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How I feel whenever you come up on my dash and/or in my email notifs <3

omg this is so cute hahaha

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Marvel Trumps Hate is looking for people to join our team!

Consider this our official announcement: Marvel Trumps Hate is coming back for our eighth year! 

We’re preparing for another awesome auction, and the first thing on our to-do list is finding more event mods. While we're a well-oiled machine at this point, it's a lot of work to keep an event of this size going, and we'd love to have new mods join our ranks to bolster our team.

You do not need to be a Marvel aficionado (don't worry, we're not going to quiz you on your Marvel knowledge) or know the ins and outs of MTH to apply, nor do you need to come with years of event organizing experience or be an expert on Wordpress, Google Sheets, etc. as we'll be training you in all aspects of modding. We're looking first and foremost for enthusiasm and dedication; someone who is eager to learn and continue with the team, not just be a one-time mod for this year, would be a great fit. 

Also, please note that if you’re on the event team, you can still participate in the auction! On the flip side, if you only want to help out as a team member, you’re not obligated to offer fanworks or bid on anything in the auction.

If you’re interested in joining our team, please email marveltrumpshate@gmail.com and include the following information:

Confirmation that you’re over 18 (just let us know you're 18+; we're not asking you to share your personal info!)

The best way to contact you

Availability: 

Please let us know what time zone you’re in and what days/how many hours per week you can commit to MTH from the start of September to the start of November. 

Are you interested in modding beyond this year? (It's okay if you don't know what future years will look like for you, but ideally, we're looking for someone who hopes to continue working with us, if possible.)

Experience/skills: Please state if you have any experience running fandom auctions or other fandom events and any skills you believe will be handy (e.g., you’re a Google Sheets expert). Previous experience is preferred but not necessary although if you don't have, say, spreadsheet experience, please let us know why you're confident you can pick up skills quickly.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. You can reach us by email, Tumblr Messenger, askbox, or DM on Twitter or Bluesky. Thank you!

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Chapters: 12/12 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Tony Stark Characters: Tony Stark, Peter Parker, Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Age Difference, Past-Tony/Ty, Past-Infidelity, Divorced Tony, almost, Summer Fling, Happy Ending, University Student Steve, 20-year age gap, Rugby, Getting Together, dad tony, Tony is Peter's Dad, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Explicit Sex

Summary: Mid-divorce, the last person Tony is willing to find a second chance at love with is his son's friend, Steve. Steve is hot, unquestionably. But he's twenty years younger than Tony, is a friend of Tony's son, Peter, is a university student, and is twenty years younger.

It's not going to work. He's just going to stay away from Steve.

Okay...he can't stay away from Steve, but it's just going to be a summer fling, nothing more.

Okay...

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Wipdate!

Well. It's been like three years since I've done one of these, hahaha, but I've been missing fandom life so I thought it'd be fun to share an update of where I'm sitting. Toddlers manage to take like 140% of your time and energy, even though they sleep a lot, so I've mostly just been parenting, but I've been getting the writing bug lately, so there's very slow progress, but progress nonetheless.

Basically, I have a list of fics I want to make sure I finish. They're the ones it would break my heart to look back on twenty years from now and realize I put all that time and those words into something that never got shared. I haven't been having new ideas very much, so I'm putting all my creative energy into things I've either promised to other people or to myself.

I'm not going to list everything I've posted since my last wipdate, since that was a looong time ago and you can always sort my works page chronologically! But here's the latest ones...

Posted:

Do Not Reply  - Tony replies to a Do Not Reply email address thinking he's shouting into the void. Spoiler alert: he's not. Runaway Train - Preserum Steve and Prince Tony meet cute. Entwined - The aftermath of Ults Stony being magically soulbound and then separated. Lost and Found - Winteriron - Bucky finds a lost dog. Vacation Days - SHIELD needs Steve to take his PTO Sanguinary Revelations - Tony and Steve go on a date with a twist Kindly Calm Me Down - Ults Steve knows how to calm his Tony down after a mission First Christmas - Stony's first xmas as parents Even of My Secret Soul - Secret soulmates

Updating:

Second Chance Summer - Stony with a 20yr age gap. Pre-written and posting on Saturdays. Up to chapter eight. A Good Thing - Comic collab with Askafroa - Alpha!Tony and Omega!Therapist!Steve - almost done! Yet I Will Try the Last - Truck Stop Hooker AU with hooker!Steve and flashy billionaire, Tony Stark. Up to chapter four! (I swear I haven't given up on this) Held Remix - A rewrite of Held with Tony as the sub and Steve as the Dom. Up to chapter twenty-nine. Ashy and I are making a point of getting our chaptered version of Held edited and posted, and then we're cracking on with Remix. We may or may not do both seasons, but we're at least going to finish out S1.

