#imo ffh is his best

[seek--rest]

I read and loved When May Met Sally, and I adore May and Sally's friendship! How you treat Sally being jealous that May has Ben is amazing. But I'm curious about why you have Percy lying to his mom all the time even aside from Spider-Man stuff? In the books he was mostly honest to her about his demigod life. And about Frederick Chase, it's less about villainizing him than it is that Annabeth at 7 felt so unloved and a burden that she'd rather run away with no guaranteed food and shelter.

The best part of being a brand new fan is that I have an entirely different perspective on the books/relationships. Case in point: views on parents in pjo and how it differs when you read these books with a fully cooked brain.

I could be off base, again I read these books a month ago and read the sections with Sally in them while writing When May Met Sally but… Percy doesn’t tell Sally shit lmao. He’ll tell her the details of a quest the few times he actually deigns to tell her anything (which is few and far between), but for the most part? Percy is very much in his own little world with the demigods, especially after the Lightning Thief. I specifically went back and made sure any scene where Sally is “part of the action” is almost word for word from the books. It’s one of (the many) pet peeves I have with the series that after that first book? Sally is basically a non-entity for Percy, given a boyfriend very early on and then very “have fun sweetie don’t die” when it comes to the shit Percy gets up to. It’s a kids book, parents have to be detached or otherwise occupied because of the function of the genre but it’s distracting for me because Percy grew up JUST with his mom who seemed to do damn near almost anything to protect him… only to be totally fine with and be very hands off about him fighting monsters every year for the next five years.

(It’s why she and May are such good parallels imo, since HOCO May vs FFH May are two different people as far as I’m concerned)

The one exception obviously is not telling Sally Peter’s secret but (spoilers for Chapter 8) even that is something Percy does eventually tell her which to me, seems perfectly aligned with his M.O. for everything else. He does things first, tells Sally last and while I can’t change canon, I can make it so that a fic in Sally’s POV does her more justice.

as far as Frederick, I’ll say it before and say it again: was Annabeth really unloved and a burden or was she just seven. There is nothing in the text that gives me the impression that Frederick made her feel those things vs Annabeth— whose fatal flaw is hubris— felt those things all on her own. Now Mrs. Chase is definitely quoted as implying/saying things to Annabeth but it’s telling to me that we don’t learn this until the sequel series.

Fanon is a hard thing to unlearn and everyone is allowed to have a different interpretation but from canon alone, I cannot say with any confidence that Frederick was this horrible dad that made Annabeth feel like shit OR that he didn’t do everything in his power to try and get her back after she left. If anything, canon directly contradicts this narrative that Frederick was relieved/glad that Annabeth was gone since at the end of the lightning thief, he was thrilled she was coming back home.

Again— I’m new here and read these books as a grown ass adult. I think that is a huge reason why I see things differently than a lot of others.

#seek speaks #pjo #Percy Jackson #Sally Jackson #Frederick chase #I was so disappointed with how little Sally features in the rest of the series #in titan’s curse Percy’s actually annoyed with Sally at the beginning #in the last book he fucks off the camp half blood for weeks after the battle #where is Sally? with her brand new husband ig #Frederick’s treatment in fandom reminds me a lot of flash if not… worse

[destinyc1020]

The signs which you mentioned for the couples to break up Were those sign visible around July 17th because I was not here that time I am just curious to know. Did they unfollow a lot of people on each other sides or not liking each other pics or stop visiting each other .

Well, you have to keep in mind that during 1.0 they were they were still HIDING their rlshp tremendously, so some of the "signs" were probably easier to miss back then. 👀

When you're hiding a rlshp, personally unfollowing a bunch of ppl would have been a dead giveaway that they were definitely in a rlshp w/each other all along, so I'm sure they refrained from doing that in order to keep the privacy of breakup. That's just my theory. 🤷🏾‍♀️

They were still looking each other's posts, but they did have a slight hiatus from doing so, esp when the Tolivia pics dropped.

Hindsight is always 20/20, so now, looking back, there were some small signs here and there that they had broken up that a lot of us just didn't pick up on immediately.... Some anons can remind me of more but some were:

Supposedly, some of Z's family members unfollowed some ppl on Tom's side right around the time of the FFH press tour of I'm not mistaken 🤔 But then, some followed some as well too (Whitney lol) sooo it was confusing

Tom was talking about how his romantic life has been kind of "disappointment" actually while doing press for FFH with Jake Link

Tom also references Celine Dion's song "My Heart Will Go On" as the theme song of his life......again, while doing FFH press interviews with Jake Link

I ALWAYS say that Tom and Zendaya's "vibe" during the FFH press tour was a little off... 👀 They were still friendly, but I just sensed a little tension there that def wasn't there the first HOCO press tour

The fact that Tom didn't want to stand next to Z in her super high heels during the London press tour lol 🤣

The way that they looked soooo DEAD behind the eyes during most of their pics together at the FFH premiere in LA 👀

And then, the ULTIMATE sign of all..... Tom being spotted with Olivia on July 14 lol 🤣

I always say that seeing someone getting cozy or holding hands romantically with another person is the BEST and most reliable sign that a couple has split up imo. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I think it was harder for us to figure out that they had split up cuz they still had to do press with each other, and they're both professionals, so they're not gonna make it seem like anything is wrong.

Plus.... tbh, I still think they may have been hooking up during the press tour even after being broken up. 👀 Some exes (especially if they've been together for a LONG @$$ time) have that weird "in between stage" where they're technically broken up, but they're still hooking up coz there's still some feelings there, or it's just comfortable and familiar. 🤷🏾‍♀️

So that could have also been why it was tough for us to figure out that they were broken up. Plus, when you look at the FFH press tour, the heart eyes are still so prevalent, so they obviously still loved each other. That's another reason why it was tough to figure out.

[inyourwildestdreams22]

Tbh, FFH is cute and high school class trip was the best part of that movie

but I can see why some may not like ffh, the elementals are poorly implemented and were poorly written, the mysterio reveal was telegraphed very early on and his character was very one dimensional and outright dumb. The movie hammers down the theme of responsibility but by the end kind of fumbles up the messaging by the end.

I don’t agree, the elementals are dumb cause they are not real, that’s the whole point lol. And Mysterio is a narcissist bitch, imo he is well written. So agree to disagree.

[duskholland]

I mean, to be honest...... I haven't really watched any of Tom's work 😂 I watched like... 10 minutes of a Wolf Hall episode he was in and 15 minutes of The Impossible once, and I watched a little bit of Spider-Man Homecoming, but it had a German dub so I couldn't finish it lmao

dude fjdbsjd. ok you need to watch at least a couple ... spiderman far from home is my favourite that he’s been in! i legitimately rewatch it at least once a month. 10/10 recommend it!! even if you don’t like spiderman, it has jake gyllenhaal, it’s set in some beautiful locations + the plot is pretty good! try it!!!

#imo ffh is his best #the rest of his films can go they pale so hard against ffh #he brings 110% to it #anonymous

[oatbrew]

I looove Peter Parker too but I find myself kinda bored by mcu’s version of him like of course there are funny and good moments but it all feels a bit empty, he doesn’t feel like himself, just iron man’s shadow and iron man is not even that interesting imo lmaoo. And zendaya as mj is soo underused, I want to learn about her more at the very least like we did with Gwen in tasm

feel this soooo immensely

i really liked homecoming when it first came out and i saw it for its own thing bc it lacked the usual threads (uncle ben’s influence, peter not having to struggle w tech bc he had tony at his disposal, the lack of working class relatability) and it was a fun, lighthearted addition that i found necessary in the growing juggernaut of the mcu. the fact that the high schoolers acted their age was also appealing and i was a big fan of michael keaton as the vulture. plus i think tom holland is easily likable and talented and lol yes his run as billy elliot gave him points

as time passed and i became more critical of the mcu as a whole and particularly bc i got into miles morales after this that i started resenting mcu peter for basically feeling like a lesser (and white) miles origin retread which wasn’t helped w his lore basically being so entwined w tony’s to the point that the guy feels like the spiritual uncle ben of peter’s movies. and the fact that they had the necessary elements to say something interesting about class w a billionaire mentor and a blue collar villain but nope lol did nothing w it past some empty lip service what did i expect from a disney product. also i hated that the thematic conclusion of homecoming where peter decides to strike out on his own and fight for the little guy in his community was basically erased due to the demands that a cinematic universe has especially on a big name like spider-man.

from a business side of things (putting on my feige hat here) you can’t just have peter not be part of the big space fight or not to go globally to deal w higher stakes even if it comes at the expense of forcing him out of his city (and i argue that nyc is basically its own character in the spider-man mythos that it doesn’t feel as right when the setting takes place elsewhere in a spider-man story) peter always works best as a freelancer in his own contained stories where he’ll occasionally collaborate w the avengers but all his key character development and benchmark moments happen within his own independent runs.

and yes also completely agree, mj (and ned) are tragically underutilized (which isn’t helped on a media ethics level as they’re poc servicing a white lead’s arc). as supporting characters they’re meant to serve peter’s story but i don’t think it does the characters justice when the audience only cares for them as extensions of peter. if either of them dies maybe we’ll feel sad but only because peter feels sad not bc of the loss of the characters themselves. i have felt more urgency and potential grief of the times aunt may and mj were threatened in the raimi movies than the times any other supporting character in mcu pete’s movies has been threatened (w perhaps the slight exception of happy and that’s only because we’ve known him for a considerable time outside of peter’s movies.) in the raimi movies we know that aunt may struggles financially and we see her go through the grieving process after the loss of her husband. we know that mj struggles w a dysfunctional family life and aspires to be a successful actress and to be loved for who she is.

what do we know about ned and mj outside of their functional relation to peter in these movies??? what do we know about their inner world and their motivations? absolutely nothing except for surface level stuff (eg that they’re in the decathlon team, ned likes nerdy things, mj has snarky humor w a morbid edge etc). that’s why i was so detached from peter and mj’s romance in ffh because all the essential development happened off screen! we’re just told that pete now likes mj and we’re never shown how she came to develop feelings for him in the first place. what do they like about each other? why did mj feel so compelled to confirm peter’s identity past her own baby crush? is it possibly bc she’s just a curious person or she just needs to know the truth which stems from a possible interest/aspiration in journalism or research work (we know that she has an interest in activism)? any answer goes bc we don’t know anything about her besides her role as the offbeat minor character in the first movie and peter’s love interest in the second.

