FUCK THAT. VERY LITTLE ABOUT TONY STARK IS HEALTHY, OK?
Least of all how he's gotta be asking when Obediah decided to kill him. And whether Obediah had anything to do with that car crash. Talk about ripping scabs off. Tony might be getting close to forty years (I know, I know, RDJ is over forty, and I don't know if your OCD has ascended to my levels, but if you squint really hard, the date on the death newspaper is December 1990. Which puts T's birthday in 1971.), but I seriously doubt he's ever processed it.
Tony finally learns that there are consequences to his actions and he's treating the revelation like he bought a new toy to play with.
Is the link to War Stories? I'm at work right now, so I can't look at fic, generally: YES. From Rhodey's POV, it's got to be like Tony has picked up on this new, highly annoying thing as his Playboy Playmate 2008. He shows up last to the party, drinks champagne all night, and only then starts bitching about the centerpieces?
Plus, I can see where Tony's I WILL NOT MAKE WEAPONS ANYMORE looking like a personal rejection of the military. And from the Stripper Pole interlude on the plane, we know that Rhodey really, really loves and talks about it like it's his girlfriend and his family and his cultural history, all in one.
So in short: yeah, I understand why Rhodey is pissed at Tony. At the same time, oh God, if Tony Stark hit me with that look and asked me to kill some puppies, there would be dead animals on the hangar floor in short order. Repeated exposure must bring resistance or something.
Also. While we're on the Tony Stark squee, I'd like to note that when Tony is walking of fthe plane with his arm in a sling and Rhodey helping him and looking so tired and pale, and RDJ does that subtle thing with his features and then lifts his chin, it just kills me. It kills me dead. You know that's when Pepper starts to tear up, hard.
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Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.
Date: 2008-05-27 07:53 pm (UTC)FUCK THAT. VERY LITTLE ABOUT TONY STARK IS HEALTHY, OK?
Least of all how he's gotta be asking when Obediah decided to kill him. And whether Obediah had anything to do with that car crash. Talk about ripping scabs off. Tony might be getting close to forty years (I know, I know, RDJ is over forty, and I don't know if your OCD has ascended to my levels, but if you squint really hard, the date on the death newspaper is December 1990. Which puts T's birthday in 1971.), but I seriously doubt he's ever processed it.
Tony finally learns that there are consequences to his actions and he's treating the revelation like he bought a new toy to play with.
Is the link to War Stories? I'm at work right now, so I can't look at fic, generally: YES. From Rhodey's POV, it's got to be like Tony has picked up on this new, highly annoying thing as his Playboy Playmate 2008. He shows up last to the party, drinks champagne all night, and only then starts bitching about the centerpieces?
Plus, I can see where Tony's I WILL NOT MAKE WEAPONS ANYMORE looking like a personal rejection of the military. And from the Stripper Pole interlude on the plane, we know that Rhodey really, really loves and talks about it like it's his girlfriend and his family and his cultural history, all in one.
So in short: yeah, I understand why Rhodey is pissed at Tony. At the same time, oh God, if Tony Stark hit me with that look and asked me to kill some puppies, there would be dead animals on the hangar floor in short order. Repeated exposure must bring resistance or something.
Also. While we're on the Tony Stark squee, I'd like to note that when Tony is walking of fthe plane with his arm in a sling and Rhodey helping him and looking so tired and pale, and RDJ does that subtle thing with his features and then lifts his chin, it just kills me. It kills me dead. You know that's when Pepper starts to tear up, hard.