Beta Queue:

Bro Code -  This is one of my 2023 MTH fics Rented Family - I started this one in like 2019 and finally finished it. It's a no-powers Ults AU where Tony is dying of his (canon!) brain cancer and Steve is a security specialist/bodyguard who Tony hires to be around while he dies. Yay for finishing old wips!

Wips:

This wiplist is basically just going to be my list of "I'll be sad if I never finish them" fics I mentioned above. I have no plans to stop writing fic entirely, but I'm definitely slowing down, and I want to focus on the stuff that will feel really good to have done so I don't ever leave myself or you guys hanging!

1) Held edit (the chaptered repost) and Held Remix (at least S1). @ashes0909 and I are picking away at it, but between three kids, two jobs, and two timezones, it's slow af. But we'll get there.

2) My other 2023 MTH fic, older professor Tony and young flirty student Steve for @sabrecmc pod bid. It's maybe a third done.

3) My contribution to the Stony Dating Sim game from MTH 2024 (I'm doing Ults Tony as a love interest. If you want to know more, check out @stevetonydatingsim).

4) My Stony Twilight AU. I posted a snippet of it here a long time ago and I've been picking at it ever since. It's at 33k and probably about halfway done.

5) Fangbait 3. My Fangbait series was always intended to have three parts. Two are up already. The third was on hiatus for a long time, but I just abruptly wrote 80% of it last night, so once I get the sex scenes (and a title oh no) done, she'll be good to go!

6) Yet I Will Try the Last has been waiting for waaay too long for an update and I feel really bad about it. It was the one time I experimented with posting an unfinished WIP (mostly because it started as a oneshot and then I started adding to it) and I regretti spaghetti every day that I did that lol. I. Have. Not. Given. Up. I have the outline for the rest, I know what I want to do, I just need to do it.

7) Brooklyn is a canon divergence from right after Avengers 2012 where Stony travels on a modified quinjet together, cleaning up the chitauri weapon's market. It's maybe a third to a half done? Another one I started a loooong time ago and never got my steam back with, but I would really like to. I really like that one.

8) A Venom/Eddie fic from right after the first movie. It's not too long and it's probably also about halfway done, so I believe in myself. It's called Parasite.

9) A collab started a few years ago that I'm not going to out here in case my collab partner doesn't want to do it anymore, but we did a fair bit of it so I'd love to get it done.

Writing comes in little spurts, but I have to pick and choose between my hobbies now, so I just have less time and energy to spend on one thing. I've been trying to read more to fuel the words! I also have OG stuff I'm working on, but that's just as slow as the other stuff lol. I miss you guys! Hope y'all are doing well. (Happy Easter if you celebrate!)

Thanks as always for reading! <3

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SACR - CHAIN SIX

In 2022, I volunteered to be the necessary non-artist needed to run an event we called the Stony Art Chain Relay, and this past fall, with some new friends and some old, we ran it again! This event works by taking a piece of art that focuses on a unique character design for Steve and Tony and passing it, without comment, to the next person in line for them to reimagine it. This continues all the way down the line until you end up with a beautiful (and fascinating!) broken telephone of incredible artwork. All weekend, I'm going to be posting the full art collections from each of the six chains, in order, so you can admire their beautiful work. Be sure to check out the artist credits on each post and tell them how much you love their pieces! <3 Special thanks to @capnstars for helping organize!

Chain: Six Artists (in order): 1) superdecibels (@superdecibels) 2) venomoussoliloquy (@venomous-soliloquy) 3) agron (@jetblackfeeling) 4) DepressingGreenie (@darthbloodorange) 5) capnstars (@capnstars & on bluesky) 6) HT (@hundredthousands) 7) kandisheek (@kandisheek-art)

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SACR - CHAIN FIVE

In 2022, I volunteered to be the necessary non-artist needed to run an event we called the Stony Art Chain Relay, and this past fall, with some new friends and some old, we ran it again! This event works by taking a piece of art that focuses on a unique character design for Steve and Tony and passing it, without comment, to the next person in line for them to reimagine it. This continues all the way down the line until you end up with a beautiful (and fascinating!) broken telephone of incredible artwork. All weekend, I'm going to be posting the full art collections from each of the six chains, in order, so you can admire their beautiful work. Be sure to check out the artist credits on each post and tell them how much you love their pieces! <3 Special thanks to @capnstars for helping organize!

