Pre-Af Tony only interacts with people when he's wearing his game face, and his game face is an asshole. In fact, you can almost see him transitioning to a slightly more public version of himself when Pepper comes down into the shop.
That's a great observation. I actually know a few people like Tony, and it's very, very hard to get beyond their game faces. They're always *on*, even when they don't want to be. It becomes habit, kind of instinctual, and sometimes they can't turn it off.
I have a pet theory that Tony blew off the Apogee Awards when he realized that they were going to do a mini-biog heavy on the CHILD FUCKING PRODIGY and INHERITOR OF DADDY'S MANTLE and MAGAZINE COVER BOY thing on top of Rhodey presenting the award.
I think this is a sound theory. In fact, it makes a hell of a lot of sense, because clearly he'd been there at some point, as there was an empty chair and half drunk glass of something or other next to Obie.
Okay, I totally agree that Pepper picks up on the difference, and that's why she's still there all these years later. She's the one who sees him like this the most, as she sees him actually working in the lab, and when he's working it's harder for him to wear the game face (notice he doesn't wear game face AT ALL when he's with Yinsen. Not once.
Also, yeah. I think Christine/Tony would be kind of hot, because he knows he can't really pull one over on her, but he'll just keep trying. And because she's awesome.
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Re: TONY STARKS WON THE OSCAR, Y'ALL.
Date: 2008-06-01 03:12 am (UTC)That's a great observation. I actually know a few people like Tony, and it's very, very hard to get beyond their game faces. They're always *on*, even when they don't want to be. It becomes habit, kind of instinctual, and sometimes they can't turn it off.
I have a pet theory that Tony blew off the Apogee Awards when he realized that they were going to do a mini-biog heavy on the CHILD FUCKING PRODIGY and INHERITOR OF DADDY'S MANTLE and MAGAZINE COVER BOY thing on top of Rhodey presenting the award.
I think this is a sound theory. In fact, it makes a hell of a lot of sense, because clearly he'd been there at some point, as there was an empty chair and half drunk glass of something or other next to Obie.
Okay, I totally agree that Pepper picks up on the difference, and that's why she's still there all these years later. She's the one who sees him like this the most, as she sees him actually working in the lab, and when he's working it's harder for him to wear the game face (notice he doesn't wear game face AT ALL when he's with Yinsen. Not once.
Also, yeah. I think Christine/Tony would be kind of hot, because he knows he can't really pull one over on her, but he'll just keep trying. And because she's awesome.