#rageprufrock
I’m so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man. They’d say I hustled, put in the work. They wouldn’t shake their heads and question how much this I deserve. Genderbend and sexism! Below are My Top 5 Favorite stories:
*Misogyny Level refers to how much the women have to put up with
“Fully Formed, in Armor” (M, 50k) by bythedamned
Captain Stella Rogers is remembered as a symbol of American victory and the founder of modern-day feminism. That leaves big shoes to fill when she’s pulled from the ice alone, ill at ease in her own skin, and missing a love she can’t tell anyone about.
Becky Barnes has gone through too much of her own shit to have any time for Stella’s. But she knows how hard it is to rebuild a life in New York City and, besides, she’s got a type.
+ Shrunkyclunks. Captain Stella and modern Becky get off on the wrong foot but eventually become best friends/lovers as Stella navigates life, missions, and PR in the 21st century. Misogyny Level: Low.
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“Christmas in Connecticut” (T, 12k) by waldorph
“I have a farm in Connecticut,” Howard announced into the melancholy silence. “And nothing to do this Christmas but play the white knight. Darling, marry me? Mr. Stone will get his Christmas, you’ll get your article, the soldier will get his all-American holiday, and Ms. Carbonell will keep her job, for whatever that’s worth.”
+ WW2 AU. Female Steve fake marries Howard to keep her fake-housewife columnist job, and then regrets everything when she meets dashing Bucky. Based on the movie, very crack. (You may have read the Modern AU) Misogyny Level: Low
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“Gold to Airy Thinness Beat” (T, 178k) by ISeeFire
The list of reasons Stephanie Rogers couldn’t enlist were long.
She was small.
She was frail.
She was in poor health.
She was female.
The list of reasons for why she fully intended to ignore all that and do her best to enlist anyway was short.
Bucky was going.
Her best friend.
Her only friend.
The friend who’d been there her entire life, every time she’d needed him, every time she’d called.
Always.
And she’d be dammned if anyone was going to stop her from returning the favor.
+ Alt Canon. Steph gets the serum but Brandt smears her reputation and never stops. Despite everything, she saves her husband, falls off the train, gets a Hydra arm, crashes the Valkyrie, and wakes up in the 21st century with Bucky. History got her all wrong, but Bucky loves her and that’s all that matters. Misogyny Level: Extreme
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“back in line for love again” (G, 3k) by defcontwo
But in the end, what matters is this: Stella Rogers walked out of that camp in Azzano a chorus girl and walked back into it a war hero.
+ Defrosting to Post WS. Historians haven’t been too thrilled with Stella and female Bucky leading the Howling Commandos, let alone with how the winter soldier events play out. Comes with a honeymoon sequel. Misogyny Level: Medium
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“it’s been a long, long time” (G, 3k) by junko (orphan_account)
Stephanie Rogers realizes that she doesn’t want to die.
Stephanie Rogers kicks to the surface, and she was never a good swimmer, but she pulls herself up onto a slab of ice, scrabbling for land, spitting out water anyway.
(Or, in which Stephanie doesn’t die in the plane crash, and she and Private Lorraine rescue Bucky Barnes, take down HYDRA from the inside, and have Friday Girl’s Nights.)
+ Alt WW2. Exactly as the summary says. A fix-it where Zola dies and Hydra gets destroyed. Misogyny Level: Medium
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“Reconstruction” (E, 95k, incomplete) by rageprufrock
In which Stephanie Rogers is the complicating element in the sweeping romance of Bucky Barnes and Lady Liberty.
+ Alt Canon. Stephanie became Lady Liberty, saved her husband, froze in the sea, and woke up in the 21st century. No one knew her identity, history thinks Bucky cheated on his wife the entire war. Currently stops right after her defrosting when she doesn’t know Bucky’s still alive. Misogyny Level: High
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