#mit rhodey

[ironspidersblog]

Currently obsessed with thinking about mit era rhodey and Tony

WHAT SHENANIGANS DID THEY GET UP TO

[jarvispoptart]

14 years old Tony at MIT

[winterironrox]

Rhodey throws Tony his first real birthday in their dorm. It’s just the two of them, eating junk food, and watching Star Trek. Jarvis calls around noon and he’s the only other person to wish Tony a happy birthday.

It’s the best birthday Tony has ever had. All the others were about his parents or forgotten in favor of celebrating Steve for Memorial Day.

This is when Tony decides that Rhodey is going to be next to him forever. They are brothers now. And when Rhodey smears grocery store sheet cake on Tony’s face, kisses his cheek, and says “Happy Sweet Sixteen” Tony finally understands how people can cry from happiness.

[itsalmostavengers]

like a Tony who is BARELY even a teenager at 15 compounded with the numerous daddy issues he is sooo easy to play like a fiddle. like oh you think I'm smart? my work and intelligence are good enough? well sure I'll climb into bed with you. sure I'll replace you're classrooms projector system-whats money to me anyway.

But also the threats of exulsions or failures or inablilities to enroll into classes. oh, Anthony, maybe we underestimated you. maybe 15 is just too young even for a supposed genius. maybe poor little howard stark's son isn't up to snuff :(

'look at me I'm so cool and Adult and cool, I WILL have that drink (and that drink and that drink and that drink) and do that dare and throw that punch and take that drug and fuck that girl who's ten years older than me, I DEFINITELY know how to handle this level of attention after living in a home where my mom never looked up from her lap at the dinner table and my dad only ever talked to me to critique me. Btw did I mention I'm Totally Cool?'

[gunsandspaceships]

When Tony and Rhodey met each other

We know that they already knew each other in the spring of 1987 (IM1), right?

But for how long at that point? When did they actually meet?

While researching these questions, I discovered some inconsistencies and logical errors in the MCU.

It is known that Tony was born on May 29, 1970, and Rhodey on October 6, 1968. So Rhodey is 2 years older.

1984 - Tony went to MIT for his BS when he was 14 years old. Rhodey was 16.

We have information that Rhodey did not attend MIT for his Bachelor’s degree. He received it from the Air Force Academy and went to MIT for his Master’s degree. The minimum age for admission to the Air Force Academy is 17. Logic says that if Rhodey is not a genius like Tony, the appropriate age for him to start MS would be 20-21. But this would mean that he did not enter MIT until 1988. This is where the problems begin.

Spring Break 1987 (most likely March) - from what Tony said in the first Iron Man at 0:53:10, we have several interpretations:

Was it true?

a) One day, Rhodey woke up with a transgender/transvestite named Ivan in the same bed, and Tony witnessed or heard about it;

b) it was Tony’s joke and nothing happened, because Rhodey said “Don’t do that. They’ll believe that”.

Where were they?

1) They already knew each other. Rhodey was already studying at MIT. Logical error.

2) They didn’t know each other yet, but Rhodey was already at MIT getting his MS, meaning he started it at least in 1986 (18 years old). Logical error again.

3) They didn’t know each other yet and Rhodey was attending the Air Force Academy.

4) They knew each other because they met outside of MIT (maybe at some engineering competition, for example), and spent that spring break together.

1987 – Tony graduated from MIT. Graduation usually takes place in May.

What is 100% true we don’t know, because there is not enough information.

But the logical answer would be: at the time of spring break 1987, Tony was 16 and he was finishing his BS degree. Rhodey was 18 and he was still doing his BS at the Air Force Academy. At some point, they met and struck up a friendship. Then in 1988 or 1989, Rhodey went to MIT to get his master's degree at the same college as Tony because Tony was most likely getting his master's degree there at the time.

The movies never mention that Tony was getting a Master’s degree or actually received one, but there are enough hints to draw a conclusion, and I will do so in my next post.

