#stony thoughts

[frankthesnek]

In Avengers during the lab argument scene Cap says to Tony, "and I've seen the footage, the only thing you fight for is yourself." And then Tony just has these sad eyes.

I know this can be referencing multiple things, Tony is far from perfect. My mind always goes right to IM2 when Tony is very publicly falling apart, and I can't stop thinking about Tony being ashamed/embaressed that his childhood hero and idol saw him at his lowest and is (in Tony's mind) judging him for it. Like Tony just lowkey having a mental breakdown over Cap seeing the tapes of him being drunk and dangerous. The thought of Steve looking down on him brings back all of his alcoholic demons and he has to repeatedly tell himself he is more than that, he can be better than that—but thinking Cap sees him as that just makes it harder for him to hold on to sobriety, because feeling like he's already seen as trash makes Tony think fuck it, I might as well be...

You know, because Tony has mental stability and would definitely not be bothered at all by being called out as a drunk selfish asshole by the one person he grew up constantly being told was perfect, and had all the attention and adoration he so despratly wanted.

[herogers]

Steve covering his cheeks when he's around Tony 'cause everyone points out how red he gets around him

[frankthesnek]

I have thoughts on this... Yes, Steve wants to be little spoon so he can hear and feel the reactor. But why? Picture this.

Steve has flash backs, this is canonically shown to us. He has trouble sleeping as well, also told to us. Stands to reason he might have night terrors on occasion (flashbacks + bed not feeling like battlefield, i.e., his head and body are still at the war = just makes sense). When he and Tony start sleeping together, the night terrors go away.

Why? The reactor. Yes, the white noise of it is soothing, but it's more than that.

It's what the white noise represents. When Tony is curled up around him, Steve can hear it and feel Tony's strength. It reminds him he is safe. Truley safe. He has someone who not only loves him but also can protect him for a change. Someone strong enough to watch his back the way he always is for other people. He can finally let his gaurd down, let go and just rest. (Also, Tony metaphorically having Steve's back gives even more meaning to Tony physically having his back by being big spoon.)

Flash forward to Tony wanting the reactor removed. Steve supports him because, of course he does. He would never stand in the way of his partner doing something for themselves that they need. And because Steve is Steve, he never told Tony about how the reactor helped him sleep. Shortly after it's removed, Steve starts having night terrors. Tony is obviously freaked out. As far as he konws, Steve had never struggled with them before.

Steve refuses to talk about it. He feels like he can't tell Tony the truth about why he is having them now when he wasn't before because he doesn't want to add any guilt onto Tony. Having the reactor removed was a massive step in Tony's own mental health, and Steve can't bring himself to put his own mental needs over his partner.

But Tony is Tony, and Tony is smart. It takes very little deductive reasoning for him to realize that the night terrors started shortly after the reactor was gone. Also, Tony knows Steve's reluctance to talk about something normally means he thinks he is protecting someone by keeping the information from them. He puts the pieces together.

So, one night, Tony shows up to bed wearing a reactor. Let's call it the prototype for the removable nanotech one (hell, take it a step further, this entier situation is the whole reason Tony even develops the wearable/removable reactor). Steve, not wanting to impose guilt, says nothing. Tony, not wanting to come across and prying, also says nothing.

But every night, Tony wears it, and Steves night terrors go away again.

Steve is the smaller spoon because he loves to listen to the reactor humming.

[babybirbb]

idk if this has been done before | insp.

[meidui]

why tony is never beating the favouritism allegations

1. steve gets the first cup of coffee even though he's literally standing the furthest away

2. only steve gets a present

3. to scott: oh am i repeating myself? am i???? pissant. this plan does not involve you to steve: honey i have an idea, do you trust me sweetheart, it's your call baby

4. *gets back from 1970* *immediately and i mean IMMEDIATELY checks to make sure that steve is still standing next to him*

[krystenreader]

why

Why? Just tell me why are you doing this? Why so cruel? These are my comfort babies! Why did you kill them? And then I am searching for that particular phrase and... BAM! It is gone! Where is that moment keeping me okay?! Where I am asking?! I feel insane like all of these stories were made up in my head and never existed:(((

[mischievous-thunder]

[kacievvbbbb]

@giurochedadomani really got me thinking about Shanks and his abandonment issues.

I think he has the terrible habit of repressing angry/hurt feelings that he has about his loved ones. Not quite toxic positivity but more like a man trying to always stay on good terms and good memories with loved ones.

It’s him not acknowledging the fact that Roger, Rayleigh his surrogate fathers and the Roger pirates his family essentially abandoned him when he needed them the most especially when from the flashback with buggy we can see that it so obviously hurt him enough to close off a part of himself causing Buggy to leave too.

All this to say it takes a lot for Shanks to get visibly angry at his loved ones and he has insane abandonment issues and guess who he decides to try and keep in his life? That right Mr I physically can’t stand to stay in one place for too long and my moods change like the grand line winds.

I do think Shanks genuinely what’s his relationship with Mihawk to be easy and he tends to do a lot to make it so and I do think it works half the time but Mihawk as much as I love him is tedious, he’s selfish, kind of childish, insanely single minded and incompetent with any emotion that isn’t a light boredom. and shanks for the most part does love all that about him and Shanks' peace loving people pleasing tendencies does mean they barely genuinely fight but when they do their emotional issues are so conflicting that its just a mess with a body count and a thousand mile radius.

[eepylesbean]

Someone has Def said this exact thing to Steve. Ofc he had no clue what to say back lol

[aquavierra]

So, I have been thinking about this lately. If now TVA allowed every single branch to grow, wouldn't it be possible that millions of the branches are just smutty MCU pairings fanfictions?

[rain-on-wax-feathers]

nonhuman burr, washington, and eliza!!!

[frankthesnek]

Just a random ramble about a very specific stony thing that I think about waaaay to offten. I wanted to share the brain rot so here 😘

Tony is clearly very well groomed and probably is very into manscaping I feel (like I could see him even waxing down there for the thrill of it). He's also used to sleeping with women who are high society red carpet starlet types, so most likely very limited in the pubic hair area because America is weird about that.

Steve is from the 40s..... women shaving down there started growing in popularity because of bikinis and PlayBoy becoming more popular and mainstream (and that was in the later 40s). Anyway, it was not a common thing for guys. So Steve doesn't think about it. He does not care. He just has au natural full bush going on.

They sleep together for the first time, and Tony is kind of....suprised (like damn Steve welcome to the jungle much 😳) but he doesn't say anything of course because Tony's not an ass and is very open minded with sex.

Fast forward a few months when they are more comfortable with each other. One day, in just completely casual conversation like over breakfast or something, Tony's just like, "soooo.... have you ever heard of manscaping???"

[herogers]

nothing,nothing just the thought of Steve going batshit feral murderous defending tony

[insomiaepisode]

My greatest regret in life is watching the Avengers movies late in life. Now I'm about 8 years too late to defend Team Cap in civil war and I have to filter through all the anti-team cap propaganda and irondad fanfic whenever I want to read marvel fanfic.

[thwackk]

not beating the stevetony yuri allegations

original by CAFFSTRINK on twitter, yall already know

[darkcrowprincess]

Fuck unhappy endings in romance. If I wanted to read a sad romance I'd watch true crime. I love angst, but only if there's some form of a happy ending. Not that tragic endings aren't great. But there's just some characters that deserve happy endings. Some characters that have been through too much. That you love and connect too much with for it to just end like that. So no I will not be having an unhappy ending thank you. They lived, their in love and they grow old together. Period.