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cap_ironman2017-07-16 03:51 pm
Rec Week 2017: Cap-IM Sunday
This community is dear to a lot of people and not least of all because of the amazing events that happen here throughout the year. Amazing fanworks have been created over the years and it is time to celebrate all the lovely creators that come and play and make our events possible and as exciting as they are. Therefore we start off our Rec Week 2017 with Cap-IM Sunday for all of you to rec your favorite fanworks produced for any and all of the cap_ironman events old and new.
If you want an overview of the events and challenges that people produced awesome fanworks for, we have the round-ups in this post.
Note: Please mark major warnings for your recs, and if you have time, let us know why you’re reccing it!
Rec Week 2017 Themes and Schedule
Cap-IM Sunday, July 16th: Rec all your favorite works created for one of the Cap-IM challenges
All-New Monday, July 17th: Works newly posted any time after the end of the 2016 Reverse Big Bang (mid-june let l last year)
Artful Tuesday, July 18th: A rec day highlighting fanart specifically! Come and rec all the art.
Angsty Wednesday, July 19th: Bring on all the angst!
Fluffy Thursday: July 20th Rec our favourite warm fluff works
Fix-It Friday, July 21st: All fix-its, all day.
Kiss It Better Saturday: July 22nd: Hurt/Comfort of any kind
For anyone new to rec week you can find out more at our Rec Week 2017 intro post.
This year we have three ways to share recs:
1) comment on the day's Dreamwidth or Livejournal post
2) Reply to the day’s tumblr post
3) post to tumblr with the tag #capimrecweek
4) Tweet links to your rec posts @cap_ironman using the hashtag #capimrecweek
Have fun! And remember that you can go back and add more recs to the previous days if you missed out or thought of something new, even after a new day has rolled over. While we especially encourage works produced in the last year, old favourites are welcome too!
Reccing for all days will remain open for a while until we will compile a round-up of all the fanworks that were recced at the beginning of August, so please feel free to come back and rec and point people at the posts/reblog the tumblr posts. Have fun!
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Ooops? by Themisto (MCU, NSFW art) from Holiday Exchange 2016
Summary: Steve and Tony accidentally time travel in the future and…
Comment: Easily one of the hottest stevetony arts I’ve ever seen.
Threshold Consciousness by magicasen (616, explicit) from Holiday Exchange 2016
Summary: Tony's acting strangely—short, snappish, and dangerously distracted.
Steve needs to figure out what's bothering his friend, and he'll do anything to help—up to and including (literally) falling into bed with him.
Comment: ALL OF SLEEP DEPRIVED TONY.
Find Yourself Some Truth (Carrying the Shield) by navaan (616) from RBB 2017
Summary: The incursions left something behind: A block of ice with another Captain America inside of it - out of time and now of universe. But the greatest surprise might be that it’s not another Steve Rogers under the mask. Steve reaches out to Tony to help another Captain America through the worst of waking up, but not everything is as it seems.
Comment: TWO TONYS!!! Two Tonys, and a scheming, creepy Hydra Steve! What else do you want in life?
If You Want A Life Of Action by runningondreams (616) from BB 2014
Summary: Steve wants to start up the Avengers again, and it’s not like Tony can tell him no. There's a lot to do after the Raft breakout, after all: The new team needs work, villains need catching and there’s a missing superhero to find. And that’s not even counting his work on the armor, his projects for SI, or making sure Steve doesn’t disappear to sulk endlessly in his apartment. When they start trying to add romance to the mix it’s really a miracle things go so well for so long.
Comment: My all time stevetony favourite. There’s everything here: UST, getting together, really hot kisses, angst, feels, UST, awesome plot and characterisation, and did I mention the UST?
Of all I could never have by ranoutofrun (616) from 10 Years of Steve/Tony
Summary: AI Tony's favourite person to 'haunt'.
Comment: Really great art, feelsy art with AI Tony!
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I was familiar with the art, however. IT'S SO AMAZING, ISN'T IT?
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Summary: By the time Captain America was found and defrosted, the Chitauri had wiped out the entire state of New York, and Iron Man was the world’s most wanted villain.
Comment: This fic is one of my favorites and I love it with all my heart. It has plot, it has feels, it has Steve meeting Tony under different circumstances. It's such a damn cool fic and I want to read it again right now. I JUST LOVE IT.