[irondadfics]

Hi!! I’m looking for this fanfic I’ve read months ago and lost it. And wondered if it could be found—please & thank you!! The premise is it’s a one-shot about Tony & Rhodey helping Peter move into his dorm room at MIT.

hello, is this your fic?

Allston Christmas by Gruoch (orphan_account)

“You guys didn’t have to do this,” Peter says from where he sits squeezed into the middle seat of the U-Haul, sweat running down his back. The air-conditioning in the truck they’ve rented is broken, and even with the windows rolled down it’s hellishly hot inside. “Really. I could have handled it myself.” “We wanted to,” Tony replies as he blasts the horn at a minivan with a “Harvard Mom” bumper sticker that is attempting to cut into his lane. “It’s like a little trip down memory lane. It’s nostalgic—it’s gonna be fun. Right, Rhodey?” “Absolutely,” Rhodey agrees, with all the enthusiasm of a man being lead to the gallows.

[irondad-defensesquad]

idk if that's just me but why do you make rhodey so serious. like he's often portrayed as the serious guy who's done with everyone's shit, which is partially true. but rhodey is silly. he's a loser even if he's not an absolute disaster like tony. let rhodey be silly too.

[rebelmeg]

casual reminder that tony also spent 3 months not knowing if his best friend was dead or alive... with the likelihood that he wouldn't see him again either way.

“Next time you ride with me, okay?”

[disappointment-comics]

haunted by the 1980s kid quill returns to earth for Ego and gets adopted by the pyms and peggy carter and howard stark are friendly and find bucky much earlier and t'chaka and thor team up timeline of the mcu. what do you mean it includes several references to howard and tony's strained relationship. what do you mean hope van dyne hangs out at shield (and becomes peter quill's brother!) what do you mean the episode ends with all of them hanging out and cooking meals together. blasts me right back to reading kid!tony stark fanfiction when i was in high school. yes all ur favs hung out as kids <3

[ironspidersblog]

the amount of money marvel would make from me personally if they made a movie of mit era tony and rhodey having adventures. I would genuinely buy every piece of merch, every movie ticket, every everything for this to exist

[aurumacadicus]

Omg. A concept:

"I'm glad you all could make it," Tony said solemnly, hands clasped behind his back as he paced in front of the table.

"You literally texted us all that it was dire," Rhodey deadpanned.

"And then you texted me that I should bring donuts," Happy added, unimpressed.

Tony didn't take it personally. They were all there and Happy had actually stopped and picked up donuts.

Pepper looked even less pleased. "Are you dying again? Because if all of this was to tell me you're dying again, I'm going to be pissed."

Carol blinked, mouth already filled with a cake donut with sprinkles. "Huh?!"

"Don't worry about it," Tony told Carol, just as solemnly as he had before. "This meeting is to inform you all that I will be leaving the country imminently. I have already scheduled to have my appendix out and will be living the rest of my life in Antarctica."

"HUH," Carol barked again.

Pepper tapped at her phone and raised an eyebrow, reluctantly impressed. "Wow. You really did schedule a voluntary appendectomy."

Happy sighed and rubbed a hand over his face, then leaned back in his seat tiredly. "Why are you planning to live out your remaining years in Antarctica?"

Tony sighed the sigh of the supremely put upon, turning to look out one of the windows at the view. "I giggled in front of the Avengers."

There was a brief pause. Carol was frantically chewing to bellow another 'huh' at him, but Rhodey reacted first, instead shrugging and reaching out for a bear claw. "Oh, well, rest in peace, pal."

To Carol's relief, both Happy and Pepper screamed 'what' with her in response.

Rhodey blinked at them placidly. "Guys, he literally says 'heeheehee' when he giggles. He hasn't laughed like that in front of other people since college and a group of girls started teasing him about how cute it is."

"I did not get laid until the memory faded from MIT's collective consciousness," Tony added, nodding. "Girls thought I was adorable and guys made fun of me in mean ways. I forgot myself and now must pay the price."

"You're such a fucking drama queen, Tony," Happy sighed. "And what do you expect to do when you're too old to take care of yourself?"

