#tsb week 5

[tonystarkbingo]

TSB Round 8 - Week 5-14 (whoops)!

Another fantastic set of fills, for your reading (or viewing) pleasure!

Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: K2 - AU: Teachers Title: Full Circle Link: AO3 Pairings: James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark, Steve Rogers/Tony StarkJames "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Word Count: 11049 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Explicit Sexual Content, Armor Kink, Minor Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Implied/Referenced Cheating, Alternate Universe - Professors, Alcohol, Swearing, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Science Bros | Bruce Banner & Tony Stark Friendship, Canon-Typical Violence, Tony Stark-centric, Flirting, Threesome - M/M/M Summary: In the aftermath of his breakup with Steve, Tony convinces Bruce to accompany him to an island beach party weekend that Tony is convinced is exactly what he needs to forget about the man that he still can't find it in himself to get over. Struggling with the idea of letting go of what he and Steve had together, Tony tries to pretend he's doing great, wanting to return to his hedonistic former self and find a hookup to make him forget everything he'd left behind. However, Tony's night doesn't go exactly as planned when memories and the mood leads him to longing for what he wants but cannot have until he runs into a sexy stranger on the beach that turns Tony's world around in ways he's entirely unprepared for.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: R1 - IMAGE: 616 New Haircut Title: New Century, New Steve Link: Tumblr Pairings: Steve Rogers & Tony Stark Word Count: N/A - Art Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Implied Swearing (Shirt Text), Humor, Queer Steve Rogers Summary: Steve decides to update his appearance to fit in with the 21st century. Tony isn't a fan.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: S5 - Crack Title: Kitchen Unicorn Link: Tumblr Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: N/A - Art Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Swearing, Fluff, Crack, Tony Stark is So Done Summary: Tony just wanted his morning coffee… Not a unicorn baking cookies in the Avengers Kitchen.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: T3 - IMAGE: Focused Tony with a toothpick in his mouth Title: Find Out, Tony! Link: Tumblr Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: N/A - Art Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Humor, Pre-Relationship, Aggressive Flirting, Pet Names Summary: Steve's been acting differently lately. Tony is a little conflicted and confused about what Steve is trying to say.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: S4 - Kink: Armor Kink Title: Full Circle (Chapter 2) Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Word Count: 7566 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Explicit Sexual Content, Armor Kink, Minor Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Implied/Referenced Cheating, Alternate Universe - Professors, Alcohol, Swearing, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Science Bros | Bruce Banner & Tony Stark Friendship, Canon-Typical Violence, Tony Stark-centric, Flirting, Threesome - M/M/M Summary: Tony's chance encounter leads to a passionate night with a sexy stranger who changes everything for him moving forward.

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Card Number: 8044 Collaborator: starkparade Square Filled: S1 - "Please Let Me In" Title: Making the Right Call Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 6100 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Civil War Fix-It, Serious Injuries, Near Death, Hospitalization, Hurt Steve Rogers, Protective Tony Stark, Reconciliation, Getting Back Together, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: Tony and Steve have not spoken to each other since that fateful day in Siberia. However, when Steve gets gravely injured in a fight and thinks he is going to die, he goes to find Tony in his workshop so he can see him one last time.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: T4 - Defiance Title: Full Circle (Chapter 4) Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes, Tony Stark/Steve Rogers Word Count: 13252 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Explicit Sexual Content, Armor Kink, Minor Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Implied/Referenced Cheating, Alternate Universe - Professors, Alcohol, Swearing, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Science Bros | Bruce Banner & Tony Stark Friendship, Canon-Typical Violence, Tony Stark-centric, Flirting, Threesome - M/M/M Summary: Tony's wild weekend with James comes to an end and after he's returned to the real world he reflects on that time out on the island before an explosive reunion with Steve changes everything moving forward!

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Card Number: 8022 Collaborator: fohatic Square Filled: K5 - weakness Title: Human Link: Tumblr Pairings: n/a Word Count: 0 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: none Summary: Tony Stark fanvid set to the song "Human" by Daughter

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: S2 - AU: College Title: Love and Lunch Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Thor Word Count: N/A - Moodboard Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Modern: No Powers AU, College/University AU, Professors AU, Mutual Pining, Human Thor Summary: Professors Steve and Thor share a table in the campus cafe every lunch. Each tries to work up the courage to talk to the other, their mutual crushes making it difficult.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: T4 - AU: Canon Divergence Title: Patient Confidentiality Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Thor Word Count: N/A - Moodboard Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Hospitals, Implied/Referenced Injury, Implied/Referenced Surgery, Hurt/Comfort, Identity Porn Summary: Thor decides to stay on Earth, deciding it needs him more than Asgard for now. He becomes a doctor with SHIELD under the alias Dr Donald Blake, specializing in the odd ailments that come from beyond Earth’s borders.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: K3 - AU: Urban Fantasy Title: Community Garden Witch Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Thor Word Count: N/A - Moodboard Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Urban Fantasy AU, Fluff, Mutual Pining, Gardens & Gardening, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers Summary: Steve is a witch who runs a community garden. The God of Thunder drops by, in need of a specific herb. Then, he keeps coming back again and again. Not that Steve is complaining.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: T2 - AU: Historic Title: Picnic on the Grounds Link: AO3 Pairings: Pepper Potts/Steve Rogers Word Count: N/A - Moodboard Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Regency AU, Romance Summary: Pepper Potts has worked for Tony Stark's household for years. Her Boss, Mr Stark, hires a soldier to protect him and his property. She falls for Captain Rogers, looking forward to their picnics on the Stark land.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: A3 - Free Square Title: Full Circle Chapter 5 Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony/Steve, Tony/Bucky, Steve/Tony/Bucky Word Count: 12183 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Explicit Sexual Content, Armor Kink, Minor Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Implied/Referenced Cheating, Alternate Universe - Professors, Alcohol, Swearing, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Science Bros | Bruce Banner & Tony Stark Friendship, Canon-Typical Violence, Tony Stark-centric, Flirting, Threesome - M/M/M Summary: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58713529/chapters/150957634

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Card Number: 8033 Collaborator: airas_story Square Filled: T3 - Robots Title: Up for the Challenge Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Word Count: 2402 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: No Archive Warnings Apply Summary: “I’m charming,” Stephen said, keeping his voice light. “People can’t resist me. Apparently that includes U.” Tony rolled his eyes, but a smile tugged at his lips. “I hope you mean her and not me,” he said. “Because the jury’s still out on my ability to resist you.” Stephen hoped that by the end of today, that wouldn’t be in question any longer. “Of course I meant her,” Stephen said. “What do you take me for?”

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Card Number: 8044 Collaborator: starkparade Square Filled: R4 - picture prompt (Iron Man armor) Title: with you (in never-ending twilight) Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 5100 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Dystopia, Referenced Past Torture, Growing Old, Loss of Body Parts, Prosthetic Suit, Body Dysmorphia, Angst and Feels, Love Confessions, Getting Together, Smut, Hand Jobs, First Time, Fix-It of Sorts, Hopeful Ending Summary: In the dystopian future of Avengers: Twilight, Steve found out that Tony had survived the devastating H-Day that had claimed the lives of many heroes and led to the rise of a totalitarian government twenty years ago. After Steve rescues Tony from captivity, they must face their feelings for each other. The problem is, Tony's body is now reduced to his disembodied head. How could he ever be good enough for Steve like this?

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: Adopted - Ghosts Title: There in Spirit Link: Tumblr Pairings: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark Word Count: N/a - Art Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Explicit Sexual Content, Costume Parties & Masquerades, Being Walked In On, Top Bucky Barnes, Bottom Steve Rogers Summary: Tony hosts a Halloween party for the Avengers. He tries inviting Steve…

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Card Number: 8023 Collaborator: PoliZ Square Filled: T5 - Together Title: Calling Love Fate Link: AO3 Pairings: Bucky/Tony, Bucky & Steve Word Count: 1239 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Post CA:WS canon divergent; Tower fic, Soulmate AU Summary: Bucky and Steve discover something that Tony has known for a very long time - that he and Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes are supposed to be soulmates.

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Card Number: 8023 Collaborator: PoliZ Square Filled: A2 - Bucky Barnes Title: Love is like a muscle (and you make me want to flex) - Chapter One Link: AO3 Pairings: Bucky/Tony Word Count: 1200 Rating: Mature Major Tags/Triggers: Tony Stark’s Workshop, Pining, Massage, Body Worship, Summary: Bucky takes Tony up on his offer for a massage, not realizing just how good it will feel.

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Card Number: 8023 Collaborator: PoliZ & Faustess Square Filled: A5 - Excessive Title: Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - August Round Robin Link: AO3 Pairings: Bruce & Tony Word Count: 347 (my part) 1381 total Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Avengers Tower, Birthday Party, Kidfic, Q&A Summary: Tony goes a little overboard to celebrate Bruce's birthday - including inviting a group of inquisitive kids to meet their heroes.

