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[angstandhappiness]

HOLY SHITE

A Theory about the Docent (infinity train book 4 spoilers

I want to talk about this guy.

(Image ID: A picture of the Docent, from book 4 of infinity train- a tripedal ape-like monster made of knitted-together severed human arms, lurking in an art gallery.)

The Docent was the standout villian of book 4, on all levels. Best design, best dramatic scene, knocked it out of the park in terms of sheer what-the-fuckery.

 But I’ve seen a lot of speculation about what the hell it actually is- what its intended role on the train is, whether it’s native to that car at all, whether it’s something Amelia created or something One made. I’ve been kicking it around a lot, and I’ve come to the conclusion that the Docent may have been intended to explore an aspect of the train that previous seasons touched on with Lake’s story in particular, but didn’t develop in full.

Long, Long analysis under the cut. Largely without pictures! Book 4 is too new for there to be a wealth of screencaps. Sorry about that

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[chocoloom]

Might be an unpopular opinion, but I need more crossover fanfictions in my life man there like. My favorite kinda of fic.

I like seeing characters getting thrust into wildly different situations and conflicts than what they’re used to. I like seeing characters react and compare differences between the world they’re from and the world they’re in. I like seeing characters with similar struggles getting to interact when they wouldn’t otherwise because they’re from two different worlds. I like seeing characters from different media clash with each other because they have differing perspectives on something, or seeing characters from different media learn from each other by interacting. I just feel like we need more of those, for funsies y’know?

For example, what if Edward Elric ended up in Dungeon Meshi. How would he react upon witnessing or discovering Falin’s resurrection and finding out that it worked. Other than absolute anger (which is a given with Ed’s temper), would he be jealous, just a bit, because Marceille succeeded in bringing back the one she loved? Why did she succeed while he and his brother failed and said failure has horrifically impacted their lives? How would learning about a SUCCESSFUL resurrection impact the actions he takes in the future? Would he relate to Laios, as both of them are dedicated older siblings who feel responsible for their younger siblings? Especially considering both of them feel directly responsible for their siblings becoming horrifically altered due to their actions. How does he interact with Senshi? Do they bond over similar views on seeing humans as small, but vital parts of the world’s ecosystem? I bet Senshi would love Ed’s appetite, what with him having a bottomless pit of a stomach (due to human transmutation shenanigans).

I dunno, I feel like there’s a lot of untapped potential in crossovers, both in terms of angst and in terms of just, general chaos and comedy. Like, imagine Sailor Moon in one of the Souls games like Elden Ring. Or putting Kirby in Disco Elysium? Can you imagine the insanity?! Cuz I can, it’s hilarious.

[saturnniidae]

Really interesting how literally Every denizen on the train is fully sentient. Even ones that can't speak or have like, no recognizable features to emote with (the origami birds, the castle) are capable of free will. It's kind of horrifying actually

[couldinfinitytrainhavesavedthem]

[oakwolves]

Roommates who have wacky adventures together. I wonder what their show would be called

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

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[90percentstudios]

What sounds did you use for the main cast of CKC's voices?

i'm just gonna post the entire voice list for (almost?) all the characters since i have it on hand!

abracadad - flim and flam from my little pony alarmy - alarm sound effect allegra - estelle/garnet from steven universe andante - thanos from marvel cinematic universe andy - andy aunt nat - grandma dillis from clarence baby g - baby crying sound effect bapawmet - the lich from adventure time blondie - perfuma from shera brownie - disgust from inside out burger queen - hedonism bot from futurama cody - sonic from sonic prime daniel - arin hanson as bird wizard from bee and puppycat david - gaston from beauty and the beast denny - denny dot - peridot from steven universe fluffy - cat meowing sound effect g-ma - cruella deville from 101 dalmations gigi - mai from avatar airbender goochi god - kim kardashian harmony - cassandra kiramman from arcane holden - bow from shera jeepsus - lightning mcqueen (engine) jessica - dog woofing sound effect juvie - raine whispers from owl house katy - kipo from age of wonderbeasts kay - jolyne cujoh from jojo's bizarre adventure mama pepper - jasper from steven universe mayor stick - bill cypher melody - wendy from south park mini - kipo from age of wonderbeasts mir - bow from shera mr. wilson - foghorn leghorn from spacejam a new legacy narrator - typing noises nori - sonic from sonic prime olive - denny papa tony - hal from malcome in the middle patches - winston from 13 reasons why peggy - pinky pie from my little pony peter - tails from sonic prime phoebe - marceline from adventure time pie - terrell ransom's darwin from gumball planet dance - glad0s from portal puppets - catbug from bravest warriors rhyme - allura from voltron sarah - marceline from adventure time stetson - big mac from my little pony steve - morgan freeman on helium the real steve - jim carrey in the mask thorn - count von count uncle bruce - gus fring wanda - tulip from infinity train

[stark---contrast]

Take a Chance on Me

@stevetonygames team Future | Total blackout (24 prompts) | MCU (Endgame fix-it) | 4.2k words | Rated T | Tw: internalized ableism

After wielding the Infinity Stones, time seemed to move differently for Tony.

Maybe it was because of the snap that nearly killed him. Maybe it was a residue of time warping to different decades. Maybe it was elation due to the fact that they'd actually succeeded.

Or maybe Tony was just getting old.

The world was safe again and he could finally rest. And so time ticked away, seasons came and went, and before Tony knew it, Morgan was already seven and three years had passed in what felt only like months.

During that time, Pepper had moved back to the city: first merely for weekdays and then one day permanently. At least the divorce was a smooth, relatively painless process—not that Tony had expected anything else where Pepper was concerned.

Tony had debated on leaving the lakehouse but found he couldn't. Morgan deserved to keep her childhood home during the weeks that she was his, and Tony liked being near the rebuilt Avengers compound. The occasional winged figure soaring in the skies or the muted explosions of a new superhero generation being trained were tangible proof that he'd actually made a difference.

It was a somewhat solitary life. Even with Morgan, the bots and the damn alpaca scurrying about, Tony's social circle had been drastically reduced in the last decade. Conferences and extravagant parties had given way for a workshop in the garage and falling asleep to cartoons at 8 PM. Tony didn't even have to wear a disguise in public anymore: he'd simply fallen out of the general population's perception. 

It was a blessing and a curse. On one hand, Morgan wouldn't have to grow up in Tony's shadow like he had in Howard's. In fact, most of Morgan's classmates were much more awestruck over Pepper, the renowned CEO of Stark Industries, than Morgan's dad with the weird arm who picked her up from soccer practice and sometimes built robots.

On the other hand, Tony was alone a lot of the time. And after years of first living with the Avengers and then with his wife and child, he didn't do so well with loneliness anymore.

Sometimes when it got particularly bad, he'd put on the armor's helmet and play a 360 degree recording of the latest Avengers meeting at the Compound and, yes, he knew full well how sad that was. Tony had retired of his own free will and had a new family now, a daughter who required his full attention and who he loved more than anything else in the world.

