Marvel is Marvel 2017
Dear author,
I am soooooo sorry this is so late. If you've already got an idea in your head go for it and feel free to ignore any of this, just have a good time.
Standard likes/dislikes list:
Writing dislikes:
Instantaneous or inexplicably fast attraction/relationship/sex. Pointless fic, IMO, unless you want PWP.
Mental torture without H/C or extensive physical torture or rape without H/C. I like it as a plot point, but I care more about the characters than the acts themselvs, so focus on the former, por favor.
RPF in general.
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Here are my general takes on fandoms and ships, and my preferences, along with some prompts. The prompts are totally optional, and feel free to ignore them if you think of something that flows better, but please don't, for example, stray too far from the headcanons. If I put down two characters as besties feel free to ship them, but don't make them enemies? Fandoms and ships are not listed in any order of preference.
Iron Man (Comic)
Rumiko Fujikawa/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark: I love Rumiko and thought she was really great for Tony, while they lasted. She was a breath of fresh air and relaxation when things had been getting too dark and stressful. She reminded him to loosen up, and wasn't afraid to be stubborn and demand what she wanted. Meanwhile, both Tony and Steve at different points play the self-sacrificing, job-comes-first attitude and are all manly and straight-backed, while having their no-homo all over the place. I think that this mix of personalities- dedication and flexibility and stubbornness and passion and love for life- could really servce to make all of them more stable and happier. I'd love get-together here, or someone supporting the others or offering advice or even just backrubs during a difficult time. The difficulties of a three-way relationship as public figures would be interesting, or you can go the other way, with a universe where threesomes are the norm, and have them work to fit their weirdo jobs and what they actually want in with society's expectations of relationships.
Rumiko Fujikawa/Tony Stark: I've only seen a few panels and meta and fic for Rumiko, so my knowledge base is that she dated Tony Stark and was really good for him, fun and not letting his get away with shit and not feeling guilty for being a bit materialistic and enjoying the high life. I also know that apparently she cheated on him and left him for Ty Stone and left him? Bu tthen she died and Tony was really sad? So, let's just ignore that last bit there. Anything with Rumiko being cool and smart and enjoying life, and maybe lifting others' spirits just by being herself, and/or making Tony's life better by being in her presence.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes:
Simon Williams: I love the story arc for this character so much, and I wish we could see what they would have done with him in a third season! I'll take literally pretty much anything for this, but mainly my idea is to see him start to fit into the Avengers team. Does someone in particular befriend him? Maybe Jan? Is there anyone he doesn't get along with? How do he and Tony repair the rift between them so that they can work together? I'd love any one-on-one ideas, or a team dinner or anything, or a five times fic, that would be stellar, like five Avengers Simon liked/didn't like +1, etc.
Bruce Banner | Hulk/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (A:EMH): Clint and Bruce/Hulk's relationship is the best thing on this show to me. And the relationship between Clint and Natasha, made up as it is of duty, betrayal, hate, romance? Super awesome. Basically anything for this ship will make me very happy.
Natasha and Bruce | Hulk get trapped in a cave-in and the team has to- very carefully- get them out. Predictably, Clint loses his shit. Underground, however, Bruce | Hulk and Natasha have a real conversation for the first time.
Natasha is surprised (not that she lets it show) when she joins the team to be the recipient of two shovel talks: a loud, angry, green one, and a quiet one that sounds more like begging her to treat Clint right. Clearly, she must take control of the situation.
Clint's new boyfriend and his old girlfriend are both willing to share, mainly because Clint annoyed them into it.
If you write Bruce | Hulk/Clint/Invented EMH Betty/Natasha sedoretu you get first dibs on my firstborn.
Bruce Banner | Hulk/Clint Barton (A:EMH): I love how Clint and Hulk have this great relationship, and meanwhile Clint and Bruce get along like a cat and a dog. (Actually this is the only iteration of Hawkeye I see as a cat person instead of a dog person, huh.)
Prompts: Ugh my prompts are so subpar, but basically anything you want to write for this ship will make me happy.
How did Bruce and/or Hulk feel about the team after being freed from the shock collar in S2? Did their long imprisonment affect the way they felt about Clint and/or the team?
Hulk POV is also sweet. As is any addition whatsoever of Betty Ross to this universe, as a ship or a mention.
Clint picks Bruce for Secret Santa. Not Hulk, Bruce. His quest to find an even okay present.
Hulk tries to flirt. Needless to say there are mixed results.
How the hell do they date?
Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (A:EMH): This plotline was so fantastic to me. The lying and betrayal, the way they understand each other, the way Clint stands up for her even after everything, that last scene in the alley... *sighs* You can't really go wrong with this one. Prompts:
Now that they're back together, it's still hard to overcome the pain her last mission caused.
Natasha calls for help and Clint ditches the Avengers. Mixed reactions from his teammates.
Natasha's introductory hazing sparring matches with her teammates are each, quietly, joined with a shovel talk.
