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[intrepidacious]

✩ upcoming wips

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i haven't been posting a lot lately because i'm a slow writer and life has been kicking my butt but i've wanted to let you take a peek at what i've been cooking up in the background!!

what little attention i have at the moment has been going into time after time but there's a lot of ideas constantly swirling around in my head and i've wanted a place to put some of them. shockingly, these aren't even all of my wips. yeah, i know.

this is just a snapshot of the most prominent fic ideas i've been working on at the moment which means that plots and especially titles might still get changed. also i'm not committing to any sort of schedule with these so keep that in mind :')

please feel free to ask questions about any and all of these and i'll do my best to answer <3

✩ one shots

a smile that cold - ransom drysdale x f!reader - au inspired by daphne du maurier's rebecca - (well, mostly by its musical adaptation, which is great) - i'm going full gothic/seasonally spooky vibes in this one - tropes: widower remarries, mystery, dark-ish (well, there's murder), perhaps a hint of spice - status: mostly done, but still missing a chunk in the middle

to home afar - bucky barnes x freader - the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society au - (oh yes we're going there) - i love this book and this au so much but i just haven't had the time to focus on it - tropes: 40s!bucky, dad!bucky, writer!reader, one (1) broken engagement, fitzsimmons appearance, hints of epistolary storytelling, pen pals to friends to lovers - status: about halfway done, still missing some connective tissue

all that's been (and all that won't) - bucky barnes x f!reader - buffy the vampire slayer au - tropes: slayer!reader, vampire hunter!bucky, friends to lovers, inspired by me rereading all the vampire knight manga so if you know those you'll see the twist coming, canon-typical violence - status: conception phase, some scenes written

stay here forever - 40s!bucky barnes x f!reader - a continuation of first date, last night - this was a plan ever since i posted that story and yet - tropes: friends to lovers, mutual pining resolved, tfa!bucky, kinda angsty, will probably get another part … - status: mostly written, missing connective tissue

just for spite - bucky barnes x witch!reader - originally inspired by a moodboard by @treatbuckywkisses - this has been sitting in my drafts for an embarrassingly long time - might end up being a collection of loosely connected one shots - tropes: post tfatws!bucky, practical magic vibes, there's a cat, slow burn? maybe? - status: first part done, some more scenes written

death becomes him - steve rogers x grim reaper!reader - inspired by a mix of meet joe black, elisabeth (the musical, not the movie), the fairy tale godfather death, and the show dead like me - this is such a weird idea and i need to write it so bad - tropes: canon-compliant-ish, slow burn, artist!steve, will probably include time jumps, dark-ish for obvious reasons - status: random scenes written

tomorrow - steve rogers x reader - inspired by the river song storyline in doctor who - (yes you read that right) - i love using my most random au ideas for steve, i think this works so well and i'm so excited about it - tropes: opposing timelines, kind of slow burn kind of established relationship, goes through steve's entire mcu timeline - status: scenes written, writing time shenanigans is tiring if that's all you do though :')

ghost light - lighthouse keeper!steve rogers x reader - (yeah) - this one is so random but i cannot stop thinking about it - tropes: retired!steve, maybe a little angsty but it's fine really, either writer!reader or barista!reader - status: vibes and like two paragraphs

mirror's image - endings, beginnings!frank x reader - fic based on "why'd you only call me when you're high" by the arctic monkeys - tropes: fwb, drug consumption, angst and spice, idk if this will have a happy ending or not - status: about one third done

✩ series / AUs

dear heart, it's me - anthology based on the amazing devil's album "the horror and the wild" - listen for vibes 😌 - will probably posted for a milestone celebration - pairings include: stucky, bucky barnes x reader, natasha romanoff x reader, wanda maximoff x reader, jefferson x reader, steve harrington x reader (more tbd) - status: one fic stuck in revision, three more started, real excited for one additional one atm

nothing else will do - continuation/expansion of my rewritten drabble - think medieval-ish fantasy vibes, once upon a time with some princess bride thrown in there - pairings include: outlaw/pirate!steve rogers x reader, knight!bucky barnes x reader - status: lots of daydreaming and some random scenes put onto paper

occupy my brain - continuing these two drabbles - ransom drysdale x reader - there will be at least two more chapters but i am aiming to keep this one short and sweet - status: it’s more or less planned out, if only someone would finish writing it down that’d be great

come fly with me - introducing my pilot!bucky au!! - i’m not sure where it came from either but i’m having fun and it grew out of my control fast - series of connected one shots within the same universe - (i also have plans for sam and steve with this one!!) - status: not a priority rn, but i have a couple of ideas floating around my brain

read you like a book - library au!! - you’ve already been introduced to this universe’s bucky and steve and i love them dearly - status: again, not a priority at the moment but they’re coming

something bout you - beloved - ngl returning to this one is probably gonna hurt but i still want it to exist - college au steve rogers x reader - this is my childhood friends fake dating au that i made up for ren - status: hopefully i will return to this one day after tat is done

i feel awkward tagging people in this but do feel free to reblog this and do tell me about your favourites lmao okay have a nice weekend 🫶🏼

[iam93percentstardust]

oh no! you have no choice: you must swap the 'real' canon mcu tony stark with a tony from one of your fics (canon compliant, canon divergent, au — it's up to you). they have to blend in each other's universes for 72h, then they can go back safely.

one of them can be briefed about the world they're going into, while the other will wake up in a different universe with no explanation whatsoever. if either of them raise any suspicions that they don't belong there, the tva will come get them and it's bye-bye forever.

which one of your tonys do you trust with this, and do you choose to brief them, or do you brief the og tony instead? how do you think things will unfold?

Now here's a question (and I'm interested in hearing your own answer, or anyone else who wants to tack onto this)

I don't know if you've read this one since I don't know if you've read my winterironfalcon fics, but I'm going with switching out Marvels Unsolved Tony and he's the one getting briefed.

First of all, Marvels Unsolved Tony is already aware of the existence of superheroes (or at least Captain America), so it's not as much of a culture shock being dropped into the MCU canon world.

Secondly, canon Tony is a master bullshitter who was able to convince an entire group of terrorists, who collectively had enough information to know what a missile should look like, that he was building a missile and not an armored suit for three months straight. Three days would be nothing for him, even with the added bonus of getting dropped into a mostly no-powers world where he's twenty years younger and dating two men.

