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earth-18104 · 6 months ago

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Earth-18104 - 1989

Events that occurred in the year 1989.

This is the start of the Age of Heroes, so each year will be a different post, some with more important events than others (and most of them focus on the X-Men).

The stories are not complete or are summarized, and are inspired by other medias, like the movies, comics and series, but don't follow Marvel Canon or the time-line established so faithfully, and include stories of my OCs.

The (N) at the end of names serves to indicate character births and the numbers are their ages. I will include more events as I write more about the characters.

List of Events of Earth-18104 (Resume)

1989 -

• Wade Wilson (18) joined the US Army Special Forces, but despite his superior skills, he was dismissed for not following orders that conflicted with his moral code.

• (April)

• Harry Osborn (8) met Peter Parker (8) at school, initially being friends with Flash Thompson (10), he disliked Peter, taking his distant behavior as snobbery.

• However, he soon realized that Peter was just shy and distracted by his Aunt May's health problems.

• Soon the two became best friends and Harry began to defend Peter from school bullies. In addition to Peter, he also became friends with Mary Jane Watson (8), who attended the same school as them and was Peter's neighbor.

• Helen Cho (24) met her future husband Phillip and the two began dating.

• A few months later, when Phillip found a job in the United States, Helen agreed to follow him, and the two moved together to Arizona, where they bought a house in Tucson and integrated well into the existing community.

• (EVENT - Rise of the Fantastic Four)

• Brilliant aeronautical engineer Reed Richards (26) was working on an experimental faster-than-light rocket called Marvel-1 that he intended to use to explore an Earth-like planet called Spyre located 44 light years away.

• Unfortunately he had no money to finance his research and had to ask his old colleague, Victor Von Doom (27), for help.

• Previously, Victor and Richards were college classmates, and as both were considered geniuses of their generation, they often debated each other, their intelligence astounding their teachers.

• During the mission preparation, and even during college, Richards spent days planning the trip, while Doom worked on a different project: a machine capable of projecting a person's astral form across dimensions, practically bringing a person into the world. your plan.

• Secretly, it was a way for Doom to free his late mother from the clutches of the demon Mephisto, who he believed had imprisoned Cynthia von Doom when Victor was a child.

• As a successful businessman, Victor, believing that Richards' mission would bring him closer to completing his project, approved the trip and financed the mission, with a team that consisted of four members: himself, Richards, Air Force pilot Ben Grimm (27), and Dr. Sue Storm (24).

• In addition to the four of them, Susan's brother, Johnny Storm (17), wanted to join the mission, feeling that something was waiting for him outside. Despite Susan's protests, he underwent grueling training and became Ben's co-pilot.

• (July 8 - Launch of Marvel-1)

• Once in space, the rocket experienced a cosmic radiation storm. Although prepared for them, the ship was met with an unexpected intensity of radiation and its shielding was unable to contain it. The ship crashed back to Earth.

• Emerging from the ruins of the spaceship, they discovered that the radiation had mutated their bodies and given them remarkable new abilities.

• Reed gained the ability to stretch his body and limbs, Johnny was able to fly and engulf himself in flames that he could control, and Sue was able to bend light around her body and become invisible.

• Ben gained incredible strength and durability, but his body was tragically transformed. He now had orange, rock-like muscular skin.

• Victor also absorbed mysterious energy and developed the ability to control and create electricity.

• All four moved to the Baxter Building, where Reed began studying his powers and tried to find a way to reverse the process.

• Ben was initially bitter about his mutation into a monster and was often angry or depressed. Johnny was often rebellious, leaving Sue to act as the team mom.

• Meanwhile, Victor developed his new ability on his own. Angered by the failure of the mission he thought would be his success, he became more obsessed with finishing his machine himself, breaking away from the rest of the team to do so.

• The mission also caused him to lose millions and his company's stock plummeted.His investors cut off his funding and he was on the verge of bankruptcy.

• He attacked the investor who ruined him by electrocuting him in a parking lot and went back to finish his machine.

• Upon discovering what he was working on, Reed pointed out a flaw in Doom's calculations and warned him that the goal of his project could be unethical and selfish. Victor arrogantly ignored his warnings.

• Reed then returned to the Baxter Building, knowing he couldn't change Victor's mind.

• Then, when trying to get the machine to work, what Reed feared happened. The machine exploded, leaving scars on Victor's face. During the accident, part of his body fused to the metal of the machine and he looked for one of the masks to hide his face.

• From then on, he blamed Reed Richards for his failure and called himself "Doctor Doom".

• A few weeks after the Marvel-1 incident, the quartet was caught by the government and contained in a government quarantine facility for those exposed to cosmic rays under the command of Reed's colleague, General Walter Montgomery.

• Doom broke into the facility and used the machine Reed was building to restore Ben to human form, knocking him unconscious while he captured Richards.

• Having demonstrated the effectiveness of her new powers, Sue managed to convince General Montgomery to release the remaining Fantastic Four and allow them to face Doom.

• Even in human form, Ben went with the Storm to save Reed. The four faced Doom with great difficulty until Ben managed to transform into the Thing again, while Johnny and Sue combined their powers to envelop Doom in an inferno of intense heat.

• Grimm and Richards douse him with cold water, inducing thermal shock and freezing Doom in place.

• After Victor's defeat, the four decided to use their powers to better humanity and founded the Fantastic Four, the first group of superhumans of the New Age.

• Individually, they call themselves Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Torch Human and the Thing. They are not superheroes in the traditional sense, but rather explorers, facing whatever challenges may arise as a family.

• Reed then helped release Victor, and he apologized for not helping him before. Then Victor was sent back to his homeland, Latveria.

• Unbeknownst to him, during the trip back, the dockmaster's electronic manifest briefly suffers electromagnetic interference and Doom escaped.

• After the debut of the Fantastic Four, Phineas Horton (83) was furious to learn that their youngest member, Johnny Storm had taken on the mantle of the Human Torch, thinking it was an insult to the original Torch.

• Nick Fury Jr (41) was approached by Commander Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, who informed him that the government was reactivating the super soldier program, in part motivated by the fact that humanity needed to be prepared for an inevitable genetic war with the growing mutant population.

• Fury had the chance to take charge of everything. He agreed and began tracking different individuals who were super powerful or had special abilities, a new version of the old Avengers Project.

• Phillip Masters (61) discovered that by sculpting clay found near Wundagore Mountain he was able to take control of their bodies, for many years he claimed this was due to the clay being radioactive.

• At some point, Phillip returned to his homeland and obtained a large quantity of clay to begin a criminal career.

• (Wild Child)

• Kyle Gibney (5) was raised by his mother, Sarah Gibney, and his stepfather, who he believed was his biological father.

• In reality, his father was the criminal Sabretooth, and because of this, Kyle was a second-generation mutant and his mutation appeared when he was still very young.

• Because his mutation is stronger than his father's, Kyle had "wild" attitudes and habits since he was a baby, such as running on all fours and growling. When he turned five, his fangs began to emerge, much to his family's horror.