Clint tells Natasha to choose between him and SHIELD.
Living and working together as Avengers is different from anything they've done before: shifting a relationship from partners to teammates, having to rely on multiple parties rather than a small team.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (A:EMH): The MCU fandom has a lot of tropes that they tend to use for these combinations of ships: Up All Night to Get Bucky, Stony where Tony thinks Steve will break up with him when Bucky shows up, ABO, Tony fixing the arm. I'd love to see any MCU-type tropes for this ship tried out on this universe, with its different backstory for Bucky and different characterization for both guys. On a different note, these three have been through various shit in this 'verse. Any sort of H/C will be much appreciated. I like woobifying charcaters, though not like uber-much. Prompts:
Soulmark AUs are A+
Stony divide over Tony's concern that the Winter Soldier is a threat and Steve's desire to save him.
Tony helps Steve out with the search for Bucky and it takes an unexpected turn.
Post-Winter Soldier recuperation at the Avengers Mansion- interactions with different teammates, does the Soldier become an Avenger? How does that go in the field?
Bucky lays down some hard facts so Tony will stop blaming himself for Emperor Stark and for not literally being a seer.
Steve has to be strong for the team, but he does have doubts, and it's good to get them off his chest with people he trusts.
Tony is determined to give Steve and Bucky a fantastic Christmas for their first not-brainwashed holiday in the 21st century. (optional: Steve is disappointed by consumerism over piety, and Bucky is Jewish)
The Defenders:
Jessica Jones/Matt Murdock: How can you not love that 'Are you kidding me?' face? I'd love to see something about Jess and Matt bonding and having a horrible eye-rolling why-do-I-like-you kind of relationship that is only more stable than most of their previous relationships because the bar is very low. I'm talking dysfunctional. Like someone asks where Jess is and Matt's like I haven't seen her in a few weeks, and the other person's like :O and Matt's like you know, it's cool. Or they get into screaming fights (well Jess shouts and Matt breaks things every so often and sulks a lot) about who's fighting which bad guys and whether they should be and Luke and Danny are like yooouuuuu guys maybe wanna take a break? and Jess is like no, shut up, what are you talking about?
Luke Cage/Jessica Jones/Claire Temple: I really want to see Luke and Claire who have their shit together trying to help Jessica, who they really do care about, get back on her feet because they know she's been fucked with. Meanwhile Jessica is her usual biting-the-hand-that-feeds self, partially because she can do it by herself, goddammit, and also because she doesn't need Claire and Luke's pity, it's not like they actually want her.
Marvel Cinematic Universe:
Tony Stark/Sam Wilson: Sam Wilson is the eternal Marry of my constantly shifting game of Avengers fuck-marry-kill because he is a hot, smart, funny, sane, competent person who kows how to handle other peoples' shit on top of his own without getting pulled under. Not saying I want to see him not getting deflected by all of Tony's antisocial behaviors, but being able to see Tony's actual problems and having the patience to work wth him rather than manage him. Actually, I wouldn't mind even if this weren't shippy, I just want them to interact. Of course shippy is great too :) :) (Also they're both super sexy. Just putting that out there.)
Prompts: Sam is actually a fucked up vet too, even though he spends most of his time helping other people. Put him in fandom!Bruce's shoes: Stark Industries is a great place for secure work that helps people while he can help himself.
College AU: No one expected Steve's new best friend and Tony Stark to get along.
Bruce and Sam become besties. Tony becomes aware of this with a massive surge of jealousy.
Tony decides to haze the new guy. It doesn't go according to plan.
Dating Tony doesn't make the tension between him and Steve go away, as much as Sam wishes it would.
The making of Redwing.
Tony's never had someone willing to just fly with him.
They agreed not to let work affect their private relationship, and vice versa. That doesn't make fighting on opposite sides any less painful.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark: I love when people put Tony and Natasha together because they are complex characters whose relationship could go so many ways depending on their circumstances. I love Natasha and Bucky in the comics, and I really like all the Stuckony fic I've read. That being said, I realize you have a limited amount of canon interaction to work with here, so really anything you come up with for this ship will be great. I have a few prompts which you can modify as you wish, but if they don't inspire you, anything H/C, fluffy, or even just chilling out and talking or playing a board game will make me happy. Bonus points for Steve being approving if it's fluffy, but if it's not feel no need. You can accept Civil War or completely ignore it and start with 'After SHIELD fell, they brought Bucky to Avengers Tower after a week of hide-and-seek.'
The Soldier is put on trial, and Natasha and Tony are the only Avengers allowed to see/guard him. They try to make it as not-traumatic as possible. Up to you if Bucky turned himself in or not, and how Steve feels about all this.
Natasha and Tony haven't told anyone on the team that they've tentatively started a relationship, which is complicated when Bucky announces he and Natasha used to be in love- which she doesn't remember at all.
