#steggy fan fic

[captainjimothycarter]

A Christmas Miracle

Peggy’s world falls apart after she learns she’s pregnant with Steve’s child. They had a whole life promised to one another. It wasn’t the white-picket fence and apple tree yard that was imagined for her, but it was her life, it was Steve’s life and they were going to bring their child up in it.

Now she would be bringing their child into this world without Steve by her side. That’s not to say she’s alone. She has Bucky, Steve and Bucky’s family, and her support group. It hurts to know Steve will never get to know their child.

While she mourns the loss of her partner, miles away, in a tomb of ice, the ice begins to stir. Steve will do whatever it takes to make it home.

A super late Steggy Secret Santa fic for @rachlovesligers. Thanks @steggyfanevents! I'm so sorry I'm late with this. A huge thank you to @formerlyir for creating this banner!

Bingos: Snuggling In Bed - @marvelfluffbingo Obstacles To Love - @marvelrarepairbingo2022 Bed Sharing - @mfbingo Characters: Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter, Bucky Barnes Relationships: Steve Rogers/Peggy Carter

Sacrifices had to be made and unfortunately, that came at the cost of losing her favorite bra. Her current replacement was doing a number on her breasts today as they trekked near enemy territory.

Her damn breasts had been aching all day and the heavy backpack wasn’t helping. The annoying, dull pain brought itself to the forefront of her mind when she ran into Steve’s broad back, reminded once again, for a whole another set of reasons, that he was built like a Greek statue. She cursed under her breath and wrapped her arms around her chest, trying to alleviate the pain.

He spun around and his brow furrowed in that manner that told her he was concerned. She tried to ignore it, not needing Steve to be concerned about her and her little ailments from these past few weeks.

He was already worried about her and the fatigue. It was expected, they have been trekking across the thick forest on foot, intending to meet Barnes and Jones. She prayed to whatever deity that was listening that they were able to secure a vehicle. She didn’t want to continue the rest of the mission on foot.

“You look terrible,” was all he said to her before it dawned on him what he had said. He instantly panicked, shaking his head and stumbling over his own words. “I-I didn’t mean it like...that.”

“We have been walking for three days, Steven,” she reminded him, raising her eyebrow. “How else do you expect me to look?”

She did enjoy the way that his ears were dusted with red, having nothing to do with the chilly wind.

“I’m sorry, what I meant to say was just...” He sighed out of his nose and dropped his hands from his hair. “You don’t look like you feel good—are you okay?”

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[autumnrory]

and i wonder if it's at all possible they actually at least had that option open (because it's like how they seemed to hint at buckynat and then they never ended up interacting so it was like MAYBE we'll do something with that and then just didn't follow through) because of how she looks exactly like cynthia glass instead of comics peggy like maybe it started with that and then the bits of catws (the slight acknowledgement of wrongdoing when she says "we rather mucked it up", howard and peggy's pictures at that base, the fact that they worked with zola) like there originally WAS going to be an actual captain america 3 before they went with the civil war storyline like

they absolutely could have gone there if given the chance and maybe also with having aou and agent carter post-catws and all the "REMEMBER THEY WERE DEEPLY IN LOVE, VIEWERS! remember that peggy influenced steve's choices and his morals, he definitely wasn't already that person long before meeting her!" shit, it would've been too hard to turn things around but man it could've been so good

and like not only would it be steve feeling betrayed, but also sharon, who presumably looked up to and learn from her aunt, who had been working for shield and thinking she was on The Right Side, not only crushed by the reveal that hydra was in it all along, but that this woman she trusted had a hand in it! and not only that, but that could absolutely have been a thing that brought steve and sharon closer n a believable way instead of a dumb kiss after two years of not interacting and saying "that was late" lol ANYWAY

smarter people than me could explain more about why this could or could not have ever been possible but yeah man has ANYONE written that fic like i know fic writers almost entirely write it like they would've gotten married if they could've and steve loved her as much as he loved bucky and all that so it's like. you never really get an accurate portrayal as it is, but ugh, i just want a change of pace in that regard

keep thinking how interesting it would've been if instead of a vague acknowledgement of peggy letting hydra into shield they would've actually committed to it and revealed she had been helping them the entire time, maybe even that she had been a double agent during the war and nobody finding out till decades later in catws like i would at least love to see this in fic bc how horrifed would steve be not bc she was the "love of his life" but because he did to an extent know her and trust that they were on the same side so to find out otherwise would make the discovery that he hadn't in fact stopped hydra as he believed even more painful

[bulkyphrase]

I had every intention of updating my @ficreadingchallenge bingo card every week, but wow I definitely did not do that.

