#iron man 3 | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

gunsandspaceships · 2 days

Text

Tony’s Childhood. Part 2.1. Effects: Own Will

Before this part, be sure to read Part 1.

If you're not aware of Tony's strange understanding of the importance of his own wants and needs, check out this post from daydreamsandnightlights.

Here I will try to explain the roots of this behavior.

At age 4 Tony built his first circuit board (IM1)

At age 6 built his first engine (IM1)

Let's think about what it meant that he built all these things at such an early age. Was this his own or his father's will?

Let’s take Morgan for comparison – she is indeed a brilliant kid too, since at the age of 5 she can count up to 3000 (ordinary kids count up to 1000 at the age of 8), knows how much is in a ton, what “disintegrate” means and can easily manipulate her dad, a genius.

Looking at Morgan's behavior, we can assume that she is already capable of building a circuit board under the guidance of her father. But she doesn't. Because her father does not demand this from her. She is a kid. She plays with plush dogs and beavers, sleds on Captain America’s shield, and likes to have bedtime stories read to her before bed. She sneaks into her father’s garage because there are interesting things inside that she can take and play with, not to build something and add it to the list of impressive achievements.

The question is: did Tony want to create things because he liked it, or because his father did it and wanted his son to do the same?

We know that Howard had plans for Tony to "change the world" with Howard's ideas about the future. Apparently, he was preparing Tony for this purpose.

Do small children have a desire to tinker and build things? Some yes. Do they want to or should they play with cubes and constructor sets? Yes. Do they want to or should they work with real motorcycle engines and soldering irons? Hell no. They usually don't have the appropriate motor skills to do this, so they can easily hurt themselves. I'll talk more about this later when I discuss his pain tolerance.

I think it’s impossible to say now whether Tony was interested in engineering from that age (I mean sincere desire, not ability). So we cannot answer that question. But I doubt 4-year-old Tony realized what he was doing when building computer parts. He liked it though. Because those were probably the only times he spent time with his father.

Howard continued to deny his son his will when Tony was sent to boarding school when Tony was 7 years old. There he had a regulated, planned life for 7 years. Then college for another 7. And then became the youngest CEO at 21. None of this sounds like a child’s “I did what I wanted”.

He did not express his will but pleased others. Because this way he received a little love. Or a substitute for love, to be precise. And when, perhaps for the first time, he was taken care of by Yinsen, who saved him, even in such a terrible way, and died for him, he was incredibly grateful. And after that, his attitude towards people changed.

But not the attitude of people towards him, since they continued to want something from him, expecting the same behavior that they were used to seeing from the “rich and famous”.

*Doesn’t want to celebrate his birthday with a bunch of strangers in his house? Wants to spend his last days with the woman he loves? DENIED*

*Needs psychological support from people he trusts? DENIED*

*Wants to save the team from a breakup because he cares and knows what’s coming? DENIED*

Conclusion: Tony didn't belong to himself his whole life. He didn’t use to defend his own, laid deep within, interests. First, his will was moved aside by his father’s. Then Stane’s and the public’s. Fury then came with his Initiative without asking what Tony wanted. Then S.H.I.E.L.D. came to him (not) asking to find Tesseract and save the world. Then the whole team came. Then the government with its Accords, and so on and so forth. None of them bothered to ask, “What do you want, Tony?”. And the only times he insisted on something, were the times when he tried to keep the team together and prevent their death.

#tony stark #iron man #marvel #mcu #the avengers #captain america civil war #avengers age of ultron #iron man 3 #pepper potts #avengers endgame #captain america #morgan stark #psychology #iron man 2 #howard stark

30 notes · View notes

avengerscompound · 1 month

Text

Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark My favorite looks in each movie

2K notes · View notes

punster-2319 · 8 months

Text

#polls #2013 in film #frozen #iron man 3 #despicable me 2 #the hobbit: the desolation of smaug #the hunger games: catching fire #fast & furious 6 #monsters university #gravity #man of steel #thor: the dark world

5K notes · View notes

lucid-anarchy · 7 months

Text

another era, same diva

#iron man #tony stark #robert downey jr #rdj #marvel #iron dad #avengers #pepper potts #iron man 2 #iron man 3 #marvel movies #mcu #mcu tony stark #marvel fanfiction #stony #brony #science bros

3K notes · View notes

dailymarvelstudios · 4 months

Text

Iron Man 3 (2013), dir. Shane Black

#iron man 3 #ironmanedit #marveledit #filmedit #tony stark #tony starkedit #harley keener #*gifs #dylan