Natasha and Bucky are sickeningly sweet in love, but they are for some reason willing to put up with Tony moping around them after he and Pepper break up for the last time. Then, for some reason, they decide to be more proactive in making him happy.
Any modern AU would also make me squee all around town. I have this idea where Natasha is a professional Secret Shopper, anything with that would be amazing.
Sedoretu with Pepper?
Bruce Banner/James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov: These personalities would either take the Tower down or propel the Avengers to new heights. It's all up to you.
Post-Ultron (ignore that bit at the end), Natasha and Bruce have worked their shit out. But the arrival of Natasha's old flame the Winter Soldier, in the form of Steve's recovering best friend, throws a wrench in the works.
Bruce's friend [Tony or Jane] keeps insisting that Hot Natasha Romanoff from the [office across the hall, Firearms Squad, soccer team, etc] is flirting with him, but she's with Barnes, right? (Right.)
Bruce and Natasha's already complicated fledgling relationship is further complicated by arrival of Bucky when he starts to remember his time training the Black Widows.
Those are all really involved, I know, so feel free to ignore them and just go with anything where Bucky is cool, Bruce is shy but also not shy sometimes, and Natasha is a fucking bad-ass spy and also legitimately likes Bruce. Additionally, anything that incorporates Civil War, or is set afterwards, would be bombastic.
Bruce Banner/Betty Ross/Natasha Romanov: I love Bruce and Betty together and no one appreciates them (because everyone hates that movie, except for me)! *cries* And I love Bruce and Natasha together but no one appreciates them (because the movie did a shitty job)! *cries*
Prompts: I kind of want something where Bruce and one of the ladies have pretty much established a relationship, and then the other one pops up and they have to deal with the conflict. Either established relationship works for me.
Natasha is assigned as protection detail to two politically dangerous doctors.
Tired of trying to get Bruce to notice their flirting, Natasha and Betty just fuck on his bed. He gets the picture.
Anything that incorporates Civil War, or is set afterwards, would be bombastic.
Any SEDORETU would be beautiful. Clint or Tony or, idk, Steve or Bucky or really anyone, if you do sedoretu I'll love it I promise.
Sports AU with Bruce being the supportive boyfriend and them meeting the other lady on the field/court/track/pool/literally whatever?
Sam Wilson: I love Sam Wilson deeply and in that alternate dimension where we can marry fictional characters he and I spend a lot of time at barbecues on those swingy chairs sipping lemonade and gossiping about our friends, the Avengers. I would like I fic that focuses on Sam more than on Steve, or on Sam's existance in relation to Steve. I would point out that Sam is a former pararescue jumper, the most badass of all badasses who will also save your life when you're bleeding out, just remember that tidbit for characterization :) Also, and I wish I didn't have to point this out but apparently it's confusing, I am not asking for a fic where somebody is an asshole to Sam but he forgives them. Actively celebrate my fav, please! Sam/Any would be completely fine, just make sure they appreciate him :)
AU where Sam is hired as the Avengers' in-house therapist
Canon-compliant fic where Sam wants to continue his education in either the social work or medical fields
Sam gets into a hero situation on his own a la Fraction Hawkeye
Sam's life when he's not being an Avenger- what else does he do to maintain that luscious bod than running? What's his secret hobby? Where does he go on vacation?
SAM CAN TALK TO BIRDS (so mad that this isn't in the MCU, for real)
Avengers Academy:
Ghost Rider 2099/Winter Soldier: I have such a massive crush on GR2099 and I don't even feel bad about it. His voice is amazing and he's so damn punk that I can imagine even metal Bucky blushing and nervously asking Kenshiro if he wants to practice for their band, or maybe go shoot things together at the Firing Range, or even just stand in the rain together. Bonus points if Ghost Rider convinces Bucky to try out the Post-Apocalyptic hot tub. Basically some hard-core emos being emo and also fluffy.
Captain America/Taskmaster: During Taskmaster's story, he sort of has a hate/idolize relationship with Cap? Like 'do I want to be(at you to a pulp) you or make out with you?' is how I read it. Cap agrees to fight him so that Tasky can pick up his moves, but still beats him when they battle it out for real. Tasky is shocked, Cap is a tiny bit smug. Anyway Taskmaster is a villain going on 'redemption' in AvAc, and I think that if Cap saw something redeemable in Tasky he'd try to nurture it. With dates. Fighting dates. Which both of them like. Okay this got away from me. But, unnecessarily violent and agressive courting FTW. Taskmaster bringing Steve a bouquet of wooden stakes he carved up himself during Halloween. Steve maybe letting Tasky win a fight (or maybe not). Stupid cute, you know?
