I AM AWAITING THIS WITH BATED BREATH

in 2025 let’s bring back being enthusiastic on ao3. leave a comment on every chapter. leave kudos and, if necessary, leave “double kudos” in the comments. tags and notes on bookmarks. the whole nine yards. let’s show fanfic authors how much we love them.

ao3 notes are like a time capsule

pepper: what an idiot. i can’t believe i’m going to marry him.

happy: well, you don’t have to—

pepper, looking at tony yell at dum-e for blasting him with a fire extinguisher: no. i’m going to.

Not “Only my reading of canon is correct” or “Interpretations are subjective and all valid” but a secret third thing, “More than one interpretation can be valid but there’s a reason your English teacher had you cite quotes and examples in your papers, you have to have a strong argument that your interpretation is actually supported by the text or it is just wrong and I’m fine with telling you it’s wrong, actually.”

girl who finally is going back to reading by finishing one book: now i'm going to read all the books in the world.

steve: you recruited??? a 14-year-old spider kid???

tony: the children yearn for the mines

Haymitch when Clerk Carmine still doesn't like him even though he's an ally:

mj: i don’t really have friends

peter: bold words for someone in my hugging range

Lucy Gray should be proud to know she haunted that evil man every damn day of his fucking miserable life