"Rhodey points at one of them, says "I bought him that shirt", and has to be escorted out of the room to calm down"
GOD. I love that line. And I love how it's both integrated into the story, but also set apart. So great. So awesome.
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?
I can't answer for sure for jamaillith, who is off at a music festival, but I'll point her towards this when she comes back. We were kicking around some ideas, though, when we were putting the piece together -- and yeah, Obadiah knowing that Rhodey was with SHIELD was one of the things we talked about?
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
Yeah. There's something weirdly. . . intimate? About the way he goes about tearing Tony's heart out on the couch. It's nice and close and in your face, and it really makes want to put a spin on that bit from the red carpet scene during the photo op, when Obadiah's parting shot is that it was the only way to protect Tony. One way of reading it is that he thought Tony might still buy it. The other, which I'm trying to figure out works or not, is that he really. and honestly. thought it was how he went about keeping Tony from the dirty business. Sure, yeah, he'll kill Tony for control of the company, but he doesn't want Tony to be doing the double-dealing.
I don't have it straight in my head, but it's interesting. And it's interesting to think about what Tony's life would have been like if he'd just never stepped up to take a role at Stark Industries. Or if he'd left running the company entirely to O.
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Re: No. 5 is the killer
Date: 2008-07-18 03:25 am (UTC)GOD. I love that line. And I love how it's both integrated into the story, but also set apart. So great. So awesome.
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?
I can't answer for sure for
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
Yeah. There's something weirdly. . . intimate? About the way he goes about tearing Tony's heart out on the couch. It's nice and close and in your face, and it really makes want to put a spin on that bit from the red carpet scene during the photo op, when Obadiah's parting shot is that it was the only way to protect Tony. One way of reading it is that he thought Tony might still buy it. The other, which I'm trying to figure out works or not, is that he really. and honestly. thought it was how he went about keeping Tony from the dirty business. Sure, yeah, he'll kill Tony for control of the company, but he doesn't want Tony to be doing the double-dealing.
I don't have it straight in my head, but it's interesting. And it's interesting to think about what Tony's life would have been like if he'd just never stepped up to take a role at Stark Industries. Or if he'd left running the company entirely to O.