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New Member presenting humor fic
Um, I'm not that new, I've been watching this place for a while, and thought I'd introduce myself and post this silly story I wrote, which is needed after Secret Invasion and Civil War.
Title: Fanreality
Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers or anything in the Marvel universe.
Warnings: Kinda cracky. I'm not sure how well I have a handle on the characters, so may be a little OOC. Also, not beta'd because I'm kinda shy and don't know anyone who'd read my stuff and beta it.
Rating: PG for Tony's dirty mind.
Archive: Sure, if anyone thinks it's good enough.
Summary: Did you know Iron Man is really the illegitimate but beautiful twin sister of Tony Stark?
Author's notes: When I got into Lord of the Rings, I discovered the interesting species of fan that wrote stories about the actor's rather than the fandom characters. It's an odd part of fandom I can't help but notice. So then I wondered if Marvel's superheros would ever have the same kind of fans? My answer: Of course. And so I wrote this.
It was a moment of relaxation for the Avengers; Peter was grading papers, Jessica Jones and Luke were reading to the baby, Tony and Steve were on the small couch (not a love seat as Danny and Peter liked to tease) watching a Mythbusters marathon with the volume low so as not to bother Danielle with the noise of the show’s gratuitous explosions.
Mary Jane was on a laptop… snickering at something. She’d recently become near obsessed with it over the past couple of days and spent much of her free time surfing the internet. Whenever asked what she was doing, she just laughed (it was not cackling no matter what anyone said) and went back to whatever she was reading.
More amused snickering, and finally, “Did you know Iron Man is really the illegitimate but beautiful twin sister of Tony Stark?”
Absolute silence reigned the room. Tony had even muted the TV to try to properly process what he’d heard. “…What?” Tony finally ventured to ask.
“It’s not Tabloid Tuesday, is it?” Peter asked, referring to when the Avengers would amass ridiculous articles on themselves and each other and read them, and laugh.
Mary Jane just chuckled. “No, it’s,” she waved her hand a little, trying to find the right words. “A story someone wrote. Not even a news article or tabloid. Totally made up.”
“And tabloids aren’t?” Jessica Jones asked in mock innocence.
“No, these don’t even try to pretend to be real. There’s even disclaimers by the writer’s saying the stories are made up. It’s called fanfiction. It’s pretty popular on the internet.”
“And someone wrote about my made up sister being Iron Man?” Tony asked, feeling a little perplexed. “How would my twin sister be illegitimate?”
Mary Jane laughed. “It’s fan logic, it doesn’t always make sense. Something about baby knapping, a huge cover up, and long lost reunions over two decades later. She’s also in love with Captain America, but doesn’t think she’s worthy enough of his love.”
Tony joined in the amusement, grinning mischievously at Steve. “At least she’s got great taste.”
The put upon blond superhero sighed, repressing the urge to rub his fingers over the bridge of his nose. The thought of someone writing out his life like it was a book was a little creepy. It sounded almost kind of stalkerish.
Mary Jane looked back at the laptop screen and started reading aloud from it, “Despite her beauty that could rival Aphrodite herself, from her beautiful ebony locks running down her back to the deep fathomless sapphire blue orbs on her face and her flawless ivory skin; and even despite her brilliance that surpassed even her beloved brother and her great selflessness and kindness, Antonia could never see herself worthy of the great Captain America’s love, although her heart beatted only for him-” Mary Jane could continue no further and dissolved into laughter again, joined by pretty much everyone else.
“Is beatted even a word?” Peter asked, regaining enough composure to speak.
“Sapphire blue orbs? What are those supposed to be? Her eyes or does she have some unnatural growths on her face?” Jessica asked, biting her lip as the image of Tony as a girl with said unnatural growths on her face invaded her mind.
“I’m almost afraid to ask, but, are there more like this thing?” Tony asked, still grinning. Beside him, Steve was fighting his own amusement, covering his grin with a hand.
“There’s an entire community. People writing stories about their favorite superheros. You guys have an entire section dedicated to stories and art of all of you,” Mary Jane answered.
“Is anyone besides me disturbed that we have fans drawing and writing stories about us?” Steve couldn’t help but ask. Really, the more he heard, the more he wondered about the American people.
Mary Jane waved a dismissive hand. “Please, they’re pretty normal otherwise, they just like to write about you guys. Especially you and Tony, actually.”
“Me and Tony as in…”
“You and Tony, you and Iron Man, you, Tony and Iron Man, even you and Tony as Iron Man,” and she wisely decided to stop there before Steve’s entire face contorted enough that he strained something. "Although I think they mostly only write Tony as Iron Man because it's better than making something up."
Tony opened his mouth as though to say something, paused, closed it. Then tried again, paused, and finally, “I never would’ve figured a bunch of bored writers on the internet to correctly guess my secret identity. Or come up with such a creative bedroom fantasy.”