1K notes · View notes

marvelouttakes · 7 months

Text

THEY ARE THE SAME

#iron man #tony stark #robert downey jr #rdj #marvel #iron dad #avengers #pepper potts #iron man 2 #iron man 3 #marvel movies #mcu #mcu tony stark #marvel fanfiction #stony #brony #science bros

3K notes · View notes

soliloquent-stark · 21 days

Text

robert downey jr as tony stark in iron man 3 (2013)

#no cool caption. i just think he's great #gifs by soliloquent #tony my beloved #tony stark #iron man #mcu gifs #marvel #mcu #iron man 3 #robert downey jr #rdj #tony stark gif

314 notes · View notes

scottxlogan · 11 months

Photo

Happy birthday Tony Stark (May 29, 1970)

#Tony Stark #Iron Man #Morgan Stark #Pepper Potts #Bruce Banner #Robert Downey Jr #gweneth paltrow #mark ruffalo #lexi rabe #mcu #the avengers #avengers endgame #iron man 3 #iron man 2 #mcuedit #marveldaily #filmgifs #moviegifs #dailymarvelheroes

1K notes · View notes

fotibrit · 9 months

Text

peter texts tony asking if a friend can come over after school, and tony agreeing, thinking nothing if it.

Peter: “Hi Mister Stark! Meet my friend, his names Harley. He’s my new lab partner.”

Tony:

Harley:

Tony:

Peter:

Harley:

Tony: Hey Pete, you’re gonna wanna sit down for this story.

#tony stark #iron man #irondad and spiderson #irondad fic ideas #peter parker #spider man #spiderson #irondad #marvel mcu #avengers #peter parker and tony stark #Harley keener #iron man 3

931 notes · View notes

womenofmcu · 7 months

Photo

Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts in Iron Man 3

1K notes · View notes

gunsandspaceships · 1 day

Text

Tony’s Childhood. Part 2.2. Effects: Inner Child

Before this part, be sure to read Part 1 and Part 2.1.

Let’s go back to his sometimes childish behavior: for example, he plays nanoball with Pepper in several scenes in IM2, buys her plush toys, throws things off the countertop and climbs onto it to be higher, and so on…

Some may have noticed that this happens more often in the presence of Pepper, who in some ways acts as his mother figure. And, even more important for understanding this phenomenon, he does this when he is in serious condition: in IM2 he is dying from palladium poisoning, in IM3 he has PTSD.

Note: using the phrase “childish behavior” I do not mean infantilism as a disorder – that’s different, and something that Tony does not have.

So why is he like this?

The answer is simple: he was not allowed to be a child when he was one, and was emotionally neglected, so his normal psychological development was disrupted from an early age, leading to the development of this coping mechanism, and ultimately part of his personality remained in "child mode".

As Howard rushed to prepare Tony to become "the messiah", he discouraged him from normal childhood activities and behavior, even when Tony was 4 years old. His parents were not present in his life emotionally from the beginning, and later they were also not present physically. From the age of 7, Tony lived in conditions that children much older than him usually live in, with those older children, not with peers. His activities there consisted mainly of studying science and technology. He couldn't act like the child he actually was. And in college, when he was still a kid, he was thrown into the community of college students. Not the proper environment for a child.

From his perspective when he recruited Peter in CW he was recruiting a 15-year-old himself, who, in many ways, was already an adult.

However, these misfortunes in the future allowed him to easily find a common language with children like Harley, Peter, and Morgan. His inner child understands them, knows what they want and need, how they think. He does not talk down to them and treats them as equals. He also knows what to get Harley for his help and how to be a great father - because he can see from both perspectives.

Conclusion: Tony was deprived of the opportunity to be a child, which affected his psychological development, leaving him a bit of a child in his adult life. This had its pros and cons, including some difficulty communicating with other adults, but at the same time, it made it easier to communicate with children.

It also gave him a somewhat distorted view of childhood (thinking that other children were just like him - practically little adults), which gradually faded with the experience of caring for a "regular" teenager.

All these features also allowed him to become a wonderful father in contrast to his own.

#tony stark #iron man #marvel #mcu #the avengers #avengers endgame #pepper potts #iron man 3 #iron man 2 #peter parker #captain america civil war #howard stark #morgan stark

26 notes · View notes

avengerscompound · 4 months

Text