"Walk onto the tundra and peacefully fall asleep, and perhaps they'll ship the ice cube that is my body back for burial," Tony answered promptly.

"I can't tell if this is a joke or not and it's upsetting," Carol snapped, and Pepper just sighed at her, pitying.

"The room went silent, and Natasha just looked at me and said 'oh' and looked like she might cry," Tony continued, ignoring her. "Clint didn't even make fun of me. He just said 'aw.'"

"Steve must have liked it at least, right?" Pepper asked desperately.

"He crumpled to the floor like I'd personally grabbed his guts and twisted," Tony informed her. He turned to look at Carol and Rhodey. "In any case, I called you here to inform you that the team might need your help more now that I am no longer an option. Pepper, Happy, run the company as you see fit."

"Can I get your Def Leppard vinyls?" Rhodey asked over Carol's frustrated howls.

"Stop fucking encouraging him, Jim," Pepper barked, then was distracted by a text from Steve. "Steve texted me."

"I will hear no arguments. I have already made up my mind," Tony informed her imperiously.

Happy read over her shoulder, shameless. "'Tell Tony I survived seventy years in the ocean and I will come and get him from Antarctica.' How'd he italicize part of a text."

"I think he just radiates disapproval at the screen until it cries uncle," Pepper replied.

Tony considered all of this new information, then decided, "Well. I suppose I'll just have to keep moving. JARVIS, the armor, if you please."

"Captain Rogers has already broken into the lab and dismantled several, and has told me he will leap on any suit I manage to get flying toward you," JARVIS answered promptly.

"I see. Then I will just throw myself from the window now," Tony replied, and both Carol and Happy scrambled up to tackle him.

[denebolablack]

HE DESERVED MORE TIME WITH MORGAN, PEOPLE.

MORGAN DESERVED TO BE RAISE BY HER PAPA AND HER MAMA NOT JUST HER MAMA.

AHHHHHHHHH *Scream in endgame*

daddy’s girl

[hurtspideyparker]

TW: mentions of SA

Tony Stark is so "yeah I lost my virginity to a hot older woman 😏" "um you were a child and she was supposed to be a trusted adult baby you're A VICTIM" coded

Tony proudly thinking he's all cool and suave, especially with people like Obie telling him what a man it makes him, but he was like 14 and it was a 30 year old business associate, or a 22 year old college student, or any number of staff/family friends/MIT students who were too old for him that found it easy to take advantage of an awkward gifted kid who's been told he's too smart and mature for his age his entire life

Rhodey would for sure be the first one to tell him he's a victim and all Tony's notions of toxic masculinity kind of crack (and then he doubles down on bad sexual decisions and toxic relationships because ✨trauma✨)

[shanastoryteller]

Happy Valentine’s Day! Do you have more F for Frankenstein? Thanks so much

a continuation of 1 2 3

He wants to stay with the suit, with Tony's body, but that amount of hovering would be out of character for Tony even at his most obsessive. JARVIS is keeping an eye on everything. He'll handle it and he can't, he'll tell TONY. He hopes.

As soon as they're in the limo, Pepper lets go of his hand and scoots away. He doesn't take it personally.

Rhodey isn't even looking at him, instead staring out the window, breaths deep and even and calm. TONY should take advantage of this. He should lean into Rhodey's terror, should push him away instead of pulling him closer, should being the painful process of pulling away from Rhodey and Pepper both.

They know Tony better than anyone. If anyone is going to uncover the deception it will be one of them, and it's not a matter of if, but when.

But he's supposed to be Tony and no matter what, no matter what level of anger or mania or alcoholism, he wouldn't be able to sit there and watch Rhodey break apart in front of him, knowing that Rhodey is crumbling a little more with every second passed straight backed and silent.

He'll just have to think of some other way. JARVIS will have to understand.

"Hey," he says softly. "Darling, won't you look at me?"

Rhodey closes his eyes.

TONY goes to his knees on the floor, gripping Rhodey's knees and fitting his body between them. He squeezes, head tilted back. "It's okay. Stand down, love. You're off duty."

