Cap_Ironman Weekly News, Week Ending 03 December 2012

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the cap_ironman/cap_ironman newsletter. If you're interested in seeing Avengers series writer Jonathan Hickman answer a barrage of fan questions on a message board, check out this Q&A. Also, you can check out a preview of Iron Man #5, which will feature Tony Stark. IN SPACE. Marvel has posted 4 new photos from Iron Man III.

Feel free to chat in the comments here. What's the weather like where you are? What's on your holiday wishlist? Is Jasper or Bertram a better name for a kitten?


fan fic
shaenie wrote Don't Look Too Closely (all the angles are oblique).
ramsaybaggins wrote Hesitation.
wolfshark wrote Gift Wrapped For Everyone's Pleasure.
evilmissbecky wrote And Show You the Stars (9/?) and (10/?).
kiyaar wrote Sins of Omission, chapters 12 + 13.
lil_shepherd wrote But These Are All Lies.
sheafrotherdon wrote Spongebob, Garfield, and a Mark VIII Suit.
cluegirl wrote Never Have I Ever -- Chapter 13.
chibimono wrote Shifting Dynamics: Cohesion.
chinadolly_89 wrote Dum-E.
cathalin wrote Who Favor Fire, chapter 5.
shawarmabums wrote Past Matters.
acidbathory wrote The Responsible Ones.

other fan creations
superboyclex compiled a Steve/Tony fanmix.
tripperfunster drew the fancomic Regarding Tony Part Seventeen and Part Eighteen.
kalakirya recorded the podfic Late Delivery.
neera_pendragon/rosenlight drew Somebody Pinch Me.
jackiehj made a CapIron shoulder bag.

other cool stuff
fet_avenger advertised Fet Avengers Kink Challenge.


Finally, if you're a new or recent member, hello and welcome! Our rules are here, and in the profile; this includes our warnings policy, so please read. If you're interested in the ship, you may want to read the Ship Manifesto, and consult the list of Slashy Moments. If you're planning to write for the comm, there are some tips on writing the pairing here, and the Avengers in general here; if you're having trouble finding a beta, or would like to offer your services as a beta, our beta list is here. If you're looking for the comm archive, it's Tales of Suspense, and it's automated - you can create an account and upload your fic. If you're looking for a particular story, why not try cap_im_finders? If you have any questions, you can comment here or PM a mod, that's me, muccamukk, or valtyr.

Comments

[squeeful.livejournal.com]

Is Jasper or Bertram a better name for a kitten?

BERTIE WOOSTER!

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

A Jeeves & Wooster fan, I take it? ;-)

[squeeful.livejournal.com]

Maaaaaaaaybe. *hides book and DVD collection*

Now I have the odd urge to rewrite the Avengers as a Wodehousian caper.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

I would totally read that. JARVIS could sneakily destroy Tony's armor if it doesn't conform to his sense of fashion. Odin could be the meddlesome aunt who tries to set up proper marriages between various Avengers and Asgardians. Pepper could be the PA whose skills are so legendary that SHIELD, the Avengers, Asgard, and the Junior Ganymede Club all vie to hire her.

[inukagome15.livejournal.com]

It's way too warm here for December. The weather keeps vacillating between kind of chilly to so warm that you can wear short pants and a shirt.

I don't like either name for a kitten... Maybe Humphrey? :)

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's pretty warm here, too. Yesterday it got up into the 60s! Very strange weather. I hope we get some snow this year, unlike last year.

Hmm... is that after Humphrey Bogart, or do you just like the name? It is the kind of name I can see a cat growing into.

[inukagome15.livejournal.com]

Huh... I wasn't even thinking about Humphrey Bogart (mainly because I don't know who that is). It just popped into my head. We have three cats who are called Maus, Mohrle, and Remi. All boys, and two of the names are German. Maus is German for "mouse," and Mohrle is practically a German way of saying "black cat." :) Remi came with that name since he's adopted from the Humane Society.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Ah, he's an actor from the 1940s. He was in movies like Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. It seems like a good name for a dignified cat!

