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hiraeth

@nostalgicatsea / nostalgicatsea.tumblr.com

the love that remains.
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Cap-IM Big Bang Survey: ALL YEARS

Cap-IronMan's Massive Big Bang Survey
For everyone who has ever participated in a Cap-IM Big Bang event! Please help us better understand the current needs of fandom and our comm
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Hello, SteveTony citizens! The Cap-IM Big Bang has been part of our comm and fandom tradition since its inception in 2008. That's almost 20 years! In recent years, though, our participation has dwindled to near-endangerment and we're currently thinking about new ways to restructure and rekindle the event. Longfic is such an important part of our fannish ecosystem and we really want to continue to do everything we can to foster the creation of new longform SteveTony works! To that end, we present a survey about the Big Bang that is open to anyone who has ever participated! Fully anon, unless you don't want it to be and leave us your contact info at the end. We're grateful for anything you're willing to share with us about your past experiences with the BB! (Please feel free to circulate this to anyone you know that's done a BB in the past.) If you have additional feedback or we missed something you have a strong opinion about, feel free to DM one of the mods and discord or email us at cap.im.events@gmail.com

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WIP word game

Rules: You will be given a word by the person who tagged you. For each letter of the word, share a sentence/excerpt from your wips that starts with that letter.

Tagged by @meidui and @mobiusonajetski! Thank you.<3 Unfortunately, I don't have enough WIPs or sentences that begin with certain letters that would make sense without many more words so I went with Cassie's word, "stony," as she tagged me first. 😅

S - Sometimes Tony thought it would be easier if Steph was a man. (MTH female Steve fic that I'm terrified of writing. News flash to this Tony: it isn't easier)

T - “There’s no reason for you to be so scared, Steve. You know I end up okay.” Tony smiled wanly. 

You end up dead, Steve wanted to shout, and helplessness washed over him anew, a sickening fever. (EG Steve gets displaced in time when putting back the Stones and shows up at different moments in Tony's life. In this scene, Tony thinks if Steve is from the future and knows him, that means he got through the ordeal he's in)

O - One month was longer than Steve ever had with Tony and he would miss Tony, already missed him even though he was in front of Steve, realer than anything, because all this would add up to a minute in their lives. Not enough time to change things. It would be like this never happened at all, a dream that would evaporate as soon as they woke up. (EG Steve and Tony have to stay in 1970 for a month)

N - No one moved until Thor shifted next to him, and before he could think, Steve jerked forward. The thought that anyone else could hold Tony was unbearable. (EG soulmate fic - Steve volunteers to carry Tony's dead body off the battlefield despite not being able to look at Tony or think about Tony being dead. No one knows they're soulmates including Steve at this moment)

Y - You’re going to die young, he thought more times than he could count, and all this time, he focused so much on death itself, on preventing that from happening and doing his best to protect Tony, that he never thought about the second half of that sentence: And you’ll leave me behind when you do. (Rhodey's singular grief after Tony's death. :')...I don't think I can ever continue this fic because it's too painful to be in Rhodey's head for this)

Tagging @sineala, @itsallavengers, and @festiveferret! Your word is "suit."

#reblogging again because i posted this late at night#and i edited the description of one of the fics
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WIP word game

Rules: You will be given a word by the person who tagged you. For each letter of the word, share a sentence/excerpt from your wips that starts with that letter.

Tagged by @meidui and @mobiusonajetski! Thank you.<3 Unfortunately, I don't have enough WIPs or sentences that begin with certain letters that would make sense without many more words so I went with Cassie's word, "stony," as she tagged me first. 😅

S - Sometimes Tony thought it would be easier if Steph was a man. (MTH female Steve fic that I'm terrified of writing. News flash to this Tony: it isn't easier)

T - “There’s no reason for you to be so scared, Steve. You know I end up okay.” Tony smiled wanly. 

