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[soliloquent-stark]

besides the well-known fact that tony stark's arc reactor literally powered his heart and symbolised his second chance at life, it's been not just alluded to but clearly stated by marvel from the very first iron man film that it represents his heart:

this point is made very clear again when it's used to portray his death:

of course they did this; they're such obvious metaphors that are easy to rely on for beautiful visual storytelling. they undoubtedly were aware of the potential for these scenes and carefully considered them since the beginning.

but you don't really get to use each of these moments more than once if you want them to matter, so they had to choose which one of tony's stories needed to be told through carefully picked parallels.

and who did they use them on?

yup, that's right. steve rogers. steve, who literally ends their painful fight by breaking his heart.

steve, whom tony literally hands his heart and says "here, take this" while he's devastated, disappointed, and at one of the lowest moments of his entire life.

so, platonic, romantic, alterous — the intricacies of his feelings don't even matter. they're only for tony to know.

but what we as an audience know, what we were explicitly told by marvel, is that the feelings tony had for steve were so strong that they were the equivalent of getting his heart actually shattered into pieces, and being reduced to offering your desperate, mourning heart on a platter as a way of saying "take it all, there's nothing left of me that you don't own now".

these were not accidents. we were meant to understand how profound his feelings were. so many things spiraled out of their falling out — the entire universe's faith was at stake as a result. tony was not indifferent to him. his problem was that he felt too much.

tony's achille's heel was always steve rogers, and that will forever be the backbone of the marvel universe.

[skippylov3rs]

Tony : “How did you find me?”

Steve : “I saw a giant explosion and i thought, who could that be?”

[daddytonysgirl17]

❤️ Stony love ❤️

[stevetony-quotes]

Multiverse Husbands

[meralasan]

look at that they're having a healthy healing conversation

(head out to my twt or patreon for uncropped version 🤫)

[mikeluciraphgabe]

“They’re stars, they’re for everyone” is one of the most heart breaking and beautiful things I’ve read and it came from a stony fanfic

(Link if you want it)

[wolviestars]

✨️his jealous gaze✨️

[pandagirl45]

Stone: tony, I dyed my hair

Tony: b-black... nice

Stone: *pins him to the wall* like your winter soldier

Tony: *knees him in the crotch running off*

Steve and Tony: *hiding in a safe room bunker*

Steve: stone?

Tony: yep. Johanne?

Steve: yeah

[funnyincorrectmcu]

Steve: Hey do you know the password to Tony’s computer? Bruce: Fuck you Steve.  Steve: Hey! Bruce: No, you misunderstood. The password is “fuckyousteve”.  Steve: Oh. Steve: No numbers? Not very safe.

[wolvesandfoxes25]

The height similarities, hair, eyes, COLORS.

Ugh. 🫠🥺

[soliloquent-stark]

pov: tony and steve having an argument in bed

robert downey jr in due date (2010) and chris evans in before we go (2015)

decided to post these gifs separately as well. original post includes a ficlet and more context.

[skippylov3rs]

Steve and tony, Avengers 2012.

You have the scene in mind ;)

[daddytonysgirl17]

❤️‍🔥 Superhusbands ❤️‍🔥

[stevetonyss]

in another universe this in another life that... ok but have you considered that for steve and tony it's in every universe it's in every life !!! no matter when or where they are, no matter what timeline or format they're in, it will always be "i'm not half as good at anything as i am when i'm doing it next to you" they will always love and hurt and complete each other and there's no changing that.

[stevetony-quotes]

Stevetony in disguise

[haveihitanerve]

THIS is what i meant in one of my previous posts, sry this is like a collection of lovely edits, but specifically at 3:28, its mourning who Tony and Steve were, mourning the friendship they've lost, the once best friend now an enemy, the person they used to be able to turn to for anything and everything now no longer there, this person doesn't take a side but rather sees it the way I do, the way I hoped more people would but sadly don't, they are mourning the friendship lost, what they've lost in the other, who mourns what has become of them and what's come between them. Tony and Steve,

Their: "Hes my friend." "So was I." Is meant to be heartwrenching Because it is. Because he was. Because they were close friends, because they relied on each other, because they trusted each other over all the rest, went to bat for the other time and time again, vowed to be there for each other, made promises they couldn't keep, and no that trust is broken, those vows have fractured.

They weren't Captain America and Iron Man to each other, they were just Tony and Steve, Cap and Ant, their relationship stretched and flowed from "Mr. Stark" and "Captain." To "stark." and "rogers." To fond eye rolls and loving "tony"s and "Steve."s and now thats gone. Now... now its back to Captain. To Rogers. To Mr. Stark. Now its back to informality, to hostility, to a loss of respect.

I love this person and I hope they feel immense pride over his edit because it just... it hits all the feels and its perfect and captures the feeling of loss and mourning and reflection and grief over those few words and now im gonna cry 😭