Here's the results of my June and July reading! Maybe I'll do this again next Thursday, or maybe you'll see it again sometime in September.

Details below the cut!

For square 3: vampire AU

Oh Negative by Ladyladylady (@ladyladylady1) (Winterhawk, Mature, 17,663 words)

Summary: “Well alright then. In case it wasn’t clear, everyone is welcome here, vampires included. Anyone who has a problem with that can kindly find a new bar to haunt.” Sam emphasizes his words by pointing the end of his bat around the room, making sure to stop at Brock’s old table. No one speaks up for a beat. Then they hear a throat clear. Clint and Sam snap their heads behind them to the door they’re still blocking. On the steps leading up is a shorter man, but he and Sam are pretty tall, so that’s nothing new. More noteworthy is his chiseled jaw, his tangle of dark, shoulder-length hair, his metal arm, and the fact that he is, unmistakably, a vampire.

there are a lot of things that go wrong for clint in this true blood fusion but he does get a sexy vampire boyfriend in the end

For square 4: fluff

Blossoms Every Day by fluffernutter8 (@theawkwardterrier) (Steggy, General Audiences, 1,961 words)

Summary: When you work at a flower shop requests for elaborate bouquets are just part of the job. Requests for bouquets this specific, on the other hand...

peggy and steve communicate via the language of flowers...sort of. very cute, and love the outsider pov

For square 5: fic written by someone who follows you

Treading Desire Lines by @fohatic (Stony, Teen And Up Audiences, 43,747 words)

Summary: Tony knows that his daughter can be difficult, but he really needs someone to do him a solid when an important opportunity arises. Unfortunately, word is already out: Morgan Stark is a real handful. Never one to shrink from a challenge, Steve steps in, hoping to shift the strained dynamic between him and Tony and having no idea how the course of his life is about to change.

i'm a little cautious with kidfic and endgame fix-its, but this one really won me over!

For square 6: enemies to friends/lovers

a falling star can't fall forever by Mizzy (@mizzy2k) (James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Teen And Up Audiences, 30,329 words)

Summary: Corporate espionage is a dirty job, but someone has to do it. When a recent job goes awry thanks to the Black Widow, Bucky’s team are demoted to babysitting duty: Howard Stark’s spoiled brat is studying in Cambridge and is completely naive to the dangers of the world. The mission isn’t the complete bust he’s expecting: while off-duty, he meets Natasha and it’s love at first sight. If only that damn irritating Black Widow wasn’t also around, determined to ruin his latest attempt to get a life outside of the spying game. Frustrated by her recent demotion thanks to the Winter Soldier and his irritating team, the last thing Natasha expects is to meet the charming Mr. Barnes. Being reassigned to Europe to assist on a honey-pot mission should be frustrating, but with an unexpected new love on the horizon, Natasha thinks this assignment might not be as bad as she’s expecting. Except then it turns out the Winter Soldier is also in Europe, and he seems determined to completely ruin her life… (An International Iron Man meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith AU.)

i 💕 rom-com, identity porn, and spy shenanigans

For square 10: fan art

Muzzled and Bound [!Art] by @darthbloodorange (Stony, Teen And Up Audiences, words)

Summary: Greg doesn't approve of his brother dating that mutt, Rogers, so he captures the man to teach Tony a lesson.

i want to read the (nonexistent) fic so bad, but will console myself with this lovely art

For square 11: daring rescue

Die Hard (But Only If No Other Options Are Readily Available) by @jenthesweetie (Stony, Teen And Up Audiences, 23,915 words)

Summary: Tony hadn’t written off the Avengers when he ended up on the Raft. What he absolutely hadn’t expected was for them to show up to break him out.

this exciting post-age of ultron stony reconciliation fic features two daring rescues and several narrow escapes

For square 12: 5 + 1 style fic

Interruptions by mariana_oconnor (@mariana-oconnor) (Winterhawk, Teen And Up Audiences, 8,307 words)

Summary: Five times Bucky tries to tell Clint how he feels and one time Clint succeeds.

poor bucky (and clint) have the worst luck in this fic, but at least they figure it out in the end

For square 13: unfinished/work in progress (this was a WIP when I first added it to the bingo card, but it's complete now)

Factory Regress by SucculentHyena (@succulent-hyena) (Stucky, Teen And Up Audiences, 54,054 words)

