Dude, it's annoying. I'm a n00b too, and I delight in actually tracking down the comics and/or googling it (http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/).
I do ask questions in the comments, when I want in on an injoke, but that's the comments!
The flood of canon request post annoys me, cause a) It is of no benefit to the majority of the community. A fic request/find post will at least turn up a fic, a canon request post turns up things that one can find through wikipedia. b) Someone who is going to actually write a fic when they knew very little about canon*, is probably going to turn up a very BAD FIC, probably full of stereotypes like female character bashing, cardboard yaoi routine, and is general, a fic that wouldn't be recognizably Steve/Tony if one were to replace the names with Heero or Duo, Angel or Spike, or any popular pairing out there who attracted too much bad writing.
1. Sharon stormed in, shrieking, "I can't believe you are with that alcoholic dictator! Tony recoiled. Steve was very angry, "get out now!". After Sharon stormed out, tears was streaming down Tony's face. Steve gently brushed Tony's tears away, "Don't believe a word of what she says, you are the most special person in the world", and made love to him, the end.
2. Relena stormed in, shrieking, "I can't believe you are with that no name orphan! Duo recoiled. Heero was very angry, "get out now!". After Relena stormed out, tears was streaming down Duo's face. Heero gently brushed Duo's tears away, "Don't believe a word of what she says, you are the most special person in the world", and made love to him, the end.
3. Buffy stormed in, shrieking, "I can't believe you are with that souless-souling-stalker-rapist-creep! Spike recoiled. Angel was very angry, "get out now!". After Buffy stormed out, tears was streaming down Spike's face. Angel gently brushed Spike's tears away, "Don't believe a word of what she says, you are the most special person in the world", and made love to him, the end.
*This is why the only thing I wrote so far is an AU (most of what I read so far is Marvel Adventures...less than half (I had no clue that Giant Girl was actually The Wasp even though they had the same name...) where it's not going to be fully the character, but half Steve and Tony, half the setting of the fairytale world...and I'm cheating by not using dialogue.
ditto the canon request post
I do ask questions in the comments, when I want in on an injoke, but that's the comments!
The flood of canon request post annoys me, cause
a) It is of no benefit to the majority of the community. A fic request/find post will at least turn up a fic, a canon request post turns up things that one can find through wikipedia.
b) Someone who is going to actually write a fic when they knew very little about canon*, is probably going to turn up a very BAD FIC, probably full of stereotypes like female character bashing, cardboard yaoi routine, and is general, a fic that wouldn't be recognizably Steve/Tony if one were to replace the names with Heero or Duo, Angel or Spike, or any popular pairing out there who attracted too much bad writing.
1. Sharon stormed in, shrieking, "I can't believe you are with that alcoholic dictator! Tony recoiled. Steve was very angry, "get out now!".
After Sharon stormed out, tears was streaming down Tony's face. Steve gently brushed Tony's tears away, "Don't believe a word of what she says, you are the most special person in the world", and made love to him, the end.
2. Relena stormed in, shrieking, "I can't believe you are with that no name orphan! Duo recoiled. Heero was very angry, "get out now!".
After Relena stormed out, tears was streaming down Duo's face. Heero gently brushed Duo's tears away, "Don't believe a word of what she says, you are the most special person in the world", and made love to him, the end.
3. Buffy stormed in, shrieking, "I can't believe you are with that souless-souling-stalker-rapist-creep! Spike recoiled. Angel was very angry, "get out now!".
After Buffy stormed out, tears was streaming down Spike's face. Angel gently brushed Spike's tears away, "Don't believe a word of what she says, you are the most special person in the world", and made love to him, the end.
*This is why the only thing I wrote so far is an AU (most of what I read so far is Marvel Adventures...less than half (I had no clue that Giant Girl was actually The Wasp even though they had the same name...) where it's not going to be fully the character, but half Steve and Tony, half the setting of the fairytale world...and I'm cheating by not using dialogue.