#steve rogers retrospective

[aesthetic-admirer]

It's hard for others to resist touching him. ;)

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Romanogers Rec List

Here are a few of my favorite Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanoff stories!

Dreamland by quigonejinn (Teen And Up Audiences, 1,852 words)

Summary: After coming out of the ice, Steve Rogers has a recurring dream.

Threads, Frayed and Whole by Jaune_Chat (@jaune-chat) (Teen And Up Audiences, 2,360 words)

Summary: Alphas gift their omegas with trinkets to show they care. As a young operative, all Natasha could ever make was what she found. But how could that compete with what her fellow alphas were offering today?

Wander by @beezyland (Mature, 148,406 words)

Summary: Despite a wolf attack that ended in the death of his best friend, Steve still spends most of his younger years watching and drawing the wolves that live in the woods behind his house. One wolf with a coat tinged with red and strange green eyes watches him back. Ten years after leaving, Steve returns to care for his dying mother. That summer he meets Natasha, a mysterious bartender who has the same eyes as his wolf and secrets that will change everything he thought he knew about his hometown.

More below the cut!

For Whose Love I Rise and Fall by Yeetmeaway (Mature, 195,570 words)

Summary: In 1943 Hydra unleashes a deadly virus in its quest to create a new world order--one that turns its hosts into vampire-like creatures. 75 years later, humanity is on the brink of extinction, protected only by the hunters of SHIELD. Natasha has already lost so much to this--they are fighting a losing battle and everyone can feel it. But, for the first time in years SHIELD has hope, the possibility of a cure. What else will she give to bring an end to this nightmare?

How The Light Gets In by singalellaby (@captainmarvelling) (Teen And Up Audiences, 19,359 words)

Summary: Losing his sight may mean Steve can't fight alongside the Avengers, but he's still a super soldier. Natasha just needs to remind him of that.

The Things We Deserve by Not_You (Explicit, 1,598 words)

Summary: Natasha is having a bad day. Steve's enthusiastic, submissive masochism is helping.

what a smile means by victoria_p (musesfool) (@cacchieressa) (Mature, 4,475 words)

Summary: Natasha knows a lot of things Steve doesn't.

To Be Worthy by Yeetmeaway (Mature, 124,681 words)

Summary: Posing as the daughter of a Viking warlord, Natasha is betrothed to her enemy-- a young warlord of unearthly strength and power whom she is tasked with killing. But when she first lays eyes on her husband-to-be it quickly becomes clear that all of her intelligence about him was massively understated. Ordered not to abandon her mission and determined to go through with her plan, Natasha quickly draws the attention of her future husband’s warrior, a man she suspects may be a counterspy and who seems intent on learning everything about her. With the day of her wedding fast approaching, Natasha has everything to lose— her professional reputation, her life, and even her heart.

Cursed by Yeetmeaway (Mature, 22,694 words)

Summary: Six months after the battle of New York, a routine Avengers mission goes wrong after an encounter with the Enchantress. Natasha is private at the best of times, but she can no longer afford to be when it becomes clear that Steve has been cursed by dark magic. Reclusive and withdrawn, she is the last person she would've expected to help him, but she owes him a debt. As the curse begins to claim his body, Natasha can no longer hide her own darkness, nor can she deny the feelings that are growing within her heart. But if she and the Avengers can't find a way to help Steve break this spell, then she'll lose him forever.

Fated by Yeetmeaway (Teen And Up Audiences, 6,374 words)

Summary: Soulmates are a thing of fate-- two souls tied together in an unbreakable bond. But for Natasha, fate has seemingly chosen a different path. When it is discovered that her soulmate is an accursed, soulless beast, she is made into a Widow-- a monster slayer, those who fate has cruelly abandoned. What else can she do but embrace her destiny? But when a mission goes wrong, Natasha discovers that everything is not as it seems.

Another Person's Words by Ranni (Not Rated, 5,272 words)

Summary: Steve isn't the only one that doesn't catch all those movie references. Natasha plans it with the same grim intensity she brings to any mission, and where Tony would tease and Clint scoff, where Bruce would shake his head in disbelief, Steve is only grateful. She doesn’t like to be left out of things and he doesn’t like to be embarrassed. So many of the problems they have are unsolvable, but not this one—they can do this, can learn the language the others already know so easily.

Protective Package by Jaune_Chat (@jaune-chat) (Explicit, 3,576 words)

Summary: Steve Rogers would defend his friends with anything at his disposal, his strategy, his intelligence, his strength, his shield, his very life. Anything. This is the story of the five times he protected Natasha. With his penis. But things aren't quite as simple as that.

Unintended Side Effects by Margo_Kim (@andhumanslovedstories) (Teen And Up Audiences, 5,459 words)

Summary: Written for the Avengers kinkmeme: "Among the serum's many little quirks and oddities is that in addition to making his body stronger and his mind sharper, it also kind of cranked his libido up into overdrive. During the war it was easier to suppress/ignore because hey, being shot at is quite the boner kill, but now he's in the 21st century and though they still happen, battles are rather less regular. As a result, well; let's say that Little Steve is suddenly "standing at attention" when not explicitly ordered to do so." Steve respects Natasha as an agent and a person, but he also needs to stop looking at her when they are in public together because his body can't quite handle it and his uniform is very tight. The fact that Natasha's having entirely too much fun with Steve's noticeable problem doesn't help matters. Also available as a podfic read by ArwenLune (@primarybufferpanel).

American and Russian Relations in the 21st Century by Margo_Kim (@andhumanslovedstories) (Teen And Up Audiences, 2,548 words)

Summary: Written for the Avengers kinkmeme: An outsider perspective on Steve's new relationship. Darcy thinks there's something funny about Steve and Natasha's new relationship. Erik and Jane think she's crazy.

[buckaroundandfindout]

how I know I grew up: civil war edition

When CA:CW first came out, I was def "team tony" bc I liked Tony Stark the most because he was snarky and funny and quippy and sarcastic I hadn't really gotten into the Cap movies (like, I saw them but hadn't really paid as much attention until Civil War).

When I did finally get into the Cap movies and then re-watched CA:CW, I realized I'd lived a lot of life that had taught me a few things the #1 of which being picking a team is pointless and getting "upset" at either Cap or Tony and taking a side is futile (for me, at least) and fully not the point, even from an in-world character perspective.

The TL;DR of it is that Steve is the guy we (probably) aspire to be: very strong moral compass, rock-solid conviction, always seems to know what's right and what he stands for, and fully will go die on that hill. He owns his failures even if they're big fuck up failures, and sees it all through to the end. He has truly incredible, breathtaking resilience. He will always, always, always keep trying. He stays his course and will keep on the path that moral compass shows him, come hell or high water. Not afraid to do the hard thing, especially if it's right. Doesn't really care what others think of him, weirdly, and is unconcerned with people pleasing in the face of doing the right thing. Phenomenally loyal friend who will go to the ends of the earth and war with half the planet for people he cares about, and still not leave those he falls out with hanging. Most people, I think, should want to be Steve Rogers (and by extension, Sam Wilson).

But then I look at the trajectory of my life, and I realize the reality is that I am way more like Tony-- continually going through cycles of making questionable-to-outright-BAD decisions with really good intentions, but that result in bad-to-catastrophic consequences, and then letting the obsessive guilt spiral swing you so hard the opposite direction that the overcompensation ends up usually resulting in such truly shitty collateral damage that makes you wonder if you were better off the first time around. But you can't seem to stop and so you just do your best, looking forward and not back, trying and failing and fucking up and stumbling through the mess of your best attempts to do just one good thing right and have it work out for once without nuking your life and losing most of your friends.