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Card Number: 8023 Collaborator: PoliZ Square Filled: R4 - Bartender Title: Some Other Beginning’s End Link: AO3 Pairings: Bucky/Brock, Tony & Bucky Word Count: 1170 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: No Powers AU, Bar/Pub AU, Bartenders, Alcohol, Breakup, Developing Friendships Summary: Public break-ups are always an ugly thing, and Tony isn't about to let a gymbro asshole make matters worse. Besides, his newly-ex boyfriend seems like a good guy.

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Card Number: 8023 Collaborator: PoliZ Square Filled: K2 - Miscommunication Title: Operation Sea and Surf Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony & Avengers Word Count: 835 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Post-Avengers (2012) canon compatible, Team as Family, Miscommunication, A touch of angst, but overall happy ending Summary: Tony rents a beach house in hopes of getting the Avengers together for a bit of team bonding; things don’t quite go as planned.

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Card Number: 8023 Collaborator: PoliZ Square Filled: K3 - Pepper Potts Title: A Little Bit Carried Away - Chapter Seven Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony/Bucky, Tony & Pepper Word Count: 1029 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: No Powers AU, Omegaverse, Omega!Tony, Alpha!Bucky, Travel Mishaps, Scents, Protective Pepper Potts, Matchmaking, Love Confessions. Summary: Pepper learns about the impulsive offer Tony made to Bucky after they spent the night together; she insists on talking to them both before bringing in her secret weapon.

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Card Number: 8001 Collaborator: rebelmeg Square Filled: T4 - Pepper Potts Title: Pepper Bingo Link: Tumblr Pairings: n/a Word Count: n/a Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: bingo card, image editing Summary: A bingo card for our girl!

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: K3 - Rescue Title: Full Circle (Chapter 7) Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes, Tony Stark/Steve Rogers Word Count: 8056 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Explicit Sexual Content, Armor Kink, Minor Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Implied/Referenced Cheating, Alternate Universe - Professors, Alcohol, Swearing, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Science Bros | Bruce Banner & Tony Stark Friendship, Canon-Typical Violence, Tony Stark-centric, Flirting, Threesome - M/M/M Summary: Things get increasingly more complicated as Tony soon discovers that despite his earlier beliefs three's a crowd in Tony's shower. It doesn't take long for things to get heated, but what happens next is the last thing Tony anticipates after Steve's explosive arrival.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: T5 - Happy Hogan Title: Learning Experience Link: Tumblr Pairings: Happy Hogan & Tony Stark, Tony Stark & Avengers, Clint Barton & Steve Rogers Word Count: N/a - Art Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Censored Swearing, Guns, Humor, Prank Wars Summary: Captain America is nothing like the news reels. As it turns out, he’s just a regular guy. It’s taking some time to get used to. That, and he’s super competitive and very much winning Hawkeye’s Prank War.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: R5 - Journey Title: Dropped Link: Tumblr Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: N/a - Art Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Humor, Steve Rogers Being a Little Shit Summary: Tony is too tired right now for Steve’s jokes…

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Card Number: 8017 Collaborator: SomeSortofItalianRoast Square Filled: T5 - anger issues Title: Tony Stark Bingo Mark VIII - September Round Robin Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers & Tony Stark Word Count: 360 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Saving the World, anger issues, Tony Stark-centric, Time Travel, Hand-wavy technology Summary: A strange pile of what looks like ashes has mysteriously appeared in Tony's suite -- leading to time travel, saving the world and an undeserved punch in the nose.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: S3 - Stuckony Title: Full Circle (Chapter 9) Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Word Count: 18857 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Explicit Sexual Content, Armor Kink, Minor Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Implied/Referenced Cheating, Alternate Universe - Professors, Alcohol, Swearing, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Science Bros | Bruce Banner & Tony Stark Friendship, Canon-Typical Violence, Tony Stark-centric, Flirting, Threesome - M/M/M Summary: Tony and Steve discuss what it is they need to make things work moving forward together acknowledging what they've been missing without Bucky in their lives. Later that night Tony reaches out to Bucky ready to turn a new page on a passionate beginning for all three of them.

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Card Number: 8029 Collaborator: Jimothy Square Filled: A3 - Rejection Title: The Parents That Stepped Up Link: Tumblr Pairings: Tony Stark & Peggy Carter, Tony Stark & Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers/Peggy Carter Word Count: 972 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Neglectful Howard Stark, Howard Stark Is A Bad Parent Summary: From the moment he was born, Howard Stark had despised his son. Born out of grief, Tony never knew his father’s love, but that’s where Steve and Peggy step in.

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Card Number: 8033 Collaborator: airas_story Square Filled: T2 - Science and Magic Title: Date Night: Haunted House Edition Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Word Count: 4863 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Ghosts, Fluff Summary: “You’re cleansing a haunted house,” Tony said. “And you’re not inviting me!?” Cleansing a haunted house? Best date night ever!

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Card Number: 8033 Collaborator: airas_story Square Filled: T4 - Playing Nice Title: Tony Stark Bingo Mark VIII - September Round Robin Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers & Tony Stark Word Count: 405 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Time Travel Summary: A strange pile of what looks like ashes has mysteriously appeared in Tony's suite -- leading to time travel, saving the world and an undeserved punch in the nose.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: A4 - Metallurgy Title: Iron Man Reflection Link: Tumblr Pairings: N/A Word Count: N/A Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: fan art, tony stark, doctor doom, comic book cover fan art Summary: It's a comic book cover vector fan art.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: Adopted - Time Travel Title: Time Travel Research Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark & Steve Rogers & Avengers Team Members Word Count: 100 / Drabble Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Humor, Press and Tabloids, Steve Rogers Being a Little Shit, Tony Stark is So Done Summary: Tony's asked a question about time travel at an Avengers press conference. Steve makes one of his 'jokes'... nearly causing an incident.

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Card Number: 8016 Collaborator: illogicalkat Square Filled: S5 - Secret Admirer Title: Secret Admirer Link: Tumblr Pairings: n/a Word Count: mood board with 5 images Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: moodboard Summary: Tony receives flowers and candy from a secret admirer

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Card Number: 8016 Collaborator: illogicalkat Square Filled: R2 - IronStrange Title: Farmers Market Link: Tumblr Pairings: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Word Count: n/a - moodboard, 6 images Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: moodboard Summary: Tony & Stephen shopping at the farmers market

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Card Number: 8017 Collaborator: SomeSortofItalianRoast Square Filled: T3 - Secret Relationship Title: Secret Relationships and Pumpkin Spice Lattes [Moodboard] Link: Tumblr Pairings: Clark Kent/Pepper Potts Word Count: 0 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Secret relationship Summary: There was an adorably cute reporter who frequented the coffee shop where Pepper got her daily lattes. It didn’t take long before they were taking their breaks at the same time, taking the time to get to know each other. They were soon dating, and it seemed that the Man of Steel was spending far more time in New York City than he usually did. What an odd coincidence, right? Of course, it wasn’t. It never was, at least according to Tony. Which meant Clark Kent was Superman, because this was her life. What was it with Pepper falling for superheroes?

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Card Number: 8023 Collaborator: PoliZ Square Filled: Adopted - Resolve Title: A Sugar-Coated Pill - Chapter Nine Link: AO3 Pairings: Bucky/Tony Word Count: 1770 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Omegaverse, Sugar Daddy AU, Alpha!Bucky, Omega!Tony, Explicit Sexual Content, Secret Identities, Political Campaigns, Love Confessions, Wakes & Funerals, Summary: Bucky and Tony attend Howard Stark’s memorial service and meet his widow. They also learn that Obadiah Stane has some business to resolve with Tony.

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Card Number: 8031 Collaborator: deehellcat Square Filled: S2 - sober Title: how many sparks till you get a flame Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony and Steve and Bucky Word Count: 2112 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: mention of serious illness, mention of mental illness, mention of possible suicide, alcoholism, AU--no powers, small Steve Rogers, Amputee Bucky Barnes, Tony Stark’s canonically shitty self-esteem Summary: Tony is informed he must stop drinking to preserve his health. At an already low ebb emotionally, he has two encounters at a charitable event that might put his life on a whole new trajectory.

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Card Number: 8022 Collaborator: fohatic Square Filled: T1 - kink: sex magic Title: I don't eat human beings Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve/Tony Word Count: 12,777 (WIP) Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: choose not to warn (see author's note) Summary: Tired of luring the wicked to their deaths, a young incubus sets out to prove that he's powerful enough to capture a noble soul— despite all warnings against the foolhardy endeavor. When he sets his sights on the handsome and perplexingly honorable Steve Rogers, he unwittingly bites off more than he can chew.

