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[toniestank]

INVENTOR TONY in WHAT IF...? 2.08 What If the Avengers Assembled in 1602?

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[prmssm]

I went on an archeological dig through old sketchbooks for anything multiverse Tony related, and found a few scrappy gems

[dumbledore221b]

I. Am. Iron. Man.

The most anticipated climax of any movie franchise ever.

[howtheavengerswould]

how would the avengers react when avenger! reader is able to lift thor’s hammer?

requests open!

how the avengers would react...

𝙄𝙁 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙍'𝙎 𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍? (IM TRYING TO INSERT PICTURES BUT IT WONT WORK)

Thor was most likely the most confused. What started with training ended in deafened silence as you had simply caught his hammer from midair. He would try to call the hammer back, but it simply stayed in your grip, your own shocked eyes meeting his. He would laugh, clapping his hands together and staring pointedly at your grip on the hammer, before striding up to you and plucking it from your hands. His ego was definitely bruised, not that he'd let anyone know.

Steve always knew you had the capacity to do it, you simply never tried. It was something he was curious of--who exactly would be deemed as worthy, but he had a guess, that if anyone was, it'd be you. You were definitely the nicest of the group, and he wasn't very shocked when you had lifted it from the table at one of Tony's parties. He noticed, however, how you'd stared at your hands like you'd just made a miracle, and patted you on the back, letting you know that it wasn't that surprising, and that you were indeed worthy of holding the legendary hammer.

Tony had been there when Steve had seen you lift the hammer, and his first instinct was to play a prank on the rest of the team. He'd drunkenly invite you over to his side of the couch, brazenly whispering in your ear his idea: "You should put the hammer on top of..." he'd cut himself off with laughter, but would finish his sentence, nearly doubled over, "their stuff." It would take a hot second for you to figure out quite what he meant, but when you realised, it was enough to send the two of you into a fit of giggles.

Natasha was the first victim of you and Tony's antics. The spy always woke up earlier than anyone else for training, and walking into the training room the next morning, she'd find her catsuit stuck under the hammer. Of course, no one was awake to hear the frustrated pleas of the Black Widow--other than you and Tony, of course, hiding away in his workshop, and watching from a camera. Natasha, ever the attentive woman, would spot the new camera, and march herself down into Tony's workshop... and kindly 'ask' for you to move it. She half expected Thor to be with Tony, but when she'd seen you, she managed to put two and two together. She was proud of you, of course... after the frustration and mild silent treatment ended.

Clint was next, and shortly following Natasha, he would find his bow trapped under the hilt of Mjolnir. He nearly had a fit, stomping with mild annoyance towards an innocent Thor's room, who had been so preoccupied with his findings of 'video games' that he hadn't even noticed his hammer's dissapearance. Thor, now the victim of Clint's morning annoyance, would try to eagerly rope the archer into playing with him. The pair would only be found later that night, passed out over chips and a few broken controllers. (...when Clint did find out who exactly had trapped his bow, he would laugh outwardly, and then whisper a good-natured warning in your ear, "Don't do it again, or I'm putting you in one of those holding cells until the next person finds you.")

Bruce was, of course, the unfortunate last member of Tony's incredible prank ideas. He would find the door to his lab jammed shut by Mjolnir, but of course, the culprit hadn't exactly left the scene of the crime. You'd been setting it up when he had stumbled upon you, five minutes earlier to his usual arrival time, and simply stared in shock at the sight of you holding the hammer. "So... have you been able to do that the whole time, or is that new?" You'd laugh it off together, and the hammer would definitely be used as a party trick in the future.

[tifftac]

the savior

[squids-comics]

The A on Cap's helmet is only a sticker. This feels like cursed knowledge.

Also, he has an anti hypnosis circuit (?) under the A. Magneto doesn't have his anti-telepathy helmet yet, making Cap the most defended from mental attacks by his choice of headwear (except maybe Juggernaut, I can't remember if his helmet is telepathy proof yet).

From: Tales of Suspense #79

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"How 'bout you start?" Bucky said. "'Cause frankly I don't know what you want from me, except maybe for me to just not be in the Tower at all, and that ain't really an option, for a variety of reasons." Chief among those reasons being the fact that Bucky quite literally had nowhere else to go. And even if that hadn't been the case, now that she'd finally been reunited with both Steve and Natasha, her best friend and the woman she'd loved more than life itself, she didn't want to leave. Maybe that was selfish, but Bucky couldn't find it in herself to care all that much about what was and wasn't selfish. She'd spent long enough out in the cold.

Besides, she was telling Stark the truth -- she didn't know what he wanted from her. In fact, if it had been up to her she would have been perfectly content to continue avoiding him, since he'd made it plain that he didn't want her to inflict her presence on him any more than was necessary. But as Stark had said, Steve was pushing them together, and if Bucky knew one thing about Steve, it was that once he'd gotten the bit between his teeth, he wouldn't back down for anyone or anything.