But if Tony's eyes still started misting inside the helmet whenever he saw Natasha's empty chair in the meetings, that was nobody's business but his own.

Still, it wasn't like the house was empty even on the weeks Morgan was with Pepper. Rhodey visited almost every weekend, marathoning LotR with Morgan or having beers with Tony on the porch, reminiscing about the good old days like the two old geezers that they were. Happy didn't come by as often now that he no longer had to drive Tony places, but when he did, he usually brought very welcome cheeseburgers and wholly unwelcome dating advice with him.

"You know, Pepper works fifty hours a week and still has time to date," Happy said.

"Well, anyone would fall for Pepper," Tony said around a bite of beef patty and cheddar cheese. "She just has to show up on a date and say one sentence and bam, boyfriend acquired. Not very time-consuming."

"At least she's putting herself out there," Happy insisted. "But if you want to keep being a hermit, there are a bunch of apps—"

"Yeah, because surely I'd be a hit on those," Tony huffed. "Not so much genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist these days; more like single dad, amputee in chronic pain, lost half of my assets in the divorce and spent the remainder rebuilding the Compound. What a catch!"

"The right person won't care about any of that," Happy said. "You just have to take the plunge. Don't you wish you had someone to share your life with?"

"I have Morgan," Tony simply replied, though that wasn't the entire truth.

Because there was also Steve.

Steve was the reason Tony had only lost an arm instead of his life, leaping across what felt like half of the battlefield and flinging himself at Tony to share the burden of the stones. Realistically, probably most of the burden; they knew from the Guardians that even just one stone could give five enhanced individuals a nasty zap when using its power. And nanotech armor or not, Tony was only a baseline human.

After Thanos' army faded away, Steve was the last thing Tony saw before he passed out and the first thing he saw when he woke up. Tony had stared at Steve's dumbstruck face hovering near the hospital bed, rasped "Please tell me nobody kissed me," and Steve had laughed. Just like back in New York.

Except this time, Steve didn't go on a fuck-you-all roadtrip after and leave Tony to deal with the collateral (and emotional) damage. Instead, he'd decided he was personally responsible for the upkeep of Tony and Pepper's lakehouse, and also picking up Morgan from kindergarten when Pepper was busy and going grocery shopping as long as Tony couldn't drive and feeding Gerald the moody alpaca that had already kicked him in the shin—twice. Steve would show up every few days and Tony would pretend to be annoyed even as Morgan squealed and ran out into the driveway to greet him. Clearly, Steve was bored after passing on the shield to Sam, and helping Tony "Designated Charity Case" Stark was either his way of feeling useful or apologizing to Pepper for crippling her husband.

Probably both.

To his credit, Tony did try to fight Steve on it the first few months, but he really should have learned by then that there was no out-stubborning Steve Rogers when it came to doing the right thing. Tony had fully expected Steve's wellness checks to stop as soon as he received his prosthetic arm and finished his physical therapy, but that was almost two years ago and Tony still had leftovers in the fridge from when Steve cooked dinner for him and Morgan last weekend.

If anything, Steve's visits had only become more frequent over the years, which had made some sense after the divorce, but not so much now that Tony had almost full mobility of his arm back. Still, Steve was a big help and Morgan obviously loved him, so Tony had grown kind of fond of their weird little routine and wasn't about to ruin it by demanding Steve's motivations.

Of course, other people weren't as willing to ignore the subject.

"So… you and Steve," Bruce said when he was visiting for his semi-regular science talks with Tony—which more often than not ended in tea and Avengers gossip and raiding Morgan's cookie stash. The Hulk's personality might lie dormant, but his appetite did not.

"There is no me and Steve," Tony huffed. "There's just Steve and Steve's guilt complex. He likes collecting sad people missing an arm; it's kind of his thing, if you hadn't noticed."

"Uh-huh," Bruce said.

"I'm telling you, that guy sees someone with a prosthetic and immediately whips out the adoption papers," Tony kept going. "But hey, if he wants to waste his life mowing my lawn and washing my dishes, I'm not about to complain. Having your personal supersoldier is a lot cheaper than paying for a gardener or cleaning service—and much more efficient when it comes to chopping firewood, too."

"Right," Bruce said. "So who are the flowers from, Tony?"

Tony kept his face carefully neutral and resisted the urge to glance at the bouquet he knew was sitting in a vase on the coffee table. Steve had brought the flowers a week ago and they were starting to wilt, but Tony kept "forgetting" to throw them away.

"Morgan likes flowers," Tony said in explanation.

"I doubt Steve would bring your kid flowers that mean 'Please give me a chance'," Bruce said, because of course he happened to be fluent in flower language. "Have you ever considered he might be sticking around for some other reason than guilt?"

"Jesus, Bruce, let the man bring some platonic flowers!" Tony exclaimed. "You know you're perpetuating toxic masculinity, right? I'll file a complaint to Avengers HR and sic Carol on you."

Bruce rolled his eyes so hard Tony thought he saw a flash of green in them. At least the Hulk would have laughed at the absurd notion of Steve trying to court Tony.

"Anyway, as I was saying about the particle collider…" Tony started, then went quiet as he heard the familiar sound of a motorcycle pulling up in the driveway.

"Oh look, Steve's home," Bruce deadpanned.

"Ha ha, very funny," Tony said. He checked the calendar on the fridge only to confirm what he already knew; it was indeed Tuesday, and Steve wasn't supposed to come by until Friday to help Tony unload the hay bales he'd ordered for his ungrateful alpaca. "He probably just broke his phone or something and wants me to fix it. Sit tight, I'll be right back."

Tony didn't wait for Bruce's reply before walking out on the porch. Steve was already getting off his bike, but rather than the dirt-stained jeans or a sinfully tight t-shirt Tony was used to seeing him in while he did his handiwork around the property, Steve was dressed in a leather jacket and had even styled his hair.

Oh, and on top of looking unfairly good he was also carrying a bouquet of red tulips.

"Tony!" Steve's face lit up and he practically jogged up to meet Tony. "How was your day?"

Tony blinked. "It's Tuesday."

"Yeah, uh…" Steve's smile turned sheepish. "I just thought I'd swing by to see if you wanted to grab dinner together? Oh, and I drove past a florist on the way—here, these are…I mean, you can have them. If you want."

Steve shoved the flowers at Tony and he grabbed them more out of reflex than anything else.

"...Thanks?" Tony said, regarding Steve skeptically. "I'll have to say no on the dinner, though."

"Oh," Steve said, his face falling like Tony had kicked a puppy instead of declining to eat with him.

"I have a week's worth of leftovers to get through because you made enough to feed a small army. Remember?"

Steve frowned. "You didn't throw them away?"

"Well, somebody who grew up during the great depression has taught me not to waste food." Tony smirked. "But hey, you guys have a good time."

