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[destinyseeker78]

***Spoilers for Thunderbolts* (2025) ahead***

(I know it's been out for a few months now but I'm erring on the side of caution)

Just thinking about the many contributions to the recent Ghostwalker Week and how so many of us have fallen in love with this pairing.

But it also got me thinking about how things could have been different had the original plans for the Thunderbolts* movie been kept.

If Ava's story with Antonia was going to be a focus then there'd likely be no room for our favourite John and Ava interactions.

It makes me wonder if the deviation from the original plans was at least partly due to the chemistry on show between Wyatt and Hannah, having worked together previously.

I personally had no attachment to the Antonia character but I know that some people were very disappointed by the small amount of screen time she got and were shocked by her early exit.

However, I think we have to acknowledge that things might have been very different had the director Jake and the MCU team opted out of changing things.

Taskmaster died so that Ghostwalker could live.

[avastarrwalker]

right, i need this as a poster above my bed.

[destinyseeker78]

❄️ Christmas/Winter Themed Prompts ❄️

Here are the dialogue prompts I mentioned in my previous post.

🌟 Prompts created by me with Ghostwalker in mind, although they are not exclusive to that ship.

🌟 You are welcome to use more than one prompt from the list.

🌟 Credit is much appreciated.

🚫 Please do not feed my prompts to any AI 🚫

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1) "How many ugly Christmas sweaters do you need?"

2) "Can we have one nice photo for the Christmas card?"

3) "You're supposed to wrap the gifts, not yourself."

4) "If Santa stops here it'll be with a sleigh full of coal."

5) "You look adorable in your Christmas pyjamas."

6) "A candy cane is a weapon if you sharpen it enough."

7) "It's Christmas Eve and I'm stuck in a car with you.'

8) "It's a Christmas miracle! Or I'm hallucinating. Could be either."

9) "You couldn't find a smaller tree?"

10) "Who the Hell put mistletoe up there?!"

11) "We're making a gingerbread house, not building the Death Star."

12) "Hold my eggnog, Things are about to get serious."

13) "Theatre kid? It was a preschool nativity - and you played the donkey!'

14) "How dare you accuse me of eating the tree decorations!"

15) "Wanna play f*ck, marry, kill? I'll go first. Scrooge, Grinch, Frosty the Snowman."

16) "Please don't tell me we're snowed in."

17) "Ice skating? You? Let me grab my camera."

18) "Since when are there rules in a snowball fight?"

19) "Christmas is for families, even the weird ones."

20) "The bad news is your light display just caused a neighbourhood power outage."

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[destinyseeker78]

Had some time to kill earlier today and ended up creating a list of dialogue prompts with Christmas/Winter themes.

I know that a few of the writers around here might be recovering from Ghostwalker Week but I'm not going to use all of the prompts, so would anyone be interested in me posting the list?

[destinyseeker78]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ava Starr/John Walker Characters: Ava Starr, John Walker (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, Yelena Belova, Alpine | Bucky Barnes's Cat Additional Tags: Feelings Realization, Love Confessions, Nightmares, Idiots in Love, Cuddling & Snuggling, Literal Sleeping Together, Mentioned Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel), Mentioned Lemar Hoskins, Mentioned Alexei Shostakov, Ava Starr Needs a Hug, John Walker Not Being an Asshole (Marvel), Yelena Belova and John Walker are Like Siblings, Waffles, First Kiss, Yelena Belova & Ava Starr Friendship, Bucky Barnes Acting as The Thunderbolts's Parental Figure, Mentioned Sam Wilson (Marvel), Mentioned Olivia Walker (Marvel) Summary:

Ava's latest nightmare prompts her to make a confession.

[destinyseeker78]

Guilty Pleasures

Does anyone have any headcanons for guilty pleasures of the Thunderbolts/New Avengers?

(To be honest, I think that Alexei has none, because he's so unashamed and into some cheesy stuff normally. )

I have two solid headcanons for Ava and Bucky.

• Ava reads romance books in the privacy of her room. Im talking classic Mills & Boon type stuff. She grew up in a lab and never had the experiences of a regular teenage girl. Bill Foster was likely her only way of getting reading material, and I'm sure that would be limited to science books and any young adult book series that seemed popular at the time. She knows that if anyone discovered her reading habits she'd never hear the end of things.

• Bucky has a secret playlist full of guilty pleasure songs that he listens to whenever he works out alone. I'm thinking a lot of power ballads, especially 80s era. And definitely a few ABBA songs. When someone hears him humming a familiar tune he'll always have an excuse. "It was on the car radio." "It was on some TV commercial." "It's someone's ringtone." "I got Rick Rolled." And so on.

