I wonder how many people blame Tony for what Obadiah Stane did.
How many have the bald, vile, manipulative, abusive, stereotypical villain, that sold weapons under the table & Howard’s & Tony’s nose for years, just passing their mind when they blame Tony for the bad guys having his weapons.
The guy that wanted power, the guy that sold weapons to the ones that blew up the Maximoffs’ parents, the one that was willing to kill Pepper because Tony found out, the one that fought for the weapons part of SI stay open when Tony said “no, our, my, weapons, have been getting into the wrong hands, and I and SI needs to be accountable for that”, the one you see a full scene of him talking with the people he ordered to kill Tony, but instead they tortured him.
How many just forget this one character just so they feel better about blaming Tony for every little thing wrong in MCU.
How many don’t acknowledge him, how many didn’t even watch the movie (I’ve seen some say they haven’t - then they wonder why Tony wants accountability), how many.
How many forget that Tony’s character arc in the Iron Man trilogy is about accountability and taking action in his wrong doings.
!!!!! @iwillmissyoutony I hope you don’t mind but I’m in a ~mood tonight & this needs to be said. LISTEN, Tony has been about accountability since his character first appeared. L I S T E N, in IM1, the man walked off an airplane, got in a car, & drove to a PRESS CONFERENCE he requested be put together in said car AFTER BEING TORTURED FOR WEEKS. HE DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO CHANGE. HE WENT DIRECTLY THERE. During said press conference he shut down the most lucrative part of his business knowing FULL WELL that that move would be regarded abysmally by his shareholders. HOWEVER, he knew full well that in good conscience he couldn’t let that continue to operate as it had before all of this came to light. LISTEN, I know MCU doesn’t shine a light on Tony’s alcoholism *insert bs reason but whatever that’s irrelevant* but the fact of the matter still stands: Tony readily consumes alcohol as a coping mechanism. YOU THINK IT’S NOT ON PURPOSE THAT MOMENTS AFTER CHRISTINE SHOWS HIM THE PICTURES, HE’S STANDING NEXT TO STANE WHO FUCKING ADMITS TO ALL THE BS HE’S DOING BUT HE’S MANIPULATED TONY FOR SO LONG & SO WELL THAT IN THAT MOMENT, BEFORE THE CAMERAS, HE’S POWERLESS, WHEN MOMENTS BEFORE THAT, HE WAS CLEARLY INEBRIATED ON THAT BALCONY WITH PEPPER. TONY CARRIES SO MUCH GUILT WITH HIM – some of it misplaced – BECAUSE men like Obadiah & his father so expertly deceived, manipulated, & abused him & YET, HE TAKES ON THOSE CONSEQUENCES AS HIS OWN.
#tony #i have a lot of feelings about tony stark #people forget too the impact of howard’s emotional abuse and neglect #especially in the comics like take mcu howard and multiply his harmful impact by a thousand percent #tony is a traumatized ptsd riddled victim of abuse #you woobify loki for his neglect at the hands of odin and excuse his participation in mass murder in nyc #but you villainize tony for wanting accountability after he witnesses first hand what happens in a system without consequences or rules #how much does tony stark have to suffer before you all cut him some slack #tony is a self destructive alcoholic trying to cope with his trauma #im3 is a two and a half hour long movie about tony’s trauma and poor coping mechanisms #the anxiety attacks he denies having #the army of iron suits #the obsessive need to protect pepper because she’s the only good thing he feels he has left and knows he doesn’t deserve #like imagine being so fucked up and traumatized that you don’t think you deserve to be happy #that you don’t deserve your friends or loved ones so you just push them away push rhodey and pepper out of your life #you tell yourself it’s for their own good because you’re too fucked up #you hide behind a this fake mask of being better than everyone else #because no one can hate you as much as you hate yourself #jesus i just love tony stark so much and i will fight anyone who mistreats him (via @samwilson)