"...What?"

"Oh come on, you're clearly dressed up," Tony said, gesturing to all of Steve. "It's obviously some kind of group outing that you wanted to invite the resident hermit to. No need to keep up the act."

Steve was quiet for a beat—probably embarrassed Tony had seen through his white lies—before he seemed to deflate.

"Yeah," Steve said. "Sorry. It was a dumb idea. Have a good night, Ton—Bruce!?"

Tony heard the doorframe creak as Bruce squeezed himself through it.

"Hiya, Steve!" Bruce chirped way too cheerfully. "Funny seeing you here."

Tony glared at Bruce. Bruce resolutely ignored it.

"Yeah, you too," Steve said and, geez, he even pulled out the fake Captain America smile. "Sorry for intruding, I didn't see your car. Weren't you two supposed to be meeting next week?"

"Oh, yeah, Tony just rescheduled a few days ago," Bruce said, the traitor. Thankfully, he didn't know that the reason for Tony's urgent change of plans was because the five days without both Morgan and Steve would have been miserable otherwise.

"And it's no biggie, I was just leaving anyway—Jen's picking me up from the main road," Bruce had the audacity to lie, because Tony was supposed to drop him off later in the evening. "There's a few cups of coffee left in the machine if you want it."

"Actually, I was just…" Steve nodded awkwardly at his bike.

"Yes, see, he's leaving," Tony said. "You both were, but somehow you're still right here—"

"Oh, speaking of Jen," Bruce interrupted, "she keeps bugging me for your number," Bruce told Steve, then grimaced. "In…not so child-friendly terms."

Tony bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself from commenting on that delightful bit of information. He'd only met Jennifer once, but she was an absolutely stunning woman, not to mention could match even Steve's strength. If Steve took her up on that offer, they'd make one hell of a couple. She'd be lucky—Steve would be lucky to be with her, of course.

"Sorry." Steve gave a little half-smile. "Not interested in some one-time thing."

"Yeah, I thought so," Bruce said, then looked at the bouquet Tony was now clutching a little too forcefully. "Nice flowers, by the way. Red for undying love, right?"

"Oh, here we go again," Tony groaned.

"Uh," Steve said, his face steadily approaching the color of the flowers. "I just thought they…looked nice."

"I'm sure," Bruce said. "I assume they were out of flowers that said 'Tony, you idiot, there is no group outing, I was asking you out on a date'?"

"Oh my god, Bruce, get in the damn car and I'll drive you—wait, what?" Tony said, the words only now registering.

"Have fun!" Bruce said and—Tony could only describe it as fled—the scene.

And so Tony stood there on his porch like an idiot, with the offending tulips in his hand and a dolled-up, fidgeting and completely silent Steve in front of him.

"That's the last time I let Bruce into the cookie stash," Tony finally said.

That seemed to snap Steve out of his stupor. "Yeah, I…didn't expect that. At least not from Bruce."

"Sorry about him," Tony said. He held out the bouquet. "You should probably take these back, huh? With the 'undying love' and whatnot."

Tony tried for a grin. If he just didn't think about Bruce's words, he might survive this conversation with his dignity intact. Steve would laugh and sheepishly take the flowers and leave, and Tony could back inside and casually scream into a pillow. As you do.

But because Tony's life was never easy, Steve didn't accept the flowers. He just stared at them, then at Tony, then flushed all the way up to his ears and cleared his throat.

"No," Steve said, stubbornly keeping eye contact even though he was clearly dying inside. "No, I don't think I will."

"O-kaaay," Tony drawled, slowly withdrawing the bouquet. What the hell was up with Steve today?

"Unless…unless you're actually rejecting me," Steve soldiered on through his visible discomfort. "And I've been too dense to notice it all this time."

Tony opened his mouth to ask if Steve was having a stroke and promptly closed it. There was clearly something going on here that went deeper than Tony saying no to getting pizza or whatever with Steve, but like so many times before, they were just talking past each other.

"Steve," Tony said levelly. "Why are you really here?"

Steve stood up a little straighter even though he was still ugly blushing.

"Because I thought you were free and wanted to take you out to dinner," Steve said.

Tony squinted at him. "And you…dressed up and brought flowers—"

"Clearly should've picked the 'I'm asking you out on a date, you goddamn idiot' flowers instead," Steve huffed.

Tony blinked. He stared. He tried to process the earth-shattering discovery that Steve actually wanted to court him.

It didn't make sense. Tony had questions. He also still wanted to scream into that pillow. There was so much to talk about.

Of course, what came out of Tony's mouth was, "Language, Cap."

Steve's face did something funny at that: like his body couldn't decide whether to laugh or cringe. Smooth, Tony.

Eventually, Steve did burst out laughing, though it had a hysteric edge to it. Tony could relate wholeheartedly.

Tony cleared his throat and Steve stopped laughing. "What I meant was: hi, my name is Tony Stark, single dad missing an arm and owning the world's rudest alpaca," Tony rambled. "And you're Steve Rogers, literal human perfection, standing on my porch and expecting me to believe that you being here is anything more than pity."

"What?" Steve said. "C'mon, Tony, you can't really believe that. It's been over three years." Tony shrugged, and Steve's eyes went wide. "You mean…all this time you thought—"

"Yes? No? In my defense, I tried not to think about it at all, because I liked having you around and the idea of being your good deed of the day kinda put a damper on that."

"How…" Steve said, then shook his head. "Doesn't matter. You're wrong. I started helping you because you're my friend, and then I stuck around because…well, I liked being here."

"And now you want to go on a date. With me. Romantically," Tony clarified.

Steve nodded. "Yes."

"Why?" Tony asked.

"Why do people usually go on dates?" Steve shrugged. "I wanna be with you, and I really think we could be good together."

"But you're…this," Tony, again, gestured to all of Steve. "And I'm…" He glanced down at his workshop tee and grease-stained sweatpants; a far cry from the suits and booty jeans he'd worn in his prime. "Well, I definitely put the 'dad' in 'dad bod'."

Steve just kept looking at him. "And?"

"And you don't want someone like me!" Tony exclaimed. "I'm irresponsible and frankly terrible at relationships, always have been, and I miss being Iron Man and don't know what to do with myself the weeks Morgan's at Pep's." Steve didn't seem phased, so Tony took a shallow breath and quickly continued, "Sometimes I spy on Avengers meetings and cry, and my shoulder still hurts from the stones and the burn scars look hideous and I have nightmares from the wormhole and—and, oh, okay, we're kissing now—"

Steve, apparently done with Tony's pity party, took the liberty of cupping Tony's cheek and leaning in to kiss him. Which, all things considered, was probably the most effective way he'd ever managed to shut Tony up.

Tony's brain was too fried for him to do much more than stand there and let himself be kissed. To be fair, this was the most action he'd gotten in almost three years and he'd never realized how much he'd missed it. The kiss was little more than a soft press of their lips but the simple intimacy of it was enough to flood Tony's body with happy chemicals.