You end up dead, Steve wanted to shout, and helplessness washed over him anew, a sickening fever. (EG Steve gets displaced in time when putting back the Stones and shows up at different moments in Tony's life. In this scene, Tony thinks if Steve is from the future and knows him, that means he got through the ordeal he's in)

O - One month was longer than Steve ever had with Tony and he would miss Tony, already missed him even though he was in front of Steve, realer than anything, because all this would add up to a minute in their lives. Not enough time to change things. It would be like this never happened at all, a dream that would evaporate as soon as they woke up. (EG Steve and Tony have to stay in 1970 for a month)

N - No one moved until Thor shifted next to him, and before he could think, Steve jerked forward. The thought that anyone else could hold Tony was unbearable. (EG soulmate fic - Steve volunteers to carry Tony's dead body off the battlefield despite not being able to look at Tony or think about Tony being dead. No one knows they're soulmates including Steve at this moment)

Y - You’re going to die young, he thought more times than he could count, and all this time, he focused so much on death itself, on preventing that from happening and doing his best to protect Tony, that he never thought about the second half of that sentence: And you’ll leave me behind when you do. (Rhodey's singular grief after Tony's death. :')...I don't think I can ever continue this fic because it's too painful to be in Rhodey's head for this)

Tagging @sineala, @itsallavengers, and @festiveferret! Your word is "suit."

#omg why are these all 'TONY IS DEAD BTW!' fics...#funnily enough i couldn't bear the thought of writing an endgame fic after it came out because#my brain shut down whenever i thought of tony's death#i still don't know if i can handle writing some of these EG fics because of that T__T! but i have to persevere!#the first one is what happens when you tell a friend (magicasen)#'thinking about how things would be different in the mcu if one of them were a woman'#in terms of how viewers irl would perceive steve and tony and how that would affect steve and tony's relationship in the mcu#and how tony/f!steve would differ from steve/f!tony both textually and irl perception#and then going into a LENGTHY conversation about the former relationship#and then she's like 'write me this thing' because MTH exists ToT sobbing and throwing up in fear!#but i dug my own grave because i mentioned it while MTH was happening#my words
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Steve/Tony dating sim sign-up info & FAQ

If you haven't heard the news, there's going to be a free Steve/Tony multiverse dating game! (If you have heard the news, bear with us—this is a new announcement because we've updated a few things). Follow us on Tumblr to get the latest updates on development and launch and/or hang out with us on Discord as we make the game!

About the game

The Steve/Tony multiverse dating sim (name TBD) will be a visual novel-style game that’s mostly dialogue with some simple minigames thrown in. You'll play as a Steve or Tony from one of the many universes that exist who’s thrown into a rift in reality with a bunch of other Steves and Tonys. You’ll get to decide whom to work with to invent, fight, flirt, and date your way back home. 

Who we are

We're a team of passionate Steve/Tony fans who have come together to write and illustrate the dating game of our dreams, coded by the wonderfully talented @v-thinks-on. You can read more about us here.

How this works

In order to make the game, we need writers for the player characters (characters you can choose to play the game as) and love interest characters (characters the player can interact with and romance), artists for the visuals, and more. Here's a brief summary of the process:

  • Love interest writers script a story arc for the player character to go on if the player selects that writer’s love interest character to date
  • Player character writers fill in the dialogue for their characters in the love interest scripts
  • Artists create the visuals of the game, including character art, backgrounds, and more, based on the scripts

For a more detailed overview of the game-making process and each team role, please refer to our FAQ.

How to apply to the team

Please email stevetonydatingsim@gmail.com with the following information:

  • Confirmation that you’re over 18 (just let us know you’re 18+; we’re not asking you to share personal info)
  • The best way(s) to contact you

And depending on which role you want to apply for, please include:

Writers (currently taking sign-ups for love interest writers only; we'll announce when we're open for player writer applications)

  • What character you’d like to write for (universe and name). If you have multiple, please order by preference. To help you choose, here is a list of universes we have writers for and available universes (if you want a universe not on this list, that means it's available)!
  • Do you want to write alone or with a partner(s)?
  • A writing sample focusing on Steve and Tony (link, attachment, or text in the email body), ideally with a good amount of dialogue. This doesn’t have to be a complete piece with a beginning, middle, and end; it's more to get a sense of your style and understanding of characterization, so all we ask is that it’s easy to follow. This can be something you’ve already written or you can write something new for this application. We don't have a minimum word requirement; if we need more from you, we'll let you know

Artists

  • We'll be sharing an interest check either the first or second week of April, so if you're an artist, watch this space! If you're not on Tumblr much and you're afraid of missing out, contact us and we'll add you to our mailing list

Project managers

  • Please state if you have any experience running events, projects, or games (either fandom or non-fandom is fine) and any skills you believe will be handy, e.g., you're amazing with Google Sheets, you're a scheduling and coordinating whiz, you can wrangle large groups
  • Availability: 1. Do you use Discord? and 2. How much time do you have to dedicate to being a project mod? While we don't have something going on every week and it's fine if you're busy sometimes, we need a go-getter who is easy to reach on Discord and can make sure the project progresses at a good clip

People with other skills

If you have any other skills that you think will help make the game better (for example, you’re a musician and you’d love to produce music for the game or you're a coder who'd love to help @v-thinks-on), get into contact with us.