Are you German? Maus and Mohrle are both super cute names. I associate the word 'maus' so strongly with the graphic novel Maus, though, so I don't think I could name a cat that.

Three cats, huh? That must be a handful!

[inukagome15.livejournal.com]

I was born in Germany, and my mom is German. So I know German. :D
I've never heard of the graphic novel Maus... Is it good?

The cats aren't really a handful. Our dogs are! We have an old German Shepherd, two puppies, their mom who seems like some sort of Chihuahua mix, an actual Chihuahua, a dog of indeterminate breed but who seems like a purebred, and a Shihtzu. They all sort of fell into our laps...

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Awesome! My older sister is fluent and did a semester of university in Bonn, and my parents speak enough to get by. I only took a year of German in high school, though, and I've forgotten most of it.

Maus is the first non-superhero graphic novel I read, and it had a big impact on me. Yes, it's very good, but it deals with some very dark themes. It's written by the son of a Holocaust survivor, and it's about how his father survived the camps and what his life was like afterwards. It's also about the son (the author) and his self-reflection about telling his father's story. It's been about eight years since I read it, but I still remember some of the panels vividly.

Holy cow, that's a lot of dogs! Three cats certainly seem like less of a handful than seven dogs! Any other pets? I'm starting to wonder if your family runs a zoo ;-)

[ellex42.livejournal.com]

Better names for cats are:
Rory (of course he's named for Rory Williams, husband of Amy Pond)
Tigwell (named for a machine called a TIG welder, because despite arguments from certain family members, Tigger was not the right name for him)
And Nosy Parker, the cat in my perennial icon: the late, great, and aptly named.

As much as I dislike the cold, I really want this oddly warm weather to go away. My allergies are giving me so much trouble. But the multitude of wonderful stories at the Marvel Big Bang (http://marvel-bang.livejournal.com/tag/submissions) community has been a great distraction!

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Rory is a good cat name, even if I've only seen Eleven's first season. Nosy Parker? Not a reserved, self-contained cat, then? ;-) I've often thought the cat in your icon looks adorable.

I hope you feel better soon! I agree that fic is a good remedy (also good for treating boredom, anxiety, overwork, and especially good on days ending with 'y').

[ellex42.livejournal.com]

There's a wonderful audiobook version of the Doctor Who novel Dead of Winter (http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_4_4?asin=B0054L57OO&qid=1354735336&sr=4-4) in which one of the characters is a little French girl who has some wonderful conversations with "Monsieur Rory", and the narrator pronounces it so adorably that "Rory Paws" is now often called "Monsieur Rory".

I have many wonderful pictures of Nosy Parker sticking his nose in places where it didn't belong. He loved to nap in some odd places: the dish drainer, a plant pot, a radiator, a pantry shelf, the linen closet, the top step of a ladder...

Ah, fanfiction...the universal remedy.

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure Monsieur Rory doesn't mind being called that. It reminds me of my little sister's cat, named Merlin. My mom started calling him Merlinski (I don't know why) and now we all call him that. Except for my little sister, who looks at us like we're nuts.

Even by usual cat standards, it sounds like Nosy Parker had some odd napping spots!

[ellex42.livejournal.com]

Like most cats Monsieur Rory really doesn't care what he's called as long as there is food or snuggles to be had. Preferably both at the same time.

Rory is also called "LOLypaws" (because he's a LOLcat, of course), or "LOLopus", a combination of LOLcat, octopus, and pussycat. Tigwell often "gets up to Tig-Wiggery" (mischief).

I could go on for hours. I'm amazed our cats actually know their proper names.

It's been more than 7 years, but I still miss Nosy Parker. He was a great cat!

We used to have a dog who was originally named Arfie (because he said "Arf" instead of "Woof"). It took a while for his digestive system to mature when he was a puppy, so Arfie quickly changed to "Barfman".