.” The other boy adds.

“He's even saying no he doesn't. I get it. I don't want it either.” Scott tried to shrug it off.

You and Tye cringed in second hand embarrassment as the scene unfolded in front of you, Natasha rolling her eyes and continuing to eat her breakfast.

“Anyways...” Tye muttered when the kids finally walk away.

“About what we were saying...” Steve added.

“Right. The whole time travel do-over? Guys, it's outside my area of expertise.” He shook his head as he turned back to face you guys.

“Well, you pulled this off. I remember a time when that seemed pretty impossible time, too.” Natasha smiled.

•

“Okay, here we go. Time travel test number one. Scott, fire up the uhhh... the van thing.”

You stand with Banner and perfect the controls, Tye, Steve and Nat standing aside to let you two work.

“Breakers are set, emergency generators are on standby.” You alert him.

“Good. 'Cause if we blow the grid, I don't wanna lose Tiny here in the 1950's.” Banner snickered. Everyone looks at him with concern.

“Excuse me?” Scott asked, panicked.

“He’s kidding!” Tye said, only half sure.

“You can’t say things like that.” Natasha laughs nervously.

“Yeah uh...just a bad joke. Scientist humor.” You reassure Scott, and he seems satisfied with your answer.

“You were kidding, right?” Natasha whispered to you two.

“I have no idea. We're talking about time travel here. Either it's all a joke, or none of it is.” You shrug.

“We're good! Get your helmet on, Scott. I'm gonna send you back a week, let you walk around for an hour, then bring you back in 10 seconds. Makes sense?” Bruce sends a thumbs up to Scott.

“Perfectly not confusing.” Scott nodded sarcastically.

“Good luck, Scott. You’ve got this.” Steve called over to him.

“You're right. I do, Captain America.” Scott smiles proudly. Bruce presses a button, and Scott is sucked into the Quantum Realm. “On the count of three. 3...2...1!”

The Ant Man suit comes back, but inside of it is a teenager.

“Uh, guys? This...this doesn't feel right.” What you presumed was teenage Scott Lang, said worriedly.

“What is this?” Steve asked.

“Oh hell no.” Tye shook his head.

“What’s going on?” You ask Bruce as he fiddles with the controls.

“That...who is that?” Natasha asked.

“Hold on.” Bruce said, panicking.

“Is that Scott?” Natasha asked, lookingback and forth between the teenager and the scientists.

“Yes, it’s Scott!” Teenage Scott shouted.

He’s sucked in again, and when he reappears there’s an old man.

“Ow! My back!” Old Man Scott Lang groaned.

“What is this?” Steve repeated.

“Can I get a little space here?” Bruce shooed at them.

“Yeah yeah. Can you bring him back?” Steve persisted.

“I’m working on it!” Bruce nudged you aside, now taking full control of the panel. You step down, standing between Steve and Tye.

“For the love of the lord...” Tye pinched the bridge of his nose. “Obviously we’re working with a couple of geniuses.”

“Hey, this isn’t me.” You raise your hands in surrender, as another form of Scott appears.

“It’s a baby.” Steve blinked.

“It’s Scott!”

“As a baby!”

“He’ll grow.”

“Bring Scott back!”

“When I say kill the power, kill the power.” Bruce motioned for you to go to the generator.

“Oh god. Oh my god.” You mutter nervously, walking to the generator.

“And...kill it!”

You pull the lever, and everything shuts down. You sigh in relief when you finally see the normal Scott Lang.

“Oh thank god.” Natasha took a breath.

“Somebody peed my pants.” Scott blinked. “But I don't know if it was "baby" me or "old" me...Or just "me" me.”

“Time travel!” Bruce cheered. You and Steve don’t say anything, Tye and Natasha give him an identical look of displeasure. “What? I see this as an absolute win!”

•

“Hey there, Iron Maiden.”

You turn to see your dad standing in the doorway of your old room, where you were currently searching for said Iron Maiden suit. You swear you left it in your closet before you left.

“What are you doing here?” You glare at your father.

