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gyzym:

bigbangpress:

Pre-orders are now open for A Hero At The End Of The World by Erin Claiborne!

A Hero At The End Of The World is a hilarious and gripping combination of YA fantasy adventure, queer romance, and political satire. Written by Erin Claiborne (eleveninches) and illustrated by Jade Liebes (hydrae), it’s the first novel from Big Bang Press, which publishes original fiction by authors from the fanfic community.

“As a teenager, Ewan Mao was prophesied to save Britain from an evil tyrant — but chickened out at the last moment. Instead, his best friend Oliver Abrams ended up defeating the villain. Five years later, Oliver is a national hero while Ewan works at a coffee shop and still lives with his parents. But the two friends are unwillingly reunited when a magical cult targets Ewan in a plot to end the world.”

You can now pre-order A Hero At The End Of The World in ebook and paperback from our website!

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septembriseur:

One thing I was thinking about today was Alexander Pierce. I feel like one thing that’s been under-discussed in Cap 2 meta (at least, from what I’ve seen on my dash— maybe it’s been talked about elsewhere!) is the privilege of Alexander Pierce, a privilege that is very deliberately communicated onscreen.

Pierce, as a character, is visually distinctive: he’s not just an older white man, but a very specific genre of older white man. His three-piece suits and tortoiseshell glasses suggest a fondness for the styles, at least, of some happier past: the gentlemen’s era (to me located sort of vaguely pre-Philby) when men like him knew how to be graceful with power, because it was something that came naturally to them, something they would never have to demand. His charm, his generally pleasant demeanor are of a piece with this— after all, as he himself tells Steve, he’s the diplomat: the one who keeps his hands clean while Nick Fury does what needs to be done.

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wintergaydar:

I really need to read or write the canon-divergent story where Steve realizes that the Winter Soldier is a victim before he realizes that the Winter Soldier is Bucky Barnes. Steve sees an equal — another super-soldier — and understands that he’s never had the choices Steve got; where so many of Steve’s friends think it’s crazy, but Steve decides to save him, anyway. 

(And the Winter Soldier wants to trust this man — this target — who’s offering help, and kindness, even though he has got no idea why).

It’s reckless, and borderline suicidal, but Steve does it — Steve finds a way to offer the Winter Soldier a way out from HYDRA, to give him protection, Steve defends him from everyone who says that he is a monster — without having ever even seen his face. 

Because Steve Rogers sees the best in everyone, and I want the AU where it is that quality that brings him back the person he loves most in the world. The AU where Steve takes the muzzle-mask off the Winter Soldier’s face the first time that the Winter Soldier lets him come close enough, and finds Bucky Barnes.

starkspangledauntless:

loving-that-officey-feel:

Everyone seemed to be talking about the anatomical concerns of having and arc reactor yesterday, and it reminded me of the big long post I wrote about it forever ago where I came to the conclusion that there’s a lot more metal in Tony’s chest than we can see. So have a painting.

[water-soluble graphite & gouache on paper + PS]

#bless #seriously my medical training was fucking with me on this #I always like to think of reactor as an implant #like a pacemaker #which then just gives me total Tony-is-a-genius boners #BECAUSE FUCK #the man built himself some once-in-a-lifetime MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY #in a cave JFC #the actual knowledge of anatomy and body mechanics required for this vastly outweigh the engineering prowess here #and yet again #Tony Stark is a genius #and Ho Yinsen is the man who saved the man who had everything #they couldn’t have done it without each other #OH NO#YINSEN FEELINGS #I’ve missed you #Tony Stark #Iron Man #I love the arc reactor#whoops these tags got a little crazy