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Note: This is kind of off topic, so, mods, tell me if you want me to move it elsewhere.

Is anyone on the comm interested in meeting up in New York City on May 2nd or 3rd to go see Iron Man?

seanchai and I will both be there, and while we already have our midnight-on-Thursday tickets, I can already assert that we're going to want to watch this movie more than once, and that it would be awesome to go see it in a large, obnoxiously-squeeing fannish group.

ETA: So, we've established that everyone lives in Canada. Hopefully the movie will be in theaters for a while, and people can work something out over the summer.

Avengers slash panel brainstorming

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This was previously posted on my own LJ, so if you're seeing it again and have nothing to say, just go ahead and skim on by. :-)

I go to MediaWest*Con every year, and this year I both suggested and offered to run a panel. Why? Because I wanted a chance to chat about my newest fandom at the con! The title and topic of the panel are: "Avengers (Marvel Comics): Discuss favorite pairings and teams through the years (/)"

I picked the topic because I'm not really into DC, so I didn't want to go for general comics slash, but I knew if I just said "Marvel" that the X-Men people would totally overwhelm the panel. I figure damn near everyone in the Marvel Universe has been an Avenger at some point, so that makes it flexible. *g*

Still waiting for me to get to the point of this post? *g* Here it is: I've run panels before, but only for a much smaller con (BASCon), and I want to be a lot better prepared this time. Thus, I ask for help!

My current plan is to use Wikipedia's Avengers membership roster to create a big giant list of everyone who's ever been an Avenger and bring that with me, not as a "only talk about these people" thing, but as a "stuck? what about so-and-so? who would you slash them with?" thing. I also know that it helps get a panel going if you have some sort of audience participation bit at the beginning. I also want to have a bunch of potential pairings and slashy moments in hand to use to prompt things, if necessary.

Here are a few things I could use your help with...

1. What are some pairings I could use to prompt? Currently I have Steve/Tony, Beast/Wonder Man, and Tony/Thor in mind, but I could use a whole bunch more. ETA: Also, I totally need femslash pairing ideas. My brain doesn't (usually) see them, but there are tons of kick ass women in comics and not enough femslash panels at cons in general.

2. What are some slashy moments for said pairings? I have lots for Steve/Tony, of course, and a handful for the other two I mentioned.

3. What would be a fun audience participation thing to do to kick things off? I've thought of going around and getting everyone's favorite Avenger, but I'm a bit afraid that could lead to wank, given the current climate. Going around to get everyone's favorite pairing is a bit boring and may stump people who just came to listen about pairings. I need more ideas!

4. If you went to an Avengers slash panel, what would you be most interested in talking about?

5. Anything else that springs to mind that you want to mention.

And hey...are any of you folks going to be there?

FIC: Trouble in Paradise

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TITLE: Trouble in Paradise
AUTHOR: Alena [fire-tears . livejournal . com]
CHARACTERS: New Avengers; Tony/Steve
RATING: PG-13
WORD COUNT: 1 815
DISCLAIMER: All characters are © Marvel. No profit is being made from this work.
ARCHIVE: Go right ahead. =]
AUTHOR'S NOTES: ( They're long. )

Trouble in Paradise
Tony and Steve are having severe relationship problems, Steve might have a thing going on with Jan, and Tony's been spotted in a bar. Oh, and Iron Man is having trouble accepting the fact that his employer's bisexual. No, really. Would the tabloids lie?

( "They've been having arguments lately," an inside source confirms. "They've been trying to keep it quiet, but it's becoming obvious that there's a lot of tension." )