• (September)

• When Scott Summers (13) woke up several months after falling into a coma, he was under the care of the Essex Clinic in New York City.

• There was a large band over his eyes, preventing him from seeing and releasing his energy rays.

• He was soon visited by Charles Xavier (52), who assured him that there were no witnesses to the awakening of his mutant ability in Nebraska and that the damage to the hospital was attributed to a gas explosion. He informed Scott that he was a mutant and invited him to join his special school.

• Scott accepted, hoping to meet his brothers one day. He was taken to Graymalkin Manor and given a special visor made of ruby quartz by a mysterious figure, which allowed him to see and control his powers.

• (FF - Puppet Master)

• Now calling himself the Puppet Master, Phillip Masters' first criminal operation was to place the Thing, Ben Grimm (27), under his control. Doing so, he ordered Ben to come to his apartment, unaware that the Invisible Girl was following.

• The intruder's presence was betrayed thanks to the keen hearing of Alicia Reiss (23) and the Puppet Master knocked Susan out.

• Disguising Alicia as Sue Storm, he sent her with the Thing to the Baxter Building, forcing him to attack the rest of the Fantastic Four; Fortunately he was freed from the control of Master, who had taken control of the State Prison and staged a mass escape.

• The imprisoned Sue Storm managed to set off a warning flare and with Alicia's instructions, the Fantastic Four attacked the Puppet Master in his home. However, while the heroes were occupied by one of their robotic dolls, he escaped with Alicia.

• While the Fantastic Four prevented the prison break, the Puppet Master attempted to use a puppet of himself that he believed would make him king of the world.

• However, Alicia intervened and snatched the doll from his hand, throwing it to the ground, giving the Fantastic Four the chance to arrest him.

• After this incident, Alicia Reiss became close friends with the Fantastic Four and also began spending a lot of time with Ben Grimm.

• She tried to show him his inner beauty, but Ben's depression over his transformation into a monster made this struggle difficult for him.

• Eventually, the pair began dating and Alicia put her sculpting skills to work creating replicas of the Fantastic Four's enemies.

• (October 7, Saturday)

• Captain America's body is discovered by SHIELD, frozen in a state of preservation. He was thawed and held at one of the SHIELD bases in New York, being placed in a simulated 1941 environment to try and calm him down to what was happening now.

• When he woke up, Rogers quickly became suspicious; the baseball game broadcast on the living room radio was one of the Brooklyn Dodgers' home games, which he attended in person at Ebbets Field.

• Knowing he was being tricked, he managed to escape and run through the streets of New York. In Times Square, he discovered to his horror that everything around him had totally changed.

• As he remained stunned, SHIELD agents surrounded him before he was greeted by Nick Fury Sr, who informed him that he had been asleep for nearly fifty years.

• Rogers realized that many of his Howling Commandos friends were likely dead and he was now lost in a world he knew nothing about. Thinking sadly of Peggy Carter, he told Fury he had a date that he unfortunately missed.

• Rogers found himself lost in a world that had moved on without him and found it difficult to adjust to his new surroundings, considering where he had left his life during World War II.

• He spent a few weeks in seclusion at the Retreat which was one of SHIELD's many Safe Houses and then moved to an apartment in New York City.

• (The Cavalcantes - OC)

• At some point, the facility where Helen Cho (24) was working was attacked by Purifiers and she was trapped under rubble after an explosion.

• While most of her colleagues died, she survived and was rescued by mercenary Tereza Márquez (174), also known as Sanguinária, who pulled her from under the rubble and rescued her while facing the Purifiers.

• When she regained consciousness, Helen recognized Tereza and was initially afraid of the woman, but she promised to take the doctor back home if she helped her with something important.

• Helen accepted and was taken to Sister Margaret's Home for Wayward Girls in Manhattan, a house of mercenaries.

• There, Francine Cavalcante asked her to help her husband Antônio who was aging rapidly because of the loss of the Seed of Life given by the Inner Circle.

• Unfortunately, Helen could not help Antônio, as there was no way to reverse the effects of an object she did not understand. Antonio was already old and without the seed keeping him young, he had a few more years before his body aged and he finally died.

• She asked Tereza to give her a sample of the Seed, however, only Santiago cultivated the seeds.

• After hearing the news, Francine rudely kicked Helen out of her house and forbade Tereza from returning, blaming her for the loss of her family. Tereza apologized to the doctor on her sister's behalf and kept her promise, taking her back home, before warning her not to tell anyone what had happened.

• Later, Helen was invited to work for SHIELD in their science department, recommended by Márquez.

• Over the next few years, Helen often helped Tereza when she was injured and the two even became close friends. Helen became one of the only people Tereza had genuine respect.

• (November 9)

• The Berlin Wall is demolished.

• Loki, the God of Mischief, makes a deal with Thanos to retrieve the Tesseract in exchange for a Chitauri army to conquer Earth.

#x men #fantastic four #reed richards #sue storm #johnny storm #ben grimm #victor von doom #puppet master #jean grey #bobby drake #x men oc #earth-18104 #original universe #citruswriting #marvel

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alarajrogers · 10 months ago

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Little more complicated than that.

In the 90's, they established that Magneto's "real name", never before previously established, was Erik Lehnsherr. However, they claimed at the same time that Erik Lehnsherr was Romany. This was spitting in the face of the man who made the character a Holocaust survivor, Chris Claremont; it was also, shall we say, poorly received by the fans who knew anything about the Holocaust. But most of us assumed Erik Lehnsherr was the correct name, just the ethnicity was wrong. (In story, it was revealed that he "was Romany" by Gabrielle Haller, the Israeli ambassador. She had once been one of his best friends and had defended him at the world court, but Haller's primary allegiance had to be Israel and Jews worldwide, so in my headcanon she threw him under the bus and claimed he was Romany because no one wanted his existence sparking a wave of antisemitism. (In the Marvel Universe, this is not going to make matters worse for the Romany people because Dr. Victor von Doom, ruler of Latveria and well-known dictator who wants to conquer the world, is proudly and openly Romany.)) His wife Magda actually was Romany, so this is what we assumed.

The movies came out and they established his name to be Erik Lehnsherr.

Then in the late 90's we got a story where Magneto killed a forger named Georg Odekirk, who had originally given him the Erik Lehnsherr identity. It was then that we learned the name was fake, but we didn't learn who he really was. This was somewhat problematic for continuity -- in Age of Apocalypse, Magneto, who'd been going by "Magnus" in Israel, is identified by David Haller as "Erik" when David tries to kill him. David cannot actually know Magneto's name from the future because he was in a coma when it was revealed, so presumably, he's getting it from Magneto's mind because he's a powerful telepath... but why would Magneto have been thinking of the Erik false identity when he cast it aside and he's now Magnus the Jewish man? A telepath should have gotten either Max or Magnus, not the fake name from in between. But whatever. David is Gaby Haller's son, maybe he read his mother's mind.