Eventually, he did manage to kiss back, but Steve still pulled away much too soon.

"Are you done?" Steve asked, and it really was quite persuasive when murmured against Tony's lips.

"...With the self-loathing or the kissing?" Tony asked. "Because I was kinda just getting started with the latter."

Steve chuckled and pressed their lips together again and, okay, wow, it really was that easy.

They were both much more confident this time. Steve kissed with meaning, Tony pulled him closer by his stupidly sexy leather jacket, Steve rubbed his thumb over Tony's five o' clock shadow and Tony tilted his head to make the slide of their lips easier. He might not have kissed anyone in years, but he could totally do this—it was like riding a bike, right? He just had to play it cool.

And then Steve lapped at the seam of his lips, and, really, how was Tony supposed to not clutch his jacket and let out a pathetic moan?

That was apparently the cue for Steve to break the kiss, but luckily he didn't look weirded out by Tony's desperation; in fact, he was blushing again and even panting a little, which was a pretty nice ego boost considering how much it took for Steve to get winded.

"Sorry, I, uh." Steve cleared his throat and took a step back and Tony bravely resisted his body's urge to scream no, no, no, come back! "I got a little too into that," Steve said.

Tony raised an eyebrow. "Did it look like I was complaining?"

"Well, I still have some things I need to make clear," Steve said.

Oh, boy. Tony straightened his back and steeled himself for the good ol' "Tony, you're so great—except for those five hundred flaws of yours that mean we'll never work out" spiel.

Steve took a deep breath and started, "You're the bravest, most heroic man I've ever met and I'm sorry it took me over ten years to realize that."

Tony blinked. That was a weird start to friendzone someone.

"You have a brilliant mind but more than that, you have a big heart," Steve said. "You care so much about everyone around you, even if they hurt you—" 

Steve winced and Tony felt the phantom sensation of Siberian snow on his face and something heavy pressing down on the suit's arc reactor.

"When I came here three years ago, I expected you to scream in my face, and I wouldn't have blamed you," Steve said. "Instead, you helped me. You trusted me. You forgave me. And then you saved the world—again." Steve smiled, his eyes crinkling at the corners; Tony had never noticed the wrinkles before. "And after, you let me be a part of your new life. You let me be a part of Morgan's. And, god, Tony the way you are with her… How could I not fall in love with you?"

Okay, well, that was just unfair. Tony had been just about ready to accept that Steve wasn't about to dump him before they'd even gotten started, but now he had to process the fact that Steve apparently loved him too. Despite all of the bright red, painfully obvious warning signs.

Maybe Happy was right. Maybe the right person wouldn't care.

"I can't even describe how much the last three years have meant to me. How much you mean to me," Steve said, his pretty blue eyes staring deep into Tony's. "And if you'll have me, I promise I'll do my damndest to make you happy."

Tony still wasn't quite sure if this was real. Maybe he was dreaming or Bruce's tea had a little extra something.

But hallucination or not, there was no reality where he'd ever be able to resist Steve Rogers spilling his heart and asking to date Tony.

"Okay," Tony said.

Steve blinked, then gave him a hesitant smile. "Really?"

"Well, my kid already loves you, and that's like 90% of my dating criteria these days," Tony said. "I also might have been planning on exploding the workshop roof on purpose so I could get you to come back before Friday, because not having you around freaks me out and five days is way too long."

Steve's smile widened and he stepped closer again. "I know the feeling. I barely managed two before I needed to see you."

Tony's heart did funny things at that and since Steve was already right there, Tony figured he might as well steal another kiss.

Steve made a happy little sigh when their lips met and Tony felt like an absolute idiot for not pulling on this thread sooner. There had just been too much at stake, with their rocky history and Tony's injuries and the divorce and Morgan—

Shit. What if Steve didn't understand how important Morgan was in all this?

"Full disclosure," Tony said, pulling away. "Morgan still has complete veto rights. She says no, this ends right away."

Rather than nod grimly like Tony expected, Steve smiled sheepishly. "Well, actually…I don't think Morgan's opinion will be a problem."

Tony stared. "Please say you didn't tell my kid you wanna bang me."

Steve took a moment to look at Tony like he was an idiot. "Your child," Steve started, "was the one who came up to me two weeks ago and said 'Daddy still doesn't know you love him. You should bring him flowers'."

Some kind of noise escaped Tony's throat; a quiet wheeze in the spirit of Holy shit my seven-year-old daughter tried to set me up with Captain America.

Steve chuckled. "Yeah, that was my reaction too."

"Why…what…how?" Tony managed.

"I've heard from multiple sources that I'm not as subtle with my feelings as I think I am," Steve said, then got a mischievous glint in his eye and added, "and Morgan's always been smarter than her old man, anyway."

Tony barked out a surprised laugh at the unexpected sass.

"Oh, really?" Tony said around a grin. "That's how it's gonna be with you, huh?"

Steve smirked. "Maybe."

"I can already tell you're going to be a menace," Tony teased. "You're lucky you're cute."

"I thought I was 'human perfection'."

Tony snorted a surprised—and extremely unattractive—laugh. Steve merely grinned, and, god, when was the last time anyone but Morgan had made Tony laugh like this?

"Well, mister Human Perfection," Tony said, brushing his hand against Steve's. "Still wanna have dinner with me? I've got cold coffee and leftover casserole."

Steve smiled and laced his fingers with Tony's. "Sounds like a plan."

That was when Steve pulled him close and kissed him again, and Tony decided he could definitely get used to this.

[scarlet--wiccan]

Do you think Loki was a good mentor for Billy? Or- at least, given the direction Marvel Studios has taken- would Agatha have been a better fit, since she'd already trained Wanda?

I can only remember one time Billy interacted with Agatha, in his Infinity Comic, and he seemed... very hostile towards the idea of her getting involved in his life in any capacity. But Billy wasn't immediately open to Loki's offer either, and they actually ended up doing a pretty good job of training him.

In Young Avengers (2013), Loki tutors Billy under a set of very specific pretenses that started out as an elaborate scheme to isolate Billy and manipulate him into giving up his power. So, no, I don't think they were a "good" mentor, but I also think that's the wrong question to ask. The situation and narrative context are not really comparable to Agatha's mentorship of Wanda, for example.

Billy is hostile to Agatha in the Hulkling & Wiccan series because she violated his will and his power. What she did in that scenario is comparable to what Immortus or Morgan did to Wanda. It makes complete sense that he would reject her. I want to note that the series was incredibly poorly written and Agatha was wildly out of character. She's always been a bit ambiguous in her morality and motives-- she's loyal to magic and balance, more so than conventional ideas of right and wrong-- but she's never been sinister. The way she speaks about Wanda is shocking. It's obvious that this abrupt shift was inspired by her treatment in the MCU, but it's not in line with the characterization we eventual arrived at in Midnight Suns and Contest of Chaos. I definitely have problems with the current version of Agatha, but she's a lot more well-realized than whatever was going on here.