Tony had never really figured out how to process his feelings. Instead, it was easier to let them out with a snarky remark or drown them with whiskey. Talking about them didn't come naturally. Even though apparently it made shit easier - Doubtful. "Rogers is trying to push us together - Very subtle." He sat back in his seat, eyes finally looking to Jane. He studied her for a moment. The woman that Steve Rogers would go to Hell and back for. Sure, Tony could understand the power of friendship and all that magical bullshit, but it didn't mean it hurt any less to be cast to the side in favour of the woman who'd killed his parents.

However, Tony was trying to be a better person. It may not have immediately looked like it but he was. He'd been working through things with a therapist and whilst he wasn't fully there - nor did he think he ever would be - he was definitely further along than he had been. A sigh left him. "He's not going to stop pushing up together until we talk so we may as well do that." Jaw was set, faintly stubborn. "Do you want to start or will I?"

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MCU Rewatch #2: IRON MAN 2 (2010)

General impressions: Kind of a hot mess but fun though?

This movie did not suck and I did not hate watching it. Still, kind of a mess in places for reasons that weren't entirely its fault.

I think maybe the single biggest thing that fucked this film over is the difficulty of making a movie about the evils of the military-industrial complex while taking money from the US military. It worked in the first Iron Man, because Tony started that movie as such a complete unwitting villain of an international arms dealer that moving away from that at all was clear heroic improvement. Here, we've already achieved that -- so how do we continue on the path without undercutting ourself?

The main question this movie asks is whether I'd prefer this hyper-capable superweapon suit be in the possession of the US Military at large, or one libertarian billionaire with the self-preservation and thrill-seeking tendencies of a Kennedy. Unfortunately, the answer to that question is a vehement NO PLEASE, and that's not really an option. So we're left with questions that get brought up (who can we trust with this technology, and why?), and no good answers, because the movie got them big US Armed Forces millions and therefore can't just say 'nobody'.

The Hero: Well, Tony Stark remains the single best thing about this film, so there's that at least.

There's a great line of continuity here with the first movie. We've already seen that Tony is over-the-top, prone to too far and too fast and too much. In the original movie, we get to see that channeled towards trying to improve the world -- but now that the goal isn't as clear as "stop these specific guys from destroying this one specific town" or "don't die", there's really nowhere to point it. Add on the fact that he's dying, and Tony is a powderkeg of disastrous impulses and flashy self-destruction. It makes sense. It's hard to watch sometimes, but it's also fun to watch, in a cool movie explosions sort of way, and it manages to resolve messily enough to feel earned but also hopeful. RDJ does a great job with Tony's over-the-top disaster self, but also his quieter moments, especially watching back video of his dad. It's good acting for a film with this many explosions.

The Villain: Painfully forgettable, unfortunately.

Look, it's not like 'son of a guy who worked with Howard Stark, working to ensure his father's legacy' doesn't have potential here. There's room for Tony to see himself in both Ivan Vanko and Justin Hammer. It's just never actually realized. We don't get to delve into comparing the complexities of fathers' legacies, and neither of these two people really have anything to do with the true conflict of this movie, IE Tony vs himself.

Tony himself is sort of the other villain of this movie, with his self-sabotage and his desperation. The emotional conflict here has nothing to do with the actual bad guys and everything to do with him. Unfortunately, in a superhero movie, while IM2 gets points for having that level of internal conflict it really is important for the external conflict to reflect those themes back, which it Does Not.

The Ensemble: Unfortunately underused, except for Rhodey.

Sadly, Pepper got shafted here. Most of her attempts to help went weird (WHY are you charging onto the racetrack like that, what is even happening), and there was a little more shrieking and running than I'd hope/expect from the lady who found and then accompanied the SHIELD guys so skillfully in IM1. For someone who's been promoted to Fortune 500 CEO, you'd think she'd be more...active? competent? Sigh. Still, Pepper's always fun.

Natasha felt weird after a decade of knowing her through other things. Scarlett Johanssen was about 25 when this was filmed and she looks like a baby. I don't know how to square that with Natalia Romanova, Red Room veteran and SHIELD convert who changed sides long enough ago that she's respected and trusted in the organization by now.

Rhodey though...it's interesting. I think it's very clear that Rhodey loves Tony, and is doing his best to be the best friend he can to him. I just don't think that Rhodey, fundamentally, is a very good friend for him. He's a colonel who works in weapons development. He is always, always, no matter what, going to have those priorities and exigencies pulling on him. He values what the US Military stands for. And that's a complicated and in many ways deeply unfortunate perspective for Tony to be dealing with, in these circumstances.

The Plot: Oh no, Iron Man 2. Oh no.

Look I'm not saying it doesn't, for the most part, work. There's just a lot of Applied Phlebotinum in this one. Tony synthesized a new element in his basement based on a secret his dad built into a model city in the 1950s? Like, just sit with that one for two seconds and then tell me hey what the fuck. (I do not think these filmmakers know how the periodic table works.)

Like, the actual events stacked up more or less ok, but because the villains were boring and detached from the actual emotional core of the movie, they just kind of...hung there. It didn't hold together well, unfortunately, although I am sure there's worse to come.

The Franchise: Well, this didn't kill the MCU, so there's that.

