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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Ah, so he's taking it on the lam, then? Well, I guess it's better than prison.

(I've been bracing for Tony to end up in prison for months, but now that it's a real possibility, I so don't want it to happen.)

Him and *snickers* Maria Hill. Together.

Because that will end well.

Am I a bad person for really looking forward to that?

Because however it ends, the snark factor in the meantime is going to be off the scale.

To *fall in love* with each other, because it's good that Maria doesn't fall for Tony's game. It's good that she sees him as she sees him and that she's tough and no nonsense (she isn't my favourite character, but I have no hate on for her either).

I think Fraction could write an amusing triangle with Pepper, Hill and Tony. Pepper as the madonna he worships from the other side of whatever UST barrier they erected long ago, and Hill as the frenemy in arms who happens to look bangin' in her SHEILD suit (okay, wait, she won't be wearing it anymore but you know what I mean).

Hill has been Tony's dark mirror for a while -- same dark coloring, same hairstyle, even, (except for her inexplicable blondness in Invincible, sigh) -- so seeing them trying to cooperate as fugitives could be really entertaining. I can't say I'd like to see them have a physical thing, but, well, Tony's inability to keep his pants on is legendary, so I wouldn't be surprised. It's not like they'd fall in luuuuurve or anything -- neither strikes me as capable of it.

But I guess, Tony is a man, I guess they must. I'll see what Fraction does. I know that he's promised that Tony's life is going to get darker, yeah.

It's not like they'd fall in luuuuurve or anything -- neither strikes me as capable of it.

Ouch. Yeah, Tony's lingering link to humanity died some time ago. He's just like... totally and uncomfortably Numb, Pink Floyd stylie. Anita Hill... she's just career minded and tough. It will be interesting to see how she copes out of the strictures of career and routine. She seems to be one of these people who had a plan for herself, and it was working swimmingly so far (until she got promoted beyond her competence, then demoted herself yadda yadda, yadda).

This arc has the potential to go well, providing that it isn't

a) too long
and

b) avoids the cliches.

So, when are you posting your art your LJ then?

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That's hella gorge!

Ouch. Yeah, Tony's lingering link to humanity died some time ago. He's just like... totally and uncomfortably Numb, Pink Floyd stylie. Anita Hill... she's just career minded and tough.

I think I should have been more specific... I don't think they're capable of falling in lurve right now -- separately or with each other. (And I do think Tony can still love -- Fraction is writing Tony as clearly gaga for Potts, in that classic, clueless, lonely, never-shall-I-speak-my-heart Tony way.)

Hill? Maybe she can fall in love with somebody, maybe, although I can't imagine her getting OMG passionate about Tony of all people.

However lack of romantic love never stopped people from getting busy, so I think it's possible. Again, I'm not rooting for it or anything, but if they went there it wouldn't surprise me. :)

I don't want them to get involved either. I'm not a shipper at the best of times, and I'm especially resistant to paring off male and female characters who have an interesting non-romantic relationship in canon.

Though I suppose I could deal with one bout of angry sex that they both spend the rest of their lives pretending never happened. :-P

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

Re: Well, yeah

Yeah he's on the lam

Re: Yeah he's on the lam

I just don't want them to get involved

Re: Yeah he's on the lam

No, not the UST

Oh my!

Re: No, not the UST

Re: I just don't want them to get involved