“Thought you might want this.” Tony hands you a briefcase. You take it and slowly open it, seeing a polished up version of your suit.

“You...?”

“I’ve been doing some thinking and...you’re right.” Your dad admits. “This chance...it’s worth it.”

“So you’re going to help?” You ask hopefully.

“You seem desperate for it. Let me guess: he turned into a baby.”

“Yeah how did you...?”

“That's the EPR Paradox. Instead of pushing Lang through time, you might've wound up pushing time through Lang. It's tricky. Dangerous. Somebody should've cautioned you against it.”

“You did.” You chuckle lightly.

“Oh, I did?” He winked playfully at you. “Thank God I'm here. Regardless, I fixed it. A fully functioning Time-Space GPS. I just want peace. Turns out, resentment is corrosive, and I hate it.”

“Like father like daughter.” You chuckle.

“We got a shot at getting these stones, but I gotta tell you my priorities: Bring back what we lost? I hope, yes. Keep what I got? I have to, at all costs. And... maybe not die trying will be nice.” He negotiates.

“...sounds like a deal.” You agree. He reaches out to shake your hand, you grab it and pull him into a hug. He hugs for a moment before straightening up.

“Oh, and don’t parade that around. Pretend like you had it the whole time, I don’t have one for the whole team. We are getting the whole team, right?” He raised an eyebrow.

“You bet your ass we are.”

•

“Kind of a step down from a from a golden palace for an Avenger highness and whatnot.” Rocket mutters as the truck arrives at New Asgard, which was in a small fishing town in Norway. You hop out, following them along the docks.

“Hey, have a little compassion, pal. First they've lost Asgard, then half the people. They're probably just happy to have a home.” Bruce tells him.

You were on your way to try to convince Thor to rejoin the team, so that you would have a better shot at succeeding. Tye was with Natasha to go get Clint, Rhodey was back preparing with Nebula, Tony, Natasha, Scott, and Steve.

A girl called Valkyrie points you in the direction of Thors residence, and you follow the raccoon and the Hulk into a house.

“What the...Woo! Something died in here.” Rocket grimaced at the smell, and you scrunched your nose up in disgust.

“Hello? Thor?” Bruce calls through the house.

“Are you here about the cable?” Thor calls from somewhere. Your jaw drops when you see him. He’s definitely...put on a few pounds.

“The Cinemax ran out about two weeks ago, and the sports were all kind of fuzzy.” Thor rambled on as he grabbed a beer.

“Thor?” You ask, and he turns to look at you.

“Boys! Y/N!” He cheered happily. “Oh my God! Its so to see you!” He then pulled Rocket into a hug. “Come here, you little rascal!”

“No, I'm good. I'm good. That's not necessary.” Rocket pried himself away from Thor, dodging and standing on the other side of you.

“Hulk, you know my friends, Miek, Korg, right?” He gestured to a rock guy and some alien, playing...ew, Fortnite. Thank god Tye and Jaime weren’t here to witness this (they would probably physically fight them).

“Beer's on the bucket. Feel free to log on to the Wi-Fi. No password, obviously.” Korg then goes back to his game. “Thor, he's back. The kid on the TV that called me a dickhead again.”

“NoobMaster.” Thor growled, as of spewing the name of his greatest enemy and grabbing the headset. “Noobmaster? Yeah, it's Thor again. You know, the God of Thunder? Listen, buddy. If you don't log off this game immediately, I am gonna fly over to your house, come down to that basement you're hiding in, rip off your arms AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR BUTT!!! Oh, that's right. Yes, go cry to your father, you little weasel!”

“What is going on?” You whisper to the guys.

“We’re witnessing the human embodiment of the word ‘loser’.” Rocket muttered, Bruce lightly nudging him. “What?”

“Buddy, you alright?” Bruce ignores the non raccoon.

“Yes, I'm fine! Why, don't I look all right?” Thor asked.

“You look like melted ice cream.” Rocket crossed his arms.

“So, what’s up?” Thor chuckled.

