My armor was never a distraction or a hobby, it was a cocoon,
and now I’m a changed man.

You can take away my house,
all my tricks and toys, but one thing you can’t take away
                                                                                           – I am Iron Man.

thecomicsvault:

“Tony Stark makes you feel,
He’s a cool exec with a heart of steel.

As Iron Man, all jets a-blaze,
He’s fighting and smiting with repulsor rays.

Amazing Armor! That’s Iron Man!
A Blazing Power! That’s Iron Man!”

TONY STARK By Don Heck & Vince Colletta
Tales Of Suspense #69 (Sept. 1965)

isjustprogress:

#THIS IS IT this is the gifset that perfectly defines their relationship#rhodey enjoys tony’s bullshit rhodey loves every second of tony’s bullshit#this is why i hate comments about how rhodey ‘has to put up with tony’s shit’#and has to tolerate him#because no no he doesn’t#he loves every second of every half assed stupid life threatening scheme tony comes up with#remember his first reaction after finding out about the suit was ‘where is mine’#you cannot have a friendship like theirs based on tolerance and cleaning up messes#rhodey LOVES being a part of all of their screw ups and enjoys every second of it#the only thing is he is a lot more discreet than tony in public#this is why i love their friendship#because it goes both ways because they both go along and complement each other#because they’re both the kind of people to sit next to the other person in prison laughing about how they fucked up#they are the best

You’ve been called the Da Vinci of our time. What do you say to that? 

Absolutely ridiculous. I don’t paint. 

lunaobliviate7:

buttmanreturns:

tacticalfury:

#you know you’re screwed when a missile is aimed toward you and it literally has your name on it

irony man

irony man

nursefirecracker:

#you’re all i have too #shall we talk about how pepper is just as complex and damaged as tony and just as much about rising and rebuilding and pushing #we just see more of tony’s bc he’s iron man #she’s a girl who had nothing; no one else except tony stark; in himself; but also the business; the legacy #she believed in it all because she believed in him #and he believed in her belief so much; believed her way was better than his to the point where#he abdicated his throne; his power of his empire; to her #where he’d built a goddamn iron man suit to prevent obadiah from wresting control #because she – clear eyed clarion call – saw tony stark; man and empire and legacy; for what it could be #and he aspires to that#he didn’t give her his heart or his legacy because he merely loved her #he gave it to her because she was the best hope; the only hope for his world becoming what it could #he’s a mechanic; a prophet; a visionary; but not a leader; not used to interacting with reality #she took his dreams for his empire and could make them a reality; in her own vision; her own interpretation of him #who she loved and saw clearly both for what he was and what he could be #and that’s the only reason; to him; textually stated; the only reason he hasn’t spiralled into obsession and darkness #because of her; and her love yes #but also because of what she sees and how she shapes him and his legacy in ways he never could #she keeps his original vision; his empire; his future pure #she rejects extremis on the basis of it being weaponizable; she is the leader and pioneer of the new stark industries #which carries his hopes for the future and for humanity #actual textual light around which he revolves above the abyss #like #!!! #guys this is not a whiny girlfriend #this is the only human being on earth who can call him back from the dark (okayophelia)