I think that's why it works so well, because in a weird way I think most people are "rooting" for both sides: we root for Cap because we want to BE him, we also empathize and want to see Tony succeed because we kind of are Tony.

The actual issues, the accords, etc., seem like they're just proxies to emphasize the conflict of the dynamic (one side being "standing your ground for your + what is effectively your minority group's personal freedom & autonomy as well as clearing the name of your framed best friend" and the other being "can we be trusted to be left to our own devices to make the 'right' choice when it has such high-stakes consequences? who even knows what is 'right' at all? …and can maybe someone else decide because the guilt around having it be my personal responsibility is starting to wring me out because I can't seem to stop fucking up and its eating me alive")

it's like… maybe not even about one VS the other, but more like you want this guy who is everything you aspire to be to come out on top to re-solidify your conviction in the kind of standards you try to live up to, but who we empathize with more bc it's more realistically as slice of ourselves-- we can't bear to see lose because that hits a little too fucking close.

or something, idk

[stevetonyweekly]

SteveTony Weekly - Week 3 - Genderswap - Marvel Trumps Hate

This week we have the first rec list for my Marvel Trumps Hate 2024 Winner! We’ll have one of these a month, with requested prompts. This month’s prompt is: 

GENDERSWAP 

Omg I LOVE genderswap fic. It’s an under-written tag on A03, but I’ve got 10 of my favorites for y’all to read. As always, remember to comment and kudos if you enjoyed something! 

The Idiot Box by Margo_Kim

Stephanie Rogers isn't happy to be in the 21st century, but she's even less thrilled to be on a team with Antonia Stark who seems as spoiled and self-centered as people come. She and Tony do their best to ignore each other, until their mutual insomnia causes them to bond over the new American pastime: late night television watching. Eventual Steph/Tony.

Genesis by teaberryblue for Enmuse (Scifiroots)

Reluctant to make the truth about their secret weapon known, the American Government tells the world that Captain America is a man named Steve Rogers. According to public record, he died, tragically, in 1945, and he became legend.

In 1998, the Avengers find a body trapped in ice.

She's alive.

Her name is Eve.

She has Captain America's shield.

Ironsides by copperbadge

Antonia Carter Stark takes no shit and no prisoners.

in retrospect by welcoming_disaster 

Fresh out of the ice, Eve Rogers isn't happy about being stuck onto the Ultimates' roster; the team, in her view, is a shameless PR grab with no real talent. Her teammate, Tonya Stark, might change that.

Fire Drills by isozyme

Tonia Stark is the Iron Mantle. She's also dying of cadmium poisoning, fending off competition from HammerTech, dealing with the nasty leftovers of her father's legacy, and taking care of Eve Rollins, one of Rhodey's Air Force friends who needs a place to stay.

An Iron Man 2 Genderswap AU where Nick Fury sends Eve Rogers to spy on Tonia Stark instead of Natasha Romanov.

You're Living in the Past (It's a New Generation) by bessyboo, Sinope

He's met Toni Stark. He's seen the best that this century has to offer, dolled up in impenetrable sunglasses and a lipstick-stained grin, and he knows that this world isn't going to save itself.

Role Models by cranialaccessory

Stella knows how labor-intensive Stark’s hairstyle is, and how long it takes to put on makeup. Howard might’ve been vain and self-centered, but he’d never put his personal appearance before a mission. “If we’re going to be working together,” Stella says, “I want you to take things other than your appearance seriously.”

Stark’s smile is even more brittle, this time around. “Thanks for the tip, Mom. It’s good news that we won’t really be working together much, then, isn’t it?”

Right Place, Right Time by dreiser

Stephanie Rogers never thought being frozen in Antarctica for seventy years was a case of being at the right place, at the right time. At least, that's until she got to know Toni Stark.

Knights in Shining Armour (No, really, it's incredibly shiny) by Sadisticsparkle (sadisticsparkle)

Toni Stark has always been a tomboy, more comfortable with engines and power tools than high heels and make-up. And she's always been waiting for a princess - her princess just happens to be a dude.

bad ideas by IronSwordStarShield (SweetFanfics) 

The point is, she’d innocently complimented Toni’s lipstick.

And then. Toni had grinned over her tinted glasses at Steph and said, “Want a swatch?”

Before she could blink, Toni had grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it.

[levelofyoureye]

my friend innocently mentioned to me that they’d never seen the captain america trilogy, so naturally as someone who used to be a devoted stucky shipper i kidnapped brought them over to my house and forced showed them all three movies. and holy shit y’all…

i literally forgot that half of these lines are actual lines canonically said in the mcu. like, they don’t come from an ao3 fic. they’re not something that i just imagined happening. they happened. “even when i had nothing, i had bucky” are you serious??? “rumlow said bucky and suddenly i was a 16-year old kid again in brooklyn” wow ok catch me crying. “i’m with you til the end of the line” WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS TO ME. in retrospect it will forever be a good thing that marvel was too cowardly to make them canonically in love because i literally do not think i would’ve been able to handle it. i would’ve died and imploded on the spot. the mcu now wants us to forget how much they meant to each other BUT I NEVER WILL. as steve rogers once said SOME PEOPLE MOVE ON BUT NOT US!!!

[wheel-of-fish]

Updated stream list

Everything we've watched so far!

Crowd favorites (streamed at least three times) are marked with a single asterisk.

For general stream info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ.

Why isn’t [specific actor/video] on this list?

The video is currently marked not for trade.

We haven’t gotten to it yet.

The footage does not exist or is too incomplete.

It isn't on a platform I can stream it from.

There's something particularly off-putting about the video or actor.

How can I get a copy of a video listed here?

There's a list of publicly available bootlegs here, and there are many other adaptations on the Phantom Retrospective channel. Otherwise, contact @glassprism (or another trader) for a possible trade, or check her website for info on which master(s) to contact.

On to the list!

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

(Dividing these by decade because there's a character limit per text block!)

1980s/90s

1988 Broadway: Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton

1989 Broadway: Cris Groenendaal, Rebecca Luker, Steve Barton

1989 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Dale Kristien, Steve Barton

1990 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Mary D’Arcy, Reece Holland*

1991 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Dale Kristien, Michael Piontek

1993 U.S. Tour: Franc D’Ambrosio, Tracy Shayne, Ciaran Sheehan

1993 Vienna: Alexander Goebel, Luzia Nistler, Thorsten Tinney*

1994 Sapporo: Eiji Akutagawa, Hisako Hanaoka, Masayuki Sano*

1994 Toronto: Peter Karrie, Teresa DeZarn, David Rogers

1995 Broadway: Davis Gaines, Tracy Shayne, Ciaran Sheehan

1995 London: Ethan Freeman, Jill Washington, Simon Bowman*

1998 Broadway: Thomas James O’Leary, Tracy Shayne, Gary Mauer

1998 Los Angeles: Davis Gaines, Marie Danvers, Lawrence Anderson*

1998 San Francisco: Franc D’Ambrosio, Lisa Vroman, Christopher Carl*

1998 Toronto: Peter Karrie, Elizabeth DeGrazia, David Rodgers*

1998 Broadway: Thomas James O'Leary, Sandra Joseph, Gary Mauer

1998 Broadway: Thomas James O’Leary, Tracy Shayne, Gary Mauer

1999 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Adrienne McEwan, Gary Mauer