“We need your help. There might be a chance we could fix everything.” You explain.

“What, like the cable? Cause that's been driving me bananas for weeks.”

“Like Thanos.” Bruce says softly.

Thor’s smile slowly fades, and he grabs Bruce’s shoulder. You watch as Thor goes through about a million emotions as Bruce reasons with him, explaining in proper detail why he should come.

“There’s beer on the ship.” Rocket finally adds, and that perks Thor’s attention.

“...what kind?”

•

“Drifting left. On the side there, Lebowski.” Tony says to Thor as he passes him, going up to Rocket, where Tye’s assisting him with building the glass platform. “Ratchet, how's it going?”

“It's Rocket. Take it easy. You're only a genius on Earth, pal.” Rocket points a wrench at him, before turning to Tye. “Alright kid, where’s that drill?”

Tony continued to strut down the hallway, finding you in a side room with Natasha, Rhodey, Scott, Bruce and Steve.

“Time travel suit? Not bad.” Rhodey admires your work.

“Scott, I made it close to your Ant Man suit so you don’t get confused.” You say slowly, as if he were a child.

“Yeah, Thanks.” Scott scoffed, before shrieking. “Hey, hey, hey! Easy, easy!”

“I’m being very careful!” Bruce insisted.

“No, you’re being very Hulky.” Scott sighs. “These are Pym Particles, alright? And ever since Hank Pym got snapped out of existence, this is it. This is what we have. We're not making any more.”

“Scott, calm down.” Rhodey said.

“You’ve got to chillax, man.” You nod.

“Sorry. We've got enough for one round trip each. That's it. No do-overs. Plus two test runs.” He waves around, and accidentally pressed a button. “One test run.”

You walk with him to the test chamber helping him prepare with Rocket, the others watching from a control panel.

“All right. I’m not ready for this.” Scott said shakily from his nerves.

“I’m game. I’ll do it.” Clint piped up. You and Rocket groan, since you just finished setting everything up for Scott.

You help Clint with the suit, telling him the controls while Rocket adjusts everything. Then, you step back to the control panel with the others.

“Clint, now you're gonna feel a little discombobulated from the chronoshift. Don't worry about it.” Bruce instructed.

“Wai-Wait a second, let me ask you something. If we can do this, you know, go back in time, why don't we just find baby Thanos, you know, and...” Rhodey made a hand gesture, suggesting that you strangle baby Thanos with a rope.

“Ooh, I like that plan.” Tye grinned, Rhodey also smiling and patting him on the shoulder proudly.

“First of all, that’s horrible...” Bruce said, disgusted at their joy from the idea of killing a child. “...And secondly, time doesn't work that way. Changing the past doesn't change the future.”

“Look, we go back, we get the stones before Thanos gets them... Thanos doesn't have the stones. Problem solved.” Scott shrugged.

“Exactly!” Tye nodded.

“Bingo.” Clint piped up.

“That’s not how it works.” Nebula rolled her eyes in annoyance.

“Well, that’s what I heard.” Clint shrugged.

“What? By who? Who told you that?” Bruce asked.

“Terminator, TimeCop, Time After Time-“ Rhodey began to list.

“Star Trek, Donnie Darko, Men in Black III.” You added.

“Quantum Leap and Meet the Robinsons.” Scott said.

“A Wrinkle in Time, Somewhere in Time-“ Rhodey nodded.

“Hot Tub Time Machine. Butterfly Effect. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Basically, any movie that deals with time travel.” Tye said, as if everyone was stupid for not knowing.

“Die Hard? No that’s not one...” Scott mumbled.

“This is known.” You say.

“I don't know why everyone believes that, but that isn't true. Think about it: If you travel to the past, that past becomes your future. And your former present becomes the past. Which can't now be changed by your new future...” Bruce explained to everyone.

“Exactly.” Nebula nodded.

“So...Back To The Future's a bunch of bullshit?” Scott asked, horrified.

“So my childhoods been ruined.” Tye mumbled, to which you and Rhodey nodded in agreement.

