#bookworm213

I can tell you about Ivan, and that Ivan’s last name in the comics is sometimes actually Bezukhov, with Petrovich a patronym. But then, it’s sometimes not: Ivan’s son, Yuri, aka Crimson Dynamo IV, is called Yuri Petrovich and not Yuri Ivanovich. And we haven’t gotten an “IC” Ivan in decades, like Alexei Shostakov, he’s one of those characters from the deep parts of Natasha’s mythology that modern writers feel comfortable reshaping at will.

Ivan-in-the-comics has never had much connection with the Red Room, but it’s possible this Somodorov character is loosely inspired by the comics. Or he’s a wholly new invention— it’s not like Ivan is an uncommon name in Russia or in Russians as depicted by Western media. It could also be that Ivan Somodorov is the same character with a new last name, since, well, it wouldn’t be the first time. (Comics are worse about this than you might think: right before the Brubaker run, there was an issue published that said Bucky’s first name was Michael.)

But I can’t really answer your question without reading the book, which isn’t out yet and I do not posses. From the preview attached to this weird EW interview, he seems roughly analogous to comic book Ivan, but with a different personality and purpose.1 I also bet he will not be dead or a giant robot, unlike comic book Ivan.

There seems to be confusion about whether this novel is supposed to take place in 616 (/what’s left of it) or the MCU but my guess is neither. I’m assuming that like the other Marvel novels, including the novel adaptations of certain comic book arcs, Forever Red is its own thing in its own continuity. (This wouldn’t prevent Ava from showing up in the comics universe at all, since characters can jump media.) But again, I’m going on guesswork. I haven’t read this book and so can’t really answer plot questions about it.

Do you have a roommate? ‘Cause my dorm’s probably half the size of your’s and I have a roommate. :/ Congrats though! :)

Just got home and trying to catch up on everything…and ngl my very first thought was BUCKY!!?!!???!! And part of me is still BUCKY

but

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

So, the Bucky Mini Fest is done, the dolls are on their way, but I felt bad that I didn't get to fill the last dozen prompts or so.

Many people have suggested they'd like to see the prompts, and maybe take one home for their very own, so I'm posting them here. If you end up writing for one of them, send me a link and I'll add it to this "pinch hit masterpost" so that people can check back to this post to see if new fics have gone up.

Thanks to everyone who sent in prompts -- I'm so sorry I didn't get to fill them all!

(These are not necessarily in the order in which I received them...)

marvelandbbcgeek: Bucky and Steve finding out about the actions of America during the recent wars (like the Vietnam war)

bookworm213: Can I request homeless!bucky wandering the streets of NY trying to remember post-WS? Has he remembered anything? Can he take care of himself without his handlers? Those questions have been eating me alive recently.

@citrusandbergamot: Bucky on a beach at sunset I can't tell you how much I wanted this to be Omaha Beach during Normandy. :D

@loudlyawesome: - FILLED! I would like to request Bucky and Clint in a blanket fort taking pot shots at the other Avengers with paperclips, or some other harmless projectile.

@tirecan: Either Bucky or Winter soldier arm malfunction or arm getting stuck somewhere.

@missbuster: Aw I’m sad I didn’t get a prompt in, ice always wanted a Winter Soldier software upgrade/arm disassociation story but I will save that for later.

@rsfcommonplace: Rats. I never dicover these things in time. I was gonna ask for Tony making new arm after new arm for Bucky (including the one with the secret decoder ring) because he can never design something just once...

Anonymous: steve and bucky, bros forever

Anonymous: anything bucky/tony/steve? angst. fluff. smut. anything that you desire

Anonymous: bucky and dystopian ya novels (...special request for invitation to the game) Oh man Anon it kills me that this one came in after the cap. Some Invitation To The Game fan should pick this one up!

Anonymous: Bucky/Natasha, post tws, Bucky finds Natasha in Chicago because he kinda remembers her and it's where she's run to ground in her road trip of self discovery Yaaaay Chicago! Anonymous: could you possibly maybe for the bucky love-a-thon do Bucky learning a bit of sign language from Clint, like preferably Bucky trying to make him feel better without being sappy about it by saying he wants to be able to talk shit about Steve and/or Tony without them knowing? maybe? and like a bit of bonding

Anonymous: The cliche Bucky gets a three legged pet story. Come on you know you want to. DOES TONY BUILD HIS PET A BIONIC ARM I MUST KNOW.

Plus here's a bonus prompt from me:

Just a snippet from something I'm working on! Hoping to finish it tomorrow!

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He doesn’t remember having a pet.

  He remembers cold night and New York City streets and the smells of chestnuts and cigarette smoke. He remembers Running with a small boy through the alleys, playing games with pebbles, getting bruised and bloody in fights. But he doesn’t remember pets.

  He remembers a woman’s scolding voice after he brought home a bird that had fallen from its nest. He was forced to leave it outside. He remembers the stray dogs that were pelted by stones, their ribs showing, wandering through the alleys. He knows he wasn’t allowed to have pets.

  There were dogs in the army, big German Shepard’s with huge brown eyes. The soldiers treated them like family. But friendship would be forgone on behalf of the missions, and he didn’t remember paying attention to the dogs anyway.

  There were no pets at HYDRA. No animals at all. And the soldier didn’t even know what a pet was. All he knew was his next mission, his next objective. And if a target’s pet made a sound, a knife to the throat easily dispatched it. 

  He never knew what it was like to have a pet. But he remembered all these things.

What’s wrong?

I am afraid this isn’t exactly what you were thinking of, but still hope you like it!