Now, I do think that, in a crisis, Marvels Unsolved Tony could also be as fantastic a bullshitter as canon Tony. But the big reason he's getting the brief and not canon Tony is because I think he'd need a quick lowdown on how to fly the armor. As with canon Tony, the biggest shock for him is that he's dating a woman, but I think he'd be able to roll with the punches, especially if this is Iron Man trilogy era where he's somewhat more isolated from everyone else.

I think it'd be very stressful for both of them, and they'd both spend several days being cossetted by their respective partners once they're returned home, but I do think they'd be able to pull it off

[mischief-lies-and-stories]

Shameless Plug Saturday

I've titled this like I'm going to make this a regular thing, but I'm for sure not. I'm uncomfortable about promoting my own writing but my more recent fic doesn't seem to be visible in the reblog link in the appropriate tags, so I'm just going to make a separate post. (So maybe it's a little bit of shame shameless plug. Shameless Plug Saturday with a Side of Unconscious Cringing) Anyway

This Misery Will Suffice: Loki/Sigyn; Vaguely MCU-compliant (does not follow Loki); 18,818 words

Nothing Matters at the End of the World: Loki/Mobius; 5+1 things; Loki, post-season 1, canon-compliant through season 1; 11,524 words

Choose Me: Loki/Mobius; Theo Bell/Loki; Loki, mostly canon-compliant through season 1; doesn't follow Loki: Where Mischief Lies as closely as the show, but references it liberally; 12,102 words

[mthofferings]

Sayah1112

See Sayah1112’s existing works here and here.

Preferred contact methods: Discord: selip Email: sayahwrites@hotmail.com Tumblr: sayahs-corner

Preferred organizations: - Assistance Dogs International - Center for Reproductive Rights - Médecins San Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) - National Disaster Search Dog Foundation - Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) (See the list of approved organizations here)

Will create works that contain: Alternate Universe, Enemies to Lovers, Dubious Consent, ID porn, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Omegaverse, Powerdynamics are all my jam. I will do those all day, every day. As far as AUs go, I've dabbled in Werewolf, Shifter, A/B/O centric, BDSM, Aliens, Fantasy, College, etc I'm open to most AUs, and I do enjoy a challenge.

Will not create works that contain: I really don't write gore, main character death, or angst without a happy ending (or at least a happy for now). I don't do bodily fluids (scat, watersports, unclean themes/play). For the t-shirt auction, I'm fine with having anything on it as long as it's not racist or inflammatory.

  -- Fic or Other Writing --

Auction ID: 1044

Will create works for the following relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - 616, MCU Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - 616, MCU Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark - 616, MCU

Work Description: I'm auctioning off a 5k word one-shot for a minimum bid of $15. For every additional $5 I will add another 1k words, maxing out at 15k words. I write mainly Stony romance/smut, but have been known to dabble in Stuckony, and WinterIron. I've also written a Bucky/Steve/Clint one-shot in the past. Basically, if it has Tony in there, I can probably write it. I don't write canon compliant fic, I'm strictly an AU writer. If you have a pairing or AU that you'd like me to write, please feel free to reach out to me. I suck at filling these things out and I'm pretty open to most things. I swear I don't bite. Anymore. :)

Ratings: Mature, Explicit

Can pods bid on this auction? Yes - Podbids welcome!

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-- Beta Service --

Auction ID: 2030

Will create works for the following relationships: Tony Stark/Any - Any Universe Steve Rogers/Any - Any Universe Bucky Barnes/Any - Any Universe Tony Stark-centric - Any Universe Steve Rogers-centric - Any Universe James "Bucky" Barnes-centric - Any Universe Peter Parker-centric - Any Universe Wade Wilson-centric - Any Universe Clint Barton-centric - Any Universe Bruce Banner-centric - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering 6 months of Cheer Reading or Alpha Reading for a minimum bid of $10. Let's talk fic! Whether you need someone to keep you motivated, tell you all the juiciest parts of your fic and what makes it great, or you're looking for someone to help you plot and bounce ideas off of, I'm your girl Friday. There's absolutely nothing more I like doing than reading good fic, and plotting. My favorite part is that I don't have to write it! That's your job, my talented author friend. I love me some Stony, Stuckony, or WinterIron BUT HONESTLY - it doesnt matter. I'm happy to read whatever you've written. I'm pretty much down to read everything though I'm mostly familiar with 616, MCU, and the Deadpool movies. I have very little triggers and read mainly M or E rated fics. But again, if you want me to read a nice, fluffy, genfic I have literally no probelm with that. I can be just a cheer reader (no plotting or brain storming sessions needed) or an Alpha reader, or a mix of both. Let me help you in whatever capacity you need for the low, low, price of a $10 donation to a good cause. For the sake of transparency I will admit that what I can't do is grammar. I'm terrible at it (shame, shame) which you may have picked up from this rambling description!

Ratings: Gen, Teen, Mature, Explicit

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-- Craft or Merchandise --

Auction ID: 3011

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe X-Men fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Iron Man fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Spider-Man fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Deadpool fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Captain America fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Doctor Strange fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Thor fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Ant-Man fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Venom fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe

Work Description: I am auctioning off a custom t-shirt for a minimum bid of $15. Vinyl Colors Available: Black, White, Royal Blue, Grass Green, Cranberry Red, Gold, Glitter Turquoise, Rainbow Shimmer T-shirts: sizes XS - 5XL available. Reach out with your size to discuss color/type of t-shirt. (color and material vary depending on size) >Tier One at $15: You get a custom t-shirt in the size and color of your choice. >Tier Two at $50: You get a custom t-shirt in the size and color of your choice. You will also receive a custom drink coozie with your favorite character's hero logo/catchphrase. >Tier Three at $75: You get TWO custom t-shirt in the size and colors of your choice. You will also receive a custom drink coozie with your favorite character's logo/catchphrase. Things You Should Know Before You Bid: -I will cover up to $10 in shipping, anything after that the winning bidder is responsible for. -I ship from the US -I will be using a cricut to cut heat transfer vinyl and applying it to the shirt of your choice. -Follow the care instructions to get the most life out of your shirt. -I will be washing the t-shirt first using the laundry detergent dujour (usually gain). -This is a cat and dog friendly house. I will try my hardest to keep the dander away from my workspace, but if you have severe allergies this is something to consider before bidding. -Turn around time is dependent upon availability of materials. Some shirt sizes are online order only and will delay production. I will keep you updated every step of the way. Feel free to reach out to me with any design questions BEFORE you bid. I don't do layered vinyl. I also won't make political t-shirts. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me! I don't bite :)

