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bulkyphrase

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Auction ID: 1100

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Black Panther fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Spider-Man fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Jeff the Land Shark-centric - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering a customized set of 6 epoxy resin coasters featuring symbols of Marvel characters. The coasters are 3.5 inches across and are backed with cork to prevent them from slipping or scratching. You get to choose the color scheme and the character symbols from this list below. If you want the original 6 Avengers in holographic glitter, I can do that – if you want six Iron Man helmets in a rainbow of colors, I can do that too! I have molds already made for the following characters/ships: Black Panther Black Widow Captain America Dora Milaje Falcon Hawkeye Hulk Iron Man Arc Reactor Iron Man/War Machine Helmet Jeff the Baby Land Shark Thor Winter Soldier Spider-man Stuckony (Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark) If the bid reaches the following amounts, I’ll make these extras: $50 – I’ll make 2 additional coasters (for a total of 8 coasters) with designs chosen from the characters listed above $100 – I'll create 1 new design and mold for a character or ship of your choice $150 – I'll make 2 additional coasters (for a total of 10 coasters) and a second new design and mold for a character or ship of your choice The new designs can be for any Marvel character/organization/ship, as long as its symbol or logo is simple enough to render in coaster form. If you've got a design idea and you aren't sure if it will work, feel free to contact me before bidding! This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost. I accept podbids but will not ship to more than two addresses, and all costs for shipping to a second address must be covered by the winner.

Ratings: Gen

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Auction ID: 2055

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen - MCU Captain America fandom any gen - MCU Iron Man fandom any gen - MCU

Work Description: I am offering a set of painted wooden alphabet blocks themed around the MCU’s Iron Man trilogy, the first Avengers movie, or Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In previous sets that I’ve made, the blocks have had a character image on one side and letters on the other five sides, but this can be customized. If you’d like to mix symbols and alphabets from the different movies, I can do that! Colors can be completely customized as well. The set will have 8 blocks for the minimum bid, and I’ll add 2 blocks for every additional $20, to a maximum of 20 blocks. The blocks are made of 1.5 inch pine cubes, sanded to remove sharp corners and edges. They are painted with non-toxic acrylic paint and finished with water-based polyurethane. This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost.

Ratings: Gen

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Auction ID: 3020

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering a customized set of resin dice with a color scheme inspired by Marvel characters. This is a standard set of 7 polyhedral dice for Dungeons & Dragons – a D4, D6, D8, D%, D10, D12, and D20. The winner can pick from 3 different dice/font designs and a large variety of colors for the resin and number inking. I’m happy to make dice for any Marvel theme as long as it can be conveyed through a color scheme. You can check the photo gallery for previous examples of Marvel-themed dice sets that I’ve made. If you've got a design idea and you aren't sure if it will work, feel free to contact me before bidding! If bidding reaches $150 I will make a second set of custom dice. This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost. I accept podbids but will not ship to more than two addresses, and all costs for shipping to a second address must be covered by the winner.

Ratings: Gen

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The auction runs from October 19 (12 AM ET) to October 25 (11:59:59 PM ET). Visit marveltrumpshate.com during Auction Week to view all of our auctions and to place your bids!

[mthofferings2024]

bulkyphrase

See bulkyphrase’s existing works here.

Preferred contact methods: Discord: bulkyphrase Tumblr: bulkyphrase

Preferred organizations: - International Rescue Committee - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) - The Bail Project - Undue Medical Debt (See the list of approved organizations here)

