Lifetime Collections (ID?): (Un)Characteristic
Fics in which an author has deliberately chosen to make a character act (at least somewhat) OOC (or, occasionally, more in character, thanks to bad writing/directing/executive decisions)
Often to highlight something about them as a character, &/or those around them)
(Occasionally simply in response to changed circumstances)
Some fics in which characters simply make (significantly) different choices to those made in canon,
Or which focus on character growth
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The War is Far From Over Now by Dont_call_me_Carrie
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
23 Aug 2020
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The world keeps pushing him, demanding, because what he did wasn't enough. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, but that wasn't enough, wasn't ever enough.
Tony Stark was tired. But he had a planet to protect, even if everyone laughed at him whenever the prospect of alien invasions was brought up. He could count on one hand how many people he could trust, which was disheartening but then, what else was new?
Or,
In which Tony does not, in fact, intend to take over the world.
...unfortunately, everyone else missed that particular memo.
[gradual divergence from canon, starting at the end of Iron Man 3. In which it's Tony's self-awareness, rather than his support system, that becomes a cryptid sometime during Phase II.]
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After Ultron, Tony Stark says, “No.”
Word Count: ~19,200
Warnings: Canon-typical violence, Mild discussions of: murder, torture, mind rape, and hate crimes.
Author Note: Not for fans of Wanda Maximoff. I hated how there were no consequences for her after AoU. I’m also not thrilled with Steve and Natasha’s canon behavior, especially in this movie and later. So, they don’t come off all that great in this. Also, I took some liberties with the Ancient’s One’s abilities.- Bookmarks:
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03 Apr 2025
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(I read a lot of Wanda criticism, & for some reason it never occurred to me until reading this fic, during the first scene with Fury, that Wanda's recruitment makes even less sense given that AoU comes after the CAtWS data dump; i.e.: where we found out what a bad idea recruiting ex-Hydra members was the last time someone tried it...)
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Calling All Angels by Bellaromanza
Fandoms: NCIS, 9-1-1 (TV), Yellowstone (TV 2018), Hawaii Five-0 (2010), Criminal Minds (US TV), US Marshals, Generation Kill (TV), Numb3rs (TV), In Plain Sight (US TV)
28 May 2026
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While Tony was undercover in Philly as 'Antonio DeAngelo', he got to know the Macaluso's next-door neighbor's kids, the Buckleys pretty well.
Evan was a Houdini in training, and somehow, became an important part Tony's life and changed both of their lives for the better.Bookmarked by Scribbled_Seconds
21 Jan 2026
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(M=death! & violence, ocasional refs)
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The Writing on the Wall by AnonEhouse
Fandoms: Iron Man (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
16 Jan 2024
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Tony doesn't try too hard to get the Avengers to sign the Accords.
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02 Feb 2025
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"Look, I don't know what your problem is with government oversight. Of all of us, Vision and I are the only ones who never volunteered to take orders, whether it was the US military or Hydra, so you all know how it works. You either follow a line of command, or you're one of two things-- a vigilante, or a terrorist. And you can't be a vigilante in someone else's country."
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Against Type by Brennah_K
Fandoms: NCIS, Criminal Minds (US TV), The Sentinel (TV), Sherlock - Fandom, Q (Bond- Skyfall)
14 Sep 2021
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A cross between a bunny farm escapee and an ear worm (Is there such a thing as an idea worm?), this plotline has been haunting my muses for weeks:
Sharing a startling number of similarities (including troubled mothers and absentee/neglectful fathers, being strung up on flagpoles, a prolonged disillusionment and inability to fit in with early and middle school schoolmates, a propensity to being kidnapped and put in life threatening situations, being generally underestimated in their jobs, and facing on the job exposure to weaponized versions of plague and anthrax - to name a few), what if Tony DiNozzo and Spencer Reid were meant for each other, but not in the way that most of their colleagues would expect given their stereotypical jock and genius profiles.
What if Spencer has a hidden wealth of confidence and skill that his colleagues occasionally witness but only in glimpses (like the shot at the end to the LDSK case)? What if the glimpses seen of Tony's vulnerabilities, empathy, and intuition were more inherent and not just peaking out around the edges?
What if Spencer is Tony's bamf sentinel and Tony is Spencer's empathic (and emotionally fluent (?) at some future point) guide?
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05 Oct 2025
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M=themes/discussion of child abuse