Does anyone have the Stucky fic where Steve is a baker and Bucky is a wedding planner who is a total ass? And Steve doesn’t know cute guy he’s seeing is actually James the Jerk who tries to get him to make lots of cupcakes last minute?
if only you could see me (for the pie that i am) by bitelikefire. Happy reading!
copperbadge: I do kind of want to write a fic now where Tony is trying to explain stock options to Clint.
copperbadge: “Take me through it one more time.“ "Clint it’s so simple.“ "Your stock is IMAGINARY.” “All stock is imaginary!”
scifigrl47: “WHY ARE YOU PAYING MONEY FOR IMAGINARY THINGS?”
copperbadge: “People pay ME money for imaginary things!“ “You are a con man.“ "I AM A TITAN OF INDUSTRY!”
scifigrl47: “A conman with a COLLEGE DEGREE.”
copperbadge: “Does Pepper know your company is based on a lie?“ "Pepper owns 24% of the lie!"
copperbadge: Meanwhile, Steve is like "THIS! THIS is why half the country was unemployed when I was a child!"Money is imaginary too, so I guess it evens out
Yeah, but you can’t just dump an idea like “money is also imaginary” on a guy like Clint, that’ll mess him up! You gotta ease into that kind of thing or you’re liable to get yourself a supervillain.
*blinks slowly* We need Supervillain Clint now.
Commie anarchist anti-currency supervillain Clint Barton would be amazing, let’s not lie.
My favourite villain Clint is Life of Crime Clint. He’s not a communist, but everyone still needs to go read its sex-positive, deaf-rep, super-snarky goodness. Go!
I am posting this as a wholehearted rec because I ADORE this story and I have no one in my life I can talk about it with because no one I talk to regularly about fannish things is into Austen/has read this fic. It’s a what if? AU which those who know me KNOW is my one true love of fan fiction. It’s detailed, it’s long, it’s plotty, it’s complete, and it has gorgeous character development for all involved, both canon and original players. It’s talking about rape culture and feminism and fighting for the people you love, but also about taking a terrible thing and making something amazing from it.
Heed the warnings. If non-con of any kind is a problem for you, this is not the story for you. But if, like me, you gain a great catharsis from reading characters you love endure, and more, evolve from something devastating and triumph, you will love this fic.
Beth AM crafted something amazing that I wish I could have a physical copy of on my shelf right next to Austen’s originals. I don’t say that about many fan fictions, though I’ve read a lot. Katie Forsythe/wordstrings’s Sherlock Holmes fic. copperbadge’s Cartographer’s Craft. shuofthewind’s The Making of Monsters. domarzione’s Freezer Burn. Not Easily Conquered by WhatAreFears and dropdeaddream. I’m sure there are a few more I’m forgetting, but all told, it’s not a long list out of the thousands of fics I’ve read over decades in fandoms. This is one of them.
Read it. Love it. Thank the imagination and the dedication of the author that it exists. And then sigh that because it’s on a web page archive, not Ao3, you can’t leave kudos to let the author know how wonderful it is, and resort to telling Tumblr instead. That’s what I did, anyway.
knitting in the dark 