AKA THE WINTER SOLDIER’S ANTHEM

oKAY so if you haven’t watched this week’s Avengers Assemble (“The Age of Tony Stark”) for the love of god please do, especially if you’re craving some super-gay canon fanfiction-worthy stevetony ridiculousness.

So essentially what happens in this episode is that the Time Stone fuses with Tony’s arc reactor, causing him to de-age and also for dinosaurs and such to invade New York. Typical day I guess.

Steve’s just really worried okay. That’s why he’s standing so close. Obviously.

So the team goes out to fight the dinosaur army that’s destroying the city, but Cap decides to stay behind with de-aged Tony.

Again, he’s worried, all right?

Cue Tony being Tony and messing around with his armor.

‘I’m here to help’ aka 'I stayed behind because I care about you a lot.’

Guess Tony still has Cap-related daddy issues, no matter what the universe.

Oh geez, Time Gem is on the fritz again. Tony gets de-aged even more.

Steve’s not even going to try hiding anymore how worried he is.

Huh, would you look at that. Character development.

Anyway, Tony tries to rebuild his armor before he gets so young that he can’t even stand up. Steve acts as moral support, as usual.

Uh oh, now what?

Turns out Red Skull is loose in the Tower. And he’s looking for the Time Stone. Which is in Tony’s chest.

(I Need a Hero plays quietly in the distance.)

Eventually though, with Tony being the little genius that he is, he rebuilds the Iron Man armor…this time appropriately named “Iron Boy”

Wow okay Steven, control yourself. Your adoration is showing.

So wham, bam, they defeat Red Skull, hooray! But the Time Stone is still stuck in Tony’s heart.

NO TONY SWEETHEART DON’T CRY

FUCKING–

DON’T FUCKING TOUCH ME OH MY GOD I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE WHAT—

Anyway, tears were shed, and Tony finally pulls the Time Stone out of his heart and everything goes back to normal.

BUT THERE’S MORE.

'hey babe, i’m proud of you.’

'i’m so into you it’s embarrassing’

HA

FUCKING

…and then they both got super hot and sweaty and had life-affirming emotional sex and lived happily ever after.

Or something like that.

Kid!Tony and Steve: Avengers Assemble S2 Ep7

Tony u asshat

(Kinda inspired by a cute japanese vine with two guys which i cant find;;;; here it is! anyways happy pocky day)

#just a cartoon my ass #loOK AT HOW MUCH THIS SHOW GETS IT #tony idolizing steve since he was a kid #dressing up as him for halloween and putting him up on that pedestal #and steve reminding him that the costume and the armor and the titles aren’t what that makes them heroes #isn’t what makes them brave and gives them strength #they already had that inside them

missing scenes from the mcu: in the aftermath of the battle of new york, tony meets up with steve to clear the air before he heads off on his road trip with a little goodbye (for now) gift. 

do you ever wonder what household object you would be turned into in a Beauty and the Beast type situation because I do

#the trash can

i feel bad for math. its such a calm and friendly discipline full of beautiful and complex patterns and theres absolutely nothing inherently bad or oppressive about it but ppl treat it as though its evil and malicious. a lot of pure math lacks any kind of practical application or end goal, and just exists for the sake of stimulating peoples minds and pushing the limits of the medium as far as is possible. much like almost every kind of art

math means u no harm friends

In case anyone wonders why Tony Stark really, really wants to destroy the Winter Soldier

Don’t leave me, buddy. 

But like. Tony should sit down, think about the fact that he has been personally responsible for killing more people’s “Jarvis” like family members than The Winter Soldier ever was, and that unlike Bucky, Tony did of his own free will. Unlike The Winter Soldier, Tony profited off those deaths. Tony wanting to destroy a VICTIM of brain washing for something that was not his fault doesn’t make Tony a sympathetic character. It makes Tony a self-absorbed piece of shit who needs to remember his own sins before he starts pointing at others. Also, by the time of Civil War, Tony will have been responsible for Ultron, which is something he builds because he’s too lazy to be a hero and wants to “Go home” and retire. Like. Tony Stark can take his manpain and fuck off.

I can’t believe I have to do this. 

Howard is responsible for Jarvis’ death. No one else. 

First of all, okay, assuming that Jarvis does die in the car crash with Maria and Tony Stark, which we don’t specifically know — and is something that’s really not supported by 616 canon. Have you literally just met Tony Stark this specific instance that you think he would kill Barnes or want to destroy him for something he did that was completely our of his control? 

Stark has always been someone who responds to situations with his brain, not his heart. This sometimes gets him into trouble, obviously, because the logical thing to do isn’t always the right thing to do: But look it how he tries to reach out to Bruce Banner in the Avengers, — and tries to help him find a sense of purpose in his own self-caused destruction filled life. Why wouldn’t he do the same thing for someone like Bucky who needed it more.

If anything, he’d fucking relate to Barnes: He’s the guy who stopped making weapons because he couldn’t live seeing the destruction they caused. And by the time Civil War rolls around, he’ll be following in his father’s footsteps of building something to make the world better (SHIELD/Ultron) and it turning to shit — he’s never, ever sought revenge. Even the people who’ve wronged him (Killian, Maya, Obadiah) he’s only ever defended himself against; he’s never been the aggressor there — yes, he can be a jerk to people, but that really doesn’t jive with “destroying the Winter Soldier” 

Stark in the MCU has taken on a lot of his father’s responsibilities and done what he’s can to either carry on his father’s vision — or correct his father’s mistakes. For this reason I actually think it’s more likely that Stark would try and help Bucky: Because of the role HYDRA/SHIELD played in making Barnes into the Winter Soldier. Oh, and honestly? I think the only person that Tony would ever blame for Howard, Maria and Jarvis’s death — is Howard. He let HYDRA in, he compromised the vision — it’s what made Peggy leave SHIELD, it’s what gave HYDRA their foothold and the strength to use the Winter Soldier to kill Howard’s family in the first place. I can’t see Tony looking at this any other way. 

Yeah, getting real tired of this weird hateboner some people have for Tony Stark that makes them completely ignore his canon characterization. 

(Also don’t really see what the point is of demanding he take responsibility for something all three Iron Man movies have been ABOUT him trying to take responsibility for. But whatever. You can talk about how the way he’s doing it is flawed, but how many more “i super fucked up the weapons were a bad idea” speeches can you really pack into one universe? You can argue that he didn’t learn the right lesson, but you can’t really argue that he’s not trying.)

You’re assuming he’s going to do something we… have no reason to believe going to do. For reasons that don’t make sense. Of course in order to do that I guess it helps to conveniently forget it’s Tony who saves Bucky in the aftermath of Civil War after Bucky tries to assassinate him. But sure Tony holds grudges and never forgives. I mean, Steve Rogers certainly isn’t a stubborn SOB, or anything.

Are you familiar with the source material or do you just mute it and talk over the dialogue?