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❤️❤️❤️ Proud of everyone who participated in this event!

To say that we’re beyond devastated and at a loss for words barely scratches the surface of what we’re feeling in the wake of the U.S. election, and it’s been a struggle to figure out what to say and how to speak with impassioned clarity when we're muddling through fury, heartbreak, and fear. So what we did was go back to our 2018 "thank you" post to all of our creators, bidders, signal boosters, and supporters to reflect on the beginnings of MTH and where we can go from here.

When Marvel Trumps Hate was created, it was made with the hope that our name would outlast Trump. We would fight to eradicate the hate that he and his ilk have sown and continue to spread and not only survive but also thrive in spite of it. That Trump would be re-elected six years later by a bigger, more emphatic margin, with the Republicans taking the House and Senate, is a damning indication of the state of the U.S. today and a result that is of extreme concern for everyone in the U.S. and around the world.

In many ways, it’s dispiriting that not only have a lot of things not changed since MTH was founded, but they’ve also become actively worse and more dysfunctional. But the difference between 2018 and 2024 is that while our anger hasn’t gone away, our rage is now accompanied with a better, more clear-eyed understanding of what’s broken and what actions need to be taken. We know what needs fixing—and what works.

What works is community. We may not be able to put our trust in certain systems and people in power, but we can lean on and take care of one another. We have to and we will. How do we know this? Because you’ve all shown that since the beginning. We were reminded of it when reading our 2018 post and thinking about the past six years of MTH. Like we said in our closing message at the end of this year’s auction, it’s easy to feel defeated, but time and time again, we’ve learned that the most important thing is to show up even if you’re unsure of what impact you can have as just one person. Every year, that’s what you all do.

Hope doesn’t come from nowhere. We have to create it ourselves. And while there are dark days ahead of us, what we have to hold onto as we march forward, what lights our way, is the knowledge that you’re doing just that. This year’s auction is proof of it.

This year, 180 "Marvel"-ous creators came forward to offer 293 auctions. They offered 360 unique platonic and romantic relationships and character-centric options (if we include "all ships/gen"-inclusive relationships, this number is even higher) across 40 universes within the Marvel multiverse.

This spirit of inclusion goes beyond trying to encompass as much of the Marvel fandom as possible and can be seen in our auction and charity results too. Every one of 293 auctions was bid on, and every one of our 30 supported charities received donations. As ever, we’re in awe of your commitment to supporting all our creators and charities.

As for the crowning achievement, the culmination of our efforts, the grand total we raised this year is…

Wow. This is the most we’ve ever raised in a single MTH auction (other than our Spiders Georg 2021 auction), and you shattered the record for the highest amount donated to a charity AGAIN, with $9,420.62 going to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) too. This is all the more impressive considering it was accomplished by the second-to-smallest number of creators and auctions we had. It goes to show that no matter how small you are, you can pack a punch if you team up.

You can see the effort of our teamwork and the breakdown of the donations here (to enlarge the image, click here and hover to see the donation amount per charity).

We’ve also listed the amount raised per charity on our 2024 auction results page.

Creators, we couldn't have started this auction without you. Your commitment to the event, whether you return every year, made a surprise welcome return after a break, or are new and took what we know can be a scary jump into the event, moves us. It’s hard putting yourself out there, and we applaud you for it.

Bidders, your willingness to duke it out helps us raise as much money as we do. We’ve seen some wild things though what always astonishes us the most is that most donations are small ones including a lot of those crazily high winning bids—so many of them were the result of people pooling their five dollars together! This has been consistently the case since MTH began and is a testament to the ripple effect you can have if you’re part of something bigger than yourself.

We also owe our success to our amazing signal boosters. There can’t be an auction without any participants so to every fandom community Tumblr and Discord mod and every individual who shared our posts and encouraged their fandom friends to sign up and/or bid, thank you so much. Together, we reached hundreds of fantastic creators and bidders from all corners of the Marvel fandom, many of whom we didn't know and some who were hearing about us for the first time (and some who made the leap after sitting on the fence for years which is awesome).

Thank you all. We’re so touched by the massive number of people who donated above and beyond their pledged amount, creators who took on multiple auctions and offered multiple winner slots, and bidders who accepted their second-place wins with such eagerness. We also had people make donations in the spirit of MTH even though they didn’t win an auction, which was beyond generous. This year, we saw a record number of people doing that (even someone who was no longer part of the Marvel fandom but wanted to support what we were doing), especially in the wake of the U.S. election, and it made us very emotional to see such compassion.

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for helping us turn our seventh Marvel Trumps Hate auction into such a fantastic experience. We cherish every single message of love and support that we received and continue to receive on our Discord server and through DMs, Tumblr messages, emails, tweets, etc., and they as well as your generosity have buoyed us since September and the past two days in particular.

If you'd like to stay updated on all of the 2024 Marvel Trumps Hate fills, follow us and/or check out the "mth 2024" tag on our Tumblr. You’ll also be able to find works posted on AO3 in our Marvel Trumps Hate 2024 collection and links to fills in our Discord server, which you can join to brainstorm prompts, chat about fills, and find out about other fandom events.