Contact us

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions (don't forget our FAQ!). You can reach us by email, Discord, Tumblr Messenger, askbox, Twitter DM, or Bluesky DM. Thank you!

#if you want to make this game a reality please please please join the team 🙏#it's less daunting of a commitment than you think!
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Describe 10 of your fics with a meme, gif, or text post

Instead of writing, I decided it would be fun to make a game where I use memes, gifs, or text posts to describe my fics and present them with no context so here I go! Let me know if these are accurate and which one is your favorite. 🤭

1. Apricity

GIF by wartbetweenfourwalls

2. The Burning of Flowers

Steve is Bugs btw:

3. Multitude of One & 4. Leaving Promises Against Your Skin

5. Unraveled

GIF by theneonpersonality

6. A Long, Final Rest Among the Stars

That can probably be used for the next one too.

7. Leaving You Forward

GIF by czlowiek-demolka

8. Body Talk

GIF by evan-buck

9. In Passing

GIF by haydenthehomosexualbulbasaur

10. An Open Palm

Tagging 10 people! @kiyaar, @mserm, @dirigibleplumbing, @citsiurtlanu, @no-gorms, @oluka, @meidui, @carsonian, @ishipallthings, and @soliloquent-stark if you want to procrastinate on writing too. And of course, anyone who wants to do this is welcome to participate.

#i always tag the same people so i wanted to see if i could mix things up and go for some new people#i hope you don't mind that i tagged you!#and i tagged some people who i think are funny and great with finding memes text posts and stuff#because i think this game is more fun when you pick something that is both true and a wild exaggeration of an explanation#cannot believe that i have one 'funny' fic (it's not funny lol...i can't be funny to save my life)#but i couldn't come up with anything for that one and i could only come up with stuff for angsty or serious fics lmao
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starvels' 2024 YGMAH server stockings -> 616/AU, steve/tony, <1k each

  1. for @phoenixmetaphor : dragons and knights and sex magic, oh my! It’s blistering cold in the mountain peaks. The wind pries insistent, chilled fingers inside the rim of the cave’s entrance, like a lover that delights in making Steve hiss and shudder. Tony watches Steve trundling in, from atop his molten throne, and snorts a fiery laughter that nearly sizzles Steve’s eyebrows.
  2. for @nostalgicatsea : the labyrinth of avenger's mansion allows no one to escape Tony trails his eyes over the ragged metal and and oak and marble and aged paint that used to resemble a foyer, back when the mansion was a building and Tony was steadily replacing all its parts post-Avengers disasters, sailing that good Ship of Theseus ever closer to the horizon. It’s not a quandary anymore. The mansion hasn’t been the mansion for any of them in a long time.
  3. for @mserm : tony has wiped steve's mind and now he repents with an apology sounding “I was just thinking,” Tony starts, quick, a clinging desperation pinning his eyes to Steve’s strong back muscles, his tapered waist, the muscles of his forearms, down to his thick — “Last week you were mean. To me. Like you meant it. Like I asked.” “I was there,” Steve says, over the clatter of dishes.
  4. for @mobiusonajetski : service top steve gives tony a needed respite "We're not talking right now," Steve tells him, not mean, but firm. Uncompromising. His focus absolute. Tony sits back on the bench and feels tension beginning to unspool across his body. Being at the center of Steve's focus is good, like this. Is good, period.

mwah to the YGMAH server! thanks for such a lovely 616 stevetony community and here's to many more 🥰

#stevetony#gifts#616#au#running around yelling yippee yay hooray because i LOVE buildings being weird and the avengers mansion in di's fic is ACTING UP#it's like when a video game glitches! it shouldn't look like that!#thank you for writing this di!<3
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Tony Stark + identity issues for @nostalgicatsea for the Marvel 616 Steve/Tony discord's stocking exchange

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I keep going back and looking at this because I love it.<3 I'm going to copy and paste my stocking comment, so I have it here as well!

