Sorry, I'm asking here because asks aren't on your doomreed account, but do you have any fic recs for them ? You and vinnies art have intrigued me 😭 they both seem like such wet cats in different ways, and I love that
help i didnt know asks were off fixed that now thank you... I have two fics i keep in my back pocket as like, exemplary distillations of their whole thing (one in college vs one of their usual superhero stuff,) these are;
Supersymmetry and Night Blooms
Rly good examples of their usual shenanigans, the second one is directly based on a canon comic issue that *feels* like fanfic by a prolific yaoi author, the first is set in a modern-time re-imagining of the fantastic four where they meet in a supergenius internship thinktank for gifted youngsters. There's other fics that are good but i think they might be super confusing without canon context! which leads me to my second point. After you read these fics...
A lot, and i mean A LOT of official doomreed stuff feels straight up like fanfic. Either because its so beautifully woven or insane in concept (doctor doom points a gun at the real life Jack Kirby and Stan Lee to get himself written back into reed's life in his 3rd ever classic appearance, in the 60's, THAT'S the bodyswap issue)
or because the literal authors themselves come out to say 'they're soulmates' or 'they're in love' and Im talking abt this:
(^joseph culp, the first ever doom actor from 1994)
(^fantastic four (2019))
I've got even more stuff under the cut!! AND recs!!! CLICK! v v v
(^jonathan hickman, author of arguably the best FF saga & Secret Wars (2015)!!!)
(^Cantwell, author of the Doctor Doom comic!!)
These are excerpts from the canon fantastic four book, DOOMGATE:
There's even an RPG INSTRUCTION MODULE based on the idea of an earth where Reed & Victor partner up in college, Reed dies a tragic death (via their lab experiments) and Victor assumes such a traumatized widow role in his honor that he grows up to be a golden hero and protector of earth LOL (still a bit nuts):
This is not even to touch on the breadth of all their comic issues and little moments together. Victor canonically delivers Reed's second child and he chooses her name! Shes treated like his child too and calls him uncle doom!!
...Victor even asks Reed out on candlelit dinner dates for a yearly Latverian holiday!
In fact, that's the great starter doom/reed issue i keep recommending: read [ My Dinner With Doom right here. ]
If you enjoy that, check out my [ broader post guide for doomreed reading. ]
Still on the fence? try out these single comic issues:
Doctor Doom:
*Fantastic Four (1961) annual 2 (Classic origin of Doom issue)
*Some call it MAGIC (the introduction of Doom's struggle w/ the devil for his mother's soul)
Doomreed:
*Marvel Two-in-One (2017) annual 1
*Marvel Two-in-One (2017) #11 (2nd fic i linked is based on this!!!!!!!!!)
*'Duel Intentions' short story
*Doom 2099 (2019)
*Fantastic Four #700 special
*Shame Itself (noncanon satire mini)
Anyway I've had a lot of fun reading these series generally and their big, year-spanning arcs are incredible. People hype up Secret Wars for a reason, Hickman's fantastic four builds up a really compelling doom/reed epic of cosmic divorce proportions. And its about love! And Forgiveness!
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Oct 27, Sun: Victor kidnaps Reed *see below! (Alt: Secret hookup)
Oct 28, Mon: 2005-07 F4 movie, scene continuation *any scene - see below (Alt: "You're mine.")
Oct 29, Tues: Master! Victor & Slave! Reed (Alt: Enemies to Lovers)
Oct 30, Wed: "Strip. You heard me. I don't like repeating myself." (Alt: Hypothermia trope (see below))
Oct 31, Thur: Victor forcing Reed to kneel (Alt: A demonic entity wants Reed's soul, Victor has to save him.)
Nov 1, Fri: Love confession during a fight/battle (Alt: Choking)
Nov 2, Sat: Freeform!
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We got some very detailed prompts this year, and I try to keep things broad for maximum utility, but don't want to leave these on the cutting room floor, so here's the expanded versions:
For Oct 27: "2005-07 Movieverse continuation where Victor comes back and kidnaps Reed (for revenge, etc), what happens when they're alone together is up to the author"
For Oct 28: "That famous scene from the 2005 movie where Victor froze Reed, but what if Sue never showed up and Victor got to do whatever he wanted to Reed? Can either be angsty or kinky."
For Oct 30: "Hypothermia trope -- if Reed is hypothermic then Victor has to keep him warm (skin against skin method), or if Victor is hypothermic then Reed has to keep him warm"
Also new this year: a lot of nsfw prompts. I've tried to keep things balanced, and of course any "nsfw" prompt can be applied numorously instead, one of them losing a bet or the dialogue happens in a different setting than the reader might expect.
To participate:
Just follow the prompt to create a fan work of some kind (art, fic, drabble, video, themed playlist, anything featuring this ship and that prompt, or whatever prompt you like for the Freeform day) - and post here, on Twitter, or on Instagram with the tag #DoomReedWeek2024
We also have a collection for this year's set up on ao3 at: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/doomreedweek2024/profile
New variant cover dropped for Fantastic Four #26 (the Halloween issue)
I think the One World Under Doom event kicks off in November, and I'm not seeing any kind of blurb for that month's issue, so I'm pretty sure the FF will be involved in that arc after all
Just realized, and I'll get into detail on this after work today, but the Chaos Engine trilogy novels featured Doom in yet another "fantasy fulfillment" AU where he'd trapped himself (and Storm, in this instance!) in a lavender marriage 😭
You are not going to convince me this man is straight. Especially not when he was keeping Reed in a private prison somewhere the entire time.
I've made this point before, but Victor really isn't a sociopath, imo. He desperately wishes he was one, because his conscience and emotions get in the way of what he considers fairly simple solutions, but in his heart he's still the same little boy who balked at killing a rabbit.