Summary: A crashed ship, a mysterious device, and some unfortunate circumstances.

a very fun fic featuring age regression, magical space adventures, and protective husband bucky

For square 14: multiple authors

Never Surrender, Never Give Up by Loran_Arameri, Serinah (@loraneldin, @serinah80) (Stony, Explicit, 85,896 words)

Summary: It’s 2029 and aliens have taken the Earth. Steve is dead, and everyone who’s left of the Avengers is fighting for the last few thousand humans. They don’t have much time, or rather the energy: the last of the arc reactors will fail in less than a month, and Tony can’t make another one. Their base will fall.The Earth’s best defender is out of options. *** Years they fought against the Chitauri, and they have lost. Steve is sure that Tony would agree: only traveling back in time could save them now. But Steve wasn't sure if he should, and now he's out of time so he takes one last, desperate gamble. When will he end up?

beautifully angsty fic featuring the end of the world, time travel, double identity porn, and some very hot dom tony/sub steve

For square 15: crossover or fusion fic

Early American X-Ray Specs by aetataureate (@psychicrhubarb) (Steggy, Teen And Up Audiences, 23,183 words)

Summary: “I’m going to steal the Declaration of Independence,” Steve said.

this hilarious fic is everything a steggy + national treasure fusion should be

For square 17: reread an old fave

If Through a Door by @jibrailis (Stony, Explicit, 44,036 words)

Summary: Tony is accused of murder on an alien planet; Steve marries him to bring him home.

this canon universe marriage of convenience story with a side of alien murder mystery is one of the first stony fics i ever read

For square 18: 5+ year old fic

Sea Stars by Muccamukk (Stony, Teen And Up Audiences, 41,960 words)

Summary: Steve comes back to life somewhere entirely unexpected; Tony doesn't remember being a hero; something is rotten in the province of British Columbia, and the 2010 Olympics are doomed.

post-(comics) civil war fic where a magical resurrection meets tech-based amnesia

For square 19: mythical creature AU

Nights When the Wolves Are Silent, and Only the Moon Howls by Cluegirl, Defiler_Wyrm (art by @defilerwyrm) (Stony & Stucky, Mature, 77,612 words)

Summary: “Could you drop all that stoic shit and be my freaking-the-hell-out wingman for just like, five seconds here?” Steve wasn’t sure he could think of anything he wanted less to do than to freak out about his wounds just then though, so he reached across his chest and gingerly patted Sam’s clenched knuckles. “It’ll be fine,” he promised, believing it. “Serum’s handled worse.” “You know, I actually believe you,” Sam allowed after a long second of glaring. “Which is deeply alarming, considering how much of your connective tissue I’ve touched in the last 4 hours. Now you wanna tell me what Russoff’s men did to you that made it look like you got mauled by a bear?” Steve flinched, then breathed the memory down to size. “Not a bear,” he murmured. “Wolves.”

💖 werewolf (mcu) civil war fix-it my beloved 💖

For square 24: BIPOC main character

Fill Her (With Words of Hope For Her People) by sweetheart35 (@billyhargrovetrash) (Gen, Not Rated, 6,236 words)

Summary: Okoye delivers the news. Shuri had watched the two guards who had been assigned to guard her and the android disintegrate into dust in front of her. She had watched, frozen, as one had sighed before closing his eyes and the other turn to her and say “Princess -“ and take a step towards her before he simply collapsed, dust scattered across the floor. Shuri is a genius, the head of Wakanda’s research and development division and their outreach program but she cannot fathom what is happening.

an absolutely beautiful story about shuri leading wakanda after the snap

For square : Free space

Bird Set Free by mrs_d (Samsteve, Teen And Up Audiences, 15,361 words)

Summary: Steve thinks all hope is lost when he gets transformed into a helpless finch, but then he meets a man who smells amazing and, even better, can understand what he’s saying.

this super-cute fic features steve as a fierce but easily distracted finch and sam as a bakery shop owner who can talk to birds

[steggyfanevents]

Announcing a new event for Steggy fanworks: Saturdays at the Stork Club!

What is it?

A monthly event for sharing fanworks with each other.

When does it happen?

The last Saturday of the month. The first one will be Saturday, August 26.

What kind of fanwork?

Whatever kind you make! Meta, headcanons, personal essays, gifs, collages, fic, playlists, anything you make to explore and celebrate the relationship between Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers.

How do I participate?

Mention @steggyfanevents in your post so we can reblog, and use the tag #saturdaystorkclub. Be sure to boost the posts of other fans and keep the party going!

