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sad reality of the fanfic-to-published work economy is that the weirdest people are willing to do it. that's why there's now hundreds of shitty no plot cishet hate-to-love enemies-to-lovers books that are ex reylo fanfic. and it's not even good. that's because the people who wrote book-quality steve/bucky and kirk/spock fic are too normal to think to themselves "i should get this porn published". they're too busy working in local government offices

#seriously #if I have to see one more booktok book with a cover that is so obviously reylo coded I’m gonna scream

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#oooo #makes me wanna draw #tony stark #iron man #robert downey jr #artwork #art #marvel #watercolour #fanart

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Try measure loss...

#bundi I love your blog but damn I did not expect all that heartache today #peter parker #tony stark #mcu

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possibly the saddest edit i've ever made...

#ahahahah #ouch #Weih gave you the right #iron man #marvel

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Tony, the futurist

Buckle in folks, I've had some thoughts and I'm about to make it ✨everyone's✨ problem.

Been thinking about Tony Stark, the futurist who saw the end of the world.

Tony, who in IM1 escapes kidnapping and torture and says, "I shouldn't be alive. Unless if was for a reason."

who, in The Avengers, has this exchange with Bruce Banner:

Tony: You know, I've got a cluster of shrapnel, trying every second to crawl its way into my heart. This stops it. This little circle of light. It's part of me now, not just armor. It's a… terrible privilege. Bruce: But you can control it. Tony: Because I learned how. Bruce: It's different. Tony: Hey, I've read all about your accident. That much gamma exposure should've killed you. Bruce: So you're saying that the Hulk… the other guy… saved my life? That's nice. It's a nice sentiment. Saved it for what? Tony: I guess we'll find out. Bruce: You might not like that. Tony: You just might.

Right after this, Cap tells Tony, "You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you."

And then Tony flies a nuke into a wormhole, tries to call his girlfriend because he thinks these are his last moments, did not go in there expecting to survive.

Although he survives, he witnesses an alien army so terrifying, so unbeatable, it gives him crippling PTSD nightmares and panic attacks, knowing they are not prepared to defend the earth.

I'm thinking about Tony who, in AOU, gets manipulated by Wanda into witnessing his worst nightmare.

Which, by the way, involves losing all of his newfound friends.

Later, he has this exchange with Nick Fury:

Tony: And I'm the man who killed the Avengers. I saw it. I didn't tell the team, how could I? I saw them all dead, Nick. I felt it. The whole world, too. It's because of me. I wasn't ready. I didn't do all I could. Fury: The Maximoff girl, she's working you, Stark. Playing on your fear. Tony: I wasn't tricked, I was shown. It wasn't a nightmare, it was my legacy. The end of the path I started us on. Fury: You've come up with some pretty impressive inventions, Tony. War isn't one of them. Tony: I watched my friends die. You'd think that'd be as bad as it gets, right? Nope. Wasn't the worst part. Fury: The worst part is that you didn't.

Tony's worst fear is to survive in a world he's failed to save. He has to "do all [he] could" or else the future he's terrified of will happen and it will be his fault.

(Not to put too fine a point on it, but there's a reason why Tony and Peter are so compatible as mentor and mentee.)

Tony's seen what's coming, and he's willing to do whatever it takes.

Here's the thing, though:

Tony doesn't actually want to die.

In AOU, when they're arguing about why he created Ultron, Tony says this to Cap:

"Isn't that the mission? Isn't that the 'why we fight'? So we get to go home?"

He tells Bruce that the reason they should create Ultron is to have "peace in our time."

He tells Pepper that his constant tinkering, his inability to ever, ever rest is because he needs to keep her safe from the oncoming threat.

Tony has a life he wants to protect, people he wants to keep safe. And, unlike the other Avengers, he knows exactly how impossible this will be to achieve.

Tony is the only Avenger who understands how severely outmatched they are. Maybe Thor understands the threat, but he has no ability to imagine losing.

Tony tries to get them to understand:

Tony: Recall that? A hostile alien army came charging through a hole in space. We're standing three hundred feet below it. We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the live long day, but, that up there? That's… that's the end game. How were you guys planning on beating that? Steve: Together. Tony: We'll lose. Steve: Then we'll do that together, too.

Well, they do lose. And they don't do it together.

And it turns out Tony was right about everything.

He was right that he would survive to face his world that he'd failed to save.

He was right that the Avengers would not be enough.

He was right that Bruce's powers would be worthwhile someday.

And, apparently,

some people think he was right that he was only alive for this reason.

Because, obviously, the only "reason" for someone like Tony Stark to be alive is to eventually sacrifice himself, right?

A character so traumatized can only find peace in death.

Right?

No.

Stop that.

Tony Stark may have been willing to risk his life for his family, but that doesn't mean he wanted that to be his end.

