#dakenjohnny

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Hey you beautiful people, I updated my dakenjohnny figure skating AU! Let me know what you think ^-^

I haven’t abandoned this! I know you’ve all been waiting for an update ^-^ Let me know what you think!

Chapters: 7/17 Fandom: Dark Wolverine (Comics), Fantastic Four (Comicverse) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Daken Akihiro/Johnny Storm Characters: Daken Akihiro, Johnny Storm Additional Tags: figure skating, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Grief/Mourning, Child Abuse, Drugs, Hurt/Comfort Summary: A tale of love on the ice. Or: Akihiro and Johnny as figure skaters.

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So apparently Bobby and Daken are together in some way. At least sleeping together. Can’t say I expected that

This ask inspired me to go read Uncanny X-Men: Winter’s End, which I’d been kind of wanting to do since I saw one of the BobbyDaken panels, and which features future Bobby, in all his Ice Gandalf glory, coming back to prevent a future galactic tragedy caused by – sleeping with Daken. So the deal is that in this Ice Gandalf Bobby’s future, Bobby and Daken were in a longterm relationship ended, shall I tactfully say, badly.

A quick text to Johnny Storm could’ve prevented this tragedy, Bobby. 

I’m not totally surprised that there’d be a version of them in a relationship – Iceman (2017) had a lot of tension between them. Congratulations to Johnny and Bobby for, through the magic of possible futures and author confirmation, having banged the same guy.

(Daken #4)

(They should compare notes.)

(PS considering Daken was sleeping with iced up Bobby in this future, I am just going to sit here with my hands clasped and patiently wait for the temperature play smutfic.)

[lanfibio]

I started reading Daken and WoW thank god for this ship

[lamujerarana]

Secret Wars #1 Variant by Chip Zdarsky

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I think a lot about the fact that Akihiro full on hallucinated Johnny when he thought Johnny was dead and, aside from that being the moment we are shown that Akihiro has romantic feelings for him, the fact that we are shown that Akihiro is scared of Johnny not caring for him but at the end of Dark Wolverine that is exactly what happens and by Akihiro's own hand he severed the relationship that he was so scared of losing.

AND THEN NO ONE SPOKE ABOUT THAT AGAIN. CRIMINAL. CRIMINAL I SAY!!!!!

[bobert-drake]

@ marvel

make Johnny Storm a canon bisexual you cowards

[prisonhannibal]

spideytorch or dakenjohnny??

i’ve never heard of them

anti honesty hour (answering with complete lies)

[lukescage]

BobbyWarren & DakenJohnny & BillyTeddy

Bobby/Warren: OTP

I could be here all day explaining my love for these two boys. They are made for each other and no one can tell me otherwise. Bobby and Warren are endgame in my book, they’ve been together from the beginning all the way until the end.

Daken/Johnny: Aww

I died when I figured out they were canon, Johnny definitely needs someone who will keep him on his toes. I can see them as more of lovers whenever then a permanent relationship mainly because I ship SpideyTorch so hard. But if that doesn’t work out Johnny should definitely go for Daken.

Billy/Teddy: My Heart

Honestly, I love Billy and Teddy so much that it hurts. They were my first exposure to a stable gay relationship in any form of media, so they will always have a soft spot in my heart. I’m preying Marvel gives them their own comic series because I’m desperate for more Billy and Teddy, I haven’t seen them in a comic since New Avengers ended.

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The one where maybe things are looking up.

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Dark Wolverine (Comics), Fantastic Four (Comicverse) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Daken Akihiro/Johnny Storm Characters: Daken Akihiro, Johnny Storm Additional Tags: figure skating, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Grief/Mourning, Child Abuse, Drugs, Hurt/Comfort Summary: A tale of love on the ice, over the years.                   Or: Akihiro and Johnny as figure skaters.

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i'm admitedly not as good at continuities as i'd like but i always wondered about the timeline of the American Son fight 'cuz i feel like it would massively mess up Jhonny if he ever found out he dated Daken AFTER he used his freaky pheromones on Pete to hand him over to Norman for torturing, even if he never found out about the whole Skip Westcott bit of awful

I’m going to teach you my trick for lining up continuities. It’s not perfect, especially currently when Marvel is doing this thing where it’s publishing content out of order – ie, an event will still be going on, but we’ll know how it basically ends because the solo titles will have moved ahead of it, THIS IS NOT GREAT, MARVEL – so sometimes you have to fiddle with it a bit, but it generally works okay. Google your issue number of choice – in my case here I did Amazing Spider-Man #597, the issue where Peter and Daken fight – and bring up its page on the Marvel wiki. Underneath the cover image, you’re going to see some dates:

You want released, not published. Click on that and it’ll give you every comic published by Marvel in that week/month. Published first doesn’t always mean happened first, but it’s a good starting point. 