and i think that’s why spider-man suffers in a cinematic universe. the reason why spider-man 2 remains one of (if not) the best spider-man and superhero movies is that it’s interested solely in the world of peter and his cast. we have the time to explore aunt may, mj, harry, and peter’s rogues gallery in meaningful depth because the runtime isn’t also being bogged down by the contractual and logistical obligations that come w being part of a cinematic universe. we don’t have to worry about a spider-man movie acting as a plot vehicle to serve the larger storyline that’s supposed to lead to the next crossover endgame-like team up. we can focus on the small character moments which is why sm2 is so impactful. it’s not the bombastic theatrics of seeing all of our fan favorite characters team up. it’s seeing these characters as their own and relating to their struggles not as fantastical superhumans but as actual grounded people

and i understand why creative changes had to be made (like how many times do we need to see uncle ben die) but i think as mcu pete’s stakes get bigger the appeal of him and his stories for me, his literal epithet as the “friendly neighborhood spider-man” takes more and more of a backseat. he might as well be some other indistinguishable superhero’d avenger who just happens to have spider-man’s branding without the things that make him spider-man

i really mourn for andrew garfield whose movies aren’t my fave but it seems outside of his studio and his script’s constrictions, even just based on his comments alone, he rly got to the core of who peter was. all this to say that i try as best as i can to appreciate mcu pete (and again i rly like tom holland as an actor i think he plays his script well) as his own entity and besides what is comics canon at the end of the day. but personally he and his mythos are not the peter that i think of when someone asks me if spider-man is my favorite superhero

#reply. #anon. #notes. #mcu. #spider-man. #long post #my fave superhero is spectacular and insomniac spider-man #just for ref lol

[catharticboredom]

SPOILERS FOR NWH, #nwh spoilers

I watched this movie p much against my will bc my coworkers dragged me to see it to bond or whatever, luckily they paid for the ticket/I used my scene points so I didn’t spend my own money in it

Just my overall thoughts about the movie, pretty much not in any organized manner and are mainly rambly, under the cut

Willem Dafoe was wasted in this movie lol

Aunt May’s death was soooo unearned, like she barely had any meaningful interactions with Peter compared to the Maguire and Garfield movies, like I feel her purpose was more to be “ha ha aunt May is young and hot, ha ha”, like at one point Pete was like “oh don’t make Aunt May forget in SM bc that was a lot of trouble I don’t wanna go through that again” like SHOW DON’T TELL! Show what her reaction was, show us her fretting over Peter all the time bc she cares for him, like so much is just told to us. and like honestly her death was comical to me bc she was pretty much delirious when giving the “responsibility” speech, it was delivered at the worst possible time too

The hatred towards Green goblin from Pete feels SO unearned, bc they literally have no history w each other. It would have been more interesting to my to see them bring back Mysterio or smth somehow, ie the actual guy that ruined his life or smth. Like the reason Goblin was a good villain in the Maguire movie is bc he was shown to have a mentor/father like relation to Peter. Even in the Garfield movie with Harry, we did at least see that he and Pete were best friends and that Pete cared for Harry and wanted to help him (as poorly executed as that may have been).

They tried to do the ITSV “we are the only ones who k ow what you’re going through” when the others were consoling Miles after Uncle Aaron’s death, but it sucked in comparison bc it just felt so hollow and forced, like “OH THEY SAID THE RESPONSIBILITY LINE”. And like if you watched these scenes with no previous context it isn’t as powerful, like it should be able to be a standalone title yknow?

Electro suddenly has a personality in this movie that is basically “Jamie Foxx in every movie he’s been in”, like I haven’t watched the Garfield movie in a long time but I feel he wasn’t this quippy or snarky

It fucking pissed me off when Disney/Sony act like they didn’t screw over Garfield, like cool he’s in the movie but you still fired him partially/mostly bc he thought SM should have a bf

Not to invoke T*ny but I thought that they would bring him up when Barnabas Cardamom was like “it is their fate to die, they gotta die” in the sense that like, Peter would somehow relate that to T*ny having to die to defeat Thanos or smth

I know ppl don’t want the Uncle Ben rehash all the time, but like I feel like the responsibility speech coming from May after Peter had already saved the world in Endgame and such ring hollow, like he has already learned this lesson in the other movies, it was so fucking forced

Oh yeah Sandman was there. Also The Lizard

Michelle and Peter’s relationship felt underdeveloped imo, idk why they switched Peter’s love interest from Liz to MJ so suddenly from HC to FFH, like they didn’t really show them being friends in HC and such, like I think they are cute but still underdeveloped to suddenly be saying “I love you” to each other and being like “I will always find you” or whatever

Why was J Jonah Jameson in this movie, like I love JK Simmons in the role but like what purpose did he serve other than fan service and poking fun at Info/Wars, like he wasn’t relevant to the plot (like you could have replaced his news segments with anything else), if you didn’t have prior context you would just think “who the fuck is this and why is he getting so much screen time”

Also I haven’t watched the Daredevil series but didn’t that get cancelled? And now they’re gonna have a pointless cameo for no reason, again after they cancelled the show???

I know that Wong is smarter than Strange and stuff, but I wish he were featured in the movie more as helping Peter mend the realities or universes or whatever, that’s more a personal thing

Idk why Strange was so insistent on helping Peter like k understand being empathetic to his plight but to alter reality like that, when he literally was like “we already fucked up time and reality enough”, like idk they could have made it so Peter tried to do some spell himself and fucked up

Ha ha electro though SM was black, ha ha he wishes there was a black spiderman, ha ha, fuck you Disney, stay the fuck away from Miles, esp since MCU!pete is basically whitewashed Miles including stealing his best friend Ganke

Best part of this movie was Tom Hardy Venom getting yeeted away from the MCU

I actually fucking hate how the second post credits scene was a fucking trailer for the next Dr Strange movie, like fuck off

Is it just me or apart from the beginning half hour that it felt like the consequences of Peter’s ID being revealed didn’t seem to matter anymore, like I know that that was the catalyst for the events of the movie and such, but they kept saying multiple times “oh careful Pete don’t wanna look like a bad guy so the media gets mad at you” after the college admissions lady was saved or whatever, like it would be interesting to actually see the public react to like idk Peter seemingly help the villains or whatever

An Ivy League school. where T*ny went to and his protege who is also SM and is cishet white boy, not admitting him into college? On top of Peter complaining about being broke for college? Lmaaao okay

Him seemingly “returning to his comic book roots” of being poor and cresting his suit on his own and such feels sooooo unearned, like this is should be where he STARTED. He was already a privileged little shit, like idk it doesn’t mean anything to me, I would have loved it if you just started off from there instead of all the other bc in the other movies

The ways he “helps the villains” is so stupid. Like just taking away their powers doesn’t mean they won’t die, like all Sandman wants to do is go home to his daughter, he doesn’t even die in his movie. Like electro should still wanna kill Spiderman, if anything he would wanna kill SM more now that his powers were taken away, one single pep-talk isn’t gonna fix him lmao. Also like idk if I’m reading too much in to it but I hate how most of the cures are like making the villains “sane” and that the main problem was that they are “kuh-razy”

#nwh spoilers

[knightofameris]

different worlds - peter parker (stark!reader)

Setting: AU (earth-3490 based on MCU) Gender: Female Contains: Angst + fluff = flangst, established character deaths, curse words, anxiety attacks, very vague description of gore, mentions of alcohol, slight spoilers for FFH, in regards to it being 3490 it has Stony in it but also pepperony !!! so Word Count: 9k (oops)

Summary: Peter Parker has to learn how to cope with his mentor and his daughter being gone from the world. He holds a lot of regrets now because of how he never took his chance with (Y/n). But what does he do when he’s given the chance to tell her exactly how he feels? Except the only thing is she’s from another universe and she’s accompanied by someone he didn’t even recognize.

a/n: fuck canon because in this story steve doesn’t go back in time at the end of Endgame. Based on earth-3490 with elements of the MCU. Earth-3490 is a universe in which Tony was born identifying as a female (imo, can be interpreted in many different ways) and is named Natasha Stark. She ends up marrying Steve Rogers so it prevents the entirety of Civil war. In this MCU-3490, they’re just dating then marry after the snap in IW Natasha ‘Toni’ now goes by Tasha as she becomes more comfortable with her name instead of Toni from the headcanon that her name is Natasha Antonia Stark.

Let me know if there are any mistakes, regarding the gender of reader, grammar, spelling, or with the story. c: [repost from my old account]

Enjoy! 

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❝ in any universe, i’ll always love you ❞

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When walking into a field of flowers, which flowers do you pick? The prettiest ones, right? The ones that look the healthiest, the brightest colored, and most beautiful one. You pick the ones that smell sweet and make you feel at peace. And then you put them in a bouquet to give to a loved one. Or you make them into a flower crown to wear on your head.

Flower corpses. That’s what flower crowns were made of, in a more dark way of describing it.

And it makes sense, doesn’t it? You only really want to keep the best ones, even if they die sooner.

But God, is it unfair.

It’s so unfair that the universe decided to pick both Tony and (Y/n) Stark, the prettiest ones of the bunch. Even though they were still blooming, even though they still had yet to show all their petals, the universe decided to pick them. Tony Stark, the one who started it all, and (Y/n) Stark, the one who was too young.

They both had so much to offer to the world, so much to give. Whether it be new inventions or just flat out love. Both Starks had so much love to give to the world. And for one of them, she never got the chance to give that love to the one she loved most.

Peter Parker sat down at the edge of the lake, watching the two bouquets of flowers holding Tony’s first arc reactor and (Y/n)’s first stuffed animal. His eyes were red and swollen. Even with his regenerative powers, Peter cried so much that it couldn’t heal. But for once, in the past few days since the battle, both battles for him, he finally stopped.

His mouth was dry and his nose was clogged with snot but he couldn’t help but continue to watch two people he grew to love and cherish over the past few years drift farther away from him.

Peter didn’t even notice Steve walk up to him from behind. Steve cleared his throat, jolting Peter out of his thoughts. He looked up at the older man. In a different circumstance, Peter would have geeked out there and then. But instead, he turned his head back towards the two bouquets.

“Peter, right?” Steve asked, following his gaze. Peter didn’t reply. “I… I never got to see your relationship with Tony. But I know he was proud of you. He always was and always will be. And (Y/n), I’ve watched her grow up. I’ve seen her with her all her partners but I’ve never seen her happier than when she talked about you. What I’m trying to say here is that their love for you didn’t leave with them. It’ll always be a part of you and I know that both of them would rather have you up and about than crying over them.”

Peter pursed his lips then scoffed, shaking his head. He didn’t even know how to respond to the Star-Spangled Man. He just wanted to be left alone.

He was angry and sad and feeling too many things at once. But he was mostly mad at himself. Mad that he never told (Y/n) his feelings for her and mad that he couldn’t save her.

So yeah, he wanted to be left alone.

Steve shuffled his feet, glancing down then letting out a breath, “If you need anything, I’ll be inside. You should also have my number on your phone, I’ll still be around.”

Peter waited till he heard Steve walk into the house and closed the door behind him to start crying again. He pulled his knees up to his chest, hugging it and started sobbing. His crying causing his entire body to shake as he cried into his suit once more.

Steve watched Peter cry alone from the lake house. It was quiet, save for the small murmurings amongst friends, the quiet sobbing from Pepper and a few others. He wished he could have done more, maybe it could have been him and at least one of the Starks could have been alive.

“You ready?”

Steve turned to face Bruce who was holding a case most likely holding the Infinity Stones.

He nodded and turned his head back towards Peter. If there was one thing he could do for Tony after everything, it could be looking after Peter and his family. “Yeah, I’m ready.”

***

(Y/n) cheered, raising her glass with everyone beside her as her mom said a toast.

