Thistle's Prompts

I love the MCU, mostly SpiderSon and IronDad and all the various tropes that bring those two idiots together. Sometimes I share prompts.

Tony is Incognito, minding his own business, probably doom scrolling, at an Aquarium (or zoo, whatever works), when a little kid (Peter) comes up and tugs on his sleeve, asking if he is 'one of the people who knows about the fish?' (or animals, reptiles, etc etc), and Tony is bored, because Pepper/Rhodey/Happy/ and/or/etc took off to do something he wasn't interested in tagging along for (food, drinks, bathroom, phonecall) so he's like "Sure kid", and thank god for JARVIS/FRIDAY in his ear/on hand, because he can actually spout real facts about everything he points out to this kid.

Peter either took off on May & Ben, or he's a Foster Kid, or he ditched his School Group (this is Peter, he could probably be all of those somehow) and the little shit keeps dodging Tony's queries about where his adult(s) is (are). Eventually a frantic adult appears or maybe a call goes out over the PA system of the aquarium/zoo.

Tony hands the child back to his worried Adult(s), who thankfully don't recognise him, and goes about his business. But now he's curious about this curious child…

Spider-Man is spotted doing patrol one day, with a party hat on and a birthday badge pinned to his chest that has a big "1" on it.

It takes a hot minute, but then social media explodes when they realise Spidey is celebrating his literal first birthday.

Peter, re-calibrating the Iron Spider Suit to take form in a very particular way... What way? Well... he may have spent too much time binging Sailor Moon, so now the Spider Suit forms over his pirouetting body in a similar manner. He even has FRIDAY play the theme music. The sight is a thing of beauty. Or horror. Depends who is watching.

So, my favourite way to avoid Endgame, in my WIPs (I have so many lmao) is to just... not ever let it become a thing! My favourite way to do this, is that when Tony nukes the space ships, the purple grape is standing front and centre and gets turned into space confetti.

This is so much fun, because it can have some spectacular butterfly effects! Tony doesn't know it, but he's basically the Hero of the Galaxy, and the potential for him to get the credit he deserves is :chef's kiss:

But also, Tony doesn't know it, so he still gets to fret about keeping the Earth safe, unknowing that it is safe, not only because he destroyed Thanos, but because everyone Out There knows he did, and they're either thankful, terrified, or both!

Depending on when/if you have a Space Dude come and tell Tony about his Feats of Strength, can seriously change the flow-on for the MCU timeline! I usually have Thor be the one to tell Tony, because Thor is a fun character, is known to Tony, and can easily bring down the Space Gossip to Earth. But there are so many other options, too! Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, Blue Meanie coming to destroy the threat/kiss him (ymmv lmao), just... options. So many options.

And the best bit?

Prompt Cracky style fic/ oneshot promp!

Peter and Tony are on a road trip and get lost, because of course they do. Probably because they're in the middle of no where and even FRIDAY is only so capable of bridging the Big Wide Expanse of Nowhere. Anyway. They end up in some little town that genuinely has no fucking idea who Tony Stark is, or why they should care. They're stuck there because their car is Dead, there is no one willing to sell or rent their own vehicle, and so they have to wait for Parts even though Tony and Peter are both actually capable of rigging a fix. (Peter wants to stay in this weird town. It's fun!)

Peter thinks it is absolutely hilarious, especially when the towns folks make all kinds of assumptions that Peter just laughs or splutters at (that Tony is his father, that Tony kidnapped him, that Tony is an escaped convict who is holding Peter hostage, that Tony escaped a loony bin.) Peter crying laughing at most of it does actually reassure the town people, who decide to just keep it up because fucking with this weirdo who is 'But why DON'T You Know Who I Am?!" is the most entertainment they've had since The Event in 1947.

Bonus points if the story is Outside POV lmao.

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The AcaDeca team is at Finals. It's all very fancy and nerve wrecking. They're either gunna win this, or get first-place-losers (second place, shut up Flash), and Peter answers the question… Except the question is one that has an answer that hasn't been mainstreamed yet, because it involves (Avengers/Tony Stark Inventions/Wakanda Information) that Peter only knows because he's a part of the Avengers-and-co Inner Circle.

… So he gets it wrong. Officially. And they lose.