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Card Number: 8001 Collaborator: rebelmeg Square Filled: T5 - crack Title: TSB Round 8 October Round Robin Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony & Sharon, various other friendships Word Count: 1801 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: science squad, bedtime story, found family, fluff and humor Summary: As the end of the world approaches, the entire Marvel Science Squad assembles to tackle the problem. And since a sleep-deprived genius is not at his best until he sleeps, Tony is hauled off to try and sleep by his interfering (affectionate) cousin Sharon. At the mention of a hobbit-flavored bedtime story, however, more than a couple others join him.

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Card Number: 8001 Collaborator: rebelmeg Square Filled: K5 - image of Pepperony hugging Title: Cozy Link: AO3 Pairings: Pepperony Word Count: 984 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: fluff, one-shot, autumn Summary: A Pepperony lakehouse one-shot crammed with as many cozy autumn prompts as possible.

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[lizeon]

man i'm so smart

[rebelmeg]

Rebelmeg's TSB Mark VII Masterpost

I GOT MYSELF A BLACKOUT FOR THIS ROUND OF THE @tonystarkbingo!!!

S1 - Would You Rather...? | Gen | Iron Family | fanfic

While Tony recovers, Morgan keeps him entertained.

S2 - Tea and Sympathy and Seeing Too Much | Gen | Peggy Carter & Phil Coulson, referenced Pepperony and Ana/Edwin | fanfic

In which awkward SHIELD agents have tea and deal with seeing too much PDA.

S3 - Rebelmeg Drabbles - Chapter 31: Stunned into Stillness | Gen | Iron Family | fanfic drabble

Tony holds his daughter for the first time.

S4 - Not Yet: Chapter 12 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death, Tony & Harley Keener | fanfic

Taking his arc reactor out is always a bad idea, but Tony doesn't think twice this time.

S5 - Laugh Lines | Gen | Pepperony & Iron Family | fanfic

Pepper has spent years watching the subtle (and sometimes unsubtle) ways Tony's face has changed. This one is probably her favorite.

T1 - Wingmen and Airmen, Flirting and Flying - Chapter 1: Two Drink Limit (Limits Were Made To Be Tested) | Teen | Carol/Rhodey, Tony/Maria Rambeau | fanfic

Tony and Rhodey are having a night out before an important Air Force/Stark Industries presentation in the morning. As it so happens, so are Maria and Carol… Except they know who they're talking to, while the boys have no idea that the ladies they're talking to tonight will be the same ones making their jaws drop tomorrow. Rhodey lays down the law, Tony scoffs at the very idea, Carol is considering hijinks, and Maria is up for the challenge.

T2 - Not Yet: Chapter 14 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death | fanfic

The time Tony didn't die.

T3 - Not Yet: Chapter 8 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death | fanfic

Finding out about the palladium poisoning, and trying to fix it, turns out just as well as you could expect.

T4 - I Want You Back | Gen | Pepperony | fanfic

Pepper asked for the separation when Tony couldn't let go of Iron Man. Then, when she got what she asked for, she realized just how much she was giving up. And found a way to own up to her own shortcomings, and meet the love of her life halfway.

T5 - On and Off the Record | Teen | Pepperony | fanfic

Pepper is a broadcast journalist. Tony is a big-time CEO. When their chemistry makes them friends at first sight, it's really only a matter of time until they finally turn into something more.

A1 - Hot and Bothered and Gone on You | Teen | Pepperony | fanfic

A few weeks into Pepperony’s new relationship, Pepper’s heat comes early. And they haven’t talked about it yet.

A2 - Gingerbread, Cocoa, and Coffee | Gen | Tony & Bucky | fanfic

Tony tries to pull one over on Bucky, who is (unsurprisingly) not fooled. Also, there's a real big gingerbread house.

A3 - Tony's New Cars | Gen | Pepperony | fanfic

Tony seems to have replaced all his cars. Pepper finds out why.

A4 - Not Yet: Chapter 5 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death, Tony & Rhodey | fanfic

Tony faces a very unhappy new year.

A5 - Wingmen and Airmen, Flirting and Flying - Chapter 2: Darts and Tequila and Pairing Up | Teen | Carol/Rhodey, Tony/Maria Rambeau | fanfic

Rhodey braces himself to make his move, Tony makes his, and last call comes as a surprise to everyone.

R1 - Optically Deficient Is The New Sexy | Teen | Pepperony | fanfic

Tony ponders the positive effect Pepper's reading glasses have had on his life. In bed.

R2 - Not Yet: Chapter 9 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death, Tony & his Bots | fanfic

Getting out of his banged up suit after his disastrous birthday party isn't going very well.

R3 - Not Yet: Chapter 1 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death, Tony & Maria Stark | fanfic

Tony's life begins with Death.

R4 - Not Yet: Chapter 7 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death | fanfic

In Afghanistan, Tony visits Death again. And again, and again, and again.

R5 - Not Yet: Chapter 4 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death, Tony & Rhodey | fanfic

Tony's night in the lab does not go as he planned.

K1 - Bot Shaming - Part 11 | Gen | Tony & Dum-E | social media post

In which Dum-E continues to be a disaster with a fire extinguisher, and Tony continues to be a shocked and appalled Bot Dad.

K2 - Not Yet: Chapter 11 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death, Tony & JARVIS | fanfic

Tony doesn't like being buried alive, suffocating, and drowning all at once. No, he does not.

K3 - Strictly Ornamental | Gen | Pepperony & Iron Family | fanfic

Tony is doing some last-minute (see also: forgotten) gift-wrapping while Pepper tries to keep their baby out of the Christmas tree.

K4 - Wingmen and Airmen, Flirting and Flying - Chapter 3: I'll See Your Hangover, and Raise You Another | Teen | Carol/Rhodey, Tony/Maria Rambeau | fanfic

The boys are having just as miserable a morning as could be expected after their night out, but when they finally do show up at the demonstration, a couple of familiar faces are there to greet them.

K5 - Primal Satisfaction (of the Clothes-Stealing Variety) | Teen | Pepperony | fanfic

Pepper really understands her husband. Both his possessive caveman side, and his nostalgic pack rat side. Rhodey would really rather not hear about it at all.

ADOPTED PROMPT: abuse - Not Yet: Chapter 2 | Teen | Tony Stark & Death, Tony & the Jarvises | fanfic

An act of neglect sends Tony into Death's arms once again.

ADOPTED PROMPT: Next Generation - It's Good To Be Back | Gen | Peter & the Stark Family | fanfic

After the Snap and everyone comes back, Peter visits Tony in the hospital and meets someone he didn't expect.

[twdmusicboxmystery]

Re-Watches of The Same Boat

So, last week we re-watched Ghosts, and this week a couple of us re-watched The Same Boat. I know we've been talking about Carol a lot, but the only reason is because we think she'll have a big part in Beth's return. Remember that TSB came not long after Grady, and has a lot of Beth imagery in it, along with a lot of resurrection symbolism. You can check out my past posts about it HERE.

@galadrieljones:

So I just watched The Same Boat. I honestly forgot how brutal it is. In this episode, Carol crosses a line. It’s an interesting culmination of all her tricks. Pretending to be weak (a wolf in sheep’s clothing), manipulation (using Maggie’s pregnancy as a bargaining chip), gaslighting herself into thinking others are “making” her kill them (“I told you to run”). Fire.

One thing I didn’t remember is that Maggie pushes Carol. Carol just wants to leave when they get free but Maggie insists that they kill everyone. When Maggie tells her, “We have to finish it,” Carol just follows like she doesn’t have a choice, like she doesn’t have a say, like she’s just a “tool.”

But it’s not as simple as that. Once the choice is made, and it’s just Paula, Carol insists on dealing with her instead of Maggie, and she kills all the men too with her cigarette. She is shielding Maggie, like a motherly gesture, protecting her. I don’t know if this has anything to do with Beth or just because Maggie is pregnant.

Carol believes that Beth saved her life, so she may feel she owes this to Beth. In the end, she keeps the rosary beads and this feels like a callback to Beth and Coda as Beth = the Christ figure, and maybe it is also a reference to Mary, Christ’s mother. Beth saves Carol and then Carol ends up in this hostage situation, and she gets to go free but Beth doesn’t. Then it’s The Same Boat, and Carol is again in a hostage situation with Rick on the radio and a trade, and this time she’s with Maggie instead of Beth.

I feel like she sacrifices whatever she has left of her humanity to save Maggie and to prevent Maggie from having to lose herself so that Maggie can stay strong for her baby. Over the course of the episode, the whole thing is Maggie’s plan but she only kills Molls. Carol kills everybody else, including Donnie. That one just took a long time.

There’s plenty of talk about making choices and choosing sides in the episode, too, per the theme of “indifference.”