Warning: Past relationships are mentioned, in case that's something you dislike.
Edit to add the art for the fic by ireallyshouldbedrawing, which is amazing as well. I'm having all the feelings.
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Comedy of Illusions by ladyshadowdrake and kelslk's art RBB 2017
616 classic avengers. Tony wants to tell Steve he is Iron Man, Steve hears something completely different. No specific warnings.
I love identity misunderstandings and old time 616, and this story is written so well that as soon as I linked it here I had to reread it once again.
An Inglorious Affair by ann2who and morphia and art by faite RBB 2017
Warnings for homophobia and violence. In 1944, Steve's commando team, The Basterds, are off to fight nazis in France, Tony joins them.
So I am still reading the Ultimates and I tried watching the movie but there was too much violence for me- so I started this fic a bit reluctant. And I loved it to pieces. I loved the art so much that I could spend hours just staring at it and the fic was the right mix of Ults and feelings.
Iron Man: Unavailable, Tony Stark: In Trouble by navaan with art by arukou RBB 2015
Steve and Iron Man are friends, but Steve and Tony Stark have still some trouble getting along. Then of course, Tony Stark is kidnapped and Iron Man is no where to be found.
This is a take on the MCU, everything is the same but no one on the team knows Tony is Iron Man. This story is my 'fluff angst mcu' comfort story.
Straight on till Morning by sineala with art by ranoutofrun BB 2016
Space AU and identity porn! Tony goes back to space as chief engineer on the Avenger. Hero Steve Rogers is the Captain of the ship, after he had been believed dead for over a century.
This story is amazing. I am terrible at writing my opinions on things and I don't want to spoil anything, as I was quite surprised by the direction this fic takes!
Can't start a fire without a spark by gottalovev (art by Dksartz and hundredthousands is embbed in the story) BB 2016
This is one of my favourite mcu cvil war fix-it. When Tony is ordered to take a vacation, Steve volunteers to go with him. Things are not easy.
The travelling together fic, with tons of angst and feelings.
The single biggest problem with communication by blossomsinthemist BB 2013
616, Steve comes back to life after CW. Steve and Tony try to solve their problems and friendship but a miscommunication ends up in complicating the relationship between them. Angst, pining and insecurities.
This is something that probably everyone has read, but just in case, here it is the story which is probably my favourite stevetony. It broke my heart with so many angst and feelings and love and I still have it on my kindle to reread at any time. And it's also deliciously long (100k words).
I will try to add more, there are so many!
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Summary: Forty-eight hours: a graphic novel. 616 universe, futurefic, AU from the end of Stark Disassembled.
Comment: A utterly gorgeous fic, the kind of fic that you can't stop thinking about for days and kind of leaves you breathless afterwards. It's hard to explain what's going on without spoiling the premise of the story, but I promise it's worth the read.
For the Wheel's Still in Spin by Arukou, art by digitalwave and Wiredoll, 2014 BB
Summary: Steve Rogers is a man of action, but in this brave new century, there's no action to be had. A man without a mission, all he has to linger on are the people he let down and the lives he failed to save, and he is so very alone. Nights eat at him and days pass in a blur, and Tony Stark is the only person who seems to notice just how badly the Captain is suffering.
Comment: I'm quite picky when it comes to post-TWS Steve/Tony fics, and this is one of my favorites. Steve's voice and characterization is perfect here, and the slow build is handled really well.
A Fistful of Steves: This Town Ain't Big Enough by teaberryblue, art by Raikishi, 2015 RBB
Summary: When Tony Stark takes a bullet intended for Steve Rogers, he wakes up in a world entirely peopled by alternate incarnations of everyone's favorite Star-Spangled Man.
Comment: Reading about Tony interacting with all the different Steves with an absolute riot, especially Angry Steve and Married Steve, and Lonely Steve kept tugging at my heartstrings. An awesome multiverse fic.
Labels That Define Us by AngeNoir, art by angelinoshi, 2016 RBB
Summary: Tony Stark was born a satyr, and sometimes he really wishes he'd just been born a human. No one takes a satyr seriously, but when he tries to gain some credibility and authority, he faces obstacles put in his way from his board, his father figure, and the very fae people who would know what it would be like to be different from everyone else.
Tony's having quite a few bad months. Thank god there's a wolf in Central Park that likes to listen. Whenever it bothers to show up, of course..