Chain: Five Artists (in order): 1) oluka (@oluka) 2) DepressingGreenie (@darthbloodorange) 3) superdecibels (@superdecibels) 4) kandisheek (@kandisheek-art) 5) capnstars (@capnstars & on bluesky) 6) agron (@jetblackfeeling) 7) Lord Lady Gigi (@ladygigiart)

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SACR - CHAIN FOUR

In 2022, I volunteered to be the necessary non-artist needed to run an event we called the Stony Art Chain Relay, and this past fall, with some new friends and some old, we ran it again! This event works by taking a piece of art that focuses on a unique character design for Steve and Tony and passing it, without comment, to the next person in line for them to reimagine it. This continues all the way down the line until you end up with a beautiful (and fascinating!) broken telephone of incredible artwork. All weekend, I'm going to be posting the full art collections from each of the six chains, in order, so you can admire their beautiful work. Be sure to check out the artist credits on each post and tell them how much you love their pieces! <3 Special thanks to @capnstars for helping organize!

Chain: Four Artists (in order): 1) lai (@laidraws) 2) capnstars (@capnstars & on bluesky) 3) kandisheek (@kandisheek-art) 4) oluka (@oluka) 5) superdecibels (@superdecibels) 6) DepressingGreenie (@darthbloodorange) 7) venomoussoliloquy (@venomous-soliloquy)

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SACR - CHAIN THREE

In 2022, I volunteered to be the necessary non-artist needed to run an event we called the Stony Art Chain Relay, and this past fall, with some new friends and some old, we ran it again! This event works by taking a piece of art that focuses on a unique character design for Steve and Tony and passing it, without comment, to the next person in line for them to reimagine it. This continues all the way down the line until you end up with a beautiful (and fascinating!) broken telephone of incredible artwork. All weekend, I'm going to be posting the full art collections from each of the six chains, in order, so you can admire their beautiful work. Be sure to check out the artist credits on each post and tell them how much you love their pieces! <3 Special thanks to @capnstars for helping organize!

Chain: Three Artists (in order): 1) Lord Lady Gigi (@ladygigiart) 2) kandisheek (@kandisheek-art) 3) DepressingGreenie (@darthbloodorange) 4) capnstars (@capnstars & on bluesky) 5) venomoussoliloquy (@venomous-soliloquy) 6) superdecibels (@superdecibels) 7) HT (@hundredthousands)

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SACR - CHAIN TWO

In 2022, I volunteered to be the necessary non-artist needed to run an event we called the Stony Art Chain Relay, and this past fall, with some new friends and some old, we ran it again! This event works by taking a piece of art that focuses on a unique character design for Steve and Tony and passing it, without comment, to the next person in line for them to reimagine it. This continues all the way down the line until you end up with a beautiful (and fascinating!) broken telephone of incredible artwork. All weekend, I'm going to be posting the full art collections from each of the six chains, in order, so you can admire their beautiful work. Be sure to check out the artist credits on each post and tell them how much you love their pieces! <3 Special thanks to @capnstars for helping organize!

Chain: Two Artists (in order): 1) capnstars (@capnstars & on bluesky) 2) Lord Lady Gigi (@ladygigiart) 3) lai (@laidraws) 4) superdecibels (@superdecibels) 5) agron (@jetblackfeeling) 6) HT (@hundredthousands) 7) kandisheek (@kandisheek-art) 8) DepressingGreenie (@darthbloodorange)

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SACR - CHAIN ONE

In 2022, I volunteered to be the necessary non-artist needed to run an event we called the Stony Art Chain Relay, and this past fall, with some new friends and some old, we ran it again! This event works by taking a piece of art that focuses on a unique character design for Steve and Tony and passing it, without comment, to the next person in line for them to reimagine it. This continues all the way down the line until you end up with a beautiful (and fascinating!) broken telephone of incredible artwork. All weekend, I'm going to be posting the full art collections from each of the six chains, in order, so you can admire their beautiful work. Be sure to check out the artist credits on each post and tell them how much you love their pieces! <3 Special thanks to @capnstars for helping organize!

