2022 Stocking: nostalgicatsea

[stevetony_elf]

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Username: nostalgicatsea (also your Discord username if it's different than your regular one)

AO3 Username: nostalgicatsea

Comics Steve/Tony: 616, MA:A, Noir, Ultimates

Other Fandoms/Ships/Characters:
MCU:
- Ships: mainly Steve/Tony, but also Bucky/Nat, Sam/Bucky, Sam/Rhodey, Wenwu/Ying Li, Dottie/Peggy
- Gen: Rhodey & Tony, Nebula & Tony, Natasha & Tony, Steve & Natasha, Steve & Thor, Tony & Thor, Steve & Tony & Thor, Steve & Peggy, Tony & Wenwu, Natasha & Yelena, Carol & Nick Fury, anything Kamala-related

AvAC:
- Ship: Steve/Tony
- Gen: Tony & Jan

EMH:
- Ship: Steve/Tony

Severance any gen, Irving/Burt

Succession any gen focused on the Roy siblings, Kendall/Stewy

Likes:
I’ll throw a whole list out there because I’m very open to a lot of things!

- AUs (gangster, magic, sports non-powered, high school or college, supernatural, horror, sci-fi, etc. You name it! I love AUs)
- canon divergence
- character studies
- parallels/similarities between characters
- angstttttttttttt (if it's a longer fic, preferably a happy ending, but I like bittersweet and sad endings too)
- soulmates
- found family
- outsiders finding companionship with each other
- family issues/difficult family relationships
- war-forged bonds
- disillusionment in a belief system
- grudging respect turning into something more
- slow burn
- mutual or one-sided pining
- multiverse
- telepathy
- self-sacrifice
- amnesia
- time travel
- reincarnation
- fake relationship
- relationship of convenience
- hurt/comfort
- de-aging
- dream world
- presumed dead
- temporary or permanent death
- post-breakup
- getting together or getting back together
- miscommunication or bad communication
- explorations of emotional/physical trauma and substance abuse/recovery
- grief/mourning
- parental/child relationships
- dark Steve
- the weight of the Captain America mantle and Steve's relationship to it
- road trips
- love/hate relationships
- enemies/friends-to-lovers
- identity porn
- betrayal and forgiveness
- protectiveness/possessiveness
- legacy
- witty humor
- truth serum
- repression
- hiding injuries- Skrullsssss
- any horror tropes or prompts on this list especially the Skrull one

Dislikes: Partner abuse, infidelity, or sexual assault between characters in the same ship; PWP; Hydra Steve; OOC (crack is fine as long as the characters retain their personalities); pregnancy; incest; adult/minor romantic relationships; Avengers fics with Darcy in them.

Non-fandom related requests/anything else?:
- Anything cute, interesting, or funny related to animals
- Fic recs of any of the ships, characters, or fandoms mentioned above (also open to Naruto because I feel like those are very hard to find. I’m in the mood for good worldbuilding or relationship studies, something with good emotional beats, or something very plotty)
- Fanart, fanvids, graphics, fanmixes, edits, gifsets of my ships, favorite characters, Chris Evans, or RDJ
- Your favorite recipes or easy, healthy recipes and any cooking/baking tips
- The most useful tools or life hacks you would recommend to everyone
- Links to favorite non-fandom or fandom shops on Etsy, Society6, etc.
- Things that comforted or distracted you in a good way this year
- Computer and Nintendo Switch game recs for casual gamers
- Book recs (all-time favorites or your favorites of the year)
- Poetry recs- Movie and TV recs (I'm open to a LOT of genres and topics so I'm not picky. I like non-English stuff too so if you have any to rec, please do)
- Cool/unusual/"hidden gem" places (landscapes, favorite spots in your hometown or place you've traveled to, restaurants, shops, architecture)
- Self-learning language tips and resources
- Resources to learn more about film, writing, photography, interior design, art

Comments

[sadisticsparkle]

Rec for casual games: A Building Full of Cats. Exactly what it says on the tin and developed by a studio fully-staffed by cats :P https://store.steampowered.com/app/1969080/A_Building_Full_of_Cats/ It's a hidden object game. Very short, but super super cute and really well-done, as a veteran of the Hidden Object Games Wars of the 2000s.

And in weird, unusual places: https://campanopolis.com.ar/ Campanapolis - or that one time a rich self-made Argentinian guy decided to build a Medieval village out of construction refuse in the middle of Argentina's largest working-class suburb.

[nostalgicatsea]

I loveeee hidden object games and little cats so thanks for the rec!<3 And wow, Campanapolis is mind-blowing. I can't believe that's made out of construction refuse. How!?!??!? And it's in a suburb?! I wasn't expecting those images. I'm going to take a closer look at everything on the site and if I'm ever in Buenos Aires, it's a must-see place for me. Buenos Aires (and Argentina!) has been on my list of places I want to go to for years and yearssssssssssssssss now, so I'm desperate to go one of these days. I actually thought of studying abroad there at one point long ago, but I didn't and wish I met people who did. One of these days!

[sadisticsparkle]

https://www.devcatsgames.com/ and a link to the studio page because IT'S ADORABLE.

It's a weiiiiird place because it's like THE working-class suburb. Around 6% of Argentinians live there (to bring it up to the team, Leandro Paredes and Gonzalo Montiel are from there). And in the middle of it, bam, fake Medieval village.

Hopefully you will! I totally promise to be your guide!