tony's biggest fear coming true, over and over again
alternatively titled: "i watched my friends die. you'd think that'd be as bad as it gets, right? nope. wasn't the worst part." "the worst part is that you didn't."
robert downey jr as tony stark in iron man (2008), iron man 3 (2013), avengers: age of ultron (2015), and avengers: infinity war (2018)
If Tony's left arm has been established as a symbol for the minor injuries that he ignores in favor of the larger picture (saving the world) for you, PLEASE go back and watch IM1 starting from when Tony gets off the plane, specifically watching for how Obie interacts with Tony's left arm.
Spoiler alert, it's not gently. He bumps into it regularly, touches it, holds it. Various times, Tony is talking and Obie finds a way to put a hand on his shoulder. Obie hugs Tony on his left side, for pictures and in private. Obie physically pushes Tony's shoulder to make Stark face him.
For an injury that is verbally refrenced once in the entirety of the MCU, Stark's left arm might have been a standing point of concern in the blocking and stage directions for Obie and Tony's interactions
He looks so tired in this scene :(( He‘s probably been working non-stop on the suit, couldn‘t catch a break even after literally being abducted for 3 months
Iron man 1 is so good bc it has a really good redemption arch. (Ppl who seriously think he didn't have anything to redeem, you ARE the problem.)
Anyway, yes, it's a really good redemption story, bc how do u redeem a billionaire? And not just any billionaire, a weapons profiteering billionaire. Someone who was dubbed by the media as "The Merchant of Death", how do u redeem such a man? Yes, he's a genius and yes he does charity work and yes he supports women and free sexuality and yes he's hotter than you grandma's traditional bread right out of the oven but to us, regular ppl, he's an arrogant, self centered, slut that has more money, brains and power than God and he's getting ppl killed!
So how do u make a 39 yo white man-child that has been in this business since birth, aware, responsible, and regretful of his actions and shortcomings? It had to be a situation of enough magnitude that affected him so directly that it pulled him right out of the sewers he had been swimming in.
The guilt? The pain? The responsibility? That's all to be expected. It can never go away bc he realized he had affected the world in such a horrible way for such a long time bc he was busy throwing a 2.5 decades long pity party.
Welcome to my Iron Man 1 spread, the first in my series of MCU journal spreads!
This took me a couple days to make, probably about 10+ hours of work from finding photos, editing said photos, printing it all out at the library, cutting them out, planning the layout, making the arc reactor and quotes, writing all the lil entries and comments, finding the perfect sticker placements and generally staring at a bunch of scraps of paper and trying to figure out what the FUCK to do with them. Of course filming and editing afterwards adds another like 5 hours onto that time haha.
I think my favorite part was drawing the devil horns and tail on Obadiah lol. And of course rambling about like love for the Ironhusbands ship. I wish the red paper with blue pen looked better on camera, but oh well, it looks fuckin wicked in person!
speculation and fandom isn’t enough. i need to interview tony stark.
1. What went through your mind, when nick fury called you a textbook narcissist, that prompted you to say “agreed”? Do you actually agree with that assessment? would you prefer people view you in that lens, regardless of its truth?
2. When did you realize that you wouldn’t survive the blood toxicity? Did you always intend on finding a solution before it became fatal? What was the first time you realized the suit was killing you like?
3. At what point in time did you realize that Peter Parker is like a son to you? When you said you’re “breaking the cycle” handed down by your father in regards to caring for Peter, did you intend to imply that he’s your son? if so, did you hope he would pick up on it? if not, what prompted that phrase?
4. Had you been able to avoid the notice of Rhodey and the US Government in your first mission in the suit (after the escape from the cave), how long would you have kept the suit a secret? did you ever intend on telling anyone else about it? Where you secretly glad you told Rhodey in a relatively non-emotional way?
5. What was it like, coming to earth after the snap? Did you intentionally seek out the names of those snapped? Did you ever explain to Steve who “the kid” is? Did you ever explain to Morgan?