Now we go to Dark Wolverine #75, which is the first issue where Daken makes contact with the Fantastic Four:

So these two events – Daken and Peter’s fight in Avengers Tower during American Son, and Daken making contact with the Fantastic Four – happen very close together, regardless of which one comes first on the actual timeline. I could probably piece it together with a little comprehensive Dark Reign rereading but I don’t have time for that because I’ve taken on eighteen other different rereads. 

I do want to clarify a couple of things, though. While I think the Daken vs Peter fight is an interesting one due to the combination of their skill sets, and while Daken’s pheromone abilities often take on a sexual connotation with their use, that’s not what’s happening in the Daken vs Peter fight. Daken specifically is using his powers in the context of this fight to throw off Peter’s depth perception and visual acuity, which means Peter’s hits – and let’s remember Peter has the superior strength – don’t land:

Nothing about Daken’s powers sounds like something pheromones can do in real life, but this is a comic book about a guy who got bit by a radioactive spider and can lift trucks as a result, so whatever. So there isn’t any sexual coercion component to this fight. Daken doesn’t even flirt or use innuendo during it, like he does in matches with, for example, Gambit and Ben Grimm. This is purely a professional battle on his part. Peter also, I should note, wipes the floor with him as soon as he figures out how to get through the fight without relying on his vision. I’m sure if Daken had won he would have handed him off to Norman for the gold star sticker and extra Dark Avengers points, but he doesn’t personally get that opportunity. And if we’re going to talk sexual innuendo, it’s actually Peter-disguised-as-Mac-Gargan who casts aspersions on Daken, telling Norman that they fought because Daken was “after” Harry and “pulled him from his bed.” Peter ends up being tortured after Bullseye shoots him through the legs – and after Norman shoots him in the head. (He had a special mask made by Reed so it wasn’t that big a deal, sans the torture.) Daken is out cold on the ground at this point.

(Amazing Spider-Man #597)

But even without that Dark Reign reread, the fact that these two events happen very close together actually works in the favor of providing Johnny with an explanation he could accept over Daken fighting Spider-Man. Johnny knows Daken’s on the Dark Avengers. Daken specifically comes to the Fantastic Four in Dark Wolverine #75-77 seeking a secret alliance with them against Norman Osborn – one that ends with the Fantastic Four feeling in debt to Daken. If this fight between Peter and Daken came to Johnny’s attention, it’s easy enough for Daken to explain away that he was working to keep Norman from suspecting he might be anything but a good little Dark Avenger. Also, like I said – there’s no sexual manipulation in the Daken vs Peter fight. It’s a regular ol’ superpowered battle. There is, however, a sexual manipulation note used against Ben when Daken taunts him into beating him into the ground in Dark Wolverine #76, which was a move engineered to gain the sympathy of the Four towards Daken, and one that worked really well on Johnny.

(Dark Wolverine #76) Daken’s a good chess player, is the thing surrounding his interactions with the Fantastic Four. I think there’s quite a bit about this setup that, if Johnny knew, would have messed him up incredibly – after all, the entire interaction starts when Daken shoots Johnny in the leg with an arrow and then frames someone else for the deed. (Johnny never finds out it was Daken, btw.) Then there’s the faked kidnapping attempt on Franklin in Daken #4, where Daken appears to “save” Franklin from an intruder – but really orchestrated the entire attack himself. Finally, there’s the incident Johnny very much does know about because he was there for it at the end of Daken’s solo in Daken #22-23, when Daken drugs Reed and attempts to kill him by throwing him off a building. That incident alone I think would be enough for Johnny to look back on the relationship with some regrets. 