“Alright, Clint. We're going in 3... 2... 1!” Bruce presses the button. You all watch in anticipation, then Bruce hits the button again.

Clint appears again, breathing heavily. Natasha rushes over to him, the rest of you circling him.

“Hey, hey. Look at me. You okay?” Natasha asked.

“Yeah, it worked. It worked.” Clint held up a baseball glove.

•

“You ready for this?” You ask Tye, playing with your food, too nervous to eat.

“No.” He laughed bitterly.

“At least we don’t have to help them track down the Stones.” You sigh. The Avengers were all racking their brains, trying to track them all down. Since you and Tye knew nothing about the Stones, you were excused from the meeting.

“Yeah. God forbid we use a couple brain cells.” He chuckled.

“What if we screw it up?” You ask after a few moments of silence.

“That’s what I’m worried about. We only have one shot to bring everyone back.” He sighed.

“Hopefully the one we’re assigned won’t be hard to get.” You kick your feet up and drape your legs across his lap.

“Please, as if anything with this job is easy.” Tye scoffed, shoving your legs off of him.

“I’m just happy to see everybody again. Did you notice Clint’s fresh cut?” You grinned.

“And the tattoos.” Tye nodded. “And Thor kinda...bulked up.”

“He plays Fortnite now.” You nod.

“Excuse me?” Tye raised an eyebrow, before pretending to gag.

“It’s...disturbing.” You giggle.

“Guys!” Scott ran into the room, a panicked look on his face. You and Tye stand, waiting for him to continue. “We got it.”

You both rush out to the room they’d been planning in, seeing the plans on the holographic screen. After they thoroughly explain the plan, everyone headed to bed for a good nights rest. Tye stays behind, eyes scanning the screens.

Jaime is counting on him, his best friend is counting on him to bring him back to life. You’re counting on him to bring back Eduardo and Peter. Scott and Clint’s counting on him to bring their families back. Steve is counting on him to bring Bucky back. Everyone’s counting on him to bring everyone back, and it terrifies him.

“What are you doing, kid?”

He looks over to see Natasha in the doorway, a concerned look on her face.

“Just...triple checking.” He mumbled, trying to slow his breathing and calm his nerves.

“Hey, it’ll be okay.” Natasha walked over to comfort her son. “You’ll be with Y/N, you know how she is. Nothing ever goes wrong with her around.”

“It went wrong on Titan.” He muttered, then shook his head. “It’s just...Jaime, he’s like my brother. I need to bring him back.”

“We will bring him back. We’re going to bring everyone back.” She reassured him.

“Thanks...mom.”

•

“All right. We have a plan. Six Stones, three teams. One shot.” Steve says as everyone suits up. “Five years ago, we lost. All of us. We lost friends...We lost family...We lost a part of ourselves. Today, we have a chance to take it all back. You know your teams, you know your missions. Get the stones, get them back. One round trip each. No mistakes. No do-overs. Most of us are going somewhere we know. But it doesn't mean we should know what to expect. Be careful. Look out for each other. This is the fight of our lives. And we're gonna win. Whatever it takes.”

“Whatever it takes.” You all repeat, forming a circle and putting your fists in the middle. You look at everyone, each person has determination in their eyes.

“He's pretty good at that.” Rocket looked up at you.

“Right?” Scott said excitedly.

“All right. You heard the man. Stroke those keys, jolly green.” Tony told Bruce, who would be staying behind to make sure everything went smoothly on this end.

“Tractors engaged.” Bruce nodded.

“You promise to bring that back in one piece, right?” Rocket asks about his shrunken ship in Clint’s hand.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I'll do my best.” Clint nodded along.

“As promises go, that was pretty lame.” Rocket mumbled.

“See you in a minute.” Natasha smiles brightly at Clint and Tye.

“Good luck, mom.” Tye nodded.

And with that, you enter the Quantum Realm.

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ursaspecter · 6 years

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The kind of parents Marvel characters would be

This is just for fun and also my opinion so don't take it too seriously thanks.

