Tony Stark/James Rhodes

Tony/Rhodey is the slash pairing of James Rhodes/War Machine and Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel universe.
==Marvel Cinematic Universe==
===Canon===
Rhodey and Tony appear together in all three Iron Man movies as well as The Avengers 2. They are long-time best friends and Rhodey works as military liaison to Stark Industries. 
===Fandom===
A small number of fans have shipped Tony/Rhodey since the first movie, but despite being a buddy pairing with significant on-screen interaction and affectionate physical contact, it has remained a very small pairing in the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. After the release of both the first and second movie it was outcompeted by the canonical het pairing of Tony/Pepper; once the first Captain America movie was released, Steve/Tony quickly overtook and surpassed both Tony/Rhodey and Tony/Pepper in the Iron Man fandom. Both before and after the releaseAvengers (2012), some fans combined the competing ships into the F/M/M relationship of Pepper Potts/James Rhodes/Tony Stark or into the poly ship of Tony/Steve/Rhodey.The pairing of James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark is extremely rare (for a MCU ship), with only 24 works on AO3. (As of March 21, 2021.) Some fans speculate the relative lack of popularity for Tony/Rhodey is due to fandom's preference for Two White Guys pairings; others argue it is simply due to the change in actors playing Rhodey causing his character to be less consistent across the movies.
====Tropes & Fanon====
*Nicknames: In the movies, Tony at various points calls Rhodey "sourpatch," "platypus," and "honeybear;" as a result, nicknames in general and "honeybear" in particular often appear in fic.
*Tony & Rhodey went to MIT together: The opening voiceover of the first movie stated that Tony went to MIT and in a later scene Rhodey is wearing a brass rat, so many fans assume that they met in college and have been friends since then.
*Genderswap: Most commonly with always-a-girl!Tony, like in gyzym's takes a lot of love and compliance, though scrollgirl wrote always-a-girl!Rhodey here.
*Threesome or Poly ship with Pepper Potts: Most commonly in a triad, but sometimes in a V-shaped relationship.
===Example Fan Works===
====Fan Fiction====
*Five thousand roses by forestgreen: Always-a-girl!Tony. (27,110 words)
*Fiercer and More Frail by icarus_chained: Soulbond AU set just after Afghanistan. (3,770 words)
*A Guide to Handling the Unhandleable Tony Stark by nightrider101: A/B/O verse with Alpha!Rhodey and Omega!Tony. (3,635 words)
*James Rhodes in 8C by what_alchemy: Fic starts when they are at MIT and goes past The Avengers. (5,122 words)
*Merrier the More by kahn: Set just post-The Avengers; Rhodey/Steve/Tony threesome. (5,218 words)
*A Silver Anniversary series by Not Applicable: Rhodey & Tony have been together and monogamous since MIT. (16,439 words)
*Sleeping With the Light On by starkly: Pepper/Rhodey/Tony threesome. (4,045 words)
*What I Need I Just Don't Have by gyzym: Established Tony/Rhodey. (2,199 words)
*Just As They Wished It To Be by phoenixfalls: A Tony/Rhodey series beginning at MIT with planned Avengers-Era polyamory. (31,623 words)
====Fan Art====
File:RhodeyTony_Wolf-inspired_Art.jpg|Rhodey/Tony by qouinette
File:RhodeyTony_Bondage_Art.jpg|Rhodey/Tony bondage by brumous
File:TonyRhodey_Kiss.png|Rhodey/Tony Kiss by zeewa
File:TonyRhodeyWedding.png|TonyRhodey Wedding by bitchaemajoris
====Other Fan Works====
*It Will Never Be the Same fanvid by SweetestGale
==Marvel Comics==
===Canon===
===Fandom===
===Example Fan Works===
====Fan Fiction====
*Layers, Cells, Constellations by SakuraTsukikage: Canon-compliant missing scene, set during Stark Resilient. (5,307 words)
*No Touchy by greatbriton: PWP with Marvel-616 characterization. (1,447 words)
====Fan Art====
File:Circuits_Maximus_RhodeyTony.png|Circuits Maximus Era Rhodey/Tony by whileothersreap
====Other Fan Works====
==Archives and Communities==
===Archives===
*Tony/Rhodey tag on AO3
**AO3 Feed - The Big Guns, an automated tumblr that blogs everything posted in the Tony/Rhodey tag on AO3.
*tonyrhodey tag on tumblr
*Tony Stark + James Rhodes on fanfiction.net
===LiveJournal Communities===
*The Funvee, a LiveJournal community
==Resources==
*Fuck Yeah Tony/Rhodey on tumblr
* Incorrect Tony's Pairings Quotes on Tumblr
* by jhenne-bean
* Incorrect Tony's Pairings Quotes on Tumblr
==Notes==
==References==
==Navigation==
Category:Slash Pairings
Category:Iron Man Relationships‎ Category:The Avengers Relationships
Category:Interracial Pairings