1999 Toronto: Paul Stanley, Melissa Dye, Laird Mackintosh

1999/2000 Mexico City: Saulo Vasconcelos, Irasema Terrazas, Jose Joel*

Early 2000s

2000 Antwerp: Hans Peter Janssens, Inneke van Klinken, Michael Shawn Lewis

2000 London: Scott Davies, Meredith Braun, Matt Cammelle

2000 London: Scott Davies, Charlotte Page, Matt Cammelle

2001 Hamburg: Ian Jon Bourg, Colby Thomas, Kyle Gonyea

2001 Hamburg: Ian Jon Bourg, Olivia Safe, Kyle Gonyea

2001 Hamburg: Michael Nicholson, Olivia Safe, Christopher Morandi*

2002 London: John Owen-Jones, Celia Graham, Robert Finlayson

2003 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Adrienne McEwan, Jim Weitzer

2003 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Julie Hanson, Jim Weitzer

2003 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Lisa Vroman, John Cudia

2003 U.S. Tour: Brad Little, Lisa Vroman, Tim Martin Gleason

2004 Madrid: Luis Armando, Teresa Barrientos, Armando Pita

2004 Stuttgart: Thomas Schulze, Maike Switzer, Carsten Axel Lepper*

2005 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Julie Hanson, John Cudia

2005 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Sandra Joseph, Tim Martin Gleason

2005 Broadway: James Romick, Marie Danvers, John Cudia

2005 Essen: Thomas Borchert, Sandra Danyella, Nikolaj Brucker

2005 London: John Owen-Jones, Rachel Barrell, Oliver Thornton

2005 U.S. Tour: Tim Martin Gleason, Rebecca Pitcher, Peter Lockyer

2005 U.S. Tour: Gary Mauer, Marie Danvers, Michael Shawn Lewis

2006 Essen: Ethan Freeman, Anne Gorner, Nikolaj Brucker

2006 Essen: Uwe Kröger, Beatrix Reiter, Lucius Wolter*

2006 London: Earl Carpenter, Rachel Barrell, David Shannon*

2006 São Paulo: Saulo Vasconcelos, Kiara Sasso, Nando Prado

2006 U.S. Tour: Gary Mauer, Elizabeth Southard, Jim Weitzer*

2006 U.S. Tour: John Cudia, Jennifer Hope Wills, Adam Monley*

2007 Broadway: Gary Mauer, Jennifer Hope Wills, Jason Mills

2007 World Tour: Simon Pryce, Julie Goodwin, John Bowles

2008 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Elizabeth Loyacano, Jeremy Stolle

2008 Las Vegas: Anthony Crivello, Kristi Holden, Andrew Ragone*

2008 World Tour: Simon Pryce, Ana Marina, Alexander Lewis

2009 Australia: Anthony Warlow, Ana Marina, Alexander Lewis

2010s

2010 London: David Shannon, Gina Beck, Simon Bailey*

2010 London: David Shannon, Gina Beck, Will Barratt

2010 U.S. Tour: Tim Martin Gleason, Trista Moldovan, Sean MacLaughlin

2012 Broadway: Greg Mills, Marni Raab, Kyle Barisich*

2012 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Trista Moldovan, Kyle Barisich

2012 London: Marcus Lovett, Anna O’Byrne, Simon Thomas

2013 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Samantha Hill, Greg Mills*

2013 Broadway: Peter Joback, Samantha Hill, Jeremy Stolle

2013 Broadway: Peter Joback, Elizabeth Welch, Kyle Barisich

2013 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Sierra Boggess, Kyle Barisich

2013 London: Marcus Lovett, Sofia Escobar, Simon Thomas

2014 Broadway: Greg Mills, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Sara Jean Ford, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Elizabeth Welch, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Jeremy Hays*

2014 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Sara Jean Ford, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays*

2014 Broadway: Paul Schaefer, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Hamburg: David Arnsperger, Lauri Brons, Nicky Wuchinger

2014 Hamburg: Mathias Edenborn, Daniela Braun, Nicky Wuchinger

2014 Moscow: Dmitry Ermak, Tamara Kotova, Evgeny Zaytsev

2014 Moscow: Ivan Ozhogin, Tamara Kotova, Evgeny Zaytsev

2014 U.S. Tour: Cooper Grodin, Grace Morgan, Ben Jacoby

2014 U.S. Tour: Cooper Grodin, Julia Udine, Ben Jacoby*

2014 World Tour: Brad Little, Kristi Holden, Anthony Downing

2015 London: Geronimo Rauch, Harriet Jones, Richard Munday*

2015 Moscow: Dmitri Ermak, Tamara Kotova, Evgeny Zaycev

2015 Moscow: Ivan Ozhogin, Tamara Kotova, Ivan Rak

2015 Prague: Marian Vojtko, Michaela Gemrotova, Tomas Vanek

2015 Prague: Marian Vojtko, Monika Sommerova, Tomas Vanek

2016 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Julia Udine, Jeremy Hays

2016 Moscow: Andrey Schkoldychenko, Elena Bahtiyarova, Evgeny Zaytsev (act 2 only)

2016 Oberhausen: Brent Barrett, Elizabeth Welch, Max Niemeyer

2016? Prague: Marian Vojtko, Michaela Gemrotova, Tomas Vanek

2016 Stockholm: Peter Jöback, Emmi Christensson, Anton Zetterholm

2016 U.S. Tour: Derrick Davis, Kaitlyn Davis, Jordan Craig

2018 Broadway (Sept.): Ben Crawford, Ali Ewoldt, Jay Armstrong Johnson

2018 Broadway (Oct.): Ben Crawford, Ali Ewoldt, Jay Armstrong Johnson

2018? Prague: Radim Schwab, Monika Sommerova, Tomas Vanek

2019 Copenhagen: Tomas Ambt Kofod, Sibylle Glosted, Christian Lund*

2019 London: David Thaxton, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor*

2019 London: Josh Piterman, Kelly Mathieson, Alistair So*

2019 São Paulo: Fred Silveira, Giulia Nadruz, Henrique Moretzsohn

2019 São Paulo - Fred Silveira, Lina Mendes, Henrique Moretzsohn

2019 São Paulo: Thiago Arancam, Daruã Góes, Fred Silveira

2019 São Paulo: Thiago Arancam, Giulia Nadruz, Fred Silveira

2019 World Tour: Jonathan Roxmouth, Meghan Picerno, Matt Leisy*

2021–present

2021 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Meghan Picerno, John Riddle

2021 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2021 London: Killian Donnelly, Holly-Anne Hull, Rhys Whitfield

2022 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, Paul A. Schaefer

2022 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2022 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2022 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Elizabeth Welch, Bronson Norris Murphy

2022 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Emilie Kouatchou, Jordan Donica

2022 London: James Hume, Holly-Anne Hull, Matt Blaker

2022 London: Killian Donnelly, Anouk van Laake, Rhys Whitfield

2022 Sydney: Josh Robson, Georgina Hopson, Callum Frances

2023 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Julia Udine, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Julia Udine, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Greg Mills, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Greg Mills, Julia Udine, Paul A. Schaefer

2023 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Julia Udine, Paul A. Schaefer

