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raven-writes-fanfic · 1 year

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Happy Birthday, Bucky Barnes! 🎈

As some of you may remember, I've been working on a Stucky interpretation of the story of Conn-Eda, an Irish fairytale. I'm not done yet, but in honor of Bucky's birthday (ilysm babe!), I'm gifting the world with part 1 of my story!

Prince Steven Rogers's life is in danger. After being tricked by his cunning stepfather, Steven must embark on a quest to retrieve rare artifacts. The problem is that the items are impossible to obtain. Steven is fairly certain he will not survive. But fate has other plans for our intrepid hero. Before he sets out on his journey, Steven is gifted a Movyatzekan (a talking horse), and the creature quickly becomes his dearest friend. When the quest takes a dark turn and requires Steven to do the unthinkable, will he be able to follow through? Will he get his happily ever after?

Check it out here!

@voylitscope this one's for you, doll! 💗

#I uploaded this and made a Tumblr post instead of sleeping #and I'm falling asleep at my computer #so tired omg #but um enjoy this fairytale Stucky!#based on Conn-Eda #It's just the first part of my take on it #but I wanted to post something for Bucky's bday!#HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY BUCKY BARNES!!!!!#I LOVE YOU AN INSANE AMOUNT #Okay I'm going to bed now #fanfiction #my writing #Stucky #stevebucky #Steve x bucky

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ao3feed-stevebucky · 1 year

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The Tale of Prince Steven of Avalon

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/a5WOrTg

by StuckyTillTheEndOfTheLine (Raven_Writes)

*Based on the story of Conn-Eda, an Irish fairytale*

But fate has other plans for our intrepid hero. Before he sets out on his journey, Steven is gifted a Movyatzekan (a talking horse), and the creature quickly becomes his dearest friend. When the quest takes a dark turn and requires Steven to do the unthinkable, will he be able to follow through? Will he get his happily ever after?

Words: 4841, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Sarah Rogers (Marvel), Joseph Rogers, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Nick Fury, Brock Rumlow, Drew Balcombe (OC), Rebecca Barnes Proctor, Winnifred Barnes, George Barnes

Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: Based on a Fairytale, Conn-Eda, Yeah I know Major Character Death is tagged, but it's a temporary death, still might be triggering though, True Love, m/m romance, Fairytale Violence, there might be smut later on. idk yet, Rating May Change, additional tags as I think of them, i posted this instead of sleeping, I'm so tired, Worth It

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/a5WOrTg

#ao3feed #steve rogers #bucky barnes #stevebucky #stucky #steve/bucky #stevexbucky #fanfic

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raven-writes-fanfic · 1 year

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Fic Masterlist

Till the End of the Line (it means something) [Rated M for language and mature themes] When Bucky falls from the train, Steve refuses to leave him behind. Even if all he can do is return his body to the Barnes family, that's what he'll do. But when he reaches Bucky, he's surprised to find his best friend is still alive somehow. He's never letting him out of his sight again, that's for damn sure. Read it here

Finding Home [Rated E for sexual content, language, and mature themes] Although he won't admit it to anyone, Bucky is struggling to heal and move on. He's going to therapy like he's supposed to, but he tries not to share too much with Dr. Raynor. He doesn't need anyone else poking around inside his head, after all. Besides, it's not like she can magically bring Steve back from the dead. And then she suggests he write a letter to get down everything he's been bottling up inside. Even though he's skeptical, Bucky writes a letter to Steve. What happens next is something he couldn't have predicted in a million years. Read it here

Sixteen Again [Rated E for sexual content, 🤏🏻 underage drinking, and language] "Rumlow said 'Bucky,' and all of a sudden I was a sixteen-year-old kid again, in Brooklyn." --- It's Steve's 16th birthday, and he was supposed to hang out with Bucky. But Bucky is late, and Steve is pissed. When Bucky does eventually show up, after a small fight, they talk things out. And then, accidentally, Steve admits something that he's kept secret since he was 13. What he doesn't expect is Bucky not only taking the admission in stride, but revealing a secret of his own. It turns out to be the best birthday of Steve's life. Read it here (now with a chapter 2!)

The Tale of Prince Steven of Avalon *Based on the story of Conn-Eda, an Irish Fairytale* [Rated E for language, mature themes, and sexual content] Prince Steven Rogers's life is in danger. After being tricked by his cunning stepfather, Steven must embark on a quest to retrieve rare artifacts. The problem is that the items are impossible to obtain. Steven is fairly certain he will not survive. But fate has other plans for our intrepid hero. Before he sets out on his journey, Steven is gifted a Movyatzekan (a talking horse), and the creature quickly becomes his dearest friend. When the quest takes a dark turn and requires Steven to do the unthinkable, will he be able to follow through? Will he get his happily ever after? Read it here

It's All Supernatural to Me [Rated E for sexual content and mild language] While on a mission, Steve and Bucky get thrust into an alternate universe, where they are...actors? Their names are different, their lives are different, and it's confusing and frustrating. Can Steve and Bucky get back home? Only time will tell. Read it here

#my fics #ao3 #fanfiction #just gonna pin this here...#and the shameless self-promotion begins again #oh well

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raven-writes-fanfic · 1 year

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Notes from The Tale of Prince Steven of Avalon

OKAY so I decided that instead of going back and editing this fic's notes and risking nobody seeing the relevant info that I desperately want to share, I'd stick it here! (I'm calling it the Ficcyclopedia™.) SO! If you have any interest at all in the inner workings of my brain in regards to this fic, it's all below the cut. 💜

In the first chapter, these are the relevant tidbits, neatly sorted because my OCD said to.

