Dumpster #3: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Holy shitballs, look at us go. Welcome to Captain America fandom's resident wretched hive of scum and villainy: ROUND THREE. AKA Bad Guys Do Dirtybadwrong Things To Your Faves, AKA the Hydra Trash Party kinkmeme. As usual, BLANKET NON-CON AND NSFW WARNINGS apply: just assume going in that everything in this landfill is unfit for human consumption.

Rules in brief: don't be a jerk except to fictional characters, warnings for particularly fucked-up garbage are nice but not required, thou shalt not judge the trashiness of thy neighbor's kinks unless thy neighbor is trying to pass off their rotting banana peels and half-eaten pizza crusts as a healthy romantic dinner for two, off-topic comments may be chucked out of the dumpster at management's discretion, management's discretion decrees that omegaverse, soulbond AUs, D/s-verse, non-superpowered AUs, and dark!good guys AUs are off-topic.

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Round 3 is closed; comments and fills in existing threads are still welcome, but all new prompts go to Round 4.

Comments

Re: more for less, 7a/~10

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my gosh. This is TOO MUCH, it's like 20x better than I could have imagined and I would wait thousands of years to read the next chapter of this wonderfulness. I'm not smarming it's just like...the most perfect fic ever!! I love that James is in law school--I mean, I love that he's doing his own thing (not either being a superhero or sitting at home being depressed)--I like him having his own life. But I also love how his studies affect his thoughts and perception of things. It's just cool.

His shock and ANGER at Steve using the word rape, because that's a crime and James doesn't count--that he's angry on behalf of Sam and how upsetting it must have been for Sam, and how mean it was for Steve to tell Sam that they did that.

Will someone PLEASE comfort him????? All the hugs he is NOT getting are destroying me. I really hope Sam will hug him--but given how things are going, I bet he won't.

Also anything where post-WS James Barnes refers to Bucky as a different person or as being dead or "your friend" is like catnip for me. Poor James! I have no idea how any of this is ever going to get better! Someone is going to spoon him again at some point, right? Is this just going to end with everyone killing themselves? I CAN'T TAKE IT.

Love that James just agrees to stuff but isn't actually going to tell anyone or stop "consenting" because he can't :) :) :) :)

MUTUAL UNOBTRUSIVE CRYING. STOOOOOPPPPP

Re: more for less, 7a/~10

[(Anonymous)]

Will someone PLEASE comfort him?????

Oh nonnie, you are so sweet and I am so easy. Look out for some gratuitous cuddles in 7b, added just for you. <333

I love that you love that James is doing his own thing! :D I wanted to show him making a genuine effort to construct a real life for himself, despite the ~trash problems~ he has to deal with. So he picks a useful (nonviolent) job and learns how to do it, he goes to therapy, he loves small things inordinately just because he can, he tries to ask for help when he needs it.

I also love how his studies affect his thoughts and perception of things. It's just cool. This is incredibly nice of you to say. I've actually headcanoned Bucky as kind of a nerd ever since I saw this tumblr post ages ago (I have tried and failed to find it again for you) that was like, Why do people think Steve had to keep Bucky out of trouble? Steve was the one who wanted to fight everyone; Bucky was the one who went to science fairs for fun. ;)

Thank you so much for your kind words about the story. It makes me ridiculously happy to hear about the things that worked for you, and it helps me press on when I get stuck. I hope you like the next part!

Re: more for less, 7a/~10

[(Anonymous)]

(I have tried and failed to find it again for you)

This one? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7f/5d/8a/7f5d8abb7d247c8c0a270657a964afca.jpg

Re: more for less, 7a/~10

[(Anonymous)]

Ahaha yes that one! :D :D

Re: more for less, 7a/~10

[(Anonymous)]

I've had that pinned for ages. I saw a version that commented that hanging around with Steve must be like walking an irritable chihuahua...

Re: more for less, 7a/~10

[(Anonymous)]

That. Is an amazing image.