No. 1 just has lovely writing and use of language.
No. 5 - there is always the remote possibility of doubt, in that could it really be Tony after all? And the little details, such as "Rhodey points at one of them, says "I bought him that shirt", and has to be escorted out of the room to calm down" - oh, heart-breaking.
And of course - why is Obadiah so easy about Rhodey showing up and heading off with Tony? Does he suspect what's going to happen? Is he glad (in a way) to have this charade end? Or does he reckon that S.H.I.E.L.D. will cut some sort of a deal with him?
Because what are S.H.I.E.L.D. going to do with Tony's body? Are they going to manufacture some kind of "Tonight, Tony Stark succumbed to his injuries sustained in the car accident" story to account for Tony being dead, or are they going to try cloning their very own Tony Stark, Engineering Genius?
And yeah, somehow I get the impression that Obie will be left in control of Stark Industries - as long as he plays ball with S.H.I.E.L.D. - because it's more convenient all round for everyone that way. Which leaves poor Rhodey being the guy who killed the (clone of) his best friend - and for what?
No. 4 hurts in a different way because we get hints of an Obadiah who had some kind of affection, at least at the start, for young Tony; who was a part of the Stark family (in all its glorious disfunctionality) and who is not completely 100% a total evil asshole. And of course, that just makes him scarier when he RIPS OUT TONY'S HEART ON THE COUCH, SMILING ALL THE WHILE. :-)
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No. 5 is the killer
Date: 2008-07-17 11:13 pm (UTC)No. 5 - there is always the remote possibility of doubt, in that could it really be Tony after all? And the little details, such as "Rhodey points at one of them, says "I bought him that shirt", and has to be escorted out of the room to calm down" - oh, heart-breaking.
And of course - why is Obadiah so easy about Rhodey showing up and heading off with Tony? Does he suspect what's going to happen? Is he glad (in a way) to have this charade end? Or does he reckon that S.H.I.E.L.D. will cut some sort of a deal with him?
Because what are S.H.I.E.L.D. going to do with Tony's body? Are they going to manufacture some kind of "Tonight, Tony Stark succumbed to his injuries sustained in the car accident" story to account for Tony being dead, or are they going to try cloning their very own Tony Stark, Engineering Genius?
And yeah, somehow I get the impression that Obie will be left in control of Stark Industries - as long as he plays ball with S.H.I.E.L.D. - because it's more convenient all round for everyone that way. Which leaves poor Rhodey being the guy who killed the (clone of) his best friend - and for what?
No. 4 hurts in a different way because we get hints of an Obadiah who had some kind of affection, at least at the start, for young Tony; who was a part of the Stark family (in all its glorious disfunctionality) and who is not completely 100% a total evil asshole. And of course, that just makes him scarier when he RIPS OUT TONY'S HEART ON THE COUCH, SMILING ALL THE WHILE. :-)