We learned his real name was Max Eisenhardt in Magneto: Testament, which came out in the 00's I believe. So, he'd been Erik Lehnsherr for a decade, then his name was unknown for nearly a decade but the movie version was named Erik so we all still called him that.

So at this point, in any given piece of adapted media -- movie, TV show, alternate universe, whatever -- it's a crapshoot as to whether he's going to be Erik or Max. In comics canon he is Max but went by Erik for a long-ass time, so he will answer to that, or to Magnus. Some have theorized that he cast Max aside as the Sonderkommando who helped the Nazis murder his own people (this was a real thing, the Jews who were picked for the horrible job of maintaining the machinery of the gas chamber and picking up the bodies of the dead), but the timeline doesn't work; he claimed to have adopted Erik in order to find Magda (and because he was a wanted man, having killed a lot of people in the Soviet town of Vinnitsa.) More likely, he cast aside Max because Max let his daughter die. (He was kind of being beaten to death at the time but Magneto has never let logic and common sense stop him from self hatred.) Erik Lehnsherr was impersonating a Romany in order to find his missing Romany wife, and his papers claimed he was Romany, but I kind of suspect Erik was whatever he needed to be for whatever he was trying to accomplish at the time. Like... he did not live as a Romany unless he was actively in a Romany village asking people about Magda.)

Hii, I haven’t read many Xmen comics yet, I have just started, but I was wandering, why is Magneto sometimes Erik Lehnsherr and sometimes Max Eisenhardt?

Sorry if I spelled the names wrong

max is his real name which was established in magneto testament and erik is a fake name max used to protect himself

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brightbeautifulthings · 2 years ago

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Runaways, Vol. 2: Best Friends Forever by Rainbow Rowell

"'I guess I should look for a job, too. What should I put on my resume--"high-school dropout, D-list Avenger"?' 'I was a D-list Avenger. You were at least C-list.'"

Year Read: 2022

Rating: 4/5

Thoughts: I think I liked this even more than volume one. It's fun having the band back together and seeing how they navigate their new circumstances as a group, from deciding who's taking custody of Molly to fending off an angry Doombot together. While I found Victor von Doom’s Doombots out of place in a Winter Soldier story, they're a much better fit here, and the hilarity of that fight scene, alongside Julie Power's actual hero experience, really highlights what a hot mess the Runaways are. They're not a superhero team, but they are a family, and their loyalty extends only to each other.

There are good character arcs here for Molly, Karolina, Gert, and Victor, as they struggle to come to terms with this new existence. Gert is two years displaced from her timeline, Molly’s plot with her best friend is weirdly sinister, and Victor fears that being put back in a functioning cyborg body would make him a villain again, while Karolina tries to make a long-distance relationship work. Some of the romances happen a little abruptly, and I would have liked more development and buildup on those (although some of the full-page art on them is flat-out gorgeous), but it is a graphic novel, and a young adult one at that. The pace tends to be pretty fast overall. I'm having a lot of fun with these, and I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for this ragtag team of misfits.

#book review #runaways #best friends forever #rainbow rowell #graphic novel #graphic novel review #4/5 #rating: 4/5 #2022

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puppetmaster55 · 2 years ago

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#about irl stuff. it's just. yeah this is me getting annoyed bc i'm the one awake at 1am feeding them and getting them to sleep for the night

My Top Posts in 2022:

Shiro: why are there rumours that we’re both in a romantic relationship? Lance: *laying in Shiro’s lap letting him play with his hair* Lance: i have no idea.

Shiro would be more suspicious but he likes playing with Lance's hair too much to self-examine

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Why would AFO's bird be a vulture? Obviously he's a goose.

I enjoy the comedy of visually his bird looks like a Chuck Jones vulture, but also the chaos of him being a goose is...

I'm gonna have to field this one to @gentrychild

86 notes - Posted July 22, 2022

Lance fell first but Shiro fell harder

Lance: *fell first, but in a gentle way that allows him to not come off as a simp*

Shiro: *fell slower, but is a simp*

89 notes - Posted June 10, 2022

Love that toh never tries to explain whatever the fuck is going on with Hooty, like everything we get to know just raises more questions. Eda just created him. He can swallow people whole and regurgitate them, he can skin himself and puts his skin like clothes to dry, he can get out of the house and the whole thing is horrifying and leaves behind still beating organs, he has several shark like teeth through out his throat. Is any of this explained? No n i love it, i hope he keeps getting worse❤

absolutely nothing about Hooty is explained and nothing about him should be explained

247 notes - Posted May 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Trying to figure out how to really explain it but god it’s so pathetic that it’s almost hilarious how hard the mcu is trying to make holland spidey into actual spidey when like. green goblin is just some homeless dude

they brought willem dafoe’s green goblin, his rich ceo of a huge science corporation, into the mcu and had him actually state that his company and the Osborne name just did not exist in the mcu. literally, he went looking for his company and found nothing, he went looking for his son and found nothing (he would’ve joined forces with his mcu counterpart if they existed but they canonically just Do Not Exist At All)

and this is meant to be The Big Villain of the movie! Peter Parker’s most famous foe and the mcu just could not make him into a rich ceo and like. Norman Osborne is Just Some Dude in the mcu. the one single villain that literally could not be reworked into “seems like they should be the villain of an iron man movie but go off I guess” and he’s Just Some Random Dude to Holland’s spidey and not the father of his very best friend or the ceo behind the company whose radioactive spider gave him spider powers

like, I know that Willem Dafoe is gonna knock his performance out the park when I finally watch the movie but goddamn this is so fucking pathetic that the mcu, that Mouse Corp, is so against having a villain be a rich dude that they obliterated one of marvel’s most iconic villains

and they want to take on Dr Victor Von Doom, who I’m gonna call will end up being some angry intern with vague beef that he got overlooked by Dr Reed Richards and make some weird iron man-like suit to make him on equal standing instead of the monarch of a country

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mcmusing · 3 years ago

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Hurry, team! Mainstream Media is making a monumental massacre of mental health!

In my last post, I spotlighted the leading lady of the First Family of Superheroes, Jessica Alba's Sue Storm-Richards. Now, the time has come to defend the rest of her team along with their films, Fantastic Four 2005 and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007.

These are not the only superhero films with which I find favorable elements while the rest of fandom loathes them with extreme prejudice. A good example of this is Batman and Robin 1997. In no way is that film high art, but it achieves what the gritty films of today grossly lack. It has entertainment value. It's not as serious as its prior two films and that is made evident upfront by the tone. It's colorful, jokes around, makes fun of itself- I often re-watch my favorite part, the bat credit card (no, your eyes do not deceive). The villains catch a lot of flack for their- obviously intentional- corny humor. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze still gets the worst of it. However, all dialogue issues fall on the script much more than the actors. Arnold "Terminator" Schwarzenegger could have pulled off a very intimidating ice foe were he not directed to do otherwise.