“To the future of the universe, and the future of the Avengers,” Tasha smirked while staring straight at her daughter. “Oh come on, I know I can’t give as great of a speech as winghead over here but let’s celebrate! To the future!” She raised her glass with her robotic arm, the drink inside splashing out.

“To the future!” Thor’s voice boomed and everyone else followed suit, clinking glasses and causing splashes to go all around. Nebula had even accidentally slammed her cup into Scott’s too hard breaking both of their cups.  

(Y/n) grinned as she drank the Shirley Temple and everyone else began the road down drunkenness. She kept one hand on her little sister’s shoulder, Maria, pulling her in as she drank her own juice and the two watched their mom jump off the table she stood on. Peter’s arm wrapped around (Y/n)’s, giving her a kiss on her temple.

“You know, if I didn’t know any better,” Steve’s eyes glanced between (Y/n), Maria, and Peter, “I would have thought you guys were just a very young family.”

Peter’s grip on (Y/n)’s shoulder tightened then he let go, stammering with his face red. (Y/n) rolled her eyes and let go of Maria who promptly ran up to Steve. Steve set his cup down, then bent down to pick up Maria with a grunt.

“Oh please, dad,” (Y/n) said, intertwining her fingers with Peter’s. Steve raised his eyebrows, his mouth slightly parted and (Y/n) just took another sip from her drink. “What? I mean, you are my dad now.” She eyed the red and gold banded ring on his left ring finger.

“No, I just thought—”

“I’m still upset we weren’t invited to the wedding, right Peter?”

Peter glanced back and forth between his girlfriend and Steve. (Y/n) held a slight smirk on her face while Steve was clearly exasperated. Maria just sat in her father’s arms, playing with her hair.

“Uhhhh,” Peter rubbed the back of his head, his eyes traveling elsewhere in the room

Steve shook his head, “Come on, your mom wants to see you.” (Y/n) tilted her head, cocking an eyebrow. Her hand parted from Peter’s as she told him she’d be right back.

Steve weaved through the crowd of people. (Y/n) could barely keep up with him, despite her smaller stature compared to Steve’s. But as long as her eyes laid on the back of his head, that’s all that mattered.

Finally, Steve stopped, handing Maria off to Tasha and (Y/n) finally caught up.

“Geez, for an old man you’re fast,” (Y/n) bent over, exaggerating how out of breath she was. She yelped as her leg gave out and she fell forward. Steve caught her quickly and Tasha gasped, reaching down for her as well.

Eyes landed on the four of them, watching as Steve brought her back up.

“I’m okay,” (Y/n) waved an arm, standing back up. “I’ll be fine.” She grinned up at Steve and her mom and then lightly banged on her prosthetic leg.

“Kid, what the fuck?” Tasha scrunched up her face.

“Toni.” Steve glared at her then looked quickly at Maria who sat in her arms. Maria giggled and Tasha twisted her mouth, shutting her eyes and hoping for the best. Meaning, hoping Maria wouldn’t repeat what she just said. She opened up one eye looking at Maria who was playing with Tasha’s hair, about to let out a sigh of relief.

“Fuck!” She repeated.

“A-bup-bup-bup!” Tasha used her free hand and pointed at her. “Remember, Daddy trademarked that word, we can’t use it. Don’t say it again or Dad’s gonna sue as both, and then we’d both be in big trouble.” Maria pursed her lips with a smile still evident on her round face. She pretended to zip it. (Y/n) watched quizzically at her younger sister but then shook her head right after.

(Y/n) rolled her eyes at her mom. “You’re terrible.”

“Says you.” Tasha pointed down at her leg. “Let’s go get that fixed up.”

“But,” (Y/n) pointed back to the party, “the party.”

“The party can wait, let’s go.” Tasha handed Maria back to Steve and then wrapped an arm around (Y/n). “Also, winghead, why’re we using Toni again? Tasha’s fine. I guess Toni’s fine too, but please—”

“Okay, okay,” Steve shook his head, lightly pushing the two of you towards the elevators. “Go get (Y/n)’s leg checked up on, shellhead.” (Y/n) gagged, sticking out her tongue and called the two of them gross. Tasha ruffled her hair, messing it up.

“What kind of pet names are those?” asked (Y/n) once they got in the elevator. Tasha arched her brow and looked down at her daughter who was pretending to gag.

“Webhead and shockhead,” she coughed into her hand loudly. “Oh man, sorry, must have a horrible flu coming down.” (Y/n) felt a rush of blood rise to her cheeks as she began protesting those nicknames. Tasha laughed, ruffling her hair again once the elevator dinged, signaling that they were finally at the labs of the facility.

“Don’t worry, you’re more of a Stark now with those kinds of nicknames,” Tasha smirked, walking out of the elevator doors and into the lab.

“Do I have to change my last name to Stark-Rogers or something? Rogers-Stark? How’s that even working? What’s Maria’s last name?” (Y/n) walked carefully to one of the chairs, her mom already opening up holographic display to figure out the problem on her leg.

Tasha hummed, widening the diagnosis, “We both changed to Stark-Rogers. Mine first ‘cause it flows more smoothly. So’s Maria’s. You can do whatever, sooner or later-” Tasha wiggled her eyebrows at (Y/n) “-it’s gonna be Stark-Parker. Maybe Stark-Rogers-Parker, no that’s excessive.”

Once again, (Y/n)’s face grew warm and she looked away, crossing her arms. “Whatever mom, just fix my leg.”

“No ‘please’? Ouch, my heart.” Tasha feigned pain on her chest and (Y/n) brought her hand up to her face in disappointment.

Her mom began to mutter to herself, grabbing a few tools and bending down in front of (Y/n) and slowly pulling the prosthetic off to properly fix it. (Y/n) watched her mother curiously as sparks began to fly from the tools and as she walked around grabbing new materials to put in. FRIDAY occasionally giving her pointers that she might have missed.

(Y/n) glanced down at the stub of her leg, her stomach beginning to become uneasy. She bit her lip, flashes of the previous battle coming back. She shut her eyes, trying to control her breathing and a shiver rushed over her. More flashes of fighting Thanos, watching her mom hold Peter as he disappeared in her hands, waking up five years later on the deserted planet Titan after turning to dust, losing her leg in a one-on-one fight with the mad Titan, almost losing her mom to her snapping.

(Y/n) vaguely heard her mom scramble to her, trying to get her to breath and to calm down. She worked herself into a cold sweat and her eyes slammed open, meeting Tasha’s brown eyes.

Tasha looked up at her, her eyes glancing back and forth between both of (Y/n)’s and her hands resting on both sides of her.

“It’s okay,” she reassured, running her hand through (Y/n)’s hair. “We’re safe, I’m okay. You’re okay. Pete’s okay.” (Y/n) nodded her head, trying to bring herself back to reality. “Count five red things in the room, for me, can you do that for me sweetheart?”

(Y/n) nodded her head again, her eyes moving to her mom’s arm, then her mom’s lipstick, the Iron suits, the red labels on beakers, then a red flashing light. (Y/n) frowned even with a sense of tranquility coming back. She raised her slightly shaking hand and pointed at it.

“What’s—What’s—Why’s that flashing red?”

Tasha turned her head around then promptly stood up. “That’s strange.” She glanced back at (Y/n) then walked towards the red flashing light, opening up holographic screens, the red light flashed quickly only to stopped. “Huh, I’ll have to talk to Banner and Shuri about this.”

“What is it?” (Y/n) asked.

“Well,” Tasha shut the holographic screens off then walked back to where (Y/n)’s prosthetic laid, grabbing it, “after discovering time travel, I’ve been looking into interdimensional travel.”

(Y/n) raised her eyebrows, “Like, alternate universes?”

“Yeah.” Tasha bent down in front of (Y/n), clicking her prosthetic back into place. (Y/n) slowly stood up, testing it. A few whirs came from the robotic leg before it finally quieted down.

“Does dad know about it?”

“About that,” Tasha scrunched her nose then paused. “Wait, hold on, dad? You’re already calling him dad?”

(Y/n) walked around in circles, squatting here and there too. “I mean, you guys are married now, right? By the way, you should have another wedding, I didn’t get to make it to your first one.”

“Yeah yeah, only if you’re the ring bearer, I don’t trust Peter with the rings.”

“Wait!” (Y/n) ran up to Tasha, her eyes widened. “Really?! You really mean it?”

“Maybe not about the ring bearer, but the wedding, sure. Huh, I could ask more people to be my bridesmaid. Probably would ask Pepper, Natasha and Nebula again. But,” she began pushing (Y/n) along to the elevator. “Let’s deal with that later, you have a party to go back to.”

(Y/n) frowned, getting into the elevator and turning around. “What about you mom?”

She raised her robotic arm in the air, “Gonna try fixing this up, feeling a bit of phantom pain. I’ll see you back up there. And no drinking.”

The elevator doors shut and (Y/n) waved her off. Not like she would drink with all the Avengers watching her. And that includes the original and the ‘honorary’ ones. They’ve all watched her grow up, afterall. Nat was the one to push her to confess to Peter, Clint embarrassing the two of them when they finally got together, and the really weird double dates with Vision and Wanda. Uncle Bucky would terrify Peter in the beginning with his piercing glare until he finally warmed up to him.

(Y/n) laughed, remembering the pranks Bucky and Sam pulled on Peter immediately after Steve and her mom talked things out; about the Accords, about Bucky murdering her parents and Steve not telling her (that one left their relationship broken for a while), and then their relationship and where it was going to go. It worked out in the end, the Avengers stayed together.

It’s what gave them the upper hand against Thanos the first time around, but he still snapped his fingers. The five years after the snap (or blip as the rest of the world calls it) still happened, but damn was everyone filled with rage against the mad titan.

The elevator doors opened with a ding, and (Y/n) narrowed her eyes with a tilt of her head. The floor was unlit and very very empty. No music played and there were no drinks scattered about, it was just clean.

Her hands stayed by her side, electricity dancing between her fingers as she slowly stepped out into the empty floor. Her eyes scanned the room back and forth and she glanced over her shoulder to make sure there was nobody there.

(Y/n)’s steps were deathly silent (thanks Nat) and her breathing in full control as she walked forwards.

Clink!

Her head shot towards the direction of the dining table. The corner of the wall covered the person sitting there, eating what looked like a bowl of cereal. She took another step and saw the back of Peter’s head, his suit was more apparent underneath his clothes. Namely on his feet.

(Y/n) sighed with relief, all her muscles in her body relaxing.

“Peter! What’s going on? Where’s the party?” She walked up to the boy. Peter turned around quickly, the whites of his eyes showing and he shot his hand out.

(Y/n) maneuvered to the side, dodging the web and watching it get stuck onto the floor. She looked back at Peter with a frown.

“Babe, what the fuck?”

“FRIDAY, lock the facility down, and contact whoever’s available,” Peter stated, quickly grabbing the glasses set on the table behind him and putting them on.

“Pete, what are you doing?” (Y/n) approached him slowly. The room began flashing red, a silent alarm was probably going off.

“You’re not real,” he stated. “Mysterio’s gone. He’s—He’s dead. So whoever-” he began to raise his voice despite it cracking “-whoever this is, just stop. (Y/n) is dead and you can’t trick me anymore.”

