cap_ironman | casual conversation topics for Steve and Tony

This seems like a silly thing to post about, but I swear, it's one of my biggest tripping points when I'm writing certain stories. And I'm not writing a story currently that requires this, but I've been pondering it lately and thought it might be fun for people to speculate on. And hey, if it turns out to be a jumping off point for discussion, so much the better!

Anyway, here's the question I've been pondering...

If Steve and Tony were just hanging out, talking casually (i.e., not about the latest threat or any other Avengers business), what would they talk about?

Sports? If so, which ones? Books? What kind? I can't really see Tony reading much fiction... Movies? Throwaway canon comments suggest that Tony, at least, doesn't go to many. I'm certain they'd sometimes talk about politics and world events, but I think those discussions could get a little heavy for casual conversation. Would they have philosophical debates? About what ideas? I doubt either of them has much time for hobbies, but can you think of one that either of them might like enough to squeeze in a few minutes for here and there? (Well, aside from Steve's art and Tony's tinkering, which are obvious ones.) Would they gossip about their fellow superheros?

Brainstorm away!

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My pet fanon is that they've also got a long-running Jefferson vs. Hamilton debate that they've been carrying on for years, and also an ongoing argument over Teddy Roosevelt's anti-trust policies, Tony from the perspective of someone who fanboys Andrew Carnegie and U.S. Steel with a great and holy passion, and Steve as a die-hard Union Democrat.

This debate is happening in my head right now, and it is so canon. The best part is when Hank McCoy wades in.

Steve: We've been over this. You are not putting rear brakes on my flathead. It's a classic. Joe Petrali set a world land speed record on a bike just like it, back when I was a kid.

At which point Tony rolls out the bike that HE broke the land speed record on. Last month.

casual conversation topics for Steve and Tony

Re: CSI and Grey's Anatomy apparantly ;-)