He laughs, too short and high and TONY has to stop himself from flinching. "I'm never off duty when it comes to you. I should have been there, Tony, I should have been the one too-"

"No," he says, and means it, and for the first time doesn't feel guilty because he knows Tony would feel the same way. War Machine is no more able to handle the cold of deep space than the Iron Man armor and Rhodey would have died the same way Tony did. Tony would have been gutted by it, knowing that Rhodey died in the machine he invented to help keep him safe. Pepper can get him through a lot, but even she wouldn't have been enough to save Tony if he lost the man he's been in love with since he was a gangly teenager at MIT. "No, absolutely not. I'm glad it was me. I always want it to be me."

A shudder runs through Rhodey and he's curling forward, hands cupping Tony's face and pressing their foreheads together. "Don't do that to me, Tony. Don't. Anything else I can deal with, alright? But not that."

"Alright," he echoes, back to feeling like an absolute piece of shit, because it's already too late. Rhodey's worst nightmare has happened and he doesn't even know.

TONY feels like a ticking time bomb in more ways than one.

[gunsandspaceships]

Tony Stark’s achievements

Childhood:

“Brilliant and unique mind”

At age 4 built his first circuit board

At age 6 built his first engine

Cracked the Pentagon’s firewall in high school on a dare

Went to college at 14

Built cool smart robots (Dum-E and U) when he was a teen

At 17 graduated summa cum laude from MIT

Polyglot

Before Afghanistan:

“Da Vinci of our time”

Became an owner and CEO of Stark Industries at 21

Successfully ran the company for decades

Advanced the world of technology, not only in weaponry and robotics but also:

created advanced AI J.A.R.V.I.S.

created holographic interface technology

created repulsor technology

Participated in charity

In and after Afghanistan:

“I’m sorry, I’m not Tony Stark”

Survived an open-heart surgery in a cave, without general anesthesia

Lived with, in fact, a debilitating wound, shrapnel, and a huge and dangerous technological device in his body for years and was willing and capable of doing not only his usual work but also being a superhero and doing all these next things...

Did not give up under torture and fought with his captors

Invented and built a miniaturized Arc Reactor, in a cave, with a box of scraps

Invented and built Iron Man armor, in the same cave, with the same box of scraps

Escaped from captivity by himself (with help from Yinsen, but without any armed assistance)

Became an expert in piloting and driving

Saved people in Gulmira

Saved a USAF pilot

Probably the best hacker in the world, was able to easily hack networks of the Pentagon, US government, AIM, and SHIELD

Fought with Iron Monger after nearly died. Defeated him and saved many lives. Was ready to die for that

Built many more different Iron Man armors

Fought terrorists between IM and IM2 (IM2 tie-in comics)

Saved a submarine crew (IM2 - newspapers in Vanko’s home)

Saved a woman from a fire (IM2 - newspapers in Vanko’s home)

“Stabilized East-West relations” (IM2 - newspapers in Vanko’s home), so the world was “enjoying its longest period of uninterrupted peace in years”

Organized Stark Expo

Was able to keep Iron Man armor in his safe hands despite the government’s and HYDRA’s attempts to take it for themselves

Defeated Ivan Vanko in Monaco

(Re)Discovered a new element

 Synthesized it, by building a particle accelerator, at home

Revolutionized energy industry and science. Gave clean energy to the world

Defeated Vanko in New York with Rhodey, Natasha, and Pepper and saved many lives again

Saved Peter Parker (IM2)

Made it so that the Abomination would not leave prison and join the Avengers

Built Stark/Avengers Tower powered by Arc Reactor technology

Saved Steve Rogers and many civilians in Germany from Loki

Was able to fight with Thor on equal terms

Biggest brain on Earth, arguably - in the Universe:

best scientist on the team, in SHIELD, on Earth, in the Universe

expert in nuclear, particle, and quantum physics

was able to learn very quickly – became an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics in one night