(Y/n) tilted her head and Peter choked on a sob, recognizing that head tilt she would always do but he backed up again when she got closer.

“Who’s Mysterio?” (Y/n) asked softly. “Peter, I’m me. (Y/n) Stark. We’ve been together for a year and a half, not counting the five years we were gone, obviously. Remember? You told me you first realized you liked me when I jumped into the Hudson river after my hair got all frizzy from my powers on our first night of patrol together.”

“We—We never got together,” Peter stammered. “But I never told anyone about when I first—when I first realized I liked you. How do—How do you know that?”

The elevator doors dinged, and the two teenagers looked over at whoever was on it. A furious Tasha Stark came stumbling out in her suit of armor.

“(Y/n)! Are you okay? Wha—Where’s the party?”

A red, white, and blue blur appeared in front of (Y/n)’s face, causing her to go wide-eyed when it slammed into Tasha’s helmet, knocking her back. (Y/n)’s head shot towards the perpetrator and saw Steve standing there.

“Sorry I didn’t come sooner, everyone else is out,” Steve said to Peter. The shield came flying back to him. Peter ran up to him, raising his arms up to him.

“Wait, wait, Mr. Rogers,” Peter glanced over at (Y/n) who ran over to her mom, picking her back up. “They’re legit.”

Steve shifted his weight, looking uneasily at the young boy to the other two. Tasha stood up, her helmet coming off and her jaw was clenched, hard.

“Of course we’re fucking legit, what the hell was that winghead?” Tasha nearly growled. Steve and Peter just exchanged glances with one another as the two women waited patiently for their response.

“I am so confused.”

***

Steve’s eyes lingered on the blue and gold wedding band on Tasha’s left ring finger longer than he’d like to admit. To be honest, he felt his chest flutter at the fact that Natasha ‘Toni’ Stark (Stark-Rogers now) married him in another universe. He never really thought about Tony in that way, mostly because of the man’s relationship with Pepper. He never even thought he had a chance after their falling out, so he never gave it another thought. Besides, even if modern times was more accepting of it, he came from a time where same-sex relationships were frowned upon. It took him a while back then to accept himself and it’d only take longer for him to feel comfortable if he entered one of those relationships.

He sighed, glancing over at Peter. The young teenager was uneasy as his eyes stayed on (Y/n). Understandably so, his long time crush is standing in front of him and apparently, they were in a relationship.

Peter’s heart was racing. It almost felt like he was about to have a panic attack but for some reason, standing in the same room as (Y/n) was calming, even with Tasha explaining everything about her universe, the similarities and differences.

(Y/n) turned her head at him, catching him red-handed that he was staring. He never thought he’d be able to see her (e/c) eyes again and all he wanted to do was stare at her. Then she smiled, a sad smile as Tasha compared the Battle of Earth against Thanos, going over his versions of (Y/n) and Tasha Stark’s death, or, well, (Y/n) and Tony.

Peter smiled back but then quickly looked away, remembering how it felt to hold her in his arms as she began drifting away wearing the same exact smile she had right there and then.

He fiddled with his fingers, zoning out from the conversation. It wasn’t until a hand entered his field of vision, grabbing his, that he finally looked up.

“Come on webhead,” (Y/n) murmured, looking between both of his eyes, using the same nickname that his (Y/n) used for him. “Let’s get some fresh air, I think mom and your Steve need to talk about some adult stuff that we aren’t a part of.”

“Uhm,” his gaze glanced over at Tasha who gave him a very familiar nod of approval, “sure.”

“Cool, rooftop then?” she asked, already pulling him away. “I mean, I’m assuming you still hung out with me on the rooftop?”

Peter stared down at their intertwined fingers, not realizing she asked him a question.

“Peter?”

“Oh, yeah, we always hung out on the rooftop.”

She smiled, squeezing his hand and feeling a jolt of electricity flow through him. Peter couldn’t help but think, is this what her Peter always had? A part of him felt like he was betraying his own (Y/n) but she was alive again.

She was here with him.

***

The stars twinkled in the night sky, and as cliche as this phrase is, a little bit brighter that evening since the universe picked the two most beautiful flowers from the garden.

At least, that’s what Peter noticed.

The moonlight shone on (Y/n)’s hair, causing a bit of a glint, and her eyes glimmered with the same intensity as the stars above them. He took this time to memorize every curve of her face, every little twitch she made, any and all of the perfect imperfections. Peter wish he took this time when she was alive, and this was his second chance.

“The stars are the same,” she told him, finally looking back down at him.

“What?”

“The stars, they’re the same where I’m from.”

Peter’s heart ached, remembering that this still wasn’t his (Y/n).

“Oh, right. That’s cool.” He looked up at the night sky, feeling (Y/n)’s eyes burn into the side of his head. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw her shift to sit facing towards him.

“I… I’m sorry,” she murmured, looking down at her lap.

“Wh-Why?” Peter turned to face her. “You don’t have anything to be sorry for.”

“Well, I just—” (Y/n) tucked a piece of hair behind her ear “—It probably  hurts to see me again, right? And it’s probably weird seeing your mentor figure still alive, but identifies as a woman and, I don’t know. You don’t deserve any of this.”

Peter didn’t know how to respond. He’s sure that her Peter would have been more comfortable and would have grabbed her hand and hugged her there and then. But instead he played with his hands, stammering, and trying to find the words to tell her that they weren’t together.

(Y/n) placed her hand on his. Something that was probably a thing she did a lot to comfort him in her world. Something Peter wished could still happen for him in his world.

“We weren’t together, were we?” (Y/n)’s eyes searched his brown eyes for an answer.

He shook his head, looking down and away from her gaze. “No, we-uh, no.”

(Y/n) pursed her lips, deep in thought. “Well, I know in any universe, I’ll always love you. Whether it be in a universe where it’s platonic love or romantic love. And I know ‘love’ is a big word but it’s true.”

Peter felt his chest clench up and his sobs trying to make it’s way through his throat. His mouth twisted with the corner of his lips turning downwards and his eyes began to water.

(Y/n) wrapped her arm around his shoulder and her other around his head, bringing him into her chest as she rested her chin on top of his head. She continually ran her hand through his hair, attempting to calm him down. He slowly placed his arms around her. His fingers grabbed onto her clothes, his knuckles turning white. He was terrified. Terrified that she’d leave from his arms again. So he held her tighter.

“I’m so—I’m so sorry, (Y/n),” Peter’s voice cracked. (Y/n) opened her mouth to say something only to stop. “I’m so sorry I couldn’t save you or—or your dad. I’m sorry I—I’m sorry I didn’t tell you how I felt. I’m sorry.”

(Y/n) held him a little bit tighter, knowing that he’s telling her everything he wished he could tell his version of herself. So she did exactly what she would do, being the same person as the other her (most likely).

She kissed the top of his head and said softly, “You have nothing to be sorry for Peter. You did everything you could, I’m sure of it. Sometimes we lose people and the best you can do is to move on. I’m sure I would-” (Y/n) stuttered, pausing for a moment “-other me would want you to be happy.”

Peter gripped her a little bit tighter, a little bit closer. He didn’t respond with words. Besides, he just wanted to be in her comfort for a little bit longer.

A few minutes had passed and Peter’s crying had settled down. It was his first breakdown in a while, but it was a much needed cry. He was thankful for that.

“Parker! (Y/n)!” Tasha called out. “Need you back down in the lab!”

The two teenagers pulled apart. Peter wiped away any stray tears and then apologized to (Y/n) about the tear stains on her.

“Eh,” she waved him off, standing up, “it’s fine, don’t be sorry.” (Y/n) held out her hand for Peter and he tenderly took it, bringing himself back up a bit. A jolt of electricity shot through his hand and he almost flinched until his hand was lightly squeezed.

(Y/n) smiled at him and then began walking back down, letting go of his hand. He watched her with a small smile making its way onto his face.

***

(Y/n) lightly jogged into the lab, Peter trailing behind her. She saw her mom standing in the middle surrounded by a series of holograms and Steve standing off to the side.

“What’s going on?” (Y/n) asked. Both adults turned their heads to face the two teenagers.

“We’re planning on figuring out a way to get back home,” Tasha walked through the holograms towards (Y/n). The holograms promptly turned off after she left. “It’s going to take a while and in the meantime, you’re going to need to lay low for a while, stay off the radar.”

“Me? What about you, you’re Natasha Stark.”

“She exists as Tony Stark, remember?” Steve brought up. (Y/n) nodded her head and pursed her lips.

“So I just stay here? Don’t people outside the Avengers still work here too though? They’ll see me.”

“Right,” Tasha pointed at (Y/n), wiggling her finger, “we talked about that. Remember the cabin Steve and I—our Steve—built? By the lake?”

“Yeah, the one you raised Maria in.”

“You’ll be staying there. With Pepper.”

“We already talked to her and she’s fine with you staying.” Steve said.

“Pepper? Why’s Pep there?”

Tasha raised her brows and pulled her mouth into a tight line. “Tony, other me, he married Pep. Had a kid, her name’s Morgan.”

“Oh shit, is Morgan going to—will she…” (Y/n) trailed off, looking back and forth from her mom, Steve, and Peter.

“She knows of you, but she never met you,” Peter told her. “She’s still really young.”

“Another little sister, okay, sure.”

***

The cabin was exactly how it was from her universe. The lake in the distance, glistening from the early morning sun. The little port extending into the water. The bit of light peeking through the branches. It was home.

But not hers.

Steve drove (Y/n) to the cabin, leaving Tasha to continue working on a new device alongside Bruce Banner and Shuri. Both of them were taken aback when seeing Tony alive again, but as a presenting woman. Bruce definitely had his fair share of emotions to see his friend alive again, even if they weren’t exactly how he remembered them. It didn’t matter how his friend presented themself as, as long as Tony, or Tasha really, was alive.

Peter was situated in the back of the car, he was going to help (Y/n) out on situating herself in a somewhat different world. And to help Pepper and even Morgan, who had shed a few tears after learning she’d never get to meet her older sister, see (Y/n) again.

“So, Steve,” (Y/n) asked, turning her head towards her. “Since you’re obviously not with my mom, or dad I guess, who are you with?”

Steve eyed her from the corner of his eye and chuckled. “You know, you and Natasha were always trying to set me up with someone. After my relationship with Sharon went south and all.”

“Sharon?!” (Y/n) nearly slammed her hand down on the armrest when turning her entire body to face Steve. “As in the former Agent 13?” Steve raised a brow at her, almost worried. She maneuvered her body back front as he came to stop in front of the house. “That’s crazy.”

“Yeah, and believe it or not, I was about to go back in time and stay with Peggy.” Steve turned off the car and the three occupants got out of the car. Peter went to grab his belongings and (Y/n) stood there staring at the cabin.

“That’s weird Steve.” she frowned, after putting some thought into it. “What made you stay?”

Steve took in a breath, his brows furrowed ever so slightly. His eyes went towards Peter, who was still grabbing things from the trunk, and then back towards the cabin where he could see Pepper cooking and Morgan with Happy on the couch through the windows.

