#aestarc

[cupidquinn-moved]

@aestarc​ said: "You must be a hell of a thief because you stole my heart from across the room"

     “You’re some kinda rich guy, ain’t ya? So why can’t ya afford a better line?”

[twilightttv-a]

Roxanne in A3

i was struggling so i used Jessica Rabbit as a ref dfkjbhlsf

[auntlarb]

“Okay that one was leagues better.” 

[flamexn]

@aestarc​

“For someone who’s got a full heart but an empty head I sure do end up around a lot of smart people.”

[laughingmagi]

@aestarc prompted: ⚠️ a text meant for someone else.

texting starters || accepting

➤ { text id:Black Sabbath } Oh sweetheart, I know you think you can call research in that dusty old library of yours a fun night in, but I think you’re just taking advantage of the fact that I can read sanskrit.

[hitsharderold]

@aestarc​ replied to My new stripper name will be ron...

“I feel like you’re stealing my brand….”

▌│█║▌║▌║ ➽   ❝ Shaft, Arrow. Get it? Not your brand, not trademarked. Ha! ❞

[beauty-prescribed]

@aestarc gets a birthday surprise from Autumn!

“Where is it, where is it?” Autumn murmured to herself as she shifted through the large stack of envelopes on the counter. Her eyes quickly scanned over the neatly printed white envelopes containing bills, ads for grocery coupons, marketing ploys ( seriously, was there ANY WAY they could pay these people to just put their stuff in the SHREDDER ? ), and the occasional invitational to an event. Autumn was beginning to worry when she finally found the pale blue envelope, her name scribbled nearly illegibly, resting just shy from being the last one at the bottom of the stack.

“Yes!” Her concern was quickly made obselete and was immediately replaced with E X C I T E M E N T. Forgoing the rest of the mail stack that had accumulated over the past week, she quickly tore open the seal and peeked inside. Two large dark objects filled the majority of the space. Additionally, a folded up piece of paper was what caught her attention first. Pulling it out, she unfolded the paper and read mass of scribbles: 

“Hey Autumn,               Hope this gets to you in time. Would be a shame to suddenly miss out on the greatest event of the weekend because of a mail blunder. The lanyards are all good to go. Just put them on and you’ll be able to give yourselves the night of your life.               Oh, and buy the big man a drink for me. Wish I could be there with you!                                                                                                    - Hunter”

A smile crept across her face while she read the note in Hunter’s deep voice, recalling fondly the years they spent together as friends in high school and college. Hunter had dropped out of college and started working full-time as a transport crew member for shows. Now, he was the lead tech director for some of the most POPULAR artists. 

                                                                                         And that brought perks. 

Setting aside the paper note, Autumn reached inside and pulled out one of the lanyards. A large placard was decorated with the return of AC/DC’S “BACK IN BLACK” TOUR, with the phrase ALL ACCESS printed in large gold letters at the very bottom. The neckpiece of the lanyard was a mix of black, silver, and red corded material. ‘Tony’s going to love this!’ she told herself again for the hundredth time this week as she shoved the lanyard back into the envelope and rushed downstairs.

                      ❂                   ❂                      ❂                     ❂

“Hey Lumiere!” Autumn called over the loud music as she trotted to him, the envelope clutched in her hand. Even on his birthday, Tony could be found working long and hard on his next project. This time, Autumn was sure that this little surprise would help him enjoy it as he was meant to. As soon as he finally caught notice of her, Autumn made her way over to Tony and embraced him in a warm hug. “I know I’ve said it a hundred times but I’ll say it again: Happy Birthday. And this time, I’ve got an actual present for you. Not that those little red velvet brownies WEREN’T a present but this ― ” she held out the blue envelope to him, her smile growing wider in anticipation “This just might top that.”

[beckonkill]

@aestarc asked for a surprise ▽ – Martin and FFH!Quentin

THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

They froze as the company’s namesake walked into view.  It was like a mirror had been set up beside Quentin, reflecting a nigh perfect view of him.

No one was supposed to know about this, least of all Tony Stark himself.  It threw one of Quentin’s greatest tricks straight out the window. Not to mention the blatant disregard of company policy--

“Oh, fuck,” Martin whispered to himself, never one to have any finesse or skill in manipulating a situation.  

Quentin had to resist the urge to hit him then and there.

[rockingthe45]

If you were ground coffee, you’d be Espresso cause you’re so fine

Steve’s eyes narrowed before a slow, sly smile touched the corner of his lips.

“Well--” he leaned his elbow on the corner of the counter and attempted to look easy-going and, dare he try it, flirty.

“I know how much you like coffee.”

