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Title: I Fix Your Shit
Fandom: Marvel
Pairing: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Bruce Banner/Tony Stark
Categories: AU, Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Friendship, Romance, Artificial Intelligence, AI!Phil , AI Rights, PTSD
Length: Long (24,279)
Warnings: Heated discussion about consent (due to AI having override command codes)

Author on LJ: NA
Author Website: Eligh,  Eligh Rawley Writes

Author's summary: When the world's an empty, dead place, you hold on tight to what you've got.

Clint's never been one to thrive in a vacuum. It's a good thing, then, that he found this shack out in the middle of nowhere.

Based off of this art by eWKn.


Review:
I'm head over heels for these characters -- their histories, relationships, and the way they deal with their screwed up, empty world. With all the fan works I found to love during our December hiatus, it was this I wanted to share first.

We start with Clint wandering alone in a post-Hydra Colorado, with only a little AI rover for company for the past year. When even the rover dies, he's lucky enough to come across Tony and Bruce -- still with the arc reactor and 'green guy', but for different reasons here. Eventually they're joined by Phil, an extremely advanced artificial intelligence.

Things to love: the slow build toward trust between these characters, the thoughtful consideration of AI rights and what it means to have personhood, the romantic relationship that grows between Phil and a very pro-AI Clint, and the character of Phil himself, since he's so well written. There's also the great established relationship Tony and Bruce have going. Then there's suspense, action, friendship, back stories that make a lot of sense, the angst of dealing with marked PTSD and with Clint's concerns about consent, and the joy of creating something like a family together.

It's rich with great moments and well thought out plot and themes.

I Fix Your Shit