The whole deal with Gregory for the Satellite Station was Maggie’s deal, and she’s really on some sort of tear. Maggie’s arc is fairly secondary in seasons 5-6, like it’s easy to forget. But after Beth she slowly changes. She becomes ruthless, and I think it’s actually really well done because it creates this karmic pressure that builds toward Glenn’s death over time. Glenn pays the price for Maggie’s mistakes. To be honest I’m still not sure whether Maggie has owned up to this.

It also occurred to me that this episode feels like the Grady arc mainly in that it takes place in a completely other world, separate from Team family. There’s a whole new cast of characters at the forefront, and we are looking at Rick et al from the outside. Carol infiltrates yet again to another timeline, but this one is for the Saviors. Ofc she wants to just leave but she ends up burning it to bits so there’s nothing left, and only then does Rick arrive. The Red “X” gas cans are an interesting touch in this respect.

I don’t have much else for now. Going to think on it some more. A very unique episode, to be sure.

Actually, looking forward, I like the idea of Carol feeling like she owes Beth. I think she feels too like she owes Daryl. Carol is selfish so she wants to impress Daryl and win his affection and respect, but she also wants to repay those who help her. She is loyal to the people who save her life or show her compassion.

I think this is why she defends Shane to Rick ever so briefly in Indifference. If Carol could find Beth and return her to Daryl that would be, in Carol’s eyes, the crown jewel. It would absolve her of all her sins and she could then just live out her days knowing she reunited the two people in this world who have saved and defended her even when she knows she didn’t deserve it. I think looking at Carol as a maternal figure to Beth is interesting, not something I’ve thought about much before.

@twdmusicboxmystery:

I re-watched The Same Boat as well and will now give you my notes about it.

So, I’m positive some of this has been discussed before, so some of it will seem familiar. But it’s what I wrote down as I watched. My over-arching theory here is basically not any different from any of our others recently. I think this whole sequence both parallels Grady and foreshadows the CRM. The Saviors and AOW were always a foreshadow of the coming CRM war, but we knew little of the CRM when this episode first aired. I also had some of the same impressions you had, Tarah. But I’ll get to those.

The first is Primo. He’s the guy Rick and Daryl capture, and who Rick shoots at the end because he tells Rick he’s Negan. It’s been discussed before that “primo” is the upper part of a musical duet. So there’s a musical reference going on here. But what I didn’t remember or maybe just never registered is that Primo is also a medical guy of some kind.

Donnie, the guy Carol shoots in the arm at the beginning, who ends up bleeding out and dying, keeps saying they need to get Primo back because he can patch Donnie up. He can fix Donnie’s injury. We aren’t told if Primo is a doctor or surgeon or medic like Bob. But Donnie is telling us very obviously that he’s a medical guy who heals people. It’s yet another parallel to Beth and Grady, and the fact that he’s shot in the head at the end also parallels him to Denise.

After being captured, it shows Carol’s POV. She has a good over her head but is looking down at her feet. It’s very similar to how it showed Beth’s feet walking in Inmates, Rick’s in 9x05 just before Jadis takes him, and more recently, Madison’s when she was revealed to be alive. Hence, connections to the CRM and them taking people captive, as Carol was a captive here.

I could talk about other things like their “omega” talk and the coffee analogy, but I think we’ve talked through those pretty thoroughly.

This place they go is missing guns and food. They talk about how only a month ago it was stalked, but now the guns and food are gone and it’s full of walkers. This is actually very similar to TF believing Alpha sent the walkers in Ghosts.

Here, Paula’s people come to the conclusion that Rick and TF are the ones that took everything. But Rick and TF have never been to this place before. It wasn’t them. So, someone else took the Saviors’ supplies from this place, and we’re never told who. Even back then, with these little background conversations about the supplies, the writers were hinting at the CRM.

I think I mentioned the Saw movie reference before, so I won’t go through it again, unless someone needs a refresher. Let me know.

So, one thing that really struck me watching it this time, was how much talk there is of pregnant women and making babies. Of course it’s all about Maggie being pregnant, and Carol reveals that in the hopes that they’ll show Maggie mercy because of her delicate condition. But if this foreshadows the CRM, while Paula and her gang aren’t actively taking pregnant women, we still have Maggie, who happens to be pregnant, become their prisoner.

We also find out ‘Chelle lost a baby, through miscarriage, at some point. Even though the CRM is doing something totally different than Paula, I still feel like there’s a parallel there in the flippant attitude toward something that ought to be protected.

Paula is disrespectful and makes fun of the idea of creating families in the apocalypse, calling them “bite sized snacks for the dead.” While the CRM, or Padre at least, is ripping families apart by kidnapping the children, and sometimes the pregnant women. It’s different logistically, but the same in terms of the dystopian attitude and concept.

I had the same thought as you, Tarah, in that I got the sense Carol was being so protective of Maggie and determined to free her because of what happened to Beth. Since she couldn’t save Beth and bring her out, she would save Maggie.

I wrote down that the guy who got shot, Donnie, reminded me of Dawn, but I can’t remember why or what I was thinking there. Unless it was just the similarity of name: Dawn, Don.

Maggie wears the red shoelaces all through this episode. I’m pretty sure she wears them all through S6, and maybe even beyond.

Oh, the other thing about Donnie is that he bleeds out from a wound in his arm, right. The wound comes from a gun shot (a la Carol) which is like Beth, but of course it’s in his arm instead of his head. But remember that in 9x05, in Rick’s vision, we don’t see the gunshot wound in Beth’s head. We see blood on her arm. I wonder if this and that are part of the same symbolism. We just aren’t sure what it points to, yet.

Even back when this episode aired, people talked about how ‘Chelle and Maggie are foils to one another. Both were pregnant at some point. Both had very closed relationships with their fathers, and lost them. They differ in that, obviously, Maggie lives and ‘Chelle dies. Maggie gets to have her baby, while ‘Chelle lost hers.

But it struck me that the parallels run much deeper than that. The guy ‘Chelle was with was a jerk. Total douchebag by her own admission. She only looked for him on principal because he was her boyfriend. Maggie, on the other hand, married Glenn. Even more, though, are ties to Daryl, even if ‘Chelle never knew who he was or really met him. Daryl killed her boyfriend by blowing him up on the road. Daryl also, though unwittingly, had hand in Glenn’s death.

I think a lot of this also feeds into what you’ve said above, Tarah. TF losing their humanity during this period. Maggie and Carol abandoned their humanity in order to survival. (Survive first, live later.) But by the end, it wiped them both out. Neither of them were “okay.” And then Rick shooting Primo obviously traumatized them more.

Let’s talk about some interesting things about Carol. Where ‘Chelle was a foil to Maggie, Paula was an obvious foil to Carol. I thought it was interesting when Paula said, “I see exactly who you are, Carol.” Except she didn’t. Carol had put on a mask. Paula thought she saw everything, but she was willfully blind. Paula talked about how she was in DC when the turn happened. She said she killed her boss, and she stopped counting how many she’d killed when she got to double digits. That’s also when she stopped feeling badly about it.

Herein, I think, lies Carol’s redemption. We’ve talked a lot about how she very often does morally questionable things, and sometimes we’d just like to smack her upside the head for it. But the thing is, she always feels badly about it.

(Lol. It just reminded me of a line from a song in the Sound of Music, when the nuns sing about Maria. One says, “she’s always late for chapel” and the second one says, “but her penitence is real.” That line always made me laugh. It’s like, she does all these bad things, but she feels REALLY bad afterward, lol. That’s kind of Carol in nutshell, though her story is much darker than The Sound of Music ever was.)

The point is, Carol never becomes hardened to the humanity of it the way Paula has. Carol thinks she has to be hard in order to survive, and maybe sometimes she does, but she always feels it afterward. With the people she’s killed, with the kids, with Connie. Also remember that later in S7, just before leaving Tobin, she is writing down and counting the people she’s killed. I really loved the observation that that’s when we saw her smoking cigarettes a lot. It’s a visual way the writers show psychological illness. It’s like, even though she does kill and will, she’s truly worried about her soul.

I always loved J.K. Rowling’s analogy that murder rips the soul into pieces. It’s like Carol’s soul is ripped apart, and she doesn’t know how to fix it. This is why, when she killed the Saviors on the road after leaving Alexandria, she was crying to hard. It’s funny, because that REALLY confused most of Carol’s fans, who follow her so closely and like to see her as a badass. Most of them had this really confused reaction like, “why is she CRYING.” Lol. Most of them chocked it up to it being a trick to put them at ease so she could kill them. And that was part of it.

But it’s deeper than that. She genuinely doesn’t want to kill anyone else. She totally will, and in that case they truly would have killed her if she hadn’t. But those tears, as well as the ones she showed Paula in this episode, were based in something real. She ran away to the cabin in S7 because she was trying to avoid tearing it any further. But when the war broke out, she was right back in it again, defending the people she loves.