Steve: Plays catch with his kids, teaches them to think and ask questions about things and form their own opinions instead of just agreeing with him all the time. Gets mad at schools teaching false history and would homeschool his kids if he had the time

Bruce: Cargo shorts, sandals, polo shirts kind of dad. Gets really excited if their kids have an interest in science and just busts out the chemistry set. Would probably get tricked into doing their science project for them.

Tony: Quietly supports their child/children's passions. Would flip out and just go ham if he found out his kid was being bullied and be there for them. Would sue the school system for making his kid stressed to the point where their mental health is being affected by it.

Thor: Goes to pride with his kid(s) as the supportive dad he is. Bedtime stories consist of old battle tales and stories from his childhood. Lets his kids practice braiding his hair.

Loki: Probably wouldn't have kids. He'd just be that uncle that shoots illegal fireworks with you and tells you embarrassing stories about your parents. But if he did have kids of his own, he would always be there for them and help them figure out their identity and be comfortable with themselves.

Natasha: The cool mom that lets her kids drink coffee and start swearing once they're 12. She'd be the kind of mom that appears in iconic vines. On the PTA board just to see what it's like.

Clint: (Yes I know he already has a family and this is just basically restating what we saw in AOU) The dad that teaches his kids all kinds of handywork because those are important skills that everyone should know. Tells outlandish stories about old missions that aren't true to make his job sound more interesting.

Bucky: No kids just a goat farm and a plum orchard.

Sam: Pulls into the McDonald's drive thru in a car full of screaming children and orders one black coffee. Tells his kids that they have the moral backbone of a chocolate éclair when they say something stupid.

Peter Q: Joins a dad band with other dads from his kid's school. Plays the same playlists on roadtrips. Does embarrassing dad dances in front of his kid's friends.

Gamora: Does her best to be a good mom. Would never force her kids to do anything they didn't want to unless she knew it was for her own good.

Wanda: Might be a little too involved in her kid's life, but they'd eventually come to a compromise. Always there when they need her.

Vision: Also does his best to be a good parent. Reads like five different parenting guides to be statistically good. Kinda dorky but his kids think he's cool.

Scott: (Again I know that he already has a daughter and this is gonna be the same way Clint's was) Doesn't care what color packaging the toy comes in, he just buys what he thinks his kid will enjoy. Has nerf battles on the weekends.

T'Challa: Uses memes incorrectly. Wears socks and sandals. No shoes in the house. He'd let their kids believe in whatever they want to as long as it wasn't hurting anyone. Teaches his kids to stand up for themselves and their beliefs and to fight for them.

Nakia: Loves babies and thinks they're cute. Teaches her kids to be nice to waiters and retail employees and fast food employees.

Okoye: Would die for her kids and would probably kill or threaten to kill anyone that threatens them. Her kids respect her and get really uncomfortable when they see white kids™ scream and swear at their moms and call them by their first names.

Eric: What do you mean I can't teach a baby how to use a butterfly knife

Stephen: You're only allowed to smoke weed/vape in the backyard. Only buys organic and unprocessed foods. Smacks anyone who scolds him for vaccinating his kids. Kids call him instead of going to the school nurse

Hela: Wouldn't have kids. She'd just be a vodka aunt to Thor and Loki's kids.

Bonus: Peter P and Shuri as pet owners

Peter P: Trains his dog to respond to vines. Buys his dog costumes for Halloween each year.

Shuri: Trains birds to steal stuff from T'Challa, gets the exact animal T'Challa would be allergic to.

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imaginetonyandbucky · 7 years

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During his time on the run, Bucky accidentally got caught up in a crisis where the Avengers got called in and was rescued by Iron Man, who thought he was just a random (albeit cute) civilian. Bucky doesn't have the heart to tell him he wasn't really in danger, being a super soldier and all. Besides, it felt nice to be rescued and cared for (especially when his rescuer was admittedly kind of hot). Later when he joins the team he constantly refers to Tony as his hero just to make him blush.