[julianobungus]

If the Cartoon Network had made a continuation of the Infinity Train, but about the lives of former passengers in the same town, I think the main characters would have been either Simon and Grace or Amelia and Hazel.

Like, Tulip is okay, Jesse and Lake are okay too, as well as Min-Gi and Ryan, but Grace, Simon, Hazel and Amelia have been living on the Train for years.

Grace and Simon led a band that had been robbing and killing sentient beings for years. For years, Amelia had been taking away the orbs on which the small worlds of the cars depended, in order to build her ideal world. Hazel was created as a replacement for a long-dead person and ended up in a completely alien world for herself, a world outside the Train.

I think the first season could be about Simon getting off the Train and living with Jesse's family. All the ideas from Simon Lives AU would be here. So, Simon is writing a book with characters based on Samantha, Hazel, Tuba, Lake and Alan Dracula. Simon is given a fake Number by Jessie and Lake as a coping mechanism. Simon cries at the sight of a white cat. Simon is ashamed that the Mirror Simon saw and repeated all his evil deeds. Alan Dracula gets off the Train to live with Jesse and Lake. However, I do not know in what order it is better to arrange these events. And there will also be a lot of flashbacks about Simon's life before and on the Train.

By the way, It can be done so that Alan could get off the Train by zeroing Simon's number and walking through the door with him, thus technically Simon still has not solved his problem. This will be a secret that will be revealed later.

Lake will have her own internal conflict over the Tulip. Lake sees that they are different, Lake knows that for Jesse's family and Simon Lake is Lake, and not just a reflection of Tulip, but that doesn't stop her from being afraid. From the point of view of Tulip, she has a twin sister and she tries to be on good terms with her. There will be a lot of flashbacks about Lake's past, when she was a reflection of Tulip, repeated all her actions and observed the world outside the mirrors. This way we would learn more about the Mirror World and how it works.

Min-Gi and Ryan have written many songs over the last thirty-four years and they are famous now. They have families, their children are now a little older than Simon. They named their children after Kez and Morgan. They decided to take a short break from their musical careers and spend time with their family. They accidentally meet Simon, see his fake number and immediately become interested in him. It makes Simon nervous and he runs away. He's still not quite used to the fact that adults can be trusted.

Later, he meets them again while walking with Lake and Jessie. Jesse immediately recognizes them and is glad to meet them, and Lake is ready for a fight. Min-Gi and Ryan are surprised to meet a Denizen outside the Train. Fortunately for them, everything ends well and they manage to say that they themselves were once on the Train, which is why they were interested in the number on Simon's hand. When they find out exactly how Lake was able to leave the Train, they immediately begin to regret that they did not think of doing the same with Kez. And then they meet Alan Dracula, who surprises them even more. There will be a lot of flashbacks about Ryan and Min-Gi's youth after the Train, so that we can find out about their careers and how they missed Kez.

Kez Akagi and Morgan Park (Or Morgan Akagi and Kez Park) join the company of Simon, Jesse, Lake and Tulip. I can't decide what sex they can be. Your headcanon about Simon becoming a gynophobe is interesting. On the other hand, Simon would have liked a big brother figure. Maybe one of them is a guy and the other is a girl, and therefore Simon has to pretend that everything is fine when the girl is around, so as not to upset the guy. Maybe Kez and Morgan have little siblings that Simon will be afraid of because he will remember the Apex and the things they do because of him and Grace.

In addition, the background characters will be the passengers we saw on the green screens in the Engine and The Number Car episodes, the characters whom we saw but whose names we don't know (For example, the old man whose pod was hijacked by Lake in the episode, or the people from the same episode who were in the Passenger Preparation Car) and adult passengers we know (Mrs. Graham and Danny Nougat). At first I thought that Jeremy Bradford can show up too, but then I started to doubt it. We don't know how much time passed between the moment he left the Train and the moment when Ryan and Min-Gi got there. It could have been just a couple of years, and then thirty-four years later he would be old but alive, but what if many years had passed? It's possible that he's dead. I think that the option where he is old, but alive, is better.

Anyway, he got married and had children, whom he named after Kez and Morgan (It's also unclear which sex is better to give them, but let's assume that Jeremy has two sons). They have already grown up and have families themselves. Their children are about nine years old and they become friends with Nate. He introduces them to his other friends, and Jeremy’s grandchildren are a little surprised to meet their dad's namesakes and by the fact that they are named after the same creatures. The fact is that Jeremy, Ryan and Min-Gi told their children stories about the Train, and Jeremy's children told them to their children. And Jeremy's grandchildren will be surprised that their new friends know about their grandfather. Thanks to the children, Ryan and Min-Gi will meet Jeremy. As a result, all the parents of the main characters (That is, Jesse's parents, Ryan and his wife, Min-Gi and his wife, Kez Bradford and his wife, Morgan Bradford and his wife) establish friendly relations and they often visit each other.

After the middle of the first season, to be more precise, in the third quarter of the season, members of the Apex will begin to appear. Although I do not know how it would be better - the gradual appearance of Apex members or if they all appeared at once. They can all appear in one episode at once and we'll see them spying on Simon, trying to figure out how he changed so quickly and what kind of person he is now, and then appear in front of him and unintentionally scare him. Or we will first see the members of the Apex as background characters in different episodes, while Simon will sometimes notice them and it will seem to him that he is delusional.

I think we might have a few flashbacks about them, about their lives after they got off the Train. And there will be a storyline dedicated to Simon's one-sided reconciliation with Apex. It's one-sided because the Apex members still love Simon and are glad that he's okay. For Simon, these children are a reminder of what he did on the Train and what he told them to do. Nate and Jeremy's grandchildren will quickly make friends with Apex kids.

At the end of the first season, Simon will decide that he is not worthy of all that he has now. He will go for a walk at the evening, but in fact he will go to the railway. As soon as he gets there, the Train arrives. Simon gets on the Train without hesitation. Oh, and there will be scenes of Mirror Simon trying to talk Simon out of it. At first, he will speak in a calm, slightly nervous tone, and at the end he will hit the border of the Mirror world and Real world and loudly beg Simon to come to his senses.

I'm not sure exactly what Grace has been doing all this time. Maybe she joined Amelia and Hazel when she became the last member of Apex on the Train, or maybe she started helping Samantha. Maybe she's just traveling alone.

Simon wakes up and sees that his false number has been blurred and there is a real number on top of it. There will be a one-second flashback in which Simon's old number will be shown so that we can see that the new number is much smaller and is only on his hand and not arm or body. Simon will begin his adventure in search of Samantha. It will be briefly shown how Simon runs through the cars, trying not to harm anyone.

