Ironsides (20270 words) by
copperbadgeChapters: 1/1
Fandom:
The Avengers (2012)Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Peggy Carter/Howard Stark, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov, Thor (Marvel), Pepper Potts, Howard Stark, Peggy Carter
Summary:
Antonia Carter Stark takes no shit and no prisoners.
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This story is kind of fucking awesome and, I think, my favorite always-female Tony Stark to date. And yes, I've read a lot of always-female Tony Starks.
There's really something to be said for coming up with a non-gendered name for the armor, I'll admit. But primarily I like this because being Antonia Stark instead of Anthony Stark, even born in 1970 (or whenever), is going to come with a whole heaping set of problems that are different, and the author addressed them in a way that I liked best.
YMMV, of course.