2023 London: Earl Carpenter, Paige Blankson, Ralph Watts

2023 London: Earl Carpenter, Eve Shanu-Wilson, Connor Carson

2023 London: Killian Donnelly, Lucy St. Louis, Matt Blaker

2023 London: James Gant, Holly-Anne Hull, Matt Blaker

2023 London: James Gant, Paige Blankson, Matt Blaker

2023 Madrid: Geronimo Rauch, Talia del Val, Guido Balzaretti

2023 Shanghai: Ayanga (various clips)

2023 Shanghai: He Liangchen, Yang Chenxiuyi, Li Chenxi

2023 Thessaloniki: Tim Howar, Harriet Jones, Nadim Naaman

2024 Helsinki: Kevin Greenlaw, Emma Kajander, Olli Tuovinen

2024 Lisbon: Nadim Naaman, Georgia Wilkinson, Dougie Carter

2024 London: Mikey Colbourne, Lily Kerhoas, Ralph Watts

2024 London: Jon Robyns, Eve Shanu-Wilson, Joe Griffiths-Brown

2024 Madrid: Geronimo Rauch, Talia del Val, Guido Balzaretti

2024 World Tour: Jonathan Roxmouth, Grace Roberts, Matt Leisy

Love Never Dies

2010 London: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Dean Chisnall

2011 London: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Dean Chisnall

2013 Vienna concert: Drew Sarich, Milica Jovanovic, Julian Looman

2018 U.S. Tour: Bronson Norris Murphy, Meghan Picerno, Sean Thompson*

2023 London concert: Norm Lewis, Celinde Schoenmaker, Matthew Seadon-Young

2024 World Tour: Luke McCall, Manon Taris, Niall Sheehy

Other stage adaptations

1991 The Phantom of the Opera starring David Staller

1992 Tom Alonso’s The Phantom of the Opera**

1993 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (Wichita, Richard White)

2011 Spiritual Twist’s The Phantom of the Opera

2013 Ken Hill's The Phantom of the Opera (Tokyo)**

2019 Spiritual Twist’s The Phantom of the Opera

2018 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (Takarazuka Revue)

2018 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (Seoul)

2020 Sasson’s Das Phantom der Oper (Germany, with Uwe Kröger)**

2021 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (proshot, Seoul)

Movie adaptations

1925 The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney

1937 Song at Midnight**

1943 Phantom of the Opera starring Claude Rains**

1962 Hammer Horror: The Phantom of the Opera starring Herbert Lom**

1974 Phantom of the Paradise

1987 The Phantom of the Opera (animated)*

1989 Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge

1989 The Phantom of the Opera starring Robert Englund**

2004 The Phantom of the Opera starring Gerard Butler

TV adaptations

1983 The Phantom of the Opera (TV movie, Max Schell)

1987 Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater, "The Phantom of the Theater"

1990 The Phantom of the Opera (TV miniseries, Charles Dance)

1994 Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio (TV special)**

1995 Wishbone, S1 E37, "Pantin’ at the Opera"*

1995 Goosebumps, S1 E7, "Phantom of the Auditorium"

1999 The Triplets, S5 E9, "The Phantom of the Opera"

2000 Are You Afraid of the Dark?, "The Tale of the Last Dance"

Miscellaneous

1994 Australian Phantom cast Easter charity concert ("Phantales")

1995 The Phantom of the Opera on Ice*

2017 Broadway: Prince of Broadway (in honor of Hal Prince)

2017 The Phantom of the Empire (Turning Tydes Theatre Company)

Stolleboot (fan edit starring Jeremy Stolle as the Phantom, Raoul, Piangi, and Passarino)*

*Crowd favorite (streamed at least three times)

**We’ve watched it, but it was technically streamed by another host I used to alternate with.

[yellowocaballero]

hi! i've been reading some of your older fics and was wondering if there's any merit in watching buffy for the first time in the year 2024

This may not be obvious, but this is actually an extremely complicated and highly subjective question. I'll try to go on for too long.

As background: my mother loved Buffy and its spin-off Angel growing up. It was our Bible (besides the actual Bible). Not kidding, she was on the forums and fan groups and wrote fanfiction for it and everything (These days, she's really into kdramas and Asian dramas, and calls me about how the Thai seem like big fans of gay people). So I'm quite biased.

BTVS is both a product of its times and ahead of its times. It was a show about feminism and the struggle of living in this world as a woman, when very few shows were doing that. It was the first show to have a long-lasting lesbian couple, and the first show to depict a kiss between them. For better or for worse, it was one of the codifiers of broody vampire boyfriend. It was pretty unafraid to be experimental in a lot of what it did. It had incredibly complex and nuanced character work and growth that I still aspire to. Spike's arc is still matched in quality only by Avatar's Zuko. Angel's long term arc, from Buffy to his spin-off series, still makes him one of the most complex characters on TV. It had the most complex depiction of depression on TV at the time and I still think it's one of the best. I think the show had very high highs.

It also had very low lows. Some of the feminism is problematic in retrospect. The sapphic couple has a rather famous element that was severely problematic. There are, overall, some deeply atrocious arcs that I can appreciate objectively but not in practice. Xander: a whole-ass character aged awfully. On a meta level, the workplace conditions were bad (thanks, Whedon.) There are no people of color. The spoiler's sake I won't go into detail on this, but in general the good stuff was so influential and the bad stuff was just awful.

I think these days people tend to brush off the entire thing because it's Whedon. That is more than fair. But I'd also say that Whedon & Buffy is extremely similar to Brian Michael Bendis & Ultimate Spider-Man. Bendis was fantastic at writing sassy, bouncy, permanently stressed-out teens - issue was, he wrote entirely different serious adult characters the way he wrote these sassy teens. Same with Whedon: the annoyingly constant quips are perfect for Buffy, because that's who the characters are. They're awful in Marvel, because Steve Rogers is not Xander. Kinda similarly, Buffy was genuinely feminist for 90s TV - issue is, Whedon has not grown or developed his views, and now his works feel so sexist (oh my fucking god why did you treat Natasha like that). After a certain point it's egotistical: you're writing like that because you're Joss Whedon and it's how you write, not because it's what's best for the characters and story. But it was really important to me to get the character voices right, and it's freaking difficult to endlessly write dialogue that distinct, full of voice, witty, and clever.

I think BTVS & Angel TV's greatest influence on my writing is how intensely character-driven both of those shows were, and how intricate the characters were. What every character did was something they would do, if that made sense. Even the stuff I hated to watch, that made me uncomfortable, was the culmination of so much (usually). I think I also picked up the constant wit and humor lol. On a personal level, the conversations I would have with my mother where she broke down the character motivations and composition of the story was my first exposure to looking at storytelling from an analytical perspective and a framework of critical analysis, which was an approach I carried into the rest of the media I consumed and that was the primary reason I was able to become a decent writer. Thanks, Mom. Have fun with your kdramas.

TL:DR: There is merit, especially if you care about good character work. There are things about it that may make you want to drop it, which is extremely valid. Season 1 is rough but interesting, Season 2 and 5 are the best, Season 3 is pretty good, Season 4 and 7 skippable, and Season 6 is........epic highs, epic lows......

[tonystarkbingo]

TSB Round 8 - Week 1-4!

It's the first roundup of Mark VIII (late, becuase life is chaos), and we've had some phenomenal fills already. You can check them out below and give our amazing creators some love.

Card Number: 8022 Collaborator: fohatic Square Filled: A4 - Noir Tony Title: Vice Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve/Tony Word Count: 11735 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: underage, rape/non-con Summary: Steve had been working Vice long enough that he was starting to question whether he was still pretending to be one of the bad guys, or if he'd finally become one of them. Not long after wealthy industrial tycoon Howard Stark's son reached puberty and presented as an omega, the kid ran away. Alpha Vice Cop Steve Rogers goes undercover to find out if he's being trafficked, posing as an interested buyer— but once he's found him, he might just decide to keep him.

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Card Number: 8044 Collaborator: starkparade Square Filled: R1 - Reincarnation Title: Who Wants to Live Forever Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 2800 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Major Character Death, Grief, Sad Ending, Angst, Immortality, Growing Old, Super Soldier Serum Summary: It turned out that not being able to get drunk was far from being the worst and only unfortunate side effect of the serum. As the years went by, Steve noticed he had not been aging. Everyone else, including Tony, had been.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: S1 - Last Times/Farewell Title: Working Our Way Back to Love Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Emma frost Word Count: 6731 Rating: Mature Major Tags/Triggers: Angst with a Happy Ending, Romance, Sexual Content, Reunions, Adult Content, Romantic Gestures, Marriage Proposal, James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark Friendship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Summary: Miserable without Emma in his life, Tony makes the decision to head out to Chicago to make an appeal to return to the romance that was lost between them.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: T4 - Rare Pair Title: Working Our Way Back to Love (Chapter 2) Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Emma Frost Word Count: 5455 Rating: Mature Major Tags/Triggers: Angst with a Happy Ending, Romance, Sexual Content, Reunions, Adult Content, Romantic Gestures, Marriage Proposal, James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark Friendship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Summary: After spending a day helping out at the school Tony and Emma finally come face to face with one another.