Will create works that contain: N/A

Will not create works that contain: N/A

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Auction ID: 1055

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen and ship - Any Universe Bruce Banner-centric - Any Universe Clint Barton-centric - Any Universe Bucky Barnes-centric - Any Universe Jeff the Land Shark-centric - Any Universe Natasha Romanov-centric - Any Universe Steve Rogers-centric - Any Universe Tony Stark-centric - Any Universe Thor-centric - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering a customized set of 6 epoxy resin coasters featuring symbols of Marvel characters. The coasters are 3.5 inches across and are backed with cork to prevent them from slipping or scratching. You get to choose the color scheme and the character symbols from this list below. If you want the original 6 Avengers in holographic glitter, I can do that – if you want six Iron Man helmets in a rainbow of colors, I can do that too! I have molds already made for the following characters/ships: - Black Widow - Captain America - Falcon - Hawkeye - Hulk - Iron Man Arc Reactor - Iron Man/War Machine Helmet - Jeff the Baby Land Shark - Thor - Winter Soldier - Spider-man - Stuckony (Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark) If the bid reaches the following amounts, I’ll make these extras: - $50 – I’ll make 2 additional coasters (for a total of 8 coasters) with designs chosen from the characters listed above - $100 – I'll create 1 new design and mold for a character or ship of your choice - $150 – I'll make 2 additional coasters (for a total of 10 coasters) and a second new design and mold for a character or ship of your choice The new designs do not have to be Avengers-related – any Marvel character/organization/ship is fine, as long as its symbol or logo is simple enough to render in coaster form. If you've got a design idea and you aren't sure if it will work, feel free to contact me before bidding! This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost. I accept podbids but will not ship to more than two addresses, and all costs for shipping to a second address must be covered by the winner.

Ratings: Gen

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Auction ID: 2027

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen - MCU Iron Man fandom any gen - MCU Captain America fandom any gen - MCU

Work Description: I am offering a set of painted wooden alphabet blocks themed around the MCU’s Iron Man trilogy, the first Avengers movie, or Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In previous sets that I’ve made, the blocks have had a character image on one side and letters on the other five sides, but this can be customized. If you’d like to mix symbols and alphabets from the different movies, I can do that! Colors can be completely customized as well. The set will have 8 blocks for the minimum bid, and I’ll add 2 blocks for every additional $20, to a maximum of 20 blocks. The blocks are made of 1.5 inch pine cubes, sanded to remove sharp corners and edges. They are painted with non-toxic acrylic paint and finished with water-based polyurethane. This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost. I accept podbids but will not ship to more than two addresses, and all costs for shipping to a second address must be covered by the winner.

Ratings: Gen

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Auction ID: 3013

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering a customized set of resin dice with a color scheme inspired by Marvel characters. This is a standard set of 7 polyhedral dice for Dungeons & Dragons – a D4, D6, D8, D%, D10, D12, and D20. The winner can pick from 3 different dice/font designs and a large variety of colors for the resin and number inking. I’m happy to make dice for any Marvel theme as long as it can be conveyed through a color scheme. You can check the photo gallery for previous examples of Marvel-themed dice sets that I’ve made. If you've got a design idea and you aren't sure if it will work, feel free to contact me before bidding! If bidding reaches $150 I will make a second set of custom dice. This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost. I accept podbids but will not ship to more than two addresses, and all costs for shipping to a second address must be covered by the winner.

Ratings: Gen

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The auction runs from October 20 (12 AM ET) to October 26 (11:59:59 PM ET). Visit marveltrumpshate.com during Auction Week to view all of our auctions and to place your bids!

[meidui]

Stoward for the ship bingo?

real catfa and agent carter watchers know that howard stark was unrequitedly in love with steve rogers

[cloudinterlude]

I was wondering - when do you think Tony really started seeing Steve as a real person rather than as Captain America? I don't think he's there yet by the end of Avengers 1, but he definitely is by Endgame.

Part of me thinks it isn't until the Siberia scene in CW when Steve finally does something completely incomparable with Tony's idea of Captain America, but I'm not sure. It could be earlier. Thoughts?

TONY QUESTION!!!!!!! I love Tony questions. Thank you for the ask! <3

Now this is something that I have actually thought about because it's so, so interesting to me, and it makes everything make sense when looking how he treats Steve in those early stages. I actually have a google doc sitting somewhere with my ramblings about this. If I find it, I'll link it.