“I don’t know,” Steve finally replied, letting out his breath. But (Y/n) knew better. From his gaze at Tasha, to even the memorials they’ve passed of Tony Stark, to how Steve’s been taking care of her, Peter, and clearly even Tony’s family here and there.

(Y/n) walked to the back of the car, wondering why Peter was taking so long. He shut the trunk with a slam before she could get there and she jumped.

“Oh, sorry,” he murmured, rearranging the bags he carried.

She rushed over to him, grabbing one of his bags. “It’s fine, let’s go in then?” (Y/n) looked over at Steve who stood there. “You coming in?”

Steve shook his head. “No, I’ll probably head back to the facility, see how your mom’s doing.”

“Sure, do you mind passing on a message for me then?” Steve shook his head in response. “Tell her if she told Steve—our Steve—about this, this wouldn’t have happened. Or at least, he’d know where we’d maybe be.”

Steve arched a brow but before he could say anything (Y/n)’s attention went back to Peter who still seemed weary around her. He watched them go up the porch and knock on the door.

(Y/n) could tell Peter was still nervous. Or rather, he was unsettled by her presence. He didn’t know she knew, but he should have expected much. If this (Y/n) was in a relationship with him in another universe, surely she knew him like the back of her hand.

And she did.

“You don’t have to be so nervous, ya webhead.” (Y/n) lightly nudged the side of his head with her free hand. Peter noticeably relaxed, his muscles loosening and the grip he had on his bags didn’t make his knuckles as white. He stared at her. His gaze jumping back and forth between both of her eyes as if he was searching for something.

“Yeah, sorry, I just—I’m still getting used to this situation we’re in,” Peter said.

(Y/n) chuckled, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. “Yeah, what are the odds this happens to me and to my mom and to your universe.”

The two teenagers exchanged glances, a small smirk on (Y/n)’s face. “One in fourteen million?” They both said at the same time, laughing lightly.

“God, remember waking up and I was like, ‘Strange if this isn’t the—’”

“‘—future we win, I’m killing you.’” Peter finished for (Y/n). The two laughed, reminiscing on a shared memory across their universes.

“Man, what’s taking Pep so long?” (Y/n) wondered, knocking once more. The door flushed open to an exhausted Pepper Potts-Stark with a young girl behind her legs, Happy standing behind the two of them. Pepper stared at (Y/n) who smiled and did a small wave at her.

To (Y/n), Pepper was Aunt Pepper.

But to this Pepper, (Y/n) was her daughter.

So she clasped a hand on her mouth, walking slowly towards (Y/n) with one hand reaching for her. Her face was pained as she choked out on saying (Y/n)’s name.

Pepper set a hand on (Y/n)’s cheek. The younger girl placed her hand on top.

“Hi, uhm,” (Y/n) stuttered out, about to call her Aunt Pepper but remembering what Steve mentioned earlier. Pepper was her mother figure in this universe. “I called you mom a lot, didn’t I?”

Pepper pulled her hand back quickly, realizing this wasn’t her (Y/n). “I’m sorry you’re—I’m not, uh, come in, come in.” She stepped off to the side, letting the two teenagers in. Morgan watched and Happy stood there not saying anything.

(Y/n) dropped Peter’s bag to the side. As Pepper shut the door (Y/n) walked over towards her and enveloped her into a hug.

“I’m sorry I’m not exactly your (Y/n), but I’m still (Y/n),” she murmured in the hug. “I can still call you mom if you want.”

Pepper pulled back, keeping her within arm’s reach with her hands on her shoulders. “No, it’s fine.” She wiped away a few of her tears. “It’s just, wow. I thought my life wouldn’t be as crazy now that Tony’s gone. But it’s as if it’s just getting crazier. Who am I to you? In your universe?”

“Aunt Pepper,” (Y/n) said. “And we’d go out all the time because my mom, uhm Natasha Stark, she’d get too crazy or overwhelming for the two of us. You and Happy-” she gestured towards the man who was grabbing Peter’s things (that was a surprise to her) to put into a guest room “-took care of me when she was kidnapped. And when my mom built you your suit ‘Just in case’ and you wore it to the battle, we fought side-by-side with my mom and we were like a dynamic trio of women in tin cans. Uncle Rhodey, of course, got offended he wasn’t invited to the party.”

Pepper laughed, remembering Rhodey making a few remarks that eventful battle. Morgan pulled on Pepper’s leg, asking to be carried and (Y/n) watched her pick the small girl up. She reminded her a lot of Maria but (Y/n) knew this was a different sister of hers. Maria Stark-Rogers didn’t exist in this universe.

“Hi, Morgan right?” (Y/n) asked, recalling what Steve informed her on. “I have a little sister I think you would have gotten along with very well.” (Y/n) waited for her to respond only to purse her lips when Morgan held onto Pepper a bit tighter.

“She’s been more quiet since Tony died,” Pepper informed her.

(Y/n) nodded, “That makes sense. I was pretty quiet and upset when my mom was kidnapped.”

Pepper chuckled, “I remember that.”

The two of them continued their small talk as Peter went off to find Happy. He walked up the stairs to where he saw the older man go up to but found him leaning against the doorframe to what was (Y/n)’s room.

The floor beneath Peter’s foot creaked and Happy turned around, wiping away the tears in his eyes.

“Oh, it’s just you,” Happy said.

“You okay Happy?” Peter asked. Happy opened his mouth, then closed it, thinking about what he wanted to say to the young boy.

“Shouldn’t I be asking you that? I mean, seeing her again, after everything that’s happened…” Happy trailed off, remembering the nights Peter would sometimes call him after the trip to Europe about the hallucinations Quentin had put him through.

“Yeah, I mean…” Peter bit his lip, playing with his hands again. “No, I don’t know. It’s weird to see her again, alive. And Hap, in her universe we’re, we’re dating.”

If it was possible, Happy’s face softened even more. The two of them were in this together. But Happy knew that he needed to be the one to be there for Peter.

“Well, then maybe this is the universe giving you a chance to tell her everything and to give you a few more moments with her.”

“But,” he frowned, “isn’t that weird? Would that mean she’s cheating on me… with me?”

Happy sighed, rubbing his face with his hand. “That’s not what I meant.”

***

It took a lot of time for adjustment for everyone to see people who used to be dead to be alive and for one of them to look different but act the same. It took Pepper a lot of time to come to terms that in another universe, she isn’t Tony’s wife. Rather, she was actually more of an ex-girlfriend and it made her wonder if her Tony would have done something different if he could.

That is, until Tasha reassured her that the reason for these alternate universes were small little changes, and that she, or he, married Pep for a reason.

(Y/n) spent a lot of time with Peter and Morgan. Of course, she’d go out with Pepper, Happy, Rhodey, and anyone she was close to in this universe that was willing to spend time with her before she had to go back. But they all made sure Peter got the most of it, along with Morgan.

For the first time in a long time, Peter looked happy and Morgan finally got to meet her older sister.

Peter laughed, holding Morgan on his shoulders with his hands clasped on her ankles, running behind a tree. (Y/n) pretended to look in the distance with her eyes squinting. She raised her hand to her forehead mock-searching for the two.

Morgan giggled and Peter peeked over the side of the tree for Morgan to see (Y/n).

“Now where did they go?” she mused. “Maybe I should take a break by that tree over there.” She slowly trekked over towards the tree Peter and Morgan hid, pretending to look under rocks.

Peter burst into a sprint past (Y/n). Morgan’s laughter filled the air and (Y/n) stood there for a second watching them run away. She started into a jog after them, calling their names, when she felt a jolt run up her prosthetic leg and she collapsed onto the ground.

Peter turned around, mid-laughter, when he saw her on the ground, clutching her leg.

“(Y/n)!” He quickly put Morgan down on the ground and ran towards her. He fell to his knees beside her, hands hovering over her leg trying to see what was going on.

“It’s my leg,” (Y/n) hissed. “Malfunctioning, I think. Ah, fuck!”

“Okay, okay, uh, let’s get you to the lab first.” Peter slowly picked her up bridal style, careful not to hurt her. (Y/n) wrapped her arms around his neck, her teeth clenching as she felt the phantom pain and the malfunctioning of the synthetic nerves in her prosthetic.

Peter dashed to the house, Morgan already keeping the door open for them.

“Thanks Mo,” (Y/n) said, trying not to show her pain. She gave her a smile and a wink before Pepper came into view.

“Oh my God, (Y/n)! Are you okay?” Pepper’s words came out in a flurry and Peter rushed down the stairs into the basement of the cabin where the lab was.

“Yeah, I’m fine! I just—ow, fucking shit!” (Y/n) threw her head back and began to bite on her lower lip. She began to taste iron in her mouth as Peter set her down on one of the tables. “FRIDAY, contact Tasha Stark to come by. Peter, you’re gonna need to take off my leg.”

“Yeah, easy, this is fine.” Peter ran around the lab, grabbing the necessary tools and FRIDAY put up the holographic diagnosis of malfunctions for Peter to read.

(Y/n) lay there in pain, gripping the flesh part of her leg. Lucky her, she was wearing shorts that day.

Peter was quickly by her side, tapping on the holograms in front of him then looking back down and immediately getting the leg off of her. In an instant, the pain subsided and (Y/n) let out a breath of relief. She closed her eyes.

Her muscles relaxed as she set her head back down on the table and letting her hands rest on her stomach. Pepper stood at the head of the table and pushed (Y/n)’s hair out of her face. Sweat gathered at the sides of her forehead from all the pain.

“You feeling better (Y/n)?” Peter asked. (Y/n) nodded, not having enough energy to say anything. “Good, I’ll see what I can do with your leg and leave the rest to Ms. Stark.”

Pepper’s hands stroked her hair slowly, (Y/n)’s eyebrows relaxed and the lines on her forehead disappeared. Unbeknownst to Pepper, in (Y/n)’s world, Pepper had done this for her a lot especially when Tasha had been kidnapped.

Morgan’s head peeped from the edge of the table and her hand reached out to touch (Y/n)’s shoulder.

“She’s resting, Morgan,” Pepper said softly to her. Her mouth went into the shape of an ‘o’ as she murmured an apology and then set her hands on the edge of the table.

(Y/n) turned her head, opening her eyes and looked over at Morgan.

“Hey, Morguna, sorry we had to stop playing,” (Y/n) grunted as she sat up and maneuvered towards the girl. She ignored Pepper’s protests and went to grab Morgan and set her on her other leg.

“It’s okay,” Morgan replied, staring at the stub. “It’s not your fault.” (Y/n) looked down at what she was staring at.

“Do you want to know what happened?” Morgan nodded her head. “Well-” she shifted the girl on her leg “-you know what happened with the big bad Titan, Thanos, right? It was after half the universe came back and mom—I mean—our dad, was fighting Thanos. And I saved him. He got really mad but lucky for me, we won the fight and was able to get me help. I lost my leg but I’m here now!”

Peter had stopped working by the end of the story, remembering that day but knowing it didn’t go exactly like how (Y/n) said it did. Not in this universe. He never had the heart to tell her how she died in this universe.