Ratings: Gen

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[ao3feed-irondadspiderson]

I'm Still Standing

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49129957 by Athena_Slytherin Peter Parker was used to pain. Used to losing people. Used to the feeling of grief. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt. It is the worst pain imaginable. Feeling helpless. Alone Sad Angry Lonely Regretful Feeling the Guilt. It felt terrible. And this is where our story begins. With a fourteen-year-old boy named Peter Parker. Peter Parker, someone who was so used to pain that he would do anything and everything in order for no one to ever feel the same way he felt.   Or MCU Events from Peter's perspective Words: 5505, Chapters: 1/8, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: Gen Characters: Peter Parker, May Parker, Harley Keener, Tony Stark, Ben Parker, Michelle Jones, Ned Leeds, Matt Murdock, Wade Wilson, Quentin Beck Relationships: Peter Parker & Tony Stark, May Parker (Spider-Man) & Peter Parker, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Harley Keener, Peter Parker & Michelle Jones, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Ben Parker & Peter Parker, Matt Murdock & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Wade Wilson Additional Tags: OOC Peter Parker, (slightly ig), but he becomes more and more ooc, Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Hurt/Comfort, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Harley Keener & Peter Parker are Best Friends, Blood and Violence, Violence, Canonical Character Death, Canon Compliant, mostly - Freeform, Peter Parker and Harley Keener are Science Children, Attempt at Humor, Angst, Peter Parker-centric, Movie: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming - Freeform, Movie: Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Movie: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), BAMF Peter Parker, Protective Harley Keener, Protective May Parker (Spider-Man), Protective Peter Parker, Genius Peter Parker, Irondad, Mental Health Issues, Peter Parker Curses, Peter Parker is a Little Shit, Peter Parker Has Nightmares, Peter Parker has PTSD, Peter Parker Has Panic Attacks, Peter Parker Has Trust Issues, Hurt Peter Parker, Tags May Change, Peter Parker is a Mess, Background Relationships, MCD is not Peter, graphic description of violence, why is that not a tag, Minor canon divergence, Harley Keener as Iron Lad read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/49129957

[thompsborn]

!! the return of harley “daddy issues” keener (or is it mostly new angst? or mostly, like, physical?)

okay i love all these anons but also i am trying So Hard to not spoil things omg. please send more but also if i lowkey spoil something eventuallly it’s not my fault !! it actually definitely is entirely my fault but shhh

but anyways, kind of and also kind of not?

so like, in to build a family harley and peter are teenagers, but not like homeward bound. they’re high schoolers still, yk? they’re younger and haven’t gone through all the things that homeward bound harley and peter have gone through. i only bring up tbaf because obviously harley has Daddy Issues™ in tbaf. even before the second fic when his dad dies and he has to deal with that—in the first fic there’s a part where harley reminds his sister of their dad bc of how he left to go to new york and it’s this whole moment, yk? but he’s younger in tbaf and since tbaf is like not at all canon compliant to the mcu, they’ve gone through a lot less in comparison to hb, yk?

i say all that because while daddy issues are an ongoing lifelong thing for homeward bound harley, they aren’t as detrimental or as Big as they are in tbaf or other fics i’ve written where that comes up. hb harley is still effected by his daddy issues but he’s 18, he’s in college, he died for 5 years and came back to find out tony died, he has some family stuff that will be further explored and explained in the sequel with his mom and sister, and now also he has peter and the knowledge that peter is spider-man and the heaviness that comes with peter’s tragedies and past as well.

it’s a heaviness he’s okay with, don’t get me wrong, he’s more than happy to be there for peter and to learn these things and has been curious about peter since the first time peter walked into late night (again, will be explained more in the sequel!) but it’s heavy nonetheless, you know?

essentially, in the grand scheme of things, while he’s still impacted by his daddy issues, he also just… doesnt care anymore? like not caring doesn’t erase the impact but also he barely thinks of his dad and when he does he doesnt feel angry or upset or any of the things he felt in the past about his dad leaving, he just… doesnt care. he’s been through so much at this point that it’s just Another Thing. he’s desensitized to it to the point that like, why does it matter? it doesn’t.

there’s a part in hb, i can’t remember which chapter but it’s a small texting segment in one of the chapters where harry talks about him harley and peter making a no dad’s club for funsies and in that text convo harley mentions that he has a dad he just doesnt know where he is and doesn’t care enough to find out.

also, to answer that last part—it’s new angst that includes physical stuff! there’s gonna be… a lot lmao. i have a lot of things planned for this series, a lot of ideas taken from various comics, from the movies, from the games, etc. i’m even planning to read through plotlines for some of the animated series to see if there’s any additional ideas to draw from there.

but like, think of it this way, i guess: harley cares. a LOT. like some of his remaining daddy issues have developed in the form of being a bit slow to trust new people, but like he’s mentioned in the fic, once he chooses to care about someone, he is ALL IN. he is COMMITTED. and now that he knows about peter being spidey and is actively choosing to be involved in that, his instincts and his heart are going to want to do anything and everything he can to help.

okay actually sorry this answer is SO long BUT i remembered something i had harley say and i went back and looked and in chapter three he tells peter “my Mama says I have the heart of a protector” and THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IM TRYING TO CONVEY HERE LMAO so THAT is who he is at heart yk?

and peter is gonna be in a lot of dangerous situations as spidey, and as the series goes on people connected to him are going to be in danger because of spidey, and essentially like…. a lot of emotions and a lot of angst and a lot of potential for getting hurt, yk?

i need to stop here because i keep almost saying fuck it and giving an example that is definitely a spoiler but yeah. take that as you will (:

[thedogsled]

Hi friends! Welcome to my Stucky Bingo masterlist. I filled out the whole square, which is exciting for me because in two decades of fandom I've never so much as completed a single line of bingo before. It adds up to a total of 22, 817 new words and three (four) pieces of art, which is pretty darn cool. Hope you enjoy it!

