Anti-Pepper fics

[walmer92.livejournal.com]

I know that many people may not agree with me, but I was frankly appalled by how Pepper treated Tony in Iron Man 3. She responded to PTSD symptoms by attempting to guilt him into behaving better. She acted as though his previous, admittedly quite anti-social, behaviour which she had dealt with as his PA, not his girlfriend, somehow justified treating him like a child who had used up all his trust, and who should always place her above playing with his "toys", which were in fact a huge part of his life, his work, and his safety blanket after living through many traumatic events. It's perfectly reasonable to say that you can't cope being in a relationship with someone who lives a dangerous life, or has PTSD; it's quite another to try and yell or guilt them into changing, especially when they're traumatised.

OK, rant over.

With that in mind, are there any fics out there which don't portray Pepper in a good light, or which more specifically deal with her treatment of Tony in IM3? And if possible, could they either be gen or Stony? Science Bros and FrostIron are great ships, and I get why people ship them, but Stony was established as my OTP well before the movies came out, and I've tried reading the new ships to no avail, they just don't work for me.

So, after that appallingly long preamble, does anyone know any gen or Stony fics which portray Pepper in a bad light, specifically in reference to her actions in IM3, or which at least deal with the fact that she acted badly? Thanks! 

Comments

[agenderbitch.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could just ask for the fic instead of using this as a venue to be douchebag? Isn't there a "no character bashing" rule here? Jackass.

[walmer92.livejournal.com]

Dear agenderbitch

I apologise if my post offended you. I admit, I don't have enough friends in real life who are interested in talking about comics and comic book movies, so I may have used this space to air my opinions in a an inappropriate fashion. I guess I just wanted to explain my request, rather than simply asking for stories which bashed a character for no particular reason, and I tend to get carried away when I write. Or speak. I have a hard time shutting up.

To be honest, I suppose that my reason for looking for fic like this is not because the way the character acts is completely unconscionable; it's a very human reaction to the situation. Rather, I disliked that no one else seemed to view that reaction as being wrong, and I wanted to explain my point of view and in doing so, for the reasons stated above, may have gone overboard. As, in fact, I am probably doing now.

In any case, I am sorry if I injured you in some way by what I wrote.

Best wishes

Walmer92

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thelostcity/]

The beauty of a fic-finding community, though, is that you can ask for any kind of fic you want and you don't need to justify your request. At all. Justifying a request for character-bashing fics almost never goes over well. If you want to read them, ask for recs and go for it, but leave the rationale out of it.

[bluebouncyballs.livejournal.com]

It's totally understandable where you're coming from, and its clear now that you gave the long "rant" (wasn't really" to explain your point of view so it didn't just come across as random character bashing. Also the way you said it wasn't overtly offensive or rude or anything, just sounded like you're not particularly fond of Pepper or rather how she treated Tony in IM3.
Super super nice response to agenderbitch though, serious points in my book for that.

[sif-shield.livejournal.com]

isn't there a rule against bashing other posters as well?

[columbialion14.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed saddle_tramp's "The World Belongs to Me" Series. It doesn't heavily feature mean!Pepper, but starting in either the second or third story, it does deal a lot with a semi-suicidal Tony caused, in part, by Pepper's callous ending of their relationship. There's also several moments later in the series that feature Phil and Clint protecting Tony from her.

I totally get your POV about Pepper though- some stories make me fall in love with her, but sometimes I just don't get the Ironman3!Pepper!

http://archiveofourown.org/series/23119

Good luck with your search!

[walmer92.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I look forward to reading this!

[columbialion14.livejournal.com]

I hope you enjoy it!

I just wanted to comment on how nicely you responded to agenderbitch- likely much nicer than I would have! I didn't think your post was really character-bashing at all. Character-bashing would have been if you just said "Pepper sucks! Give me fics where Pepper is awful," but you bashed her (justifiably questionable) actions, not Pepper herself. Props for your amazing response though!

LawsofChaos
"Kay"