#prompt from an ironstrange post

[im-tops-bottom]

Felix: I'd like you to be where my emotions are

Chan: In your heart?

Felix: buried deep inside of me 😏

Chan: *chokes on his coffee*

[infiniteeight8]

Ironstrange! Ok so you know those stories were Tony dies and a slightly unhinged Stephen goes back in time to save him. Now swap them😈

Anon, I like how you think! This is a fantastic prompt.

I was seriously torn regarding whether Tony should save Stephen pre-car accident or post-car accident. In the end, I went for pre-accident.

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Stephen stops abruptly when he realizes someone is leaning against the side of his Lamborghini. “How did you get in here?” he snaps.

The man raises his eyebrows. “I’m Tony Stark, do you really think commercial grade security is going to keep me out?”

Stephen steps a little closer and sees that yes, that is Tony Stark waiting for him. He finds himself at a loss for words. Why on Earth would Tony Stark be waiting for him? To say their fields of interest don’t overlap is an understatement, and if Stark needs medical help, he has more than enough pull to contact Stephen promptly through normal channels. Stephen falls back on brusqueness. “I don’t have time to chat; I have an event to get to.”

“Yeah, no,” Stark says. There’s something immovable about the statement. “You’re not going anywhere tonight.”

Stephen can help a shiver of foreboding. “Is that a threat?” The question feels stupid even as he voices it: If Stark had a problem with it, this is about the last way he’d need to go about it.

Stark just laughs. “Kind of the opposite of a threat, actually,” he says. He pushes off the car and walks over to Stephen, stopping just a little too close for politeness. “If you get in that car tonight, you’re going to get in an accident,” he says, voice just low enough to force Stephen to listen closely. “Your hands will be crushed between the steering wheel and the dash. Hours will pass before you’re found and cut out of the wreckage. By the time they get you to the hospital, there will be no saving you from the nerve damage. Your hands tremble for the rest of your life.”

Stephen should scoff. Part of him wants to. But the look in Stark’s eyes… There’s a look that a patient gets when they know they’re going to die. Not when they’re afraid of it, not when you tell them, but when their body gets the message on an absolutely visceral level. That knowledge is real, Stephen has seen it time and again, and the look in Stark’s eyes is like that.

Stephen believes him.

“Why bother saving me?” he asks, instead of how. How Stark knows doesn’t matter, and Stephen’s not sure he wants that answer, anyway.

“Because I want you to have everything you deserve,” Stark says fiercely. “Because you’ve sacrificed too much, and you deserve to get what you want, for once.”

For once, he says. Many people would say that Stephen’s already gotten everything he could want in life.

Stephen’s not one of them.

Stephen licks his lips and notes the way Stark’s gaze follows the motion. “It seems I’m at loose ends this evening,” he says. “Would you like to come up for a drink?”

Stark lights up. It’s a good look on him. “I’d be delighted.”

[ironstrangehaven]

IRONSTRANGE WEEK 2024

*BOOM*

It's that time when we do *jazz hands* IRONSTRANGE WEEK in year of 2024. It'll be from July 7 to July 13, 2024.

Get Inspired. Get those creative tools ready. Be prepared for those plot bunnies!!

As always you get two prompts to choose from, you can do either of them for each day or if you're super inspired you can do both prompts.

If you aren't able to create a fanwork every day of the week, that's okay! You can create any number of fanwork that you can.

{Prompts}

We have provided two prompts per day (separated by |) and you can choose one or the other. We will leave the artistic interpretations of the prompts up to you!

Day 1 [7/7]: GOOD | EVIL

Day 2 [7/8]: CHAOS | ORDER

Day 3 [7/9]: LOVE | HATRED

Day 4 [7/10]: DARK | LIGHT

Day 5 [7/11]: SCIENCE | MAGIC

Day 6 [7/12]: BITTER | SWEET

Day 7 [7/13]: ELEGANT | GROTESQUE

{Rules}

All forms of fanwork are accepted, including but not limited to digital art, traditional art, fanfiction, poetry/prose, Photoshop, videos/gifs/related multimedia, cosplay, edits, music playlists, etc.

To be added to the blog and featured on the IronStrange Discord server, please (1) tag #ironstrangeweek2024 in one of the first five tags of the post and (2) add @ironstrangehaven or @ironstrangeh on Tumblr/Twitter in your description so we can find you!

Any NSFW content must be tagged appropriately and under a “Read More” link ( for those on Twitter, the tweet should list any warnings or any other appropriate information), or it will not be featured on the blog/discord server.

Please submit fanworks to the IronStrange Week Archive of our Own Collection if possible. (The link to the collection will be shared in the next post as we approach the event.)