Successfully tracked Tesseract by its gamma radiation with Bruce

Saved Helicarrier with the Avengers and SHIELD agents on board, almost died

Saved Rogers from a merc right after that

Fought with Chitauri, killed many of them, saved a lot of people

Was able to blow up a Leviathan by himself

Saved New York City by redirecting a nuke to the wormhole

Saved the world by destroying Thanos’ Chitauri army, almost died again

Founded The United States Department of Damage Control to clean up after battles

Rebuilt Stark Tower into Avengers Tower and gave each team member their own quarters

One of the best biologists and biomedical engineers on Earth, even if it’s not his main area of expertise:

helped Maya with Extremis back in 1999, because knew more in her own field, and even didn’t remember that

was head hunted by Aldrich Killian to work on Extremis with/instead of Maya, who was the leading expert in tissue regeneration

improved and stabilized Extremis, so it became safe regenerative technology, and with it…

cured Pepper

healed extensive injuries in his chest

invented and implanted devices for remote control of his suits (into his forearm in IM3, and most probably into his brain for Mark L armor in Infinity War)

invented build-in diagnostic system in his suits

Invented many devices for protection purposes (ex. bomb disposal)

A capable detective. Figured out the cause of explosions in IM3 on his own

Saved Pepper instead of himself by putting Mark 42 on her during the attack on his Malibu mansion

Survived the attack with a barely working prototype suit. Shot down a helicopter with a piano

Was able to fight with enhanced fire-breathing regenerating terrorists without armor and weapons in Rose Hill. In handcuffs

Knowledgeable and skilled in medicine:

saved a kid with his arc reactor in a deleted scene from IM3, selflessly pulling it out of his chest and performing defibrillation under electric shocks

knew how to recognize hyperglycemia when Harley was eating 3rd bawl of candies

closed his wound in Infinity War with nanoparticles

performed first-aid on Bruce after his snap

Built a lot of stuff from random things he bought in a store for the assault on the Mandarin's mansion. In a motel

Successfully stormed the Mandarin's mansion full of armed and huge security guys with dogs. Alone. Without his armor

Successfully escaped captivity in the Mandarin's mansion with just a few pieces of armor on

Saved all the people who fell from the Air Force One

Stormed Roxxon Norco ship with Rhodey, without a suit. With one handgun

Saved the US president

Defeated Killian and his Extremis-enhanced terrorists, saved many lives

Built quinjets

Created Iron Legion

Became the benefactor of the Avengers, provided them with everything, was a combatant, and also the team’s pilot, hacker, engineer, medic, and scientist

As an Avenger saved many lives on missions, including destroying the rest of HYDRA in AoU

With Bruce’s help created Veronica and Hulkbuster suit

Defeated a rogue Iron Legionnaire with a fork

In contrast to other team members was able to function after Wanda played with his mind

Defeated mad Hulk. Saved a lot of lives in Johannesburg

Easily hacked nuclear codes in Nexus and found J.A.R.V.I.S. “in the world’s biggest haystack”

Created advanced AI F.R.I.D.A.Y.

Many advanced AIs

Created Vision

With the Avengers defeated Ultron and his army

Evacuated people who were left in Sokovia

Saved a falling evacuation shuttle with people on it

Together with Thor saved Earth by destroying the falling Sokovia

Rebuilt Stark Compound into Avengers Compound for the team in Upstate New York

Invented several medical devices, including leg braces, blood toxicity detector

Sponsored the development of technology for psychotherapy (B.A.R.F.). Prevented it from being used for harm

Funded all the students’ projects at MIT

Did everything possible to legally, politically, and physically protect the team before, during, and after the Civil War

Was able to disarm Winter Soldier without a suit, with only one armored glove

Figured out Spider-Man’s identity

Created Spider-Man’s suits

Mentored, sponsored, and looked after Peter Parker

Saved Peter Parker (SMH). Twice

Saved the ferry from sinking

Invented nanoparticles

 “Earth’s best defender”

Went to space to save Peter, Strange and bring back Time Stone

Saved Peter Parker (IW)

Saved Strange on the Donut spaceship. Killed Ebony Maw

Cloak of Levitation chose him as his second favorite (deleted scene with Tony wearing Levi and Strange in Mark L)

