Ok so, your sunglasses stream is fucking perfect tbh. ALL THE TONY IN SUNGLASSES!!!!!!! I was fine, I swear. But IM HAVING A MELTDOWN OVER TONY PUTTING THE WAR IN WARDROBE.
The "war in wardrobe" oh my god yesBecause not all armors are metalTalk to me about the little boy who struggled to tie the shoelaces of his first Converse shoes but had paid such undivided attention to Howard as he knotted his bow tie that he knew exactly how to do it on his own the first time he touched oneTony Stark who very early on went through specialists that would rid him of the Italian accent he'd learned at home from Maria. Young Tony Stark and his immaculate hair -- young Tony who hated getting a haircut because he would have to sit so still, for so long, for hours, because it was imperative that his hair was done right. Young Tony who very soon absorbs notions that what you feel is not as important as the way you present yourselfYoung Tony refusing to remove his jacket during a cotillion, even though it's hot and other boys have done it -- earlier that night, he spilled some fruit punch on his shirt and if his father sees it -- God, he doesn't even want to think about it, better to just keep it coveredSeven-year-old Tony, who has witnessed his mother being driven to tears by his father's slurred abuse, is shipped off to boarding school. He only sees his family on holidays, maybe some weekends. Young Tony adapting to a disjointed, faulty narrative, where everything was wrong while he was in the house, but now that he's away, he sees his parents from the outside and they are just -- glorious powers in New York high societyIt's not about what you feel and what happens on the backstage: it's about what you externalize when others are watching.(Or maybe it was all his fault. Maybe everything looked so much more stable because he was removed from home. Like he was the problem. Maybe that explains it. Maybe.)(No.)(Yes.)Tony Stark was having dinner with world-famous business tycoons since before he was tall enough to ride the most dangerous roller coasters. He went to Disney World for the first time as a "field trip" with his father, not to go on the rides but learn about the way the Disney corporate structure manifestsTony seeing Howard shaking hands with someone before mumbling about how much he disliked that person after they're goneTony was insulted so damn much inside his own house and in his own school that one day, when he's 21 and has just taken over Stark Industries and everyone thinks he's too young and inexperienced, he's ruthlessly questioned in front of the cameras -- and he takes it in a strideTony Stark who knows exactly what to say in order to draw the most adverse reaction from the press, and he sometimes did it for kicks because in the business of killing, he had to find little ways to feel aliveTony Stark, smiling as he shakes hands with business rivals. Tony Stark waging battles with his vision and a Mont Blanc penTony Stark lying to people. Lying to himselfTony Stark finally getting back in touch with everything he almost lost while he rebuilds himself after captivity(He wishes he could have found the exact nuances of his mother's Italian accent again, but he can't anymore)Tony Stark who knows so much about traditional corporate structure that at one point he just decides to subvert all of it -- and we get Circuits Maximus, Stark Solutions, Resilient. Tony Stark, maverick genius entrepreneur, will turn any given venture into a fuckin gold mine. Tony Stark, most coveted guest speaker for MBA programsTony Stark, building his own armors, and then wearing them, letting them consume him, or using them to storm into the future -- since before he even knew it was happeningTony stARK fuck I love Tony Stark