Mind your tags, and tag gore, violence, and other significant tags.

Our Tumblr (@ us or reply to the post on Twitter) ask box is open, so don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!

IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME DURING IRONSTRANGE WEEK, YOU CAN STILL POST YOUR WORK AFTER THE WEEK

[hayanwulf]

WIP updates - IronStrange week

Heyyy mortals, sorry for the recent radio silence on here. I've been busy with real life, while also trying to push through my writers block to get stuff done for ironstrange week.

I will be answering all of those prompts waiting in my ask box, just.. not yet. I need to dedicate myself to IS week for now, if I want to get them done in time. But rest assured, I have not forgotten about all of you who've been sending me prompts in ask! I will get around to each one of you!

Coming back to the IS week, I have something planned for every day, though how much I'll be able to manage by the deadline is yet to be seen. I will, however, try my best to post all of them in their respective days.

Here's a sneak peek to some almost-completed works for IronStrange week!

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Day 1 - Good/Evil

“No one invited me to the party? That’s rude.”

The zealots holding Stephen in place as well as their little puppet master — the guy in ugly green robes with a staff — all whipped their head around to Tony hovering in the air, and stared at him with varying degrees of gobsmacked expressions.

He smirked inside his helmet. He knew what they were thinking; how did Iron Man get inside the Mirror Dimension?

Short answer, magic does follow science. Long answer, you-have-kidnapped-my-wizard-and-now-you’ll-pay-for-it.

Of course, the second part was something no one would ever know. Iron Man was a villain, the greatest threat to Earth, the one who destroyed things and killed high-profile people, wielding more than enough firepower for world domination if he wanted. Stephen Strange, on the other hand, was Sorcerer Supreme, Earth’s greatest defender against mystical threats, a doctor. He was a preserver of life.

They had completely opposing worldviews.

By all accounts, they were rivals. Adversaries.

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Day 3 - Love/Hatred

The aged eucalyptus tree still bore the carving on its bark, as concise as the day it had been created. The shape of a strange eye, decorated with four curved lines inside it. Like a rune that, perhaps, meant something in the world of the witches.

Stephen’s home was so close.

Tony swallowed around the tightness of his throat, starting a trek towards the path he knew would lead there.

This was possibly the worst idea ever in the history of all the worst ideas Tony has ever had. He shouldn’t be here. He didn’t even know how Stephen would react to him being here.

Too soon, he had arrived at a small clearing in the woods. A pond, next to which stood a warm, homey looking hut.

His steps halted.

This was bad. He should turn back. Maybe run after that wagon before it was completely out of his reach forever. He should go back to his town, figure something out there. He didn’t even know if Stephen would welcome him. God, what was he thinking? What if Stephen tried to hurt him—

No.. no. Stephen wouldn’t. He wasn’t that kind of a person. Tony knew he wouldn’t hurt him.

Or at least.. at least Tony liked to imagine that he wouldn’t.

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Day 4 - Dark/Light

CW: Child abuse (okay i guess there isn't any in the excerpt itself)

He tried to look down at his hands, and could just barely make out their outline.

He wrapped the arms around himself, as if hugging. The arms felt just a little warm where they clung to his chest.

He hugged himself tighter, leaned his side against the door, and cried, letting himself feel the warmth trapping under his arms. This way, at least he could pretend that he wasn’t so alone.

It had only been a few minutes, when suddenly there was a loud crashing noise from somewhere in the basement. Anthony flinched.

He was not alone.

There were flickers of iridescent green in the air fading, and then was a grunting noise followed by shuffling of more objects kept in the basement. Anthony looked around where he had just seen green in the air, desperately trying to spot who — or what — was in here with him, but it was dark, so dark. His heart raced, feeling an entirely different kind of helplessness now.

He was not alone, and at that moment, that felt more terrifying than being alone.

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Day 7 - Elegant/Grotesque

Soulmarks are the window to your soulmate’s soul, people say.

They represent a person in their rawest, truest form. As such, it is quite common for soulmarks to be an aminal, or a hybrid of many different animals, representing the person’s character at core. A lion’s bravery, a fox’s cunning, a dolphin’s intelligence, an eagle’s free spirit, and so on.

Tony’s soulmark is rather unique.

Right over his heart, sits a graceful little butterfly with large blue wings. It has pattens of gold more elegant and intricate than any embroidery he will ever see. A butterfly cannot be said to have a personality, so it doesn’t tell Tony anything about his soulmate. It does speak of beauty, though, and that Tony decides to believe.

-

Stephen’s soulmark is unique, in more ways than one.