“But, you’re not from here, are you?” Morgan asked. (Y/n) exchanged a worried glance with Pepper until Peter saved the day.

“Okay!” Peter held (Y/n)’s prosthetic leg and all heads turned to him. “Your leg should be fixed up but we’ll need to test it out a bit.”

Pepper reached over to pick up Morgan, “Alright, we should get out of your guys’ hairs.”

(Y/n) watched them leave and then looked over at Peter. “That was a close one.” She laughed lightly and Peter chuckled.

“Yeah, she’s smart for her age.” Peter walked over towards her with her leg. (Y/n) sat on the edge of the table and Peter knelt down, slowly placing her leg back on. With a click and a hiss, Peter smiled. He stood back up and looked at (Y/n) who was way closer to her than he thought. Her eyes soft, staring at him.

“Thank you, Peter.”

His eyes flickered down to her lips and she was about to lean in when she pulled back fast. Her lips were pursed and she looked down. Tasha came rushing in and down the stairs, frantic.

“(Y/n), holy shit, you’re okay.”

Peter took a few steps back and away from (Y/n), crossing his arms and glancing at the stairs. He saw Steve enter the room as Tasha was examining her daughter’s leg.

Steve gave him a smile and a nod. Peter waved at him. His eyes moved from (Y/n) then back to Steve, finally deciding to talk to the older man.

(Y/n)’s eyes stayed on Peter as he walked over to Steve. The two exchanged a few words and then went up the stairs looking like they wanted to talk in private.

“Was something going on between the two of you?” Tasha asked, staring at the empty space where the other two stood. Her eyes then met (Y/n)’s who sucked in a breath through her teeth.

“I mean, technically,” she raised her brows. Tasha narrowed her eyes at her. “Okay, I know, I know. Yes, there was, kinda, but I mean he’s also still Peter. But I know, I won’t do anything. It’s just, I don’t know. It’s weird.”

Tasha scoffed, “Yeah, it is weird. Trust me. But also, it’s a good thing nothing’s going on between you two. Not ‘cause of the weird, philosophical thing of is there any difference in our Peter, but because Bruce, Shuri, and I figured it out. We’re going home.”

(Y/n) stared at her wide-eyed. “What?!”

“Yeah, Steve and I were on our way here when FRIDAY called me.”

“Damn.” There was a beat. “And we found how to get to our exact universe?”

“Yup,” Tasha said, popping the ‘p’. “We should say bye to everyone.”

“Already?”

Tasha nodded. “Our universe only aligns with this universe to allow travel every month or so, and we’ve been here for a month already.”

(Y/n) sighed, hopping off the table. “Okay, let me just say bye to Morgan and Pep then.”

Tasha wrapped an arm around her and the two walked up. Steve was talking to Peter and Pepper and their heads turned to the two Starks.

Pepper wore a sad smile on her face, “So you’re leaving?”

“Yeah.” (Y/n)’s face reflected hers. She rushed forward, hugging the older woman and Pepper held her tight. She felt tears fall on her face and (Y/n) pulled back, Pepper wiping her eyes.

“I’m sorry, I’m a mess,” Pepper laughed.

“It’s okay, I’ll miss you a lot, tell Happy I said bye and that everything’ll be fine, I’m sure.”

“Of course, and don’t give other-me too much trouble,” she warned.

“No promises.” Tasha walked from behind (Y/n), going to say her goodbyes to Pepper as well. So (Y/n) went off to find Morgan who was sitting in her room on the small table, playing with a tea set and stuffed animals.

(Y/n) sat beside her. “I’ll be going now, I just want to say goodbye.”

“Will you be coming back?”

(Y/n)’s heart broke and she reached over to Morgan, stroking her cheek with the back of her fingers. “No, I don’t think I will be. But I can try, maybe?”

“If you try, then I guess I’ll let you go.”

(Y/n) raised a brow then laughed. “So I wouldn’t be able to leave without your permission?”

“Nope, daddy didn’t leave with mine and now mommy says he’s with you but that’s not true either.”

“Well, it’s kinda true.”

(Y/n) sighed and Morgan got out of her chair to hug her. Despite her small figure, her hug was tight. (Y/n) hugged back, nuzzling her face into Morgan’s hair.

“I love you lots, okay?”

“I love you three thousand,” Morgan mumbled into (Y/n)’s shoulder.

A knock on the door frame grabbed (Y/n)’s attention and there stood Peter. He motioned that it was time to go and then Morgan pulled away.

“Be good, okay?” (Y/n) kissed her cheek and stood up to leave. “You coming with?” She gestured towards the bags in the hall.

“Oh, yeah, May wants me back plus I can just say bye to you back at HQ.”

“Solid.”

(Y/n) grabbed one of his bags, much to his protests, and began walking back towards the others.

***

(Y/n) stood in front of the device, Bruce and Shuri standing by the controls flipping switches and typing in coordinates. Tasha was talking to Steve, saying a few goodbyes (among other things) and (Y/n) figured this would be a good time, the only time, to say one last thing to Peter.

She turned to Peter who was also staring at the device.

“Um,” she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. “About earlier, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have—”

“Oh, no, no, it’s fine that was… also my fault.” Peter rubbed the back of his neck.

“So—” They both said at the same time, then laughing.

“You first.” Peter motioned towards her.

“Thank you… For spending time with me even though you didn’t have to. I know it probably triggered some memories for you but you still did it anyways. I don’t think I would’ve survived this past month without you.” (Y/n) grabbed one of his hands, stroking the back of it with her thumbs. Something of comfort that she had done with him long before they dated, in her world.

“It was nothing. I-um. If anything, it helped me a lot,” he gripped his hand on hers. “Closure and all. I—I know you’re not my (Y/n)? But, I feel like I need to get this off my chest, like I should have before—before…” His gaze turned downward and (Y/n) squeezed his hand, reassuring him. His head snapped back up to her and she smiled.

“It’s okay.”

“I—uh—I really like you. A lot. You make me smile a lot, and you’re like a ball of sunshine. Ray of sunshine, I mean. Ball? What.”

“Pete,” (Y/n) giggled.

“Right,” he laughed nervously. “You’re an amazing hero and person who works hard. Your laughter is like music and I just—I really like you. And I wish I told you all of this sooner and there’s so much more I have to say but I can’t remember and I just. I really like you.”

Out of the corner of their eyes, they saw the interdimensional device begin to work and Tasha motioning towards them that they had to get going. (Y/n) nodded to her mom before turning back to Peter.

“I like you a lot too, webhead. I know the me in this universe did too. And I know the me in this universe will want you to move on and to be happy. So let yourself be happy. It’s okay to be selfish sometimes.” (Y/n) stood on her toes and kissed him on his cheek. “Take care of yourself, okay?”

Peter nodded, swallowing as he held back his tears. “You too. Try to visit, if you can.”

(Y/n) nodded and hugged him. Peter relished her embrace and held on tight before Tasha came up to them. (Y/n) pulled away and smiled at Peter then took a few steps back.

Tasha set a hand on his shoulder. “Look, kid, I know I’m not your Tony but I’m still, Toni. You’re doing a good job, and I know he’s proud of you. If you can, keep being the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, capiche?”

“Yeah, got it.”

Tasha smiled, pulling him in for a hug then pulling back.

“Since when were we there?” Peter joked.

Tasha smirked, shaking her head. “Always were, kid.”

With that being said, Tasha walked over towards the device besides (Y/n). Bruce gave them the ‘okay’ and before they headed through they both gave everyone one last glance, then taking a step in.

***

Tasha and (Y/n) was met with a messy lab, an exhausted Steve Stark-Rogers with his hand on his face, a sleeping Peter Parker with Maria in his arms, a Bruce slumped over a desk, and Shuri who walked in with her cup of coffee.

“Oh, shit!” Shuri dropped the coffee on the ground, splashing it everywhere. Steve jumped in his seat, knocking everything around him. Bruce fell out of his seat and Peter groaned, waking up while Maria rubbed her eyes.

“Tasha.”

“(Y/n)!”

The two boys got up abruptly, Peter holding Maria in his arms still, and ran towards them, hugging them. (Y/n) and Tasha laughed as they hugged them back. Maria stayed in Peter’s arm, looking between (Y/n) and Tasha.

“Group hug!” she yelled. The four of them looked at each other then at the small girl.

“Group hug?” (Y/n) asked. Steve laughed, wrapping an arm around Peter then pulling him, which in turn pulled her into a hug. Maria stayed in the middle of it as they all stayed there hugging, like a small happy family.

Shuri and Bruce watched, exchanging glances with each other.

Bruce cleared his throat, taking off his glasses. “Where were you guys?”

Tasha poked her head out, looking over at Bruce. “Alternate dimension.”

“What?” Peter asked, excitement flowing through him. “Another universe?! Does this mean in one universe Star Wars could be real? Or instead, (Y/n) had spider powers instead of me?” He continued to ramble and (Y/n) and Tasha could only laugh.

Steve stared down at all of them, a smile very apparent on his face. In due time they’d tell everything but for right now, he just wanted to keep them all safe in his arms.

a/n: So Tasha and Steve named their kid Maria after Tasha’s mom. Just an fyi. If enough people like this, I might make this a mini series. The mini-series would just explore the 3490 universe on (Y/n)’s relationship with Peter, Tasha, Steve, and the other members of the Iron Family. I’m thinking about writing the civil war version along with a Homecoming/IW/Endgame version. And maybe I’ll write the other universe where both (Y/n) and Tony die.

#peter parker x stark!reader #tony stark x stark!reader #peter parker x reader #peter parker x you #peter parker x y/n #peter parker x oc #peter parker imagine #steve rogers x platonic!reader #earth 3490 #earth-3490 #natasha stark #toni star #two worlds one path to happiness series #a.writes

[thompsborn]

For the character thing- I'll give you may parker :)

Personally, I think she's cool, I would love to hear what you have to say abt her

how i feel about this character

i ADORE may so much !! in all versions of canon, she is such a supportive mother figure who has no obligation to become the sole parent to peter—she isn’t related to him, they were only considered family because of ben, but she stepped up as she not only adapted to having a child but became one of the best representations of a proper supportive caring concerned mother in popular media (imo)

all the people i ship romantically with this character

PEPPER! ben, obviously!! i usually prefer may and tony as platonic/familial but i have read a couple fics where that pairing was very fun to have as an addition to the story, honestly i’ve seen tags of may and rhodey and i havent read fics for it but i also am not against that, but i think my favorite (despite it not being popular At All) is peppermay. strong CEO becomes useless lesbian at sight of Glorious Italian Bi? absolutely. yes please. gimme gimme gimme

my non-romantic OTP for this character

may and rhodey!! while i said above i’m not against the idea of them somehow becoming romantically involved but i also just love when fics make them the power duo friends that are like “tony is too busy in Dad Panic Mode that we have to fix the problem get out of the way”

my unpopular opinion about this character

she is not overprotective!! fics that are jokingly like “ah man may’s gonna kill me lol” or whatever are fun and funny yes and obviously in fanfiction you can change things and explore different ideas for characters and i’m not dissing that in the slightest, but people who constantly create content of may being a hardass and refusing to let peter be spider-man or anything like that ??? nah man she gets worried and sometimes that worry can occasionally show itself in slight overprotectiveness but outside of that she is supportive and understanding and would put in the effort to compromise and find middle grounds and help where she can. “your scary aunt” does not fit may parker. she can be fierce and passionate and powerful and intimidating when the occasion strikes and especially when protecting peter and their loved ones but she is not scary. being scary and being powerful when protective are different things.

i feel like i’m rambling too much with this but basically may being protective is beautiful but her being overprotective feels very ooc for me

also i personally cannot see may ever disliking or hating tony. being angry at first when she finds out that tony kept spider-man a secret from her, yeah, but genuinely not liking or hating him?? nah they be powerful co-parents

one thing i wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon

i mean?? i wish she was less insistent about peter taking his suit to europe in ffh. and like i know i said she isn’t overprotective but in ffh she almost seems a lil too loose about things? if that makes sense? idk i know may isn’t a central part of ffh but i wish she had been shown being more actively concerned about peter instead of just having her main thing in ffh be based on happy being in love w her, yk?