Comment: I was very intrigued by the premise despite not having read many modern fantasy fics, and it definitely paid off. One of the things I adore about this fic is the worldbuilding and the complex relationships between all the different creatures, and the pining and identity porn was also very lovely.
Ice Ice Baby (Too Cold) by orbingarrow, art by Angel, 2016 RBB
Summary: Tony Stark is a star center, sidelined by a slip in sobriety. Steve Rogers is a goalie, suspended for a punch thrown off the ice.
When the two meet, they're trying to get their lives back on track, both off and on the ice. It turns out, the saying is true: A burden shared is a burdened halved. At least until Howard Stark gets involved.
(A get together fic full of fluff, supportive friends, dad Rhodey, and hockey! But if you know nothing about hockey, you'll be fine, because neither does the author.)
Comment: HOCKEY GET TOGETHER FIC. I love sports fics, and orbingarrow's fics never disappoint :)
Cold Day in the Sun by Robin_tCJ, art by Fan and Cazdinal, 2016 BB
Summary: In an alternate universe, Steve Rogers fell from the train during World War II instead of Bucky Barnes. Bucky took up the mantle of Captain America, while Steve became the new fist of HYDRA, the Winter Soldier. When Steve resurfaces and HYDRA falls, how will Steve reintegrate into society? How will he come to terms with the past, his actions, and find his way back to being Steve? And how will he and Tony deal with their developing feelings for one another?
Comment: I love this fic so, so much, it does an amazing job of exploring an AU in which Steve becomes the Winter Soldier and how that would have changed him, and Steve and Tony's relationship in this fic is beautifully written. Because of this fic, I keep craving more Steve as Winter Soldiers AUs now.
As Constant as a Star by Atsadi, art by Kakushimiko and fightfirewithlimes, 2016 BB
Summary: (A 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.
Comment: The Swan Princess is one of my favorite movies, so of course I was over the moon when I found this fic and oh my god it is so worth it. There are so many wonderful things about this fic, but the highlight has to be reading about Steve/Tony's relationship throughout the years, with huge amounts of pining and angst, but of course they get their happy ending in the end.
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Summary: After a tragic accident, Steve is given a chance to go back in time and deliver a warning to Tony in the hope of avoiding their fate. Something's gone wrong, though, because this is not his world he's ended up in. And that is definitely not his Tony who's planning to delete his own brain.
Sometimes your second chance isn't at all what you were expecting.
Comment: This is one of my favorite MCU/616 crossovers and one I go back to rereading regularly. This ties in beautifully with post-Civil War and Dark reign canon and has a good amount of Tony angst and Tony whump and I just love it.
Buy You A Mockingbird (616, 29652 words) by jadedoll (2011 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang)
Summary: Babyfic! When Tony unexpectedly becomes a parent, his world view drastically changes. And changes. Then it changes again. And then again.
Comment: Also one of my all time favorite fics, because Tony and a baby is just my favorite trope ever and this is the post-Civil War getting together with a multiverse baby fic!
the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world (Noir, 24914 words) by thyrza (2013 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang)
Summary: Tony Stark disappeared without a word at the close of World War II, and hasn't been seen or heard from since. When Commander Steve Rogers, newly retired from the mantle of Captain America, arrives in Madripoor to investigate the presence of a Hydra cell, he is reunited with his former lover. But Tony is keeping secrets of his own ... and Steve soon finds out he isn't the only person interested in Tony Stark's missing years.
Comment: This is my favorite Noir fic and also one I reread regularly. It just has the right tone and whiff of adventure for a Noir story and I don’t want to give away too much about the plot and what Tony is up to, so I’m just saying this fic does a nice job of being a sequel for the mini-series.
De Profundis (The Wartime Romance Remix) (1651 words) by Woad
Summary: Tony was kidnapped and his memories altered in a bid to make him the next Zemo. He was rescued, but now he's dealing with the aftermath.
Comment: This is a sequel of my own fic, so I was pondering if it would seem self-indulgent to put it on this list. But it really needs to be on this list, because I like it very much as it’s own story and it really is the kind of very well crafted remix that is enjoyable as remix and as a completely separate fic. Woad made all the horrors of war and Hydra come alive for me in a very confined setting and that is just amazing.
