rbarr



Recent bookmarks

  1. Rec 42

    Interlude by

    Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom, Captain America (Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Thor (Movies), Hawkeye (Comics), Marvel 616  

    15 Dec 2021

    Tags
    Summary

    The movie we never got. The team comes together and forms a family. They learn to work together, and communicate like adults! So if you were angry that there was never a movie of the crew coming together before they started fighting, you came to the right place.

    --

    This fic also lays in the foundation of the rest of the fics out past End Game; it takes place in June and July of 2015 and incorporates some current events. If I make it to 2020, we'll incorporate COVID, too.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    251,559
    Chapters:
    42/42
    Comments:
    2,347
    Kudos:
    622
    Bookmarks:
    42
    Hits:
    47,758
    Bookmarked by rbarr

    17 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Ch. 5 has Thor's ballad of the Son of Coul and the BadAss Team Delta. Awesome.
    On rereading, we pick up Steve's croggled refrain: "I kind of miss Nazis."

  2. Rec 61

    Mixed Nuts by

    Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom  

    30 Dec 2023

    Tags
    Summary

    Shorts from the "Use Your Words" verse, because it's gonna take a while to write the next real installment and we need some fun before then.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    43,340
    Chapters:
    28/?
    Comments:
    1,146
    Kudos:
    1,242
    Bookmarks:
    61
    Hits:
    33,875
    Bookmarked by rbarr

    18 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Steve gets arrested in Ch. 11

    The cinematography is awesome! And hilarious. First, the set-up: close-up of Chris and Tony.

    While Steve was telling off the poor bastard in charge of getting him to sign the paperwork dropping the charges, Tony got the low-down on what was going on with Chris.

    Camera gradually pans out, still focused on Chris and Tony, but now we can see Steve arguing with the bail cop in the background.
    Next, Chris and Tony turn to watch Steve and the cop arguing, still in the background and not quite intelligible.

    “Is he always like this?” Chris asked faintly, as Steve shredded the dropped-charges paperwork, flung the pieces on the desk, and dared the cop to arrest him again.

    Focus moves to Steve tearing up the papers and throwing them at the cop, and audio brings up the tail end of Steve's dare to the cop. Scene continues with Steve and Tony talking in foreground, but camera gradually pans out still farther until we can see the whole squadroom and the arm-waving arguments behind the glass window.

    Tony leaned back against the desk as the charge was put through, taking in terrified cops at their desks, a couple more all screaming at each other in an office with glass walls, Steve grinning back at him, and a relieved-looking kid.

    Yep. Best night in a long time.

    End scene focused on Tony's smug smile.

  3. Rec *

    Sam Meets the Avengers by

    Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom, Captain America (Movies), Iron Man - All Media Types, Thor - All Media Types, Hawkeye (Comics)  

    26 Jun 2016

    Tags
    Summary

    How Sam Wilson met the Avengers and the support staff, brought in an assassin, kept several women from murdering Tony Stark, and found a family. But he is not their shrink. No. He isn't. Shut up, Tony. Or, as Sam puts it most days, how in hell did he get roped into this?

    The one where Sam offers to carry Natasha’s purse.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    23,416
    Chapters:
    20/20
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    416
    Kudos:
    1,255
    Bookmarks:
    174
    Hits:
    24,569
    Bookmarked by rbarr

    26 Apr 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    First of the series -- great fill-ins and witty banter from Sam's POV.
    Ch. 7 "Sam decided he would concentrate on the caring behind the gestures, and not the insult implying he couldn't take care of himself. He also decided not to mention the assault rifle he kept under his bed."

    “Why is it you're so easy with Pepper and Natasha and Hill, badasses one and all, but you start stuttering around mortal women?”
    Steve seemed to stop and really think about it. “Maybe because they remind me of my mother.”
    Boy, there was a discussion for another day.

    Ch. 17:

    “I think that’s Steve’s super power.” Maria told him dryly. “Getting people to do stuff they don’t want to.”
    Natasha made a sound of pure annoyance.
    Sam took on three helicarriers with a dusty old set of wings and two machine guns, for fuck’s sake. Before that was a kill squad including the Winter Goddamn Soldier with a utility knife. And he was moving to New York. And helping bring in an assassin who tried to kill him. More than once. Ugh.

    Ch. 19 The source of my head-canon that Bruce is a stoner.

  4. Rec *

    Circling Back by

    Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Movies)  

    04 Jun 2014

    Tags
    Summary

    Steve looks for Bucky, Bucky finds Steve, Steve tries desperately to put Bucky back together. Bucky tries desperately to let him. (Spoilers for Winter Soldier.)

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    59,644
    Chapters:
    40/40
    Comments:
    2,068
    Kudos:
    13,417
    Bookmarks:
    3,377
    Hits:
    340,695
    Bookmarked by rbarr

    19 May 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Bucky recovery with surprisingly well-integrated flashbacks. Good Tony characterization, too. Here is his more logical reaction to his parents' death, proving again that Civil Wars was just an excuse to get the Avengers action figures to fight each other, like Superman vs. Batman.

    "No. Shut up. Listen." Tony grabs his shoulder. "My dad used to tell me stories about you, remember? Too many. I was beyond sick of them. Barnes was in a lot of those stories. Running into battle together, risking your lives to save the other, the whole spiel." He points at the door. "And five days ago, the man in there beat you so badly you'd be dead ten times over if you weren't filled with patriotic steroids." Steve doesn't know what to say, so he just keeps staring, mouth open. "They told him to kill you and he very nearly did. That tells me literally everything I need to know about how much of a choice he had, how much - how in control of himself he was, when they ordered him to kill my family."

    And reminds us that Steve got a raw deal in Civil War, too -- Zola didn't tell him who killed the Starks, so he wasn't keeping a secret from Tony.

  5. Rec *

    References Available Upon Request by

    Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe  

    13 May 2019

    Tags
    Summary

    Set at the end of CA:tFA. Written from the POV of a SHIELD employee who is less than prepared for a sudden promotion.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    16,789
    Chapters:
    12/12
    Comments:
    273
    Kudos:
    1,394
    Bookmarks:
    284
    Hits:
    13,118
    Bookmarked by rbarr

    05 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Good outside-character POV and fill-in of a gap that often slides by -- between First Avenger and Avengers 1. Confusing ending, but I gather from comments that the epilogue skips to post-Endgame.