And with that, MTH 2024 has officially come to a close. Thank you once again to everyone who volunteered their services, time, money, and platforms to spread the word. We hope that these results have bolstered your belief that you can make a difference as well as your determination to stand back up after being knocked down and defiantly say, “I can do this all day.”

Because we have to. For those of us who have suffered, for those of us who are in the most danger now, for those of us who have died at the hands of the evil and cruel in power and are no longer with us. For all of us who are still here. Because we all deserve to be here, safe, cared for, and alive.

So let’s get back up. Let’s get to work.

Yours in solidarity, Your 2024 MTH mods

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another one? =o

I wonder what this one means... 🤔

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Teasers for a very, very naughty image for this Halloween~

You can view the full image here

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Witch!Tony teaching Steve a few tricks for Stony Bingo monthly mission: magic. Happy Halloween~

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Paging hotboywinter!

Hotboywinter, please get in touch!

If you are the bidder who went by hotboywinter for MTH 2024, please email the mods at marveltrumpshate@gmail.com ASAP!

Our winner emails to you are bouncing.

If you know who hotboywinter is, please let them know.

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I love this so much

the sacrifice play — the mechanic and the little guy

alternatively titled: you and i drink the poison from the same vine

robert downey jr and chris evans in captain america: the first avenger (2011), avengers (2012) and avengers: endgame (2019)

marvel parallels 2/?

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I’ll see you at the end ✨

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steve is gifted an ipad and uses it to draw original pieces and avengers fanart and posts it with his actual name. no one's figured out it's actually him and not a fan boy. tony stumbles across the art one day and anonymously commissions him, but his asks get increasingly spicy… — prompt by @laidraws

wanna know what happens next? so do we! this is why we're joining forces to donate a big enough sum of money to charity and win @frankthesnek's auction for this year's @marveltrumpshate; in return, she'll write an amazing fic for everyone to read! if you want to help us achieve our goal, reach out to @sayahs-corner on tumblr or selip on discord. as little as $5 can do wonders, both in helping a great cause, and making this prompt come to life. <3

deadline for joining the podbid: saturday 26th oct, 11 pm est. you won't be obligated to donate if we don't win, and the deadline for donating is saturday 2nd nov.

ps. the gifs are my interpretation of the prompt and don't indicate how frank's fic will go :)

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‼️MTH PODBID ALERT!! 📣

Prompt: NSFW art of Vampire!Tony feeding on Steve, biting into his butt or femoral artery (inner thigh 😏)

Artist: @laidraws (auction link)

like the idea? JOIN OUR PODBID starting at $5! all proceeds go to the charity of bidders' choice!

for more information or to join, contact @fohatic on tumblr or email moon.language333@gmail.com (if you don't receive confirmation from me through tumblr please email -- my tumblr notifs are being wonky!)

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Do you like my art? Are you a marvel fan? Do you wanna support a good cause? If so, please consider bidding on my Marvel Trumps Hate listing! https://www.marveltrumpshate.com/auction/1050-lai-laidraws/ You can win custom digital artwork from me and the proceeds go to charity of your choice! Auction lasts until the end of the week!!

Please also consider bidding on other listings as there are over a hundred to choose from all offering different things!

(Gonna reblog this one a few times until auction ends)

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Do you like my art? Are you a marvel fan? Do you wanna support a good cause? If so, please consider bidding on my Marvel Trumps Hate listing! https://www.marveltrumpshate.com/auction/1050-lai-laidraws/ You can win custom digital artwork from me and the proceeds go to charity of your choice! Auction lasts until the end of the week!!

Please also consider bidding on other listings as there are over a hundred to choose from all offering different things!

(Gonna reblog this one a few times until auction ends)

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A scene from @soliloquent-stark's lovely fic Honey Whiskey

I LOVE middle school teacher Steve in his cute cable knit sweater, I couldn't get the thought out of my mind. Thank you Liv for writing this!

Also personal PSA I'm going to be AFK for travel for a few weeks so pls do not expect updates thank you!

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i know i hurt you, tony

marvel text posts 11/?

featuring real messages from theunsentproject.com

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tony and bruce being absolute cuties in aou

robert downey jr and mark ruffalo in avengers: age of ultron (2015)

bonus:

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i'm happy for you, i really am

marvel text posts 6/?

featuring real messages from theunsentproject.com

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Drew a book cover for Mirrors a Still Sky ! Details because I lock my AO3:

Steve/Tony, 5.8k words, E

Summary: Four snapshots over several decades of Steve and Tony growing old together at their house on the lake. Based off of an AU where they make up and get married after Civil War. Originally written for the Reverse Trope Bingo "Empty Nest"

I really enjoyed making this one, I was going for a vintage novel look.

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Decided to illustrate a "book cover" for my fic "This Meeting Could Have Been an Email" SteveTony rated T 1.8k words

I actually might have gone overboard and designed book covers for all my fics... I hope you guys like them!

Summary: In an alternate universe where Iron Man is one of Captain America's fiercest enemies, the two of them find themselves on opposite sides of a battlefield as usual. Only, this time Cap has a proposal.