I’m sure at one point Peter would have been expecting a Wedding before Infinity War and Endgame happened.. (Seems he was mislead just like Tom was during the filming days! haha.)
Peter thought his Parker Luck would give him a break for a second but…. guess not. No father figures for you. (Also on Instagram)
Tony + prince imagery is amazing and fascinating and I love it. I found this MCU Phase One Iron Man novelization I had and it has the story Yinsen told about the prince, and I swear I saw it on Tumblr somewhere before but search isn’t showing me anything. I’m going to transcribe it below since it’s across two pages:
Over the following twenty-four hours, the two of them worked feverishly: soldering circuits, connecting electronics, hammering metal–always carefully concealing their purpose from the watchful eyes of the warlord and his guards.
“My people have a story about a prince,” Yinsen said as he worked the salvaged metal. “The king hated the prince, so he banished him to the underworld and jailed him there.”
Sweat poured from Tony’s body as he beat the metal into shape. “Tell me,” he said.
“The king made the prince work the iron pits. Year after year, the prince mined the heavy ore, becoming so strong he could crush pieces of it together in his bare hands.”
Tony wiped the soot from his face.
“Too late the king realized his mistake,” Yinsen continued. “He took his finest sword and went to kill the prince. But when he struck, the sword broke in half. The prince himself had become as strong as iron.”
Tony lifted a glowing iron mask from the furnace. The mask was crude, but it would definitely suit his purpose.
but like. we deserved tony and carol banter in endgame before he died. theyre bffs in the comics @mcu you couldve fucking given us one interaction at least. go back and reshoot the whole damn thing
carol, sees tony wearing a cat shirt: wanna meet my cat goose?
tony: awh shes adorable
friday, flashing red alerts: Sir that is not a fucking cat put it down
But honestly, Tony actually being still alive and giving zero fucks would be so hilarious
Him showing up at random in other Marvel movies, preferably just walking by with a starbucks cup
Ignoring all the news, because duh, he saved the fucking universe and now he has to get his daughter to school, so no privat home address for terrorists anymore
Like, literally no one knows that he’s still alive, except of course for the entire Ironfam and Stephen, who saw this whole mess anyway (and it’s good that way, because let’s be real, Tony wouldn’t be able to rest if the world knew he’s still alive)
Wong talking to Stephen about Tony’s sacrifice and so on, Stephen just nods, is all like yeah, he’s a real hero and our savior. Next day, he gets a coffee with Tony and calls him a douchebag
Rhodey probably throwing himself off a bridge, because Tony can’t shut the fuck up that he saved the universe and killed Thanos army. Twice
Pepper using the same explanation whenever Tony starts whining about a minor inconvenience
“You survived the power of six Infinity Stones, will you stop crying over a freaking paper cut?”
Harley and Peter being manipulative bitches and crying in public to make this entire story more believable
“That dude over there looks like Tony Stark-”
“That guy? Hah, as if, Tony Stark was way more handsome.”
Tony going to Vormir and explaining the entire deal with the soul stone to Red Skull for two (2) seconds and annoys him so much that Nat can leave the Soul World again
Them arguing about who’s sacrifice was more important
“Without me dying you couldn’t have snapped Thanos away.”
“Yeah but at least I snapped him away, you were just chilling somewhere in the Snowy Mountains.”
Pepper telling the world that Tony is Morgan’s bodyguard or some shit and someone writing an article about how that bodyguard could be Bucky Barnes, since he also has a metal arm
Bucky reading the article and being hella confused
But most importantly: On a warm summer evening, Tony, Pepper and Morgan organize a barbecue in their garden, next to their lake. Peter and Harley coming over and all of them making smores. Rhodey joins them later on, Happy too. Everything is fine as it should be.
Tony Stark would essentially become the Elvis Presley of the 21st Century.
For years after his “death” tabloid papers like the Bugle would be jammed packed with story after story of “I Saw Tony Stark At A Gas Station!” or “Tony Stark Seen At Two Random High School Graduations!” and everyone would just write it off as bullshit, except unlike Mr Presley, it actually wouldn’t be. Not that anyone would ever believe that.
And they would definitely fuel it themselves for the fun of it.
That story about Tony Stark at two random High School Graduations? Peter and Harley told it. Tony Stark at a gas station? That was Rhodey. Tony Stark spotted at McDonald’s to buy some cheeseburgers? Probably Happy.
And Tony is having the time of his life reading those stories, especially when he wasn’t somewhere.