YELLINGGGGGG over this. Thank you so much, Naomi! Wow, I can't believe I got Tony art! I like how Tony's eyes are hidden from view (but you can tell how handsome he is anyway hehe) and the golden lighting throughout, especially where it reflects onto his hair and underneath the mask are eye-catching. My favorite part about this is how the Iron Man mask reminds me of a welding mask because of how it's laid over Tony's head as though he lifted it up after working with some metal. I don't know if that makes sense, but it made me think of Tony as Iron Man and as Tony the engineer and mechanic at the same time. :)

#tony stark#fanart#gifts#LOOK HOW GREAT THIS IS! WOW!#thank you thank you thank you
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The thing about writing and the thing about leaving comments on fics, both things I used to do more frequently, is that when I do one, I feel like I should be using the time to do the other and then I end up not doing either. (Sorry to everyone whose fics I've been meaning to leave comments for. 🥲)

I know people know me because of LoPA, MTH, and the one Steve/Tony horror event I did, at least those who've heard about or met me since 2018, but back in the day, before I made events, I was probably best known (I wasn't really well-known, though, lol) for leaving long af gushy comments on people's fics. And I miss doing that! I wish I had 400 hrs in a day to do everything.

#the thing about adulting is that you have Real Life stuff to deal with and then you're tired#and it never ends and then the little free time you have you're oscillating between 'HOW DO I BEST USE THIS TIME?'#and 'i'm going to chill and do whatever i want even if it's nothing because i want to rest'#so i've been bad at doing anything i wanted to do and i'm a major procrastinator#which means that i never do anything and it makes me grumpy#i'm trying to get better at setting goals and schedules for myself#maybe i actually do have to do that more so i get stuff i want done DONE
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Love how I was struck with inspiration for a WIP that's been haunting me for a long time, but apparently the idea of opening up a doc on my computer to write paralyzes me now so I get avoidant and end up not writing. I've been having trouble with writing for a few years now because I can't get over that hurdle, so I've been writing random lines on my phone that are different fragments of different scenes (I can't write more than that because typing something long on your phone is AWFUL).

I've been aware that this is an issue, but for some reason, it crystallized as an actual problem for me today. :/? Maybe it's because I really, really wanted to write, but that made me really, really want to avoid writing and I had to think why that was. And the answer was that I just couldn't bring myself to open up a doc. I thought the problem was that I knew if I opened up the WIP, I'd get distracted by the words I already wrote or get frustrated and stressed that they suck and I'd feel trapped... But when I thought of the alternative, creating a new doc and starting from a blank state just to get the words down and only look at the other doc later, I still stalled. And I realized even that's overwhelming me and that's new. :( Or sort of anyway. I've been aware, but I didn't want to look at the problem too closely and it struck me today that I didn't realize the problem got this bad.

I keep getting stuck, it feels miserable, and it makes me hate writing so I want to avoid it. But jotting down random ideas I have on my phone almost feels like not writing. There's no sense of commitment, and it makes me go, "Oh yeah! Writing is fun! But this isn't writing; don't worry, brain!"

But jotting down lines here and there out of order and with no coherent transition from one batch of lines to the next isn't writing a story! It isn't going to help me complete one! So this is frustrating.

ANYWAY, I'm going to continue being avoidant and instead of writing, watch TV, but I think doing this will simultaneously make me relieved and mad at myself. Lmao we'll see what the result is. Probably relief while watching and then annoyance afterwards.

#HOW DO I GET OVER THIS DREAD? 😩#the other reason for the dread is that on my computer the document looks too BIG and i'm overwhelmed by the size#too big and too much whether it's a blank white void or there's a whole wall of text that acts like a jumpscare#when i open a wip
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a stevetony everything everywhere all at once "laundry and taxes" screencap redraw as a YGMAH server stocking fill for @nostalgicatsea, because she loves AUs and multiverses and so do i <3 this is also a @lightsonparkave fill for round 45!

alt version with the original text from the movie under the cut

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Omgggggg, Lanu! 😭💓 What a beautiful surprise. This scene destroyed me in EEAAO, and it fits Steve/Tony perfectly because they're fated to touch each other's lives in every universe across the multiverse. And you know that in one of the universes, Steve would have said this! Because for all their accomplishments, for all the missions and adventures they go on, what it comes down to is their friendship and holding onto it. It just means the world to have the other person at their side, and there's no person they'd rather have next to them but each other.

You can tell how much Steve yearns for Tony and how much he wants Tony to know what Tony means to him in this art and Tony just has to stand there, absorbing this life-altering information because he knows it. He knows what it's like to be an Avenger with Steve, and here Steve is saying that's all he needs! And they would also love doing laundry and taxes with each other too considering how domestic they are (they love doing cookouts and fighting over the remote, after all).