Another is Daredevil 2003. I admit that the script could have been much better, but I loved every second of seeing Ben Affleck on screen. Some nice RL foreshadowing to him becoming my favorite version of 21st century Batman. They also had a black villain who was not raced-swapped for pandering. The Kingpin was originally meant to be black, but Stan Lee did not want to be offensive. Ugh, that's just like a civil rights era white man- lynching, torching, empathizing.....

In the case of the Fantastic Four films, I maintain that the continued hate spewed in their direction is criminally overblown. Especially since the only complaint the Marvel Mafia has a leg to stand on is the lack of action scenes. Something that is more than compensated by characterization and surprising cliche avoidance.

Ioan Grufford is elastic

Admittedly, on first viewing, I wasn't all that impressed by Ioan as Reed Richards. With continued re-watches, though, I can't picture anyone else in the role. Comic book Reed is usually so socially clueless that some readers interpret him as a jerk. In the films, Reed is not the first guy you would appoint leader. He has an uncanny scientific mind, but he's suffered a lot of setbacks, has little confidence, retreats into his work at the detriment of sorting through his emotions, and is capable of near fatal miscalculations. He's intimidated by his college rival and mission benefactor, Victor Von Doom. Worse, Victor is with his ex-girlfriend. Reed wants Sue back, but again, awkward social issues and low self-esteem get in the way.

Of course, he also has good points.

Due to how meticulous he is with research and development, he focuses on perfection and misses out on profit. When the space mission goes terribly wrong, we see why he takes the time to overanalyze every detail before making a single move. Once Ben is changed into the Thing, Reed is wrecked with guilt and obsesses on how to reverse the damage. Reed isn't demonized for his errors or made to be enslaved to his own ego. His integrity seems greater than his intellect. He's a genius yet still a flawed man.

Reed's heroism begins when he moves the Storms into his and Ben's place. He accepts full responsibility for his best friend's transformation and wants to fix it (No, no, no, Reed, what are you doing? If you cause your most loyal friend's physical impairment and loss of the woman he loves, you're supposed to transfer the blame and join the nearest evil faction. Everybody knows that!). Reed's quest takes priority over his own health to the point of using himself as a guinea pig. When the team is endangered by Victor, there's a boost in Reed's confidence. No longer seeing himself as inferior to his rival, the newly minted Mr. Fantastic comes up with the way to defeat him. He even proposes to Sue. His loyalty, devotion, knowledge, and bravery make him the best choice to lead the Fantastic Four.

In Silver Surfer, Reed is still a bit on the oblivious and awkward side but not to an egregious degree. Though still a workaholic (it's a superhero thing), his ability to get in touch with his emotions has improved. At one point, his upcoming marriage to Sue dawns on him so intensely, he all but collapses on Ben, who basically has to carry the hazy elastic man (Ben, what do you think you're doing? Your burdened leader and best bro needs support and you're giving it to him instead of mocking his emotional issues?? Yeah, when you guys get a sec, there's another super powered team over in Westchester that would like a word with you). Reed's relationship with Johnny is better, too as he eagerly shows his little brother-in-law his new inventions and indulges his request for a bachelor party

The take-charge man Sue wanted is definitely there. When Johnny is reckless during a mission, Reed- who usually defends the youngest team member- reprimands and clearly has an effect on the brazen boy. When the military that asked for the Four's help gets snide one too many times, Reed nonchalantly dresses him down in front of everyone. He demands respect for his team and the general grudgingly complies. It's a genuine empowering moment that demonstrates the fact that naturally nice, non-antagonistic people are NOT submissive weaklings.

Jessica Alba can fade from sight

Since I've already emphasized the greatness that is Sue Storm-Richards, this won't be too long. I love how one of her heroic feats is dismantling romantic drama cliches- something surprisingly prevalent in superhero media. Yes, she's dating her ex-boyfriend's rival, but Reed had no idea Sue was working for Victor, let alone seeing him. Clearly, she hadn't been rubbing Reed's face in it. After Victor proposes, Sue is very uncomfortable and breaks up with him after the space mission. She warms up to Reed and drops her passive aggression to talk and work things out with him.

Not a lot is disclosed about the Storm siblings' past, but the sequel alludes to it being comic accurate. Sue has to be more of a mother than sister to Johnny and it causes them to butt heads at times. The two are obviously close. Johnny even works for Sue and Victor. When he receives literal fire powers, Sue becomes protective of her already impulsive brother.

The Invisible Woman has something of a loving brother-sister dynamic with Ben also. Despite her issues with Reed, Sue is glad to see and work with Ben again. Among the Four, the two of them seem to get along best.

After her powers massively advanced, Sue became more of an asset to the team. In-between planning her wedding. Unlike pretty much every other superheroine, Sue doesn't play make-believe Xena 24/7. Crime-fighting is important to her, but she's still a person- a *woman* even! She wants to marry Reed and produce beautiful genius babies with him. And God bless her for it.

When they found the Silver Surfer, the empathetic Sue is the one able to appeal to the space traveler's better nature. Good thing because he restore her after she died a heroic death. A situation she walked away from with a reaffirmed commitment to the Four and desire to wed Reed. HOW is Sue Storm-Richards a legit beautiful golden-haired celebrity yet packs more humility and selflessness than Raven Xavier??! I guess that's the difference between the girl who came from tragedy and the spoiled rich blue brat.

Chris Evans is the Human Torch

(😡And absolutely no one else😤)

Good golly, casting director- what lucky star were you born under?? Chris Evans IS the one and only flesh-made-fire, Jonathan Storm. His look (get this, he's white and blonde! I was blown away, too) and characterization not only gets Johnny to the letter but provides most of the levity and fun filled moments in the films.

Very much like his comic book counterpoint, Johnny is the youngest and most childlike member of the team. He's around 19-20 years old in the films. His lowkey hyper intelligence is made evident hy the fact that he's employed by Victor and co-pilots the shuttle with Ben. However, his brilliance is well-cloaked by his hedonistic nature. He sneaks girls into company flight simulators, loves extreme sports, never takes a situation too seriously, and is simultaneously an attention-seeker yet attention-grabber. Chris portrays it all without making him annoying to have on screen.

While Sue tends to rain on his brand of fun, Johnny undoubtedly loves and respects his big sister. Not only do they work together, he's Sue's first-choice pick to pilot the shuttle. It can be inferred that Sue prefers to keep Johnny in her line of sight while Johnny has an excuse for staying in proximity to the most constant person in his life. As Sue is towards him, Johnny can get protective towards her. He expresses that he doesn't want Reed trying to get back together with his sister. None of Johnny's animosity towards Reed is genuine. He's simply Team Sue.

The director's cut- my firm canon cut- gives us more insight into Johnny. In particular, his relationships with the older males in his life. It's obvious why the wealthy, seemingly cool and spoiling Victor is his initial preference for a brother-in-law. It's Ben Grimm, his former commanding officer at NASA, who Johnny seeks out most. For all things prank and general taunting related. The two couldn't be more different with Johnny as the immature fly-boy and Ben as the much older serious pilot. Still, there's some underlying special affection between them also. Reed is somewhat the middle-ground between lenient Victor and stern Ben. Even though Johnny's not too fond of him since the breakup with Sue, Reed has nothing against him. He tries to mediate between the boy and Ben, claiming Johnny is merely full of youthful exuberance. When Johnny crosses the line, Reed does make an effort to rein him in.

