2018 - MCU fics

[kangeiko]

I'm deep in the MCU rabbit hole at the moment. The fact that there are films released on a regular basis results in both a steady influx of new canon to play with, and also means that I'm not overwhelmed with watching rather than writing. And yes, I am writing. Hallelujah! It has been absolutely ages since I was able to produce anything with any regularity, so let's not look a gift horse in the mouth.

I won't do a 2017 writing wrap-up (I rather feel like March is a teensy bit too late for that), so here is the catch-up for 2018 instead:

Not your average TED talk (954 words)
Fandom: MCU
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark
Summary: Tony is the sort of friend who - if you call him because you feel horrible - will turn up with tequila, a jet pack and a stripper. You'll still feel horrible, but you'll be a lot more entertained during it.

Anyway, Rhodey has enough strippers for the moment, thank you. (The strippers are hypothetical. The jet pack, unfortunately, is not.)

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beggars would ride (4452 words)
Fandom: MCU
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Steve Rogers
Summary: Rhodey really should have had that shovel talk a lot sooner. (Not to worry, he still has a shovel.)a.k.a. Rhodey isn't paid enough to be a couples counselor.

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why, this is hell (nor am I out of it) (3217 words)
Fandom: MCU
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Tony Stark & Avengers Team
Series: Part 3 of pyrrhic victories (things better left unsaid)
Summary: Tony is perfectly fine. He just needs to be left alone to get through this one little problem.

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And the fic I'm trying to write on a weekly basis -

till human voices wake us (40354 words)
Chapters: 10/? (updated weekly)
Fandom: MCU
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Tony Stark, Minor or Background Relationship(s), James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Sam Wilson, Clint Barton & Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes & Tony Stark
Summary: Tony is called out on a rescue mission. Things deteriorate from there.
a.k.a. the holy hell, what's happened to Steve? fic


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I'm also really excited to see that SSR confidential are having a fic exchange - thanks selenak for linking it, I hadn't even been aware of the community before I saw your post and I'm so excited about this!

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The other thing I wanted to mention is that I've recently got back into the DCU, courtesy of Tom King and his magnificent The War of Jokes and Riddles (link is to the amazon listing, but it's basically everywhere as it's one of the new titles). I'd never had even a cursory interest in the Riddler before - too influenced by the animated series, I guess - and he is so beautifully reimagined in this book by both Tom King and the artist Mikel Janin, who give us a physical, intimidating, appealing Riddler, who is still 18 kinds of messed up. I also have a feeling that real people were used as references for the designs of the Riddler and of the Joker, because both looked vaguely familiar. (And I loved their interaction in this; I walked in expecting to be amused, and came out shipping it.)

Bonus points for some absolutely gorgeous depictions of Ivy, as well, who looks like a Mucca painting throughout.

I was so impressed that I've actually dipped my toe in the Grayson series (also Tom King). Now, I've never had any particular interest in Nightwing, but again, King manages to make Dick Grayson interesting and convincing as a Spyral (basically DCU!SHIELD) agent.

Finally, I caught up on the Midnighter Orlando run, and the Midnighter & Apollo book, and I am full of hearts over them. I am re-reading all my old Authority volumes as a result.

Comments

[vae]

I'm so glad you enjoyed Midnighter and Midnighter & Apollo - I felt they were really a huge improvement on Authority books from the last few years.

[kangeiko]

Absolutely! I really enjoyed them.