I need to write that post about the promises made by IM1, but the two biggest things that this movie attempts to follow up on are the consequences of a world with open superhero identities, and the problems with the military-industrial complex. I already talked about how the failed attempt to deal with that second theme is the root of a lot of this movie's issues, but I think the open superhero identities thing is one of the movie's big strengths.

We get to see a lot of fallout from Tony coming out as Iron Man! There's no superhero secret identity hunt; there are Congressional committees, and there's federal agents setting spies and putting him on house arrest, and there are real-world copycats. Rather than these things all being Tony's Problem Alone, these impacts feel very tied into the entire world. There's no weird isolation of Superhero Problems. Venko is Tony's problem because he's trying to kill Tony specifically, and using tech only Tony can understand to do it. I think this was well done! (I'm glad something was.)

VERDICT: A Flawed-But-Fun 5/10

I don't think this counts as an objectively good movie, but I think it was a fine popcorn flick. (And I know it gets worse. Of course it does.) 50% seems just about right.

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Hurt and comfort

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Bruce rolled his eyes, grabbing a coffee and passing one to Tony.

"Alright, what have you been up to, then? How can I possibly help?"

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"You know, sometimes I think you just want the Hulk to come out and play so you can have someone to play with, with your little experiments" Bruce teased and sat down next to Tony, offering to get a coffee for him. "You care, because you want to do good. And you've done so much better than anyone can ever expect from how you used to be. You changed for the better, Tony. Don't ever forget that. You lived, you laugh, you learn."

"What?? Me? Never! That would be wildly irresponsible! And ridiculous! ...I want Hulk to have someone to play with!" Tony argued, ending it with a toothy grin. Tony made it no secret he had a fondness for the not-so-Jolly Green Giant. He really thought that Bruce could get a hang of it, balancing the two personalities. Neither Hulk nor Bruce were 'the bad one', they were both just...regular guys. As much as either of them could be, of course.

"Wow. Never thought I'd get a mid-western mom platitude from you, Brucie. I definitely need alcohol if you're going to keep giving me those. Wine aunt I may not be, but I can't take more than that while sober." Tony joked, trying to subtly distract from the issue. "You wanna do good too, Big Green. Don't forget that. And stop being so mushy, it's giving me diabetes."

[prmssm]

headcanon that 616! tony would look and move like a flip book in these meetings,,, like, his being flickers between different designs over the years, but also his colouring, the effects, and he just has the slightly stiff yet smooth movement of a paper animation,,, like Hobie from spider-verse,,,

Oh that's really cool, I can see that! It also works well with that other idea from a trillion years ago, where he might spontaneously pop into a different design for a second when he's having a particularly jumbled month, in terms of having wildly different writers and artists on 616-based books that are releasing simultaneously.

[cosm1cbrownie]

stay. based on chapter 3 of @veldeia 's AA fic, Every Beat, Every Breath

ao3 version here

[ilyanarasputin]

iron man vol. 3 #1 (1998)

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"It was a joke," Bucky said, trying her best to keep her tone reassuring. "Nothing's blown up, at least as far as I know, and definitely not my arm -- I mean, geez, Tony, as if you'd wire somethin' into my body that would blow up! Have a little more respect for your own skills."

Tony's wildly oscillating highs and lows when it came to his own creations still baffled Bucky. Sure, sometimes things didn't go the way he planned -- the current VR emergency being a case in point -- but that was generally due to outside interference, not some flaw inherent in the invention. And when it came to things that would actually be attached to a live human being, Tony was incredibly thorough and exacting. The likelihood of her new prosthesis exploding without a bomb being strapped to it was, in Bucky's mind, about as close to nil as made no difference.

Approaching Tony's seat and peering over his shoulder at the screen in front of him, she asked, "How's damage control goin'? Anythin' I can do to help?"

Granted, given that she was not even remotely on Tony's level when it came to technology, the only help she was really qualified to give would be to track the asshole hacker down and punch him in the face. How helpful that would be was anyone's guess, but at least it would be satisfying.

@murder-popsicle sent "💬, and i’ll use a line from a sentence meme i’ve reblogged to make a starter for you"

I have made many mistakes this week.

"What?" Tony didn't even look at the door as Bucky walked in. "Let me guess: the updates on your arm misfired and blew up a hospital. The children's ward, specifically." He hoped he was being sarcastic, but the moment the words left his lips, the unbidden fear came rushing in: what if he had messed up that badly? What if the improvements he'd promised Bucky would make her life easier had done the opposite? What if people had gotten hurt? What if it was all his fault?

Just like everything else.

He stood, hovering over a computer monitor, which showed a map with thousands of glowing lights upon every inch. Some flickered, more went out. Good. He pointed to one of his employees, sitting at a computer nearby. "Sector 12, shut it down."

It sufficed to say the newest product from Stark Industries--a VR system that was meant to be 'good innocent fun' before it was hacked by one of the many super villains after Tony's head--was not going well. That his stocks had also plummeted that morning, and his personal life was in shambles, all added up to a very-bad-not-so-good-day, and Tony was just waiting for the other, other, shoe to drop.

"That was a joke," he added over his shoulder, speaking to Bucky again. "Tell me it was a joke."