After being hit by the cosmic rays, Johnny's reaction to brand new super powers is probably the most realistic. He uses his fire to make a sideshow of himself, pick up women, compete in sports, and anything else to gain as many onlookers as possible. He is the only one who doesn't want the powers reversed and exercises his Human Torch abilities to the max. Of interesting note, Johnny assigns the team's codenames. He calls Reed Mr. Fantastic but makes a crude joke about his 'anatomy' to deflect from the sweet gesture. He referred to his sister as the Invisible 'Girl' at first, annoying Sue and providing a funny comic reference. Picking the Thing for Ben resulted in a very crushed car for the cheeky boy. Bonus points for Sue scolding her brother before going to calm Ben, leaving Johnny to Reed. Don't cross your big sis, John Boy.

When the Storms get into a fight over Johnny making a degrading spectacle of himself, Johnny accuses her of treating him like a little boy and being too overbearing. He declares he wants to live his own life and huffs off. Following this, there is absolutely zero communication between the two for ten years. Johnny became a hardened, heroic freedom fighter for oppressed younger siblings everywhere while a devastated Sue grew too depressed to- of course, I'm kidding. Yeah, the brother she practically raised just flat-out abandoned her after one fight, resulting in a decade long estrangement. That is the stupidest, most forced, elaborate excuse to divide a family I've ever heard. What's next? The Human Torch goes insane with his fire powers, remembers his father's failures and mother's car accident, and kills Reed during a contrived outburst? Come on, no comic book franchise could be that woefully moronic. Johnny comes to his senses the same night and returns to help Sue and the guys. He even risks himself to lead a heat-seeking missile away from them.

By the Silver Surfer, Johnny is supremely enjoying the Four's celebrity status and rotating conga line of female company. However, we learn that he uses the decadent lifestyle as a front. Johnny sees Reed and Ben happily settled in committed relationships and starts to wonder if he wants the same for himself. His relationships with the rest of the team have grown. He has a very loving moment with Sue before her wedding and is the one to walk her down the aisle. He throws Reed a bachelor party and later, instantly agrees to keep a secret Reed doesn't want Sue to find out about. Johnny's definitely in huge favor of their marriage. He and Ben still have their bickering bond, but now, they're comfortable confiding in each other.

Interestingly, after being the one to master his powers so quickly, Johnny struggles in that area in the sequel. After being exposed to the Silver Surfer, his powers become unstable and direct contact with the rest of the Four causes them to swap powers. This is played for jokes until a mission mishap nearly gets Sue seriously injured. Already feeling guilty, Johnny can't even respond when Reed uncharacteristically berates him. During the climax, Johnny absorbs the abilities of everyone in order to stop a cosmic threat. When the Silver Surfer revitalizes a deceased Sue, Johnny is so grateful, he helps the Surfer rocket into space. In turn, the Surfer corrects the Torch's power problems.

Michael Chilakis just loves to fight

Of all the awesome casting choices, I have the most respect for Michael Chilakis as Ben Grimm. Michael is a serious Fantastic Four fan and wanted to put his best foot forward to properly portray not only the Thing but the Ben within. He vetoed the use of cgi and opted to wear the impressive but heavy and difficult Thing suit. Most actors gripe over facial prosthetics but Michael wanted to maintain Ben's humanity for the audience. What is with Marvel Michael actors and this character commitment stuff? Well, white Michael actors, I suppose. The black one has his picture in the dictionary next to Failure.

While Ben is a former NASA employee and experienced pilot, he's not as defined by his work as Reed. Ben sees and conducts himself as just a regular guy from Brooklyn. He's plain-spoken and highly masculine but also a real romantic with high respect for women. The references to his love for his fiance Debbie highlight this but also work to make Ben the tragic figure he becomes later.

The Brooklyn native is Reed's most loyal friend, through bankruptcy and all. He even resides in the Baxter Building with him. The actors make their history as childhood friendship/brotherhood very believable. Ben was the popular jock to Reed's introverted nerd. Even as adults, Ben instinctively shields Reed from any threat of bullying. He takes that responsibility so seriously, Victor Von Doom wisely refrains from antagonizing Reed in the outspoken man's presence. Promptly after recuperating from the space mission, Ben has no animosity towards Reed. He even prioritizes getting the uncertain scientist back together with Sue.

There's no doubt that the Four had a history pre-Fantastic. Their reactions to seeing each other after a few years easily come off as the aftermath of a divorce between Reed and Sue instead of a breakup. Though he's Team Reed, Ben still adores Sue. He is gentlest towards her and treats her like a younger sister. He always uses his nickname for her, Suzie. His rapport with the younger Storm sibling is a slightly different story.

As soon as they're working together again, Johnny steps back into his calling as Ben's personal troll. The seasoned pilot was his CO at NASA and Ben takes glee in being the head pilot for their mission. While often irritated by the kid, their interaction implies Ben acted as a paternal figure to the fatherless Johnny. The mischievous young man can't miss a minute to pull a prank on him. Johnny makes the occasional crack at Reed but gets no reaction from the scientist. From Ben, Johnny receives instant fury, making it interpretable that he craves Ben's attention. Their closer relationship in the sequel reinforces this, where Ben promises to always be there for him.

While Reed handles the research and presentation, Ben works better in the field. Because of this, he's most exposed to the cosmic rays. After he's transformed, Ben tries to explain the situation to Debbie. She's too horrified by him and even after seeing him act heroically, she returns his engagement ring. Needless to say, his rock hard body doesn't prevent him from shattering. The breakup is not the end of Ben's troubles as he finds performing the most basic of tasks almost impossible. He grows depressed, nostalgically yearning for his life before the space mission.

While at a bar in his old neighborhood, Ben meets his comic book love interest, Alicia Masters. Played by Kerry Washington, the film version depicts her as black. This doesn't come off as forced and fake, though. It actually better showcases her and Ben as the unlikely couple they're known as. Alicia is very beautiful but blind. Ben finds himself hideous, but the artistic Alicia finds his rocky texture captivating and falls for Ben's personality in a big way. The director's cut gave Alicia additional screentime to build her personality and their romance.

The pair are in a beautifully stable committed relationship in the sequel. We also get to see more of Alicia, not only with Ben but interacting with the rest of the Four. Sue is clearly pleased to have another woman around to talk to. Despite his jokes about their relationship, Johnny quietly envies Ben and Alicia.