War Machine: I literally love him so much, sometimes I turn on my sound just to hear his lines when I click him, all of them are A++. I was a bit sad that most of his storyline was about him NOT being a sidekick... and that was it. I'd love to read anything about adventures he has on campus or going off on missions that don't have anything to do with Tony at all. Let him be pals with anyone, start a side-team, take down some bad guys, participate in defending the campus against an invasion, or anything on campus: oh my God, have him start a frat, or a sports team, or maybe he's super into anime and makes an anime club, or joins the salsa dance team and they end up beating Hydra School's ass in the regional competitions there. Does he participate in the Avengers powered-up food fight, or try and settle it down? When the class president elections come around again, does he run against Steve? Does everyone love him because he loves flying so much he'll fly off campus to pick up food for people from the city? Does he play Magik? I WANT TO KNOWWWW.
Spider-Girl: What we know about Spider-Girl (Anya Corazon): Has exoskeleton. Trained as gymnast from age four, keeps up as much as she can in between crime-fighting. Fought crime even when she lost her powers. Is a good investigator, learned from her father, a dedicated journalist. Plays hockey. Literally everyone, from Wasp to Steve to Agent Venom, praises her up and down the road. Always has her mind of the prize. Basically, a top-quality Avenger. Show Anya being the most popular girl on campus, but even Wasp isn't (that) mad about it because she loves her too! Show me all the people trying to ask her to the dance they made to replace Homecoming- who does she go with? With her skillset and interests, who does she get on with? Who doesn't like her (*cough cough* Enchantress *cough)? Who does she pick for her epic side team that everyone is jealous of?
Captain America 2099: I love Roberta so much!! I like the parallels they draw to Steve, and the way she doesn't conform to the standard of the 'original', but is her own version of Cap. I want her and Steve to spar, or train together, or talk about being pulled out of their times, or the dysphoria of your body suddenly being different compared to your mind suddenly being different. Do they date? Or would that be weird? Does everyone think they're dating either way? Or have her speak to Bucky (Winter Soldier Bucky, not the other one). They both have weird brain things going on, but maybe they fight together really well. Maybe Roberta is better able to understand him than Steve. Also, anything about her friendship with any of the other 2099 characters would be great, or making any new friends on campus. Maybe Peggy Carter!
Ghost Rider 2099: It made me soooooooooo sad that I couldn't level GR2099 past R1, and I can't find much more of his story online. Literally anything for him will make me super happy, particularly if it relates to his story. I'd like anything about him being badass and emo on campus, interacting with other 2099 students, struggling with old-fashioned technology, or just being super-suave and everyone on campus having crushes on him.
Marvel Cinematic Universe/Marvel Comics:
Kate Bishop | Hawkeye (Marvel Comics): What I really want is to see someone come up with whatever version of Kate Bishop they think would fit in the MCU. Shippy or gen is fine, Clint or America or whoever is fine. Keep the farm, ditch the farm, all good. How did Kate meet Clint? Do any other Avengers know about Kate? If so, which, and what do they think about each other? Does she go out for drinks with Pepper and Maria Hill, or barhopping with Darcy? If she part of the mysterious second-string team who gets called in when the Avengers are in over their heads? And where are her misfit friends? Where is Clint's dog? Anything non-canon-compliant where she lives at the Tower too (maybe after finding out about her dad? ~drama~) and is besties with everyone would be great as well. Feel free to incorporate some comics characterization for Clint if you feel like it, because IMO his movie characterization has been all over the place.
Rumiko Fujikawa (Marvel Comics)/Tony Stark (MCU): Similar to the above, what I'd really like to see with this ship is an MCU-style adaptaion of Rumiko (especially since she was ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE IN IRON MAN 2, *cries deeply*). How would MCU Tony do with someone in his life encouraged him to embrace his impulsive, hedonistic self, but also demanded that he be the hero he knows he can be, and didn't take no for an answer on any of it? How would she gel with the rest of the Avengers? What about with Pepper? How would she feel about Ultron or the Accords? How would she react to having Extremis? What would she say when Tony mentioned he was calling a press conference to announce that a 15-year-old was the newst Avenger? I feel like there'd be some shouting going on there. Basically anything I will love you forever!!!
Thank you very much author! I hope you have a great time with this exchange :)
~Meatball
I am soooooo sorry this is so late. If you've already got an idea in your head go for it and feel free to ignore any of this, just have a good time.
Standard likes/dislikes list:
- Misunderstandings and miscommunication
- Trust issues, insecurity, a non-excessive amount of woobiefication
- Snark or banter
- Hurt/Comfort. I like emotional more than physical, but both are good
- Friends-to-lovers or frienemies-to-lovers
- Ethical sluttery: While I do adore will-they-won't-they, my heart lies with happy poly people, whether this means a committed moresome or a committed relationship with one-night-standery. Make any ship I've listed a threesome, or an open relationship, or just have them flirting with other people. IF YOU WRITE SEDORETU YOU GET AN AUTOMATIC WIN NO MATTER WHAT.
