The Slashiest Moments--Ranked!

[crimsonquills.livejournal.com]

Here it is! The ranked list of Slashiest Moments!

Hopefully the formatting is clear, but just in case...
* The number in bold and between -- is the ranking.
* The number next to the # symbol is the moment's original number on the scans list, for reference.
* The number in parentheses at the end is how many votes that moment got.

--1.-- #2. The "It wasn't worth it" speech. (27)

--2.-- #3. The mouth-to-mouth in Red Zone. (22)

--3.-- #36. Tony admires Steve's eyes. (20)

--4.-- #1. The "hug and fly". (19)

--5.-- #11. The glance exchanged at the end of What If? Civil War. (18)

--Tied for 6th--
#21. Tony electrocutes himself to save Steve. (15)
#30. Steve has a personal override code for Tony's armor. (15)
#35. All of Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of War. (15)
#46. Steve and Tony arrange a date. Really.(15)

--Tied for 10th--
#13. The bagel scene, and talking about putting the team back together. (14)
#17. Tony at Cap's funeral. (14)
#42. The Avengers hold a press conference to announce the new team. Total married moment. (14)

--13.-- #45. Tony draws strength from thoughts of Steve when his abusive boyfriend the living armor kidnaps him. (13)

--Tied for 14th--
#20. The entire Cap/Iron Man annual. (12)
#34. In a letter delivered after his death, Steve asks Tony to take care of America and save Bucky. (12)

--Tied for 16th--
#12. All of the intervention issue. (9)
#50. You have to see this one to believe it. Worse (better?) than #24. Really. (9)

--Tied for 18th--
#52. During the Civil War, Tony grieves. (8)
#8. Tony saves Steve on the astral plane. (8)
#18. When they put Steve back into the ice. (8)
#24. Steve rides Tony like a pony. (8)

--22.-- #32. Steve and Tony choose to face the end of the world together. (7)

--23.-- #19. The look they exchange in Armor Wars. (6)

--Tied for 24th--
#5. Tony dreams of Steve. (5)
#47. Steve announces that the heroes need inspiration that only Iron Man could give them and puts on red, white, and blue armor. (5)
#51. During the Civil War, Steve apologizes, though not directly to Tony. (5)

--Tied for 27th--
#27. Steve yells at Tony and Thor while touching Tony a lot. (4)
#28. Steve apologizes on Tony's behalf. (4)
#49. When machine-bugs attack, Tony stops his heart to defeat them, and Steve revives him. (4)
#54. Cap becomes furious when he thinks the Guardsman has injured Iron Man. (4)

--Tied for 31st--
#6. The "find yourself a new life" conversation. (3)
#7. Steve is grumpy until he makes up with Tony (after some Avengers use lethal force). (3)
#14. Steve believes Tony hasn't been drinking in Avengers Disassembled. (3)
#15. Married-like understanding of intentions in the Savage Land. (3)
#16. Cap is upset that his people have come to save him when Tony asks to meet. (3)
#23. Tony and Steve being nostalgic. (3)
#43. Steve and Tony bicker over Steve being a hardcase. Or being maternal. (3)
#44. Tony can stop the ultimate doom at the cost of his own life. Steve doesn't want him to do it, and holds Tony in his arms afterward. (3)

--Tied for 39th--
#4. Post-Armor Wars making up, featuring the Incredibly Gay Pink Shirt. (2)
#9. Tony informs a villain of Steve's awesomeness. (2)
#31. Steve, acting as Tony's squire, loans him his shield to help him defeat Morgan Le Fay. (2)
#33. Tony can't go with Cap to find Bucky, but Steve understands. (2)
#39. Steve's first day at Avengers Mansion and a welcome home from Tony. (2)
#48. After returning from the dead, Tony feels guilty and confused, but Steve is just glad he's back. (2)

--Tied for 45th--
#10. The "he's taking the full force of my repulsor blasts!" panel. (1)
#22. Cap giving Tony support in IM 303. (1)
#25. Tony closets himself in his office with fake!Cap. (1)
#26. Tony recalls his own problems when talking to a drunk Carol. (1)
#29. Tony is supportive when Cap is paralysed. (1)
#38. Steve is upset when Tony is dating Jan. (1)
#41. Iron Man doesn't think much of Cap at first, but this scene still manages to be slashy. (1)

--Tied for 52nd--
#37. During Armor Wars, Steve waits for Tony, and Tony ditches a woman to talk. (0)
#40. Tony leaves the team and hands over leadership to Cap for the first time. (0)
#53. Cap says goodbye when Iron Man leaves the team for the first time. (0)

34 different people voted in the poll. I didn't put up vote percentages because the way I had to create the LJ poll meant their percentages were wrong and I wasn't about to recalculate them all. *g*

Some things there that I expected (the top ranked moment is no surprise!), and some surprises! What do you folks think?

You know, it would be interesting to know who the writers and artists were for each of these moments...but I'm not going to dig up all that info. *g* A project for a curious fan with time on their hands, perhaps?

Comments

[pandanoai.livejournal.com]

i don't know how difficult this is to do... (and I KNOW how busy you are right now-- but eventually down the line) but with the comm at over 100 people now... maybe we should have the vote again ^____^ i loved this entire event! you were so awesome to compile it all! :D

[crimsonquills.livejournal.com]

It's actually not that difficult to rerun the poll, but I don't know that the comm is quite ready for it. Granted we do have a lot more people now, but most of the new folks are movie fans who haven't had much of a chance to check out the comics yet. Granted, there are scans, but they really do mean more if you know at least some comics canon.

On the other hand, rerunning the poll would be an excuse to point people towards the list of moments, which would help get people enthused about comics canon. *ponders*