crack_van | Your Fixed Point by quigonejinn (R)

Fandom: MARVEL COMICS -- Iron Man movieverse
Pairing: Tony/Rhodey, Tony/Obadiah
Length: 15,000
Author on LJ:

quigonejinn
Author Website: mere shadow and vapor
Why this must be read:

So, there's this genre in fic, the genderswap. And usually it's played for laughs and hijinks, and usually it involves the male characters turning into women within the story, and dealing with their newfound breasts. It's never been my thing. But

quigonejinn takes a different approach: she asks a simple question. What would be different if Tony Stark was born female? And then she unravels that like some kind of elegant thought experiment. It's

quigonejinn, so it's nonlinear and devastating. It's less an AU than a mirror image, and it's one of my all time favorite stories in any fandom. How many girl geniuses are there out there? Girl engineering geniuses, who drink like fish and sleep around and build themselves flying robot suits? Not nearly enough.

It's a Blackhawk, so they sit four and four with Tony wedged between Rhodey and a six foot two staff sergeant. The engine and the wind are noisy enough that nobody can hear anything; Tony's mouth and lips are cracked, and she is, in clear daylight, sitting in a context like this, recognizably a small person. In fact, she sits slumped half in the seat, half in Jim's lap. He isn't exactly holding her hand, but he thinks that, for once, she wouldn't object if somebody tried.

For once, the reason why everybody stares at her chest isn't because of the low-cut tank-top.

Your Fixed Point (part one) (part two)

Your Fixed Point by quigonejinn (R)

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