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Card Number: 8017 Collaborator: SomeSortofItalianRoast Square Filled: S5 - Alien Planet Title: Of missions, Padawans, and identities Link: AO3 Pairings: James "Bucky" Barnes/Qui-Gon Jinn Word Count: 2020 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Not Canon Compliant - Star Wars: The Clone WarsWinter Soldier Bucky BarnesForce Bond (Star Wars)References to Star Wars: Prequel TrilogyAlcoholCanon Divergence - Star Wars Expanded UniverseCanonical Character Death Summary: At a bar on Tatooine, Jedi Master Stark recounts an encounter between two Jedi Masters that is quite telling, in retrospect.

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Card Number: 8033 Collaborator: airas_story Square Filled: K2 - Painful Reminders Title: Donna's Pie Link: AO3 Pairings: Stephen Strange & Donna Strange, Peter Parker & Stephen Strange & Tony Stark, Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Word Count: 6182 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Canonical Character Death, Implied/Referenced Character Death Summary: Sometimes healing looks a strangely like making a viral TikTok video with the people you love.

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Card Number: 8016 Collaborator: illogicalkat Square Filled: S1 - "wanna dance?" Title: Can't start a fire without a spark Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 1170 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Fluff & Angst Summary: Tony just wants to dance. Steve is too scared to say yes.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: A5 - Stains Title: I’ve Got You Under My Skin Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Word Count: 9025 Rating: Mature Major Tags/Triggers: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst and Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Established Relationship Tension, Sexual Content, Swearing, Adult Content, Canon-typical violence Summary: After dealing with backlash about their new marriage, Bucky and Tony make their way out to Malibu hoping to get peace and quiet with one another, but Bucky finds he's overwhelmed by the surprising outcry of disapproval he's facing simply for loving Tony. Together they know they make sense, but everyone else has an opinion on what's right for them causing Bucky to question their future until Tony's romantic gesture reminds Bucky how good they are together.

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Card Number: 8017 Collaborator: SomeSortofItalianRoast Square Filled: A1 - Found Family Title: Of family, Kryptonite, and sleepy morning cuddles Link: AO3 Pairings: Clark Kent/Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne Word Count: 793 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: Fluff, Cuddling & Snuggling, Sleepy Cuddles Summary: Sleepy morning cuddles with Clark, Tony, and Bruce. The kids know better than to bother them before noon. At the earliest.

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Card Number: 8003 Collaborator: BurdenedWithPointlessPurpose Square Filled: A3 - Free Title: Words, Gestures and Wants Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Clint Barton Word Count: 2862 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Trans Clint, PWP Summary: Taking another step in their relationship, Tony is overwhelmed with the openness. It’s a lot considering how long it took them to get together. All it does is make him fall a little more in love. Clint might be ready for this, but he isn’t ready for the depth of want continuing to grow every day in his heart.

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Card Number: 8005 Collaborator: nicoline1998enilocin Square Filled: K4 - Thirst Title: Playtime Link: Tumblr Pairings: Young!Tony Stark x Fem!Reader Word Count: 1K Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: College AU. Pregnancy fic. Explicit sexual content. Phone/FaceTime sex. Lactation kink. Summary: Being away from your boyfriend is never fun, but usually, you can get through it relatively okay. However, since you got pregnant and you’re carrying a set of twins, your hormones have gone all crazy, leaving you needier than ever before for him. This results in a FaceTime call Tony won’t forget anytime soon.

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: A1 - Canon Divergent: Nobody Dies Title: Sleepovers and Other Things Link: AO3 Pairings: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark Word Count: 5157 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Fluff, Family Fluff, Team as Family, Family Feels, Not Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Compliant, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pillow & Blanket Forts, Flirting, Avengers Movie Night, Implied/Referenced Sex, Team Bonding, Minor Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Minor Bruce Banner/Pepper Potts, Minor Loki/Steve Rogers, Minor Happy Hogan/Aunt May Parker, Innuendo, Tony Stark Lives, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies Summary: After surviving the war against Thanos, Tony reflects on how the last year of his life has given him a new beginning and hope for something wonderful with his family and the team on a night away from the missions and the chaos. Movie night always brings so many possibilities of togetherness especially with Bucky at Tony's side.

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Card Number: 8028 Collaborator: PoliZ Square Filled: K5 - Misunderstandings Title: Coming Clean - Chapter Three Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony/Bucky, Bucky/Steve, Tony/Steve Word Count: 1196 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Omegaverse, Exhibitionism, Voyeurism, Misunderstandings, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Knotting Summary: Bucky and Steve clarify their relationship for Tony; who then goes down on Steve as Bucky watches.

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Card Number: 8033 Collaborator: airas_story Square Filled: S2 - My Best Suit Title: Well Suited Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Word Count: 7248 Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: No Archive Warnings Apply Summary: In the aftermath of Titan, Tony's dreams of his future shatter. Someone helps him build new ones. OR Five times Tony’s suit gets ruined, plus the one time he doesn’t need a suit at all.

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Card Number: 8001 Collaborator: rebelmeg Square Filled: S1 - Iron Family Title: Iron Pals Bingo Card Link: Tumblr Pairings: N/A Word Count: n/a Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: bingo card, image editing Summary: An Iron Pals Bingo card just for funsies

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Card Number: 8024 Collaborator: Wolfsheart Square Filled: T3 - Retirement Title: the ones who will never need to be reminded Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Steve Rogers Word Count: 8875 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Post-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Retirement, Retired Steve Rogers, Retired Tony Stark, Past Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Tony Stark Feels, Steve Rogers Feels, Jealous Steve Rogers, Good Loki (Marvel), Avenger Loki (Marvel), Misunderstandings, Flirting, Banter, Humor, Fluff and Humor, Domestic Fluff, Comfort Food, Cooking, First Kiss, Touching, Pre-Relationship, Developing Relationship, Mention of Morgan Stark Summary: A few years have passed since the final battle with Thanos, and against all odds, everyone lived. The Avengers have grown as a team, encompassing their new friends and family. Steve and Tony are retired - or rather, semi-retired may be more appropriate as they both still function as part of the team, even if it's more behind the scenes. Everyone has moved forward, healed. Steve longs for more, however, and what he longs for is Tony. The problem is that he keeps hearing how much time Tony spends with others, two in particular, and this makes Steve jealous. So, he's going to settle this once and for all...by showing up at Tony's lakeside home and find out if there's room in Tony's life for him as more than a friend.

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Card Number: 8022 Collaborator: fohatic Square Filled: T2 - dreams and nightmares Title: through fire below, and fire above, and fire within Link: AO3 Pairings: steve/tony Word Count: 7346 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: rape/non-con Summary: Tony had a lot of regrets about how his Ultron Program had panned out. Losing JARVIS and unleashing a murderbot on the world was a pretty major one. Turns out that incurring Steve's wrath might even be an even bigger one.

