no i know what i want from my mister tony “have i not been warning you about space threats for years” stark
i want a Passive Aggressive comment. like i want *THAT* type of passive aggressive comment that’s been entrenched and rotting inside you for years and when it finally comes out it just slices right through people the way a paper cut does, it seems small and inconsequential but by god the sting comes eventually and it s t a y s
[deadpans while focusing on a screen] “guess at this point we might as well just die together”
[someone asks alien-related question] [tony immediately answers, flatly, from across the room] [everyone looks]
[maria hill:] so, was it last night that you became an expert in intergalactic diplomacy
[tony stark:] about six years ago
[pulls out multiple anti-alien contingencies he’s put together for the team]
[someone:] you’ve been busy huh? what is this
[tony stark:] [squints, as if trying to remember the name] six years of stuff no one helped me with. anyway
[someone showing footage of aliens]
“are you sure that’s not just the ‘UFOs over phoenix’ type deal? you know a lot of the stuff on youtube is fake”