I think my most hated character arc for Tony Stark is, "Tony Learns How To Be A Good Bourgeois Boy," where becoming (upper) middle class in terms of outlook, means becoming normalI kind of don't have the energy to fully expand on this idea right now, but the logic seems to be that taking on bourgeois mannerisms and behaviours means becoming a ( Read more... )

I'm so sorry, but this is important.

In the far flung future, Tony should totally have a house in space, right? But should it be a Jetsons-style sky castle, a space station, a ship, or... a martian space castle?

*Actually relevant to something I am ACTUALLY WRITING, AW YEAH.

Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/309684.html.
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Years ago I was writing a story where Tony finally decided to get some therapy. Unfortunately for Tony, the whole universe was a Skrull-induced hallucination. I backburned the story and then never got back to it, but he was supposed to be alerted to this fact by Wolverine jumping out the window of Avengers Tower, or at least, jumping out of the ( Read more... )

I'm kind of idly fancasting a story I have no plans to write: Movieverse, if Tony had kids.

The mothers: ( Read more... )

I've been looking through past entries, for tl;dr on Iron Man, because I'm trying to synthesize some of my WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN ideas about the character into a post about movie vs. comic Tony. There's so much in the comments, though, agh. For my own reference, my most useful, non-review Tony-related posts:

In Extremis and in Execute Program: ( Read more... )

Rambling about Tony, because he's on my mind again lately. When I say ramble, I mean it. This isn't an essay.

Movie Tony is a fantastic distillation of the entire history of the character. The Tony Stark we meet in Iron Man isn't original recipe Stan Lee Tony, from Tales of Suspense #9. He isn't the Tony Stark we get in innumerable retellings ( Read more... )

Seriously, no one has written schmaltzy Iron Man/Country Strong crossover fic?

There's Iron Man/Kung Fu Panda fic. So really.

THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. THE INTERNET HAS GONE MAD.

Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/297248.html.
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Therapy, ~5500 words
Tony goes to therapy and criminal activity in New York City--and then the world--grinds to a halt. Pre Skrulls, New Avengers era.

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So I'm really invested in the (largely imagined) epic semi-platonic friendship of Carol and Tony. Despite there being only two eras in which their friendship was given attention and weight, it clicks for me. There's plenty to hate about Brian Reed's run on Ms. Marvel, but I love the incorporation of Tony into Carol's origin. By all rights these ( Read more... )

[Not an essay! Just some things I've been thinking about ( Read more... )