And eventually he would find Samantha and rush to hug her. Samantha will be surprised by Simon's excessive emotionality and his relatively small number, but she will still comfort him while he cries and talks about life outside the Train. Samantha will try to convince Simon that he is worthy of everything he had outside the Train, while he will try to convince her that this is not true. Mirror Simon and Mirror Samantha will join their conversation. If Grace works for Samantha, there will be an emotional encounter of old friends. Then, somehow, they'll find Amelia and Hazel. Simon can be dressed in an outfit that will remind Amelia and Hazel of Alrick, and therefore they will be very surprised. Simon will say he is very sorry for all the harm he has caused to the residents directly and indirectly, and he regrets what he did to Tuba. Hazel will say that although she cannot forgive him for Tuba’s death, his little number shows that he has become a much better person than he was before.

Outside the Train, Simon's friends search for him all over the town, until someone tells them that they saw Simon walking to the railway. Alan Dracula looks at the railway. There will be a scene where some random guy lowers the number to zero and the exit door appears for him. He does not have time to go through it, because Alan Dracula knocks him down. He flies over the Train for a while, then descends and enters the car in which Simon, Grace, Samantha, Amelia and Hazel are.

Simon is very happy to see Alan. Then he thinks about Kez and Morgan, whom Ryan and Min-Gi told him about. Oh, and don’t forget Jeremy. Either Simon's team finds the right car themselves, or Alan finds Kez, or Simon's team is already in the right car. Simon tells Kez and Morgan about the lives of Ryan, Min-Gi and Jeremy. Both Denizens are flattered that there are humans who were named after them and are happy that Jeremy is fine.

There will be a scene where Simon looks at his number and Alan Dracula bends down to his hand, and Simon says he wants to do everything right this time. Grace hears this and wonders what Simon meant. This is where it will be revealed that Simon left the Train with the help of Alan Dracula. This will be shown in the form of a flashback, and at the same time Simon will tell the story of how he accidentally met Alan Dracula, who touched his number and turned it into zero, opening the way for both of them from the Train.

And then Simon will say that because of this he was able to change, because his problem could not be solved by the Train because his problem was the Train itself. His friends helped him change. And since he has changed now, he only wants to leave the Train when the Train decides to allow him, even if Simon originally did not plan to leave this place again. Because this is the correct way to get off the Train.

At the end of Simon's speech, his number and Grace's number turn to zero and their doors out of the Train merge into one. Grace's number turned to zero because part of her problem was what she did to Simon, and when she realized that Simon was fine, the problem solved itself. Samantha says she's happy for Simon, but Simon is sad and says he doesn't want to leave Samantha. He then asks Alan Dracula if he can help Samantha get off the Train. Alan shoots a laser at the door from his eyes, and the previously invisible film bursts like a soap bubble. Samantha is surprised, but says she can't leave her business. Simon begins to list the advantages of the world outside the Train, and eventually Samantha agrees with a chuckle. She somehow calls her employees (Perhaps she has a special collar for remote communication) to inform them that she is taking a vacation. Maybe she has relatives who can look after the business, or she trusts her employees with this.

Simon then tells Amelia and Hazel that they can leave the Train too. And then he tells Kez that his friends would be happy to see those about whom they were told stories. Kez is happy at first, and then frowns and says she can't leave Morgan alone. Initially, I thought that

Morgan could ask Kez to make sure that Jeremy is doing well. It is possible that she will not be alone, different Denizens and Passengers can live in her. But then I decided that Alan Dracula could solve this problem, so he just shrinks Morgan to the size of a toy castle. Alan Dracula turns Amelia's number to zero and her door merges with Simon and Grace's doors. Three Passengers and five Denizens get off the Train. They see the sun rising.

The next scene is Simon's friends sitting in the living room of Cosay's house and sad because they don't know what to do. The doorbell rings. On the threshold, Simon is smiling with little Morgan in his arms, and behind him are Grace with Samantha in her arms, Alan Dracula and Amelia holding Hazel's hand. And suddenly Kez flies into the room and asks where her namesakes are.

That's how the first season ends. Initially, I thought about three seasons, the second season would focus on Grace, and the third on Amelia and Hazel, but then I realized that since everything happens in one town, there can only be enough events for two seasons. That's why they all end up leaving the Train at the same time.

The second season begins with Simon putting little Morgan on the ground. Jeremy hugs her, after which Alan Dracula returns her to her original size. Morgan says she will miss being hugged. Nate, Hazel, Jeremy's grandchildren and Apex kids immediately run into Morgan. Simon has a brief PTSD attack because what he sees reminds him of how Apex used to kill Denizens and destroy their homes under his command. It would look like a frame change for a couple of seconds, there would be screams in the background and there would be dead denizens and fire everywhere. And then everything goes back to normal. Grace tells Simon that they seem to have the same thoughts.

Jeremy's children studying the structure of Morgan, they have a plan to make a hotel out of her and they need to understand exactly where water, electricity and Internet can be installed. Morgan modifies her insides, creating cavities in the right places so that her little friends can lay wires and pipes.

Samantha has her own sub-plot, she is exploring the world outside the Train and online stores, simultaneously realizing how many goods there are in this world.

Amelia is adjusting to a world that has changed over the years of her absence. It's unusual for her to see so many humans around. Hazel tries to give her moral support. Amelia has plans to visit her hometown and find out what happened to Alrick's family and her family. Samantha tries to keep a straight face when she hears this. Simon is the son of Alrick's sister, and Samantha knows this since she had his memory tape among those others. She had watched these tapes quite a few times and was able to piece together the facts.

One day, Simon had a video call with his mom and showed her Samantha. His mom was glad to finally meet her. Amelia was just passing by, but Simon's mom saw her, asked for her name, and was stunned when she heard it. And while they were chatting, Hazel came into the room. Simon's mom was very surprised to find out that she has a niece.

Grace and Simon are getting used to each other's company again. They are extremely awkward discussing what they did after Apex was dissolved. We would have a few flashbacks about it that would compare what Grace was doing and what Simon was doing at the same time.

One episode will focus on Simon being depressed, and no one knows why. Everyone is trying to cheer him up, but they are not succeeding. But in the end, Grace understands why Simon feels bad, and explains to the others. After some time, the deceased denizens are created again by Train, without remembering their death. Apex regularly had to kill denizens of Mall Car. And today is the day when the denizens were supposed to be resurrected.

I'm also thinking about a couple of holiday episodes.

By the end, I was running out of ideas, and I'm very interested in your opinion.

Wow, dude... just wow.

This is everything to me. I love this.

You've created the perfect timeline/happy ending for Infinity Train, using all the ideas/asks you've sent me in the past. And all of it just clicks together in the best way possible. It was honestly cathartic to read, considering what happens in canon. Everyone essentially comes together in one big happy family/community, and I love it so much.

Bravo, good friend.