Thanks to some seeds of doubt planted by Victor, Ben starts to believe that Reed is taking his time with the cure to be around Sue. When Reed returns from a date with her, a very angry Ben accuses him of stalling. Reed insists that he has to make sure the machine is right. Ben is too upset and irrational to listen. They get into a fight and Ben punches the smaller man excessively before paralyzing and discarding him.... Yeah, right, this is flippin Ben Grimm and Reed Richards we're talking about. They wrestle somewhat aggressively for a bit until Reed basically stretch-snuggles Ben until he calms down. Ben declares he's done protecting Reed and leaves.

This heart-wrenching rift lasts a good two or three hours until Reed is abducted by Victor. To keep Ben out of the way, Victor invented the reversal machine. However, upon hearing about the peril of his best nerd, Ben willingly becomes the Thing again to help the team. After they win the day in addition to the public's favor, Reed is still adamant about curing Ben. The rocky man tells him not to worry about it, as he wants to use his new form to save people. Though he remains Reed's personal advocate, Ben is proud and accepting of Mr. Fantastic's leadership.

When the Silver Surfer rises, we see Ben basking in more contentment than in any other adaptation. He meant what he said about wanting to stay super strong and rock solid. While he enjoys a brief return of his flesh via power-swapping with Johnny, he no longer has contempt for his Thing form. The power switching was a really creative means of giving Michael a little face time. Ben has made accommodations with clothing, dishes, and things to improve his quality of life. Alicia is the light of his life and he's so grateful to have her.

In fact, after being the saddest one in the last film, Ben is now the only one in a totally positive mental state. He serves as Reed's best man in every way, always there to support and keep the eccentric scientist's feet on the ground. Ben is eager for Suzie to marry Reed and does whatever he can to help their relationship.

Through this, Ben is attentive to Johnny. The young Torch goes to Ben with concerns that Sue and Reed might be leaving the team. Johnny sounds similar to a kid angry over a potential divorce. Sue only kept the possibility from him because she didn't want to add more worries to Johnny's power issues. Ben actually takes Johnny's side, though he's civil about it. He expresses that Reed and Sue should have discussed it with them from the jump. When Johnny is filled with doubt before a major mission, Ben gives him reassurance. During the last battle, a de-powered Ben aides Johnny in taking down the threat.

Julian McMahon is.....😍😍😍😍

Amidst all of the divisive reactions to Julian McMahon's casting, I have to utter words I never thought I would: I LOVE Victor Von Doom! Oh, my goodness, I don't care what anybody says about the drastic changes from the comics. I could never stand Dr. Doom. He's always been such a generic narcissistic megalomaniac with no entertainment value whatsoever. Some might say turning him into a CEO is generic, but Julian McMahon pulls off an intimidating but confidently seductive portrayal.

Other changes are an improvement as well. Victor and Reed are still college rivals, but Victor's tenacity gave him wealth while Reed's pragmatism reduced him to near poverty. Reed has the uncanny brain to Victor's money, looks, and high self-esteem. It's reasonable to see why Sue would be initially drawn to him. Humiliatingly, Reed goes to Victor to finance his space discovery. Victor gives him a hard time, but believes Reed knows his stuff and accepts. He even joins them in space.

What's great is that in this version, Victor is a legitimate innovator himself. He came up with the custom space suits that would, ironically, serve as the Fantastic Four uniforms. Also, in this one, Victor is not solely to blame for the botched mission and exposure to the rays. After investing countless dollars, Victor did not want to give up the mission so quickly. Still, it was Reed's miscalculations that made scrubbing it necessary. Being a surprisingly good sport, Victor has everyone treated at his private hospital once they return to Earth.

The space debacle crashed Victor's stock monumentally and his investors threaten to withdraw. Victor goes to the Baxter Building to get his relationship with Sue back on track. However, it's clear that her feelings have changed and they break up later. Victor also has it out with Reed over the failed mission. If not for Ben popping up, an enraged Victor would have hit the other man.

Victor's powers- which seem to be metallic skin and lightning bursts- develop slower than the Four's. That side effect along with his skyrocketing frustration and stress impact Victor's mental state severely. When the doctor he sees tells him he has to call the CDC in case Victor spreads his condition, Victor kills him with lightning to prevent it. He goes on to murder his board members.

Dr. Doom persona fully embraced, he starts to work meticulously to divide the Four. He has the easiest time with Johnny, stroking the younger man's ego with promises of the three F's: fortune, fame, and females. From that brief interaction, we can attest that Victor regularly uses money and influence to make Sue's impressionable brother favor him. Getting to a depressed Ben wasn't difficult, either. Victor implied that Reed wanted Sue to stay in his orbit more than he wanted Ben cured.

All of the resulting chaos served as a means of Victor getting close enough to Reed to kidnap him. The rest of the team come to Reed's aide, starting with a very unfriendly Invisible Woman. The Four get the upper hand by freezing Victor in his metal state and immobilizing him.

Victor made his return in the sequel. Initially, the military brought him in due to Victor previously facing off against the Silver Surfer. They wanted him to partner with Reed to build a weapon to stop the alien. To no surprise, Victor really came to take the Surfer's powers for himself.

In any other superhero sequel, a previous villain returning when there's already a new one would make the film overloaded and incoherent. However, Rise of the Silver Surfer maintains good pacing without sacrificing characterization. There's no love triangle rehashing a la Spider-Man, as Sue and Victor verbalize their disdain for each other. The Four grudgingly work with him but not one of them trusts Dr. Doom for a moment.

The Silver Surfer expands greatly on the world of the previous film. The team has to do a lot of globe-trotting over the new cosmic threat. We see more of them as a unified team in different locations. The most chilling moment in the otherwise tame film had to be right after Victor stole the Surfer's powers. He viciously murders the general who brought into the mission. After seeing him for most of the movie, it's so jarring to witness the remains of the general's charred corpse. Yep, there's the dark action you so desperately had to have, folks. Enjoy.

As usual, people are entitled to their own opinions and not everyone will like every movie. Here's a few franchises I find overrated.

Christian Bale Batman: I can understand people enjoying the origin movie but the Dark Knight is regarded as some sort of masterpiece. Heath Ledger's Joker completely eclipses Batman in his own movie. Joker is just some agent of chaos, causing random violent acts for the giggles as he philosophies about it. With no weakness or humanity at all to speak of, he feels like a gary stu villain more than anything. Did Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent's friendship really need to be non-existent so that they could emotionally duel over some woman? It's shocking when Rachel dies but who cares? All she did was lead both guys on. And I'm still not over the skank slapping a grieving Bruce twice in the first movie. In the third one, apparently Bruce stopped being Batman for eight years over this chick..... WHAT?! The guy who didn't stop after his son and sidekick was brutally murdered spiraled out over some chick he never actually dated! Little 19-year-old Peter Parker watches his actual loving girlfriend die but only grieves for three months while this rich playboy fool.... Come on! Then he retires with some other chick! And people have the nerve to criticize Ben Affleck for excessive force?! The name is Bat-MAN, people, not Bat-simp.

