Comments | schmevil: Captain America and Iron Man married?

schmevil

Captain America and Iron Man married?

Feb 07, 2008 21:53

It's become a truism that Civil War only makes sense if you see it as a really bad breakup between Captain America and Iron man. This Civil War: What If? shows us how it should have turned out.

( visual evidence! )

f: avengers, f: iron man, icons, scans, f: comics

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crimsonquills February 8 2008, 03:47:44 UTC

I love those two pages. The writers are pretty much explicitly writing, "Hi, honey, how was work? Let's drink tea and share our days and tell us how much we appreciate (read: love) one another."

(I know I've said this to someone before; I hope it wasn't you! Repeating oneself is embarrassing. *g*)

My favorite thing about that What If? (aside from the fact that it actually managed to be slashier than the Civil War itself) was that it made it painfully, sledgehammer-to-the-reader's-head clear that the fate of the world depends on whether or not Tony and Steve live happily ever after together. Tony dies? World goes to hell. Steve dies? World goes to hell. Tony and Steve make peace and settle down to raise superpowered kids together? A golden age dawns.

schmevil February 8 2008, 04:08:44 UTC

it actually managed to be slashier than the Civil War itself

Truly an incredible feat. *g* These pages are pure established relationship fic - they could be transported into slash without changing a thing.

But sexy time aside, platonic Steve/Tony is so clearly Marvel's OTP, and it's not hard to see why. What bowls me over is that the writer who really reminded everyone of this is Bendis - it's like after Disassembled and New Avengers, all the other writers remembered the awesome that was their relationship way back. And then bang, they're suddenly everywhere together: Young Avengers, the Pulse, Marvel Adventures, the Spider-man books.

the fate of the world depends on whether or not Tony and Steve live happily ever after together

This is why the What Ifs actually provide hope - if Marvel ever wants to 'set things right', by their own rules they have to bring back Steve and reconcile their boys. ;)

Btw, Steve and Tony raising superpowered kids is a disturbingly amusing idea...

crimsonquills February 8 2008, 21:45:39 UTC

What bowls me over is that the writer who really reminded everyone of this is Bendis

Is there a reason why it would be unusual for it to be Bendis, in particular, who reminded people that platonic Steve/Tony is Marvel's OTP?

it's like after Disassembled and New Avengers, all the other writers remembered the awesome that was their relationship way back. And then bang, they're suddenly everywhere together: Young Avengers, the Pulse, Marvel Adventures, the Spider-man books.

It's so true! Even now that Steve is gone, every other Tony scene (in his own book or in Cap's, or in others) seems to mention him.

One thing I'm finding really interesting is that in the really old Avengers stuff (I'm at #143 right now; 1976), Steve and Tony hardly interact at all. Tony and Thor actually have more interaction and subtext, by far. I'm sort of waiting for when Tony and Steve get more time, because I know it happens eventually.

This is why the What Ifs actually provide hope - if Marvel ever wants to 'set things right', by their own rules they have ( ... )

schmevil February 8 2008, 22:41:12 UTC

Is there a reason why it would be unusual for it to be Bendis, in particular, who reminded people that platonic Steve/Tony is Marvel's OTP?You mean the hated Bendis, he who destroys all things good and pure? Mr. misogynistic, character-destroying, spawn of satan? ;) (I like a lot of his work, actually, despite the massive hate-goggles he wears when writing certain characters. But there is a lot of hate out there for good Mr. Bendis ( ... )

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