Prompt: B1 AU: Concubine Rating & Warnings: G, None As the siege breaks and the battle wanes, Steve finds himself in Baron Zemo's quarters, where two people are hiding from the bloodlust beyond their curtains. Steve has a choice to make. Link: Looting the Baron's Treasures Prompt: I1 Red Skull Rating & Warnings: Explicit, Rape/Non-Con, Forced masturbation, Clinical voyeurism, Winter Soldier Bucky “So you see, Captain. Your friend is one of us, now. Zola has done an excellent job reprogramming him, don’t you agree?” Link: No Hero N1 "Your work has been a gift to mankind" Rating & Warnings: G, Panic Attacks, Night Terrors, Sleep Paralysis Bucky doesn't sleep well. Sometimes things from the past come back to haunt him. Link: Night Fury G1 Inside Jokes Rating & Warnings: Explicit, Naked butt in the art Tony's birthday presents are always inappropriate, and as usual he's completely outdone himself. Link: Butt Stuff O1 AU: Gang/Mobsters Rating & Warnings: Explicit, Anonymous sex, Internalized homophobia, glory hole When an anonymous voice makes him an offer, Bucky finds it hard to refuse. It's just a little stress relief. Nobody will ever know. Link: Friday Night B2 Enemies to Lovers Rating & Warnings: G, Implied homophobia/Misunderstandings Steve Rogers is a little punk and Bucky has had enough of it. Link: The Playbook I2 Holding Hands Rating & Warnings: G, None After all these years, Steve and Bucky get the life they deserve, and Bucky gets some birthday presents. He's happy to share one with the man he loves. Link: Stucky Bingo September Round Robin 2022 N2 AU: Sports Rating & Warnings: G, None When Russian figure skater Bucky Barnes defects, he can only skate for the Team USA if he skates with a partner. What he and Steve Rogers find together on the ice is golden. Link: Stucky Bingo February Round Robin 2023 G2 Kink: Hot Tub Sex Rating & Warnings: Explicit, PWP without Porn It takes a while to snag a little privacy after the party. Link: Water's Warm O2 Art Format: Explosion of Colors Rating & Warnings: G, None Art! Link B3 Major Injuries Rating & Warnings: G, Blood and injury It wasn’t that he hadn’t noticed Bucky being struck. He’d thrown out his shield to block the worst of the damage from the exploding debris, but he’d noticed Bucky clutching his side throughout the fight. Steve knew. But in the middle of it there had been no opportunity for pause, no moment where he could check that Bucky was okay. He kept moving, and that was what mattered. Link: Stucky Bingo March Round Robin 2023 I3 Space Rating & Warnings: G, None MCU Bucky is the Man on the Wall, and he takes Steve on a little adventure in space. Sad vibes! Link: Picnic on the Moon N3 Free Space (also adopted prompt: Drunken Hookup) Rating & Warnings: Explicit, Semi-Public sex, drunken hookup Bucky is leaving in the morning, and Steve can't let him go without making one last desperate leap of faith. Link: Leap of Faith G3 Steve Coming out of the Ice Wrong Rating & Warnings: Explicit, PWP without porn, Rimming, Sexual dysfunction Steve has a terrible secret, and he's not sure how well Bucky's going to take it. (Please note: Brief HTP mentions but Steve is mistaken, mostly.) Link: Parsnips

O3 Secret Injury Rating & Warnings: G, Blood and Injury Bucky is shot during the prison escape (in The First Avenger). When he realizes on the march home, he has to decide whether or not to tell Steve. (Canon compliant! Not MCD!) Link: Carry Me Home B4 Kink: Tickling Rating & Warnings: Mature, Consensual kink, Breathplay Bucky teaches Steve about one of his kinks, and while at first Steve's not sure if he likes it... Link: Giggles I4 Pic: Shower curtain Rating & Warnings: Explicit, Mutual Masturbation, Shower Sex, NSFW art In which Bucky pulls a prank and then they have to make up. 1471 words + a little NSFW art for flavor Link: Bucky Barnes: Shower Menace N4 Predator/Prey Rating & Warnings: Explicit, None Maybe Steve Rogers needs to get better at stealth. Not that the consequences of losing are all that bad. Link: When the Lights Go Out G4 Avengers Compound Rating & Warnings: G, None Bucky comes home, and Steve can't keep the smile off his face. Link: New Old O4 "Before we get started does anyone want to get out?" Rating & Warnings: Teen, Ableist language “Welcome, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to Avenge Your Love, the newest and biggest show on the Marvel Network, designed to match a man of honor and bravery with the love of his life. I’m Nick Fury, your host for this adventure, and I’m here with Captain Steve Rogers of the U.S. Army. Captain, tell us a little bit about yourself.” Link: Stucky Bingo Round Robin October 2023 B5 Clint Barton/Hawkeye Rating & Warnings: Teen, None Bucky loved his friends, and he didn’t really blame them for interfering. How could he? Clint was right; in the two years since they’d come here together for uni, Bucky’s ladykiller days had spontaneously ended. It was always about Steve, now. Steve this, Steve that. Nevermind that in all that time Bucky had probably said maybe 20 words to the man. Link: Stucky Bingo Round Robin April 2023 I5 AU: Pen Pals Ratings & Warnings: G, None Steve illustrates Captain America A fan writes to him Flirting ensues Link: The Man With the Umbrella N5 Writing format: Stream of consciousness Rating & Warnings: G, Night Terrors, Sleep paralysis, Hurt No Comfort, PTSD Bucky isn't sleeping so well. Link: Locomotive Breath G5 New York Rating & Warnings: G, None Did Bucky go back to HYDRA? Did they recapture him, torture him? Why has he disappeared again? And what can Steve possibly do about it while he's 'resting up OR ELSE' as Sam so sweetly puts it? Link: Broken Hearts (In a Drawer) O5 Kink: Clothed Sex Rating & Warnings: Explicit, Clothed sex, Sex toys under clothing, In public Steve really can't keep his mind on mission planning...not when he knows something the other Avengers don't. Link: Modern Conveniences