Thanks to @margaretacarter for creating our first event banner!

[eucatastrophicblues]

re: your reblog about het ships declining in fandom too -

i feel like the het pairings i like have gone from being a lot more about the woman in terms of framing in fics to now being about the men. i've noticed this a lot in a couple of fandoms i'm in that there's been a shift to the dynamics where it's clear the man is every writer's special favorite guy. i wasn't sure if that was just the fandom spaces i'm in but i think it matches with the m/f decline and the way fandom is really heavily tilting towards men right now in ways it hasn't before (and probably explains a lot of the frustrations people have)

Oh, yeah, that’s absolutely the case. And it’s a relatively recent shift that you can track just through fan content on Tumblr - less than 15 years ago, you’d have ships (usually Marvel, but that’s just because everyone was on the MCU train) where the appeal was either “this super cool woman who we’re kind of in love with gets a boyfriend who loves her” or “they’re a balanced, equal pair” - plenty of Thor/Jane shippers, plenty of Steggy shippers, people who liked the platonic pairings of Mako Mori and Raleigh from Pacific Rim, or Max and Furiosa from Fury Road, or all variants of Finn and Rey and Poe, or Han/Leia shippers. 20 years ago you had entire fansites dedicated to the women from franchises like LotR or PotC, and fanfic and fanart about those women dominated search results. Even if the men were popular, the women had to be good too. Women did genuinely used to have way more time and attention given to them in fandom spaces, and now that’s just… not a thing.

And before anybody asks, yes, there was also a lot more overt misogyny. But I’m going to quote a comment I saw on Reddit:

I would rather know who hates women up front, and be able to avoid them and build community with people who like women and other M/M shippers who aren’t misogynists, than have to deal with everyone loudly insisting that nobody cares about women.

[avenger-nerd-mom]

Omg

@steverogersnotebook wrote a thing! A Steggy thing! She knows the way to my heart!

So sweet! PERFECT

This is my gift for the 2022 Steggy Secret Santa for @avengeclintasha who suggested "them being soft together, no matter the setting. Peggy in the future or their lives after ‘endgame’ --run wild with whatever sparks your interest and have fun"

I did have fun, I love them and I hope you love the gift.

Baby It's Cold Outside

Summary: A vignette of Steve and Peggy in front of a fireplace during a winter storm.

Rating: teen+ Word count: 1352

Thank you @steggyfanevents for organizing this

[practically-an-x-man]

Wandavision or Echo?

Abner Krill or Harley Quinn?

Stucky or Steggy?

Thai food or Mexican food?

Hurt/comfort or Enemies to Lovers?

Ooooooh thank you!!!

Echo for sure!!! I liked Wandavision well enough, especially the whole thing of bringing Evan Peters back as the other Quicksilver, I think that whole premise was super neat, but Echo is just WORLDS above that show in every way. It's got so much more heart, the acting is better, they actually respect the lead actor's background and culture rather than whitewashing the character (cough cough Wanda...), it's just such a better show all around.

AGH DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE!! I love them both so much!! I think I have to go with Harley though, she's been my favorite since the beginning <3

STUCKY! I've never been much of a Steggy fan. I think they're cute back in First Avenger, sure, but I don't understand the whole "went back in time for her" plot when that goes against all of Steve's character arc across the rest of the movies.

Thai food all the way!!! I do like Mexican food, but Thai food is just such comfort food to me (there's this local family-owned restaurant that serves Lao and Thai food and I swear it's my favorite restaurant in town, it's saved me from so many bad days lol)

Ooooooh another tough choice... but I have to go with hurt/comfort. I love them both, but there's something about hurt/comfort that really scratches that brain itch for me. Plus, I think hurt/comfort is usually a little more consistent - it's easy to find a good, well-written hurt/comfort fic, but I think some authors struggle with writing a genuinely compelling enemies-to-lovers fic.

[theblondebondd]

i can't believe it is even a question abt who stucky shippers hated more when they ( and steggy shippers but mostly stucky shippers ) are the reason sharon was quite literally removed from the mcu. they butcher her ( no, not just character assassination, they PHYSICALLY KILL HER ) in almost all of their fics, they've spent years harassing her fans just for liking her, and some who have even gone to comics would rather ship grooming & pedophilia than even acknowledge she exists.

there is no fathomable way any of you crazy mfkers believe peggy gets more hate from them than sharon does.

[doctorhelena]

What are five fics you enjoyed reading this year?

