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cap_ironman2017-07-21 08:21 pm
Rec Week 2017: Fix-It Friday
Canon can make us happy - or it can leave us bereft. Sometimes all we want is for fic to make it better and fix what canon gave us. With where Steve and Tony are standing with each other in so many universes right now, lots of people are looking to fanworks to set things right in their own way. Today is Fix-it Friday and we are asking you to rec all the Fix-its you think should be enjoyed by more people.
Note: Please mark major warnings for your recs, and if you have time, let us know why you’re reccing it!
Rec Week 2017 Themes and Schedule
Cap-IM Sunday, July 16th: Rec all your favorite works created for one of the Cap-IM challenges
All-New Monday, July 17th: Works newly posted during the last year
Artful Tuesday, July 18th: A rec day highlighting Fanart specifically! Come and rec all the art.
Angsty Wednesday, July 19th: Bring on all the angst!
Fluffy Thursday: July 20th Rec our favorite warm fluff works
Fix-It Friday, July 21st: All fix-its, all day.
Kiss It Better Saturday: July 22nd: Hurt/Comfort of any kind
For anyone new to rec week you can find out more at our Rec Week 2017 intro post.
This year we have three ways to share recs:
1) comment on the day’s Dreamwidth or Livejournal post
2) Reply to the day’s tumblr post
3) Post to tumblr with the tags #capimrecweek
4) Tweet links to your rec posts @cap_ironman using the hashtag #capimrecweek
Have fun! And remember that you can go back and add more recs to the previous days if you missed out or thought of something new, even after a new day has rolled over. While we especially encourage works produced in the last year, old favorites are welcome as well on all of the other days!
Reccing for all days will remain open for a while until we will compile a round-up of all the fanworks that were recced at the beginning of August, so please feel free to come back and rec and point people at the posts/reblog the tumblr posts. Have fun!
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Summary: Steve had heard that having a child strengthened your relationship. This was...a little more complicated.
Comments: Incursion fix-it, with a clone baby.
Still waiting by floof (Marvel 616)
Summary: Everyone has a soulmate, right?
Comments: Civil War fix-it (sort of), with soulmates.
If Only, If Only by coaster (Marvel 616)
Summary: Iron Man liked to cuddle when he's tired and drowsy. More specifically, Iron Man cuddled Steve when he was tired and drowsy. Steve thought he was too late to do something about it. Tony didn’t even know he'd been doing it.
Comments: Less of a fix-it, and more of 'making up after Civil War'...with cuddling!
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End of the Road by neverever
Fix it for Marvel 1872!
Over sea, under stars by vorkosigan
Vorkosigan writes amazing post CW (mcu) fanfics and this is one of my favourite ones, from her. Tony and Steve talk with texts, and it is angsty and amazing.
Dangerous liaisons and unwanted alliances by comicsohwhyohwhy
This is the Superior Iron Man fix it I have always needed. After the whole Superior Iron Man business, Tony moves with Reed, away from the Avengers. 616.
Take me back to the start by laireshi
616. CIvil War and Stark Disassembled fix it. Steve and Tony are trying to fix their friendship even if Tony doesn’t remember anything of Civil War, when suddenly a Tony Stark of the past (who remembers what he has done and doesn’t know Steve will be alive once again) ends up in their timeline.
W.I.P.E. by tsukinofaerii
616, CW. Oh the hurt. I’ve read this story so many time and it hurts (but then gets better). This is directly placed after Tony has deleted his brain post Secret Invasion.
America isn't chicken by amuly
Post CW (616). I love this story so much, I think I've read it at least ten times. Angst, misunderstandings and so many feelings. Steve and Tony play a game of gay chicken.
A guilty mind by dorcas_gustine
Post CW, 616 (no Secret Invasion). Civil War never happened, it was only a dream, or a curse. Angst, a lot of angst, but definitely a fix-it.
The Meaningless and All That's True by missbecky
616 CW fix it. Doctor Doom sends Tony back in time to relive the civil war, and then, once he is back in his own mind, he goes to find Steve.
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(Anonymous) 2017-07-22 11:45 am (UTC)(link)Have a MCU Civil War fix-it instead:
Like a Postcard Phrase (http://archiveofourown.org/works/6827671) (5140 words) by isellys (http://archiveofourown.org/users/isellys)
Summary: How to say ‘wish you were here’ without actually saying so, as done by Captain Steve Rogers.
I like this because we are in Steve's POV the whole time, but you still hear Tony's voice coming through very clearly in his messages. I also like it because it feels gentle yet still in character, which was nicely soothing after all the emotions running high during and after Civil War.
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Summary: Atonement, forgiveness, guilt, and consequences. One year later and no one has come out of it unscathed.
Comment: One of the fics that really got me into this pairing in a non-platonic way.
Butterfly Dreams by Teyke (MCU)
Summary: In one world, Tony and Steve are newlyweds, trying to make the most of their honeymoon. Too bad about the incredibly inconvenient timing of earthquakes, volcanoes, and supervillains...
In another, Steve's just gotten Bucky back, and the Accords have been struck down. But the fractures the Accords caused haven't healed, and Tony has vanished from the face of the earth.
The problem? It's the same Steve. When he falls asleep in one life, he wakes in the other. Unless he can figure out which life is real, both are at risk.
Comment: Simply fantastic. The summary makes it sound a bit like it would be confusing but it is really not, it's so well written and clever. The newly-weds Steve/Tony version is probably my favourite look at established relationship post-CW.
Can't start a fire without a spark by gottalovev (MCU)
Summary: The Avengers might be reunited, but they are holding together with a Band-Aid and a severe case of Tony pretending nothing happened.
Comment: Just really great characterization all around.
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It’s four fics totalling almost 340k words, so I won’t copy all the summaries. It’s 616 Civil War fix-it.
Comment: THE fix-it, which basically started our fandom. I’m pretty sure everyone must’ve read it already, but I can’t not rec it for the fix-it day. And hey, it’s always amazing to reread!
All That Remains by kijikun
Summary: In retrospect, it was the answer to all of the questions he'd carefully avoided asking, all of the things he hadn't wanted to look at too closely.
Comment: another classic 616 Civil War fix-it, with a kid! I think it’s my favourite kid fic ever, too.