Adopted prompt: Sokovia Rating & Warnings: G, None Zemo was right about visiting Sokovia. He needed to come here, needed to see the things that Zemo has lost. Beyond that, it's a good place for some introspection on the things that Bucky himself has lost along the way. It's Steve. He's thinking about Steve. Link: Scars That Never Heal Adopted prompt: Art style: Charcoal Rating & Warnings: G, None “There…might’ve been a bit of a hiccup on the mission.” “A hiccup.” “Just a tiny one.” “Well, I would certainly say that’s tiny alright,” Bucky drawled, moving in closer. “Do I even want to know what sort of tiny hiccup landed you with a baby?” “Would you believe me if I told you that this is actually-ah-Natasha?” Steve grimaced with a shrug. “I think ‘magic’ about sums up the hiccup.” Link: Stucky Bingo Round Robin November 2023 Adopted prompt: Double Agent Rating & Warnings: G, HYDRA Steve Rogers (Steve Rogers is not HYDRA) Steve returns the Infinity stones. Some are far easier than others. Avengers: Endgame Canon Divergence. Link: I Knew Him

[bikananjarrus]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

finally getting around to this, thank you @astromechs for the tag!!

::

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

29

2. What’s your total ao3 word count?

327,391

3. What fandoms do you write for?

mainly star wars and marvel! though i don't write marvel as much anymore (the mcu really burned me too many times lol and just took away a lot of my inspiration/motivation to write for it). so mostly star wars nowadays, but occasionally i will sprinkle in a fic for a different fandom!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

a. we find ourselves when we lose everything else - 519 kudos

b. our time in the dark - 518 kudos

c. risk everything we have (and just let our walls cave in) - 426 kudos

d. if loves elastic (then were we born to test it’s reach) - 391 kudos

e. revelations (come to us in recovery) - 388 kudos

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

no 🙈. weirdly enough, i was a lot better about responding years ago on my ff. net account. but i don't really do it on ao3, honestly because i'm just a little lazy about it lol. but i promise i read every single one and know that if you've ever left a comment, i appreciate it so so much!!

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

probably broken things. it's a romanogers soulmate last words au which ended in a major character death. but you know. last words au, death. it made sense haha.

i've also written a couple canon-compliant character study type fics, including one for natasha romanoff, one for cassian andor/rogue one crew, some for leia organa (post-tfa), and well, none of those end very happily sooooo.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

uhhhhhhh why was this so hard asdffglkhglj. i write a lot of agnst and hurt/comfort lol. but my fic, the weight of your love, is just pure kanera fluff. and these two kanera fics that i've posted on tumblr (but not on ao3 yet), are just silly and fun and fluffy.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

not really, thankfully. i mean, i've gotten some not-so-nice comments in the past (again, mainly on ff.net) but i've never gotten anything super aggressive or confrontational, so i'm grateful to be in nice corners of fandom!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

occasionally yes. typically i insert my smut scenes into longer fics though. (i do have a bunch of unpublished half-written smut fics that i haven't gotten the courage to finish and post yet, bc i'm not always the most confident in my smut writing but maybe one day!)

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

not really. i'm not even the best at coming up with AUs, much less crossovers lol. i think the closest i've gotten to a crossover is an agents of shield/mcu crossover, which shouldn't even BE a crossover, but considering that the mcu never acknowledged AoS, it kinda feels like it is. anyway, wrote a fic where daisy johnson and bucky barnes are bffs, and i'm quite fond of it!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

yeah :/ i had somebody take one of my fics and (related to next question) translate it and put it on wattpad. i couldn't message the author and my attempts to contact wattpad got me nowhere so i kinda just let it go.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

looking at last question, technically yes. but other than that, not yet! i would be very honored if someone wanted to translate one of my fics though, and would have absolutely no problem with it! (so long as they asked and didn't steal it asdkfsjd)

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

only bits and pieces of shared aus with friends for fun, but haven’t published anything.

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

kanera and romanogers, hands down. kanan and hera are more recent, but i fell in love with both their characters and them as a couple so fast, and i absolutely love writing for them. they're going to stick with me forever. and steve and natasha.... my loves. fell in love with them when i saw catws the first time and haven't looked back. they've stuck with me the longest, i think. and even though i don't write marvel as much anymore, i still think about them a lot, and there's a lot of stevenat wips i have that i still hope to finish one day.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

whew ummmmm. there's a couple of romanogers fics (specifically finishing our time in the dark and the follow-up to revelations which is an endgame fix-it) that i have told myself i will finish. and i want to! but it will really take a major push to get me back into the headspace to write for marvel again. genuinely, endgame drained so much of the love and inspiration i had so 😔 i hope i can prove myself wrong one day!

i also have ambitions to do a star wars sequels rewrite, but it feels so big lol, so idk if i'll ever actually get around to finishing it. but the bits i have written for it i have so much love for.

16. What are your writing strengths?

digging deep into character emotions and their headspaces. that's something i really like exploring. also i think i'm pretty good about including small details, particularly with using the different senses and using those to help set the scene, and whatnot. in short, description and emotion are my strong suits!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

humor. i think i can be funny sometimes in my writing, but i definitely don't think i'm as good at humor as other people. and especially funny dialogue and banter, that's something i feel like i have to think about more. so still working on that!

i also don't know if this is a true weakness, but i literally don't know when to stop writing asdfljgldkj. i feel like lately it's so hard for me to write short fics (unless i do it in a mad burst in one sitting). but if i'm thinking a lot about a fic, chances are it's going to be 5k MINIMUM.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

i'm not real comfortable with it, especially if i don't speak the language. if it's a very short phrase or a singular word, i will try to use a translator and other online investigating (and then nicely ask people to correct me in the comments if i'm wrong lol). but if i want to have the character speaking full sentences i will usually type it out in english and then use "they said in [insert language here]" as the tagline.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

if we're going wayyy back, technically the first fic i wrote was a bones fic when i was in middleschool lmao. i wrote it in a notebook, never published it online. but i first posted fics online in high school (as a freshman i think), and i think the first fics i published were for percy jackson and supernatural lol.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

probably revelations. looking at it now, there are certainly things i would change about this one, but i wrote it on and off for 3 years, so i was just really proud when i finally finished it. and there are still a lot of character moments i wrote into this one that i still love.

also you are my solid ground. plot does not really exist in this fic, but i had the best time writing the steve/nat/sam dynamic. literally dream trio.

