cap_ironman | Newsletter: April 18th to May 15th

Official Comm stuff:

Reverse Bangs have begun posting, with many more to come over the next two weeks! And as soon as that wraps, you can look forward to joining the 2015 Big Bang. For those writers looking for a challenge with a smaller wordcount, and artists looking for something to fill the time until BB claims, this summer we also have the first-ever Tiny Reverse Bang hosted on tumblr, with a wordcount-minimum of 250 and the drive towards multiple fics per art piece.

Following the comm poll, we have switched the community ratings system from MPAA to AO3 style. Fics previously tagged G and PG are now tagged General Audiences, those tagged PG-13 are now Teen, R is now Mature, and NC-17 is Explicit. Since there were a bunch of these that didn't match (where the author used our tags but had an AO3 rating on the fic), I went back and corrected a bunch of tags manually, but please let me know if I missed any. (Unless it's your fic. In that case please fix the tag yourself :P )

Finally, please remember that spoiler cuts for Age of Ultron continue to be mandatory until May 26th.

Marvel News (links lead to spoilers):

There was apparently a major script leak for Captain America: Civil War, although many have doubts about its veracity (including me - but I won't be reading the details, just in case!). More substantiated rumours concerning scenes being filmed also abound, and there have been many announcements regarding the steadily increasing cast over the last month, too, some of whom have been photographed in costume. (Or... partially in costume?! Is that a belly window??)

Hickman's Avengers wrapped up this month with issue #44 (discussed by the comm here); the storyline will be finished off in the Secret Wars event (issue #1 discussion and a list of comm-related tie-ins here), issue #2 of which came out this week. SIM wraps at 9 issues ~~next week~~ apparently it's gonna be June 3rd; it got bumped a second time. ETA: Ultimate End is out next week; it apparently is going to have both 616!Tony and Ults!Tony, although I have no idea how, and it may even have one or more Steves. There are different lettered and unlettered previews available. (Thanks to Laireshi for updates.)

Avengers Assemble has been experiencing some air-date weirdness

in addition to the storyline sadness that has pitted our faves against each other, but at least the latter looks to have been resolved with some outside help whom we've seen on the show before. According to wiki episode summaries, that person is going to become a permanent member of the team.

Reverse Bang Works:
Arukou and navaan posted Iron Man: Unavailable, Tony Stark: In Trouble (MCU - art G, fic T)
NohaIjiachi and Kiyaar posted Hard Reset (616 - art G, fic T)
onebilliondollarman and coffee_and_angst24 posted Worthy (616 - art G, fic T)
teaberryblue and entropy_house posted Estelle of the Broken Lands (616/MCU - art G, fic G)

Fanfic:
fastpitch03 posted Wonderful, Complicated (MCU - T)
sineala posted Do It Over (616 - T) and When I Speak I Cross My Fingers (616 - T)
navaan posted chapter 5 of Still Right Here (MCU - G)
mytay posted chapters 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 of If You Want Blood (MCU - T) (now complete)
amuly posted Run Program: LIFE (MCU - M - AoU spoilers) and Blacksmith's Hands (1872 - E)
the_kinky_pet posted chapters 40 & 41 of Power & Paradox (MCU - M)
enmuse posted Thought it felt right (but that right was wrong) (MCU - T - AoU spoilers)
gracerene posted Heat (MCU - E - AoU spoilers) and its sequel Warmth (MCU - E - AoU spoilers)
winterstar95 posted chapter 15 of The Silence In Between (MCU - E)
iloome posted new dawn fades (616 - T - A44 spoilers)

mr_redrum posted a cool fancraft - a giant Avengers logo decorated with Stony underpinnings, for an official Marvel contest

The 890fifth Round 12 roundup has been posted; the Round 13 theme is A-L-O-N-E.

Marvel Bang signups are open. Authors, if you don't think you have a story idea that will meet the 25k requirement for the cap_ironman big bang, check this one out; min wordcount for MB is 10k.

As always, check the comm sidebar for tags and resources, and the profile for posting guidelines and such. If there are any errors in the body of this newsletter (links, spelling, omissions, etc.) please drop a note in the comments. Questions and discussions also encouraged!