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dragonofmemory) wrote in cap_ironman2014-05-13 10:38 pm
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Discussion Question Wednesday! #3: Gateway fic
Discussion Question Wednesday!
So like, I don't have spiffy pictures like Salma does, but it's that time again to discuss all the things that need to be discussed. With all the angsting of those that read the comics over about Original Sin, I figured I'd just keep it simple this week.
What was your gateway fic/art into Steve/Tony?
Aka, your very first fic/art that you read, or the first one that really got you into the fandom. If you don't remember the first one you read/saw, feel free to post your own first Steve/Tony fic/art. I see no problems with self-promotion and in this case it's encouraged. And remember, even if you are terribly ashamed of that first attempt, we all start somewhere. So post it anyway, because you never know who might like it.
Discussion Question Wednesday is going to run every other week. Anonymous comments are welcome.
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I didn't really start reading fic for any Marvel thing until after the Avengers movie came out; I'd liked the other movies, but I hadn't really been struck with the urge to look for stories about them. Then the movie came out, and I finally started poking around for things to read. My first viewing of the movie left me full of Tony feels but no direction, so I read a little bit of everything (Steve/Tony included). Nothing really hooked me, though, so I wandered off again pretty soon.
Then I saw Avengers again (I think when it went to DVD/Blu-ray); since I'd already worked out some of my flash Tony feels, I was able to focus in on the rest of the story, and got sucker punched by Steve feels so hard I nearly cried. (Due to family drama, I didn't get to see the Cap movie until right before going to see Avengers, so I don't think it'd had time to properly process the first time.)
I've been falling down that particular rabbit hole ever since.
So I needed fic to help me process, and by that point it had been long enough that there were some really nice lengthy stories out (long stories are my favorite, even though I can't write them). The two earliest that I remember, that really stuck with me, were Tomorrow Belongs To Me by valtyr and Even the Light is an Illusion by Mizzy (this is the one that got me curious about the comics and comics canon, as it blends that with the movie-verse I was already familiar with).
The first fic I wrote (and finished; there's technically one in-progress that I started before) would probably be this one: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1030209 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1030209)
(Hopefully that link works...)
I saw an advertisement about the Marvel Bang on this community, and signed up just to try it (I'd been wanting to write something for a while before that). I haven't written a lot of things for them yet, but I'm hoping to add more eventually.
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The link does work. And I remember liking that one. <3
I don't remember how I ended up on the com, to be honest. I think I was just looking for more fic to continue my research into Steve/Tony and my quest to understand baffling ships. XD BBs are a good way to get into a community though, since it's a lot of interaction from everyone involved.
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The BB was fun, but I wish I'd seen how one worked before signing up for one (I felt rather unsure/unprepared for a good portion of it).
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