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Card Number: 8001 Collaborator: rebelmeg Square Filled: R1 - image of Tony and Dum-E from IM2 Title: MCU Bot Bingo Card Link: Tumblr Pairings: n/a Word Count: n/a Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: bingo card, image editing Summary: A Bot Bingo card for funsies

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Card Number: 8044 Collaborator: starkparade Square Filled: A4 - Cuddling Title: Morning Light Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 1817 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Porn Without Plot, Fluff and Smut, Established Relationship, Top Steve Rogers, Bottom Tony Stark, Anal Sex, Morning Sex, Sleepy Sex, Mild Somnophilia Summary: Tony couldn’t sleep in complete darkness, and Steve couldn’t stay asleep once the sun came up. Most mornings, Steve just got out of bed quietly so he wouldn't disturb Tony's sleep, but this time he couldn't bring himself to.

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Card Number: 8044 Collaborator: starkparade Square Filled: A4 - Flutter Title: The Fun Way Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 1759 Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Porn Without Plot, Smut, Oral Sex, Mildly Dubious Consent, Resolved Sexual Tension, Pre-Relationship Summary: Tony is convinced Steve keeps harping on about him putting himself in danger on missions because he is frustrated about something else entirely. He has an idea how to relieve that frustration.

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Card Number: 8001 Collaborator: rebelmeg Square Filled: K3 - Happy Hogan Title: Happy Hogan Bingo Card Link: Tumblr Pairings: n/a Word Count: n/a Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: bingo card, image editing Summary: A bingo card featuring Happy!

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Card Number: 8036 Collaborator: scottxlogan Square Filled: T2 - Prison Title: To Bring You Into My Arms Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Word Count: 9633 Rating: Mature Major Tags/Triggers: Established Relationship, Misunderstandings, Kidnapping, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied Sexual Content, Kissing, Cuddling & Snuggling, Reunions, Idiots in Love, Hurt Bucky Barnes, Blood and Injury, Implied/Referenced Torture, Aftermath of Torture, Prison Summary: : After a miscommunication Tony is on a mission to bring Bucky back home again after the bad guys took him away. On the mission Tony's determined to rescue the one man he can't live without as the two find a way to clear the air between them along the way.

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Card Number: 8005 Collaborator: nicoline1998enilocin Square Filled: S2 - Friends to lovers Title: Discovering Our Love Link: Tumblr Pairings: Tony Stark x Female Reader Word Count: 11.5K Rating: Explicit Major Tags/Triggers: Angst with a happy ending, friends to lovers, mutual pining, kissing as a dare, explicit sexual content Summary: When Tony throws a party after an extended, challenging mission to celebrate its success, you and the other Avengers get wrapped up in a game of truth or dare, which turns out to be the start of the most fantastic love story you’ve ever witnessed: you and Tony. When you’ve gone without warning the next day, Tony can’t help but get distracted every time he thinks about you, the thought of you and your first kiss still fresh in his mind.

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Card Number: R Collaborator: Bostyn or Fox2244 Square Filled: R2 - 8047 Title: Ironman bingo Link: AO3 Pairings: Romantic and platonic Word Count: 874 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Character death Summary: Tony was never afraid when he says I am Ironman. Not even on the last time.

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Card Number: 8047 Collaborator: Bostyn or Fox2244 Square Filled: R1 - Without fear Title: Ironman bingo Link: AO3 Pairings: Romantic and platonic Word Count: 874 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Character death Summary: Tony was never afraid to say I am Ironman. Even on the last time

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Card Number: 8001 Collaborator: rebelmeg Square Filled: S5 - James "Rhodey" Rhodes Title: Rhodey Bingo Link: Tumblr Pairings: n/a Word Count: n/a Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: bingo card, image editing Summary: A bingo card for Honeybear!

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Card Number: 8001 Collaborator: rebelmeg Square Filled: T1 - charming Title: Stud Muffin Cross Stitch Cutie Link: Tumblr Pairings: n/a Word Count: n/a Rating: Gen Major Tags/Triggers: fandom craft, cross stitch Summary: An Iron Man cross stitch cutie bearing a very, very large muffin.

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Card Number: 8044 Collaborator: starkparade Square Filled: R3 - Christine Everhart Title: Close It Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 3057 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Major Character Death, Soulmates AU, Canon Divergence, Angst, Grief, Survivor Guilt, Unhappy Ending, Pre-Slash Summary: Steve had to make the hard call to prevent the nuclear blast going off inside the wormhole from reaching the island of Manhattan. As a result, Tony Stark never made it back. Steve did what he had to, and yet his guilt is eating him alive and he can’t figure out just why he is so affected.

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Card Number: 8044 Collaborator: starkparade Square Filled: K1 - Missing Scene Title: Romcom Fantasies Link: AO3 Pairings: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Word Count: 4803 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Fluff, Pining, Jealousy, Getting Together, First Kiss Summary: Tony runs into Steve at the airport, and when the hotel Tony booked in Washington DC abruptly cancels his reservation, Steve offers him to stay the night at his place. It sounds like something straight out of Tony’s romcom fantasies starring Steve, except Tony is convinced that Steve is in love with someone else.

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Card Number: 8024 Collaborator: Wolfsheart Square Filled: Adopted - Free Square Title: Got a telephone call from Istanbul Link: AO3 Pairings: Tony Stark & Rhodey Word Count: 5641 Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: 5+1 Things, Canon Compliant with Movie: Iron Man (2008), Canon Compliant with Movie: Iron Man 2 (2010), Canon Compliant with Movie: Iron Man 3 (2013), Canon Compliant with Movie: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Canon Compliant with Movie: Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Canon Compliant with Movie: Avengers: Endgame (2019), Tony Stark Needs a Hug, James "Rhodey" Rhodes Needs a Hug, Humor, Best Friends, Phone Calls & Telephones, Cell Phones, Emotional kick to the gut Summary: Five times Rhodey and Tony talk where the conversations veer into subjects one or the other doesn't want to talk about, so they threaten to hang up on each other. And the one time neither threatens to hang up.

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Card Number: 8050 Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange Square Filled: S1 - IMAGE: Tony looking disinterested Title: Dropping By Link: Tumblr Pairings: Peter Parker & Steve Rogers, Avengers Team Members & Tony Stark Word Count: N/A - Art Rating: Teen Major Tags/Triggers: Blood, Injury, Restraints Summary: Steve was getting lonely, hanging shackled to the villain's wall all alone. It's a good thing that Spider-Man and Tony came by to rescue him.

[ginger-snap-talkin-nonsense]

American Dad eps for review electric boogaloo

Minstrel Krampus

Roy Rogers McFreely

Weiner of our Discontent

Return of the Bling

Rapture’s Delight

Great Space Roaster

Stan’s Night Out

Ricky Spanish

The Two Hundred

Chimdale

Family Affair

Sorry this has taken so long!!!

Minstrel Krampus

Probably my favorite Christmas special-i love when American Dad does music even more than when Family Guy does. It's relationship to R&B is incredibly interesting and every song is just nailed by the vocal cast. Side Note favorite song is definitely Steve's opening number.

Roy Rogers McFreely

A bit on the older side but a hella funny episode-one of Rogers best personas. Also I love when Roger has episodes about his relationship to the family and his own insecurities in that regard (which judging by your list is a shared thought!)

Weiner of Our Discontent

I think it's one of the best early Roger episodes but the Steve and Toshi plot leaves something to be desired

Return of the Bling

This episode is beyond fucking hilarious oh my God

"you always get what you want, don't you Helen?"

Rapture's Delight

Its in my top 10 episodes period though I know from experience with other fans that that's hardly a hot take-i mean the art direction ALONE was worth of an Emmy.

