JUMPING BACK IN EVEN THOUGH I'M AT WORK AND SHOULD KNOW BETTER BY NOW.
Lunch breaks are cruel.
ANYWAY. First off:
(Because he arguably doesn't know that she's sleeping with SHIELD now.)
Hee! Because she is! (sidenote: how adorable was Pepper's interaction with Coulson at the plant? "Oooh. Is that a super-high tech lock picking thing?" Because she's been around Tony long enough to find machines neeeeeeeat.)
But secondly, re: the when did Obi decide to choke the golden goose. The more I think about it, the more I'm figuring that Afghanistan was the window of opportunity he was looking for, for awhile. Tony Stark is probably insured and lawyered up the ass, and there's probably a shedton of clauses in all those contracts and shit that specify specific sort of instances where the company would revert back to Obie. I'm guessing conveniently "accidental" deaths that a guy like Tony might get into, like car crashes or overdoses or being smothered between a woman's thighs, are effectively ruled out since Tony's lawyers (who care more about his safety than Tony seems to most of the time, much to everyone's chagrin) probably have red-flags attached to those.
But something like Afghanistan? Sort of like the presidency, I'm guessing before taking trips to war-torn countries to sell weapons, Tony signs shit that transfers temporary control to Obie while he's out of the country, and BOY. Maybe those are the papers Pepper had him sign before she hustled him out? (Oh, man, poor PEPPER.)
Man, that's long and convoluted I know, but super-billionaire CEOs probably have bookcases full of if-then clauses for shit like this.
Re: second time through = golden. i'm thinking about going time #3.
Lunch breaks are cruel.
ANYWAY. First off:
(Because he arguably doesn't know that she's sleeping with SHIELD now.)
Hee! Because she is! (sidenote: how adorable was Pepper's interaction with Coulson at the plant? "Oooh. Is that a super-high tech lock picking thing?" Because she's been around Tony long enough to find machines neeeeeeeat.)
But secondly, re: the when did Obi decide to choke the golden goose. The more I think about it, the more I'm figuring that Afghanistan was the window of opportunity he was looking for, for awhile. Tony Stark is probably insured and lawyered up the ass, and there's probably a shedton of clauses in all those contracts and shit that specify specific sort of instances where the company would revert back to Obie. I'm guessing conveniently "accidental" deaths that a guy like Tony might get into, like car crashes or overdoses or being smothered between a woman's thighs, are effectively ruled out since Tony's lawyers (who care more about his safety than Tony seems to most of the time, much to everyone's chagrin) probably have red-flags attached to those.
But something like Afghanistan? Sort of like the presidency, I'm guessing before taking trips to war-torn countries to sell weapons, Tony signs shit that transfers temporary control to Obie while he's out of the country, and BOY. Maybe those are the papers Pepper had him sign before she hustled him out? (Oh, man, poor PEPPER.)
Man, that's long and convoluted I know, but super-billionaire CEOs probably have bookcases full of if-then clauses for shit like this.