- Crossovers are cool: Here is a list of my fandoms: http://meatball42.livejournal.com/8879.html
- Sex is cool: Here is a list of kinks and tropes that I like, though you are under no obligtion to include any of them if you write sex: http://meatball42.livejournal.com/78471.html
- Happy endings
- Canon AUs rock, wherein one thing changes and everything after that changes accordingly, or where the universe is intact but most other things are different. This is opposed to a total AU (which I also dig), wherein characters meet at:
- Any sort of professional workplace, from a general store to the UN- massive bonus points if the author has RL experience in said setting
- Sports AU- I will marry you for this, particularly if you actually teach me about the sport. Ping pong to Olympic diving, idc.
- Fusions- HDM is great, ABO is fine as long as it's more complicated than a straight-up romance, D/s is fantastic. IF YOU WRITE SEDORETU YOU GET AN AUTOMATIC WIN NO MATTER WHAT.
- Genderflipped canon AU or any sort of creatively built alternate universe gender/sexual dynamic system is great, especially if there's plot too, not just 'Character X is a woman see what that changes'. World-building is great, even if you're lazy and don't do too much, I'm not egging you on for a novel here ;)
- Racebending is win, end of.
- Incubus/succubus AUs, whether a complete AU or just an alternate change to canon, are a soft spot.
Writing dislikes:
Instantaneous or inexplicably fast attraction/relationship/sex. Pointless fic, IMO, unless you want PWP.
Mental torture without H/C or extensive physical torture or rape without H/C. I like it as a plot point, but I care more about the characters than the acts themselvs, so focus on the former, por favor.
RPF in general.
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Here are my general takes on fandoms and ships, and my preferences, along with some prompts. The prompts are totally optional, and feel free to ignore them if you think of something that flows better, but please don't, for example, stray too far from the headcanons. If I put down two characters as besties feel free to ship them, but don't make them enemies? Fandoms and ships are not listed in any order of preference.
Iron Man (Comic)
Rumiko Fujikawa/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark: I love Rumiko and thought she was really great for Tony, while they lasted. She was a breath of fresh air and relaxation when things had been getting too dark and stressful. She reminded him to loosen up, and wasn't afraid to be stubborn and demand what she wanted. Meanwhile, both Tony and Steve at different points play the self-sacrificing, job-comes-first attitude and are all manly and straight-backed, while having their no-homo all over the place. I think that this mix of personalities- dedication and flexibility and stubbornness and passion and love for life- could really servce to make all of them more stable and happier. I'd love get-together here, or someone supporting the others or offering advice or even just backrubs during a difficult time. The difficulties of a three-way relationship as public figures would be interesting, or you can go the other way, with a universe where threesomes are the norm, and have them work to fit their weirdo jobs and what they actually want in with society's expectations of relationships.
Rumiko Fujikawa/Tony Stark: I've only seen a few panels and meta and fic for Rumiko, so my knowledge base is that she dated Tony Stark and was really good for him, fun and not letting his get away with shit and not feeling guilty for being a bit materialistic and enjoying the high life. I also know that apparently she cheated on him and left him for Ty Stone and left him? Bu tthen she died and Tony was really sad? So, let's just ignore that last bit there. Anything with Rumiko being cool and smart and enjoying life, and maybe lifting others' spirits just by being herself, and/or making Tony's life better by being in her presence.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes:
Simon Williams: I love the story arc for this character so much, and I wish we could see what they would have done with him in a third season! I'll take literally pretty much anything for this, but mainly my idea is to see him start to fit into the Avengers team. Does someone in particular befriend him? Maybe Jan? Is there anyone he doesn't get along with? How do he and Tony repair the rift between them so that they can work together? I'd love any one-on-one ideas, or a team dinner or anything, or a five times fic, that would be stellar, like five Avengers Simon liked/didn't like +1, etc.
Bruce Banner | Hulk/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (A:EMH): Clint and Bruce/Hulk's relationship is the best thing on this show to me. And the relationship between Clint and Natasha, made up as it is of duty, betrayal, hate, romance? Super awesome. Basically anything for this ship will make me very happy.
Natasha and Bruce | Hulk get trapped in a cave-in and the team has to- very carefully- get them out. Predictably, Clint loses his shit. Underground, however, Bruce | Hulk and Natasha have a real conversation for the first time.
Natasha is surprised (not that she lets it show) when she joins the team to be the recipient of two shovel talks: a loud, angry, green one, and a quiet one that sounds more like begging her to treat Clint right. Clearly, she must take control of the situation.
Clint's new boyfriend and his old girlfriend are both willing to share, mainly because Clint annoyed them into it.
If you write Bruce | Hulk/Clint/Invented EMH Betty/Natasha sedoretu you get first dibs on my firstborn.
Bruce Banner | Hulk/Clint Barton (A:EMH): I love how Clint and Hulk have this great relationship, and meanwhile Clint and Bruce get along like a cat and a dog. (Actually this is the only iteration of Hawkeye I see as a cat person instead of a dog person, huh.)
Prompts: Ugh my prompts are so subpar, but basically anything you want to write for this ship will make me happy.
