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Not Easily Conquered #3
Not Easily Conquered
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” Peggy says, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”
98 pages, ebook
Published July 7, 2015
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October 31, 2021
Review for entire series: A fine example of how fanfic is so frequently better written and infinitely more creative than the vast majority of conventionally published fiction. Not only is this series a fantastic family and personal epic saga linking a century of global events, but it is also a superb work in both the action (war and superhero) AND the epistolry romance genres. That same level of skill is applied to the inserts: bits of journalism, fiction writing, social media posts... all of it independantly well-crafted and in themselves examples of what those things can and should be.
Please be aware if you are not in a safe headspace right now that this fic is... a lot. It's a lot of heartache and anger and then heartache all over again. dropdeaddream's talent made me feel both as numb as Steve did, floating through his hollow life, and also every bit as broken by the things that hollowed him out to begin with. There's very little direct Stucky in this, if that's what you were looking for, but what there is has a sweetness that hurts as much as the painful bits do.
Everyone who reads this has a favourite quote, usually something grand and sad and worthy of a literary prize even out of context. We can't help it - that's just what this fic is. I, though, would like to quote a throwaway moment of levity, because when I stumbled across it in context it didn't feel light or insignificant at all. What does it tell you about this fic that I felt that sobbing and flinching my way through nearly 118k words was worth it to finally see:
Please be aware if you are not in a safe headspace right now that this fic is... a lot. It's a lot of heartache and anger and then heartache all over again. dropdeaddream's talent made me feel both as numb as Steve did, floating through his hollow life, and also every bit as broken by the things that hollowed him out to begin with. There's very little direct Stucky in this, if that's what you were looking for, but what there is has a sweetness that hurts as much as the painful bits do.
Everyone who reads this has a favourite quote, usually something grand and sad and worthy of a literary prize even out of context. We can't help it - that's just what this fic is. I, though, would like to quote a throwaway moment of levity, because when I stumbled across it in context it didn't feel light or insignificant at all. What does it tell you about this fic that I felt that sobbing and flinching my way through nearly 118k words was worth it to finally see:
“Barnes, quit peacocking,” Steve says.
“Rogers, quit looking,” Bucky replies.
He grins at Steve in the reflection.
April 25, 2019
my heart is getting crushed tomorrow with endgame and i'm preparing myself with stevebucky fics.....
February 11, 2020
talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before
November 3, 2023
baba fanfiction ich kann nicht mehr. als bucky plötzlich bei ihm im apartment stand und dann die stelle als bucky vor steve's tür stand. so gut
einfach die beste stucky fanfiction ever. wie bucky am ende steve's zukunft vorhergesehen hat und es einfach perfekt gepasst hat und jetzt können sie einfach glücklich leben und Sam ist captain america und kein muss sterben und infinity war und end game passieren einfach nicht
einfach die beste stucky fanfiction ever. wie bucky am ende steve's zukunft vorhergesehen hat und es einfach perfekt gepasst hat und jetzt können sie einfach glücklich leben und Sam ist captain america und kein muss sterben und infinity war und end game passieren einfach nicht
March 31, 2022
i’m absolutely destroyed but what is new
December 12, 2024
дуже все було канєшно драматично, але сердечко моє йокало тим не менш) з одного боку, раніше все це мені залітало на ура, а зараз уже такоє, але тим не менш старбакс назавжди в серці, і я все ще пам'ятаю назви цих фічків, хоча пройшло вже 10 років.
April 28, 2021
We belonged to each other begore we ever belonged to ourselves.
This was good, but I honestly didn't love it as much as the two others. I felt like for about 60% it was very slow, and the writing wasn't as poetic as the other two, only a lilttle bit by the very end. Although I like the ending it wasn't what I had in mind.
↠4 stars
June 20, 2017
Brilliant or brilliant? Oh yeah, brilliant.
“Barnes, quit peacocking,” Steve says.
“Rogers, quit looking,” Bucky replies. He grins at Steve in the reflection.