As for your opinion? We're on the exact same wavelength. I am a firm believer that Tony seeing beyond Captain America did not happen any time before CW. I'm so serious. If I was forced at gunpoint (a bazooka at least) to budge a little, maybe sometime between AOU and CW, but 100% not any sooner. And definitely not by the end of AV1 - that little handshake at the end was more of an acknowledgement of respect rather than a "Wow, Steve Rogers is an actual person and not just an irrelevant piece of the Captain America boogeyman I've built in my head all these years!". In fact, I'll say that Tony's immediate and unwarranted hostility towards Steve in AV1 is a direct consequence of Tony not seeing him as an actual person. I know you know this, but I'm just saying it again for whoever else may be reading.

And it makes sense for it to be a process, yeah? I mean, even when Tony has the realization that Steve is human, he then has to learn how to understand him. I actually think that seeing Steve as Cap rather than as Steve makes Tony a lot more comfortable, too. If he's just Captain America, then why would he care about Tony's obvious hatred of him (and it's funny because Tony intentionally pushes Steve's buttons to get a reaction but probably equally hates and loves whatever reaction he gets). If he's just Captain America then of course he would be so unbreakable, so resilient, so unwaveringly uptight and good and heroic. If he was just Steve, then that would be kind of daunting for someone like Tony, I think. God forbid Tony thinks, "Oh God, Howard wasn't exaggerating." Because that just adds another layer of insecurity/shame. To think Tony wasn't being compared to (in his eyes) this unreachable, larger than life legend - no, he was being compared to some random guy that truly embodies everything good.

Anyways, another reason why I'm pretty positive this didn't happen until at least after AOU is because of something Tony says to Steve in that movie. After they all have their nightmares, Tony says something like, "It didn't seem to affect you". Now, this is Tony both pushing for a reaction and actually seeing Steve as some stone wall that bad things just bounce off of. Tony feels unsteady, panicked and unbelievably worried and he looks at Steve and to him, Steve looks fine. Perfectly fine. Partially because Steve isn't letting his pain come through and partially because well, Steve's not new to this he's true to this lol. His nightmare is actually just his life. Tony isn't really seeing that though...or rather, doesn't know how to see pass Steve's facade in order to see it. He can't read him, he doesn't understand him, so he's taking Steve's reaction at face value. Which well, I'm not gonna blame him for, but it sure is interesting to think about...I love it so much. I love Tony so much, GOD.

Even after CW, I think among all the anger, grief, and guilt Tony sat with, it might have taken a while to untangle Steve. He's almost forced to sit down and really think about Steve, his motivations, his life, ect...I'd do just about anything to see it play out. Everything in CW, especially the Siberia fight, pushes Tony to make sense of Steve and his choices in order to figure out how everything went so wrong so fast. It's the only way he's gonna reach any kind of acceptance.

Endgame Tony is so special to me especially because of this exact reason btw. Like, thinking about how much introspection he may have done about his entire relationship with Steve and finally being at ease with Steve in EG....It means the world to me, actually. I love Tony so much. This put me right in my Tony feels, I'm so serious. THAT'S MY MAN, MY MAN, MY MAN!!!

So yeah! I don't think I can say anymore without rambling and going on 1,001 tangents lol <3

[ijustreallylikecaptainamericaok]

How about 1, 15, 23 for the air your grievances ask game?

Hi! :-)

What's your biggest __[insert fandom]__ pet peeve(s)?

Oof, okay... I think my biggest pet peeve with the M/C/U fandom is how greedy certain pockets of it can be. When 80-95% of either the canon or fandom is catered to you, I don't get complaining so hard about the slim percentage that doesn't. It's infuriating. But I've talked about that a bunch in the past.