If you were quiet enough, you could hear the sounds of Captain America and Spiderman’s brains breaking.
~END~
A/N: Honestly, Peter's lucky MJ didn't say anything about the Spiderman/Peter Parker stories. Again, I just figure the Avengers are like Marvel's celebrities, and one thing common with celebrities are fans writing fanfiction about them.
---
Also, I really feel the need to discuss an interesting cut-scene I ran into near the end of my playthrough of 'Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.' It seems Tony and Steve's 'friendship' pervades all media.
I decided to play my sister's game of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance because I was bored and I wanted to play a Wii game. Besides I knew it had Captain America and Iron Man as playable characters and I thought it'd be fun to play as them. So, I play as Tony the majority of the game (and holy hell is Iron Man's Ultimate Armor ugly) and I thorughly enjoy it. I take batteries from the remote control for the Wiimote so I can continue playing and I have to force myself to sleep. I finish the game in three days. I come near the ending and get this cut scene:
Iron Man: You’re the real Colossus, aren’t you? But Doom managed to turn you evil.
Dark Colossus: Dr. Doom merely showed me that he is the ultimate power in this universe. And now I have the privilege of being his protector.
Iron Man: Some privilege. And you’re not the real Captain America, are you? You’re just some dark clone of his. (Me: Well duh, Tony. The real Cap is on your team!)
Dark Captain America: I am the final proof that Dr. Doom rules with absolute power. He was able to create me as an exact duplicate of Captain America.
Iron Man: You’re not an exact duplicate. Cap has way more class than you’ll ever have, sport. (Me: Sport? Tony, I am dissapointed, I thought you were wittier than that)
Dark Captain America: I can understand you anger, Tony. But soon you will feel like I do and join Doom’s forces.
Iron Man: Don’t you dare call me by my first name! You’re not Captain America. And I’ll die before I turn into one of Doom’s flunkies.
Dark Colossus: I too had thought so, until I faced Dr. Doom and lost. Now look at me. Soon we will stand side by side as protectors of our Lord Doom.
Iron Man: That’s not gonna happen. Not in a million years.
Okay, so maybe I'm looking too much into it, but I grinned so hard at how upset Tony was by Dark Cap calling him by his real name. He was more offended here than with Fury, (Highlight for spoiler) and he'd apparently been ordering S.H.I.E.L.D. to attack Stark Industries buildings to get Tony to design weapon's for S.H.I.E.L.D. again.
Title: Fanreality
Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers or anything in the Marvel universe.
Warnings: Kinda cracky. I'm not sure how well I have a handle on the characters, so may be a little OOC. Also, not beta'd because I'm kinda shy and don't know anyone who'd read my stuff and beta it.
Rating: PG for Tony's dirty mind.
Archive: Sure, if anyone thinks it's good enough.
Summary: Did you know Iron Man is really the illegitimate but beautiful twin sister of Tony Stark?
Author's notes: When I got into Lord of the Rings, I discovered the interesting species of fan that wrote stories about the actor's rather than the fandom characters. It's an odd part of fandom I can't help but notice. So then I wondered if Marvel's superheros would ever have the same kind of fans? My answer: Of course. And so I wrote this.
It was a moment of relaxation for the Avengers; Peter was grading papers, Jessica Jones and Luke were reading to the baby, Tony and Steve were on the small couch (not a love seat as Danny and Peter liked to tease) watching a Mythbusters marathon with the volume low so as not to bother Danielle with the noise of the show’s gratuitous explosions.
Mary Jane was on a laptop… snickering at something. She’d recently become near obsessed with it over the past couple of days and spent much of her free time surfing the internet. Whenever asked what she was doing, she just laughed (it was not cackling no matter what anyone said) and went back to whatever she was reading.
More amused snickering, and finally, “Did you know Iron Man is really the illegitimate but beautiful twin sister of Tony Stark?”
Absolute silence reigned the room. Tony had even muted the TV to try to properly process what he’d heard. “…What?” Tony finally ventured to ask.
“It’s not Tabloid Tuesday, is it?” Peter asked, referring to when the Avengers would amass ridiculous articles on themselves and each other and read them, and laugh.
Mary Jane just chuckled. “No, it’s,” she waved her hand a little, trying to find the right words. “A story someone wrote. Not even a news article or tabloid. Totally made up.”
“And tabloids aren’t?” Jessica Jones asked in mock innocence.
“No, these don’t even try to pretend to be real. There’s even disclaimers by the writer’s saying the stories are made up. It’s called fanfiction. It’s pretty popular on the internet.”
“And someone wrote about my made up sister being Iron Man?” Tony asked, feeling a little perplexed. “How would my twin sister be illegitimate?”