(real talk, some of my fave fics are ones that i haven't finished yet/haven't published yet. i think my newest favorite fic is the kanan character study one i'm working on now. i still have a little bit to go, but i'm really close to finishing it, and i'm just so proud of it. there's so much about it that i love and i can't wait to share it (hopefully by the end of the year!)).

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no pressure tagging: @effie-trinket and anyone else who would like to participate!

[polizwrites]

PoliZ’s Birthday Self Recs: Pepperony

Indulging myself in the week leading up to my birthday by sharing some  of my favorite MCU/Marvel fics I’ve written, grouped primarily  by  pairing/relationship.

Finishing up with Pepperony - aka  Pepper Potts/Tony Stark.  I’ve written  23 Pepper/Tony fics   and  three (but probably more)  that feature  Pepper & Tony.   Yes, it’s het and yes it’s canon ... and there are some aspects of their MCU relationship that might need work, but IMHO these two truly bring out the best in each other and want the other to be happy, which is a pretty important relationship goal.

Here  - in reverse chronological order  by pub date - are a few of my favorite Pepperony fics I’ve written, at least as of this moment.   If you’d like to know why I picked these particular ones, feel free  to send an ask, and if you go read them, I’d love to hear what you  think, either here or as a  comment on the fic!   Finally, a big shiny No Prize to anyone who  identifies the song that four of these titles came from!

Home of the Brave       

(General, historical AU with dragons [dragon!Steve & rider!Tony], 42,206 words) - Blacksmith and inventor Anthony Stark has convinced himself he is satisfied with his life.  A tragic accident cut his career as an aviator short, so he retreated to upstate New York and a hermit life.   He unintentionally becomes companion to a runty dragonet who is more than he seems, and it turns his life upside-down.  (NOTE:  The Pepperony is a secondary relationship to the  Steve & Tony one,  but plays a fairly significant role in the overall story)

The Sweetest Dream Will Never Do

(General, domestic fluff [mostly], 1300 words)  Tony and Pepper welcome their baby girl into the world;   Harley and Peter join in to celebrate with them.   Mind the warning/tags.

Seeing Red

 (Mature, IM3 canon-compliant, 1517 words) Pepper Potts thought she was falling to her death, but the Extremis virus in her system saved her.  Moments later, she finds herself taking a life.  This is what happens next.

Enumerations       

(General, domestic fluff, canon-compliant, 798 words) A soft, domestic moment with her husband reminds Pepper how lucky she is to have him and their soon-to-be daughter.  

You Give Me Reason To Live       

(Mature, sexy fluff, canon-compatible,  1896 words) Pepper has a very special (and not-so-private) gift planned for Tony.

As I Fall Into View       

(Teen, Post-Endgame grief/mourning, 798 words) - Pepper and Morgan find a way to honor their memories of their lost loved one.

Honorable mention goes to  The Lengths That I Will Go To , which is a Stony fic, but Tony and Pepper have a strong friendship, and I love the way this version of Pepper evolved throughout the story. 

[redvanillabee]

What is the worst meta you have encountered. What claim has been so preposterous that you have contemplated deleting the Internet. Please bless us with others’ failures of critical thinking

Trust me, Mundie, when I say I have wiped most of them from my brain. Otherwise I will surely have gone insane.

I do remember reading something that is clearly a headcanon being billed as a meta. I think it was something for TFATWS; someone was literally headcanoning what Sam and Bucky might have done during the off-screen downtime, either between episodes or in the time-skip in a montage. They were headcanons inspired by canon events and characterisation, sure, but they are theories, speculations, and creative writing on what Sam and Bucky have gone up to in that unmentioned time. Then that OP tagged the post as 'meta' and I just, *facepalm* my child, that is not meta. Meta is analysis. You wrote a headcanon post. Please learn the word.

The actual 'bad' take I've seen isn't one meta, but I see people keep trying to refute it, and it is: the idea that AC/AOS is somehow not MCU canon, and they need Marvel to somehow 'adopt' AC/AOS back and 'make it MCU canon'.

LIke, first of all, AOS literally is an offshoot of MCU; you have the same Coulson as in The Avengers (2012). Same for AC; you have the same Peggy Carter. Please. (Not to mention the fact that James D’arcy’s Jarvis has already been adopted into the MCU, a la Endgame.)

There was this whole deal about how AOS has split off from MCU from S5, and I really don't understand. They say that because Daisy prevented Earth from being shattered by her/Graviton, it has created a new branching timeline and therefore is no longer in the same MCU timeline.

Which. My brother in MCU. Allow me to point you to Agents of SHIELD Season 5 Episode 20.

Thanos was heading to Earth as the events of AOS S5 were unfolding. I really would say when Daisy prevented the Great Quakening from blowing Earth apart, she ensured that the real MCU timeline could continue, that there would still be an Earth for Thanos to land on and for the events of Infinity War to take place. How have they created a branching timeline please enlighten me.

Then those same people were saying that S6 was definitely not in the MCU timeline, because no one got blipped and the team did not address the Snappening. Again, my brother in MCU, do you know which other main MCU team didn’t get blipped? That’s right, OG6 Avengers. Just because no one got blipped doesn’t mean the blip didn’t take place.

As for the whole ‘the blip didn’t get addressed’ thing, I think we can all agree that Marvel is pulling a lot of strings in the background deciding what can/can’t AOS mention, but the plot of S6 does not suggest that it can’t take place concurrently with the aftermath of the blip. Think about how small the scope of S6 and S7 actually is. They were mostly in the Lighthouse, I think there was one park scene, they were in rural Ohio for a while, in a desolate temple somewhere...and then they travelled into the past! For all we know, while Daisy was busy containing that atomic bomb on Sarge’s death mobile, Steve could be out there holding a support group with gay Joe Russo.