The most common places to hold soulmarks are the chest, back, and neck regions. Sometimes people may have them at their hip, around their belly button. Even rarer, they might have them on one or both of the bicep muscles, or inner thighs. There is no way to determine what makes the marks appear symmetrically on both limbs for certain people, whereas only on one limb for certain others.

Stephen’s soulmark is on his hands, both of them. Specifically, the back of his palms.

And the patterns etched there are asymmetrical.

But the most bizarre fact is that, his soulmark is comprised entirely of floral designs.

[tondw0o2blog]

I've seen many posts about people missing how common asks used to be so I have been trying to send about an ask a week. Now I send this ask first anytime I follow someone as I really don't want to bother anyone, so I'd love to know if you enjoy receiving asks and if so what kind of asks. Not having energy for asks or being comfortable with them is perfectly okay.

The categories I have in my ask notebook that I file under are in colour. Please feel free to make your response as long as you want or private (the asker cannot directly respond to private responses).

Self, Job/Work: please let me know what you are comfortable with from eh idk just ask it to nothing personal at all.

Baggishield/Tolkien, Dragon Age, Johnlock/Sherlock, ineffable spouses, other fandom: Please let me know what fandoms. I think my main fandoms and ships are Bagginshield/The Hobbit, Sherlock/Johnlock, Dragon Age Inquisition, {Pippin/Faramir Merry/Eowyn}/The Lord of the Rings and I dip my toes in a few that I currently can't remember but ships I don't engage with the canon of at all are: Good Omens but only for Crowley/Azirapheal, Stranger Things but only for Steve/Eddie , The Witcher but only for Geralt/Jaskier.

OC's, art/drawing, their writing, blog specific only

Story snippets ideas and prompts: Do you like receiving them?

Pets: I'd love to know all about them

Garden and Hobbies: What type of gardening and/or hobbies?

Like being tagged in things: If so what kinds of things?

*Asks are sent for fun, no pressure to answer.

Hi! :) thanks for the ask, I love receiving asks but sometimes its a little bit overwhelming.

Self/job: I'm an introverted hobbyist. I do clay sculptures as well besides drawing and tipped my toes a tiny little bit in animatronic but ufff that's rough. But I still want to work on my Monty animatronic head (fnaf).

I work as a kindergarten teacher.

Fandoms:

The Hobbit, BBC Sherlock, Supernatural, Good Omens, MCU, One piece, Dragonball, Haikyuu, KnB and more.

Ships: Bagginshield, Johnlock, Destiel, Ineffable husbands, Gabriel X belzebub, Ironstrange, stony, stucky, thruce and many more I think.

Story snippets, ideas and prompts:

I love receiving any of it, if I do them is another story. But if I really like some Im gonna draw it.

Pets: Unfortunately I don't have pets ( I would love to have a cat but my landlord doesn't want that) but we had cats when I was a child. And a bird ( don't know what bird though).

Garden/hobbies:

Me and a garden don't work together no no.

Well...drawing, sculpting, felting(relatively new hobby), reading, listening to music.

yeah building, crafting stuff.

Hope you have a nice day! :)

- ToNDW0o

[divinesayer]

"what should we name him?"

series: marvel cinematic universe / iron man / doctor strange

ship: tony stark/stephen strange

rating: G

notes: first time i've written a fic in a while, and the first marvel based fic in literal years, but ironstrange is far too cute for me to resist. based on a prompt from a list by dresupi on tumblr + one of my own tweets

originally posted on: 22 december 2019

The next time Stephen saw Tony, he was sat on the staircase, a cat in his arms and a wide grin on his lips. The little thing really did seem attached to him, and the good doctor felt his heart swell. It reacted to him walking down to meet them with a mewl.

read on ao3 | support me on kofi!

Tony had never had the luxury of having pet; Howard Stark found them loud and annoying. Then again, it could easily be argued that he felt the exact same way about his own son. Still, the young Stark child accepted that he would never have animals. If even his mother and Mr Jarvis failed to convince him, then there was no hope. It was easier to just move on and continue taking his calculator apart to rebuild it again.

By the time he was CEO of Stark Industries, Tony simply found no time to care for himself, never mind another living being. And even after giving his company over to Pepper, there was a distinct concern in him that a pet would get into something in his lab and hurt itself. There were a lot of exposed wires lying around; the worry was only natural.

Then, naturally, came Thanos. A very distracting, and very ugly, creature. He had consumed Tony’s thoughts for years, pushing any of his more innocent desires right out of his head. His defeat was perhaps the biggest relief in Stark’s life, even if he almost died in the process of doing it. It was only after all this stress and pain and heartbreak that he finally decided the world was in good enough hands for Iron Man to retire (or, at least, take a lengthy hiatus).