Mary Jane laughed. “It’s fan logic, it doesn’t always make sense. Something about baby knapping, a huge cover up, and long lost reunions over two decades later. She’s also in love with Captain America, but doesn’t think she’s worthy enough of his love.”
Tony joined in the amusement, grinning mischievously at Steve. “At least she’s got great taste.”
The put upon blond superhero sighed, repressing the urge to rub his fingers over the bridge of his nose. The thought of someone writing out his life like it was a book was a little creepy. It sounded almost kind of stalkerish.
Mary Jane looked back at the laptop screen and started reading aloud from it, “Despite her beauty that could rival Aphrodite herself, from her beautiful ebony locks running down her back to the deep fathomless sapphire blue orbs on her face and her flawless ivory skin; and even despite her brilliance that surpassed even her beloved brother and her great selflessness and kindness, Antonia could never see herself worthy of the great Captain America’s love, although her heart beatted only for him-” Mary Jane could continue no further and dissolved into laughter again, joined by pretty much everyone else.
“Is beatted even a word?” Peter asked, regaining enough composure to speak.
“Sapphire blue orbs? What are those supposed to be? Her eyes or does she have some unnatural growths on her face?” Jessica asked, biting her lip as the image of Tony as a girl with said unnatural growths on her face invaded her mind.
“I’m almost afraid to ask, but, are there more like this thing?” Tony asked, still grinning. Beside him, Steve was fighting his own amusement, covering his grin with a hand.
“There’s an entire community. People writing stories about their favorite superheros. You guys have an entire section dedicated to stories and art of all of you,” Mary Jane answered.
“Is anyone besides me disturbed that we have fans drawing and writing stories about us?” Steve couldn’t help but ask. Really, the more he heard, the more he wondered about the American people.
Mary Jane waved a dismissive hand. “Please, they’re pretty normal otherwise, they just like to write about you guys. Especially you and Tony, actually.”
“Me and Tony as in…”
“You and Tony, you and Iron Man, you, Tony and Iron Man, even you and Tony as Iron Man,” and she wisely decided to stop there before Steve’s entire face contorted enough that he strained something. "Although I think they mostly only write Tony as Iron Man because it's better than making something up."
Tony opened his mouth as though to say something, paused, closed it. Then tried again, paused, and finally, “I never would’ve figured a bunch of bored writers on the internet to correctly guess my secret identity. Or come up with such a creative bedroom fantasy.”
If you were quiet enough, you could hear the sounds of Captain America and Spiderman’s brains breaking.
~END~
A/N: Honestly, Peter's lucky MJ didn't say anything about the Spiderman/Peter Parker stories. Again, I just figure the Avengers are like Marvel's celebrities, and one thing common with celebrities are fans writing fanfiction about them.
---
Also, I really feel the need to discuss an interesting cut-scene I ran into near the end of my playthrough of 'Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.' It seems Tony and Steve's 'friendship' pervades all media.
I decided to play my sister's game of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance because I was bored and I wanted to play a Wii game. Besides I knew it had Captain America and Iron Man as playable characters and I thought it'd be fun to play as them. So, I play as Tony the majority of the game (and holy hell is Iron Man's Ultimate Armor ugly) and I thorughly enjoy it. I take batteries from the remote control for the Wiimote so I can continue playing and I have to force myself to sleep. I finish the game in three days. I come near the ending and get this cut scene:
Iron Man: You’re the real Colossus, aren’t you? But Doom managed to turn you evil.
Dark Colossus: Dr. Doom merely showed me that he is the ultimate power in this universe. And now I have the privilege of being his protector.
Iron Man: Some privilege. And you’re not the real Captain America, are you? You’re just some dark clone of his. (Me: Well duh, Tony. The real Cap is on your team!)
Dark Captain America: I am the final proof that Dr. Doom rules with absolute power. He was able to create me as an exact duplicate of Captain America.
Iron Man: You’re not an exact duplicate. Cap has way more class than you’ll ever have, sport. (Me: Sport? Tony, I am dissapointed, I thought you were wittier than that)
Dark Captain America: I can understand you anger, Tony. But soon you will feel like I do and join Doom’s forces.
Iron Man: Don’t you dare call me by my first name! You’re not Captain America. And I’ll die before I turn into one of Doom’s flunkies.
Dark Colossus: I too had thought so, until I faced Dr. Doom and lost. Now look at me. Soon we will stand side by side as protectors of our Lord Doom.
Iron Man: That’s not gonna happen. Not in a million years.
Okay, so maybe I'm looking too much into it, but I grinned so hard at how upset Tony was by Dark Cap calling him by his real name. He was more offended here than with Fury, (Highlight for spoiler) and he'd apparently been ordering S.H.I.E.L.D. to attack Stark Industries buildings to get Tony to design weapon's for S.H.I.E.L.D. again.
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