My Hero

xxxBuckyxxx

“Sorry, dear, noplums. They’re a bit out of season,” the elder lady says, clearly too polite toimmediately tell me I’m stupid.

Not only are plumsout of season, but only an idiot or brainwashed, former HYDRA assassin from the40’s could ask for plums on an early spring farmer’s market. In Canada.

Ontario goddamn Canada!

Why did I move hereagain? Oh…because HYDRA was hot on my tail in Czechia, Steve and his pal almostgot me in Peru and I’m not even going to comment on what happened in Malaysia.So I thought Canada would be a perfect hideout for a moment. Too cold and tooclose to the US for my liking – something HYDRA would think as well. No HYDRAspotted for a month proves my theory correct.

No HYDRA but alsono plums. What a terrible trade-off.

“I have somesplendid, delicious apples though!”

“Thank you, I’llhave a pound or two,” I cave in underneath her bargaining skills and end upwith a bag full of admittedly nice, golden apples. They’ll have to do. I’mmoving back to Europe after I overstay my welcome here, that’s for sure.

“Is that a bird?”the elder asks, frowning at the sky.

I glance around myshoulder to see what she’s looking at and thatis not a bird! I grab my apples and the granny and jump out of the way of whatlooks like some kinda falling space debris.

Are the Russiansdecommissioning more space stuff?

Seconds later, thegranny’s stall is blasted off by the impact, the fruits and veggies flyingeverywhere.

I half-carry her tothe nearest store, kick open the door and push her in there. “Go inside!”

The square issuddenly in complete chaos, everyone’s running around, screaming, tripping overeach other. It’s just a falling debris people, calm the fu –

Why is the debrismoving?!

“Ow! You did thaton purpose didn’t you, J?! Nah uh! Don’t even, you little…just wait till I getback!” the not-debris rants, limbs struggling to untangle from the crash-landedmess.

(read-more ahead!)

Sound of very distinct,clear buzz of engines roars through the air and in a speedy landing maneuver, acompact flying craft I recognize only too well touches the ground at thefarthest side of the large square.

Great. Whenever Idodge HYDRA I end up with the Avengers. Can’t a guy get a month just tohimself?! Hell, a week at least!

“Watch out!”

I was beingmetaphorical about the whole dodging business, but leave it to that flyingpiece of junk that destroyed poor granny’s stall to smash into me full force, sendingus flying sideways.

Red, gold, flyingand metal – I don’t need the Winter Soldier’s restless presence at the back ofmy mind to tell me who just almost knocked the lights outta me.

Tony Stark. The Iron Man. Threat level: High. Captureor kill.

HYDRA’s little memoneeds to be updated. Threat level high?! Romanov is a high level threat, CaptainAmerica is a high level threat…Iron Man is a damn menace, ultra hazard to one’slife and market stalls!

The dust clearsafter our unceremonious landing and I’m left staring into wild hazel eyes of mywould-be savior. Okay, so maybe he did save me, seeing that the spot on thepavement I’ve been standing on two seconds ago is now a big smoking hole in thepavement. But that doesn’t change the fact that his one thousand pounds worthof metal is now squishing me to death…if I was just a random pedestrian and nota supersoldier, I’d be flat as a pancake by now.

Those expressiveeyes widen slightly and is that a blush right there?! “Sorry!” he blurts out,rolling off to finally let me breathe. “You okay?” he kneels next to me, metalfingers resting against my chest in a subtle gesture to keep me laying down.

I almost wanna rollmy eyes and tell him I’m the Winter goddamn Soldier, I most definitely didn’tneed saving and he doesn’t have to worry about me in the least!

Thing is, I am notthe Winter Soldier. I am Bucky Barnes and Bucky Barnes likes what he’s seeingright now very, very much. Talkin’ in third person too…great. HYDRA’s memoreally is useless; it completely forgot to mention how handsome Tony Stark is.Especially up close. Should have been listed in the threat level, to be honest.Damn HYDRA…

Stark frowns andsnaps his fingers in front of me. “Hey gorgeous, you still with me or what? Areyou hurt? Can you get up? D’you need a hand?”

