Tag: avengers

Do you have a list of favorite characters?

Nah, not really? I like a lot of characters (and many immediately spring to mind!) I like people with a friendly warm appearance rather than conventionally ‘sexy’ I guess, on the whole… and there are characters I admire (Dain) and others that I call SAD TRASHLORDS (Maedhros) and I love em all. Here’s a few, I spose! Just rattling some off the top of my head:

Dain Ironfoot
Gimli
Boromir
Faramir
Eowyn
Arwen
Galadriel
Maedhros 

Bruce Banner
Pepper Potts
Bucky Barnes
Sam Wilson

Sam Vimes
Vetinari
Moist Von Lipwig
Susan Sto Helit
Granny Weatherwax
Cheery Littlebottom

Luna Lovegood
Minerva McGonagall
Rubeus Hagrid
Remus Lupin

…

Well, there’s four fandoms there… some faves of mine! I hope that’s all right, Nonnie!

ninayasmijn:

dailysuperhusbands:

when ppl write pepper / rhodey / steve / anYONE ELSE IN HIS LIFE having to ‘’’’’’’’’put up with’’’’’’’’’’ and ‘’’’’’’’suffer thru’’’’’’ being around tony like r u fucking kidding me tony stark may be a mess (and constantly heart attack inducing what w/ all the frequent near death experiences) but he iS ONE OF THE GODDAMN BEST PEOPLE YOU COULD BE FRIENDS WITH. he’s generous to a fault, WOULD NOT HESITATE to give you his house or fortune or the clothes off his back if he thought it would make you happy.

cap or anyone else might be the one person you want with you when you’re at your best but tony stark is the guy you want beside you when you’re at your worst. because he is supportive, because he is empathetic, because he would never judge you for what you had done or where you had been.

tony stark would diE for his friends but on a regular basis ????? he’s affectionate af, he has pet names for everyone bc he wants u to kno how much he loves you, always. he goes out of his way to remember your favorite things and all the insignificant details abt ur life or ur crush you didn’t think anyone paid attention to. he does things, he gives ppl things, not because he’s showing off but bc he can and he wants to make his friends happy. like god i’m so sick of this headcanon can we pls fkcn let it die

@determamfidd something you’d like 🙂 ?

It’s nearly 3 years since I (very nervously!) dipped my toe into the LOTR fandom! I’ve been through so many huge life changes, good and bad, with you all: my job, my child, my house, everything. This is by-and-large the most creative, supportive and kind fandom I’ve ever been a part of. I can’t believe you’re all following a nerd like me!!

Anyway, I’ve been meaning to give something to show my appreciation and love for you all, so here we go!

Rules and stuff:

  • mbf me (I’ll check)
  • reblogs only (multiple reblogs is totally fine!)
  • no giveaway blogs (I’ll be checking this too)
  • winners to be chosen using an online random number generator
  • prizes drawn on February 1, 2016, at 8pm AEST.
  • please have your askbox open!

THE PRIZES HUZZAH 
1st place! An OC cameo in Sansukh, created to the winner’s specifications – OR  – a short fic (up to 5k) based on the winner’s own story/art/prompt.*

2nd place! Either an original composition, written and performed by me specifically for the winner’s story/art/prompt  – OR – an existing song of the winner’s choice arranged and performed by me. 

3rd place! Either a ficlet (up to 1.5k) based on the winner’s own story/artwork/prompt* – OR – a short song-slash-advertising jingle based on the winner’s blog, to be paired with a promo/rec post for their art or fic if they so desire 🙂

You can hear me singing and check out some of my compositions here, here and here, and here is my AO3 profile if you wish to check out some of my writing!