[chokethelight]

    “Doom finds that hard to believe.” Really, he did find that quite hard to believe, but was that a true reason to poke, and prod at Stark? No, most likely not. However, that didn’t mean he wouldn’t. “He also finds... your lack of secrecy concerning.” A pause. “If you wanted Doom here... near you? Tony Stark should have said so.”

@aestarc xxx

[cupidquinn-moved]

@aestarc hit that ❤💋

     “Are y’really paying for a two dollar coffee with a Black AmEx?” Harley asked. She really didn’t mean to snoop, but she had a fond memory of stealing one of those after a dinner date with herself. She’d been able to buy a fresh new wardrobe before it had gotten turned off. What a great couple of days that had been!

[twilightttv-a]

Tony Stark in 5D or 6C maybe ??

[illusiione]

      Tony Stark is dead. Has been dead, for over a year now. And the world finally seems to be settling in his absence. Oh, there are still the (tacky) murals and (overblown) memorials, token displays of grief and gratitude that probably aren’t going away any time soon. At the end of the day, people aren’t that good at moving on. Iron Man’s demise left quite the void, after all. A dark, all-consuming black hole of despair that the public was eager to fill -- and that was where Mysterio came into the spotlight. But even that feels like history, now. Quentin Beck rose and fell, and in spite of his best efforts he couldn’t even bring a literal teenager in tights down with him. No, Spider-Man (poor little Staci Pratt) is working his way back to the top while detractors like Jameson can only nip pitifully at his heels.

      The world has changed. Is still changing, every day. Which is why Quentin is more than a little surprised when he’s confronted with something (someone) straight from the past.

      It was pure luck that his team were among the first to hear that Tony Stark had returned, somehow. It was even purer luck that they were able to get to him before the press or the people could catch wind of his apparent resurrection. As it turns out, with the right amount of tech and manpower, even the mightiest of heroes are apt to crumble. Not to mention the fact that whatever happened to him has clearly knocked Tony off his A-game. A cocktail of anesthetics have kept him off his A-game while the team brought him back to one of their bases of operations. A space where Quentin now has Tony alone.

      He’s younger than he was when he died. Not nearly as scarred up as he should be, given what the Infinity Stones did to his body. No, he looks more like the Tony Stark from before -- before any of the Snaps, before the Blip, before the world turned upside down. Quentin watches him come to with rapt fascination, but still keeps his distance from where Tony is bound to a chair. A few drones hover nearby on silent alert.

      The illusionist keeps just as quiet while the billionaire regains consciousness. He wants to see what Tony will do unprompted.

/ @aestarc

[strangcrdoctor]

📂 📂

Okay sorry for this big long-ass tangent, but we’re going there. Because apparently I deleted my previous detailed headcanons post about Stephen’s watch collection, but since I need to bring it back around I’m gonna. Bring it back around. This is a mix of what’s featured in the exact MCU canon as well as what I personally have added for my own amusement. 

So first and foremost we’ll talk about his watch drawer in the film, because I read a hilarious article at one point pointing out that it’s actually not ideal for watch winders to be stored horizontally instead of vertically, and all of Stephen’s watch winders are horizontal. The reason that it’s not ideal for watch winders to be stored horizontally is because winders are designed to keep automatic watches wound and on-time perpetually in spite of not being worn. Automatic watches are a subset of mechanical watches - the primary two categories being quartz (run on battery) and mechanical (run by mechanically winding the mainspring) - that instead of needing to be wound at the crown are wound by a freely-moving internal rotor, which winds the watch by spinning and generating kinetic energy to wind the mainspring rather than needing to be wound by hand at the crown like a traditional mechanical watch. (Most automatics also have a manual-wind function at the crown, but not all do.) Now, given that, winders that are set up horizontally have a harder time moving the internal rotors because slow side-to-side motion doesn’t generate as much momentum on those internal rotors as up-and-down motion does. The reason being, the rotor is oriented to the shape of the watch case, which is usually flat against the case back. If a watch case is oriented horizontally on a winder, the winder usually doesn’t spin fast enough to generate any movement of the rotor and therefore doesn’t wind the watch. If a watch winder is oriented vertically, and the watch therefore spinning on a vertical axis, the rotor will naturally turn as the winder turns following the pull of gravity, and will generally keep the watch wound which is the point of the winder. QED: Stephen Strange, in spite of being a big watch aficionado, apparently doesn’t even have effective watch winders which fucking cracks me up.

Even worse considering all that, Stephen has approximately (as far as we are shown) at least 10-12 watch winders in that drawer. Watch winders of that size, shape, and assumed quality usually run $150-$300 apiece. So do that math, and that’s not even the watches. That’s the winders. THAT DON’T DO WHAT THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO.