“Barnes, quit peacocking,” Steve says.
“Rogers, quit looking,” Bucky replies. He grins at Steve in the reflection.
July 20, 2022
"Today I can see all the way to the truth I'll know at the end of the world. [...] I'll always come back from the dead for you. We belonged to each other before we ever belonged to ourselves."
No sentía esta felicidad después de tanto vacío desde que leí The Song of Achilles.
No sentía esta felicidad después de tanto vacío desde que leí The Song of Achilles.
June 9, 2020
It is actually scary how much I think about this fanfic. Sometimes I'm just minding my bussiness and a little voice in my head goes 'i won't be in the history books; that's for you. But I loved you first.' and I just wanna cry right there.
The way this fanfiction is better than so many publised books out there and the authors gave us this for FREE.
I was around 16 or 17 when I first read this series and I still can remember how much I sobbed reading all those letters. And I still sob like a baby anytime I reread them.
NEC is a piece of art.
The way this fanfiction is better than so many publised books out there and the authors gave us this for FREE.
I was around 16 or 17 when I first read this series and I still can remember how much I sobbed reading all those letters. And I still sob like a baby anytime I reread them.
NEC is a piece of art.
October 9, 2021
29/11/2019 reread:
I ended up crying, but that’s not surprising.
I ended up crying, but that’s not surprising.
December 13, 2019
It is probably the best thing I have ever read in my life, i am constantly re-reading it and it really changes you after you read it. I cried and laughed reading it and it is so amazingly written
December 31, 2023
“Here,” Bucky says, “And here. You see that?” Steve does, only barely. “This is your life line, right here. Sometimes it’s strong or bent or jagged or broken, but look at that: you have two.” And he’s right; Steve does. “And halfway down — see? Halfway down, they split right off.”
“What’s it mean?”
“Two possibilities, maybe,” Buck says, and strokes two fingers, middle and index, along both. He hums, curious. “Two ways it could go. Two ways your life might go, and then — look at this, see? They meet again. They meet again right there, at the end. So your ending’s the same, whatever it’s gonna be; however you get there. It ends the same both times. Strange. That’s strange, Rogers. I ain’t ever seen it before.”
“Steve Rogers,” Falsworth proclaims. “Freak of nature, baffling to psychics.”
“Thanks, Monty,” says Steve, very sincerely, and around them the men laugh. Steve looks across again to Bucky and finds that Bucky is already looking back at him.
“You’re a real piece of work, you know that?” Bucky teases, fond, his dark eyes glittering and happy in the light of the fire. The night is quiet and chilled, but between them their hands still touch, and where their hands touch, they are warm.
“What’s it mean?”
“Two possibilities, maybe,” Buck says, and strokes two fingers, middle and index, along both. He hums, curious. “Two ways it could go. Two ways your life might go, and then — look at this, see? They meet again. They meet again right there, at the end. So your ending’s the same, whatever it’s gonna be; however you get there. It ends the same both times. Strange. That’s strange, Rogers. I ain’t ever seen it before.”
“Steve Rogers,” Falsworth proclaims. “Freak of nature, baffling to psychics.”
“Thanks, Monty,” says Steve, very sincerely, and around them the men laugh. Steve looks across again to Bucky and finds that Bucky is already looking back at him.
“You’re a real piece of work, you know that?” Bucky teases, fond, his dark eyes glittering and happy in the light of the fire. The night is quiet and chilled, but between them their hands still touch, and where their hands touch, they are warm.
February 13, 2025
"The shape he took in my mind was something special, and beyond that he was stored in incremental pieces all throughout me anyway: my teeth missed him, and so did my kneecaps, and even my angry hands. My spine knew something was wrong, too — I swear to God it felt the absent rungs...
...Now I can tell anyone all about him; I can conjure him up straight from memory. And what a luxury it is, too — what a rich man I am — that I can think of him at all-"
The most moving and enthralling complete set of works I have read (whether published, unpublished, book form, digital form, you name it) in YEARS! I think I will cry over this till my death.