How did Bruce and/or Hulk feel about the team after being freed from the shock collar in S2? Did their long imprisonment affect the way they felt about Clint and/or the team?
Hulk POV is also sweet. As is any addition whatsoever of Betty Ross to this universe, as a ship or a mention.
Clint picks Bruce for Secret Santa. Not Hulk, Bruce. His quest to find an even okay present.
Hulk tries to flirt. Needless to say there are mixed results.
How the hell do they date?
Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (A:EMH): This plotline was so fantastic to me. The lying and betrayal, the way they understand each other, the way Clint stands up for her even after everything, that last scene in the alley... *sighs* You can't really go wrong with this one. Prompts:
Now that they're back together, it's still hard to overcome the pain her last mission caused.
Natasha calls for help and Clint ditches the Avengers. Mixed reactions from his teammates.
Natasha's introductory hazing sparring matches with her teammates are each, quietly, joined with a shovel talk.
Clint tells Natasha to choose between him and SHIELD.
Living and working together as Avengers is different from anything they've done before: shifting a relationship from partners to teammates, having to rely on multiple parties rather than a small team.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (A:EMH): The MCU fandom has a lot of tropes that they tend to use for these combinations of ships: Up All Night to Get Bucky, Stony where Tony thinks Steve will break up with him when Bucky shows up, ABO, Tony fixing the arm. I'd love to see any MCU-type tropes for this ship tried out on this universe, with its different backstory for Bucky and different characterization for both guys. On a different note, these three have been through various shit in this 'verse. Any sort of H/C will be much appreciated. I like woobifying charcaters, though not like uber-much. Prompts:
Soulmark AUs are A+
Stony divide over Tony's concern that the Winter Soldier is a threat and Steve's desire to save him.
Tony helps Steve out with the search for Bucky and it takes an unexpected turn.
Post-Winter Soldier recuperation at the Avengers Mansion- interactions with different teammates, does the Soldier become an Avenger? How does that go in the field?
Bucky lays down some hard facts so Tony will stop blaming himself for Emperor Stark and for not literally being a seer.
Steve has to be strong for the team, but he does have doubts, and it's good to get them off his chest with people he trusts.
Tony is determined to give Steve and Bucky a fantastic Christmas for their first not-brainwashed holiday in the 21st century. (optional: Steve is disappointed by consumerism over piety, and Bucky is Jewish)
The Defenders:
Jessica Jones/Matt Murdock: How can you not love that 'Are you kidding me?' face? I'd love to see something about Jess and Matt bonding and having a horrible eye-rolling why-do-I-like-you kind of relationship that is only more stable than most of their previous relationships because the bar is very low. I'm talking dysfunctional. Like someone asks where Jess is and Matt's like I haven't seen her in a few weeks, and the other person's like :O and Matt's like you know, it's cool. Or they get into screaming fights (well Jess shouts and Matt breaks things every so often and sulks a lot) about who's fighting which bad guys and whether they should be and Luke and Danny are like yooouuuuu guys maybe wanna take a break? and Jess is like no, shut up, what are you talking about?
Luke Cage/Jessica Jones/Claire Temple: I really want to see Luke and Claire who have their shit together trying to help Jessica, who they really do care about, get back on her feet because they know she's been fucked with. Meanwhile Jessica is her usual biting-the-hand-that-feeds self, partially because she can do it by herself, goddammit, and also because she doesn't need Claire and Luke's pity, it's not like they actually want her.
Marvel Cinematic Universe:
Tony Stark/Sam Wilson: Sam Wilson is the eternal Marry of my constantly shifting game of Avengers fuck-marry-kill because he is a hot, smart, funny, sane, competent person who kows how to handle other peoples' shit on top of his own without getting pulled under. Not saying I want to see him not getting deflected by all of Tony's antisocial behaviors, but being able to see Tony's actual problems and having the patience to work wth him rather than manage him. Actually, I wouldn't mind even if this weren't shippy, I just want them to interact. Of course shippy is great too :) :) (Also they're both super sexy. Just putting that out there.)
Prompts: Sam is actually a fucked up vet too, even though he spends most of his time helping other people. Put him in fandom!Bruce's shoes: Stark Industries is a great place for secure work that helps people while he can help himself.
College AU: No one expected Steve's new best friend and Tony Stark to get along.
Bruce and Sam become besties. Tony becomes aware of this with a massive surge of jealousy.
Tony decides to haze the new guy. It doesn't go according to plan.
Dating Tony doesn't make the tension between him and Steve go away, as much as Sam wishes it would.
The making of Redwing.
Tony's never had someone willing to just fly with him.