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*I can write for these fandoms with some confidence: Avengers, LOTR/The Hobbit, HTTYD, Star Wars: TFA, Discworld, Doctor Who… and I can muddle through others with a bit of research! I do have some absolute NOTPs and characterisations I will not write (such as Evil!Dain Ironfoot), but I am open to most pairings otherwise. Also I will not write gore, vore, mpreg, incest or rape/non-con. Other kinks subject to negotiation, though! 

andlightplay:

It’s Fic Rec week(end)! Some more fics that I have loved and (mostly) not recced before! (I’m sorry to say that there are no new fandoms/fics on here, because I tend to rec new stuff as I read it)

Through The Glass || Avengers, pre Clint/Coulson
An utterly amazing fic wherein Clint was deeply reluctant to join SHIELD and his recruitment was only eventually achieved by an agent capturing and secretly brainwashing him, and forbidding him to ever mention it or to disobey a direct order from a superior. Then the agent dies, and everything goes about as well as you’d expect. Full of Clint’s gradual developing warmth towards SHIELD/Coulson/Natasha and coping strategies and team bonding and genuine tension leading up to the eventual reveal (via Loki, who is deeply amused to find that someone else has already been messing with Clint’s head but no one has noticed).

As Sharp As Any Thorn || Avengers, Steve/Tony
A brutal but not grimdark fic about Tony’s armour getting hacked mid-battle and turning its impressive offensive capabilities on his team, with only comms contact left for Tony to warn them with. Obviously not a fluffy fic, but not a horrific darkfic either, though some visuals will probably stay with you for a while.

Exclusive || Avengers, gen
One of my favourite genres of fic, an extensive fake magazine piece about the Avengers at home; how they train, how they interact, and how they want the press to understand them. Also, the ending is delightful.

They Know || Avengers, GSF/OT6/group sex/whatever you want to call it
@determamfidd is probably best known for her epic Hobbit/LOTR fic

Sansûkh

, (which I have recc’d at least once before and which I fully intent to print and bind and put on my bookshelf once it’s done because it deserves to be canon), but I also reallyreally love this piece about the team comforting each other in the aftermath of an AoU-style mindfuck of a mission that has slightly broken them all. It’s essentially porn, but

in the best traditions of team-as-family fic it’s so full of warmth and fondness and gentleness and care as well.

The Lotus Eaters || Star Trek, Kirk/Spock
It’s been a while since I read this (and now that I’ve recc’d it I’m going to read it again), but I know that it’s a fic where the characters get stuck on a planet and have to learn to survive on their own for a while, and it’s chock-full of worldbuilding and slowburn relationship-building and murderous giant insects and a huge sentient lizard who adopts them because they are clearly not capable of surviving on their own.

The Road Delivered Us Home || The Hobbit, Bilbo/Thorin
I find that Hobbit fic is best when the author hits a certain kind of Tolkien-ish narrative voice, and this has it in spades, as well as tiny!Frodo and Bilbo’s crotchety old tailor and dirty dwarven drinking songs and the elder Gamgees being all-round delightful. The usual AU where none of the dwarves died in the battle, but Bilbo still left and still adopted Frodo and was doing quite nicely until he was once again disturbed at supper by a knock at the door. Also featuring probably one of my favourite variations on the Shirefolk-don’t-GAF-about-who-you-sleep-with trope.

Dragonchoice (illustrated website version) || also on AO3
Nope, still not shutting up about it, sorry not sorry. Soul-bonded dragons! Queer characters whose storylines are literally never about Being Queer! Powerful women, both innately and gradually learning to come into their own! Murder mysteries! Dragons-as-emergency-services! And now a deeply convoluted and engaging story about time-travel and politics and grief and loss! If you have heard of Pern, you should be reading this. If you’re a bit skeptical because of the stuff you’ve heard re: tentpegs and non-con mating flights, I can only say that in the best traditions of fandom this trilogy expands upon canon and smooths out every failing (with the exception of the mating flights, which are an in-built part of the Pern universe, sorry. If you want more details/content warnings, seriously, hit me up and I’ll let you know.)

ohmygod you liked my weird sortakinda-lyrical Brucey mindmeld orgyfic, AHH THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!

