cap_ironman | Question to the comm: the five key moments of Tony Stark

Hail fellow slashers of the iron and shield. I'm girding myself to do a Tony Stark centric fic, and I need to know what do you think are the five key moments of Tony Stark in marvel canon?

For instance, I have:

1. Death of Tony's parents (and him subsequently inheriting Stark Industries)

2. Tony's alcoholism: nuff said.

3. The Crossing; where Tony is mind controlled by Kang the Conqueror (apologies if I get this mixed up, I'm going off memory here) and he becomes a traitor in the Avengers' ranks. It's important because in Avengers Disassembled no one believed him that he was being mind controlled (although it had happened to him a decade before)

4. The death of Rumiko: she was around for 85 issues, and Tony tried to have a relationship with her in a way that he didn't with Cabe or that woman who shot him.

5. Civil War.

These are the ones that I can name off the top of my head, but I might be wrong, and might have overlooked some other key issues, like when Stark faked his own death, or was unable to walk for a time, or when he fell out with Captain America during The Crossing.

So, help?

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They had that thing way back in the comics when Pepper and Happy were on the outs, and Tony and Pepper sort of hooked up and Pepper said no. It really didn't work out the first time.

I didn't mind Pepper and Henry Hellrung (he kinda looks like Tony Stark, but he's so laid lack, he'd mold) but she scared him off because she wanted to shag him.

Tony/Pepper.

Pepper knows better.

Fraction loves Tony/Pepper. It's a strong possibility.

Yes, I know. Even though he's said that Pepper is intelligent and knows Tony's an operator and has his number. Even though Pepper calls him a 'bomb', and she's that sort of smart woman that will be wooed by kings and tycoons.

And yet, Fraction wants Tony/Pepper. Marvel has done that before, it didn't work out.

Why are you screwing with me, Marvel?

As much as I loved IM the movie, I winced at the whole Pepper/Tony scenes.

Dammit.

I really loved the movie Tony/Pepper, but I loved it for what it was: real, human affection, sexual tension and co-dependence. Maybe in the next movie they'll resolve the sexual tension, but it won't work out. It can't, because Pepper is not the right woman for Tony, and Tony is not the right man for Pepper. She's awesome, but it's a more human kind of awesome. She needs a guy who can express his love daily, in ordinary ways. Tony, on the other hand, is very much given to relationships on an epic scale. Everything has to be passion! romance! undying love! and then it turns to hatred! vengeance! and so forth. The only kind of 'normal' woman who worked with him was Bethany, because she was a typical adventure girl, but she could also just be with him. Solid relationship, really.

I also have a soft spot for Madame Masque and Rumiko. Not that those relationships went well, but honestly, he's got so many awesome old flames, besides Pepper. And Pepper totally deserves better. ;)

In the comic back in the day when they first got together, Pepper and Happy were having problems, and Pepper hooked up with Tony, but it just. Didn't. Work.

Also, didn't Pepper ask Tony to shut off Happy's life support system.

*awkward*

The only kind of 'normal' woman who worked with him was Bethany, because she was a typical adventure girl, but she could also just be with him. Solid relationship, really.

Bethany was wise enough to leave Tony. Goddamit, I like Tony, and I'm one of his biggest fans, but the man doesn't have it in him to give the women in his life what they want - which is more of him.

He'd have to retire from being IM for it to have a chance. There was this one shot that explored it (Bethany Cabe was a Senator, I think). It was rather sweet, because Tony had gotten older (in his fifties, I think) and had to retire from being Iron Man.

*big sighs at Rumiko. Looks at her and sighs again*

I always thought that Madam Masque understood Stark because she had her own super villainy to get on with. The alterego tends to feed into the civilian life.

In the Illuminati, Namor was ribbing Tony over dating Lady Masque, that was so random. Never mind the fact that Namor is still hung up over Susan Storm.

Never change.

Question to the comm: the five key moments of Tony Stark

Noooo, not Tony/Pepper

Re: Noooo, not Tony/Pepper

Ugh

Re: Ugh

This.