Not Easily Conquered

Not Easily Conquered is an MCU fanfic series by dropdeaddream and WhatAreFears. It contains 3 stories: A Long Winter, The Thirteen Letters, and Not Easily Conquered, for a total of over 117,000 words, and features Steve/Bucky and Steve/Peggy. It focuses on thirteen letters, written from Bucky Barnes to Steve Rogers. In the series Steve survives the crash in Captain America: The First Avenger, and marries Peggy, only to later learn, from the letters, that Bucky loved him. 
It is considered by many to be a fandom classicEP20: Fanfiction Classics, Fannish podcast for the Stucky ship/fandom, and is often recced as a must read to newcomers to the fandom. The fic inspired much squee and wank,An archived Tumblr post by radialarch recounts the highlights of some wank surrounding the fic that transpired in 2015, as well as summarising the discourse it sparked off about general critical attitudes towards fanworks. and a substantial amount of fanworks. It is also extremely widely quoted, to the point that fans may recognise quotes from it without necessarily knowing where they came from.
In May 2019, a Twitter bot was created to tweet quotes from the verse 24/7: @NotEasilyBot. As of 31/08/2021, it had 1315 followers. 
As of August 2021, A Long Winter has over 349,000 hits, 12,300 kudos, 1,000 comments and 4,100 bookmarks on Archive of Our Own. The Thirteen Letters has over 244,000 hits, 9,400 kudos, 720 comments and 2,400 bookmarks. The final story Not Easily Conquered has over 179,000 hits, 10,900 kudos, 1,100 comments and 1,900 bookmarks. The series as a whole has been bookmarked more than 6,000 times.
==Synopsis==
===Summary===
====A Long Winter====
====The Thirteen Letters====
====Not Easily Conquered====
==Podfic and Translations==
===Podfics===
*A Long Winter (podfic), also includes The Thirteen Letters, by ShannonXL 
*(Podfic) The Thirteen Letters by wolveheart
*(Podfic) Not Easily Conquered by wtfrenchtoast
===Translations===
A Long Winter:
*Долгая Зима by raitelir (Russian translation)
*A Long Winter (Trường Đông Giá) by blueskyandpudding (Vietnamese translation)
The Thirteen Letters:
*Тринадцать Писем by Asperatus and SolidHate (Russian translation)
*The Thirteen Letters (Mười ba lá thư) by goldcloudy (Vietnamese translation)
Not Easily Conquered:
*Несломленные by Asperatus and SolidHate (Russian translation)
*Bất Nhiên Quy Phục by blueskyandpudding (Vietnamese translation)
==Reactions and Reviews==
===A Long Winter===
===A Long Winter Podfic Review===
===The Thirteen Letters===
===For the Series===
===Criticisms of Peggy's Characterization===
==Fanworks Inspired by this Series==
===Fanfiction and Poetry===
*Shadows: An Epistolary Poem From Steve Rogers to Bucky Barnes by cooking_with_hailstones
*too close to the sun by charmedatmidnight
*The Hour For Loving by solarfemm
*Bone Of My Bones by thegeminisage
*Absolution poem by varooooom
*To The End by MyriadQuiddities
*Words I Never Said by TheRedMenace
*Six Chambers by nebulas
*Fair In Love And War by awitcherwalksintoabard
*your love has reduced me to but a mess of bones - a tender soul longing to love and hold by thresbian
===Art===
* art by thedarkwoodswitch
* by sillysovietstrawberry
* by that-shipper
*Womb to Tomb Sweetheart by DeanGrayson
* by deandraws
===Graphics===
* by maplefiasco
* by beckbarmes, graphics overlayed with quotes from the fic from Steve's POV
* by beckbarmes, graphics overlayed with quotes from the fic from Bucky's POV
* by camdenhells
* by fyeahsebbystan
* moodboard by k347
* by jasmineisabel
* by someone-borrowed
* by aescapisms
* by abovethesmokestacks
* by alderhaan
* by lizziebennet
* by antoniadreykovs
* by oldbrooklynsoul
* by viciousmaukeries
* by facinaoris
* by psmayaps
* by infinitieswar
* by parseltonguekinq
* moodboards by the-marvel-what
* by softesteve
* by axolotl-druk
===Gif Sets===
* by soldierror
* by fllorencepugh
* by nkhra
* by but-i-loved-you-first
* by romanoba
* by aridante
* by yelenafbelova
===Fanmixes===
*womb to tomb by callunavulgari
* by thatcrazymind
* by aescapisms
* by jerkrogers
* by sportsbruja
* by funinthecorner
* by ilvalentinos
* by jimmmyvesey
* by rogehrs
* by honeybeebaker
===Vids===
*I Loved You First (Not Easily Conquered) by TeamHodgins
*Womb to Tomb by the happy years
==Example Art Gallery==
File:A Long Winter cover.png|Cover art for A Long Winter by farrells (2015), one of three covers created for the series
File:The Thirteen Letters Cover.png|Cover art for The Thirteen Letters by farrells (2015)
File:Not Easily Conquered cover.png|Cover art for Not Easily Conquered by farrells (2015)
File:A Long Winter.jpg|Cover art for A Long Winter by Amiril (2016)
File:The Thirteen Letters Cover art.jpg|Cover art for The Thirteen Letters by starsnshields (2016)
File:Thirteen Letters.jpg|Art for The Thirteen Letters by LABB (2017)
File:Not Easily Conquered.jpg|Art by lyselkatz/Lysel (2018)
File:Beside him Steve quakes before the oldest and the only god.jpg|beside him Steve quakes before the oldest and the only god by muffinshark (2020)
File:A Long Winter moodboard.jpg|Moodboard by soldierror (2020)
==Links==
*the stevebucky bible an entry at Urban Dictionary about this series
==References==
Category:The Avengers FanfictionCategory:Slash Fanfiction 
Category:2014 Fanfiction
Category:2021 Featured Articles