#may parker

[iron-parkr]

What’s your favorite thing about your top 10 Mcu movies? (Teamwork!)

Spider-Man: Homecoming - the movie that made me fall in love with the MCU! I loved Peter so much, I was 17 when the movie came out and he felt so relatable as a high school student with crushes and homework and all the teenage stuff I was dealing with. Plus Tom Holland was the perfect combo of Peter Parker and Spidey. My life has literally never been the same since I saw this movie!

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - objectively the best Marvel movie, don’t even fight me. Killer fucking score, amazing cinematography, compelling storyline, honestly just 10/10 all around. The only reason it’s not my top is because I love my spider baby just a tiny bit more than Steve

Spider-Man: Far From Home - again, my spider son steals my heart every time. I saw FFH 4 times in theaters bc I just absolutely adore Spidey and I couldn’t get enough of this movie. I was literally so hype for this movie, especially since it came right after Endgame and everything that happened during that movie. God and the angst in this movie just killed me, it hurt so much, and I was also anxious to see how they were going to handle the MCU post-snap and post-Endgame bc that would affect what would happen in TSB

Iron Man - the OG, baby, one of the first Marvel movies I ever saw, before I knew it was a whole universe of movies. It still holds up now and I love rewatching it and seeing Tony back when he didn’t seem like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders. And of course I can’t forget my baby Maggie, none of TSB would have ever happened if it hadn’t been for that one time I was watching Iron Man and had this vivid image of Tony Stark’s daughter running toward him on the jet after Afghanistan

Avengers - man it’s so crazy, I remember Avengers being on Netflix way back when, and I watched it so many times because I just loved it so much, but I was only 12 or 13 and I had no idea it was part of a shared universe with like Iron Man and CA: The First Avenger (which I’d seen in theaters) or I would have been a Marvel fan for a lot longer. I don’t even know why I loved it so much, but I love it now because it’s the start of something really special and it’s honestly just so great

Avengers: Infinity War - dude my hype for this movie was through the roof, I was so excited for this movie even though I’d only just gotten into the MCU. I remember when one of the first trailers dropped during my 3rd period Music Theory class in senior year and I spent like all day watching it over and over again. The anticipation of all those heroes on screen together and seeing everyone together was just unparalleled. The ending literally killed me, but it also made me so excited for Endgame. Also funny story - I actually hadn’t seen all the MCU movies yet, so the week of Infinity War I watched 11 1/2 movies from Sunday to Thursday to prepare myself for the movie, and it is to date my greatest accomplishment in fandom

Captain Marvel - I was so excited for Captain Marvel because I was excited to see a movie with a female superhero who was the main focus, and it totally exceeded my expectations. Plus it was the first movie after Infinity War and I just knew one of the after-credits scenes would have something to do with Endgame and I had to know what was happening after the Snap

Guardians of the Galaxy - I rewatched this before Endgame and I forgot how goddamn hilarious it is, it’s a great Marvel movie to watch if you need a pick me up or a reason to laugh. Also Gamora is such a badass and I would die for baby Groot, so there’s that

Captain America: Civil War - part of me hates this movie because of the divisions it caused between the Avengers, but I also love it because of the angst and the drama. Not to mention the drama in TSB, that was very fun to explore when I was planning out Maggie’s story

Iron Man 3 - I was torn between IM2 and IM3 in this spot because they’re both solid movies imo, I know a lot of people hate 2 but from a writing perspective it’s interesting, at least to me. 3 edged out 2 for this spot because I loved how it showed Tony on his own without the suit and reminded the audience that Tony Stark is a force to be reckoned with inside and outside the suit

Wow that got really long lol, thanks for asking!!

[destinyc1020]

Regarding Z fans, there literally has been accounts dedicated to hating on Tom and some use their main accounts to do it too. Post FFH was a clear example of that and they hated on him daily all throughout early 2020 and some still do because they think he’s “Not good enough for her” Some blogs that are simply Z stans (Kmichelle and all her friends, former Jacdayas, etc still do lol). Both fandoms have bad apples, unfortunately its the norm with every popular celebs fandom and impossible to control but it doesn’t make up the majority

Also Darnell and his friend look GOOD. Glowing and all! Love seeing him do well after the stories about lacking self-confidence & being hospitalized last year

Thank you Anon. Thankfully I don't follow such Z fans so I don't see half of this stuff. But you're right, there are bad apples in every fandom unfortunately. 🤷

Speaking about "not being good enough".... It literally never ceases to amaze me that some fans would think that Tom isn't good enough for Z, or that Z isnt' good enough for Tom. Like, who ELSE would be good enough for them?? You're trying to tell me that a RICH, young, successful, nice-looking guy who has close-knit family, friends and who everyone in the industry speaks so HIGHLY of, who's hard-working, humble, KIND, and seems to love himself some Zendaya is not "good enough" for her?? Seriously lol?? I want to see the names of all of the other guys they think would be better for her than Tom. I just wanna see a list. Cuz obviously they must think that there are a plethora of young, single guys in their 20's in the industry that would be sooo much better for Zendaya. Z herself says she's an introvert who stays to herself, so where would she even be meeting these guys lol? 😂

And re: Tom... Some fans actually think that Z isn't good enough for Tom? Seriously? The girl is successful, gorgeous, has a good head on her shoulders, everyone speaks so highly of her, she has helped Tom through a ton of stuff in this industry, seems to think that Tom is the biggest comedian on earth lol😂, loves herself some Tom, and has a down-to-earth, kind heart as well. And we're supposed to believe that she's awful for him? I wanna see this list of other single girls in the industry that are doing it like her that Tom would be better off with. I'm just curious. I'd like to see this list lol. Some of these fans are really delusional imo. They're not even thinking clearly. Tom and Zendaya are also friends first and foremost, so to be able to find all of that wrapped into ONE person, AND they're like your best friend?? I'm sorry, but that type of person doesn't come all that easily in life. I'm just saying.... And this industry is FILLED with fake, rude, pretentious, clout-chasing people who you have to navigate around. I personally think that Tom and Z are doing quite well being with each other if I do say so myself. :)

[aizawa-wears-crocs-old]

blackwatchandromeda’s fic rec list

so i've seen a lot of these going round, and in honor of fanfic appreciation day i'm going to jump on the bandwagon and share my fic rec list! these are the ones i always love to come back to. they're all super talented and brilliant - check them out! in no particular order:

a river to skate away on by @frostysunflowers - the best memory loss fic out there, period. incredible writing and fantastic characterization!

turn back the clock (and i'll try again in the morning) by @madasthesea - time loop plus identity reveal equals fanfiction gold. i have reread this an embarrassing amount of times: the angst is absolutely supreme, and the resolution is immensely satisfying!

alucinari by celluloid - a fantastic fic exploring the effect of ffh on peter. it's a little dark, but incredibly well written!

runaway by spectra - irondad is upped to the max when peter runs away from home. it's a cool concept, and executed brilliantly!

when in doubt just keep the faith by sparrowflight246 - this is one of my favorite biodad fics of all time. it's supremely angsty, but the comfort is well worth it!

goner by @emkayohh / camelotqueen - peter goes after a serial killer in queens. one of the best kidnap fics out there, imo!

let's kick it by @too-many-bees / civilbores - peter gets an alien disease and deals with it spectacularly badly. amazing hurt/comfort and a fab conclusion

it wasn't you by @losingmymindtonight - i'm a sucker for fics like these, and this is a shining example. supremely good whump and recovery

the entirety of @tempestaurora‘s whumpvember series - there's not much i can say that the series doesn't say for itself: this is one of the best 30-day whump challenges i've ever read! each part has incredible effort put into it, and stands alone extremely well

i'll always find you in the drift by @tempestaurora - this is a crossover with pacific rim, but even if you're unfamiliar with it this fic is still a fantastic ride and deserves more attention. the characterization is perfect, and it's filled with brilliant cameos

five times peter parker pretended to be asleep by @blondsak - all-around incredible 5+1 featuring the amazingly-characterized avengers, and great irondad! awesome blend of angst and humor

what if there is no tomorrow? by @iron--spider - it's another time loop, but this time tony's inside it. it's a brilliant reworking of the groundhog day trope to fit mcu characters, and it keeps amazingly well to the original film's tone

brooklyn by @hailing-stars - i'm usually not a fan of bad guy may stories, but this fic absolutely knocks it out of the park. it also carries a healthy dose of ironmom! (note: this is part six of a series, which is fantastic and sets up this story.)

don’t leave me now by @iron--spider - peter thinks he’s losing his powers, and it leads to a whole lot of fantastic hurt/comfort. one of my favorite fics!

i'm probably guaranteed to have forgotten a bunch of my other favorites on here, but i encourage you to read all these and give the authors some love! happy fanfic appreciation day. 💕

#fanfiction #marvel #peter parker #tony stark #there are so many others #but these are mainly irondad fics #@everyone on here you're amazing #and everyone else too #fanfic appreciation day #irondad #spiderson

[starkerintheparker]

For the ask game: Starker for 002 please

Thanks for always indulging me, my friend! I appreciate you :) 

When I started shipping it: It wasn’t until after watching Infinity War that I started considering this ship. I first read Starker around November 2018 but I only joined the fandom in April 2019 after reading a specific fic that made me think “that’s it, that’s what I was looking for”.

My thoughts: It took me a while to realize and accept that I liked the idea of Tony and Peter being together romantically/sexually. I shipped Stony up until Civil War and even when I watched HoCo, I saw their relationship as purely platonic, a mentor/mentee thing. The fact that I worship Tony Stark played a big part in my Starker awakening - I wanted him to be happy and loved unconditionally by someone who knows and shares the burden of the superhero life, someone who has the head and the heart in the right place. Peter might be young but he’s been a hero before Tony came along, he’s got a strong moral compass, he respects Tony but he will stand up to voice his beliefs. Peter knows more about grief and responsibility than some Avengers - I feel like he’s a better version of Steve, or rather, he’s got the best traits of Tony and Steve combined, but he still has his own personality and sense of purpose. That’s what makes his character so fascinating imo, and Tony deserves someone like that by his side, in the battlefield, in the lab and in his life. 

