people unintentionally write tony as like, incredibly adhd and it is Fantastic pls continue
examples I've read in fics
- forgets important dates
- doesn't forget them but gets the actual date wrong
- *messes with wires* *plays with a pen* *has to resist the urge to fix someone's tie* *grabs things without thinking* *messes with his clothes* *messes with
- goes way overboard on gifts bc he's excited
- *gets distracted* *gets distracted* *gets distraced* *gets distracted* *gets
- forgets to get a gift, panics, buys something stupidly expensive and not at all something the recipient will like
- constantly worried about messing up his relationships
- never has any idea what day/time it is
- "has tony been in the lab for three entire days"
- someone: pays slightly less attention to him than usual - tony: do they hate me??
- gets irritated in crowded areas sometimes bc ugh loud
- has so much stuff to do all the time and he doesn't know how to handle all of it and he's trying but he can't but he should be able to so he doesn't say anything and just quietly suffers
- rambling
- in an important meeting not paying attention to said meeting because he has an idea for a suit
- *gets distracted* *gets distracted* *gets distraced* *gets distracted* *gets
- forgets to eat/sleep
- "tony please calm down"
- "tony please shut up this is serious"
- has trouble communicating in his relationships bc he doesn't want to cause problems bc he causes problems a lot
- *gets distracted* *gets distracted* *gets distraced* *gets distracted* *gets
- isn't always taken seriously and isn't surprised by that bc he's "volatile" and "self-obsessed"
- substance abuse problems/self-medicates
- very good in crisis situations
- "I'm not overdramatic, I'm eccentric, god, pepper, it's like you don't even know me"
- *blurts something* *immediately regrets it*
- he's always either very hyperactive or very calm while still inwardly hyperactive? or both? idk how to explain but yeah
- ik I'm talking about fics but that scene in im2 when he's talking to pepper in her office and he's getting really irritated by the spinny thing on the desk? yeah
- cannot manage his life without jarvis or [insert person, most likely steve or pepper or both] reminding him of things
- tries like really really hard and never does what he thinks he needs to do
- constantly thinks he's a burden
- can't sleep have ideas gotta do things
- he hyperfixates so hard on stuff oh my god


