Life after the mad Titan rushed by; his engagement to Pepper had fallen through, and the redhead seemed enamoured by another. Happy expected that to upset him, but he was already distracted by someone else. Stephen Strange. The man who placed his faith in him so entirely that he sacrificed the Time Stone, knowing that somehow Tony Stark would fix everything. Considering the fact that he had sworn to protect that stone above all else, risking the entire universe on his belief in a man in a can… It was hard to not be flattered, once the dust had settled.

But flattered was an understatement, and after months of back-and-forth flirting and the eventual snapping of Wong – he was adamant they had to go on at least one date – Tony’s life finally settled too, and into a very comforting routine. He moved into the Sanctum Sanctorum with Stephen. Being away from his labs was good for the soul. Of course, Iron Man made an appearance when necessary, usually with the Sorcerer Supreme right by his side. Besides that, life was relaxed and rather uneventful.

That was until a cat started following Tony to and from Starbucks. At first, he assumed it belonged to somebody on the same street as them, but there was no collar. The longer it lingered outside of the Sanctum, and the colder it got, made the genius want to take it in. It reminded him of something, someone, but he simply couldn’t place it.

“It follows you everywhere you go?” Stephen had asked once, glancing over the top of one of the dusty books that belonged to the building. There was a tinge of amusement in his eyes. “Sure you don’t just smell of chicken?”

He couldn’t resist the glare at him, before nodding. “Everywhere I go. It sits on the doorstep sometimes waiting for me.” He glanced in the general direction of the front door. “And it’s getting really cold out, Steph. We can’t let it stay out there.”

“No sign of an owner?” The book had now been placed down on the table. Tony could now see the smirk on Stephen’s lips. “I’ll guess not. Even if there was, I don’t think that’ll stop you. I think you’ve gotten yourself attached, Stark.” When the only response given was a huff, the sorcerer added, “Fine. You can bring it in. But if it touches any of the relics in this place—”

“You’ll kick it out, yeah, yeah. I know. You said that about me too and look where we are.” He grinned, hopping from his seat. “It’ll behave, probably,” he paused, “maybe. Probably not, actually. Maybe lock it out of your magic zone.”

He could feel the look of disbelief against the back of his head as he left the room. All of this time living with a ‘magician’ and he still had no terminology correct. It was almost cute to Stephen. Well, it was cute until his boyfriend and best friend argued about it at 2 a.m. Then it was plain annoying.

The next time Stephen saw Tony, he was sat on the staircase, a cat in his arms and a wide grin on his lips. The little thing really did seem attached to him, and the good doctor felt his heart swell. It reacted to him walking down to meet them with a mewl.

“Okay, maybe it’s cute.”

“He.” Tony corrected abruptly. Apparently, during the time he was carrying the fluffball like a baby, he had noticed one very telling sign of that. “Should probably get him done, though.”

“Sorry. He’s cute, then.” Sitting on the step beside them, Stephen raised a hand, lightly giving the black-and-white cat a pet. The fur was softer than he expected, a welcome momentary distraction from the constant ache in his fingers. “Seems to like us.”

Even the cloak reacted positively to the animal; it would make a perfect bed, and they all were aware of that.

Brown eyes met blue for a moment. There was a distinct loving glimmer in the inventor’s eyes, as he shifted closer to him on the wood floor. “He does. He’s gonna fit in perfect, y’know. I can tell.” He gave the cat a scratch under the chin, clearly thinking of something.

“Mmm, I agree. Wong likes cats too. He won’t mind as long as it doesn’t sit on books he’s reading.” A light chuckle escaped his lips, watching the way the cat wriggled and purred under his boyfriend’s touch. It was very sweet, he had to admit.

Tony just nodded, still staring at the cat. After a moment of silence, he finally expressed what was on his mind. “What should we call him?”

“Isn’t that obvious?” When he was only met with a confused raise of a brow, the doctor playfully rolled his eyes. “It’s gotta be Jarvis.”

The petting stopped, Tony’s focus now entirely on his boyfriend. He had remembered being told about that? “Jarvis, huh…?” He grinned, “I like it. He even looks like he has a little suit on.”

“See? It’s perfect.” An arm wrapped around the shorter man, the cloak following suit to keep the pair warm. “We’ll need to go and get some supplies for him, though. Can leave little Jarvis with Wong while we go. Sure he’ll adore him.”

He nodded, but made no effort to move. Instead, he leant against Stephen. He let out a content sigh, letting Jarvis move to settle on his lap, instead of his arms. “Can wait a minute though, right? He wants to get comfy.”

Another chuckle, this one somehow softer than before. “Yeah, guess it can.” He gave the inventor a kiss on the forehead. “You know I love you, Tony.”

With a smirk, he responded. “I know.” He couldn’t help the cheeky grin. “And I love you too.”