I love the line when Carol tells Paula that she’s the one who’s really afraid to die. This isn’t really anything to do with TWD, but I just think there’s truth in it. Anyone who is mean or nasty or violent to others, it’s always based in fear. Those who are calm and kind are more concerned with their own souls and being decent to people. And if they die, they die, but at least they do it with a clear conscience. So Carol is right that it’s really Paula’s people who are terrified to die. Carol is terrified of not being able to save Maggie, but I don’t think she’s afraid to die herself.

When Carol goes ham on Paula’s group at the end, Paula says, “you’re good, nervous little bird. You were her, but not now.” Just more of Carol being a chameleon, as you discussed earlier in detail. Then Paula says, “what were you so afraid of?”

And it’s interesting, because you would think Paul would just assume it was an act, but it’s like she intuitively knows Carol was not faking that. Just backs up what I said above. Carol’s tears and the trauma she show are real, but she mostly hides them, and when they don’t serve her anymore, she buries them again. The answer is that she’s afraid of losing her Maggie, and of losing her soul. She’s also afraid of exactly what happened in this episode: being responsible for the deaths of more people.

I’ve always thought it was downright creepy when Carol did Paula’s voice on the radio. She just does it so perfectly. Morphs into Paula for a second. But I think it shows a) her chameleonness (totally a word ;D) and b) that Paula is her foil or dark side. They’re the light and shadow elements of the same character. (Remember in S11, Zeke calls Carol a light.)

The only other things I wrote down is that at parts of this episode, there’s a high-pitched squealing noise in the background. It almost sounds like a tea kettle whistling. But it’s not part of the show. It’s just a sound effect, much like background music, that is put in. And it’s always around Carol. I think it’s meant to make us think of coffee brewing, or of Carol being a boiling kettle that’s about to explode.

Finally, they put down Paula on their way out. So, they don’t leave her as a walker. Probably representative of Carol trying to kill her shadow self, though it doesn’t entirely work here. So yeah.

I know not much of this is about Beth, but it just backs up everything else we’ve said about Carol’s role in finding Beth and bringing her back to Daryl. She saved Maggie here, but later lost Sam. She saved Henry as a boy, which called back to not saving Sophia, but then she lost him to Alpha. She lost Tobin, both emotionally and physically, but gained Zeke. Carol is such a fascinating character because she is always wrestling with her own demons, and often loses. I don’t think many of Carol’s biggest fans understand her at all.

Anyway, that’s what I have from The Same Boat. It was fun to re-watch.

[a-ard]

Otaku Republic Review and Tutorial - Indonesia

I'm going to write this in Indonesian because honestly there wasn't any review or tutorial out there when I was trying to purchase my first Otaku Republic's doujin from here.

Buat temen-temen Indonesia yang nemu post ini bisa langsung klik Keep Reading yaahh

Disclaimer gue tulis ini di tahun 2024. Jadi kalau ada yang baca di masa depan mungkin sistemnya udah agak beda. Semoga tulisan gue masih bisa jadi guideline temen-temen beli di Otaku Republic

Pilih Item

Waktu itu gue beli doujin hasil nemu dari Google Image if you can imagine wkwkkw. Dan ternyata cukup gampang cari doujin di websitenya. Gue baru pertama kali juga pake OR dan setelah gue tulis nama karakter yang mau gue cari di search bar mereka langsung kasih ratusan pilihan doujin untuk karakter tsb. Walaupun gue rasa OR masih bisa perbaikin desain page mereka sih haha.

2. Pembelian

Setelah pilih item yang mau dibeli, klik Add to Cart, terus Go to Checkout. Sama sekali ga perlu buat akun untuk pembelian. Ini yang gue suka dari OR.

3. Pembayaran

Nanti masuk ke Shopping Cart dan akan diliatin Item dan Items Total. Klik Item's Checkout. Nanti keluar form yang perlu diisi kayak di bawah.

Silahkan lengkapin data diri temen-temen. Nah untuk Address ada tulisan Use PayPal Shipping Info. Klik tulisan PayPalnya, nanti akan keluar form kayak gini

Btw, gue ga punya PayPal waktu itu dan masih bisa purchase tanpa buat akunnya. Jadi buat temen-temen yang ga punya ga usah khawatir. Pokoknya isi dengan alamat pengiriman ya. Bukan alamat KTP, bukan alamat sodara, dll. Alamat pengiriman kalian.

Lanjut buat shipping, silahkan temen-temen pilih mau yang Standard Shipping atau Priority Shipping. Perbedaannya untuk yang Standard nanti gratis, ga bisa track pengiriman samsek, dan lama. Untuk yang Priority ada biaya $10 USD, bisa track, dan lebih cepet sampe.

4. Finalize Your Purchase

Setelah selesai semua data diri kalian, nanti akan masuk ke halaman baru untuk finalisasi pembayaran. Ada pilihan sistem bayar: PayPal, PayLater, atau Credit Card. Gue waktu itu coba pake Debit ga bisa, jadi pakai Credit Card (MasterCard). Abis itu silahkan isi data kartu untuk pembayaran.

5. Setelah Pembayaran + Handling

Nah setelah semuanya selesai untuk tahap pembelian dan pembayaran, nanti masuk email dengan judul "[ORDER ID: XXX] Thank you for purchasing from Otaku Republic". Di email ada link live page itemnya, dan ada link untuk Shipping Status. Setelah gue beli waktu itu websitenya langsung update kalau doujinnya sudah Sold Out. Super helpful dan gue suka. Dan kalau kalian klik link check order status, nanti keluar page kayak ini

Untuk catetan, itu bar persentase Handling JANGAN dipercaya ya wkwkkw. Persentasenya ga akurat dan kalau kalian cek tiap hari itu jalan cuma 0,5% atau kurang. Pokoknya lambaaat banget. Gue sampe sebel dan khawatir di awal, tapi setelah dapet email bakal diship tiba-tiba barnya berubah 100% 😂

6. Shipment

Gue dapet email order pertama itu tanggal 17 Sep 2024, dan dapet email kabar shipment itu tanggal 27 Sep 2024. Jadi sekitar 10 hari dihandle. Dia cuma jelasin kalau kita akan dapet barangnya "within 2 to 3 business weeks". Dan kalau kalian pengguna Standard Shipping seperti gue, udah berserah aja sama Tuhan kapan sampe nya hahaha. Sama sekali ga bisa tracking, bahkan gue berkali-kali tanya di email ke adminnya juga tetep tidak terjawab guys. Khawatir? Oh tentu saja saya deg-degan barang gue ga sampe dan stuck di bea cukai karena buku porno 😂.

7. Barang sampai yay

Doujin gue sampai dengan selamat di tanggal 18 Oktober 2024. Jadi 21 hari atau PAS 3 MINGGU puji tuhan sampai kalau dihitung dari email Shipment. Gue ga tau berapa cepet kalau pake Priority Shipping.

8. Review

Overall gue puas dari servicenya. Profesional, packagingnya rapi dan aman. Gue bahkan dapet coklat KitKat dan folder Naruto gratis dari Otaku Republic. Ada surat dari mereka dan ada brosurnya. Barangnya wangi haha. Email selalu dijawab cepet dan ramah, selalu ada update dari awal sampe akhir pembelian. Yang ga gue suka adalah HARGANYA... Buku asli harganya cuma 64,000 IDR atau 620.16 JPY circa 2024. Saya tau karena saya stalk akun toko pixiv authornya. Kalau dari OR harganya jadi 449,424.36 IDR atau 27.72 USD. Inflasi gila-gilaan. Ngerti sih karena biaya admin dan pengiriman. Cuman gue rasa tetep terlalu mahal untuk beli doujin seharga 64k.

Anyway let me know what you guys think. Apakah kalian punya pengalam yang beda dari gue? Good luck on your purchase. Semoga bea cukai ga ngide-ngide buka packaging dan nyimpen buku porno homoseksual kalian buat dibaca sendiri 😂

[olko71]

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Hope for mortgage rate cuts after Bank of England decision

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By Kevin Peachey

Cost of living correspondent

Mortgage rates should fall following the Bank of England’s decision to keep its key interest rate on hold, brokers say.

So far the response has been muted, with the Nationwide the only major lender to reduce mortgage rates since the Bank’s announcement was made.

Brokers expect more competition among lenders in the coming weeks.

But they warn that changes are likely to be slow, with little prospect of the Bank rate being cut in the near future.

The Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to hold the Bank rate at 5.25% was somewhat of a surprise, with many analysts expecting a 15th consecutive increase.

It will bring immediate relief to 1.4 million people on tracker and standard variable rate (SVR) deals who have been seeing regular increases in their monthly repayments.

Even after rates were held, compared with December 2021, those on a tracker mortgage are paying £540 more a month, or £299 more a month on a SVR.