Thank you SO much for this! I'm especially in love with the delicate lighting here like Steve and Tony are wrapped in the soft cloth of night and the bokeh effect adds to the intimate, romantic air. 💞 I know you've been doing more art lately, and it means the world to me that you set aside the time and poured in so much of yourself into this! 🥹 Our conversations about you doing art more and finding joy through it make this gift extra special.

#stevetony#gifts#fanart#au
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We are thrilled to announce that sign-ups for Dodged A Bullet: a Comics Civil War Exchange ARE OPEN! The sign-up form will remain open until March 10, 2025 EOD!

>>>Sign Up HERE<<<

Dodged a Bullet is a small fanworks exchange focusing on comics Civil War, run through the You Gave Me A Home Discord community + Ao3. Your mods are @starvels, @tinystark616, and @kiyaar. Please explore our [Rules] and [FAQ] before signing up.

- Fanworks for this exchange must be comics-exclusive and Steve/Tony(+) or Gen. - Comics Civil War must be the focus/main theme of your work. - Minimum requirements are 2.5k words for fanfiction and lineart for fanart (you are free to do more). - You must be 18 years of age or older to participate.

We ARE looking for pinch-hitters! If you'd like to volunteer as a pinch-hitter, please let us know in the OFFERS section when you sign up. If you have any questions, please contact us via tumblr, Discord, or email. If you're not in the server, you may join here.

MCU is strictly not allowed in this exchange.

SCHEDULE | RULES | FAQ | DISCORD

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YOU GUYS, remember that @marveltrumpshate Steve/Tony enemies-to-lovers fake relationship non-powered AU fic pod I made for @softanticipation a few years ago? Guess what?! IT'S FINISHED. AND IT'S 83.6K WORDS LONG! I'm about to burst from happiness. I only read one chapter so far, but from the very beginning, it had me giggling—because it's funny and because oh boy, these two hate each other's guts and are going to fall in love in the silliest way possible.

Go read "Sexual Harrassment Training" NOW and shower softanticipation with comments because 83.6k words is an impressive feat and she deserves her flowers! Here's the summary to entice you all:

S.H.I.E.L.D. is just like any other alphabet organization. They've got underpaid employees with a poor work-life balance, a struggling Kevlar budget, and a cafeteria with enough drama to rival a high school. Oh yeah, and a brand new policy that promises to separate employees who dare to date within the same department. Tony Stark and his grudge against his big-headed team lead, Steve Rogers, can work with that.

Laughing at the idea that Steve and Tony think the best way to get rid of each other is to...date each other lmaooo.

Thank you to aspiring-tonbo/tonbotomoe, @sabrecmc, @ishipallthings, @magicasen, tsmk2013tsmk, Lesh, @betheflame, @hollyandvice, @t0nystark1er, @desasterdan, drunken panda, and @onlymorelove for making this fic happen by donating to charity!

#stevetony#steve/tony#stony#superhusbands#gifts#marvel trumps hate
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ishipallthings asked:

to: nostalgicatsea

thank you for always making me love steve and stevetony more every time we have long meta chats about them, for your brilliant writing, for running MTH with the team for so many years to such success, and thank you for being such a lovely friend and one of my favourite people in this fandom 💕💕💕

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candystevegrams answered:

@nostalgicatsea You have a candygram! 🍬

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@ishipallthings, this is such a sweet surprise! 🥰💝 Every day, I'm grateful that this fandom brought us together, not only because of the deep conversations (and silly ones!) we have about the boys but also because of the friendship that we share. You're one of the kindest people I know, and part of the reason the Steve/Tony fandom is what it is is due to how welcoming you make it. I remember when I first met you, I was wowed by how you seemed to know everyone because you're just that friendly, supportive, and enthusiastic about the fanworks everyone creates. Thanks for running MTH with me too! It's a massive effort and one I'm happy I've been able to work on with a friend like you. And I'd be remiss if I didn't talk about your exceptionally beautiful writing. You're the best, Jen! 💞

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Rules: without naming them, post a gif of ten of your favorite films, then tag ten people to do the same

Tagged by @iam93percentstardust!

In no particular order:

GIF by gravydreams
GIF by violetmovies
GIF by tactilefemme
GIF by filmingifs
GIF by normasshearer
GIF by k-wame
GIF by soulcampell
GIF by winterswake
GIF by huagiaduan
GIF by thegirlwiththetrack5tattoo

Tagging @ishipallthings, @citsiurtlanu, @kiyaar, @meidui, @sineala, @sabrecmc, @cowboyhorsegirl, @earliebirb, @thahiree, and @mrsgingles. If you've already done this, feel free to ignore!

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