They agreed not to let work affect their private relationship, and vice versa. That doesn't make fighting on opposite sides any less painful.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark: I love when people put Tony and Natasha together because they are complex characters whose relationship could go so many ways depending on their circumstances. I love Natasha and Bucky in the comics, and I really like all the Stuckony fic I've read. That being said, I realize you have a limited amount of canon interaction to work with here, so really anything you come up with for this ship will be great. I have a few prompts which you can modify as you wish, but if they don't inspire you, anything H/C, fluffy, or even just chilling out and talking or playing a board game will make me happy. Bonus points for Steve being approving if it's fluffy, but if it's not feel no need. You can accept Civil War or completely ignore it and start with 'After SHIELD fell, they brought Bucky to Avengers Tower after a week of hide-and-seek.'
The Soldier is put on trial, and Natasha and Tony are the only Avengers allowed to see/guard him. They try to make it as not-traumatic as possible. Up to you if Bucky turned himself in or not, and how Steve feels about all this.
Natasha and Tony haven't told anyone on the team that they've tentatively started a relationship, which is complicated when Bucky announces he and Natasha used to be in love- which she doesn't remember at all.
Natasha and Bucky are sickeningly sweet in love, but they are for some reason willing to put up with Tony moping around them after he and Pepper break up for the last time. Then, for some reason, they decide to be more proactive in making him happy.
Any modern AU would also make me squee all around town. I have this idea where Natasha is a professional Secret Shopper, anything with that would be amazing.
Sedoretu with Pepper?
Bruce Banner/James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov: These personalities would either take the Tower down or propel the Avengers to new heights. It's all up to you.
Post-Ultron (ignore that bit at the end), Natasha and Bruce have worked their shit out. But the arrival of Natasha's old flame the Winter Soldier, in the form of Steve's recovering best friend, throws a wrench in the works.
Bruce's friend [Tony or Jane] keeps insisting that Hot Natasha Romanoff from the [office across the hall, Firearms Squad, soccer team, etc] is flirting with him, but she's with Barnes, right? (Right.)
Bruce and Natasha's already complicated fledgling relationship is further complicated by arrival of Bucky when he starts to remember his time training the Black Widows.
Those are all really involved, I know, so feel free to ignore them and just go with anything where Bucky is cool, Bruce is shy but also not shy sometimes, and Natasha is a fucking bad-ass spy and also legitimately likes Bruce. Additionally, anything that incorporates Civil War, or is set afterwards, would be bombastic.
Bruce Banner/Betty Ross/Natasha Romanov: I love Bruce and Betty together and no one appreciates them (because everyone hates that movie, except for me)! *cries* And I love Bruce and Natasha together but no one appreciates them (because the movie did a shitty job)! *cries*
Prompts: I kind of want something where Bruce and one of the ladies have pretty much established a relationship, and then the other one pops up and they have to deal with the conflict. Either established relationship works for me.
Natasha is assigned as protection detail to two politically dangerous doctors.
Tired of trying to get Bruce to notice their flirting, Natasha and Betty just fuck on his bed. He gets the picture.
Anything that incorporates Civil War, or is set afterwards, would be bombastic.
Any SEDORETU would be beautiful. Clint or Tony or, idk, Steve or Bucky or really anyone, if you do sedoretu I'll love it I promise.
Sports AU with Bruce being the supportive boyfriend and them meeting the other lady on the field/court/track/pool/literally whatever?
Sam Wilson: I love Sam Wilson deeply and in that alternate dimension where we can marry fictional characters he and I spend a lot of time at barbecues on those swingy chairs sipping lemonade and gossiping about our friends, the Avengers. I would like I fic that focuses on Sam more than on Steve, or on Sam's existance in relation to Steve. I would point out that Sam is a former pararescue jumper, the most badass of all badasses who will also save your life when you're bleeding out, just remember that tidbit for characterization :) Also, and I wish I didn't have to point this out but apparently it's confusing, I am not asking for a fic where somebody is an asshole to Sam but he forgives them. Actively celebrate my fav, please! Sam/Any would be completely fine, just make sure they appreciate him :)
AU where Sam is hired as the Avengers' in-house therapist
Canon-compliant fic where Sam wants to continue his education in either the social work or medical fields
Sam gets into a hero situation on his own a la Fraction Hawkeye
Sam's life when he's not being an Avenger- what else does he do to maintain that luscious bod than running? What's his secret hobby? Where does he go on vacation?
SAM CAN TALK TO BIRDS (so mad that this isn't in the MCU, for real)
Avengers Academy:
Ghost Rider 2099/Winter Soldier: I have such a massive crush on GR2099 and I don't even feel bad about it. His voice is amazing and he's so damn punk that I can imagine even metal Bucky blushing and nervously asking Kenshiro if he wants to practice for their band, or maybe go shoot things together at the Firing Range, or even just stand in the rain together. Bonus points if Ghost Rider convinces Bucky to try out the Post-Apocalyptic hot tub. Basically some hard-core emos being emo and also fluffy.