Sam Raimi Spider-Man: Once upon a time I enjoyed this series but even then, I knew something was wrong. People look back on this as the lighthearted Spider-series but UMMMM, were we watching the same films? The first one is okay enough. But Peter spends all of the second one being cruelly kicked in every direction. It was too depressing for words. Then, Mary Jane ditching her astronaut fiance on the day of their wedding to run to Peter is meant to be a happy ending- no! In the infamous third, Mary Jane and Peter are stunted and immature. Three films and not an ounce of growth between them. Also, Goblin and Doc Ock- both with a personal connection to Peter- both just had to die but the guy who killed Uncle Ben gets to go free?!!!!!!! That still gets my blood pressure up. But oh look, cool fight scenes and totally rad special effects! Who cares if the characters are sad, depressing, frustrating vessels of suck?

Are the Fantastic Four films perfect? By superhero standards, yes honestly. Could they have done some things better? Of course. But I hate how they don't get credit for everything they got right.

We're talking about the First Family of Superheroes. Unlike the X-Men movies, the individuals and the family as a whole took priority over the action elements. When they did battle, it was a cathartic thrill to watch. In this age of seeing the hero journey fast-forwarded while said hero is only there to give the powers center stage, how can anyone knock these films?!

Not only did they stay mostly faithful to the comic book origins of the Four, they improved in many areas. The X-Men took twenty years to feature space travel and the Four did it all the way back in 2005. They didn't come up with ludicrous alternate methods of them receiving their problems nor were any characters assassinated. Other movies are terrible at balancing an ensemble. These films showcase the team's individual personalities, struggles, interpersonal relationships, and team dynamic- all in the first film!

Rise of the Silver Surfer was a RARE sequel that raised the stakes and explored new concepts without the heroes getting overshadowed by spectacle. There was no repetition and regressing of the Four at a. There was no needless romantic drama to slow things down and make the audience hate the main couple. Everybody stayed true to themselves yet their development was clear and so well done. Despite Jessica Alba having the most clout and presence on the posters, no one is benched for actor favoritism- try not to die from shock, Logan and Raven. They didn't permanently kill off main characters for edginess and emotional manipulation. They had not only a strong female character but the *best* one ever featured in a Marvel movie. Through whatever conflict, the team felt whole and devoted to each other. Unseen in today's cinematic world, the ending is an earnestly uplifting one.

Again, I'm not an MCU fan but I've heard and seen plenty of you go on about how the Avengers never felt like a real team. Many of you complain about their relationships being underdeveloped. So many claim that the team showed no sincere camaraderie before they split apart. Don't get me started on varying endgame reactions.

We're all entitled to our opinions. Yours just happen to be dead wrong on this one and you should feel complete shame for that reason. Fear not. The Fantastic Four will accept your apologies. They're not into the whole holding onto resentment for decades thing.

My, this is certainly long but it doesn't have anything particularly controversial. Hmmm- oh, I almost forgot.

So, that fan-4-stick fail? Do you know what the most ludicrous part of that pandering puke pile was? That allegedly gritty, realism grounded blunder wants people to believe that a black family- the group that makes up 15% of the US population yet accounts for the majority of absentee fathers- would not only be pro-adoption but would willingly take in and pay out of their own pocket for a little white child.... 😂😂😂😂😂

Look, teleportation, super powers via cosmic anomalies, and some idiot thinking there's a single trickle of talent to be found among that cast of frauds are infinitely more probable than that scenario 😏

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thatsmrfantastic-archived · 6 years ago

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sTEVE YES

sTEVE NO

#victor von doom ;; he who heralds doomsday #steve rogers ;; captain america #steve is my new best friend #homg

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Peter Parker, The Photographer with No Self Preservation

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/6B5KmnS

by Hanako_Light

Based on a video from TikTok user @emptyjunior. You might see my comment on the video.

It had been years since Peter had become Spider-Man, and a single year since he graduated from Midtown High. So now 19 year old Peter Parker needs a job, because being Spider-Man has no living wage. Some dear friends get fed up with the Daily Bugle and are ready for a new news station. One that doesn’t villainize anyone. One without bias or opinions on anything. One that understands the world that vigilantes, villains, and anti-heroes are living in.

That's when V-Pals News comes in. A project that Peter happily joins on their own accord. Becoming the photographer for the newly made newspaper. Though, just photos of Spider-Man won’t be enough. He needs photos of other people in their secondary lifestyle. So why not put those Spider Powers to use?

Words: 2385, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Ultimate Spider-Man (Cartoon 2012), Deadpool - All Media Types, Daredevil (TV), Cloak & Dagger (Comics), X-Men - All Media Types, Ghost Rider (2007), Venom (Marvel Movies)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: Other

Characters: Peter Parker, Wade Wilson, Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones (Marvel), Danny Rand, Luke Cage, Marc Spector, Johnny Blaze, Eddie Brock | Venom, Olivia Holt, Aubrey Joseph, Felicia Hardy, Logan (X-Men), Frank Castle, Kurt Wagner, Otto Octavius, Curt Connors, Norman Osborn, Flint Marko, Victor von Doom, Loki (Marvel), Herman Schultz, Maxwell 'Max' Dillon, Adrian Toomes, Rhino (Marvel), Cain Marko, MacDonald Gargan, Antonia Dreykov, Original Characters

Relationships: Other Relationship Tags to Be Added

Additional Tags: Precious Peter Parker, Peter Parker Has Spinnerets, Peter Parker is a Mess, V-Pals, Not Canon Compliant, so many characters - Freeform, Team Red (Marvel) - Freeform, avengers slander, peter is 19, Trans Peter Parker, Peter Parker is Spider-Man, daily bugle sucks, Photographer Peter Parker, Kidnapping, he gets free tho, He/They Pronouns for Peter Parker, Neo Pronouns, A lot of them - Freeform, villain party, Everyone Loves Peter Parker, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Fluff, Not Avengers friendly, Peter is a Little Shit, Peter Parker Acts Like a Spider, BAMF Peter Parker, No beta we die like Uncle Ben, Peter Parker is Trying His Best

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/6B5KmnS

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #loki #loki fanfic #loki fanfiction #marvel cinematic universe #angst

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ad1thi · 4 years ago

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underrated stevetony fics rec list (P1)

i feel like a lot of really good stevetony fics get swept under the rug because this is such a big fandom and sometimes people miss out on quality content?? so this is a rec list of some of the stevetony fics i feel like everybody should have read/ be reading

Edit (31.12.2020): this got very long (i had almost 50 fics on my list, so ive decided to split this list into two parts. part 2 will be out soon!!)

Edit (20.02.2021): part 2 is out now!!

picture me in the trees: @ifmywishescametrue

Tony and Steve were childhood friends that almost became more, but Tony moved and they lost their chance. Thirteen years later, a chance meeting brings Tony back into Steve's life.

Free: @iwanttopizzamanyou

"Steve reads, and the words dance in front of his eyes, because while this used to be his dream, what he wanted, all he can think about is how this Hell will soon become his full time life."