[eastofthemoon]

I love your infinity train fairy tale post, what do you think Duet represented?

Oh, thanks! For those wondering this is it here.

And you know what anon, I always meant to go back and write my thoughts on the Duet season, so why not now. To put it simply, I think Duet is basically Beauty and the Beast.

First off we got Min-Gi. He wants to stay put in the same place believing that his life will get better. In this way he's like the Beast from the story, who just stays in his castle and hoping the spell will break by things coming to him. So, in that case, Ryan is our Beauty. Someone who comes to the Beast's castle aka Min-Gi and keeps trying to get him to leave it or at the very least is having an affect on him. Also, in the original story Beauty had a lot of sisters and Ryan has a lot of siblings so they have that in common too. Then there's Kez and Morgan. A flying magic bell that is friends/stays with a living castle. One of the biggest aspects of Beauty and the Beast is the magic castle and the magical objects that live inside. (And for those wondering, it's not just the Disney version. It's a concept that existed with the story long before version).

Then, we got The Art Gallery Car episode. Ryan, not meaning to, left Min-Gi behind in the car and he was tempted to leave the train entirely and this almost got Min-Gi killed as a result. Same thing with Beauty, she left the Beast to see her family and it almost killed him if she hadn't come back for him in time.

Both are finally able to leave the train once they both decide to stick together and not leave the other behind anymore. They both admit they are that important to each other, which you could argue how this is similar to how Beauty break's the spell on the Beast. Hope you liked that anon!

[deadguydeathmatch]

The Dead Guy Death Match Bracket Is Here!

Round 1 will be split into 4 waves of 16 24 hour polls and each wave will be posted 24 hours after the previous. The first wave will start on Tuesday the 18th of April at 3pm BST

The matchups are listed under the readmore and will be hyperlinked to the polls when they go up.

The matchups were all randomised although I did make minor adjustments if I thought one was much too unfair.

Also tagging @tournamentdirectory as I haven't already

Wave 1:

Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane) Vs Gavroche Thenardier (Les Miserables)

Leif (Bug Fables) Vs Queen Serenity (Sailor Moon)

L (Death Note) Vs Jonny D'Ville (The Mechanisms)

Noah Czerny (The Raven Cycle) Vs Lee Everett (The Walking Dead)

Pat Butcher (BBC Ghosts) Vs Xerxes Break (Pandora Hearts)

Captain Orimar Vale (Skyjacks Campaign Podcast) Vs Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)

Diallos Hoslow (Elden Ring) Vs Rachel Amber (Life Is Strange)

Andrei Grandier (Rose Of Versailles) Vs Constance Blackwood (Ride The Cyclone)

Spock (Star Trek) Vs Maria Robotnik (Sonic The Hedgehog)

Kravitz (The Adventure Zone) Vs Sal Fisher (Sally Face)

Mari (Omori) Vs Ianto Jones (Torchwood)

Nate (Leverage) Vs Max (Sam and Max)

Owen Carvour (Spies Are Forever) Vs Vylad Ro'Meave (Minecraft Diaries)

Neil Perry (Dead Poet's Society) Vs Sayaka Miki (Madoka Magica)

Flapjack (The Owl House) Vs Maes Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Loki (Marvel) Vs Adam Faulkner Stanheight (Saw)

Wave 2:

Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) Vs Diggory Graves (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Hugo Oak (Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts) Vs Leonardo Hamato (Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie)

Chara (Undertale) Vs Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase)

River Song (Doctor Who) Vs Micheal Afton (Five Nights At Freddy's)

Catherine Earnshaw (Wurthering Heights) Vs Tara Maclay (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

Laudna (Critical Role) Vs Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy)

Mia Fey (Ace Attorney) Vs Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)

Meiko 'Menma' Honma (The Flower We Saw That Day) Vs Claire Foley (Professor Layton)

Grelle Sutcliff (Black Butler) Vs Skelly (Hades)

Ethan Winters (Resident Evil) Vs Portgas D Ace (One Piece)

Polly Geist (Monster Prom) Vs Hua Cheng (Heaven's Official Blessing)

Avatar Kyoshi (Avatar The Last Airbender) Vs Galivar Kholin (Stormlight Archive)

Pink/Orchid (Animation Vs Animator/Minecraft) Vs Lewis Pepper (Mystery Skulls Animated)

Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb) Vs Stoick The Vast (How To Train Your Dragon)

Evelyn Hooper (Less is Morgue) Vs Manny Calavera (Grim Fandango)

Kokichi Oma (Danganronpa) Vs Silco (Arcane)

Wave 3:

Eurydice (Greek Mythology) Vs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead)

Jack Twist (Brokeback Mountain) Vs Charles Vane (Black Sails)

Howard Hamlin (Better Call Saul) Vs Jason Grace (Riordanverse)

Nora Hildegard (The Vampire Diaries) Vs Gerard Keay (The Magnus Archives)

Manny (Swiss Army Man) Vs Matoro (Bionicle)

Wen Ning (Mo Dao Zu Shi) Vs Kikyo (Inuyasha)

Yuri Nakamura (Angel Beats) Vs Simon Kain (Pathologic)

Deep Throat (The X Files) Vs La Signora (Genshin Impact)

Esmeralda (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Novel) Vs Ursula Zandt/Silhouette (Watchmen Comics)

Nageki Fujishiro (Hatoful Boyfriend) Vs Tuba (Infinity Train)

Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice) Vs Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption)

Oda Sakunoske (Bungou Stray Dogs) Vs Rose Quartz (Steven Universe)

Duncan (Dragon Age) Vs Junpei Yoshino (Jujitsu Kaisen)

Quincey Morris (Dracula) Vs Connor Murphy (Dear Evan Hansen)

Deadman (DC Comics) Vs Breakdown (Transformers)

Draal The Deadly (Troll Hunters) Vs Castiel (Supernatural)

Wave 4:

Matsuri Kanroji (Demon Slayer) Vs Midori (Your Turn To Die)

Kelsier (Mistborn) Vs Peter 'Parker' Yang (Malevolent Podcast)

Tadashi Hamada (Big Hero 6) Vs Noriaki Kakyoin (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Erik (The Phantom Of The Opera) Vs Matthias Helvar (Six Of Crows)

Tigerstar (Warrior Cats) Vs Boromir (The Lord Of The Rings)

Joel Miller (The Last Of Us) Vs Pedro Madrigal (Encanto)

Rufus Emeterio (They Both Die At The End) Vs King Arthur (King Arthur)

Bunny Corcoran (The Secret History) Vs Lenore (Nevermore Webtoon)

Sliver Of Straw (Rain World) Vs Bow (Inanimate Insanity)

Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place) Vs Nicholas D Wolfwood (Trigun)

Tiso (Hollow Knight) Vs Okudera (Yakuza 5)

Koki Kariya (The World Ends With You) Vs Horst Cabal (Johannes Cabal)

