Sorry, one day I'm going to be able to write you a comment without wanting to add to it ten seconds later.
But this line: All she knows is that these are her people. They're the closest analogue she has to friends or family or lovers. Tony doesn't build dividing walls in whatever is left of her heart, and the result is a muddle. In the cave, she tells Yinsen that she doesn't have anybody; in her shop, she tells Pepper that Pepper is all she has.
YES! Of course Tony- especially this Tony- keeps a list of trusted people and it is THREE PEOPLE LONG and it will always be THREE PEOPLE LONG, because you have to prove your devotion to Tony completely before he'll give you an inch. Awesome.
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Date: 2008-09-22 12:37 am (UTC)But this line: All she knows is that these are her people. They're the closest analogue she has to friends or family or lovers. Tony doesn't build dividing walls in whatever is left of her heart, and the result is a muddle. In the cave, she tells Yinsen that she doesn't have anybody; in her shop, she tells Pepper that Pepper is all she has.
YES! Of course Tony- especially this Tony- keeps a list of trusted people and it is THREE PEOPLE LONG and it will always be THREE PEOPLE LONG, because you have to prove your devotion to Tony completely before he'll give you an inch. Awesome.