My understanding by
Neshomeh
on 2012-05-06 22:34:00 UTC
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Comic book universes are all vast and complex and interconnected in even more complex ways. There are discreet Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Thor universes, and then there's the Avengers universe, which gets to pick and choose the elements from the other four that all fit together and leave out anything that doesn't work. So, what's a canon break in Avengers isn't necessarily a canon break in the Iron Man universe, and vice versa.
Where PPCing is concerned, the question is, what continuum does the fic say it's set in? If the fic says it's an Avengers fic, then you PPC based on Avengers canon, which includes elements of all four of the component 'verses plus some of its own, but you can't charge for anything that doesn't actually appear in Avengers-verse. Similarly, if it says it's an Iron Man fic, then you can't charge for violations based on the Hulkverse or the Thorverse or anything not particular to the discreet Iron Man canon. (You can charge for pulling in elements from other canons that don't belong there, though.) Unless it's an Iron Man and Hulk crossover, but that's something else again. Also, if it's a movieverse fic, you don't get to charge for stuff that only shows up in the comics, and vice versa.
As far as these films are concerned, though, they are pretty explicitly set up as a series—they all take place in the Avengers universe.
~Neshomeh
My understanding ... by
Antigone68104
on 2012-05-03 23:38:00 UTC
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... is that the Marvel films blend together elements of Marvel Comics two main "universes"; the mainstream Marvel titles and Ultimate Marvel. I'd call the films a separate continuity, myself.
However, I also understand that the films are supposed to all be set in the same world. So, an Avengers badfic that contradicts something established in the Thor movie could be charged for it, even if that element never came up in Avengers.
Well... by
AnnaBee
on 2012-05-02 16:52:00 UTC
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The thing is is that the Marvel universe is its own continuum. The Avengers is a legitimate part of the Marvel universe. They can come INTO the actual comic books where the heroes are and do things. So... any ooc-ness in the ENTIRE Marvel continuum is oocness. Period.
tl;dr: "is something that would be a canon break in Iron Man automatically a canon break in The Avengers, and vice versa?"
Yes.