Around three-quarters of mortgage customers hold fixed-rate deals. Banking trade body UK Finance says there are about 800,000 of these deals ending in the second half of 2023, and about 1.6 million expiring next year.

Brokers said there was now a better chance of these borrowers getting mortgage rates of less than 5% when they renew.

“I expect more lenders will lower their fixed mortgage deals over the coming weeks,” said Aaron Strutt, from Trinity Financial. “Mortgage rates need to be closer to 4% to bring more confidence back to the market.

“There certainly is not a full-on price war at the moment, but rates are coming down as the cost of funding mortgages falls.”

The UK’s biggest building society, the Nationwide, reduced rates by up to 0.31 percentage points on Friday.

Other lenders have been nudging down the cost of their new fixed rate mortgages recently, including announcements from TSB before the Bank’s announcement on Thursday and NatWest on Wednesday.

Mortgage calculator: Will my payments rise?

Andrew Montlake, from broker Coreco, said the end of the string of Bank rate rises allowed lenders some “space” to cut their mortgage rates.

“This will be a slow and steady fall rather than anything dramatic and the current plateau looks like it will be a stable place for some time yet,” he said.

The latest figures show that the average two-year fixed mortgage rate fell slightly to 6.56% on Friday, compared with 6.58% on Thursday. The typical five-year fixed deal is 6.06%, according to the financial information service Moneyfacts.

Nicola Valentine

Nicola Valentine said she was “breathing a sigh of relief” on hearing that rates were being held.

But the tax accountant, from Isleham, Cambridgeshire, is still “hugely anxious” because her mortgage is due to go up by about £300 a month.

Her 2.9% fixed-rate mortgage deal expires in November. She has cancelled TV and gym subscriptions, and stopped buying new clothes and takeaways, but still does not know how she will find the extra money.

“I’m praying the rates have peaked now and will start to go down because this is really unsustainable for me. I feel completely helpless,” she said.

Mortgage holders react to news of interest rate freeze

Most people remortgaging will still pay significantly more than their previous deal, as interest rates are far higher than people became accustomed to for more than a decade.

The Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, has played down any chances that the Bank rate might start to be cut soon.

“I can tell you that we have not had any discussion… about reducing rates, because that would be very, very premature. Our job is to get inflation down,” he said.

Lucian Cook, head of residential research at estate agency Savills, predicted further falls in UK house prices as a result.

“A material improvement in mortgage affordability requires the prospect of a cut in interest rates coming onto the horizon,” he said. “That still looks some way off, suggesting buyers’ budgets are going to remain constrained and that there is a little way to go before house prices bottom out.”

Ways to save money on your mortgage

Overpay now if possible: If you still have some time on a low fixed-rate deal, your mortgage could work harder for you now. Putting money in a savings account can build up and also earn interest to help to pay down some of the mortgage ahead of fixing a new deal.

Switch to interest only: If you have an interest-only mortgage it means you are only paying the interest on the amount borrowed, and you are not paying down the size of the debt. But moving to an interest-only mortgage can keep your monthly payments affordable.

Downsize: This is possibly not a realistic option for a growing family, or for the owners of a small flat. But for older mortgage customers whose children have flown the nest, selling up and buying a smaller property could reduce the mortgage size.

There are more tips on saving money on your mortgage here

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[lbibliophile-mcu]

Friday watches her idiot, pining boys. or Five times Friday tried to support their relationship, and one time she decided to take more drastic measures.

For: @winteriron-week​ - Day 1: Mutual pining @star-spangled-bingo​ - Friday @tonystarkbingo​ - T2: Confessions under the influence @buckybarnesbingo​ - C5: Dialogue-only [fill details below cut]

Title: Fri on the Wall Collaborator: LBibliophile Card number: [TSB] 4090 Square Filled: [TSB] T2 - Confessions under the influence [BBB] C5 - Dialogue-only Ship: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Rating: T Major Tags: Mutual pining, Supportive Friday, 5+1 Things, Drabble sequence, Dialogue-only Summary: Friday watches her idiot, pining boys. Or, five times Friday tried to support their relationship, and one time she decided to take more drastic measures. Word Count: 600

[hddnone]

The Writings | Week 43

Goal: 500 words > 5 days Not Met

What I worked on this week : 

Revenge Snack - aka Wendigo Bucky. 1,407 words

Wendigo Tony - exactly what it sounds like. sort of like a self remix of Revenge Snack. 1,031 words

For a total of 2,438 words.

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It’s better than last week! which makes me feel a touch better about going into November with a 50K writing goal. I guess we’ll see! 

I had a lot of fun with the monster prompts in October. Kind of sad I didn’t get to as many as I wanted, but I can maybe still finish Wendigo Tony and use it for a TSB square. Rescue Romance, lol. again, we’ll see. 

Big plans this November. Wish me luck!! 

[mrchalamet-mrstyles]

Why are Charmies so mad? Don't they like it when there are new pics of Tim? They celebrated when the pics of Armie and Archie came out last week or so. Why are they not equally happy to see these new pics? Why are they so mad if he's with his Dad? (It's not a girl) If he's been in NYC a few weeks? Why do they say the bagel place and Club Chalamet are being paid to say he's been there? Why are they making fun of the guitar??? I am having a hard time following. Thank you.

Hahaha, my head is spinning here, anon. Thats a lot to answer but here we go:

1- Charmies are mad that Tim has gone offscript

2- they only like new pics of Tim when he can be shoehorned into close proximity of Armie. Hard to get dicked down from 3000 miles away

3- Armie gets a free pass, in all things

4- see 2

5- if he's been in NYC a few weeks that cancels 2

6- again see 2 for why they believe TSB and CC are being paid (and try not to pee yourself laughing at the idea)

7- no idea about the guitar, though hm. I once wrote a fic from the perspective of an umbrella. I bet that guitar has seen a thing or three (ie, cock and balls 😛). Might be interesting to explore that further...

Anon, we are ALL having a hard time following. The mind of a rabid Charmie is a mine field.

[tisfan]

State of the Fic, Side Update

Bunch of new stuff coming up for y’all, so...

(Laird and Lord is the T/Th post and Lightening in a Bottle is our Sunday post right now)

(also this is for me, so I don’t forget anything, because WOW.)

May 15 - Reclamation (Bucky/Wanda fic) posting Chapter 2

May 18 - New Chapter of But You Hate Blueberries going live 

May 19 - Menace to South Central (Park) - CapRBB #1, art by @trashcanakin

May 21 - Second chapter of Rejoice in the Sun posting

May 25 - Snowball’s Chance - posts every other week for 9 chapters

May 27 - Rock a Bye, Symbrock Big Bang, with art from @fancydragonqueendraws and boredbyreality

May 28 - Can’t Talk Like Normal Adults - Bucky/Tony long fic - cowritten by @27dragons, will replace Laird and the Lad

May 29 - IronMan Big Bang - cowritten with @27dragons and art by @ifall 

May 31 - The Hell Charger (Quakerider fic, posts every 3 weeks)

June 4 - Spring Fling Exchange Revealed (posting starts like May 22nd, but they’re all “anon” for a while. So far I just have one, but I’m on the pitch hit list, just in case)

June 4 - Rejoice in the Sun posting, Chapter three

June 5 - Chapter three of Reclamation (This fic will post every 3 weeks for like 14 chapters)

June 7 - Untitled Marvel Fluff Fic piece, working on a baseball AU for QuakeRider

June 8 - Snowball’s Chance 

June 11 - Something Personal - CapRBB #2, art by @fancydragonqueendraws

June 16th - The Fae Tribute - cowritten by @27dragons will start posting on Sunday, taking over for Tiny Dragon Tony. (we’re not quite done yet, but it’s getting close)

So, that’s a look at posting for the next month... also I’ll probably post up random bingo fills - I still have like 5 TSB bingos to do, plus the WinterIron Bingo plus extras for Forever Home and Stark, Naked  that are both on the to-do list. I also have a short WinterWitch piece called Looking for a Friend for the End of the World that will post as soon as I finish it, probably in the next 2 weeks.

[tonystarkbingo]

TSB Round 7 Roundup - Week 5/6!

After a slight rain delay in week five, we're here with all our party fills from the last week. Enjoy!

Collaborator: purpleicedteas Card Number: 7007 Square Filled: S1 - Without Fear Title: Chronic Link: AO3 Pairings: Stony Word Count: 2083 Rating: Mature Major Tags/Triggers: No Archive Warnings Apply, Chronically Ill Steve Rogers, Sub Steve Rogers, Gentle Dom Tony Stark, Light Dom/sub, Back Pain, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Non-Sexual Submission, Subspace Summary: Steve's had a long day, and his back pain is excruciating. Thankfully, his boyfriend loves to give massages.