Marjorie Liu confirmed on twitter that Daken and Johnny had a sexual relationship, but mapping the timeline of that takes a little poking around with the canon. They almost definitely had no sexual contact during Dark Wolverine #75-77 – which takes place either concurrently with or after Peter and Daken’s fight – because there’s just no time to account for it within the book. Daken definitely engenders Johnny’s sympathies and some affection for him during this period, though, which leads me to place the period where the sexual contact took place as between Dark Wolverine #77 and Daken #1, during which Daken has a bit of a charged phone call with Johnny that suggests a certain closeness. Shortly after this, Daken fakes his death, which Johnny takes very hard. They most likely had a last sexual encounter in Dark Wolverine #4, based on this staging:

Daken doing up his belt, Johnny on the bed with his legs spread – it doesn’t take a genius to read this scene as something of an aftermath. After this, Daken and Johnny don’t see each other until Daken #21. Note that Johnny’s stint in the Negative Zone was between these two things. 

I mean, if Daken had used his pheromone powers on Peter to mess with him in a sexual manner, and Johnny found out about it after he’d slept with Daken, I do think it would upset him incredibly, but that’s not what happened in the Daken vs Peter American Son fight, and the laundry list of Things Johnny Would Be Upset About If He Knew Daken Did That is so long that I can’t see what is a fairly straightforward superhero vs villain fight (that Peter won) ending up particularly high on the list. On the other hand, I do think Peter would have a total fit if/when he found out Johnny had slept with Daken, but that it would be more on the “sleeping with a dude Peter’s fought/Wolverine’s 70yo son” side of things at least initially. 

[saltiestofqueers]

Talking talking your way out But he’s still on the lookout I lost my voice I think I'm cursed We make love as we rehearse I'll cry a thousand more mirrors So that your eyes could get brighter Obediently I'll bear a name I'll share it with the wind I tamed But an you see my heart Can you see my heart Narcissus is back from under water and kisses his lips again Narcissus is back from under water and kisses his lips again Narcissus is back I shouldn’t bother I break the mirrors that I meet Narcissus is back from under water and has his whole lips to drink

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is that why out of all pairings that akihiro has had the one that technically reigns is the one that threads in the semicanon? i thought you all just blew up what johnny and akihiro had

kododood IT IS. in ms liu's defence she did write dakenjohnny as romantic, but marvel probably nerfed it because that would mean having one of their oldest superheroes be bi.... their relationship is so good an layered, and truly the most healthy of them all (bobby didn't even like him lol and bullseye..... gag)

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Akihiro is asexual; Johnny is not. They have found a balance, but sometimes Johnny needs something more. So Akihiro gets him a present.

Written for Asexual Awareness Week.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel (Comics), X-Men (Comicverse), Dark Wolverine (Comics), Fantastic Four (Comicverse) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Daken Akihiro/Johnny Storm Characters: Daken Akihiro, Johnny Storm Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Domestic Fluff, Asexual Character, Asexuality, Masturbation, Sex Toys, Past Child Abuse, Cuddling & Snuggling, Asexual Awareness Week

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Chapter 62/62: “New Beginnings” is now available to read on my AO3 account! [Links in the notes]       

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Akihiro son of Akihira had a spot in the family grave. After taking care of his parents’ urns in Hokkaido, Akihiro had found himself boarding the first flight to Sendai, possessed by the need to finally visit what he’d spent decades avoiding. He didn’t have the spirit to check all cemeteries in the city, but he remembered more or less where Akihira’s house had stood, and he made an educated guess, and the family grave was, indeed, in the closest cemetery. And there, amongst ancestors whose name Akihiro vaguely remembered, near the spots where Akihira’s and Natsumi’s ashes rested, was a spot with Akihiro’s name.

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Chapter 57: “Healing” is now available to read on my AO3 account!

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Akihiro was enveloped by warm safety. He lay on his back, cocooned by a nest of blankets, an additional comforting weight across his belly. He blinked in the bleary grey light before the dawn, shadows dancing on the walls. There was a faint scent of burnt skin, as it came from Johnny some nights. And heavy breathing beside him, the rhythm of which he’d learnt to fall asleep and awake to. A surge of tenderness took him, so stark, so fierce. Johnny lay over the covers, an arm thrown around Akihiro’s waist, fast asleep; he wore day clothes, his phone forgotten between the two of them, the other hand curled against his chest. He looked exhausted, deep lines on his forehead. Lines of worry.

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Summary: On Krakoa, Johnny finds Daken again. Set after the still-ongoing mini X-Men/Fantastic Four.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: X-Men (Comicverse), Marvel (Comics), Marvel 616, Fantastic Four (Comicverse) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Daken Akihiro/Johnny Storm Characters: Daken Akihiro, Johnny Storm Additional Tags: Depression, References to eating disorders, References to Manipulation