I apologize for taking a few days to answer this, anon - I was frozen in indecision because I have enjoyed reading SO MANY amazing fics this year. In the end, I realized that, although there is no way I could possibly pick my favourite five, that's not actually what you asked!

So, here, in no particular order, is a random selection of five of the many, many fics I've l enjoyed reading this year:

Dance a Tarantella by Beshter (Clint Barton/Laura Barton, but the focus is on their familial relationship with Natasha in the early days after she defected). Also a part of Beshter's fabulous Timeless series (in which Peggy is brought forward in time by Scott Lang to a couple of years before Steve is unfrozen, and the MCU unspools somewhat differently from there).

"Time and Space", aka Chapters 10-12 of My Heart Don't Wish to Roam by @buckywiththegoodhair86 (Steggy) - a Dr. Who AU, part of a very long story that consists of a collection of excellent Steggy AUs.

The Stars Are Cold and Distant (but also Soft and Aching) by Tamoline (PeggyNat) - set in the What If universe with Captain Carter in the future. Note: if you are a Steggy fan who would not enjoy reading a story in which there is a possibility that Peggy might not end up with Steve, this one is probably not for you! But Peggy and Steve's love and affection for each other is not dismissed either.

To Be Where You Are by @roboticonography (Steggy) - I am always very excited when Robot posts a new story, and I have a special fondness for his wartime Steggy - possibly because the very first Steggy fic I remember reading was "The Simple Secret", also by Robot. Anyway, I did indeed love "To Be Where You Are", in which Steve is sent to extract Peggy from a spy mission from which she's late in returning.

A Somebody I'm Longin' to See by @eliza49-7190 (Cartinelli) - an excellent Peggy/Angie fic that does not shy away from the depth of Peggy's grief for Steve or diminish how much she loved him, is realistic about some of the differences Peggy and Angie would have to work through, and also goes into interesting detail about Peggy's work at the SSR after the Agent Carter series is over.

[cafecitowriter]

FIC WRITER INTERVIEW

Tagged by @laviejaguardia thank you amiguita!!

tagging if they desire: @captainjimothycarter @behindthelabels @teaandatale

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 

26

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 

589,675 😳

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Should the Stars Align w 745

Aim for the Heart w 328

Flowers w 307

The Untamed w 264

My 6 Foot Romance w 193

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I definitely aim to! I've gotten worse at responding lately because I've been going through a lot lately but comments bring me so much joy and I love discussing my works with others so even if it's been a year I love to respond!

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

I don't really do angsty/unhappy endings but I did write this drabble that is very angsty. For one of my longer fics, I would say in silent screams and wildest dreams just because while technically it ends well, I didn't perfectly tie things up.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Like all of them lol, but maybe Cherry on Top just because that one is a fluff fest from start to finish.

7. Do you write crossovers?

I've never written one and currently don't have the inclination to do so, but I'm definitely open to it if the muse ever strikes!

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Like no outright hate, but some that have been filled with corrections on either grammar, spelling or that have told me my characterization was "incorrect" but like whatever.

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

Like Lina said on hers, whenever the mood strikes and the kind depends on the mood lol

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of (and I hope it stays that way)

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope

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

I have not but I'm totally open to it!

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

The thing is, I have many long burning ships and the fire has never gone out on them. What If...? has really re-lit the Steggy flame, and the stuff I write is mostly all about them so they're always way up there, but I must give an honourable mention to The Doctor/Rose and also Percabeth is currently making a STRONG comeback at the moment.

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Okay. So there's this Steggy fic. I started it years ago and I only have a few scenes written but it's definitely going to be a multi-chapter fic. The whole premise is that Steve is the only child of Queen Sarah, and Peggy is the prince's personal bodyguard. Problem is, Steve can't inherit the throne because it's a matriarchal line. When Queen Sarah has a health scare, she decides to take matters into her own hands and find her son a suitable wife and future queen so that her son can still maintain the throne in the event of her early passing. However, Peggy's not a fan of the options presented - for more than just the obvious reasons.

15. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm good at characterization and getting their voices/dialogue pretty good!

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Honestly I have to work really hard on my plots to make sure they're tight because very often there are holes in them or they don't tie up/flow as smoothly as much as I'd like. It's why I usually prefer to write the whole thing at once and then post it, because that way I can catch things/find my way out of the corners I tend to write myself into.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I enjoy it! I use multiple languages in my life. Though the characters I normally write for don't really use multiple languages so it's something I would like to find a way to incorporate more, maybe in other fandoms/works eventually.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Unposted Star Wars (Han/Leia), posted the MCU (Steggy)

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

I'm not burning for it at the moment (I'm struggling to get much writing done recently for my main fandom) but I do think at one point I'd like to write for Doctor Who, since I love reading for Nine/Rose & Ten (or Tentoo)/Rose it but there's some things I haven't found that I would like to write.