“If it’s your handin marriage then yes, I need one,” I say before my brain can register thewords.

A startled chuckleescapes his lips – stop thinkin’ abouthis lips, Bucky! – and the blush intensifies. “You hit your head there,didn’t ya? Anyway, I gotta go. Have a date with funky alien projectile bugs.”

“I’ll fight themfor you.”

“Why thank you, buthow about I do the fighting and you do the staying low and safe, hm?” hesuggests, getting up.

“My hero,” I smirkup at him, starting to enjoy his flustered reaction.

“Stop flirting withcivilians and start blasting these things off!” some bow and arrow weirdoshouts from the top of a nearby statue causing Stark to roll his eyes.

“On it, Katniss!JARVIS! Where’s my helmet!” he yells and with a wink he disappears back intothe fray.

I jump back to myfeet and scatter out of the square that has now become a battlefield. Not thatI’d be threatened by…real funky alien projectile bugs. I could easily introducethem to my metal fist, but that would without a doubt not go unnoticed by theAvengers. I couldn’t dodge Iron Man but I’d rather not come face to face withany more Avengers, especially those that could recognize me.

I watch the fightfrom a safe distance, gaze lingering more and more on the red and gold flyingsuit of armor. A strange…fluffy feeling settles in my stomach, making theWinter Soldier all uncomfortable and growly and I honestly couldn’t care less. Fora fleeting moment there, I finally felt like Bucky Barnes. Not something inbetween or forgotten, incomplete.

One hundred percentBucky.

That’s part of whatI’ve been looking for these past few months on the run. Myself. Of course fatehas a sense of humor and would throw exactly that right in my face…or rather itthrew Tony Stark in my face and the rest just suddenly clicked into place.

Time to go back toEurope. And then…who knows.

xxxTonyxxx

Son of a bitch. Sonof a…okay, it’s probably my fault that I haven’t studied the Winter Soldier filesthoroughly enough and so wouldn’t be able to recognize Bucky Barnes even if Icrashed right into him.

Because that’sexactly what happened! I crashed right into him and did not recognize him.Smashed riiiiiiight into the Winter Soldier, thinking I was saving him. Me. Savingthe Winter Soldier. From some nasty alien critters he could probably squishwith his pinky.

Nope, it was worsethan that. I thought I just saved a random…cute…civilian. Cute!

I thought the WinterSoldier was cute! Steve’s bestgoddamn friend Bucky Barnes!

Who turned up atthe Tower a couple of days ago, after almost a year on the run. And few monthsafter our little impromptu meet & greet in Canada. The hell was he doing inCanada?!

Not that itmatters. What matters is the fact that the former HYDRA assassin, who strikesfear even in Natasha ninja Romanov when it comes to it, waltzed into the Towerafter being cleared by SHIELD, his trusty best pal Steve right next to him and oncehe greeted all the other Avengers and turned to me, that little bastard grinnedlike a madman and said:

“Oh hey, it’s myhero from Ontario! Hi there.”

He even made itrhyme…I was done! So done, I was…blushinglike an idiot. Tony Stark, blushing like an idiot in front of everyone. And theman who caused it seemed to be enjoying every second of it.

Damn him!

If only it were justthat one time but oh nooooo. Ever since then, he obviously made it his personalmission to throw that Canadian incident at me every chance he got.

“Ah! Thanks for brewing the coffee, it’s amazing! Stilla hero, even this early in the morning.”

“That’s it? The joint’s been drivin’ me nuts for daysand you just smack it with a screwdriver a couple times and it’s as good asnew? You’re my hero.”

“I’m just saying, for the record, JARVIS is a godsend!I’d be so lost without him. Guess the kudos goes to the superhero that createdhim. Super in every way and a hero through and through.”

Every. Chance. He.Got.

And he got me blushinglike a crazy teenager every time.

My hero.

He keeps calling methat like I am some kinda savior of his sent from the God above! From what Iremember, one of those damn bugs slammed into me mid-air and I plummeted downlike a comet…that’s hardly a divine intervention.