He got a tutorial from Shuri on how to make playlists private, so if anybody tried snooping they'd only find 40s music.

[destinyseeker78]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ava Starr/John Walker Characters: Ava Starr, John Walker (Marvel) Additional Tags: Drunkenness, Drunken Confessions, Mentioned Alexei Shostakov, Mentioned Yelena Belova, Mentioned Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel), Mentioned Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Mentioned Alpine | Bucky Barnes's Cat, Mentioned Bucky Barnes, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Ava Starr Feels, John Walker Not Being an Asshole (Marvel) Summary:

John finds out that Ava is a chatty drunk.

[destinyseeker78]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ava Starr/John Walker Characters: Ava Starr, John Walker (Marvel) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotions, Pre-Relationship, Idiots in Love, Blood and Injury, Injury, Wound Care, Mentioned Yelena Belova, Mentioned Alexei Shostakov, Mentioned Bucky Barnes, Mentioned Lemar Hoskins, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Denial of Feelings, Mentioned Bill Foster, Mentioned Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel), Mentioned Natasha Romanov (Marvel) Summary:

After a tough mission, Ava can't help but worry about John. She goes to his room to find him struggling.

[depressoespressoxx]

GhostWalker Hallmark (Christmas) AU:

It's Christmas Eve.

Ava is a fashion editor stranded in New York, as her flight to London is cancelled due to a snowstorm. She takes refuge in a bar near the airport where she meets John, the scruffy bartender.

They instantly clash for her "fancy" drink of choice: an espresso martini.

"Who drinks coffee at this goddamn hour? We only serve beer and coke here" replies John.

"Night owls. You of all people should know how sleep is overrated." Ava retorts.

" Well, if you don't have any coffee, at least make me something strong." she hesitantly adds.

He chuckles, proceeding to comply with the demand of this British goddess in front of him. John has not been intrigued by a customer in a long time. Not since his divorce.

They'll spend the rest of the night bickering and flirting like an old couple.

They end up making out in John's truck.

[destinyseeker78]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ava Starr/John Walker Characters: Ava Starr, John Walker (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes Additional Tags: Cold Weather, Sharing a Bed, Sharing Body Heat, There Was Only One Bed, Pre-Relationship, John Walker Has Issues (Marvel), Ava Starr Has Issues, Feelings Realization, Mentioned Yelena Belova, Mentioned Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel), Cuddling & Snuggling, Banter Summary:

Bucky directs mission partners John and Ava to the nearest safe house. He may have neglected to tell them it was designed for a single occupant.

[destinyseeker78]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ava Starr/John Walker Characters: Ava Starr, John Walker (Marvel) Additional Tags: Mentioned Bucky Barnes, Mentioned Yelena Belova, Mentioned Olivia Walker (Marvel), Mentioned Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Soft John Walker (Marvel), Ava Starr Needs a Hug, Pre-Relationship, Goats, Games, Ferris Wheels, Donuts, Driving, John Walker Has Feelings (Marvel), John Walker Not Being an Asshole (Marvel), Ava Starr & John Walker Friendship, Childhood Memories, Nostalgia, Banter Summary:

John takes an opportunity to show Ava one of his childhood experiences.

[destinyseeker78]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ava Starr/John Walker Characters: Ava Starr, John Walker (Marvel) Summary:

John is troubled by a new assignment.

[destinyseeker78]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ava Starr/John Walker Characters: Ava Starr, John Walker (Marvel) Additional Tags: Baking, Halloween, Domestic, Mentioned Yelena Belova, Mentioned Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel), Mentioned Alexei Shostakov, Mentioned Bucky Barnes, Insomnia, Flirting, Banter, Thunderbolts Team Members Live in the Watchtower | New Avengers Tower (Marvel), Mentioned Olivia Walker (Marvel), Mentioned Lemar Hoskins, Pre-Relationship Summary:

There's a Ghost in John's kitchen...

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[avastarrwalker]

(a typical ghostwalker morning in the watchtower)

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All John Walker and Ava Starr fans, join us for Ghostwalker Week 2025 !! Taking place Oct 31 - Nov 6, prompts & rules above.

Please share and spread awareness! 👻🌮

[destinyseeker78]

Looking forward to more Ghostwalker content on the horizon. I may even participate myself.

#ghostwalker #ava starr #john walker #spread the word #I ship it