20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

I do like all of my fics a lot, but I would say my top three in no particular order are:

Get In, Get Out (I'm very proud of my writing in this one)

The Untamed (I left a lot open as to what happens leading up to the very last scene of the fic and I want to keep exploring it sometime)

My Daughter's Keeper (I just adore this universe)

[captainjimothycarter]

Ideas on best friends to lovers steggy au based on this? Lmaoo

https://www.tumblr.com/moonblossom/730561676966084608/and-there-was-only-one-heart-shaped-bed

Oh my Gawd Y E S

Best Friend Steggy who basically were attached at the hip since they were toddlers. They grew up together, constantly at each others houses. Parents teased that they were going to get married.

[enter that one gif of Nala and Simba as cubs and not wanting to be with each other lmao]

But they insisted not, to even prove a point, they dated other people but the dates and relationships never lasted long. Something was always iffy.

Finally, after a string of bad dates, they both just say fuck it and let's go on vacation, let's go on this cruise. They're wine-drunk and book it. Next thing they know they're on the cruise, in one cabin but two separate beds.

[They so share one for [insert BS reason here]]

They join the gameshow and it's just as the video. They're fan favorites, they get everything right. People are LOVING them.

They get the honeymoon suite and drunk enough not to care, they fuck.

Then they kiss in public and Steve realizes his entire life, why the dates have gone wrong. They weren't Peggy. They weren't as cunning or funny or charming as her.

Peggy realizes the same. The reason her longest never worked, Fred wasn't Steve. He wasn't kind and sweet and always had a sassy answer or knew her every want.

He did not pass the orange peel test.

They kiss and it gets heated before they leave dinner and go back to their room to fuck.

That's how they end up going from best friends to lovers to engaged (with no ring) to the Captain marrying them and a whooooole makeshift wedding happens on the last day.

People fucking love it.

At the end of the fic, Phillips [Steve's Pa] slips Bucky $50 from losing his bet.

[bedlamsbard]

choose violence: 6 + 8

6. which ship fans are the most annoying?

*deep sigh* you know, I actually typed Steve/Peggy, and it's true, but the Steggy people at least have the advantage of having it be canon. even if it is not my ship and even if I really disagree with it as a ship (fine in CATFA-CATWS-CACW and even AC! completely messed it up in Endgame! not keen on What If, either!), they do at least have that going for them. for me personally it's the MCU BuckyNat people, because it's straight comics transferal and the ship has no basis in MCU canon, they interact twice when they're both trying to kill each other and in their other shared scenes they always have Steve between them. but they have so much fanmade merch (pins, I'm talking about enamel pins) and people just...take comics BuckyNat and transfer it over to the MCU and it drives me up the wall. like, they're not aggressive about it in the way the Steggy fans are, but it's everywhere if you're in the Black Widow side of the fandom.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

like all of them, I disagree with 99% of people on 99% of things, you're going to have to get more specific here lol. (that's why a lot of my fic is deliberately contra common fanon, but I'm not so aggressive about it that it gets picked up on particularly often.) hmm, what's one I haven't talked about recently or that doesn't really show up in my fic.

oh! Coulson. I don't think this is something that's a major issue these days, mostly because we're well past the Avengers 1 point, but I still see it occasionally in people who never moved past A1 and it was very very common 2012-2014 or so, in that big burst of post-Avengers 1 fic. and that's that the common read on Coulson's behavior towards Steve in that film is that it's -- like, fine? a little dreamy-eyed and hero-worship-y and resulted in the A1 suit, but basically harmless, and Steve is, what, gently amused by it? a little uncomfortable, but again, basically harmless?

if you actually watch the movie Steve spends every single interaction he has with Coulson praying for the sweet release of being attacked by aliens, or perhaps murdered. his reaction to Coulson is so viscerally negative that once Fury sees it, he breaks them up and puts Steve with Natasha for the trip to Stuttgart, and then Steve never interacts with Coulson again. if Steve had reacted more positively to Coulson there's no reason that Coulson couldn't have gone to Stuttgart in Natasha's place; she's not fighting, she's doing hostage negotiation, plus Coulson is the one who has experience with Asgardians in the first place. it makes more sense for Coulson to be there than it does for Natasha to be -- except that Steve is reacting much more positively to Natasha than he is to Coulson, and Fury's smart enough to see that if he keeps trying to make Steve work with Coulson it's going to end badly.

