I was just wondering what the Tony and Steve interaction would have been like, if Tony was a woman, but that Steve had remained a man. I've seen two genderswaps where they've both switched, the one just posted, and the one by wired_lizard, but I have to see male Steve and female Tony, or vice versa. It's like that in the universe of girltony, but not romantic so far.
There has been ones where, Tony as a man, wondering if Steve might love him if he was a woman in fics...but if Tony had been a woman, Tony would be different. Steve didn't have problem working with women, or dating women like Sharon who's an active agent. Would they have gotten as close friends as they have in canon though, had the possibility of romance been open to them, and interpreted to by those around them, from the beginning?
Would a Tony who was born a woman, allow herself to love or trust Steve? Sometimes it's easier to be in the submissive role, to crave the submissive role, if you are the one who is usually in power, has power. Tony Stark usually has power, as male and white and rich. Though Steve is stronger physically, and has a lot of friends, Tony has a lot of social influence as the head of Stark industries to balance it out. Had Tony been a woman, subtly pressured and has her authority challenged all her life, would she let go that easily? In Gone With The Wind, Scarlett O'Hara couldn't even meet Rhett Butler halfway.
I believe that more than a male Tony Stark, one who was born a woman would have to be more wary of men who wanted her for her money as she grows older, or seen her as an easy lay.
If Tony was a woman but Steve is still a man
There has been ones where, Tony as a man, wondering if Steve might love him if he was a woman in fics...but if Tony had been a woman, Tony would be different. Steve didn't have problem working with women, or dating women like Sharon who's an active agent. Would they have gotten as close friends as they have in canon though, had the possibility of romance been open to them, and interpreted to by those around them, from the beginning?
Would a Tony who was born a woman, allow herself to love or trust Steve? Sometimes it's easier to be in the submissive role, to crave the submissive role, if you are the one who is usually in power, has power. Tony Stark usually has power, as male and white and rich. Though Steve is stronger physically, and has a lot of friends, Tony has a lot of social influence as the head of Stark industries to balance it out. Had Tony been a woman, subtly pressured and has her authority challenged all her life, would she let go that easily? In Gone With The Wind, Scarlett O'Hara couldn't even meet Rhett Butler halfway.
I believe that more than a male Tony Stark, one who was born a woman would have to be more wary of men who wanted her for her money as she grows older, or seen her as an easy lay.