krusca:

#HOLY SHIT HONESTLY#‘AM I RUNNING A BED AND BREAKFAST FOR A BIKER GANG’#ABSOLUTELY SAVAGE#this was a long time coming somebody’s gonna have to hold me down before i rant#OK MAYBE JUST A MINI RANT#first off he thinks he’s RUNNING IT#WHAT SORT OF HEIGHTENED SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AT BEST ENTITLEMENT AT WORST#fuck mE YOU NEED TO REALIZE THAT#tony funds this initiative but more importantly TONY PROVIDES THEIR DESTRUCTIVE GEAR#this is LITERALLY THE GUY WHO BLAMES HIMSELF FOR WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SI WEAPONS WERE DOUBLE DEALT WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE#he takes personal responsibility for what OTHER PEOPLE DID USING HIS WEAPONS#NOW#he trusted the avengers with his resources (AFTER TRUSTING SHIELD WITH R E P U L S O R TECHNOLOGY AKA THE BASIS OF IRON MAN#AND THEY TURNED OUT TO BE HYDRA)#then he lets the avengers go and he does his own thing for however long and THEN NEXT THING HE KNOWS THERES A WORLDWIDE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW#THE AVENGERS ARE TO BLAME FOR COLLATERAL DAMAGE AND LOSS OF INNOCENT LIFE AND LIKE G U Y S#TONY IS LITERALLY RELIVING THE SAME NEGLIGENCE NIGHTMARE HE LIVED IN IM1#WHEN HE ADMITS HE WAS TOO NAIVE TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH SI he assumed codes of honor he assumed THERE WERE LINES PEOPLE WOULDNT CROSS#AND ‘THIS IS HOW WE DO BUSINESS’ and then he did the same thing with the avengers he trusted this system based on the premise that#yes they could have this power they would always know where the lines are AND THEN ALL THIS SHIT HAPPENS#HE EVEN BRINGS UP SHUTTING DOWN STARK INDUSTRIES DURING THIS CONVERSATION GUYS HES RELIVING THE NIGHTMARE IM JUST#the HIGH KEY AGONY OF HIS FRUSTRATION FIRST MANIFESTING IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING AS INCONSEQUENTIAL AS COFFEE GROUNDS IN THE DISPOSAL LIKE#CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH THE FRUSTRATION AND GUILT HAS BEEN BUILDING UP IN HIM#IM SO FUCKED UP I HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO SAY BUT IM GONNA RUN OUT OF SPACE SO GOODBYE (via @knightinironarmor)

#krusca wants me to keep ranting so tbh HERE I COME#I JUST APPRECIATE THIS SHIT SO MUCH LIKE LISTEN the way tony responds when steve speaks on his behalf – OH BOY YEAH YOU KNOW ME SO WELL#he’s saying that to steve I’VE SEEN THE FOOTAGE AND THEREFORE I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR DRIVE rogers#later on when nat agrees with him he’s sarcastically like OH DID I MISHEAR YOU OR DID YOU JUST AGREE WITH ME#tony’s saying this to natasha IRON MAN YES; TONY STARK NOT RECOMMENDED romanoff#there is SO MUCH LIKE. TONY STARK PASSIVE AGGRESSIVELY BARGING INTO THE PERCEIVED CLIQUE LIKE#oh yeah THANK YOU FOR NOTICING MY SILENCE it is i the guy FROM THE FOOTAGE who’s ALWAYS WRONG and INCIDENTALLY PAID FOR THE DISPOSAL THAT#YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BREAK as well as provides THE UNCHECKED LEVEL OF POWER THAT WE’VE GOT GOING ON ITS NO BIG DEAL CAP ITS JUST A HEADACHE#i LOVE THIS SIDE OF IT AND YOU CAN FIGHT ME because like each of those jabs is deeply personal#you get to the charles spencer speech and it’s NOT just a Principle Thing it’s also about HOW BRUTALLY GUILTY TONY FEELS#IT’S ABOUT ‘PAIN’ AND ‘DISCOMFORT’ IT’S ABOUT THE ELECTROMAGNETIC HEADACHES HE’S BEEN GIVING HIMSELF#TRYING TO CRAFT THE VIRTUAL REALITY SCENARIOS WHERE HE DID THE RIGHT THINGS AND SAID WHAT HE NEEDED TO SAY#charlie spencer died in sokovia but tony’s speech is NOT JUST ABOUT ULTRON ultron is in fact THE FINAL TWIST#THE BULK OF THE SPEECH IS ABOUT HOW CHARLIE SPENCER WAS THE SORT OF KID TONY DEEPLY ADMIRES NOW AND GENUINELY WANTS TO HELP (see SEPTEMBER#FOUNDATION) charlie spencer WAS THE KID TONY WISHES HE HAD BEEN the kid who WANTED TO PUT A FEW MILES ON HIS SOUL BEFORE PARKING IT BEHIND A#DESK he wanted to MAKE A DIFFERENCE MAYBE BE OF SERVICE but tony admits he WASNT THAT YOUNG MAN HE TOOK OVER A WEAPONS COMPANY AT 21#HE WAS IN VEGAS AND FORT LAUDERDALE INSTEAD AND HE F E E L S THIS NOW#i love this there is L I T E R A L L Y SO MUCH PERSONALITY AND HISTORY UNDERLINING E V E R Y T H I N G HE’S SAYING#this shit honestly goes beyond your usual ‘plot-relevant motivation speech’ this is LITERALLY#THE MOST VIVID SENSE OF ‘WHERE TONY STARK IS RIGHT NOW’ THAT I COULD POSSIBLY HOPE FOR i said this a million times but THIS TONY STARK#IS THE TONY STARK THAT WAS INTRODUCED TO US IN IM1#AND THAT THEN WENT THROUGH THAT AND ALL THE OTHER MOVIES; NOT JUST THE ONE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING IT#AND NOT IN AN EASTER EGG EASY TIMELINE SENSE BUT IN A FUCKING VISCERAL#’E M O T I O N A L L Y CONNECTED TO HIS OWN H I S T O R Y’ SENSE#HOLY FUCK IM RUNNING OUT OF ROOM AGAIN