Places:

The original fairy tale takes place in Ireland, and I kept that the same, save for the name of the kingdom. Avalon is a play on the land Tír na nÓg, which is the mystical "otherworld" in Irish mythology. Avalon is just another name for "paradise" or afterlife, basically. I wanted something pronounceable, so this happened. It also is really fitting with Steve's character (both in this story and in MCU canon), in my opinion.

I basically decided to run with the whole "Bucky is probably Jewish" Fanon thing, and decided his mother was possibly (in my head most likely) from Poland. Thus, a lot of locations and names and things stemmed from Polish culture and mythology. So, bouncing off of the whole "Avalon-is-based-on-Irish-afterlife" thing, I named Bucky's homeland Verais (Vehr-eye) as the phonological equivalent of Wyraj, which is the afterlife in Polish mythology. And yes, it is spelled a little prettier than just phonetics, because I said so.

In conjunction with the Verais thing, I named the people there the Lechian people, which is for Lechia, an ancient name for Poland.

"The Land of Ice" is a pretty obvious (to me) way of saying Russia.

Gidra is Russian for Hydra. Do with that what you will. ;)

Names/Creatures:

The name Drew means "from druids" which is a play on the fact that in the original story of Conn-Eda, the prince's stepmother was the daughter of a druid. I wanted to include that little thing, even if it wasn't exactly the same.

His last name, Balcombe, means "person who casts an evil eye." It's also a surname that's common to the Isle of Man, which is the place I based Drew's homeland off of.

In the original fairy tale, the supernatural hound is called Samer. Samer means lots of different things in many languages, but my favorite was the Sanskrit for "air" or "wind." I turned it kind of Polish and gave the hound the name Zenon, which is derived from the Greek god Zeus. And Zeus, as we know, is the god of the skies or whatever. ;P This one is a bit more convoluted, but I think it still works.

Even though "Alkonost" seems like a made-up word, IT'S NOT!!! It's the English pronunciation of Алконост. The Alkonost is a woman-headed bird in Russian mythology. And the creature that Conn-Eda goes to see in the original fairy tale is a bird with the face of a human. This one took me ages to find, but I did it for you guys. :D (JK I really did it for me, but y'all benefit, so.) (Also, in chapter two, I made the Alkonost a man. I know it's not perfectly in line with the mythology, but it's really important to me that it be a guy, okay? You'll see why.)

Almaz is the English pronunciation of алмаз, which means "diamond." I wanted the stone Alexander gives Steve to be something precious, but also Russian, because reasons.

Movyatzekon is a semi-made-up word for talking horse, strung together from the words "talking" and "horse" in Polish.

In a related vein, the horse breed that I imagine Bucky is is called a Gypsy Vanner. I picked it because it has famously shaggy hair (and so does Bucky at certain points in Marvel canon!!). The very specific horse I envision for Bucky is in the moodboard above.

Misc. Stuff:

Mulct is an actual word!! It means "a fine, or compulsory payment." Basically, it's the punishment Steve gets for losing the challenge his stepfather gives him.

Variola is an ancient name for smallpox. I chose this as the disease Steve's dad dies from in the fairy tale because, canonically, he dies from mustard gas exposure. Mustard gas exposure can cause skin lesions that can mimic the look of smallpox.

And chapter two stuff, which is literally only places:

Steve and Bucky pass through a kingdom called Albion, which is a very ancient name for England (going back as far as 5th century B.C.E.). Guess where on the map I imagine it is? Yes, you're right. It's England. ;D

They also pass through a land called Veneti, which is named for an ancient west-Slavic tribe called Veneti. It's meant to be where Belarus is, roughly.

Chapter three stuff, which is one measly thing:

(in reference to the chapter title) Travail: painful or laborious effort

If you want to talk about where certain MCU characters come into play, you can always scream at me in whatever way you want! I am probably disproportionately excited about how I've managed to work in so many MCU characters in general, so it's a whole thing in my brain now.

And if you read all the way to the bottom of this long-ass post, thank you and I love you. I mean, I'll love y'all regardless of whether you read the post, but yeah. ✌🏻

#Raven rambles #The Tale of Prince Steven of Avalon #as seen on ao3 #you can click the moodboard to get to the story if you wanna #I feel like I am so fucking awkward for posting this ngl #but I'm doing it anyway #Stucky fic #my writing #fan fiction #I'll just go before I start rambling in the tags too

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