Something I don't think ever talked about is how this fandom drives me up the damn wall as a music nerd. The biggest example is folks describing the Guardians soundtracks/"Qu*ll's taste in music" as "80s music." No. No, they're not. They're mainly the 70s. I know, I counted, after the fandom nearly gaslit me into doubting my own knowledge. In fact, out of the trilogy, IW, the Gro/ot shorts, and the Holiday special, only Vol 3 and the Holiday special contain any 80s songs. (And for record, this isn't me shitting on the 80s or anything. I'm an 80s baby and love tons of music from that era. This is just me being an insufferable know-it-all, lol.)

Another one is constantly framing Sam's recommendation of Tro/uble Man as some kind of come on. Like, first of all, that album is mainly a score and the few lyrics that do exist on it are not sexy. Second of all, oh my God, there's more to Marvin than just sex jams, holy shit. It's very obvious that some are only familiar with stuff like "Let's get it on" and "Sexual Healing" and that's it and... I can't help it, that makes me so sad.

15. Name an aspect of __[insert character]__ that you think gets frequently overlooked in fanfiction characterizations/deserves more attention/exploration

I think fandom's really dropped the ball with post-EG Steve. We could've had sprawling epics with Steve creating timeline after timeline where he had full lives with every Av*nger and Guardian and whoever else and having D*ctor Who style adventures across space and time. But, noooope. Nada.

I'll also never understand how I've only ever seen one fic where Professor H*lk and Steve raise Baby!Scott. That's comedy gold, right there. And how the hell did Sh*-H*lk not spawn a ton of St*ve/Jen? Not to mention all the cool concepts WI? has given the fandom on a silver platter only for them to be completely ignored.

23. Share an unpopular opinion you have RE: __[insert fandom]__

At the risk of being skinned alive, I know that even people who don't ship St*cky romantically will say that they still love them as friends instead. And I... don't. I can't get into that dynamic, even platonically. Most of their relationship is told rather than shown and what little we are shown doesn't endear it to me at all. Fandom can scream "till the end of the line" until it's blue in the face, but that doesn't make up for its problems in the slightest. (And frankly, I think that was the main purpose of the line to begin with, but that's a whole other rant.) I mean, B*cky spends most of T/F/A coming off (to me) like a condescending prick towards Steve and then spends the rest of Steve's time in the films deliberately staying as far away as humanly possible. It feels very one-sided to me, overall. And why should I revere that period, but especially so when dynamics like the ones Steve has with S*m, N*t, and P*ggy exist? Dynamics where the love and respect is quite clearly mutual and they actively want to be in his life? There's just no contest as far as I'm concerned.

Now, in fairness, theirs isn't the only dynamic in the films that's way more tell than show nor is it the worst offender in terms of the discrepancy between what's told and what's shown, but again, those are other rants.

Sorry about this getting kinda long. I'd been holding that first rant in for a loooong time, lol, so thank you for sending this in and giving me the chance to finally get that off my chest. XD

Air Your Grievances Ask Game

[cloudbellsv3]

How about 7, 8, and 16 for the grievances ask game?

Thank you for the ask! The game is here!

7) Without naming names what's something you've come across in a fic that made you genuinely uncomfortable/angry.

I happen to have a few answers to this, but I'll just list the first one that came to mind! Gonna be as vague as possible.

There was this one poly fic that I loooooovvvvveeeeeeeedddddd reading. Like when I say I was seated everyday, for every available hour, reading this fic. I MEAN it. Steve was the addition to the ship, I won't say the other two because it's a bit more identifiable. Anyways, the ship was great, the development of the characters was enjoyable and included some interesting headcanons for the other two in the ship that I haven't considered. And it seemed like the author was spending a certain amount of chapters per character to explore their psyche a bit more, yeah? So I was sitting around and waiting for Steve's turn.

