Let's play a game

I need to do something amusing that's not wrangling for a bit. If you put an Avengers, Merlin, or Transformers character in the comments, I'll reply with either all the canonical relationships for that character, or all the canonical freeforms for them (Avengers only for freeforms).

(Note: If you put Loki or Tony Stark in my box, I reserve the right to cut off the relationship list at 100 tags. That goes for Optimus Prime, Merlin, and Darcy too.)

Lists: Natasha and Pepper freeforms (Tumblr)
Rhodey relationships (Tumblr)
Kate Bishop relationships (LJ)
Phil Coulson freeforms (Tumblr)

To see the works for a tag, use this format: archiveofourown.org/tags/TAG NAME/works

(Make sure you leave the spaces in the tag. Replace “/” with “*s*”, “.” with “*d*”, and “&” with “*a*”.)

Natasha and Pepper Freeforms (Ask)

clio-jlh asked: I'd love some canonical freeforms for either Natasha or Pepper, your choice.

How about both? (The lists are sadly short.)

Awesome Natasha Romanov
BAMF Natasha Romanov
Kid Natasha Romanov
Male Natasha Romanov
Natasha Romanov Feels
Parent Natasha Romanov
POV: Natasha Romanov
Protective Natasha Romanov
Community: be_compromised
Be_compromised Secret Santa 2012
The Good Ship C/N Promptathon of Magic and Joy

and

Awesome Pepper Potts
BAMF Pepper Potts
Male Pepper Potts
POV: Pepper Potts
Protective Pepper Potts
Pepperony Week

We’re within 1 use of canonizing a few more tags, though I’d have to dig out my list to see what those are. Alpha Natasha Romanov, certainly, and probably something with Pepper’s shoes.

To see the works for a tag, use this format: archiveofourown.org/tags/TAG NAME/works (Make sure you leave the spaces in the tag. Replace “/” with “*s*”, “.” with “*d*”, and “&” with “*a*”.)

Rhodey Relationships (Ask)

shinykari asked: First of all, how much do I *LOVE* that Darcy has all the tags? *flails* OKay, okay: James "Rhodey" Rhodes, who does NOT get enough lovin' in fandom. I'm just sayin'.

1. Maria Hill & James “Rhodey” Rhodes
2. Rae LaCoste/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
3. Rumiko Fujikawa/James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark
4. Pepper Potts/James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark
5. Darcy Lewis/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
6. Pepper Potts/James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
7. Jarvis (Iron Man movies) & James “Rhodey” Rhodes
8. James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
9. Bruce Banner/Pepper Potts/James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark
10. Nick Fury/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
11. Pepper Potts/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
12. Maria Hill/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
13. Pepper Potts & James “Rhodey” Rhodes
14. James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark
15. James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Natasha Romanov
16. Clint Barton & James “Rhodey” Rhodes
17. James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Original Female Character(s)
18. James “Rhodey” Rhodes & Tony Stark
19. James “Bucky” Barnes/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
20. James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Steve Rogers
21. Clint Barton/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
22. Bruce Banner/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
23. Bruce Banner/Pepper Potts/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
24. Pepper Potts/James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Steve Rogers
25. Carol Danvers/James “Rhodey” Rhodes
26. James “Rhodey” Rhodes & Original Female Character(s)
27. Bruce Banner/James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark

I left the numbers in because it’s easier, and because wow does this need to change! (Though Maria & Rhodey, I didn’t know that was a thing. Need to check that out….)

To see the works for a tag, use this format: archiveofourown.org/tags/TAG NAME/works (Make sure you leave the spaces in the tag. Replace “/” with “*s*”, “.” with “*d*”, and “&” with “*a*”.)

Kate Bishop Relationships (Ask)

ladymercury10 asked: Do Young Avengers count? If so, how about Kate Bishop? (If not, let's go with Pepper.)

Kate always counts. Let’s do relationships, because she doesn’t have a lot of freeforms yet (and because I don’t wrangle YA or Hawkguy):

1. Kate Bishop/Jessica Drew (1)
2. Kate Bishop & Phil Coulson (0)
3. Ava Ayala/Kate Bishop (1)
4. Kate Bishop/Bobbi Morse (1)
5. Kate Bishop & Natasha Romanov (2)
6. Clint Barton/Kate Bishop/Original Male Character(s) (0)
7. Kate Bishop/Original Male Character(s) (0)
8. Clint Barton/Kate Bishop/Bobbi Morse (3)
9. Kate Bishop/Scott Lang (1)
10. Kate Bishop/Eli Bradley (47)
11. Kate Bishop/Cassie Lang (15)
12. Rikki Barnes/Kate Bishop (1)
13. Clint Barton/Kate Bishop/Noh-Varr (2)
14. Clint Barton & Kate Bishop (15)
15. Kate Bishop/Mia Dearden (2)
16. Kate Bishop/Karla Sofen (0)
17. Kate Bishop/Kara Zor-El (1)
18. Kate Bishop/Noh-Varr (4)
19. Kate Bishop/Tommy Shepherd (35)
20. Clint Barton/Kate Bishop (86)
21. Kate Bishop/Natasha Romanov (1)
22. Kate Bishop/Darcy Lewis (0)
23. James “Bucky” Barnes/Kate Bishop (1)
24. Kate Bishop/Stephanie Brown (3)
25. James “Bucky” Barnes/Clint Barton/Kate Bishop (3)

I left the numbers in again and also bolded a few of the lines to show something interesting. Though 3 our of 4 of Kate’s most popular relationships are with guys (Clint, Eli, and Tommy), she appears to be a popular option for rarepair femslash. Now, these numbers aren’t perfect, because they only count uses of the canonical, not syns. But they do paint a broad picture that might be worth looking into.

To see the works for a tag, use this format: archiveofourown.org/tags/TAG NAME/works (Make sure you leave the spaces in the tag. Replace “/” with “*s*”, “.” with “*d*”, and “&” with “*a*”.)

Phil Coulson Freeforms (Ask)

gardenofsastra asked: Ooh, tell me all about canonical tags for Agent Phil Coulson! Freeforms or relationships; your choice.

Ahaha, you asked for it! I’m going with freeforms, because I think they’re funnier.

#coulsonlives
Alpha Phil Coulson
Awesome Phil Coulson
BAMF Phil Coulson
Bottom Phil Coulson
Dom Phil Coulson
Fanboy Phil Coulson
Female Phil Coulson
Fenrir Phil Coulson
Oblivious Phil Coulson
Parent Phil Coulson
Pheels
Phil Coulson’s Cellist
Phil Coulson’s Trading Card Collection
Pool Hottie Phil Coulson
Protective Phil Coulson
Supernanny Phil Coulson
Top Phil Coulson
Fanon: Agent K is Agent Coulson’s Father
Pineapple and Coconut Scones
SHIELD Husbands
Community: ccbingo
Community: cc_feelsmeme
Clint Coulson Holiday Exchange

What’s interesting to me about Coulson is how much fanon is built up around him, compared to the slim canon we have. It’s one of his charms.

To see the works for a tag, use this format: archiveofourown.org/tags/TAG NAME/works (Make sure you leave the spaces in the tag. Replace “/” with “*s*”, “.” with “*d*”, and “&” with “*a*”.)