[darkkitty1208]

I'm not going to lie, friends, the only reason I've still stuck around in the doctor strange/ironstrange fandom is the wonderful moots and friends and kind readers I've got on here. As much as I still love these blorbos so and they'll never leave their permanent positions in my heart, my muses for them have been slowly dwindling away lately as I'm drawn closer and closer to a different fandom and interest (as some of you have probably noticed (and suffered through) the past month or so).

I'm not sure if this means I'll stop writing them entirely—I've got ideas I haven't written, prompts that date back to years ago, gifts I've been meaning to write... and I still have that bit of inspiration to write them again. Maybe I'll pick up an old WIP. I guess this post is just me saying to expect a lot less works for Stephen/ironstrange from me.

Anyway, hope you're all doing well! RL has been busy, but better things are happening amongst the... less better things, and I think that's worth something. Take care, you guys!

[kiki-shortsnout]

Thanks for the tag @magicaltear Sorry it took me so long to respond! 😊😊

How many works do you have on AO3?

Too many,🤣 seventy-nine at the moment, but it’ll be eighty soon, once I finish this new mammoth story!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,127,841, holy hell!🤯

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently, Marvel, although I am starting to slide into the Star Trek fandom, late as always. I’m working on a long retelling of the Wrath of Khan fic from a Spirk perspective.  I did use to write for Final Fantasy XV a while back, and I’d like to revisit that someday. I’m also eyeing up the My Hero Academia fandom and Yuri On Ice.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

OO, interesting question, for some reason I just cracked my knuckles in excitement.🤣

Stringless – 2,044

Betwixt – 2,023

Obstacles and Opportunities -1,523

Counterfeit Boyfriend – 1,368

Ternion- 1,299

You know what, I’m really surprised by number four if I’m honest. I was always under the impression that one hadn’t done very well, as usually the fics people talk to me about are Stringless, Betwixt and Love, Dreams and Coffee Machines. It’s a pleasant surprise, but I’m a little shocked!

5. Do you respond to comments? Yes, I try to respond to them all, sometimes things get in the way, and I forget, but I’ll always respond, it might just take a while! But I do appreciate all of them and the kudos, and occasional screams in my Tumblr inbox. It really does act as a motivation for more stories!💞

6.What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh, this one is easy. It’s Without You, it’s the only really sad story I’ve written. I mean, I love putting angst in my writing, but this is the one where Tony was dealing with his grief of losing Stephen, and he doesn’t get him back.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I think all my fics have happy endings if I’m honest.💞

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Yes, unfortunately, they tend to range from: Why are you writing about this couple? Why aren’t you writing about the couple you just did? I don’t like reading about this pairing. I’ve recently had a few saying my writing is awful, or my take on a story is awful.

I think that’s the risk you take with posting things online, which is saddening as I don’t think people always appreciate how much work, effort, time goes into any creation, be that art, fics, or mood boards. I’ll be honest, it can drag you down at times, and it has made me want to quit a few times, but the fandoms I’m in are incredibly supportive and welcoming, so I try not to let the few bad comments overwhelm the positive ones I have.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I think most of my fics have smut in, unless they’re the small prompt pieces I worked on, and I write all kinds, to enhance the plot, without a plot, multiple partners, solo self love.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I haven’t no, but I I do have a request sitting in my inbox for a IronStrange/ Star Trek crossover which I really want to work on!

11.Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Back before my AO3 days yes, and when I confronted the writer about it they were very apologetic and took it down. I’ve had people take my stories and post them on Goodreads and I’ve had to fight with them several times to take down

12. Does not exist apparently

I’m not even 100% I exist if I’m honest.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I haven’t, I’ve worked with artists on stories before and that’s been incredibly fun.

14.What’s your all-time favourite ship?

I’ve had loads, but the one I’ve written for the most is IronStrange, although I enjoy writing for FrostIronStrange more.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I actually have a half-written JohnLock one sitting on my laptop, but I’m not sure I’ll ever get back to it. I love the idea and I love writing it, but I don’t know if I can get their voices quite right and I keep losing faith in it.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I’ve always been told it's my characterisations and emotive writing, which are huge compliments.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I would say it’s writing action/fighting scenes, I always leave a place card saying ‘Write fight scene here’ and go back to it at the end. I just…find writing them tedious and I don’t think I always get the movement right, or the stakes, if that makes sense?

I struggle with pacing too sometimes….like I want to get to the good bits of the story and skim over the other bits.

18.Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

The only other language I know is French from what they taught at school, and unless you want me to write a story where I need to order stationery and tell you where the library is, it’d better if I just stuck with English.😂😂

If I did need dialogue in another language, I’d reach out to an author who I knew could speak the language.