What makes me happy about them: The fact that they’re the best thing that ever happened to each other. They’re so similar and yet so different, and they saved each other in more ways than one. The fact that Peter knows he doesn’t need Tony’s approval but he seems to want it anyway. The fact that Tony would do anything to keep Peter safe, and he did! He literally figured out time travel overnight and turned the universe upside down just to get Peter back. Finally, I love their dynamics (especially in IW) and the fact that they’re fascinating as characters, and brilliant outside the suit - they can save the world both teaming up on the battlefield or sciencing together. 

What makes me sad about them: Well it’s a bittersweet ship, isn’t it? They met, they worked close together for two years, Tony spent FIVE YEARS mourning Peter and died when he finally got him back. Besides this very frustrating “major character death” detail, the fact that the age gap and the power imbalance cannot be erased is also bittersweet - it’s part of why this ship fascinates me but it also plays a complicated role in their relationship, platonic or else. The fact that Peter showed up so late into Tony’s life also makes me sad. Finally, the fact that, if not for the age gap, Tony and Peter would be the ULTIMATE MATCH and they could have been the biggest MCU OTP but instead we get hate because antis cannot separate fiction from reality and mind their own business *sigh*

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: Nothing comes to mind as I only read fics that speak to me aesthetically and/or emotionally. The only thing I don’t appreciate is when fics are not tagged accordingly because there are some topics I personally like to avoid, like abusive relationship, infidelity and dark!Tony. But thanks to the tags system I’ve managed to curate my experience in a very satisfying way so far :)

Things I look for in fanfic: Good characterization and ANGST with a happy ending, gimme all that hurt/comfort

My kinks: Generally speaking? Porn with feels, first time, switch!Tony and switch!Peter, the good old senses dialed to 11 trope. Domesticity can be really sexy too 👌🏼

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: I really like how they established Peter/MJ in FFH, they are adorable together and I love that Peter went from admiring the popular girl to finally seeing the weird girl that was there all along. As for Tony… *sigh* I truly believe him and Pepper are better off as friends and I can’t really ship him with Steve after Civil War because it would be too painful for Tony, so I guess I don’t have other options for him lol 

My happily ever after for them: alive and m a r r i e d 

#ask game #dawnlightsilhouette #starker #good god this feels like a ship manifesto lol #I need pills

[spidermaninlove]

My FFH Review (Spoiler Free)

Okay, I’m back and here’s my biased review.  :)

The Endgame re-release post credit scene also takes place at the beginning of FFH, so don’t worry about seeing Endgame again before you see FFH.

Definitely stay for the post-credit scenes.  Plural!

Mysterio, imo, was way over hyped!  Tom has great chemistry with everyone, but, imo, it’s far superior w/ Fury, Happy, and MJ, of course.  

There were PJ shippers in the theater -- the most noise I heard tonight (woots and applause) were during PJ scenes!

The score is amazing!

I agree w/ Tom -- his best work on the film was the scene he mentioned in an interview.  That, and a scene with Mysterio, and one particular scene w/ MJ.

PJ are adorable, and while there were more PJ scenes than I thought there would be, I would have liked to have seen more!  But that’s my Tomdaya heart speaking.  :)  

Have you ever noticed Tom has dimples?  Watch for them during PJ scenes!  

[robertdowneyjjr]

Hey! I’m the anon who was catching up on MCU movies and asked you questions? (Clint/BW etc). So I finally watched Endgame and I'm devastated. I admit that I don’t have the same relationship with Tony the way you MCU and RDJ fans have since 2008, but I'm very sad. I understand the decision to kill him because he was the only hero who would never have been able to walk away from saving people. So unless RDJ was to be eternally chained to MCU (which I don’t wish for him), it would have (1/4)

been unnatural to let him live and “disappear”. He is not Captain America. Lmao, what a Captain he is. I do have some questions though. When the others visited Tony at his farm, I got the implication that it was the first time they visited him? That’s horrible. They remember him only when they need him. Also shouldn’t Bruce know better about scientific experimentation? The whole sequence with BW, CA, Prof Hulk and Scott experimenting with that tech was weird. There was no proper procedure (2/4)

or anything. I didn’t actually mind BW’s fate. All her eye-rolling at the beginning irked me and her behaviour in CACW (betraying Tony) was very ew. I would have liked to see more of Nebula than BW. Also, I wish they treated Thor’s depression more seriously. They had the chance to tackle a serious issue and they mucked it up. WTF was up with CA’s storyline? That was such a shit way to end the movie. I have never been a fan of CA and his story but that ending was quite pathetic. (3/4)

They nullified the only sacrifice he ever made in his life and flipped the bird at the concept of “moving on”. Did his story make sense to you? I know you ship CA and Tony together. All in all, I prefer IW to Endgame. I'm glad I was right in liking Tony Stark from the beginning. Poor Peter, what a trauma. Should've known when they made Tony his father figure. It’s less facts and more your opinion I’m asking this time. Sorry about that but also thanks in advance!! I think I'm done with MCU. (4/4)

i think it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been attached to the character of tony stark. the moment you’re invested in him even if your journey with him was only for a few months, his story really resonates with you and makes you really emotional in ways you’d never imagined. so i understand how devastated you must feel because i felt the exact same way. i cried each time i watched endgame in theatres and i still can’t rewatch That Scene without being incredibly upset. but like you said, the decision made sense and i’ve come to terms with it. it’s still always going to be something that makes me sad though.

anyway, to your questions.

1. i got the same feeling that it was the first time they visited. for steve, at least. i think natasha probably had already visited a couple times since she and tony do nod at each other and acknowledge their presence without it being frosty and awkward. but for steve, yeah, i think it was his first time seeing tony. maybe it’s because he didn’t know how to face tony anymore after what happened five years ago, but it did rub me the wrong way too.

2. that whole sequence with bruce and the others testing out time travel was just. there’s a whole post about it somewhere here that explains it perfectly how wrong it was. like you said, bruce is a scientist and he should know how dangerous scientific experimentation can be. and it really just seemed like they were winging it and had no contingency plan for what they would do if they fucked up entirely. 99% of that scene was played for laughs and when it’s over and you really think about it, you do realize how shitty it would have been if they’d accidentally killed scott via quantum tunnel.

3. i agree, they should have handled thor’s storyline better. he was facing some very real problems and the way hemsworth played him was beautiful. but the fact that he was constantly the butt of everyone’s jokes was just so awful. i hate that they made rhodey say all of those mean things bc that was just wildly out of character when it’s always been shown that he’s caring and considerate of his friends. it’s terrible that they showed thor and frigga having such a tender mother/son moment only to ruin it at the end by having her tell him to eat a salad. the only people who treated him the way he deserved were bruce and tony, imo.

4. haha. hahahah. hahahahah. god no i did not enjoy steve’s storyline and tbh this movie really soured his character for me and i refuse to acknowledge it. like you said, they nullified his only sacrifice by having him go back to the past and get a do-over in life. nothing about his motivations made any god damn sense. the fact that he was looking at a picture of peggy, who’d died years ago, just three weeks after his two best friends turned to dust is just mind boggling. he’s talking about losing her at a therapy session for people who’d lost their loved ones in the decimation. just. he literally forgot bucky, sam, and wanda even existed. i didn’t think his ending was romantic or in character but. whatever. i literally only ship steve and tony as long as we forget endgame happened (bc truly endgame was a pepperony event). anyway, endgame steve whomst?

i agree though, i thought iw was better than endgame. it felt like endgame left a lot of loose ends and didn’t address things that were brought up previously in the franchise. it’s an amazing film to witness in theatres but when you really think about it, there are a ton of questions that you never get any answers to.

anyway, if you’re a tony fan i do think you should check out ffh before you quit the mcu completely. i wasn’t going to watch it at first, but it shows how important tony is to the universe and also to peter. it’ll wrap up phase 3 completely and give some sort of closure for the tony fans. kind of.

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[quirkydetectives]

i agree so much! i feel like of all the cinematic versions, andrew’s was the truer to the core character. his was the one i enjoyed the most so far, and could connect much more to his peter than to toby's or even tom's. like the movies are flawed and lowkey messy overall, but most of the stuff with peter, and gwen, were done well enough.

The Raimi movies will haunt me to the end of my days lmfao. So will the MCU now. It feels like MCU Peter never has to face any responsibility for his actions?? I haven't even seen FFH yet, I'm waiting for it to come out in Redbox bc I've been so disappointed. I miss when Spider-Man could just... be Spider-Man. In the comics, even when he was part of the F4 or the X-Men, he was still very clearly his own hero. Not like... Iron Man Jr.

I'm bitter. ITSV was the best Spidey screen adaptation imo, and it wasn't even Peter's movie.

#spidey #ask #anonymous

[cherryfocus]

did you watch ffh and if so, what did you think about some of the petermj scenes? did you like them, not like them?

So this might kind of be spoilery. Just because I mention like how much a character or something appears. But that’s pretty much it. I don’t say anything about the plot or what happens.

I went and saw the movie last night! It was so good. Like so good. Every single thing about it. They stay true to everything from Homecoming and will give every kind of fan what they want. Like Iron Dad, check! Spideychelle with a very good built up, check! Awesome action and Spider-Man sequences, check! Peter Parker awkwardness, check! Nailing Mysterio’s character, check! Funny moments, check! The whole movie is just A-class. I would’ve liked to see a little more of the romance between Happy and May, but that’s like the only thing that I missed from the movie. Everybody should go and see this movie, and it’s the perfect movie for everything that happened in Endgame. There are a lot of Tony references that will kind of like make you sad if you love his character, but it’ll make you feel exactly like Peter does.

As for the spideychelle scenes. I liked them a lot. There really aren’t a lot of them. There are like 4 scenes in total where it’s only Peter and MJ in the scene and most you will already know about from the trailers. 1 is the kiss scene, another is the scene where MJ reveals she knows Peter is Spider-Man. 1 is the swinging scene at the end of the movie.  And the last one is when they’re in Venice, they have a very short conversation. It’s mostly just Peter mentioning how he likes MJ and wants to get the chance to tell her how he feels, but the action gets in the way of it. They don’t become a couple until the last 5 minutes or so of the movie. So for those who have like concerns in that it would seem quick, it doesn’t. You’ll be laughing and relating and shaking your head to Peter  constantly failing to get close to MJ. And the kiss, well... there really ain’t much happening there. It’s child’s play. 

All the actors did an amazing job. Tom and Jake’s performances were without a doubt the best. Followed close by Samual L Jackson, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob and Remy Hii. And than Tony Revolori and Angouri Rice have some scene stealers, but they’re roles aren’t that massive. 

The whole nettypot thing was kind of disappointing imo. It’s kind of what I expected Spideychelle to be. It’s not even like romance, it’s just there for comedy purposes. 

And than there are three scenes imo where you should hold your chair, because otherwise you might go crazy! One of them being the post-credit scene.

But really, guys, it’s such an amazing movie! Go and watch it, I guarantee you’ll enjoy it so much. ♥️