favourite avengers (2012) fanfic tropes

• it’s day ending in “y” and Doombots are attacking
• regular Angst O’Clock in Tony’s workshop 
  • Steve, looking at his watch like, “it’s angst o’clock, time to bring Tony a sandwich”
• Air Vent Clint
• “when did you people move into my tower”
• CAPSLOCK THOR 
  • “MY FAIR JANE”
• mildly incovenient Magic Curse by Loki precipitates team bonding
• Natasha silently judging everyone in russian
• Mario Kart
• Coulson is just there
• on thursdays Tony gets kidnapped
• a glimpse into Alternate Crapsack Reality precipitates team bonding
• Tony and Steve have Perfect Battlefield Synergy but both of them still think the other secretly hates him 
  • Surely Everyone Secretly Hates Tony
• Bruce doing yoga in the background
• Tony calls Pepper and/or Rhodey in throes of emotional crisis
• Natasha providing Relationship Counseling at pivotal points in the story
  • “идиоты”
• Movie Night
• Steve is either surprisingly well adjusted or existing in perpetual state of Awkward, there’s no middle ground
• Nick Fury, Avengers’ Disappointed Principal
• Bruce drinking herbal teas in the background
• Natasha has knives, Always, Everywhere
• Thor doesn’t get Earth Culture
• Fury’s “you morons need to get off your bullshit” speech precipitates team bonding
• workshop binge
• Tony functions on coffee and two hours of sleep
  • Sleep Deprivation causes Emotional Honesty
• Clint and Natasha, SHIELD ninjas
• Hulk likes Tony best

2022 update:
As people keep reminding me in the tags - I FORGOT ABOUT THOR AND POPTARTS. Shame on me!

This post is doing round on tumblr, which reminded me that I never cross-posted it here. Originally published on 24.06.2019.

favourite xmfc fanfic tropes

• Darwin didn’t die. It just took him a while to reassemble from individual atoms 
• Darwin coming back all “wtf guys. WTF” when told about beach divorce 
• Erik’s mind is Telepath Catnip because it’s so Orderly
• Moira being Badass™ 
• Moira being So Done with Charles and Erik’s Drama™ 
• Moira and Erik respecting each other/becoming friends
• Erik is Ororo’s favourite parent
• Shark Grin
• Charles being the Most Oblivious Telepath on Earth
• Charles is Super Bad at normal interaction without his telepathy
• Emma rolling her eyes at Charles and Erik’s Drama™
• Cerebro Malfunction

Originally posted on tumblr on 21.06.2019.

Favourite DMBJ fanfic tropes - 2022 binge

• Pingxie getting together only by Grace of Pangzi
• Any combination of Xiao Hua, Hei Xiazi and Xiuxiu in background, casually being much more cool and competent than the main characters
• “Wu Xie touched a thing” being its own genre
• Xiaoge is a Cat Person (sometimes literally)
• Special tag warning just for Sanshu <3
  • “FUCKING SANSHU”
• Wu Xie being too busy Angsting over his Decade of Dark Deeds to notice Xiaoge is silently pining
• Pangzi adopting Xiao Mei <3
• Piaopiao is just there
• Any flavor of Iron Triangle Nonsense™
• Xiaoge, a widely adored member of Rain Village community
• Liu Sang, a professional Sufferer
  • mostly of Iron Triangle Nonsense™
• Love Stronger Than Amnesia
• Wu Xie and Pangzi having a Married Couple dynamic
• Wu Xie and Xiaoge having THAT Married Couple dynamic
• Kan Jian, a sweet baby angel
• Pining solved by a convenient tomb curse
• Pining solved by Ershu’s quest to get Wu Xie married
• Pining reached critical mass and Hei Xiazi felt compelled to give advice
• Retired Happy Ever After <3

And a recent one! Like I mentioned in the tags on original tumblr post, the sample pool for this one is significantly smaller that MCU or even XMFC, since DMBJ English-speaking fandom is not on that scale (yet, hopefully). So, if you think you recognize your fic... you're probably right and I love you. Also, still have to watch the Wu Xie mafia widow phase; tropes may be missing.

Originally posted on tumblr on 29.05.2022.