Death of Captain America

[dreamers-dh.livejournal.com]

Hey there,
new to this and already hooked *grin*

Now I'm curious: Are there any stories that are like the comic "The death of Captain America"?
I mean stories in which everyone thinks Steve is dead and then Bucky takes over just to find Steve alive again?
I would love to read something like this!

And where do you find all those amazing stories?
I'm trying to find my way through Archive of our own and Fanfiction.net but it's difficult.

Comments

[enmuse.livejournal.com]

Tags are your best friend on AO3... and primarily why I only read there now, unless I can get linked to fics elsewhere through rec lists/fic searches/authors I know I like/etc.

[dreamers-dh.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
I'll try to use more tags :-)

[magic-7-words.livejournal.com]

I find a fic I like, read everything by that author, and then go through that author's bookmarks under the assumption that s/he likes the same things I like.

Speaking of which, let me know if someone recs what you're asking for. :-)

[catalenamara.livejournal.com]

I do the same thing as magic_7_words. I also go to google and type in the names of the characters or ship I'm looking for and the words "rec list".

[dreamers-dh.livejournal.com]

Google? Really?
I haven't even thought of something like this but I'll give it a try
Thank you!

[catalenamara.livejournal.com]

I've found some great things by googling. Story rec lists, of course. But also meta questions i.e., questions on character motivation and historical background as it would apply to Steve Rogers. (I found a great series of articles with specific information on NYC in the 1930s, including background on the neighborhood Steve grew up in, etc.)
I just type my question into Google and most of the time I find all kinds of interesting links to fannish meta on tumblr, LJ, etc. I started doing this when I noticed fic authors would often use the same "original characters" for villains, allies, etc. Then it occurred to me these were probably canon Marvel comic book characters, and most of the times they were. (This was also how I found out that Hawkeye's wife in Ultron was canon from one comic book series.)

[dreamers-dh.livejournal.com]

Like I said: I'm new to this fandom... and I can't believe what you can find in it when you know where to look *grin*

[catalenamara.livejournal.com]

There are some amazing resources out there! I first got into MCU fandom the day I saw "Thor: The Dark World". I went home intrigued by Loki, went to AO3 - and found 17,000+ stories with him as a character. There were a couple of authors I'd followed in other fandoms who I knew were writing MCU stories; I looked for their work, found stories I liked, read their bookmarks; began following other authors; read *their* bookmarks; ran across a rec list by accident; began googling for more rec lists and then began googling for meta posts as well. There's *so much* out there, and so many good stories. I'm so glad I found these tools to separate out stories I enjoy reading because reading at random can be so frustrating.

[fiveforsilver]

Yes, I do this too. Also I've found a few good sources of rec lists - copperbadge posts quality rec lists from time to time, thefourthvine used to post tons of recs in a variety of fandoms and her archives are well worth trawling (although there are a lot of broken links after all this time, so sometimes things are hard/impossible to find).

I don't really like searching tags unless I'm looking for a specific, rare thing that won't have hundreds or thousands of hits.

[dreamers-dh.livejournal.com]

Are cooperbadge and thefourthvine LJ user?
I try their recs.
Thank you

[fiveforsilver]

Oh sorry, yes, they both are. thefourthvine isn't very active these days but you can find links to all her fandom tags on the sidebar of her LJ under 'Fandom Index'. I don't think she has much if any Avengers recs, but she has recs in many, many other fandoms. copperbadge is more active on tumblr right now (same name) but here are his reclist archives too.

The other thing I've done is simply ask. When I joined a new fandom recently (Hawaii Five-0) I went to one of these recommendation communities and simply said I'm new to H50, give me all your favorite fics. I got so many responses, I still haven't had a chance to go through all of them! And a really incredible variety, too. (And not all to my liking, but that's to be expected. Most of them were great, though.) People are very giving about this sort of thing.

[dreamers-dh.livejournal.com]

OH, I'll try that!
Thank you!!

[fiveforsilver]

Actually, related to your original request: I don't know "The death of Captain American" or any comics, really, but the closest thing I can think of to your description is The Silver Age by the aforementioned copperbadge. It's "an alternate universe in which Tony Stark was born in 1950 and the Winter Soldier was recovered in 1967, after a failed attempt to assassinate Howard and Maria Stark." He becomes Tony's friend and bodyguard. In Part 3, they find Steve.

[dreamers-dh.livejournal.com]

*coughs*
That sounds amazing!
Thank you!

[dreamers-dh.livejournal.com]

Nope, sorry. Till now nobody gave me something like my search *sigh*
I haven't thought of looking after Special authors! How could I be so obvious?
Thanks for the hint!

[maxiekatt2.livejournal.com]

This series takes place after Age of Ultron and focuses on Bucky dealing with Steve's loss. It's also got a lot of Natasha in it and, so far, I really like the way the author writes their POVS - http://archiveofourown.org/series/462613

And a little shameless self promotion - I wrote a really short one shot about Bucky having doubts right before his first mission as Cap http://archiveofourown.org/works/4132114