Rec Week #3

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The theme is non-powered AUs, ready set go!

Comment on this post with your rec(s).  Please include:

Title
Author
Basic plot or premise
Why you're recommending the piece
URL/link

We're also doing a secondary fun theme each week, highlighting trends we've noticed in the fandom.  There's probably a joke in there somewhere about Tony putting artificial intelligence in more inappropriate things than he's put his... er- *cough* -in.  Let's see some sentient household appliances and other AI shenanigans.

Comments

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AI's:
Well good lord, basically anything by Scifigrl47 (http://archiveofourown.org/users/scifigrl47/pseuds/scifigrl47). Specifically: Tale of the Bots (http://archiveofourown.org/series/18990) (series) & In Which Tony Stark Builds Himself Some Friends (But His Family Was Assigned by Nick Fury) (http://archiveofourown.org/series/18228) (series - aka "the toaster verse") (Both are MCU)

Uh... I'll quote the summaries from a couple of the stories.

Tales of the Bots - first story is The Act of Creation Will Be Your Salvation (http://archiveofourown.org/works/401961) Summary: When Tony Stark was seventeen years old, he built his first AI. On that day, he ceased to be his father's creation, and became a creating force in his own right. That one act likely saved his life, and not always in the most obvious ways.
Why rec? This series is full of Dummy (or DUM-E) love. Scifigrl47 does allllll the bot feels and in particular the first story of this series is one of my favorite fics of all times.

Toaster 'Verse - first up, Some Things Shouldn't be a chore (http://archiveofourown.org/works/381185). Where Tony's roomba army is created and there is team bonding over Steve's chore chart and also angsty Tony. Also, the toaster becomes sentient. Ordinary Workplace Hazards (http://archiveofourown.org/works/389598) contains a weird anomaly and the aforementioned roomba army gets to go on adventures. Four (or five) reasons for kidnapping Tony Stark (http://archiveofourown.org/works/391599) A fairly lengthy adventure where Tony is kidnapped multiple times, all in a row, and it's getting rather ridiculous. How does his toaster and Thor's knitting hobby factor into this?
Why rec? The toaster verse is an epic universe that continues to grow from the main stories (I only directly linked the first three above). Bot feels are included. There are shenanigans all around involving Avengers, SHIELD members, and friends (Coulson's case files are awesome and include Darcy as an agent in training) as well as MCU bots, a hive mind of roombas, and a toaster. One of my favorite fic series, hands down.

Non-powered AUs:
Your Barista Is... (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1228831) by PaxieAmor
Summary: Steve Rogers walks into a coffee shop. It's nothing that he expects, but everything he needs.
Why? It's a sweet little AU with a veteran, art student Steve who tries out a coffee shop where Tony's the owner. There's a bit of pining, but they sort themselves out and it's just a good feel-good fic.

Mechanic AU (comic) (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1148493) by ironfries & vespasiana
Summary: Tony's a mechanic, Steve's apparently hopeless with all appliances. Maybe. It's sort of an excuse to keep Tony. (Yes, courtship by way of fixing little appliances.)
Why? The characters are so familiar even without their alteregos and the art is delightful. This is a great comic <3

Haaaave you met Steve? (http://archiveofourown.org/works/498689) by theapplepielifestyle
Summary: “Kids, I’m going to tell you an incredible story. The story of how I met your father.” An Avengers/HIMYM crossover.
Why? It's ridiculous and adorable and too sweet for words.

(and I gotta do two posts due to length...)