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garrideb ([identity profile] garrideb.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] cap_ironman2017-03-02 04:57 pm

Steve/Tony Fandom Turns Ten

Hey, so maybe it's silly to assign a "birthday" to a fandom, but The Confession hit the shelves March 14th, 2007, and the ten year anniversary is fast approaching.

Browsing the Steve/Tony tag on [livejournal.com profile] marvel_slash, it's obvious people were shipping the pairing before The Confession but there were only 3 explicitly Steve/Tony fics and a few pretty great fanart posts. The first(?) multi-chapter longfic, Resurrection, Reconstruction, and Redemption started going up a few months after The Confession.

So I'd like to celebrate the ten year anniversary as more than just the anniversary of a particularly angst-filled an poignant ship moment; I'd like to celebrate it as one of the main sparks that ignited this pairing's engine.

Would anyone be up for a cap-ironman party on or around the 14th? It could be one giant post, or a combination of the following:
-comment fic post/kinkmeme
-party post for mingling and sharing favorite gifs, scans, recs, etc.,
-friend meme
-chat room
-starting a tag on tumblr for fanworks created for or during this event, maybe "stevetonyturnsten" or "stonyturns10" or some-such?

If anyone is into this idea, would you be willing to share with your fellow Steve/Tony fans who might not be watching this community?

Please let me know if anyone is into this idea. I've been feeling a resurgence of Steve/Tony love in my heart and it would be lots of fun to share it with a group of people. I might even throw together a vid.
navaan: (Marvel Steve/Tony training robots)

[personal profile] navaan 2017-03-03 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the idea of starting the prompt meme early to give people some time.

We could start with that now and promote it and then have a party post on LJ and imzy and a sort of tumblr party on the 14th with recs, talking about what everyone loves about the pair, meta, fanworks, gif spams and whatever. We need just to decide on a tag. Maybe we can make a banner and then start promoting. *ponders*
navaan: (Marvel Steve/Tony balcony posing)

[personal profile] navaan 2017-03-03 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, it was your idea and we love more people making posts and this was your idea. So make the post? We will advertise it on imzy and tumblr.

If you wait a bit, we'll have a banner ready for use, too. [livejournal.com profile] amonaeb is working on it.

We would also make the party posts and announcement on the 14th.

How does that sound?
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[personal profile] navaan 2017-03-03 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
We're also setting up an AO3 collection where people can post their stuff to, if they like. Maybe you want to link to that in your post?
navaan: (Marvel Tony at work)

[personal profile] navaan 2017-03-03 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
So, she made banners of different shapes and sized. You can resize as you need it.
First
Second

We decided on a tumblr tag, for the party on the 14th and have it on the banner to have everything together.

And the AO3 is here.

Thanks for bringing this up. Even just talking about it has been a lot of fun.

Good idea! We will link to this post, too!