I <3 Irondad
Feb. 1st, 2020 07:34 pmA while back I mentioned that I'd been reading a lot of Irondad hurt/comfort fic and a friend asked if that was a fandom or a pairing or what, and also a friend on Twitter who is more familiar with MCU fandom thought it was Tony/Peter but it's not that (that ship is called Starker), and I'm still pretty into it but also fascinated and occasionally annoyed that it's such a big thing, so here is a post about that.
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And then I'm also a fan of Tony/Peter aka Starker and sometimes I feel a little funny about that. Like there doesn't seem to be a lot of overlap among those fan groups and I think hmm is it pervy for me to ship them in a sexy way when I also ship them as mentor&mentee? But to be honest a lot of Starker fic is pretty pervy, with one or both characters worrying a lot about the age difference and how inappropriate it is for them to be even thinking about each other that way, and that is part of what's appealing about the ship, so I guess it's okay. *warm memories of LOTR Interspecies slash fandom*
Thank you for listening, I hope my old friends continue to find my MCU obsession amusing and not too tiresome!
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And then I'm also a fan of Tony/Peter aka Starker and sometimes I feel a little funny about that. Like there doesn't seem to be a lot of overlap among those fan groups and I think hmm is it pervy for me to ship them in a sexy way when I also ship them as mentor&mentee? But to be honest a lot of Starker fic is pretty pervy, with one or both characters worrying a lot about the age difference and how inappropriate it is for them to be even thinking about each other that way, and that is part of what's appealing about the ship, so I guess it's okay. *warm memories of LOTR Interspecies slash fandom*
Thank you for listening, I hope my old friends continue to find my MCU obsession amusing and not too tiresome!