19.First fandom you wrote for?

Beyblade, way back in the olden days…..or actually, maybe it was Lord of The Rings?

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

I’ll always have a soft spot for Stringless because it was the first IronStrange I’d ever written and I was so nervous about writing for Marvel and posting it, and Ternion because again, I’d never written a poly couple and I was really anxious about writing Loki.

But the fic I enjoyed writing the most was Betwixt. I was devastated when I finished writing that because I’d poured my soul into it. I wrote it on pieces of scrap paper during meetings, I stayed up late working on it, and I got up early to write it. I always enjoy the stories I work on, but that one holds a special place in my heart.

I’m desperate to write a sequel for it.

Tagging @the-elle-kat @atypical-snowman @jeromesankara @xoniarainforest and anyone else who wants to play!

[inklver]

just because i feel like it:

some random thoughts about the art i made for ironstrange week + the very rough thumbnails for each piece (putting this under the read more so this doesn't take up too much space bc this is a Very long post)

day 1 - red/wrath

first fanart for this fandom! there are a few things i don't like about this piece (questionable anatomy, use of values could be improved, + stephen's hair makes him look like a wet cat /hj) but i do like the lighting and the theme of red spider lilies. i've always wanted to draw them and i love their symbolism of death and final goodbyes—feels very fitting for these goofs :b

i started working on this a good amount of time in advance, and i'm glad i did—this was one of the only pieces i used a painterly style for despite it being my preferred style; it takes me a lot longer than lineart + color, so i didn't get the chance to use it again throughout the event (with the exception of day 6)

day 2 - nervous/orange

i struggled with the anatomy on this one—i don't draw back views often (or, at all really) so the first panel was pure pain. the second panel wasn't much better; it took several attempts to pose the hand in a way that looked somewhat natural. pretty pleased with how this turned out all things considered, though! my only qualm with this is the rushed shading, but that's what happens when you're a slow artist on a time constraint :,)

day 3 - yellow/cheerful

i think this may be one of my favorites from this event. i'm very very happy with the lighting and overall atmosphere of the piece :)

i realize now that i used flowers as a theme for every color prompt—anyways, like i said in the tags of the original post for this, i very loosely referenced yellow primrose (symbol of happiness, warmth, & love, conventionally given to those in long-term relationships or someone who has always been there for you through thick and thin)

day 4 - intrigued/green

i ended up liking this better than i expected to! i had to play around a lot with the lighting/color scheme before i was satisfied with it, though that's on me for not having much of a plan for it beforehand (with most pieces, i already have an idea of the color scheme when i start working on them). not much else to say about this one except surgeon stephen my beloved <3

day 5 - blue/serene

this was the first time i've properly drawn a kiss and holy hell how do ship artists do it. that shit is so difficult. i struggled a lot with the anatomy and ended up changing the poses a bit; i also flipped the composition because 1. it looked slightly better that way and 2. i could include tony's ring <3

and yes stephen's mug says 'cunt' (with the handle being painted in black to form the 'c'—very much inspired by jacksepticeye's mug); for tony's i had to search for funny mug designs lmfao

i was going for a very domestic/warm atmosphere, which i think was more or less accomplished, so i'm pretty happy with this overall :)

also, not really pertinent but i was listening to sweater weather on loop while drawing this so. make of that what you will.

day 6 - grief/indigo

ah, this piece. definitely my favorite of the 7, love how this turned out despite ripping my own heart out a bit while making it :,) listening to hyacinthus on repeat didn't help

my initial idea for this—the thumbnail in the top left—was going to be one of them bleeding out in the other's arms, but i had another idea that i felt more drawn to so i chose that instead (this was a very last minute change so the thumbnail is pretty much just a couple of stick figures pfft).

i decided to go back to the painterly style since it felt more fitting for this & i'm glad i did, although it was a little rushed towards the end when i was adding in the final details (the butterflies are pretty much just lasso tool + glow layer). this was also my first time drawing stephen's robes and. man that was a pain to figure out. get a simpler outfit stephen.

day 7 - purple/disdain

had to end the event on a happy note! this was very rushed but i still like how it looks, though the bg petals are a bit janky.

