Shadow in the Stream

by Azul_Bleu

Chapter 4: news on Phil epilogue/spinoff

Hey everyone!

Firstly, thanks so much for every read, kudos and comment on this story. Ya'll are completely, totally, utterly awesome.

I've gotten a couple of questions about the status of the Phil spinoff/epilogue, and you all deserve some answers. I became sick soon after finishing this, which took away pretty much all my energy and motivation for, well, everything, so I didn't start it, and largely withdrew from The Internet in general. HOWEVER, I am now much better, and with recovery my creativity has returned. So here's the fun news: I think you'll have some Phil closure soon, by the end of May at the latest.

Sorry for the wait, guys, and for being incommunicado. I'm going to sit and respond to all the comments that I haven't already right now. Thanks for your support of my experiment in free-writing and I hope you'll like the Phil bit :)

 

~Azul_bleu

Notes:

Written for a prompt @ avengerkink: "Okay, so I've been on the site for awhile and I couldn't help but notice that Tony is most often than not being the cause of bad relationships, or breaking up something good, etc... However, I want to see something different. [...] I want all the team to individually have a really bad day and they end up blaming it on Tony even if it really wasn't his fault but he had pressured them into the situation. In the end, before they all go to sleep, they all wish Tony was never born and someone (don't care who) decides to grant them their wish. A world without Tony Stark

The next day, the team wake up in a world they are not familiar with. A world where Stark Industries (which has been renamed to Stane Industries after Howard's death) never stopped building weapons. Where the Ten Rings dominate the middle east and Justin Hammer works as the President of Stane Industries with Pepper as his overworked and underappreciated secretary.

I want to see how the Avengers react to see how much Tony actually contributed to society even though he appears to be a screwup. He might have been in the weapons business for years, but people forget that most inventions and discoveries that modernize and help the world were first developed for miliary reasons. However, when the Avengers realize what a big help Tony is, things just don't go back to normal. They have to go back in time and fix Tony not being there."