Broken Mirrors (3485 words) by laireshi
Summary: “He hid some things from me,” Tony says, then shrugs. “It’s fine. I hid some things from him, too. Don’t you know this story?”
616 Steve meets MCU Tony.
Comment: Another of my favorites when it comes to my favorite MCU/616 crossovers. This is set after CA:CW and it’s so in character and hurts SO GOOD.
Staring into an Eclipse (616, 26157 words) by laireshi
Summary: The New Avengers are the best thing to happen to Steve in months, or so he thinks – until he starts a relationship with Tony. But when Tony disappears after he gets Extremis, Steve isn't sure of anything anymore.
Comment: I’m always a sucker for post-Extremis “how does it affect Tony” fics and I haven’t seen many lately, so I went back to one of my older favorites. This really does a good job of showing us the getting together, before tying in with the Extremis arc and going beyond it.
Before the clock strikes 12 (Art, Noir) by ranoutofrun (2016 Captain America/Iron Man Holiday Exchange)
Comment: I do love ran’s art in general and I just love how a whole life and story is expressed by the sequence of panels. It’s just very evocative.
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Summary: Open file TS_762-b.ims... Sometimes, when a drive is completely broken, the only thing to do is wipe it clean and start over. When he wakes up, Tony has no idea who he is, or what he did to end up where he is. Depending on who he talks to, he was a villain or a hero, a genius or a degenerate. What he is now is still up for debate, but it doesn't look like he's going to have much time to figure it out. With a computer in his head screwing up and a country falling to pieces, options are getting limited. Steve The world needs Iron Man a lot more than it needs Tony Stark.
and the future before me by navaan (Marvel 616)
Summary: An alien crash lands on earth and needs help to get back into space. Everything seems to be simple and easy for once. But when their guest is gone again – why does Steve start to have strange dreams about the future?
Incursion by scrtkpr (Marvel 616)
Summary: When Steve and Tony are taken down in the heart of Avengers Tower by alternate versions of themselves, their counterparts reveal a threat to both the foundations of the multiverse and to the foundations of Steve and Tony's friendship.
Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines by captainshellhead, vibraniumstark (Ultimates AU)
Summary: As far as stupid decisions went, Tony was fairly certain that nothing would ever top sleeping with the sheriff. In his defense, he hadn’t known who the attractive blonde was at the time, and he wasn’t planning on staying long enough for the sheriff to find out who Tony was, either. It wasn't just the law Tony was running from, it was the past as well, and he couldn't afford to wait around for it to catch up to him. Now if only he could convince himself to leave.
Luminosity by captainshellhead, vibraniumstark (Marvel 616)
Summary: The Avengers organize a two month mission to investigate an anomaly in space that appears to be engulfing planets, Steve is worried about leaving Tony alone, and Hawkeye is just worried about being left behind. But then something goes wrong. Steve drags himself out of the wreckage of their ship, on a planet that shouldn’t exist, the Avengers are missing, Iron Man is torn to scraps, and Tony has a lot of explaining to do.
Or, in which Steve has no clue that Tony is Iron Man, and it takes crash-landing on an alien planet for him to find out.
Saving Bucky Bear by magicasen (Marvel Adventures / A-Babies VS X-Babies)
Summary: No man left behind - not between play dates, nor across universes, and Steve will do whatever it takes to bring Bucky Bear back home.
Or: the Avengers are not babysitters, especially not when said baby is an irate, alternate-universe, two-year-old Steve Rogers.
Formerly by laireshi (Marvel 616)
Summary: A week ago, he touched Steve at night. A week ago, he kissed him. A week ago, Steve kissed him back.
(A week ago Steve was dead, and Tony deleted his brain.)
A Cabin in the Woods by nightwalker (MCU)
Summary: It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation, a chance for them to spend some time as a couple and work out some of the kinks in their relationship. That was before everything got weird.
Situation Normal: All Fogged Up by fandomfrolics (Avengers Academy / Marvel 616)
Summary: A rowdy night at the Academy sends a battle-worn Steve and an extremely drunk Tony tumbling into the mysterious timefog that surrounds the campus. Turns out that a whirlwind tour of another universe may be just what the doctor ordered - for all of them.
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I only listed R/BB works (and as chronologically as I could), since I have some other community-related works recced on the other days! So apologies if you see some Holiday Exchanges or TRBs or etc. on my other lists, haha