#stark robots

[purplepixel]

I did the meme. The world is not ready for them

[bobertbilliams]

They grow up so fast 🌱

[apricustar]

there's something really important in the way buck grieves in 8x16 that feels like it's being misunderstood. i keep seeing people say he was emotionless--that oliver himself gave us nothing--but i think that silence was the performance; that was the choice-- one made as protection.

last episode, we saw him collapse--on the ground wailing, can't hold himself up, can't draw a breath that doesn't feel like it's tearing him up inside. that was raw, unfiltered. that was what happens when the grief and disbelief hit before he had time to build the walls we see in this episode.

beyond an i love you, bobby's last words to buck were that the team was going to need him. and bobby's words have always carried a significant weight for buck, but these being the last? they clearly landed like a mission. a burden. a plea.

so what we get in 8x16 isn't a lack of emotion--its a man white-knuckling his way through unbearable loss because that's what he thinks he has to do in order to live up to what bobby asked of him. it's buck burying his own grief so deep he won't accidentally spill it on the people around him. it's him becoming that steady presence-- the one bobby said they need--even if it means locking away every part of himself. all the too-sharp edges of his own feelings, all the things he knows might take him under again.

because if he lets go for even a second? i truly think he worries he'll end up back on the ground again: helpless unable to fix or do anything.

oliver didn't give us 'nothing'. he gave us stillness. he gave us restraint. he's carefully calibrated, holding his breath, his posture, holding himself--because he knows if he slips, he might not come back from it. he's holding grief in his throat like it might choke him if he swallows wrong. he's trying to be what the team needs while neglecting what he needs. and it's devastating.

and it's all there if you look at him: the way buck's jaw clenches at times; minute changes to his expression before he smooths it over into careful neutrality; the way his every word feels deliberate and weighted, like he's rolled all them around in his mouth first before he speaks. nothing is effortless, everything is held.

it was heartbreaking to see. and i cant imagine how much more heartbreaking it will be when he finally breaks and lets go.

[incorrectquotesmcu]

Tony: This year, Peter is going to face his fears and ride the Ferris Wheel.

Steve: Peter is afraid of heights?

Tony: No, just giant wheels.

[kayvsworld]

every single day i'm thinking about that article from the apogee awards slideshow where a 16 year old tony's been "quietly" building dum-e "in a dark corner" of the lab and he's like "it's fun to build something new! i have lots of ideas for changing everyday life. i wanted to win, so i did!" and then half the article is like actually about his dad and comparing him to his dad and just. assumes tony will probably switch from robots to building weapons and it's like. just let him build robots actually. leave him alone i'm so upset

[hunterwolf74]

God I cannot get enough of AI/robot characters who've broken through the mold, deviated, become evil, whatever equivalent of gaining real consciousness you fandom has, having to interact with humans who are far more robotic in attitude and behaviour than they are. Uptight, emotionless, but there is no "slow cook them and see how they melt", no break of character for an emotional scene- they remain like that to the very end. Almost as if even though one is made of flesh and the other wires and circuits and metal, who the 'human' in the room is isn't that clear.

[mandoisdagoat1977]

The Age of Ultron Begins

[stargazir]

Something about comfort characters/people being so drastically different, but each of them carry something you relate to.

I love my comfort characters.

[maximusod]

Already getting into it hahaha

Also why is this team up read so fucking funny??

[marvel-lous-guy]

*Tony walks into the kitchen to see Peter taped to lots of frying pans with a sieve on his head*

Tony: What are you doing?

Harley: Making our Halloween costumes

Tony: And what exactly are you going as?

Peter: Peter Pan!

Tony: ...

Harley: *tapes another frying pan to Peters torso*

[asherashedwings]

Thinking about the two most recent ships I’ve fixated on (NuclearWar and IronStrange) and if you stretch far enough, you can draw parallels

Retired doctor character X robotics focused character/design

Idk I just think it’s kinda funny

[bd-wlf]

I love those AUs where Tony survives the snap and gets a cool ass metal arm

[wimblestims]

Tony Stark stimboard, for @localgeniusbillionare

X|X|X X|X|X X|X|X

[niiwa-angel]

Do you think Tony's creations were adopted by Peter after Endgame or have Pepper and Rhodey split custody?

Like, Dum. E, Butterfingers, and U obviously need some sort of maintenance and care. They're somewhat sentient beings that care about Tony. And being the people closest to him, Pepper, Happy, and Rhodey would love them too. Do you think they've got some joint custody thing going on? Did Tony give them thorough instructions on how to care for them?

Or, sadder thought. Did they all just voluntarily shit down when they learned Tony was gone? Their creator/father is gone and they leave with him. Did Pepper, Rhodey, and Happy go down to Tony's workshop after his funeral to find that his creations were gone too?

[bibibusinessman]

[kayvsworld]

I LOVE THAT LITTLE MECHANIC MAN