Remember when this happened?

Bruce: Saved it for what? Tony: I guess we'll find out. Bruce: You might not like that. Tony: You just might.

Bruce gets to live long enough to like his ending.

Remember when this happened?

All Tony ever wanted to do was make the world a better place.

And, what about this?

You're telling me that Yinsen didn't value family above all else?

That he thought Tony should die and leave them behind?

No.

Tony Stark is a futurist.

He is the Cassandra of the MCU. He warns the others constantly of the oncoming threat that only he, apparently, can see. (Even Thanos calls him "cursed with knowledge.")

No one believes him. Alone, he tries to prepare for the threat that he has witnessed. He sits with his nightmares and tries to find a way around them, constantly.

He builds a life worth living, finds people worth protecting, just like Yinsen told him to.

To protect the future, he does all he possibly can.

Tony deserved to be part of the future too.

#rip out my heart again why will you #and I’m still furious #they did this to him #tony stark defense squad

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Salty Tony (who's identity as Iron Man was never revealed) deciding to become a "Supervillain."

And his very first attempt at being a villain is destorying an Oscorp facility. At night when the employees should be gone.

Unbeknownst to him, that facility was where Peter was being experimented on. (Aunt May and Uncle Ben are dead).

Cue Peter making his escape in the chaos and meeting Iron Man by chance.

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"You!"

Tony tilted his face down and was only slightly started at the sight of a disheveled teen, standing on top of a building no trace of fear.

"You saved me!" The kid was beaming at him.

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Tony's very first attempt at being evil failed miserably and now some teen has imprinted on him.

"Supervillain" Tony with his spider son who won't leave him alone (not that he wants him to).

#bundi your tags are too good #they deserve to be in the post #amazing

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Iron Man 1 really said "the actual bad guy is the white capitalist who is selling arms under the table to both sides in order to extend the war and make as much money from it as possible," and Iron Man 2 really said "the white capitalist who gives a platform to people with bad intentions in order to make a buck is the reason the bad intentions have the opportunity to prosper and cause untold damage," and Iron Man 3 really said "the real terrorist is the white capitalist who will create and use fear to manipulate governments and the public in order to sell a product," and I really don't think enough people recognise this.

#if I get one more person telling me iron man was just about Tony stark being a billionaire I’m gonna scream #it’s 2024 #seriously did we even watch the same movies #team iron man #ironman #iron man #marvel #Tony stark

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must a fictional relationship be “healthy” or “functional”? is it not enough to simply watch two made up people destroy each other, hand in unlovable hand???

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Tony stark 🕶

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can tony really bench press steve?? :o

honestly i do think that it’s entirely possible that he can bench press steve.

according to tony’s SHIELD dossier, he’s about 185 pounds. i did some light digging and on average, someone who’s 181lb and a novice at bench presses can lift an average of 165lb. tony works out regularly. maybe not so much weightlifting compared to his other teammates (his preferred workout in mcu canon seems to be boxing, wing chun, and running). but we gotta remember that the iron man suit is damn hefty. he works regularly with heavy metal, lifting and carrying it across his lab.

plus, look at his ass. he doesn’t get those glutes just from sitting around all day.

so tony isn’t a novice when it comes to weightlifting. he’s fit, he takes care of himself and eats relatively healthy besides the occasional ray’s pizza, burger king, or shawarma. he has the muscles to prove it. i’m gonna say he’s at the very least at the intermediate level when it comes to bench pressing, maybe even advanced because he definitely works out more than what we see on screen. and someone who’s 181lb and intermediate to advanced at bench presses can lift an average of 200-275lb. that means proportionately someone who’s 185lb and at the same level of bench pressing can lift an average of 204-281lb.

steve is 220 pounds, well within the range of what someone of tony’s size and level can bench press.

so in conclusion, 💪 tony is strong as fuck 💪 and he can absolutely bench press steve if he puts his mind to it.

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TONY STARK in I AM IRON MAN (2023) art by Dotun Akande

#tony stark #iron man #dotun akande #Art #fanart

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Good Morning.

Remember what they took from us.

#I will never forget #and I will never forgive #irondad #spiderson #tony stark #peter parker

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@giftober 2023 | Day #5: "Friendship". Tony Stark and James "Rhodey" Rhodes MCU

#iron man #war machine #tony stark #james rhodes #robert downey jr #don cheadle #mcu

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Asgardian AU Part 2: First Meeting

#adorable #tony stark #frostiron #ironfrost

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I love all spideymans equally but the Peter Parker that’s also a pseudo adopted Stark kid is so near and dear to my heart that I’m going to make it everyone’s problem

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The chokehold 2012 Avengers tower fanfiction has on me is insane

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Tony Stark

Avengers (2023) #6

#this man has me in a chokehold #marvel #avengers #tony stark #iron man