...Now I can tell anyone all about him; I can conjure him up straight from memory. And what a luxury it is, too — what a rich man I am — that I can think of him at all-"
The most moving and enthralling complete set of works I have read (whether published, unpublished, book form, digital form, you name it) in YEARS! I think I will cry over this till my death.
May 29, 2018
I loved this series so much. I'm not one for reading long fics let alone series but this was recommended to me and I'm glad I did. The story was so well structured and I loved recognizing all the different moments from the movies that were so carefully woven into the plot here. However, my favourite thing about this series has to be the notes. It's so crazy to see all the research that went into creating this gem & I actually learned a lot! I would easily recommend "Not easily conquered", even to those who aren't necessary Stucky/ MCU fans.
February 13, 2020
Well, this fic made me super sad but also super happy. It's really well-written and flows nicely; 11/10 will read again. Preliminary stuff aside; if you're like me and was disappointed by the cowardly ending to the Stucky film canon and wanted a fitting and generally better ending for these characters, then look no further than this amazing fic. You will not regret. Now I'm going to cry myself to sleep while I pine over my newfound unrealistic expectations of relationships✌️
May 4, 2021
this was pretty scattered and was confusing compared to the others because it was all over the place and focused on more than just steve searching for bucky and what transpires along the way.
it was weird to me that after bucky took back his life, his memories came back and he started acting like his pre-winter-soldier days when it felt like it wasn't naturally.
bucky in the end was hilarious and i enjoyed the fluff between him and steve.
ALSO THAT ENDING SCENE
it was weird to me that after bucky took back his life, his memories came back and he started acting like his pre-winter-soldier days when it felt like it wasn't naturally.
bucky in the end was hilarious and i enjoyed the fluff between him and steve.
ALSO THAT ENDING SCENE
September 24, 2021
you don't finish not easily conquered. it, finishes you. like twenty buckets of heavy tears have been spilt, face is hydrated for life now. finished this at 4am and i've been screaming into the void ever since. and you know what? you don't know heartbreak, not until you read not easily conquered. you don't just read not easily conquered. you absorb it until it's part of you. that's it folks, i'll go dig my own grave now.
May 3, 2020
yeah well i cried real ugly tears through this. i just love the fact that even after all this time since i read the whole thing, it still tugs at the very meat of my heart. i love this fic so much!
(and, well, because i'm a sucker for [soft] epilogues: i read "bone of my bones" by thegeminisage right after. yeah, that one. [waggles eyebrows suggestively])
(and, well, because i'm a sucker for [soft] epilogues: i read "bone of my bones" by thegeminisage right after. yeah, that one. [waggles eyebrows suggestively])
January 17, 2023
Literally the best piece of literature on this planet, nothing will EVER compare to this masterpiece
This is the last time I can rate a book with 5 stars because nothing could ever come close and make me experience the emotions this ducking fanfic made me feel
This is the last time I can rate a book with 5 stars because nothing could ever come close and make me experience the emotions this ducking fanfic made me feel
April 28, 2020
Better than most books. No, that’s not right - this trilogy is a world above almost everything ever written.
October 4, 2020
lives in my head RENT FREE.
ik it’s a fanfiction but i am not lying when i say this is better than most published books i’ve read. amazing. incredible. showstopping. fantastic
ik it’s a fanfiction but i am not lying when i say this is better than most published books i’ve read. amazing. incredible. showstopping. fantastic
December 29, 2020
No ha podido hacerme más feliz este final. (Gracias Marta por tanto 😌)
April 5, 2021
3.5
Entire fic rating: 4 stars
Entire fic rating: 4 stars
August 12, 2021
I decided to reread some quotes from the story and I’m crying like it’s the first time. Truly beautiful.
October 19, 2021
Womb to tomb, baby.
January 6, 2022
4.5/5
April 3, 2022
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” Peggy says, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”
January 1, 2023
“And where there hands touch, they are warm.”
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