Alright, next up, Stephen has some other pretty major investment pieces in that drawer from what we can see. So I will leave it to an obsessive watch article online that identified Stephen has also got another Jaeger LeCoultre, a Grande Reverso in rouge, which started on the market at $35k, a Tag Heuer Monaco chronograph which depending on the vintage/model could range from $5k-$15k, and a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona which usually range from $20k-$80k. What the others are I can’t really determine and an official list was never released, but just know that Stephen had all of his winders full, and at the going rate of his collection, that’s uh. To say the least, one very expensive collection. I will also add to that list that it looks like Stephen has a very traditional field style watch on a NATO strap, which based on the dial and case size is probably at least WWII vintage or designed to be reminiscent of it, and likely to be hand-wound rather than automatic, but is nonetheless a true collector’s piece given the interest antique watches still have in the luxury sphere. My personal headcanon regarding that more antique looking watch is that it was his grandfather’s - that is Eugene Strange’s father - field watch he wore at the Ardennes in 1944. It has some shrapnel dents in the casing, but Stephen has kept it in excessively good condition. And even when he liquidated the rest of his collection, he kept that one and put it into storage with what few personal effects he wanted to keep.

Now for Stephen’s watch from Christine, the Jaeger LeCoultre Ultra-Thin Perpetual. Which, ladies and gents, I have held a Jaeger LeCoultre Perpetual, and they are gorgeous. Regardless of this movie, having worked in the luxury watch industry for 8 months I learned a hell of a lot and got quite a bit of personal taste for myself, and that included my respect and value for the fact that JLC’s are worth their money. Jaeger LeCoultre is still comparatively a very small company that specializes and in very Stark-esque fashion has designed some of the best advancements in modern watch movement making. Their pieces are constructed in-house from top to bottom, and wear like iron. They’re the McLaren of the watchmaking world: bent on functional superiority, craft, and style. Stephen’s JLC is an automatic with what is called a perpetual calendar function, which means it has complications for marking day of the week, day of the month, month of the year, year, and moon phase. In automatic watches this is especially spectacular considering each complication - meaning each one in that list above is its own complication - is an added mechanism that feeds off of the primary chronometer movement and automatic rotor. JLC also specializes in some of the sleekest multi-function automatic movements in the world, which is what makes so many functions in an ultra-thin automatic so impressive. It is also a watch that bottoms at $20k, which means that Christine Palmer ain’t no poor bunny, honey. It also means that their relationship isn’t just some shallow thing. If Stephen Strange wasn’t worth her time at all, Christine wouldn’t have even bothered to give him that gift, let alone engrave it. It also shows how much Christine knows about Stephen because of all the watches Stephen owns, the JLC does suit him the best. Sorry guys but this sucked up 8 months of my life and I still love it in some small way but lord can I not shut up about it apparently.

But as one parting shot across the bow about Stephen’s JLC, even when the crystal was cracked in the course of the film, JLCs come with extensive warranties. And given the year of the film and when that particular model was released, it’s immeasurably likely that the watch is still under warranty. (Also let’s be real - if Christine dropped $20k on this bitch boy’s watch, she would throw in that 5 year warranty plan.) Which means that since Stephen didn’t get the crystal repaired, at least not by the end of the film, it’s not because he necessarily couldn’t afford to. Crystal replacements are always covered in watch warranties, so more than likely, for sentimental and deeply symbolic reasons, Stephen elected not to replace the crystal because it being broken has its own meaning to his life now. Which isn’t, you know, totally damn heartbreaking.

Alright, last bit and I’m just adding this as an aside - I also headcanon that Stephen has a pocket watch from his grandmother’s line, a Tavannes chronograph that she carried during her own service in WWII, and it’s the only other watch he kept from his collection aside from his grandfather’s and the JLC from Christine. Stephen maintains an obsessive love for timepieces, but unless otherwise gifted one, doesn’t have any means or plans to re-start a new collection... 

Though, he has made it a personal project to restore every clock and watch stored in the Sanctums, which for him is just as satisfying.

[laughingmagi]

@aestarc​ hit that ❤

     “I like you, don’t get me wrong, but I’m really not sure y’ready f’my tragic origin story.”

[stormweathered-arc1]

F & V for the valentine's alphabet

Valentine’s Day Headcanons!

F   :   FLIRT.   is your muse good at flirting? how do they flirt?

It —— depends. He’s not subtle, either way. His love language is touch, though —— if he’s flirting, he’s often touching, really close in someone’s space, catching their eye, offering those huge brilliant smiles. his interest is plain, even though he’s often outwardly very polite and gentle about it; he doesn’t get suggestively flirty or naughty about it until after he’s comfortable with someone. he feeds off the other person, too, though, and if it’s reciprocated he’ll join in happily. 

he’s not the best at witty one-liners. don’t expect cunning flirty one-liners and pick-up lines unless you’re wanting something real cheesy about his hammer.

V : VALENTINE. how does your muse feel about valentine’s day?

answered here !