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The Needs of the One

Wed, 12 May 2021 01:28:22 GMT

A year and five months late, I've finally finished my Fandom Trumps Hate 2019 story. I'll be putting up a chapter a day.

The Needs of the One
Chapter 1 of 8
Fandom: Captain America (Movies)
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Okoye (Marvel)
Additional Tags: 1930s, Brooklyn, Post-Black Panther (2018), Post-Civil War (Marvel), Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, Goat Herder Bucky Barnes, Wakanda (Marvel), Hurt/Comfort, double timeline

Summary:
"I hear your pal is sick again."

Kenny McMannis smirked as he passed by, and honestly it was the smirk as much as the comment that made Bucky grab the jerk's arm and glare at him.

"Who are you talking about, McMannis?" he said, squeezing his arm just a little bit harder than necessary. "Steve?"

"Of course I mean Rogers." McMannis tried to pull his arm out of Bucky's grip, then acted like he didn't care when he couldn't manage it. "You got another sickly runt roommate?"

1938 or 2018, Brooklyn or Wakanda, Bucky Barnes will always be there to look after Steve Rogers.

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Fic: Full Circle

Thu, 02 May 2019 10:50:11 GMT

So, I saw Endgame, and was inevitably enraged by the way they sidelined Bucky. (Heck, even the Sweetie, after he saw it, was like, "Wow, they really didn't want Bucky in that movie, did they?").

And I have inevitably written a fixit fic.

Full Circle (1128 words)
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Offscreen James "Bucky" Barnes/Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Post-Endgame, Endgame Fix-It, Time Travel

Summary:
The two of them sit on the bench for the longest time, staring out at the shimmering surface of the lake in front of them, a pregnant silence building between them.

Steve is the one who speaks first.

“I saved him,” he says. “I couldn’t save you, but I saved him.”

A big thank you to halotolerant for providing the title and helping make it better.

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Snowflake Challenge - Day 5

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 05:57:16 GMT

Day 5

In your own space, promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them.

How about three each on Tumblr and Twitter...

Tumblr
How to Brooklyn by hansbekhart
An absolutely invaluable series of Tumblr posts for anyone wanting to write historically accurate fic of Steve Rogers in his native borough.

The Stucky Library
A Tumblr feed of Stucky fic recs with a wonderful tagging structure. When I was first dipping my toe into the fandom, this was hugely helpful for finding the really good stuff.

AO3 Feed - Stucky
A Tumblr feed of all newly posted Stucky fic on AO3. So much new fic gets produced in the fandom that this can be a firehose, but I've found some great fic by new-to-me writers here.

Twitter
stuckyfanart
When a lot of artists got forcibly kicked off Tumblr, they migrated to Twitter. This Twitter feed provides a roundup of their art.

incorrectbucko
This feed just cracks me up. Stupid texts between Steve and Bucky.

Sebastian Stan Updates
Wanna know what Seb is up to? This Twitter feed has you covered.

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Happy Steve Bingo

Tue, 04 Sep 2018 02:37:08 GMT

I was dithering, but finally decided to sign up for the happystevebingo challenge. (I'm about two-thirds through writing what looks like it's going to be a 50K word Stucky epic, but figured the challenge might give me a few shorter ideas to write as a break.) My card is...interesting.

*Happy Steve Bingo*
Promposal	“Hi, I Got Your Halloween Costume Delivered to Me by Mistake”	Kittens	Bad Handwriting	Allergies
Journal	Bad Fashion Sense	First Dates	Shield	Personalized Handshake
High School AU	Miscommunication	★	Horoscope	Caught in a Tea Party Wearing a Tiara
Wedding	Deciduous (Falling Leaves / Trees in Autumn)	“Are You Flirting with Me?” “Have Been for the Past Year, Thanks for Noticing.”	Pregnancy	Dates Get Interrupted
Sharing a Scarf	First Time	Karaoke	Pumpkins	Meditation

I'm feeling a bit old to write either Promposal or High School AU, but there's some other fun prompts there.

Note to my muse: It's Happy Steve Bingo. Lay off the angst for a change, would ya!

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Fannish Stuff - Good and Bad

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 03:07:33 GMT

Good: I have a complete first draft of my Stucky Big Bang story done. Nearly 34K words, and I don't think it sucks.

