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Victor von Doom, now turned hero, is still reeling from the loss of his arch-nemesis, Reed Richards. While Jonathan Storm still believes his sister Sue Storm-Richards and his brother-in-law Reed Richards to be alive, Victor knows that he agrees with his once-enemy Benjamin Grimm: they are no longer in this world. Still, Victor finds himself joining their travels across the Multiverse along with scientist Rachna Koul, because someone has to save the other Reeds.
In one such universe, he chances upon a tale that is as old as time: a version of himself as Doctor Doom and Reed as he always was: Mister Fantastic, locked in a stalemate above a rose-walled castle.
(Set during Victor's stint as the Infamous Iron Man in Marvel 2-In-One (2017))
(See the end of the work for notes.)
The scene I drew inspiration from, in A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995) can be viewed here.
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