(also I am weak at the knees at that beautiful compliment to Sansukh, you utterly beautiful person. Thank you so much! Thank you thank you thank you! *tackles and clings*)

A friendly reminder for CA3: Civil War

ladyvyola:

Gen. Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross: You did the right thing, calling us. Leonard, I need to know where they’re going. She’ll be in incredible danger as long as she’s with him.

Leonard: From who? He protected her. You almost killed her.

Ross: I give you my word, her safety is my main concern at this point.

Leonard: You know, it’s a point of professional pride for me that I can tell when somebody’s lying. And you are.

[beat]

Leonard: I don’t know where he’s going. I know she’ll help him if she can.

Ross: Then she’s aiding a fugitive. And I can’t help either one of them.

Leonard: I used to wonder why she never talked about you. Now I know.

Ross: [to himself] Where does she meet these guys?

– The Incredible Hulk

No matter what he says, no matter how factually accurate he is, no matter how reasonable his arguments, and no matter what anyone else’s motivations may be, General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross is never to be trusted.

(also, Betty has fantastic taste in men)

Aggressively hoping Bruce/Hulk’s role in Ragnarok breaks the mold

coherentinsanity:

It’s probably going to be very easy to think that the logical thing for them to do with him is have him face off against Thor again, or even have Enchantress (if she’s in) or Loki brainwash Hulk into an antagonistic force as part of Bruce’s narrative drama yet again. 

But I really hope that’s exactly not what they do. Instead they should embrace the unique opportunities that the Asgard setting provides for the character(s).

Think about it, if Thor brings Bruce to Asgard, Bruce is not only in an alien setting with fascinating magic science going on (which should be like being a kid in a candy shop for him), but he’ll also be in a place where the average citizen can probably recover from being punched through a wall (and probably punch each other through walls regularly), and if Bruce were to suddenly snap, there exists warriors and technology of such a caliber that the rampage may actually be subdued before too much collateral damage is suffered. 

Asgard could be a place where Bruce feels comfortable in his own skin and can allow himself to feel like he belongs. It can be a home for him. 

And if there’s going to be any Hulk vs Thor going on, I’d like Marvel to subvert what one would expect from the fight. Instead of a death match, it could be a sparring match. Think about it, outside of the obligatory rampage scenes, Hulk has been pretty cooperative and intelligent in the Avengers movies. He even operated some Quinjet controls at the end of AoU. I think Hulk is primed for a departure from the animal minded brute that he’s been since the first movie.

So I think Hulk would be capable of expanding his knowledge at this point of his existence (and hopefully will be able to engage in dialogue too). He may also be willing to learn from Thor. Would he be a prized pupil? Not necessarily. What he learns from Thor could be more a crude mimic with the same Hulk flair, but the movie could equip him with some techniques that will serve him well in the final battle. 

And besides, with that context, their rematch could be a montage of them gleefully smashing each other’s faces in and then laughing it off later. Such a scene could demonstrate them letting loose in an appropriate fighting area, establishing new feats for the both of them without the baggage of the narrative of Thor having to stop Hulk. Leave the high stakes and desperation to the part of the story where the shit hits the fan and both Thor and Hulk are the underdogs to a larger threat. 

And speaking of the final battle, I do understand that it’s part of the Hulk mythos that Bruce be surrounded by tragedy. Unfortunately for him, he’s going to Asgard in a movie called Ragnarok. So Marvel, you want to create drama in Bruce’s arc in Thor 3? Give him happiness and a place in Asgard. Then tear it all away. Leave him broken and angry as he watches his paradise burn to the ground. Such a thing can make him angrier (and sadder) than we’ve ever seen him in the MCU to date. 

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(NOTE: All the proposed scenarios are just that. Propositions. These aren’t even very speculative either, since so little is known so far about the plot of Thor: Ragnarok. At least, no in-detail plot synopses have come to my attention yet. So I guess this is all just what I hope we may see.)