Great Space Roaster

Oh hey another top 10 I think this might be my top pick for flat funniest episode of the show

Stans Night Out

I really like the CIA Guys and this episode gave us "GOD DAMN IT NATHAN-THIS IS WHY YOU KEEP GETTING MOLESTED" so it's certainly not bad but I always have a hard time remembering it once I'm finished watching it

Ricky Spanish

Alright hot take: I think this episode is kinda mid. Don't get me wrong Ricky Spanish himself is hilariously evil buuuut I think this plot they do with him is lame and underwhelming and the Tunjee subplot is just stupid

The Two Hundred

Much like Rapture's Delight it's such an obviously great episode it's kinda hard to talk about. That being said, best Greg portrayal period. Only reason I wasn't entirely against him sticking around after losing Terry.

Chimdale

I legit only think this episode is funny in the retrospect of them remembering that they made Stan bald for a pseudo sequel last season

Family Affiar

Not my favorite Roger episode I think it falls off after the Roger decides to leave the family but it's first half is really solid I love the different ways the family react to Roger cheating on them-particularly Steve

[krjpalmer]

Macworld February 2004

This issue, unfortunately enough, isn't available on the Internet Archive; I found it elsewhere. The interview with Steve Jobs only took up half of page 62, though; the rest of the retrospective timeline in the cover story was backed up with comments from Adam Engst, Guy Kawasaki, John C. Dvorak, Andy Ihnatko, and Roger Ebert.

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

I don't pay attention to MCU anymore, and honestly, I only really like certain aspects of it in retrospect, such as the Steve Rogers's stuff. I think about how outrageously wrong the writers were for writing him having sex before marriage (fornication). First of all, considering the character and values Steve had throughout the entire Infitnity Saga prior to Endgame, it comes off as widely out-of-character for him to having done that before. I'm (not) sorry, but Steve has a massive "I'll have her home by 8, sir. Don't worry." energy to him that I highly doubt he would've even been comfortable with the idea of sex outside of marriage. Steve is a correct type of man, and he'd very probably see it as disrespectful to her for him to do that. He's the type to stop before they go any further, actually, because he feels and knows it's not right. You have to add the fact that he was very probably raised as a Catholic. I don't care how you headcanon him and how much times have changed, Steve is a "by-the-book" kind of guy when it came to that and other things. Was he perfect? Of course not, but I'm (not) sorry, he would've waited until marriage. This isn't even just a baseless headcanon given how it's pretty in-character for him.

[aesthetic-admirer]

Back to the First Avenger, Chris was still a boy~ How innocent~

I think he later liked to hide his nervous and shy self behind his beard.

[bulkyphrase]

Female Steve Rogers: a fic rec list

@lavenderbuckyy asked on the Steve server for female Steve recs and I couldn't resist making a list! These are some of my favorite stories from AUs where Steve was always (or at least originally) a woman.

Genesis by teaberryblue (@teaberryblue) (Stony, Teen And Up Audiences, 35,578 words)

Summary: Reluctant to make the truth about their secret weapon known, the American Government tells the world that Captain America is a man named Steve Rogers. According to public record, he died, tragically, in 1945, and he became legend. In 1998, the Avengers find a body trapped in ice. She's alive. Her name is Eve. She has Captain America's shield.

turntable by Zekkass (@zekkass) (Gen, Teen And Up Audiences, 2,144 words)

Summary: "I've been a girl before, Tony."

More below the cut!

This New Air by merry_magpie (@sevenmerrymagpies) (Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers, Teen And Up Audiences, 10,979 words)

Summary: Stevie wakes up in a world she doesn't recognize and tries to build a life for herself. An Always-a-girl AU.

The Wheels of Inevitability by sinuous_curve (Stony, Explicit, 1,241 words)

Summary: “You know, once in high school I got into an argument about whether or not the serum made your tits bigger,” Toni says, threading a loop of black cord down the center of Steph’s sternum.

A Particular Style by sinuous_curve (Stony, Explicit, 3,640 words)

Summary: “The erotic tale of one camp counselor’s descent into lesbian madness?” Toni rattles off the summary, pressing the back of her hand to her forehead in a swoon that Steph can’t see. “I can’t fault your taste. It was always one of my favorites.”

Fire Drills by isozyme (@isozyme) (Stony, Explicit, 19,506 words)

Summary: Tonia Stark is the Iron Mantle. She's also dying of cadmium poisoning, fending off competition from HammerTech, dealing with the nasty leftovers of her father's legacy, and taking care of Eve Rollins, one of Rhodey's Air Force friends who needs a place to stay. An Iron Man 2 Genderswap AU where Nick Fury sends Eve Rogers to spy on Tonia Stark instead of Natasha Romanov.

girls can't play guitar by isozyme (@isozyme) (Stony, Explicit, 4,209 words)

Summary: On nights when Tonia fucked Eve, Eve left her bed sated and woke up with a guilty desire to walk into Tonia’s room, strip off her kevlar uniform, and surrender herself to whatever Tonia wanted to do next. Captain Eve Rogers has a complicated relationship with sex and masculinity. Tonia Stark has a really big strap.

Falling Slowly by neverending_shenanigans (@neverending-shenanigans) (Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers, General Audiences, 8,945 words)

Summary: When Darcy follows Jane to new York, she only did it because Jane would be a mess without her. She can't complain, though, when she meets Stella. Stella is nice, maybe a bit reserved and one hell of a woman. And, oh, Stella might just have not mentioned the fact that she is actually much older than she looks.

in retrospect by welcoming_disaster (@welcomingdisaster) (Stony, Mature, 2,128 words)

Summary: Fresh out of the ice, Eve Rogers isn't happy about being stuck onto the Ultimates' roster; the team, in her view, is a shameless PR grab with no real talent. Her teammate, Tonya Stark, might change that.

[otnesse]

To be fair, we've unfortunately had PLENTY of instances where non-real stuff actually DOES influence people to do bad things, certainly in terms of mob mentality. Case in point: Rousseau's fictional treatises, Voltaire's Candide, Diderot's plays, and Sade's philosophical fiction helped inspire the French Revolution and Reign of Terror (and this isn't guesswork, either: Robespierre and his ilk repeatedly cited them as their inspirations for the Reign of Terror among others). Heck, there's evidence that Voltaire may have been an early influence on Karl Marx thanks to his dad reading Candide as a bedtime story, and look how HE turned out to be a reprobrate of a human being (heck, he made it explicit he formed the Communist manifesto so he could engineer an even gorier remake of Robespierre's Reign of Terror, meaning he was actively INTENDING to start a violent riot in his lifetime, and ultimately succeeded with Lenin). And don't get me started on how the Communist Manifesto, a blatantly fantastical piece of garbage, managed to influence Lenin and others into creating godless dystopic Communist countries. The movie Redacted was notorious for being the direct inspiration for a terrorist attack in Germany, as well. And let's not forget that the Matrix Defense was common enough to actually be considered a variation of the Insanity Plea, and there was evidence that the Wachowskis may have actually been gunning for that. Heck, technically, it's debatable whether the fashion magazine stuff is even real anyways (most of that industry is manufactured by people who don't even know a thing about heterosexual sex if you get my drift). Now, that all being said, I'm doubtful most video games, rock and roll, and D&D would have actually been causing those bits, or even intending to do that.

But I definitely agree especially currently that Lisa's point really falls apart (and this was speaking as someone who bought Lisa's claims when younger). Heck, if anything, Mailbu Stacy's comment about teaching shopping at school actually IS a profound statement, speaking from second-hand experience. One of the special needs teachers in High School actually DID end up teaching shopping to special needs students, and it was a VERY clever way of teaching them economics and how to invest wisely. That if anything actually IS a grossly underrated and relevant thing right now with all the bad spending habits, stuff I'm guilty of BTW. And I don't even understand how her baking cookies is irrelevant or demeaning, either. People baking shouldn't be an issue. Heck, mom and I often bake macaroons for Dad for Christmas gifts (and this is speaking as a straight guy, BTW). Probably the only actual red flag quote in that scene was the last statement with her comment of she shouldn't be asked questions since she's just a girl, and even THAT going by the only other time it was used (the very end of a retrospective documentary for Malibu Stacy's history at the company she was created at where they asked about what she has to say about her success) was meant to convey (albeit VERY badly) that she was being humble. In other words, a fit comparative quote for her would be Steve Rogers' response to Red Skull in the climax to The First Avenger: "Nothing. I'm just a kid from Brooklyn." In response to what made him special.

