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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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. :)

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

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