the prompt 'purple' immediately made me think of violets, which were used as gifts for newlyweds so. here we are (they also happen to be symbolic of faith, mystical awareness, and spiritual passion—pretty fitting for our favorite wizard)

i didn't dedicate as much time i should've to actually making the violets look like violets instead of some generic flower but again, slow artist under time constraint. i did spend a lot of time with the expressions in this one though! i really wanted to convey a sense of pure joy and love, and i'm very happy with the result in that regard :)

something that i noticed was that it had become a lot easier for me to draw these two by this point. suppose it makes sense considering i'd literally been drawing them nonstop for 2 weeks lmao, but it was still pretty cool to see how quickly i managed to finish a sketch i was happy with, compared to when i was working on the first few days (good lord was it difficult drawing stephen in the first piece, especially at that angle)

anyway, prepare to see more of them in the near future because the brainrot is far from over. if i am this attached to them without having seen the majority of marvel movies featuring them (i'd literally only watched ds1 until yesterday when i watched im1—yes i started shipping them without knowing who tony was, i don't know how either), i think i'd be a puddle by the time i catch up on everything :D

whoo that was a lot—if you've read this far, thank you and have a cookie 🍪

[deehellcat]

another fill for @tonystarkbingo! :) a short snapshot from an alternate universe. don't ask why I've gotten on the Strange wagon, I know this is 3 in a row, idk either. lol

Title of Fill – Esprit de Corps

Collaborator deehellcat

Card Number 7014

Link (AO3, Tumblr, etc.) https://archiveofourown.org/works/51380359

Square Filled (Letter AND number AND prompt) R4, new team

Ship/Main Pairing (romantic, platonic, or none) pre-ironstrange

Rating (Gen, Teen, Mature, Explicit) gen

Major Tags/Warnings/Triggers--PTSD, Misuse of Magic, Grumpy Stephen Strange, Canon Divergence—post CACW, New Team

Summary (brief description of fill) Strange isn’t sold on this whole ‘new Avengers’ thing he’s gotten sucked into, and especially not on the idea of having to work with the most annoying person on this plane of existence, Tony Stark.

Word Count 1258

[ironstrangeao3]

don't be mad

by infiniteeight

(randomly chosen) List #2, Prompt 96. “It’s Christmas, don’t be mad at me.” (from https://ift.tt/z8OVdhN)

Words: 100, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 11 of IronStrange Drabbles

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Tony Stark, Stephen Strange

Relationships: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange

Additional Tags: Drabble, Originally Posted on Tumblr

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48260614

[tonystarkbingo]

Is there a certain way the masterlist has to be? Any idea of the next round?

There's no required format for your masterpost, but here are a few great examples from past rounds:

Including a title, link, pairing, rating, and summary are highly recommended, as that's information that readers/viewers often look for.

As for the next round, we don't have a date yet, but we are absolutely planning on another round, and very possible an event between now and then, so stay posted! We will announce upcoming events here and on our Discord.

[infiniteeight8]

Hello again, just me humbly requesting that you bless us with more of the IronStrange Can’t Find Out series. I know you said getting in the queue early is the best bet, so asking for updates right after you post a new one is my game plan. I need these boys to get their happy ending in this verse eventually! 😅❤️

Your timing was excellent! 😀 Along with the other two, but you know, that means you all got three updates not too far apart! Win for everyone. lol. 

I have two prompts in the queue for this series after this one. 

And now, Tony’s POV post-heat!

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Tony throws himself down on the couch near the armchair where Pepper is curled up, reading. “I’m not a jealous person, right?” he demands.

Pepper puts her book aside. “You aren’t,” she affirms, partly because this is obviously the appropriate response for whatever rant Tony is about to launch into, and partly because Tony really isn’t a jealous person. If a potential—or even current—partner is more interested in someone else than they are in him, the last thing Tony wants is for them to stick around. And when the interest is purely theoretical, window shopping, to speak, he has no problem playing along with his partner’s appreciation.

He shoots her a despairing look. “Then why is the thought of this mystery alpha of Stephen’s driving me crazy?” 

“Probably because he’s hurting your friend, if unknowingly,” Pepper says. “You’ve always been protective of your friends.” And Tony’s feelings for Stephen had rapidly escalated past friendship, even if he was being a little stubborn about recognizing that. 

“I can’t stop wondering what this guy is like,” Tony says, tipping his head back against the couch. “Is he enhanced? A civilian? Has he even met Stephen in this timeline? Is Stephen pining for a guy who doesn’t know he exists, or a guy who doesn’t even want him?” Tony groans. “I can’t decide which is worse. I mean, being actively rejected is probably worse, but at least then Stephen might be able to get over the guy.”

“You said they had multiple lifetimes together,” Pepper interrupts gently. “I can’t imagine that’s easy to get over.”

Tony makes a frustrated noise. “I know. But I keep thinking, if I knew something about the guy, maybe I’d understand. Or at least I’d— I don’t even know.” Pepper knows. At least I’d be able to size up the competition. Or maybe, At least I’d know what he has that I don’t. But she keeps quiet. “But Stephen won’t say anything about the guy. Nada. Nil. Zip. Except that he’s an male alpha, and that he’s happily mated.” Tony slumps.