[stevetonyweekly]

SteveTony Weekly - October 15th

 Hi, all! I hope you had a spectacular week. Here’s everything I read this week--enjoy and be sure to leave comments and kudos for your writers! 

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love and war by meidui

“Who the hell are you?” Tony demands as Steve stands up and instinctively gets between them, taking him in: Tony’s armour, but in his colours. His shield, but with Tony’s arc reactor in place of his star.

“I’m from Earth-TRN634,” he says. “I’m not here to hurt you. I’m here to stop your Civil War.”

Shakedown by Sineala

The problem is, Captain America won't stop shivering.

Need A Hand? by KandiSheek

An unfortunate hand injury means that Steve can't jerk off for the foreseeable future. Tony is all too happy to lend a hand.

your kind of heaven's (been to hell and back) by complicationstoo 

Contrary to popular belief, Tony hasn’t done this before. He knows his own reputation, has enough self-awareness to recognize that not one single person would be surprised to find out he was doing this tonight, but all of them would be surprised to hear it was the first time. When you build a persona around being the charming playboy, paying for sex doesn’t seem too far off.

It’s definitely not the other guy’s first time being paid for it, though. There’s an easy energy about him as he casually looks around the penthouse between sips of the scotch in his hand. Tony wonders if he’s even drinking it at all, though, because the line of liquid never seems to go down no matter how many times he brings the glass to his lips. Either way he’s good at faking the nonchalance.

believe me by complicationstoo 

“So this is definitely one of the strangest situations I’ve ever been in,” Tony says, plopping down on the hard tile floor.

“One of?” Steve asks with raised eyebrows. “It’s troubling that you can’t lie to me right now, and yet you still aren’t saying it’s the worst.”

“Because it isn’t the worst,” Tony says simply, the honesty spilling out of him so easily even though he hates the way it feels on his tongue. “I wouldn’t even call it one of the worst. Doesn’t even crack the top five on that one, and please, don’t ask, because that’s a list I don’t want to say and you don’t want to hear. But strangest? It’s up there for sure.”

made your mark on me by complicationstoo 

It’s a Thursday, the first time that Tony walks into Steve’s tattoo parlor. Steve is behind the counter, passing the time between appointments by filling his sketchbook with new designs and reworks of older ones. He glances up at the chime on the door and has a welcome greeting on the tip of his tongue that dies at the sight of him.

He’s young, and if Steve had to guess he’s probably never been in a tattoo parlor before today, if the nervous look is anything to go by. His hair is dark and messy, falling in every direction as he takes a knitted hat off of his head and stuffs it in his pocket, while wide brown eyes look around at the designs on the walls.

How to Give the Best Blowjob He's Ever Had by BlossomsintheMist

Steve wants to give Tony as good a blowjob as Tony always gives him. Tony gives him some pointers.

in retrospect by welcoming_disaster 

Fresh out of the ice, Eve Rogers isn't happy about being stuck onto the Ultimates' roster; the team, in her view, is a shameless PR grab with no real talent. Her teammate, Tonya Stark, might change that.

The Fall and the Rise by Sineala

After the Great Society incursion, the Illuminati refuse to destroy another world. When the next incursion looms, they go to await their deaths in peace. Tony ends up on the doorstep of the last man who ever wanted to see him. At least he's going to die at Steve's side.

The Spark That Started the Fire by Sineala 

It started with two men. But it ended with two men, too.

(Or: A quiet evening on Battleworld, in which there are desert islands, campfires, apologies, and proposals. Also nudity.)

Bustin' a Cap by LonghornLetters

Steve and Tony have been together for a minute. Bucky and Rhodey have...concerns.

Body of Work by LonghornLetters 

NFL quarterback Steve Rogers has been invited to appear in ESPN's Body Issue. It's true, you know, every body has a story!

Those Secrets We Hold Dear by KandiSheek

Tony has been on suppressants for as long as he can remember. So when his body goes into an unexpected heat, he's more than a little unprepared. Especially because the person responsible for his body going haywire is halfway across the world and not on speaking terms with him.

It doesn't help that most of the world assumes that Tony is an alpha.

There is No Place Like Home for the Holidays by Lenalena

Steve is the first to come home to the tower after S.H.I.E.L.D. goes down. Then Natasha and Clint arrive. Tony doesn't mind, really, he's got the space. Except it's December and they insist on doing Christmassy shit. Who the hell has time for that?!?

Christmas 5 - Tony 0

be my best friend (until we grow old) by complicationstoo 

Everything about Steve Rogers is unexpected. How he enters Tony’s life like a cannonball. How he lingers there like he belongs.

It isn’t much of a surprise, though, to fall in love with him.

A companion fic to this is how you fall in love.

in restless silence and waking dreams by Areiton 

Tony trails his fingers over the ice, shivering at the cold that leeches into his hand, and stares at the man his father loved more than him, the man he’s loved and hated his entire life, the man who died to save the world and end the war. 

He sighs and says, softly. “You poor bastard.” 

one true thing by welcoming_disaster

Captain America, Tony has long learned, lives by a set of internal rules so convoluted and esoteric that he himself sometimes gets lost in them.

in my head by brucewaynery

Tony tells Steve about solipsism, the theory that everything is merely a figment of your own imagination, and Steve lets something slip.

for 'college roommates' on iron man bingo

now I worship a celestial sun by haemodye

The thing that gets Tony the most is how long it takes him to notice.

Not Steve, or even the other Avengers, but Tony himself. It takes Tony almost two whole weeks to figure out that he’s unable to disobey a direct order from Steve, which just- what the hell is that? What happened to the days when he flew off the handle, unable to play well with others, a notorious wild card?

“God, don’t tell me I’m getting old and predictable,” he says, rubbing a hand over his forehead. And then, “Fuck.”

  A mostly-comedic farce involving: 1 obedience spell, 2 pining Avengers, 1 long-suffering Sorcerer Supreme, and 1 single, extravagant Saint Patrick's Day float.

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California and Me

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/PbKZtoc by cityofst4rs He used the term “beautiful” liberally when he described his life that way to Sam. It wasn’t beautiful in the same way Bucky was—the kind of beauty that feels divine. It was quite rusty, in fact. or Steve is old now, and he misses Bucky so much that he could die. Words: 1063, Chapters: 1/2, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Peggy Carter (mentioned), Sam Wilson (in future chapters) Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers (past), James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (in future chapters) Additional Tags: Old Steve Rogers, Reminiscing, Stream of Consciousness, Pining, Period-Typical Homophobia, Marriage, Religious Discussion, Post-Movie: Avengers: Endgame (2019), Takes Place During The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Insecurity, Regret, a lot of it, Steve Rogers Needs a Hug, Everyone Needs A Hug, Depressing, Angst, Unhappy marriage, Post-Endgame, Aftermath, Alternate Timelines, Retrospective, Guilt, I'm Bad At Tagging, Steve Rogers Feels, Steve Rogers Lives, Spoilers for Movie: Avengers: Endgame (2019), Tags Contain Spoilers, Title from a Laufey Song, Betaed, My First Work in This Fandom, Other Additional Tags to Be Added read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/PbKZtoc