. I think it was probably never about Tony. And it may never even have been about Dad.
SHIT. SHIT.
OF COURSE. YOU ARE BRILLIANT.
I mean, I'm not sure if I'm totally convinced that Tony only came back because of Obediah since I read Tony as having such a THING about Dad's Legacy and, also, because underneath the playboy good times, Tony is kind of an obsessive workaholic. (You've just spent three intense-ass months, welding for dear life, in a cold cave. What do you do on returning to civilization? Get a cheeseburger, have a press conference, and then go back to a better equipped cave. With cheeseburgers.)
But yeah. You're absolutely right that it makes complete sense that Obediah had to hold off on whacking Tony/why he had to include Tony despite probably wanting to keep alllllllllll the power for himself -- Tony is the brains behind the operation. He's the Stark behind Stark Industries. It'd be like Berkshire Hathaway without Warren Buffett, but if Berkshire Hathaway where a tech company desperately dependent on innovation for its business model and if Warren Buffett were like the second coming of Niels Bohr and miracle year Isaac Newton all in one.
MAN. BRILLIANT.
The other major lightning bolt re: Obediah that hit this morning was obsession_inc up above talking about the probable age difference between O and Howard Stark. I mean, going by moive-canon, he had ot have been about 15 years younger. It's totally conceivable that he expected to be handed the power if/when Howard retired or died. But no, the controlling interest goes to TONY, the scapegrace son.
God, I love this stage of fandom. :D
And re: beta'ing. Thankee very much kindly for the offer. I'm a ready, fire, aim kinda approach (like Tony! only with less genius!) so none of my fics get beta'd. Ever. I'm way too impatient. If you ever have suggestions or comments or "uh, that's a really embarrassing typo" after the fact, though, totally leave me a comment or whatever. :D
Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.
SHIT. SHIT.
OF COURSE. YOU ARE BRILLIANT.
I mean, I'm not sure if I'm totally convinced that Tony only came back because of Obediah since I read Tony as having such a THING about Dad's Legacy and, also, because underneath the playboy good times, Tony is kind of an obsessive workaholic. (You've just spent three intense-ass months, welding for dear life, in a cold cave. What do you do on returning to civilization? Get a cheeseburger, have a press conference, and then go back to a better equipped cave. With cheeseburgers.)
But yeah. You're absolutely right that it makes complete sense that Obediah had to hold off on whacking Tony/why he had to include Tony despite probably wanting to keep alllllllllll the power for himself -- Tony is the brains behind the operation. He's the Stark behind Stark Industries. It'd be like Berkshire Hathaway without Warren Buffett, but if Berkshire Hathaway where a tech company desperately dependent on innovation for its business model and if Warren Buffett were like the second coming of Niels Bohr and miracle year Isaac Newton all in one.
MAN. BRILLIANT.
The other major lightning bolt re: Obediah that hit this morning was
God, I love this stage of fandom. :D
And re: beta'ing. Thankee very much kindly for the offer. I'm a ready, fire, aim kinda approach (like Tony! only with less genius!) so none of my fics get beta'd. Ever. I'm way too impatient. If you ever have suggestions or comments or "uh, that's a really embarrassing typo" after the fact, though, totally leave me a comment or whatever. :D