Mr Boddy (Clue) Vs Garret Jacob Hobbs (Hannibal)

Eddie Kaspbrak (IT) Vs Emily (Corpse Bride)

Ash Lynx (Banana Fish) Vs Ophelia (Hamlet)

Eddie Munson (Stranger Things) Vs Kili (The Hobbit)

[emawinslow]

speaking of morgan can you guys watch infinity train

[ao3feed-irondadspiderson]

The Juggernaut Joust

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50287234 by Srae13 “Damn dude, that was like be hit by a freight train,” Peter winced. “No, that is the wrong word,” Juggernaut shook his head and readied himself to rush forward again. “And what would you escribe it as?” Peter asked, trying to buy time without having to fight. “Like being hit with a juggernaut,” Juggernaut smirked before rushing forward once more. ----------------------------------- A foe from another universe leads Peter into another public test of strength. A continuation of my series 'A Test of Strength' Words: 4111, Chapters: 1/2, Language: English Series: Part 4 of A Test of Strength Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: F/M, Gen Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Michelle Jones (Marvel), Ned Leeds, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Stephen Strange, America Chavez, Juggernaut, mentions of other heroes Relationships: Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker & Morgan Stark, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker Additional Tags: No beta we die like Uncle Ben, BAMF Peter Parker, Hurt Peter Parker, Peter Parker is a Little Shit, Protective Peter Parker, Good Friend Ned Leeds, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Peter Parker-centric, Peter Parker & Morgan Stark are Siblings (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Not Canon Compliant with Movie: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Not Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Compliant, Not Canon Compliant with Movie: Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Spideychelle, Everyone Is Alive, Strong Peter Parker, Major Character Injury, Major injuries, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Humor, Other Additional Tags to Be Added read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/50287234

[oakwolves]

18 + your favorite infinity train ship for the kiss game (i do not go here but we've been mutuals for so long that you are just a comforting presence on the dash so.)

Aww ty! I'm glad to hear that! Sorry this took so long lol. I went with Doebells (Kez/Alan Dracula) for this prompt since i've already done this one with a different ship!

As her friends walked away laughing, Kez felt the last of her draining confidence slipping away.When she heard the car door slam shut, she sighed and  gravitated lower to the ground against the wall. She looked back at the bathroom door where Ryan and Min-Gi were and heard the sound of music playing quietly. She smiled slightly, then floated away from the door without a word.

“I’ll just… leave you guys to that…” she made her way over to one of the punch tables. But as soon as she lowered her cup into the punch bowl, the table rustled a little. Then, it suddenly, launching the punch bowl in the air and leaving a white-tailed deer in its place.

“Oh my god!” Kez shieked, dropping her cup. Upon a closer look, she recognized who it was. The punch bowl,  landed on the deer and soaked him completely

The deer snorted and dug his feet into the ground a few times. He then burst into flames, instantly evaporating the punch before the fire went out.

“Oh… hey! I didn’t see you at all at this party,” she said. “But… I guess that doesn't really matter since the party’s over now…I kinda blew it.”

The deer started to nudge Kez towards a different table, one with various snacks. As he helped himself to the leftover food, Kez rested on the table next to him quietly. She glanced at the bathroom door again. Ryan and Min-Gi still hadn’t come out. Not that she blamed them. Now that the party was a bust, they’d be stuck here until the next party rolls around.

A puff of hot air brushed over her, sending her a few inches backwards. She looked up to find the deer peering down at her.

“Oh, that’s my friends there. I’m sure you saw what happened on stage. I really thought things would go well. I mean, we’re so close to seeing Morgan and… things would be alright.”

Kez sighed and decided to help herself to some of the food on the table alongside the deer.

“I really thought I’d be able to help these guys and maybe do something right for a change,” she said. “But even if we do get out of this car and back to my car I’m still worried about stuff going wrong.”

The deer snorted, as though asking Kez to elaborate before continuing to devour the food in front of him.

“You know how I said I wanted to explore the other cars for a while? Well, I uh, I kinda, like, got kicked out,” she admitted. “I swear I wasn’t trying to ruin Morgan’s life, things just happened so quickly and I couldn’t stop everything from coming crashing down before it was too late. When I ran into Ryan and Min-Gi, they're just… always fighting and then they make up and then they start fighting again…at least they seem to be getting along now.”

Kez shoveled another brownie in her mouth.

In between bites, she said, “Those two have a lot going on from wherever they came from that I can’t even begin to understand. I figured that maybe it would be better if… they didn’t have to go back home and deal with all that. And maybe Morgan wouldn’t be lonely anymore. It’s, like,  supposed to be a win-win? Right?”

The little bell deflated when she detected no reaction from the deer. She continued eating quietly. The deer suddenly straightened up, projecting a glowing image from his antlers. When Kez looked closer, she saw an apparition of herself talking to Ryan and Min-Gi. The guys looked a little upset, but understanding. The three of them shared a hug before the image  faded out into the air. The deer closed his eyes briefly before staring back at Kez.

“You’re right…. I should talk to them about this,” Kez said. “When the moment’s right. Thanks.”

The deer blinked before nuzzling the metal shell of Kez’s body. She felt her body heat up slightly and smiled at him. The door to the bathroom opened, and Min-Gi popped his head out looking around. His eyes rested on Kez. He shifted a little and patted the space on her shoulder , encouraging her to take a seat there. Kez looked back between Min-Gi and the deer. The deer snorted and nudged Kez towards the bathroom.

“Alright, alright, I’ll go!” she laughed. She leaned in and left a brief kiss on the side of the deer’s face. His antlers suddenly burst alive with sparkling roses blooming on the crown. One of the roses fell off, and he leaned forward to catch it in his mouth to eat. With that, he gave Kez one final nudge towards Min-Gi and took off.

Kez watched the deer fly off into the air before following Min-Gi into the bathroom.

[lakesbian]

i think the funniest mischaracterization the infinity train fandom does is when people see how lake acts when she’s [checks notes] “finding out that her animal companion literally has a sapient parasite in its mouth” or “actively running from cops with massive power sanders stating explicit intent to murder her” or “seeing her best and only friend being subtly manipulated by an actual murder cult” or “generally experiencing constant systematic dehumanization” and then respond with “hmm. the fact that she’s being a bit hostile during all this means that she’s probably a dick All the time :).” like, no, her life just fucking blows right now! 

people do it to min-gi, too--the amount of fanfiction in which he’s portrayed as a constant and infernal cunt is ridiculous. or all the fanfiction where ryan is written as having a morgan meltdown moment every single day of his life. when we see characters on the train, we’re seeing how they act in response to being forced into bizarre, unfair, uncomfortable, and dangerous scenarios while simultaneously experiencing a definitive low point in their lives. it’s by default a biased perspective, and not representative of their whole personalities.

like, you would probably also be a bit cranky if you hadn’t showered or slept in a real bed for three weeks and were having a bonus existential crisis to boot.