“See? I told you you’d have fun.”
Tony and Bruce, hanging out in the rubble after the battle. Last one of these two for now. I think. My apologies to all my non-avengers-fan followers for posting all these. X)
science bros <3333
Twenty minutes of bickering pass but eventually Bruce’s lips end up against Tony’s stubble-covered jaw, testing out the territory before he finally gathers his courage and kisses the man on the mouth like a fucking adult. x
#you’re so afraid of that question tony #you’re all flash and glamor and that too is armor #the tony stark on page six that’s just armor too #and he knows that #all those things genius playboy billionaire philanthropist you’re hyper aware of the fact that those too are suits you step in to #shields for you #and cap knows you in the blink of an eye he understands you #how terrified you are #how defensive you are #after he asks #the word hero sets you off because that’s what you’re afraid that you aren’t #your dad looked up to and was friends with the ultimate american hero and you came to resent your dad so much that you wanted to be the a… #antithesis of everything he looked up to and held valuable #tony you were so sure you failed your dad so you took that and ran #you thought well these things are already assumed of me why should I try and change anyone’s mind #and you never did #you never #ever #wanted to change anyone’s mind #until cap challenged you #until cap saw everything you hated about yourself and told you not to pretend you were a hero #and what did you do #you fucking proved that you were a hero#take the suit away tony stark #and you are a hero
Extremis also deals with Tony’s emotional state. At the start of the first issue, just prior to Stark’s interview with Pilinger; Tony can barely look at himself in the mirror. He hates himself for who he is and what he’s done. He defends himself during his interview citing that the technology he’s created has bettered society in some way, until he is countered by Pilinger with all the harm he’s done to society. Pilinger asks Stark whether he believes that they have “painkilling drug pumps in Iraq,” or if “and Afghan kid with his arms blown off by a landline is remotely impressed by an Iron Man suit.” It’s then that Tony becomes speechless. This scene is powerful because it reveals Tony Stark’s true feelings of regret. He understands that his Stark Industries empire is built on developing weapons of mass destruction that have gone on to kill innocent lives; and he hates himself for that.
My favorite run!!
[Meanwhile, the weakened Iron Man, desperately fighting for his life, slowly recovers conscious-ness…]
Tony: My electric power has been short-circuited…I’ve got to recharge somehow…but how? Where am I? Can’t wait much longer…must find some electric current to reactivate my circutits!! Wait…that light bulb…overhead…
[Summoning all his remaining strength, Iron Man smashes the glass bulb, and…
Tony: Lucky I carry this spare extension cord for any emergencies…ah…I can feel my energy…my very life force…feeding back…
— From Tales of Suspense #52 by Stan Lee & N. Korok, art by Don Heck.
and then they kissed on the mouth
remember that thing I said just now just before this THIS IS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO kissssshim do it do it do it now
omg is this matt fraction
maybe I need to start reading this again /shallow
Avengers vs. X-Men #0, by Frank Cho
Wow, this is absolutely stunning work. Those lines!