Captain America/Taskmaster: During Taskmaster's story, he sort of has a hate/idolize relationship with Cap? Like 'do I want to be(at you to a pulp) you or make out with you?' is how I read it. Cap agrees to fight him so that Tasky can pick up his moves, but still beats him when they battle it out for real. Tasky is shocked, Cap is a tiny bit smug. Anyway Taskmaster is a villain going on 'redemption' in AvAc, and I think that if Cap saw something redeemable in Tasky he'd try to nurture it. With dates. Fighting dates. Which both of them like. Okay this got away from me. But, unnecessarily violent and agressive courting FTW. Taskmaster bringing Steve a bouquet of wooden stakes he carved up himself during Halloween. Steve maybe letting Tasky win a fight (or maybe not). Stupid cute, you know?
War Machine: I literally love him so much, sometimes I turn on my sound just to hear his lines when I click him, all of them are A++. I was a bit sad that most of his storyline was about him NOT being a sidekick... and that was it. I'd love to read anything about adventures he has on campus or going off on missions that don't have anything to do with Tony at all. Let him be pals with anyone, start a side-team, take down some bad guys, participate in defending the campus against an invasion, or anything on campus: oh my God, have him start a frat, or a sports team, or maybe he's super into anime and makes an anime club, or joins the salsa dance team and they end up beating Hydra School's ass in the regional competitions there. Does he participate in the Avengers powered-up food fight, or try and settle it down? When the class president elections come around again, does he run against Steve? Does everyone love him because he loves flying so much he'll fly off campus to pick up food for people from the city? Does he play Magik? I WANT TO KNOWWWW.
Spider-Girl: What we know about Spider-Girl (Anya Corazon): Has exoskeleton. Trained as gymnast from age four, keeps up as much as she can in between crime-fighting. Fought crime even when she lost her powers. Is a good investigator, learned from her father, a dedicated journalist. Plays hockey. Literally everyone, from Wasp to Steve to Agent Venom, praises her up and down the road. Always has her mind of the prize. Basically, a top-quality Avenger. Show Anya being the most popular girl on campus, but even Wasp isn't (that) mad about it because she loves her too! Show me all the people trying to ask her to the dance they made to replace Homecoming- who does she go with? With her skillset and interests, who does she get on with? Who doesn't like her (*cough cough* Enchantress *cough)? Who does she pick for her epic side team that everyone is jealous of?
Captain America 2099: I love Roberta so much!! I like the parallels they draw to Steve, and the way she doesn't conform to the standard of the 'original', but is her own version of Cap. I want her and Steve to spar, or train together, or talk about being pulled out of their times, or the dysphoria of your body suddenly being different compared to your mind suddenly being different. Do they date? Or would that be weird? Does everyone think they're dating either way? Or have her speak to Bucky (Winter Soldier Bucky, not the other one). They both have weird brain things going on, but maybe they fight together really well. Maybe Roberta is better able to understand him than Steve. Also, anything about her friendship with any of the other 2099 characters would be great, or making any new friends on campus. Maybe Peggy Carter!
Ghost Rider 2099: It made me soooooooooo sad that I couldn't level GR2099 past R1, and I can't find much more of his story online. Literally anything for him will make me super happy, particularly if it relates to his story. I'd like anything about him being badass and emo on campus, interacting with other 2099 students, struggling with old-fashioned technology, or just being super-suave and everyone on campus having crushes on him.
Marvel Cinematic Universe/Marvel Comics:
Kate Bishop | Hawkeye (Marvel Comics): What I really want is to see someone come up with whatever version of Kate Bishop they think would fit in the MCU. Shippy or gen is fine, Clint or America or whoever is fine. Keep the farm, ditch the farm, all good. How did Kate meet Clint? Do any other Avengers know about Kate? If so, which, and what do they think about each other? Does she go out for drinks with Pepper and Maria Hill, or barhopping with Darcy? If she part of the mysterious second-string team who gets called in when the Avengers are in over their heads? And where are her misfit friends? Where is Clint's dog? Anything non-canon-compliant where she lives at the Tower too (maybe after finding out about her dad? ~drama~) and is besties with everyone would be great as well. Feel free to incorporate some comics characterization for Clint if you feel like it, because IMO his movie characterization has been all over the place.
Rumiko Fujikawa (Marvel Comics)/Tony Stark (MCU): Similar to the above, what I'd really like to see with this ship is an MCU-style adaptaion of Rumiko (especially since she was ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE IN IRON MAN 2, *cries deeply*). How would MCU Tony do with someone in his life encouraged him to embrace his impulsive, hedonistic self, but also demanded that he be the hero he knows he can be, and didn't take no for an answer on any of it? How would she gel with the rest of the Avengers? What about with Pepper? How would she feel about Ultron or the Accords? How would she react to having Extremis? What would she say when Tony mentioned he was calling a press conference to announce that a 15-year-old was the newst Avenger? I feel like there'd be some shouting going on there. Basically anything I will love you forever!!!
Thank you very much author! I hope you have a great time with this exchange :)
~Meatball