There were some points made out there about continuity issues between AC/AOS and main MCU, but like—look, Marvel is three plot points wearing one big trench coat pretending to be one cinematic universe. There are loads of show out there with blatant plot holes or continuity issues, like Glee, but we don’t go around saying ‘x episode of Glee doesn’t count as canon Glee-verse’, right?

(Also. Since the beginning of the MCU, Disney’s been putting more and more Marvel attractions in Disneylands around the world, where the general premise is at least MCU-adjacent if not compliant. If you take a look at those Marvel attractions, you will find that AC/AOS are at least Disneyland-canon. In Avengers Campus Paris, there’s a restaurant furnished as ‘an old SSR facility’ that showed Peggy’s red hat from AC, as well as a picture of Michael Carter. In Hong Kong Disneyland, they put the Blitzkrieg Button in the Howard Stark section of ‘Stark Expo’, regularly play the AOS theme outside the SHIELD building, and feature the 0-8-4 from S1E02 in the SHIELD equipment room.)

So yea. This turned from lowkey dragging bad meta into writing essentially a counter meta.

[ursafootprints]

3, 15, 20, 31, 39

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3. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?

Answered!

15. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?

I m e a n . . . It's gotta be YNYD, haha. It's my favorite, it's the most cinematic by far, I'd love to see the actors' takes on the scenes, and. Well. It's got multiple smut scenes. 👀

20. Describe your perfect writing conditions.

It's Friday, I am riding the "my work week is over" high, and it's approximately 11pm, lmao. (I'm most productive writing-wise between 11pm and 2am and I have accepted that this will never change; I'm sorry that this means I drop my chapters right before bedtime/to be seen first thing in the morning for a substantial subset of readers, lmao.)

31. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?

Mostly loose except in the sense that I just don't generally vibe with full universe-replacement AUs? I feel like MCU fandom as a whole is only very loosely canon-compliant post-Avengers, with everyone cobbling together their own versions of "this part happened but that part didn't; this part is still true but that part isn't" and I'm no exception to that! I pick and choose which parts of canon I want to play with and discard the rest-- just, at least some of the pieces I want to play with do usually come from canon.

39. Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?

Answered!

Thank you for playinggg 💖💖💖

[painted-piggy-ships-archive]

with me planning on trying to make a (mostly) canon compliant mcu s/i, figuring out their in-universe aging is weird

tony’s roughly 38 in the first iron man film, peter quill is 34 in both the guardians films, and thor is millions of years old SO.

i was expecting for a little bit of an age gap between my s/i and tony anyway because y’all know i like my guys older, but how that will affect my s/i with quill specifically i have no idea on yet

[boundless-iridescence]

Verses and AUs

[ Here are the tag/titles for the different verses for my muses and rps. Some may share fandoms and therefor share tags, and some may share AUs and therefor share tags. This is simply to assist me and my partners in keeping up with verses and AUs. ]

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_GENERAL VERSES_

= FF8 =

Squall Canon Divergent

The Lion's Path: Simply put, this is just the canon content that would play out mostly similarly as it did during the game, as well as possible mostly canon compliant continuation after the main story.

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Squall Canon Adjacent

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= My Hero Academia =

Katsuki Canon Divergent

My Hero Onward: main verse focused on general content following canon themes and details.

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Katsuki Canon Adjacent

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Tenko/Tomura Canon Divergent

My Hero Onward: main verse focused on general content following canon themes and details, most especially his original path of becoming a villain.

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Tenko/Tomura Canon Adjacent

My Hero Upward: main verse, except the main major difference is he is Tenko, and was saved at the right time from his dark path and is working towards a future as a hero.

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= Genshin Impact =

Scaramouche/Rasmus Canon Divergent

Core Impact: the main verse that will follow general canon.

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Scaramouche/Rasmus Canon Adjacent

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Xiao Canon Divergent

Core Impact: the main verse that will follow general canon.

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Xiao Canon Adjacent

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= Marvel/MCU =

Loki Canon Divergent

Marvelous Chaos: general verse that follows closely to canon, save for any headcanons (excluding Ragnarok and Loki Series content, as well as Infinity War).

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Loki Canon Adjacent

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Wanda Canon Divergent

Marvelous Chaos: general verse that follows closely to canon, save for any headcanons (questionable what later movie appearances will apply, but there will also be a mesh of some pieces of comic canon into MCU canon).

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Wanda Canon Adjacent

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= Harry Potter =

Draco Canon Divergent

The Darkest of Times: general canon verse following content, apart from any headcanons and extra details that may be added.

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Draco Canon Adjacent

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Credence Canon Divergent

The Darkest of Times: general canon verse following content, apart from any headcanons and extra details that may be added.

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Credence Canon Adjacent

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= Original Characters =

Valek General Verses

Crimson Agent: General fandomless verse, adaptable for any fandom.

The Dark Prince: Maleficent verse where he’s a child of Maleficent and Diaval, has some sort of friendship/family bond with Aurora, and serves the mores like his family, and can be a more mischievous force.

The Forgotten Prince: Descendants verse where he is a bit of a disowned/discarded child of Maleficent. Distant from his sister Mal, he serves as a clever business man amongst the elders and the powers and gangs on the Isle of the lost, working to bring chaos back to the world, and return to the Heroes what they have unfairly given to the Villains.

The Lost Prince: Once Upon A Time verse where he is the son of Maleficent and her companion who had been an exiled dark fairy, but forgotten due to the work of the Blue Fairy trying to prevent darkness she believed would throw things out of balance. This has left Valek to struggle to find his way back to his origins, and bring back some sort of karma against whoever left him behind.

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_AU VERSES_

= Various AU Verses =

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May be updated in the future!!

[solvtnge]

So just a little PSA that I'm mostly compliant with the Loki series, not 100% with the MCU as a whole because some choices were made. So what I'm really saying is Loki is very much canon divergent in that I do what I want.

[clockworkmemory]

private and selective marvel multimuse. sideblog to milehighmechanic. muses previously at phoenixspirits.

written by nat ( GMT/21+/low activity )

MUSES:

JARVIS - sentient AI

Happy Hogan - tony stark's bodyguard and friend

Leo Stark - oc son of milehighmechanic and rcscue

Edwin Jarvis - howard stark's butler

Ho Yinsen - tony stark's personal hero

Mollie Drake - oc mutant with the power to stop time

Reuben Drake - oc mutant with the power to talk to animals

RULES under the cut:

BASICS:

Triggers tagged #trigger tw. Mutuals only. (following back from milehighmechanic as this is a sideblog)

All muses are MCU based and mostly canon compliant up until Endgame. After that it's a matter of plotting.