[bisamwilson]

catch up tag

tagged by @smfstump!! thanks whiz :)

last song: through the valley by shawn james

favorite color: red!!! definitely the color i own the most of, and a bit of a signature one tbh

currently watching: i am literally in the middle of watching the hunger games: catching fire right now, but in terms of shows, there's a few i'm (very slowly) watching with various friends. one friend and i are watching the loki show as it airs as well as the justice league animated show, another friend and i are slowly making our way through severance (i think we have four episodes left? i'm in love with irv and burt already), and another friend and i are rewatching avatar: the last airbender (we're currently on the ba sing se arc of book two)

last movie: outside of catching fire, last movie was anatomy of a fall which i saw earlier today and would DEFINITELY recommend. love a good courtroom drama. also going to see the killer in theaters tomorrow!!

currently reading: killers of the flower moon, and i'll probably start a hunger games or a percy jackson reread soon as they're both on my list

sweet/savory/spicy: sweet!!! all of these flavors are good flavors but i've got a major sweet tooth :)

current obsessions: idk if i have a singular one at the moment? i'm always thinking about star wars so i guess that but it's died down a bit recently, but otherwise it's mostly just all of my speculations and excitement for the new oscar szn movies coming out soon!!! oh and also christmas. i spend all of november and december obsessing over christmas, and i started a bit early this year (they were putting up the lights downtown today!! what can i say!!!)

last thing I googled: matthew perry :(

Currently working on: fan wise? not much of anything! super busy at work with a lot of projects there but haven't had much inspiration recently to create, though due to previous christmas obsession i have been musing only in my head about 1) a sambucky fic based on a christmas to remember by dolly and kenny rogers where bucky works at a ski lodge and sam visits with sarah+the kids for christmas and they have like a lil hallmark movie plotline and 2) a kind of angsty steve centric steggy fic inspired by i'll be home for christmas where catws era-ish steve reminisces on the christmases spent with peggy during the war and some of the hopes for future christmases they never got to have. i will probably write neither of these

no pressure tagging @livingincolorsagain @logicheartsoul @saryasy @apatheticjoy @jonkentt

[3pirouette]

Its kinda sad about Steggy but we'll always be here for you!! Maybe What If can open up some ideas for you, if you're willing to have them.

Hello, dear Anon.

Now, never say never. That’s my motto. There’s still a good handful of WIPs I’ve never posted (and some I did, oops) that I want to eventually finish.

But this happens. At least to me, I don’t know about anyone else.

For me, ships and pairing are forever, but how I interact with them changes, and a lot of that has to do with what I get from writing. (Currently I’m working out a lot of trauma in that TLOU fic, it’s really off how things have come out I never expected, but that’s how it goes.)

But honestly, as the shows and movies and such resolve their canon, I either accept it and move on happy, or I accept it and move on sad.

For instance, milder and Scully. MSR. My TRUE first ship. My OTP forever and ever. But Chris Cater ABUSED them. Has season 11 helped a little with the trauma from seasons 8-10? Maybe. But to me, they’re happy and together forever. There’s only so many stories I can read and write about how perfect they are for one another.

GSR. Grissom and Sara from CSI. Canonically together. Happily ever after.

Belle and Rumple from Once. A fucking train wreck of writing, but still sort of together. Still a happy-ish ending.

Penny and Sheldon. Sigh. They were doomed from the start, but I don’t think I would have strayed SO far away from that fandom if the show hadn’t gone down hill fast. The show left such a bad taste in my mouth that I CAN’T revisit those characters.

Steve and Peggy. Perfectly together. In any time. Is there a world full of AUs I could explore? Absolutely. Do I need to? Meh. Not right now. The stories I want to tell with them are generally done.

I don’t know what the future EVER holds for me with fic. My brain is really fickle like that. But that’s also what I love about it. Fic is there for me when I need it, to read or to write. And I write for myself first, so yes, I do go back and read my own fic a lot.

And not that I don’t love my readers, because I ADORE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. But I write for myself first. I’m too old, have too much to do in RL to stress over not finishing a fic or not releasing a chapter. Feedback is a gift BEYOND MEASURE, but the writing is the reward in itself.

