Steve/Tony Fandom Turns Ten

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

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 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.

Comments

[navaan]

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?

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

That all sounds good! I will wait for amonaeb's banner, and then make the prompt post. Maybe when advertising the prompt post, also direct people to this post if they have ideas for the celebration or for general squee?

Ooh, an AO3 collection is a great idea! I will definitely link to it!

[navaan]

So, she made banners of different shapes and sized. You can resize as you need it.
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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!

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

I love those banners!

I got kind of a late start this evening so I'll make the post some time tomorrow, probably early afternoon.