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Collaborator: May Card Number: 7031 Square Filled: T5 - First Kiss Title: Even Geniuses Can Get It Wrong Sometimes Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 3356 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Getting together, first kiss Summary: Cap praises everyone on the team, but Tony. And one day he has enough!

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Collaborator: PoliZ Card Number: 7021 Square Filled: T4 - Dares/Bets Title: Teacher, Teacher, Can You Reach Me? Link: AO3 Pairings: Rhodey & Tony, Tony/Steve Word Count: 1603 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: No Powers AU, Teacher AU pre-serum Steve, artist!Steve, Tony&Rhodey BroTP, Dares and Bets Summary: After spotting a flyer at a new coffee shop, Rhodey dares Tony to attend a Sip and Sketch class; turns out the twinky blond barista is also the class instructor.

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Collaborator: PoliZ Card Number: 7021 Square Filled: R4 - Playing games Title: Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - July Round Robin Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony & Bucky, Tony & Stephen, Tony & Bruce Word Count: 327 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Round Robin, Team as Family, Games, Scavenger Hunt, Vacation Summary: When Doctor Strange offers the Sanctum Sanctorum up as a getaway location for the Avengers, Tony protests. However, he is swayed when Bucky suggests the idea of a scavenger hunt.

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Collaborator: Girl Back There Card Number: 7034 Square Filled: T3 - Stony Title: The Future is filled with Surprises Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony/Steve Word Count: 1379 Rating: Mature Major Tags/Triggers: Canon Divergence, Online Dating, Secret Identity, Getting Together, Bondage & Gags Briefly Mentioned being used Summary: A chat on his favorite app has Steve meeting the last person he expected for a hookup.

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Collaborator: illogicalkat Card Number: 7009 Square Filled: A1 - AU: Celebrity Title: Walking the red carpet Link: AO3 Pairings: n/a Word Count: 0 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: none Summary: Moodboard for movie star Tony Stark

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Collaborator: tinystark616 Card Number: 7008 Square Filled: S1 - Tony/Steve Title: It Had To Be You (Wonderful You) Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 6500 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Virgin Steve, loss of virginity, blowjobs, anal sex, top Steve, bottom Tony Summary: During a party in Avengers Tower, Steve confesses to Tony that he's never slept with anyone.

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Collaborator: endlesstwanted Card Number: 7010 Square Filled: R1 - Character Death Title: Heatwave Hazards Link: Tumblr Pairings: N/A Word Count: N/A Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Moodboard, heatwave, houseplants, popsicles Summary: Tony knows how to deal with a heatwave, but his plants aren’t as lucky as him.

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Collaborator: deehellcat Card Number: 7014 Square Filled: R3 - anthropomor-fic Title: A World Where People Like Me Don't Have To Hide Link: Tumblr Pairings: na Word Count: na (moodboard) Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Shifter Verse, Prejudice, Cat!Tony Summary: In a timeline where shifters are an oppressed minority, Tony Stark struggles to balance his roles as part of a team that defends against their backlash, and a shifter himself.

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[anthonysstupiddailyblog]

Anthony’s Stupid Daily Blog (334): Mon 13th Feb 2023

One more shift until I get three days off. I love this job but I don’t know if I could do this if it was a 9-5. I need a full three days to recover from the strain and boredom of backing hundreds if not thousands of items into boxes for 40 hours a week while shitty music is forced into my ear canals. If I only had two days to recover from this shit then I’d be in a bad mood all the time. Interestingly enough when I worked at TSB they surveyed us and asked whether we’d be interested in switching to a four day work week and I said absolutely fucking not. 10 hours (minus two 30 minute breaks) of standing in one spot and silently packing items into boxes I could definitely do but 10 hours (minus one hour lunch and two fifteen minute breaks) of talking to shitheads on the phone, go fuck your Dad! Even though it would be less work the type of work in the TSB job is WAY worse than in the factory (also those fifteen minute breaks felt more like fifteen second breaks). I can’t believe it’s almost been a year since I left that shithole and frankly I’m not sure how I lasted six months there without ramming my head through a computer screen. Since I did a month of training, two weeks on holiday, a week off with COVID and ten days off the phones because their systems stopped working because the tech team are really incompetent, this means that I only really spent four months talking to dickheads on the phone but it was still way too much. I still regret not writing down the names and numbers of the arsehole callers I got so that when I go on trips away I could use public telephones to prank call them in the middle of the night to get back at them for talking to me like a piece of shit.

Six weeks until WrestleMania! Man I’m so fucking excited. For a while it seemed like I would never get there and now it’s so close. Next week I’ll go to the town and get my money changed over to dollars (or whatever currency Biden changes it to in the time between now and the trip. Hell the guy’s so senile he may pass a law ruling that people have to pay for stuff with underpants…although that would make buying underpants tricky). I might prepare for WrestleMania 39 by watching every single WrestleMania to get myself in the spirit of things. It also means that I’m going to have to start watching Raw and Smackdown again so that I’ll be up to speed on the storylines going into the show…urgh. I know that the Rumble and Mania still deliver but the stuff on Raw and Smackdown that isn’t Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn is just abysmal. Personally I think WWE are making a big mistake by going with Cody Rhodes being the guy to face Roman at Mania (unless he loses which he should in which case I’m fine with it). Rhodes did a good job last year of garnering fan support and establishing himself as a top babyface but it hasn’t been enough to warrant him being the one to dethrone Reigns. The person to take the belt off of Reigns should do so as the culmination of a lengthy storyline, not just because they won the Rumble. Sami Zayn is far and away the more logical choice to face Reigns at Mania, though I don’t think he should win either as it will be much more effective if they have him lose this year, have Reigns title run go over the 1000 day mark and then have Sami defeat him at Mania 40. Speaking of WWE pay per views I think next year I’m going to pull the trigger on the Royal Rumble too, although the location for the show hasn’t been decided yet. The great thing about my Mania trip is that i will be able to cross this item as well as visiting California and seeing the LA Lakers off my bucket list. Therefore I’m hoping that the Rumble will be located in a state that will allow me to cross off additional items. I’ve always wanted to visit New Orleans so having the Rumble there would be handy. I also want to see Edgar Allan Poe’s grave and the house he lived in which are both in Baltimore so hopefully they might announce this as the site of the show.

[kunwiginjanu]

Mom's Chicken Casserole.💟 😍🤹‍♀️🐤🐥.

You can have Mom's Chicken Casserole.💟 😍🤹‍♀️🐤🐥 using 28 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mom's Chicken Casserole.💟 😍🤹‍♀️🐤🐥

You need 1 kg of chicken drum legs.

You need 1 tsp of sea salt.

It's 1/2 of tsb ground Black Pepper.

You need 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour to thicken.

It's 1 of big Onion, chopped finely.

It's 2 of garlic minced.

You need 4 cm of fresh ginger, slice thinly.

It's 2 of celery stalks, diced.

You need 1 of carrots, cut into cubed.

You need 2 cups of water and 3 chicken stock cubes.

It's 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder.

You need 1 tsp of ground 5 star-anise.

You need 1 cup of tomato sauce.

You need 3 tbs of ABC Sweet Soy Sauce.

Prepare 1/2 tbs of dried red chili flakes.

You need of Steam Jasmine rice cook in Rice Cooker.

It's of For side dish: Pickled of Homemade Indonesian Mixed Veges.

You need of To make a pickled with Mixed veges:.

Prepare of Telegraph Cucumber, deseeded, cut skin on into small cubed.

You need of shallots.

Prepare of carrots, peeled and cut into small cubed.

Prepare of red radish with the skin on cut thickly, or.

You need of peeled white radish, sliced thickly.

It's 1/3 cup of sugar,.

Prepare 1/3 cup of + 1 tbs white Vinegar.

You need 2 of tps salt.

You need 3/4 cup of from the kettle.

It's of Drink of your choice.

Mom's Chicken Casserole.💟 😍🤹‍♀️🐤🐥 instructions

Heat up 1 cup oil, add onions, fry a few minutes until slightly change colour then add ginger, garlic, then the 5-spice powder and cardamom stir fry for a few seconds then add the chicken legs and mix and stir-fry until slightly brown in both sides..

Then add the 2 cups chicken stock, tomato sauce, soy sauce, red chili flakes, salt, blackpepper, carrots, celery and flour. Turn the heat to low, put the lid and simmer for 20 minutes, stir on every 5 minutes, keep the lid on. Our family loves the gravy juice. Add more water if necessary. Taste the season. If the legs are tender then turn off the heat. Transfer on a deep serving dish. To serve on a steamed rice bed and eith the side dish, a pickled vege 🥒🍅🌶🍋.

PICKLED VEGES (could be done one day before): in a pot on the stove, put all the ingredients and stir until salt & sugar are dissolved. Remove. In a small glass bowl put all the Vege, then pour over the warm vinegar mixture, stir and let it cool. Then put the glass bowl in the fridge for 2 hours before serving. (Refrigerated up to 2 weeks)..