When I tell you, I got a migraine from the amount of anger and frustration I experienced when we finally got to Steve's section. Like I'm getting a headache right now as I'm typing this because it irritates me so bad. They dropped the fucking ball SO hard, there's probably a new ground zero directly below their keyboard or something. I can't say exactly what happened because I think it might be too on the nose, but let's just say it has to do with Bucky. God, I was so angry. I still have them muted on ao3 to this day😭I had such a strong emotional reaction because I LOVED the fic and I ADORED the pairing so much! It's not super common of me to be all in like that. I learned my lesson! If you wanna know what it was, feel free to DM me though - I wish I could give more details, but I just don't wanna put anyone on blast in public.

Despite all this, I still finished the fic though. #NOTAQUITTER

The amount of Steve poly fics that have caused me to almost burst a blood vessel is about 3, but that's 3 too many. I'm fragile.

8) What kind of content tends to cross your dash that you dislike the most?

This happens a lot more on my main, but I do not care about antishippers as much as everyone else seems to. I just genuinely cannot muster up any kind of genuine upsetness that other people on my side of the fandom has. And I admit, I do get annoyed seeing people go blue in the face cause someone said a ship or kink or trope is nasty or whatever - I don't care! But I don't talk about it much because I don't want to hurt people's feelings who do care. I recognize that insults and shaming like that slides right off of me in a way it doesn't other people and well, I don't like to speak on things I can't sympathize with. It would be way too easy for my tone to come off as mean and I don't want that!

16) Name a canonical aspect of [insert 2 or more characters]'s relationship that you think is problematic/not mentioned enough.

I don't know who to talk about hm. I keep coming back to this question and for some reason I'm drawing a blank?? Trying to think about things I haven't complained about before. Damn, I talk too much LMAO.

I mean, I mentioned the thing about Tony and Pepper on discord before, but I don't consider it bad. In fact, I like this aspect of their relationship (I am a Pepperony shipper :>). But the way people get mad at Pepper for...whatever they get mad at Pepper for when the amount of stress she's put through in that relationship, specifically IM3 is ridiculous. Now, I like IM3. I know a lot of people hate it, but I like it for various reasons. And I have to say, I genuinely would not have blamed her if she noped out the second Tony told a terrorist coming to kill him where they lived 😭But she's a resilient woman and stuck beside her man iktr!

The answer I gave this feels lackluster so feel free to trade in another or choose a specific ship. Sorry!! <3

[mthofferings2023]

bulkyphrase

See bulkyphrase’s existing works here.

Preferred contact methods: Discord: bulkyphrase Tumblr: bulkyphrase

Preferred organizations: - International Rescue Committee - Médecins San Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) - RIP Medical Debt - The Bail Project (See the list of approved organizations here)

Will create works that contain: N/A

Will not create works that contain: N/A

  -- Craft or Merchandise --

Auction ID: 3027

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering a customized set of 6 epoxy resin coasters featuring symbols of Marvel characters. The coasters are 3.5 inches across and are backed with cork to prevent them from slipping or scratching. You get to choose the color scheme and the character symbols from this list below. If you want the original 6 Avengers in holographic glitter, I can do that – if you want six Iron Man helmets in a rainbow of colors, I can do that too! I have molds already made for the following characters/ships: Black Widow Captain America Falcon Hawkeye Hulk Iron Man/War Machine Thor Winter Soldier Spider-man Stuckony (Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark) If the bid reaches the following amounts, I’ll make these extras: $50 – I’ll make 2 additional coasters (for a total of 8 coasters) with designs chosen from the characters listed above $100 – I'll create 1 new design and mold for a character or ship of your choice $150 – I'll make 2 additional coasters (for a total of 10 coasters) and a second new design and mold for a character or ship of your choice The new designs do not have to be Avengers-related - any Marvel character/organization/ship is fine, as long as its symbol or logo is simple enough to render in coaster form. If you've got a design idea and you aren't sure if it will work, feel free to contact me before bidding! This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost. I accept podbids but will not ship to more than two addresses, and all costs for shipping to a second address must be covered by the winner.

