Open AccessEarth 616, Earth 1610, Earth—Wait, what universe is this again? The creation and evolution of the Avengers and Captain America/Iron Man fandom
Author(s) -
Catherine Coker
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2013.0439
Subject(s) - fandom , reinterpretation , trope (literature) , earth (classical element) , comics , dystopia , art history , art , history , astrobiology , sociology , media studies , literature , aesthetics , astronomy , physics
This essay surveys the creation and evolution of the Captain America/Iron Man or Steve/Tony ship in Avengers fandom, from its origin in comics to its reinterpretation by fandom through the recent movies, and discusses how the alternate universe trope in both canon and fanon is used to make a case for the pairing