Bad: My original artist defaulted, which the mods apparently didn't catch until I sent them a "hey, I haven't heard from my artist in, like, MONTHS" email.

Good: The mods got me a pinch hit artist.

Good: My copy of the Stucky Not Without You zine finally arrived. And wow, it's as gorgeous as everyone says. Also not so much a zine as a giant, freaking art book. (I'd ordered two copies, one for a friend's birthday, and had it shipped to work, and schlepping the box home on the subway just about took my arm out of my socket.)

Bad: Okay, this isn't so much a bad thing as just a thing, but what with having an international order and a last name beginning with zed, I'll bet I got one of the last zines sent out. I love my last name, but it definitely makes patience a necessity.

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Fic for July 4th

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 03:38:25 GMT

Since it's July 4th, a.k.a. Steve Rogers' birthday, I thought I'd post the link to the two Cap Reverse BB stories I wrote.

Brooklyn Runaways
(12822 words)
Art by: slaughterme_barnes
Fandom: Captain America (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, Great Depression
Summary:
"Aw, Stevie, don't be like that." Bucky's voice was muffled by the door, but even given that, it didn't sound right. "Open up."

Steve fumbled with the lock, threw open the door, and there was Bucky, standing in the hallway, a suitcase in his hand and a bruise on one side of his jaw.

"We gotta go, Stevie," he said. "We gotta go now."

When Steve and Bucky get careless, they end up having to run away. But maybe running away will find them the home they've always needed.

I lucked out on the initial claim and got one of my absolute top choices, and lovely piece of art that let me write skinny!Steve and Bucky in the '30s. The artist also did a second piece of art that inspired me to break the smut barrier in my new fandom and write Steve/Bucky sexy tiems, so that was fun.

That was all I was supposed to write, but then a couple of weeks before the final deadline, this lovely piece of art with the Avengers as characters from a Chinese wuxia epic went up for a pinch hit. And no one else claimed it. I hadn't put this one of my list of initial claims because I didn't think I could do it justice. But my insanely optimistic muse suddenly assured me I could get the job done in two weeks. Stupid muse, but I did it, thanks in part to a lovely artist who had lots of ideas for the background of the characters.

Wuxia Avengers: Heroes' Justice
(10355 words)
Art by: potofsoup
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death (but not the main characters)
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Nick Fury, Howling Commandos
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Wuxia AU, Don't worry the Avengers don't die
Summary:
Captain Steve Rogers was a trusted member of the Emperor's Palace Guard, but then his entire company was wiped out by the Red Skull. Now Steve seeks only vengeance for the death of his sword brothers and the man he loved. He thinks his is a solitary quest, but on his journey he will find fellow avengers to help him. Bu they will all have to come together to defeat the fearsome Hydra fighter, the Winter Assassin.

Now I'm going to take a few days break to recover from the stress writing of 10K words in two weeks before I get back to work on my Stucky BB story.

Happy July 4th to all my American friends out there!

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Hockey and Stucky!

Tue, 16 May 2017 03:48:06 GMT

Since Ros is doing her black belt next year (OMG!) she won't be playing hockey.

I, however, have signed up again for the women's learn to play lessons. I don't even know how this happened, but it turns out I kinda enjoy hockey. Or at least learning hockey skills. I may sign up for league play the year after.

In fannish news, I've got my Cap RBB story finished, formatted and ready to go, and my artist and I have a game plan for posting. My posting date is May 28th, so I'll be able to share the story and the fabulous art that inspired it then.

I've also just crossed the 10,000 word mark for my Stucky BB story, and have finally outlined where this sucker is going. And I've got a decent summary put together ready for the artist claims. There are, apparently, way more writers than artists, but I'm not going to stress about the claims too much. This is a story I want to write whether or not there's art for it. Not that it wouldn't be cool to get claimed.

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Fic: The Boiled Cabbage Strategy

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:59:58 GMT

I've got a bunch of longer stories on the go, but I've snuck this short piece into the queue. It's a goofy little sequel to my very first Stucky story, The Altar Boy Act.

The Boiled Cabbage Strategy (2847 words)

Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts, Tony Stark
Additional Tags: Sassy Bucky Barnes, Snark, bad language
Series: Part 2 of Bisexual Sweary Old People
Summary:
When a dinner invitation teaches Pepper Potts what a little shit a certain super soldier can be, she's positive they're going to be best friends

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