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[what-the-stark]

Relationship/Romanticism Headcanon Meme

Name: Anthony Edward Stark

Nickname(s): Tony, Iron Man, The Mechanic, (Tony Stank) man I <3 me some Rhodey

Relationship Status: Verse-dependent

Gender: Cis male

Romantic Orientation: demiromantic, pansexual

Preferred Pet Names: most of them, as long as they're consensual (check-ins are key), open affection kind of ruins him

Opinion on True Love: So, this is a lot for him. Qualitatively, he's seen it, he has to believe it exists. He believes in love in general as an abstract, and that people objectively love him. Quantitatively, he has a hard time putting value on something he can't measure. The concept of romantic love in practice becomes a weighing of evidence that supports the theory. He's been betrayed a few too many times to trust blindly. Alternately, he absolutely believes in true love as a concept for other people. If that makes sense?

Opinion on Love at First Sight: Lust at first sight, for sure. Again, he wouldn't think this was anything that would be meant for him, and I don't think he would even be capable of recognizing that magnitude of emotion for someone he didn't know and trust to a significant degree.

How ‘Romantic’ Are They?: When he's not distracted (which, to be fair is saying a lot) he can be very thoughtful and attentive with a partner, to the point where it can give lovebombing vibes, but only from the angle of excess. He doesn't intend to manipulate, that's actually abhorrent to him, considering how he grew up. There are going to be logical gaps in his behavior; he's a product of his upbringing. He never heard 'I love you' from his father, so it's very rarely something he's going to be comfortable saying flat out, though he can be verbally and physically affectionate otherwise. He's going to spoil them, if they let him. Money means nothing to him, it's the effort and the time spent that matters. He'll research and find obscure or useful gifts they'll like, and if he can, he'll make them himself.

Ideal Physical Traits: Tony can see the value in beautiful people, and he's appreciative, don't get me wrong...but ultimately that's not what does it for him in the long run. A strong sense of character, a brilliant mind or clever sense of humor will absolutely win him over when a pretty face has lost his interest. (but if we have to focus on the physical, he's definitely an ass man, lol)

Ideal Personality Traits: dependability, again with the sense of humor, adventurousness, honesty. He clocks fake people quickly, and he can't be bothered with them. Tony sees (and wears) enough masks in public that he won't tolerate it long-term in his personal life as well.

Unattractive Physical Traits: personal (physical or mental) neglect, addiction, which is ironic considering the shit he's pulled, I realize. But I guess the trigger for him seeing someone else suffering like that is the threat of pulling him back down, too.

Unattractive Personality Traits: manipulation, cruelty, selfishness, disloyalty, dishonesty, cowardliness

Ideal Date: depends entirely on the person, and that will ultimately be his focus. He's going to have more fun knowing the encounter is tailored for the one he's with, and that they will enjoy themself and be put at ease. If it were just his preference, he'd probably stay at home (or somewhere very remote), those would be the only places he ever really gets to be himself without qualification.

Do They Have a Type?: He has a lot of types, to be honest, but what will grab him every time is a smartass who challenges him. He can't even help himself. Alternately, someone charming, kind, and capable can draw his attention (and since those attributes aren't mutually exclusive, some individuals really take him out lol)

Average Relationship Length: this depends largely on what stage of his life it's happening in...when he was younger he had a couple of relationships that were exclusive-ish (is it still exclusive if they cheat on you?), but later on it was pretty much all casual. After Afghanistan, I don't think he would be in a short-term relationship at all, really. It would take too much time to get past his defenses to anything that could even be categorized as romantic.

Preferred Non-Sexual Intimacy: watching movies curled together on a couch, having someone just doing their thing and sitting in the same room when he's working, talking about projects with a partner that gets it (unsurprisingly even his intimacy can have a lot of connections with his work), bathing/showering together, sleeping together (though this always makes him nervous due to his history, he still loves not waking up alone if it's someone that can manage him), massages or especially headrubs (he will actually get as close as a human can to purring)

Commitment Level: again depending on when in his timeline the relationship is occurring, early on, probably not happening, after Afghanistan, committed is all he can be with someone that he allows in like that.

Opinion of Public Affection: he's kind of an exhibitionist, but not to the point that he wants to make people uncomfortable. If he has feelings for someone, for himself he doesn't care who knows (plot depending), and he's lived in the public eye long enough that he can ignore the weight of a few eyes when demonstrating his affections (within reason xD).

Past Relationships?: He's been with/dated both men and women, (Tiberius and Pepper were the longest each of note) though definitely more women than men...publicly, at least. He has no preference for one over the other.

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[inkuboa]

Happy Aromantic Visibility Day!

[amartworks]

had a fun experience on the subway the other day

[anotherpapercut]

I don't really think it's fair to dismiss the idea that that guy might have been framed for killing the CEO as like an unfounded conspiracy theory when NYPD has a proven history of planting/fabricating evidence on people. in 2011 there was a massive investigation of the NYPD and hundreds of cases against people were dismissed after a former police officer testified that they literally have a name for planting evidence on people: flaking. you cannot be out here acting like considering the possibility that cops who do this shit under normal circumstances might possibly also do it when they're under intense global pressure and scrutiny is the same as republicans thinking democrats run a secret pedophile ring in the basement of a pizza restaurant

[lakecountylibrary]

LIBRARY WRAPPED

You checked out... probably some stuff? Thanks for doing that :)

Used our wifi maybe? For something?

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We don't want to know.

Our gift to you is privacy.

Take it.

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[tawnysoup]

Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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[mychemicalbrromance]

Guys ive been reading peak

[eosofspades]

i didn't have "i'm broken" teenage asexual angst i had "i'm literally being the only reasonable one about this concept and the rest of you are behaving like fucking freaks" perception issues

[tariah23]

White people are miserable, racist losers period. They’ve even been getting mad at Japanese people for correcting them about Yasuke as well.

[shorelinnes]

BDS added this section to their boycott page and I think people really need to read it:

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please remember, pushing unorganized boycotts without carefully fact-checking every company in the list can be actively HARMFUL to the boycott movement.

[borrelia]

if you donate one single us dollar to the unrwa, you will have donated more money than you would have by clicking that stupid arab.orb link every day for four and a half years. yes, they do actually donate money to the unrwa, but even with tens of thousands of clicks, most of that money is the baseline $90 they send every quarter. from 2023 quarter 4, half a million clicks turned into $380.57. maths out to six hundreths of one cent per click. just donate to unrwa.

[adriles]

they are Cancelling me for dealing with my grief as best i can . also for the vicious war Crimes

[noodles-and-tea]

Last part whoo!!!

PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3 / PART 4

[yutamayo]

Get car seats for my kids first.

[nenoname]

Stan Pines' drawings

Plus a Stan drawing of debatable canonicity but I love his signature being a dollar sign

[vulpinesaint]

pspspspsps poetry mutuals come here... new quiz... making you the patron saint of something...