[hddnone]

The Writings | Week 31

Goal: 5 days > 500 words hahaha not even close! 

What I worked on this week: 

WISRB - 1,334 words

Commission Fics - 916 words

TSB Flash square, coffee shop - 358 words

For a total of 2,608 words

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Hmmm probably one of the lowest word count weeks - and worst writing weeks - that I’ve had in awhile. Combination of work and stress, and I’ve landed on new hyperfixation phase of cooking! 

I cook but I rarely enjoy it, but I’ve gone on this awesome adventure of homemade granola, overnight oats, bread, tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes, and chicken stock from scratch. So far. Definitely went on an elaborate YouTube binge of gardening and cooking, and I’ve enjoyed going to the farmer’s market this summer so much that I’m all inspired. Plus, roasted veggies are both delicious and super easy. 

Anyway, that’s how I’ve been spending my time. Plus cleaning the dishes and sweeping the floor XD It’s been fun so far and I’m hoping this will work as some pre-research for fic too ;) But! Working on the writing business. I think with some recharge this weekend next week will be a lot more productive from a writing point - fingers crossed! 

[tonystarkbingo]

TSB Round 7 - Weeks 17, 18, 19

We have a few weeks in one this roundup, which means extra fills for you to read!

And with a new month we have a new block party theme! The theme for November is Family, and while family can mean whatever you want it to, we also have some prompts to get you started:

Kid fic Family dinner Holiday/party Bedtime routine Outing

Happy creating!

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Collaborator: endlesstwanted Card Number: 7010 Square Filled: Adopted - New team Title: Of Darkness And Solace Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark Word Count: 991 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Afterlife, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Angst and Feels Summary: A year after the events of Endgame, old and new friends gather to visit Natasha’s grave. Tony, Steve and her are happy to see them again.

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Collaborator: tinystark616 Card Number: 7008 Square Filled: R3 - Angst Title: Repeat Until Death Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 3474 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Angst, unhappy ending, frottage, iron man/captain america: casualties of war (2006) Summary: In the midst of Civil War, Steve and Tony meet in the Avengers Mansion to talk, because Tony hopes he can change Steve's mind. As it turns out, there isn't a lot of talking.

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Collaborator: hereandnowwearealive Card Number: 7036 Square Filled: K5 - AU: wings Title: A Deal with the Devil Link: Tumblr Pairings: Morgan Stark & Tony Stark Word Count: n/a Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: art fill Summary: Morgan, dressed as an angel, trick-or-treating and asking Tony, dressed as a demon, for candy

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Collaborator: Faustess Card Number: 7022 Square Filled: S5 - Science Boyfriends Title: Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - September Round Robin Link: AO3 Pairings: Bruce Banner/Tony Stark Word Count: 1913 total, my part was about 300 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: No Archive Warnings Apply, Avengers Tower, Only One Bed, Cuddling & Snuggling Summary: Bruce comes back to New York City to stay at Avengers Tower -- and keep his new teammate company.

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Collaborator: Faustess Card Number: 7022 Square Filled: T3 - Anticipation Title: Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - August Round Robin Link: AO3 Pairings: Avengers Team Members & Tony Stark Word Count: 400+ , 1860 total Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: No Archive Warnings Apply, Wedding Planning, Tony Stark-centric, Surprise Party, Crushes Summary: Tony's been holed up in his workshop... planning a wedding for his friend... the President of the United States. He knows from personal experience that the planning is officially the worst part of any wedding and he doesn't want to inflict that on his friends. There's only one detail left... getting a date with his crush.

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Collaborator: Faustess Card Number: 7022 Square Filled: T5 - Psychological Torture Title: You Gotta Pay the Troll Toll Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Word Count: 5883 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: No Archive Warnings Apply, Bucky Barnes Remembers, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Fanfiction Writer Bucky Barnes, Protective Tony Stark, Fanfiction Writer Tony Stark, Mutual Pining, Getting Together Summary: Bucky Barnes writes stories about his life with the Howlies, some before the war, and others about his life after he'd escaped from Hydra. He publishes them under a fan fic site alias and makes a few friends online. Then the trolls come for him. It doesn't feel better to him than it does for anyone else. Fortunately, like the rest of us, his friends rally around him to boost his spirits and come to his defense. And maybe - at least in this case - all that (and the help of some giant slugs - Thanks AIM!) leads to something a little bit more.

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Collaborator: Faustess Card Number: 7022 Square Filled: R5 - "Wake up!" Title: Too Good to Be True (Chapter 25) Link: AO3 Pairings: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark Word Count: chapter: 4716; 62,982 total Rating: Mature Major Tags/Triggers: No Archive Warnings Apply, Dreams vs. Reality, Domestic Fluff, Cuddling & Snuggling, Pancakes, Slow Romance, Pepper Potts Is a Good Bro, Communication Summary: Chapter Summary: A few more years have gone by and it's college graduation season! James has another of his recurring dreams and then grudgingly wakes up to spend the day with the family he and Tony have found together.

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Collaborator: illogicalkat Card Number: 7009 Square Filled: K1 - image of Tony Stark with speech bubble, "I'm off the market" Title: You, Me, and Bucky makes 3 (chapter 1) Link: AO3 Pairings: Emma Frost/Tony Stark, Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark, Bucky Barnes/Emma Frost/Tony Stark Word Count: 1555 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Relationship negotiations Summary: The very last thing Tony expected on his honeymoon was a run-in with Revolution

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Collaborator: illogicalkat Card Number: 7009 Square Filled: S3 - Canon: Marvel 616 Title: You, Me, and Bucky makes 3 (chapter 2) Link: AO3 Pairings: Emma Frost/Tony Stark, Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark, Bucky Barnes/Emma Frost/Tony Stark Word Count: 1062 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: relationship negotiations Summary: The last thing Tony expected on his honeymoon was a run-in with Revolution

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Collaborator: deehellcat Card Number: 7014 Square Filled: R1 - abducted Title: All eyes on you, my magician (all eyes on us) Link: AO3 Pairings: DrPepperony (Tony/Pepper/Strange) Word Count: 4730 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Kidnapping, Magic, Polycule, Bisexual Tony Stark, Bisexual Stephen Strange, BAMF Pepper Potts, Tony Stark Is Not Iron Man, (well not yet), AU—Canon Divergence Summary: Stephen Strange discovers Pepper Potts has a knack for magic, and takes on the task of training her, while pining for both her and her boyfriend Tony Stark.

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Collaborator: rebelmeg Card Number: 7001 Square Filled: A3 - free space Title: Tony's New Cars Link: Tumblr Pairings: Pepperony Word Count: 1900 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: the makeup after the breakup, whump, hurt/comfort, happy ending, Tony handles his emotional issues by throwing money at them Summary: Tony seems to have replaced all his cars. Pepper finds out why.

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Collaborator: rebelmeg Card Number: 7001 Square Filled: T1 - diner/restaurant Title: Wingmen and Airmen, Flirting and Flying - Chapter 1: Two Drink Limit (Limits Were Made To Be Tested) Link: Tumblr Pairings: Tony & Rhodey, Carol & Maria, Rhodey/Carol, Tony/Maria Word Count: 1752 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: first meeting, flirting Summary: Rhodey lays down the law, Tony scoffs at the very idea, Carol is considering hijinks, and Maria is up for the challenge.

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Collaborator: rebelmeg Card Number: 7001 Square Filled: A5 - charming Title: Wingmen and Airmen, Flirting and Flying - Chapter 2: Darts and Tequila and Pairing Up Link: Tumblr Pairings: MIT Bros, Carol & Maria, Rhodey/Carol, Tony/Maria Rambeau Word Count: 2093 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: flirting, drunken shenanigans, kissing Summary: Rhodey braces himself to make his move, Tony makes his, and last call comes as a surprise to everyone.

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Collaborator: rebelmeg Card Number: 7001 Square Filled: K4 - dares/bets Title: Wingmen and Airmen, Flirting and Flying - Chapter 3: I'll See Your Hangover, and Raise You Another Link: Tumblr Pairings: Rhodey/Carol, Tony/Maria Rambeau, MIT Bros, Carol & Maria Word Count: 2068 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: hangovers, slightly secret identities revealed, embarrassment, plans for a second date Summary: The boys are having just as miserable a morning as could be expected after their night out, but when they finally do show up at the demonstration, a couple of familiar faces are there to greet them.

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Collaborator: deehellcat Card Number: 7014 Square Filled: R4 - new team Title: Esprit de Corps Link: AO3 Pairings: pre-ironstrange Word Count: 1258 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: PTSD, Misuse of Magic, Grumpy Stephen Strange, Canon Divergence—post CACW, New Team Summary: 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.

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