With Malice Towards None

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Title: With Malice Towards None
Author: jazzypom
Rated: PG 13, due to two instances of swearing.
Beta Read: Yes. It takes a village for jazzy to write a story this big. Figures. ellyr_in_ink beta. Fact checking and cheerleading duties go to ani, jwan, e_s, dorky, posy and valtyr. Longest nine days of my life. Errors mine.
Word Count about 21,500 words. Yes.
Universe: 616/1610
Summary: Tony and Reed trawl the multiverse for a Captain America to be the face of the SHRA. Tony finds out you can't go home again.
Disclaimer:Characters and situations are the property of Stan Lee and Marvel Comics. No profit is being made off this fan-written work.
A/N: prompt for marvel kink meme : Ult! Steve/616 Tony post Civil War fic. Sorry OP, the prompt grabbed me by the throat and this is what happened.There are loose nods to Initiative and ends on the cusp of Secret Invasion. Ignores World War Hulk.

Link to DW because it's too long for an LJ entry.

For those of you who can't get to DW, I've posted the fic on the Tales of Suspense archive you can click here.

Comments

I've posted it to the Tales of Suspence archive?

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

It's the second link. It's run by elspeth and senchai and 'off site' so to speak. Go here (http://talesofsuspense.net/) to the Tales of Suspense archive. I think of you all, I do. :)'

Dreamwidth hates me

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So I comments here. :D

D: Oh. Oh Tony. (fistmouth) Oh Steve. I love what you did with Ult!Steve here, and where you left him at. Seeing 616 really opened his eyes, didn't it? He needed (needs) that—blind faith is only acceptable for those who can choose being lead over leading. That's not really an option for him.

And Tony homg. D: He's so hurt and trying not to be. You really laid it all bare. This sort of makes me glad I'm avoiding actually reading current-616 like the plague because if this hurts... D:

"You were sober."
"On purpose?" Tony visibly blanched. "Bad form, old boy, bad form."

Of all the awesome lines, this one really stood out for me. I just love the idea of Ult!Tony and 616!Tony and the massive differences between them.

All and all, I just love seeing the differences between the two worlds through Steve's eyes. Pepper and Jarvis were amazing little snapshots, and that little pause with James/Bucky said so much. You really did an excellent job with this prompt. Bravo!

DW hates everyone, it seems

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

But the thought of breaking this up into two LJ posts - I was lazy. But if I'd known this would have happened, I'd have made the extra effort.

Yesss, to be fair to Ult Steve, in canon he's slowly coming to the realisation that he can't be a good soldier. The realisation is coming slllooowwwlllly. But he will get there.

All and all, I just love seeing the differences between the two worlds through Steve's eyes. Pepper and Jarvis were amazing little snapshots, and that little pause with James/Bucky said so much. You really did an excellent job with this prompt. Bravo!

Thank you very much for reading. I'm sooo glad that it was worth the click through for you! But seriously, kink memes tend to have plot and madness as their weapons and writing (and editing) a 20k fic in nine days drove me around the twist, I fear.

Re: DW hates everyone, it seems

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

LJ really needs to see about allowing for longer posts for us. (HINT HINT LJ?) Not that they will; I have a feeling that the owners seem to get all headscratchy at the idea of LJ being a place for fandom and writer types. The staff seem to get it though.

I may have to hang my head and just start buying Ults online and pay the shipping. No one seems to have it around here! And I hear awesome (or at least o.O-making, which is close enough to awesome) things are coming.

It was more than worth the click-through. You got me through server maintainence, which is usually several hours of boredom.

Nine days oh dear, you deserve the break! You're lucky you didn't hurt your clicky-mouse finger. (pets)

[m-steelgrave.livejournal.com]

So I read this a few days ago and am just now getting around to commenting on it. Good Lord, this broke my heart. In a good way, mind, but still.

Not having read Ults, I can't say whether your characterization of Ult!Steve is spot on, but I can say that I like it. He's brusque without being a dick all the time. I think 616 could have used more people like that...maybe things wouldn't have gone down the toilet the way they did if people would just talk, for crying out loud.

And the bit after Tony makes the awkward pass at Steve with his nose bleeding. Tony asking if Steve draws is just such a loaded question. And I like how you had the two of them handle that situation. Bravo.

I can see I'm going to have to break down and actually get my hands on Ults. *sigh*

Thanks for reading!

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

Whatever you do, don't get Ultimates 3 because Loeb wrote it, and we are still gnashing. It's Millar or bust (or Ellis).

He's brusque without being a dick all the time.

I'd like to stay that Ultimates Steve is like that. He can be a dick, and he can be very brusque, but he's a good guy, bless him.

Cheers for reading! I am glad it was worth the click through for you!