Steve discovers fame, with fans waiting for him in the lobby and girls passing him their numbers after the shows. It used to be what he wanted, he supposes. Except his future managers keep asking more and more from him, and he's not sure his old life will survive. Tony is ready to help, and compromise, but Steve maybe isn't anymore.

making it work: @/ironarm

“Just tell him you don’t want to see him anymore,” Clint replies, finishing the end of his burger and starting to crumple up the wrapper, “It’s not like you love him or anything.”

“Clint, if I thought I could get rid of him about a week ago, I would have. But for some fucked up reason, I can’t lie to him. It’s like, I see those baby blue eyes, and bam. Whatever barrier that I built up from childhood trauma is gone.”

Clint chokes on the last piece of his burger, almost resisting the urge to smack Tony on the side of his head.

Tony was a fucking idiot.

Boys Like Us: @naferty

The video had been a mistake. One of the biggest mistakes he had ever done in his life, and considering Tony Stark had done a bunch of shit in his younger years, and even older years, that was saying something.

It was just that none of those things were as embarrassing as that video.

He blamed Clint for everything

Stained Fingertips: @thesoundofnat

“I don’t really believe in magic,” he said, clearing his throat. “But I’m almost certain you’re a goddamn wizard, Steve Rogers.”

Steve would remember those words for the rest of his life.

(Or, Steve is maybe slightly obsessed with drawing Tony. Not that Tony minds.)

Inhale, Ex-Sail: @summerpipedream

"Rich pirates decked out in top-of-the-line black market gear,” grumbled Tony, ”why don’t I have the budget to make those again?’

Rhodey inched back so that he and Tony were back-to-back. “We’re apparently law abiding citizens now, which means having to pay taxes.”

Tony scowled. “Urg, right. Remind me why I wanted to do that again?”

Rhodey rolled his eyes. “What was it you called him last time? Your sweet tart? Your apple pie in the sky? The wind beneath your wings? Hopefully he’ll fly here fast enough so we don’t get killed. Or worse, mugged.”

Tony Stark Bingo K1 - AU: Steampunk

As Constant As A Star: @atsadi

The Swan Princess AU

As young children, Prince Anthony and Princess Natasha of neighboring Midgardian kingdoms are betrothed, and spend their summers together every year until they are wed. Tony adores his headstrong friend Nat: it’s her scowly little companion Steve he’s not thrilled about at first. But soon Steve goes from being a thorn in Tony’s side to being his dearest friend – and much, much more than that. Despite Steve feeling the same way about Tony, the pair still dance around each other for years as Steve struggles to accept his feelings for another man: especially one already betrothed to another. Not to mention that Tony is a prince, and Steve is nothing but a squire.

But before they can make peace, Tony is kidnapped and dragged into the beginnings of another conflict in the nearby magical kingdom of Asgard – he really hates magic. With his potential usefulness diminishing by the day, Tony races to escape even as Steve, Natasha, and their friends race to find him and bring him home.

And—just to make matters worse—Tony has been trapped by a powerful spell and turned into a swan, of all creatures. He really, really hates magic.

Always Yours: @hollyjollyhope

Getting kidnapped is normal for them, at this point. But there's nothing normal about this.

And suddenly, Tony has a choice to make.

Oxeye Daisy (patience): @s-horne

“You make me want things I can’t have.”

Steve startled at the voice from behind him and turned around to see Tony standing in the kitchen doorway. He stared straight at Tony for a long moment. The room was quiet, time stretching out in a thick and uncomfortable silence as neither man dare to move nor opened his mouth to speak first.

White Clover (a promise): @s-horne

“Hey, sweetheart.”

Tony lifted his head as he tried to focus on Steve’s voice. When he managed to open his eyes and blink a bit of the blurriness away, he was rewarded with a gentle smile being shone down at him.

“There you are,” Steve said. “Was worried I was going to have to talk to myself.”

Though his tone was light, Tony knew what he meant. It was no secret that Tony was physically weaker and a hell of a lot more human than Steve was and was therefore struggling more with the lack of regular nourishment that came with being held hostage.

“Course not,” Tony said back, voice hoarse but plastering a smile on his face all the same. His head was pounding and his eyes couldn't stay open. “Would I ever do that to you? You’d never get a sensible answer.”

Acta non verba: @firebrands

unapologetic fluff about two idiots who can barely keep it together with how hard they're crushing on each other

or:

tony has to help steve with math + a halloween party = a good time for everyone, eventually

you take me higher than the rest (everybody else is second best): @firebrands

tumblr fill for adi & anthonydarling, who asked for "'Prank' war, but the kind to see who can make the other blush the most in public" from this prompt list

Adjacent, Against, Upon: @firebrands

A political AU!

Steve Rogers is running as the Mayor of somewhere, America. Tony Stark, his campaign manager, deals with a candidate who isn’t interested in lying, and just wants to do good by these citizens, god damn it.

song of unrest: @omg-just-peachy

How was Steve supposed to reconcile all of this? The way he looked so different but still felt so much the same? It made Steve’s head spin. He knows he shouldn’t care so much, that he is what he is, but he just wants to know.

Paint The Town Blue: @omg-just-peachy

Ten years since he’d seen or spoken to Tony Stark, ten years since they’d broken up to go away to school. And now this email. It could be his only chance to see Tony again.

Camelot: @weethreequarter

For one shining moment, there was Camelot.

In 2019, Karen Page meets Captain Steve Rogers to conduct an exclusive interview on his late husband, President Tony Stark.

In 2007, Steve meets Senator Tony Stark and falls in love.

he thinks he’s lancelot (but he’s more of a sir lamorak): @theotherwasdeath

Tony knows firsthand that violence isn’t funny. So why oh why does he think that the scene playing out in front of him, Steve and Victor Von Doom in a knock-out, drag-down fist fight, is absolutely hilarious?

wildflowers: @tinytonysnark

“So,” Steve begins, clapping his hands together, “the city of SHIELD is in debt. The big ups have sent for financial advisors, all the way from DC! They’re gonna take a look at the city’s spending and make some cuts.”

He squints at the camera against the morning sun shining through the courtyard, “I’m not that worried. Everyone here in the parks department is an important member of the team and absolutely needed.”

The camera swings towards the office where from the large glass window, Natasha can be seen picking up the ringing phone before immediately slamming it back down onto the receiver.

[A Parks and Rec AU]

trinkets of your affection: @starklysteve

Kissed him once for every year I loved him, Steve had written.

By that count, Steve owes him five more kisses now.

Tony traces the words, hands trembling, and tips back a shot of Howard's ancient whiskey. None of it burns anymore.

One day, he'll have lived more days without Steve than there are words in the diary.

For the first time since he'd woken with shrapnel in his chest, Tony fears the future.

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Or, five things Tony keeps to remember Steve by, and one thing Steve gives him to remember.

#adi's rec list #stevetony #superhusbands #steve rogers x tony stark #steve rogers/tony stark #steve x tony #steve/tony #underrated stevetony fics #this is part 1 of this rec list #part two will be out soon!!#im planning on doing this for other ships!!#so let me know if there's any ships you wanna see this for

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