Chain: One Artists (in order): 1) kandisheek (@kandisheek-art) 2) venomoussoliloquy (@venomous-soliloquy) 3) capnstars (@capnstars & on bluesky) 4) lai (@laidraws) 5) DepressingGreenie (@darthbloodorange) 6) superdecibels (@superdecibels)

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To say that we’re beyond devastated and at a loss for words barely scratches the surface of what we’re feeling in the wake of the U.S. election, and it’s been a struggle to figure out what to say and how to speak with impassioned clarity when we're muddling through fury, heartbreak, and fear. So what we did was go back to our 2018 "thank you" post to all of our creators, bidders, signal boosters, and supporters to reflect on the beginnings of MTH and where we can go from here.

When Marvel Trumps Hate was created, it was made with the hope that our name would outlast Trump. We would fight to eradicate the hate that he and his ilk have sown and continue to spread and not only survive but also thrive in spite of it. That Trump would be re-elected six years later by a bigger, more emphatic margin, with the Republicans taking the House and Senate, is a damning indication of the state of the U.S. today and a result that is of extreme concern for everyone in the U.S. and around the world.

In many ways, it’s dispiriting that not only have a lot of things not changed since MTH was founded, but they’ve also become actively worse and more dysfunctional. But the difference between 2018 and 2024 is that while our anger hasn’t gone away, our rage is now accompanied with a better, more clear-eyed understanding of what’s broken and what actions need to be taken. We know what needs fixing—and what works.

What works is community. We may not be able to put our trust in certain systems and people in power, but we can lean on and take care of one another. We have to and we will. How do we know this? Because you’ve all shown that since the beginning. We were reminded of it when reading our 2018 post and thinking about the past six years of MTH. Like we said in our closing message at the end of this year’s auction, it’s easy to feel defeated, but time and time again, we’ve learned that the most important thing is to show up even if you’re unsure of what impact you can have as just one person. Every year, that’s what you all do.

Hope doesn’t come from nowhere. We have to create it ourselves. And while there are dark days ahead of us, what we have to hold onto as we march forward, what lights our way, is the knowledge that you’re doing just that. This year’s auction is proof of it.

This year, 180 "Marvel"-ous creators came forward to offer 293 auctions. They offered 360 unique platonic and romantic relationships and character-centric options (if we include "all ships/gen"-inclusive relationships, this number is even higher) across 40 universes within the Marvel multiverse.

This spirit of inclusion goes beyond trying to encompass as much of the Marvel fandom as possible and can be seen in our auction and charity results too. Every one of 293 auctions was bid on, and every one of our 30 supported charities received donations. As ever, we’re in awe of your commitment to supporting all our creators and charities.

As for the crowning achievement, the culmination of our efforts, the grand total we raised this year is…

Wow. This is the most we’ve ever raised in a single MTH auction (other than our Spiders Georg 2021 auction), and you shattered the record for the highest amount donated to a charity AGAIN, with $9,420.62 going to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) too. This is all the more impressive considering it was accomplished by the second-to-smallest number of creators and auctions we had. It goes to show that no matter how small you are, you can pack a punch if you team up.

You can see the effort of our teamwork and the breakdown of the donations here (to enlarge the image, click here and hover to see the donation amount per charity).

We’ve also listed the amount raised per charity on our 2024 auction results page.

Creators, we couldn't have started this auction without you. Your commitment to the event, whether you return every year, made a surprise welcome return after a break, or are new and took what we know can be a scary jump into the event, moves us. It’s hard putting yourself out there, and we applaud you for it.

Bidders, your willingness to duke it out helps us raise as much money as we do. We’ve seen some wild things though what always astonishes us the most is that most donations are small ones including a lot of those crazily high winning bids—so many of them were the result of people pooling their five dollars together! This has been consistently the case since MTH began and is a testament to the ripple effect you can have if you’re part of something bigger than yourself.

We also owe our success to our amazing signal boosters. There can’t be an auction without any participants so to every fandom community Tumblr and Discord mod and every individual who shared our posts and encouraged their fandom friends to sign up and/or bid, thank you so much. Together, we reached hundreds of fantastic creators and bidders from all corners of the Marvel fandom, many of whom we didn't know and some who were hearing about us for the first time (and some who made the leap after sitting on the fence for years which is awesome).

Thank you all. We’re so touched by the massive number of people who donated above and beyond their pledged amount, creators who took on multiple auctions and offered multiple winner slots, and bidders who accepted their second-place wins with such eagerness. We also had people make donations in the spirit of MTH even though they didn’t win an auction, which was beyond generous. This year, we saw a record number of people doing that (even someone who was no longer part of the Marvel fandom but wanted to support what we were doing), especially in the wake of the U.S. election, and it made us very emotional to see such compassion.