Was respected by Thanos himself

Withstood when Thanos hit him with a moon

Fought Thanos, made him bleed, kept fighting even without armor

Survived a severe injury thanks to his own invention

Was able to function, tried to fix Benatar, and return home while injured and ill with an infected wound

Built a lab for Bruce and helped him to become one with Hulk (combine the best of both worlds)

Became an amazing dad

Became an expert in time travel physics

Discovered/invented (controlled) Time travel

Built a time machine

Went on Time Heist and stole Tesseract from a guarded military base

Created his own Infinity Gauntlet

Thus brought half of the universe back to existence (Bruce snapped and partially sacrificed his health, but nothing would be possible without Tony)

Saved Bruce’s arm by providing emergency medical care

Fought with Thanos again and…

Saved the whole Universe

[spideyslag]

Ok so idk if I’ll ever actually finish this fic but I love this section so, here.

Context: Tony suggests Peter use his Hamptons house for a (grad school) graduation party. Peter insists he has to come too. They finally hook up.

The MIT tee shirt Peter found somewhere in the deepest darkest depths of Tony’s drawers is positively ancient.

He does this all the time, wears Tony’s clothes.

It started out of convenience and necessity.

Something- motor oil, lunch, web fluid, would get on Peter. And Tony, as a veteran engineer, had a decent stockpile of emergency clothes in the lab.

And then came the Peter-sleeping-in-the-tower nights, and then, apparently, a pure stylistic preference that Peter comfortably stole clothes right out from under Tony’s nose.

He called it ‘oversized’ and ‘vintage’ on various past occasions when he’s worn them. (apparently he’s very fond of Tony’s MIT shirts. Like his new MIT shirts aren’t good enough or something).

On one extremely unlucky occasion, when Rhodey casually let himself in to the penthouse on a Sunday morning, Peter made the (unfortunate for Tony) decision to call it ‘so cute’ and ‘retro’ to Rhodes face and Tonys still hasn’t heard the end of that one. Thinking about it too long almost makes Tony’s head spin. The look in Rhodes’s eyes, seeing something Tony liked to pretend wasn’t there, was dangerous.

Now though, now there’s no hiding from it.

Peter’s zipping a pair of- god fucking damn it- Tony’s old, skinny, party boy jeans- still hanging a little loose on his hips, a consequence of Tony’s slightly broader build. It leaves a slim sliver of torso visible and it’s dangerous. Those jeans are probably from before he kid was even born- when Tony focuses again.

“Oh, hey. You’re up. Good morning.” he smiles, coming over to the bed to lean over and kiss him- morning breath and all.

Jesus fuck, the button isn’t even done.

“Hey. Where you off to? Hit it and quit it?”

“Of corse not” Peter laughs like it’s so outrageous he can’t even consider it a possibility.

“I was gonna go grab coffee and something to nosh on. There was a cute coffee shop we passed on the drive yesterday, I looked it up they had good ratings. I figured I’d be safe to get you a large drip, you’re not picky. Some like, chocolate croissants or something, or maybe like, a big platter for everyone’s hangovers before we make an actual breakfast. I figured you wouldn’t care if I took the hummer- you don’t, right? I kinda wanted to surprise you with coffee but now you know so...”

“can you talk to me like this for the rest of my life?”

“What?”

“I don’t know. This whole, like, bossy housewife thing you have going on is really doing it for me. Fuck the hummer baby I’ll get you a Range Rover. G wagon. Whatever Pilates-doing-Erewhon-shopping-alo- matching-set-wearing-country-club-ass vehicle you want. Take the hummer, baby, fuck it talk half of everything in the divorce”

“You’re insane, Tony.” Peter laughed in a way that was almost reminiscent of young Pepper.

Tonys blinked some sleep out of his eyes, sitting up a little in bed, taking Peter all the way in.

He was beautiful.

And he looked so right here.

“Seriously. I can wake up to this forever.”

“Tony, oh my god I never took you as being so clingy” Peter grinned.