Pepper makes a sympathetic noise. Honestly, she’s a bit baffled, too. If it was her, she thinks she’d want to talk about her mate. Even if they couldn’t be together. Maybe especially if they couldn’t be together. But on the occasions she’s met Stephen, it hasn’t really seemed to her like he was pining. He’d been rather focused on Tony, actually, almost to the point of being rude, though Pepper hadn’t minded.

Wait.

“What’s that expression for?” Tony says, sitting up out of his slouch. He points at her. “I know that face. That’s your ‘I just realized Tony is being an idiot’ face. Spill. What’d I do?”

“Tony,” Pepper says slowly. “Does Stephen know why you and I got bonded?”

“Sure,” Tony says automatically.

“No, think about it,” Pepper insists. “Did you ever actually tell him, or are you just assuming he knows because you trust him enough for him to know?”

Tony opens his mouth, then stops, brow wrinkling. “I mean, I must have…”

“When?” Pepper demands.

Tony visibly searches his memory and comes up blank. “Okay, so I may have assumed. Why?”

Pepper laughs and shakes her head. “Tony. From Stephen’s perspective, you are happily mated and therefore unavailable.”

Tony looks stunned. “You think I might be the mystery alpha?”

“It would explain why Stephen’s been so tight-lipped,” Pepper says. “His friendship with you is all he has, and he’s probably terrified it’ll ruin it if you find out.”

“He wasn’t confusing me for his alpha during his heat,” Tony says with dawning realization. “He was forgetting that I wasn’t his alpha. He must have been worried he’d give himself away, that’s why he didn’t want my help at first.”

Tony is still for a moment, and then he leaps up and is halfway to the elevator before Pepper can react. “Tony, wait!”

He stops just short of the elevator and turns back uncertainly. “Pep. We always said—”

Pepper waves him off. “Of course we’ll break our bond,” she says impatiently. “But you can’t just rush over and throw yourself at Stephen. He’s been hurting. If you’re not careful, it’ll end up seeming like you’re throwing that back in his face. You need to slow down and think.”

Tony lets out a long breath and scrubs his hands through his hair. “Right. You’re right.” He gives Pepper a wry look. “Careful isn’t my strong suit.”

She smiles. “You’ll figure it out.”

[ironstrangehaven]

IronStrange Week 2024 Incoming!!

IronStrange Week 2024 is from July 7 to July 13, 2024.

If you didn't have time to make any fanworks leading up to IronStrange Week, you can still create them during the week. The prompts are below this for a refresher.

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Prompts

Day 1 [7/7]: GOOD | EVIL

Day 2 [7/8]: CHAOS | ORDER

Day 3 [7/9]: LOVE | HATRED

Day 4 [7/10]: DARK | LIGHT

Day 6 [7/12]: BITTER | SWEET

Day 7 [7/13]: ELEGANT | GROTESQUE

Reminders

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Use the tag #ironstrangeweek2024

Any NSFW content must be tagged appropriately and/or under a “Read More” link, or it will not be featured on the blog/discord server.

Mind your tags and tag gore, violence, and other significant tags. IronStrange Week 2023 AO3 Collection Here is the collection for the event on AO3. If you share your works from fics, poetry, fanart, and more on AO3, be sure to add them!

[ao3feed-drstrange]

Youve Done Enough

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/VUK1cBG by yellowsunflowerheart Three words Tony has longed to hear his entire life. Stephen is finally the one to say them. Words: 871, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 10 of IronStrange Fics Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Doctor Strange (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Stephen Strange, Tony Stark Relationships: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Additional Tags: Loosely based on a prompt I saw on tumblr, about Tony and the words ‘you’ve done enough’, where he finally hears them kindly for once, I believe the tumblr is: fotibrit, I will confirm, This is timed in line with Peter’s birthday and features Iron Dad, but I am posting early because Peter isn’t actually present in the fic, Tony isn’t used to kind words, or people genuinely accepting his work as perfect, he's too used to people always wanting more from him, But Stephen thinks everything he does is already perfect read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/VUK1cBG

[skits-things]

@lilbitofmac would it be alright if I wrote a fic for ironstrange week 2023 using this as the opening scene? It probably won't go anywhere you would expect from this point bc I have to fill the prompts (and I'm not sure I'll finish in time either) but I'd like to use it if you're okay with it. I'll link it to this post too if I actually post/submit it.

Guardian Angel AU: Stephen is at his wit’s end following the aftermath of Endgame. After pushing himself nonstop, saving the world, the universe, and the multiverse from an onslaught of threats, it seems he’s gained someone’s attention.

Who’s this supernatural being? And why won’t they just leave Stephen the hell alone?