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for helping us turn our seventh Marvel Trumps Hate auction into such a fantastic experience. We cherish every single message of love and support that we received and continue to receive on our Discord server and through DMs, Tumblr messages, emails, tweets, etc., and they as well as your generosity have buoyed us since September and the past two days in particular.

If you'd like to stay updated on all of the 2024 Marvel Trumps Hate fills, follow us and/or check out the "mth 2024" tag on our Tumblr. You’ll also be able to find works posted on AO3 in our Marvel Trumps Hate 2024 collection and links to fills in our Discord server, which you can join to brainstorm prompts, chat about fills, and find out about other fandom events.

And with that, MTH 2024 has officially come to a close. Thank you once again to everyone who volunteered their services, time, money, and platforms to spread the word. We hope that these results have bolstered your belief that you can make a difference as well as your determination to stand back up after being knocked down and defiantly say, “I can do this all day.”

Because we have to. For those of us who have suffered, for those of us who are in the most danger now, for those of us who have died at the hands of the evil and cruel in power and are no longer with us. For all of us who are still here. Because we all deserve to be here, safe, cared for, and alive.

So let’s get back up. Let’s get to work.

Yours in solidarity, Your 2024 MTH mods

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I am offering crafts for MTH this year! I have two auctions with different items and I'll put them in separate posts.

My first auction is an Iron Man backpack!

Handmade by me! Iron Man outside, red lining, and gold zippers. The zippers and buckles are metal. I made another bag from the same pattern for my son's daycare bag and I love it! It's quite big and it holds a ton of stuff. It has elastic pockets on both sides, perfect for a water bottle and phone. Front zipper pocket and front zipper pouch, and a large main section with three elastic divided pockets. This bad boy is starting at only $40 and every single cent will go to charity! Go sign up to bid now!

The auction starts Saturday night at midnight!

CHECK OUT THE AUCTION HERE!

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Get a load of my second auction for MTH this year!

CHECK IT OUT HERE

Do you need a baby shower gift some time soon? Is there a baby or a baby-to-be in your life? Do you want to use your own child as a way to advertise your love for the Avengers?

LOOK NO FURTHER! This baby set is handmade by yours truly. It comes with a smock-style baby bib (which is hands down my favourite type of bib to use for Ferretling - I use them every day), a pair of wee booties for wee toes, and a more subtley fannish diaper clutch, big enough for a few essentials when you're on the go, so you don't need to lug the whole diaper bag around.

It is currently only at TWELVE DOLLARS. That is a steal my friends.

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A special shout out to @massivespacewren for the wonderful artwork!

Marvel Trumps Hate has kicked off with a bang! If you like the sound of this prompt and would love to see it written by some really talented folks reach out to kabe!

only $5 minimum to join!

That's about the same price as a cup of coffee, and you'll get a wonderful story from some really talented writers.

Allow yourself to feel the satisfaction of money well spent as your donation goes directly to charity! It feels good to give back, and even better when you get a little something for yourself in the process.

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A special shout out to @massivespacewren for the wonderful artwork!

Marvel Trumps Hate has kicked off with a bang! If you like the sound of this prompt and would love to see it written by some really talented folks reach out to kabe!

only $5 minimum to join!

That's about the same price as a cup of coffee, and you'll get a wonderful story from some really talented writers.

Allow yourself to feel the satisfaction of money well spent as your donation goes directly to charity! It feels good to give back, and even better when you get a little something for yourself in the process.

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I am offering crafts for MTH this year! I have two auctions with different items and I'll put them in separate posts.

My first auction is an Iron Man backpack!

Handmade by me! Iron Man outside, red lining, and gold zippers. The zippers and buckles are metal. I made another bag from the same pattern for my son's daycare bag and I love it! It's quite big and it holds a ton of stuff. It has elastic pockets on both sides, perfect for a water bottle and phone. Front zipper pocket and front zipper pouch, and a large main section with three elastic divided pockets. This bad boy is starting at only $40 and every single cent will go to charity! Go sign up to bid now!

The auction starts Saturday night at midnight!

CHECK OUT THE AUCTION HERE!

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Hi ferret ❣️ Hope you and the ferretling are doing fine! Me and a fellow fandom friend were talking about how much we love your fics and how we miss you a little..

Just letting you know you and your work are very appreciated and hopefully all is fell in ferretworld!

Thank you so much! This is so sweet. We are doing super well. Ferretling just started daycare today!! It's going to be a tough transition for both of us, but maybe I'll find some time to write, now that my days are more open ;)