And I doubt he evenneeded saving! I watched him train with Rogers yesterday, he does not need saving, alright?

So here I am,sipping on my morning coffee, wondering how this is my life now. Can’t even goone day without him…without him…flirtingwith me? Is that what he’s doing? Why would he be doing that? With me? He’s the one that can make Thor andhis biceps run for his money. And me? I’m…not thirty anymore. Barely funny,barely…desirable. He’s probably just making fun of me and here I am, the foolwho’d think he’s actually interested in -

“Can ya open thefridge for me?”

“Hm,” I hum,automatically opening the fridge doors without looking at the newcomer.

Yeah. He’s makingfun of me, that must be it. I know Steve never really got over his dislike forme but at least he’s not being cruel about it. Bucky’s fucking savage about it!

“Thanks…my hero,”the person currently stuffing the fridge with vegetables whispers and I almostspit the coffee right there and then.

“Oh for fuck’ssake, you two! Get a room already or somethin’,” Clint complains, shoving twomore bags into Bucky’s arms to unload into the fridge.

“Since when isanyone around here going grocery shopping? That’s what deliveries are for!” Istare at the bags, not meeting their eyes because of course I’m blushing again!

“Shopping’s relaxin’,I love it! The local market’s the best. They’ve got plums,” he adds with asmall smile.

“Of course they’vegot plums, what do you mean? They’ve got everything! Welcome to the 21stcentury, Brooklyn boy.”

“Lovin’ the 21stcentury. So many…wonders around here these days.”

“Oooookay, that’sit!” I push the fridge close, making the supersoldier jump away. “You, out!” Iwave at Clint, who lingers curiously on the spot. “Out, now, Birdbrain!”

“Fine! Jeez, I’mgoing,” he mumbles and vanishes out of the kitchen.

“And you!” I pointmy finger at the startled man. “Are you done making fun of me?”

His upward quirk oflips fades at that. “What? Wait, I’m…how am I making fun of you?”

“You serious?!What, with all the ‘Oh Tony, you’re my hero! My savior!’ stuff?! How am Isupposed to understand that other than you making fun of me, hm?”

He widens his eyes,putting the bags down on the floor. “You think that I’m making fun of you…wheneverI call you that?” he asks and actually looks horrified, which in turn makes me horrified.

Oh oh. Did I screwup again? My brain to mouth filter, I swear to God…

“Yeah…? Yes. Aren’tyou? Because then I’m at a loss as to why would you call…uh…,” I stutter, eyinghim suspiciously as he walks closer, that small smile returning. “Me…uh…call methat. Why would you call me that,” I clear my throat.

“Why would I?” hechuckles. “Here I thought I was being so obvious and cheesy and…old-fashioned.Steve actually said I was being – and I quote – fucking stupid. Yes, he saidthat.”

“Obvious…stupid…what?”I blink in confusion.

“Obviously,stupidly in love,” he shrugs and looks away. “You look so cute and…oblivious wheneverI bring up Canada and…the whole ‘my hero’ thing. The blush looks good on ya soI figured I wouldn’t stop, just so that I could see it over and over again.”His smile drops again and suddenly he’s the shy one in the room. “If it’sbothering you I’m just gonna - ”

I’m a genius… or soI thought, until I’ve apparently completely missed the fact that yes, BuckyBarnes was flirting with me this whole time! Some genius I am…well, there’sstill hope for me yet.

So I kiss the manmid-sentence, putting a stop to any more blasphemous words coming out of thisgorgeous mouth.

“Not bothering me.At. All,” I whisper against his lips.

“Yeah I uh…kindagot that from the…the kiss,” he whispers back. “So…do I still get to call youmy hero whenever I want to?”

“Depends…do I getto kiss you whenever I want to?”

“I sure hope youwill,” he smirks, but it lacks his usual confidence. It’s shy and oh…why hellothere.

Turns out I’m notthe only one looking cute while blushing. Gonna have to do this a lot moreoften then, too…for science.

~Lantia

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