For more detailed rules, check out my rules over on milehighmechanic, which mostly all apply here.

[thompsborn]

Which cast do you picture in the Homeward Bound universe? Id assumed it was tom holland’s peter because harley doesn’t exist in the other spidermen’s movies but I also know you’re a Garfield-Spidey fan and that Harry Osborn and Gwen haven’t been MCU’d—just out of curiosity!!

okay hi this is the first of my current EIGHT unanswered hb asks omg. i'm !!!!! actually shaking with excitement about the fact that i'm about to get to ramble SO MUCH about hb holy shit. okay. okay.

so, obviously harley is based off ty simpkins, but i kind of?? like i mean, yes ty literally plays harley lmao, but also i picture him SLIGHTLY differently in my head. like how he looks in endgame i feel is a different vibe than how ty looks irl. i don't know if that makes any sense at all but i can't explain it, it's just like. he looks like ty but to the left. that's harley in my head. i cannot describe it any other way.

hb peter is 100% tom's peter because homeward bound is 100% canon compliant up to no way home (except for some headcanons such as peter having an uncle ben but uncle ben dying when peter was still really little in order to not fuck with the spidey home trilogy being peter's origin story - there are some other headcanons too that i can't remember off the top of my head, but i tried to make all of them align with mcu as much as possible as to not fuck with canon)

for harry and gwen it's not a spoiler for the most part except for one thing is kinda spoilery but not really? it reveals something about one of their characters that has not been established in the fic yet so just to be safe i'm gonna tag this w the spoiler tag and put it under the cut

okay so i'll start with harry

so there's a lot of variations with harry - sometimes he has brown hair, sometimes reddish hair, usually blue eyes, though i love the idea of him having green eyes because. i mean. duh.

i didn't really think of fan casts for him specifically in hb, i haven't really gone in depth with his appearance in any of the chapters, but @alwaysonlineau made the actor from love, simon, nick robinson, the icon for harry's account and now i kind of can't picture anyone else lmao. nick has hazel eyes which can look greenish at times so i'm here for it. also i loved his acting in jurassic world and in love, simon so i think he could pull off harry pretty damn well.

here's the picture of nick robinson that @alwaysonlineau used that i REALLY love because it definitely has harry energy to me:

also i love that nick was in jurassic world with ty lmao. the ages are off obviously, nick is 28 and literally played ty's older brother in that movie, but for the sake of a fan cast i think nick when he was early 20's looks very Harry Osborn to me. at least he feels very fitting for fanon harry.

if someone were to actually play harry in the mcu i don't know if he'd feel super fitting, i've seen people mention harrison osterfield for mcu harry which i could see. i also looked through a list of harry fan casts and david mazouz looks harry like to me a bit. charlie heaton was also listed which idk if he could pull harry off but looks-wise i could kind of see. asher angel. i know timothee chalamet's name has been tossed around a bunch and i mean i think he could do it but he doesn't look like harry to me lmao. they'd have to make his appearance work for it.

maybe charlie rowe, who i also saw listed as a fan cast. asa butterfield was on that list as well and i could see the mcu going that route too. but in homeward bound, i pretty much just envision nick.

as for gwen stacy!

so, i thought this before @alwaysonlineau came back, and i know i'm not the only one because i've seen quite a few posts on here and other sites saying the same thing, especially after across the spider-verse came out and gwen had the trans flag and coloring and such, but i really think that hunter schafer would be an INCREDIBLE gwen.

it hasn't been mentioned in the fic yet (mostly because i didn't think of this until i was already like halfway through the fic and then i didn't officially decide on it until across the spider-verse came out) but gwen is trans in homeward bound. it's gonna be made explicitly clear as soon as i can figure out a fitting reason for why it wouldn't have been mentioned so far - it feels as though, since the fic is peter's pov and he's never mentioned it, it should be that gwen hasn't told him so he doesn't know, which means finding out is going to have to be a thing. not like a huge thing but it's going to have to become a scene of some kind that establishes the fact that she's trans and then also addresses why she didn't tell him/any of them.

i haven't decided on how yet - it might be a super casual thing where she just never thought to mention it because it's just a part of who she is and she doesn't feel the need to tell people because she doesn't think it really matters (and also hunter schafer has stated that she passes as a cis woman i remember seeing an interview after euphoria season one where she was talking about it and how like yeah it's great to have trans inclusion and representation in euphoria but also she knows that she's white and passing and that's probably a big part of why she got the role, which basically i'm mentioning because if hunter were to play gwen then gwen would also be able to pass very easily as a cis woman as well). i might make it a bigger thing, like maybe she experienced something (some kind of transphobia) in the past that made her very wary about telling people and then by the time she wanted to tell them it had been a long time so she didn't know how, etc. etc. etc.

i'm queer but like i'm a cis lesbian not trans or nonbinary or anything, i do have multiple trans friends and i've seen a lot of posts and art and such about different lives and experiences trans people have had but i'm still cis, so if anyone who isn't cis has any input on what they'd like to see, please let me know. i don't want to approach the topic with a lack of sensitivity and i want to have trans rep in hb but if people want it to be a casual thing then that's what i'll do, if people want there to be more to her backstory then i'll do that instead.

but yeah, basically i can REALLY picture hunter as gwen, like some of her acting in euphoria i feel has some potential gwen energy to it (specific scenes, some displays of emotion that i could see gwen having, etc) but also this picture of hunter feels VERY gwen to me:

also also, obviously zendaya is rue in euphoria so her and hunter are friends and have great chemistry together and as a gwemj lover that means a lot to me pdfjg

another possibility i could see is emma meyers, aka enid from wednesday. i think she's a great acctress and could encompass gwen's energy pretty well too, but my first pick would be hunter!

long answer short:

in homeward bound, i picture harry to look like nick robinson and i picture gwen to look like hunter schafer.