Ratings: Gen

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Auction ID: 2076

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen - MCU Captain America fandom any gen - MCU Iron Man fandom any gen - MCU

Work Description: I am offering a set of painted wooden alphabet blocks themed around the MCU’s Iron Man trilogy, the first Avengers movie, or Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In previous sets that I’ve made, the blocks have had a character image on one side and letters on the other five sides, but this can be customized. If you’d like to mix symbols and alphabets from the different movies, I can do that! Colors can be completely customized as well. Please see the gallery for previous sets of blocks made with the Avengers and Iron Man themes, and the stencil designs for the Captain America theme. The set will have 8 blocks for the minimum bid, and I’ll add 2 blocks for every additional $20, to a maximum of 20 blocks. The blocks are made of 1.5 inch pine cubes, sanded to remove sharp corners and edges. They are painted with non-toxic acrylic paint and finished with water-based polyurethane. This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost. I accept podbids but will not ship to more than two addresses, and all costs for shipping to a second address must be covered by the winner.

Ratings: Gen

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-- Craft or Merchandise --

Auction ID: 2075

Will create works for the following relationships: Avengers fandom any gen - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering a customized set of resin dice with a color scheme inspired by Marvel characters. This is a standard set of 7 polyhedral dice for Dungeons & Dragons – a D4, D6, D8, D%, D10, D12, and D20. The winner can pick from 3 different dice/font designs and a large variety of colors for the resin and number inking. I’m happy to make dice for any Marvel theme as long as it can be conveyed through a color scheme. You can check the photo gallery for previous examples of Marvel-themed dice sets that I’ve made. If bidding reaches $150 I will make a second set of custom dice. This package will ship from the United States. I will pay the total cost of shipping within the US. For international shipping, I will pay $20 US and the winner will pay the rest of the shipping cost. I accept podbids but will not ship to more than two addresses, and all costs for shipping to a second address must be covered by the winner.

Ratings: Gen

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The auction runs from October 22 (12 AM ET) to October 28 (11:59:59 PM ET). Visit marveltrumpshate.com during Auction Week to view all of our auctions and to place your bids!

[sineala]

“Robot Fucker Steve” is really speaking to my interests.

It is speaking to mine as well, I assure you! As you can tell, this is one of the ones that exists in outline form currently; it was for a prompt that @phoenixmetaphor left for You Gave Me A Stocking last year that I did not fill but it stuck with me: Steve is desperately hot for the Iron Man armor since the film Metropolis turned him into a robotfucker. Tony maybe doesn't pick up on Steve's subtle hints.

This is on hold right now partly because I have a couple other things I need to write first and partly because I feel like in order to write a story that really sells Steve's robot kink to the reader I need to depict Steve's own discovery of his robot kink and I'm not as familiar with robots in popular culture in the 30s and 40s as I need to be. I did at some point in my life read Karel Čapek's play RUR -- the one that coined the word robot -- and I guess like everyone else I have read and seen The Wizard of Oz (I mean, the Tin Man counts, right?) but I have never read any of Asimov's Robot stories, though the thing is that both of those are probably too late to be initially formative for Steve because it should probably be something from when he was younger. Metropolis would be the right time period. But mainly I have not seen the entirety of Metropolis (silent films are not really my thing) and I feel like I probably need to see it in order to write this story so as to understand where Steve would be coming from.

Anyway it'd be a story about Steve in the 30s and 40s developing a robot kink (and also I suppose an armor kink) which he is personally fairly ashamed of but tells himself it's going to be okay because it's not like it could ever really happen because he will never meet a beautiful shiny robot like the one in Metropolis. (Because he's met androids, he knows Jim Hammond, right? And Jim is not a beautiful shiny robot. So clearly those don't exist and he's going to be fine.)

Then, of course, he meets a beautiful shiny (sort of) robot. Oh no. Also oh yes.