So I’m not going, that’s the bottom line. I’ll always be a fan, I’ll always be around, but I make no promises about my writing, and I never have, because the inspiration is fickle, and it’s something I do to bring myself happiness, so I try to never stress over it.

Except for secret Santa’s. I stress over those. O_o

[theawkwardterrier]

Fanfiction writer ask game: 1,12,15,29,40

(Sorry couldn’t choose 🙈. Feel free to answer all of them. Those are some fun questions.)

1) How old were you when you first starting writing fanfiction?

My first ever fic is actually still online! It was posted in 2004, when I was 12. It's extremely bad! I took a break for a couple of years after that, but I'd been writing pretty consistently ever since.

12) Who is your favourite character to write for? Why?

I don't know that I have a favorite character overall to write for (I write in a lot of different fandoms!) but I definitely gravitate toward certain POVs, so I guess those are my faves. I have had moments of particularly appreciate the headspace offered by Ian Murray and Nate Carter, my Steggy kid OC from things left behind - they're just very calming presences to channel.

15) If you write OC’s, how do you decide on their names?

Haha, lots of different ways! If they're just a one-off character I'll often do name generator things or invest less time in picking the names, although occasionally I'll pick a person from my life to name them after. For longer-term OCs, I'll usually start by pulling up a list of popular names from the year they were born or the culture they're from and seeing if anything sparks. Once or twice I've renamed an OC during drafting because the name stopped feeling right.

(The real answer to this, as with so much else, is mostly, "idk, vibes?" 😅)

29) Do you have a story that you feel doesn’t get as much love as you’d like?

I've mostly settled into thinking that they all reached or will reach the people they were meant to, but if I had to pick, probably But a Walking Shadow, the sequel to my Steggy fic Woman Borne, maybe because there seemed to be a drop off of investment between them.

40) Do people know you write fanfiction?

I'm absolutely free with that info with online people. With people I only know irl, it's far more limited. My family is aware but I don't talk about it with them a ton because they don't necessarily get it. I've told my therapist about it (we've talked a lot about how my mental health stuff is impacting my writing and fan life) and in the past I've told a few friends in high school, a couple of friends in college, and one friend/coworker currently - almost all of the friends/peers that I've told are people I knew or strongly suspected were fic readers or writers themselves 😁

Workin' on my fic asks!

[thesokovianaccords]

Ho Ho Ho! Steggy Secret Santa Here! Favorite Steggy Trope Game today! Give me a Love/Like/neutral/dislike/Hate for each troupe, and a quick (or not so quick) explanation of why! Coffee Shop AU, Baby Fic, High School/ College AU, There's Only One Bed, Accidental or forced marriage, Hurt/Comfort, Snowed in/Stuck together, Fake dating, angst, fluff, crack fic.

ohhhhh yes I love talking about tropes!

coffee shop au: I'm pretty neutral! maybe because I am (to my eternal shame) a real corporate franchise girl, I've always found them a bit meh? but I'm always willing to be proved wrong :D

baby fic: I go back and forth on this one - I'll only read it/reblog gifsets/etc if I'm in a specific mood for it. I'm much more drawn to fics where if steve and peggy have kids, they're a bit older? but I've also read excellent baby fics too, it really depends ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

high school/college au: I love college AUs but can't stand high school AUs lmao. I dont miss being 17 and I dont like reading about other people being 17 - I think college-based things are much more interesting and there's more storytelling potential.

there's only one bed: a top tier trope. one of my favorites. no notes, always a winner. yes please more!

accidental/forced marriage: ehhhh I'm not a huge fan of this one - only bc I dont see steve and peggy doing something this big by accident or bc they're required to by others

hurt/comfort: okay controversial take...but I dont really like this trope. I'll read it and enjoy it occasionally, but as someone who does not like to be Perceived when I'm hurt or sick, I do not click with works where either of them is being Perceived and taken care of while they're physically vulnerable. it lowkey stresses me out lolol.

snowed in/stuck together: hell yes. forced proximity for the WIN. bonus points if they're on the outs when it happens - give me that good conflict resolution!

fake dating: love love love love. pretending to be in love while they're both pining for each other but neither knows it/wants to break the shaky state of affairs???? the BEST. can't get enough of it!

angst: love it but only if there's a payoff/happy(-ish) ending - I'm all for having to work for an HEA but only if one appears (even if it's not explicit.) this is subject to change depending on my mood hahaha.

fluff: generally a fan but I prefer a mix of angst and fluff tbhhhh I'm here for the drama of it all.

crack fic: depends on the type of crack but generally yes indeed I do enjoy it!