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okay but hear me out hear me out hear me OUT: hunger by ross copperman for rhodeytony
Everyone knows that Tony would die for Rhodey. It’s as easy to see as green grass or a blue sky. He would burn everything down for Rhodey.
Something that others don’t catch onto is how willing Rhodey is to do the exact same. Rhodey doesn’t often tell people his side of the story of how the two met.
As it turns out, Rhodey wasn’t supposed to be in room 63-J, he was supposed to be in 65-J. Due to mix-ups in housing and a particularly horrible employee, Rhodey was moved into what was supposed to be a private room.
“I’m, um, sorry,” Rhodey says. “I can move to a different room, I just have to email the people--”
“Uh-uh, don’t worry about it,” Tony says, eyes shining. “There’s more than enough space in here, and I’d really prefer to have a roommate. I’ve never really shared anything before!”
Tony is a small seventeen year old. Rhodey is eighteen, takes one look at this kid who could honestly pass for fifteen, and realizes that he knows nothing about the real world. Absolutely nothing. His head is empty, and he has no idea about that either.
So Rhodey stays. He teaches Tony how to do things, although Tony isn’t completely helpless. He loves doing laundry and he knows how to cook some serious gourmet shit.
This is how Rhodey learns how to make his own pasta, and Tony smiles as he smears flour against his cheek.
Rhodey teaches Tony what coffee to drink, which restaurants are the best. (This does not stop Tony from eating at Burger King near-religiously.) Tony learns how to dress how he wants, and to stop showing up to classes in what is essentially a full suit.
Tony falls in love with old jeans, worn band tees that he finds after combing through racks of all the thrift stores.
He laughs as he makes Rhodey get a neon orange fanny pack.
“Since you claim you always lose your shit at parties,” Tony teases, grinning.
Tony’s a kid.
And yet...not a kid.
He knows immediately who to trust, who to avoid. The way he phrases things has Rhodey’s head going in circles. He’s brilliant with people, to a point where he can drive anyone away.
Except for Rhodey.
He made a promise over Thanksgiving break, when Tony realized that his mother penned a note explaining that “darling, your father and I are still in the Maldives, so you have free reign of the house for Thanksgiving...”
It meant that he would be Completely Alone.
Well, Rhodey wasn’t having that.
“If I have to clean the carpet, I’m forcing you with me,” Rhodey says. “And I promised that I would bring a dessert, and I know that you make killer tiramisu.”
“If I only have to prove that I’m clearly the better roommate, then so be it,” Tony says dramatically. “Take me away, Jim-dear.”
(He cannot stop calling him that after they stole the VCR of Lady and the Tramp from the English department’s catalog. Not like they’re gonna miss it.
Rhodey cannot stop thinking about how much he really, actually loves it, that nickname.)
Tony is shy when he gets to the house, although Dad immediately pulls Tony into the family.
“Rhodey promised us a dessert but I know that he didn’t inherit my cooking skills, so I’m assuming he’s just promised you,” he says.
“Yes he has, Mr. Rhodes,” Tony says, grinning. “How do you feel about tiramisu?”
Tony later on impresses Mrs. Rhodes--from that night on, referred to lovingly as “Mama”--with his piano playing skills. Tony’s perfect memory reads notes as if he’s always known them, and plays piano with a skilled sort of ease. He even adds his own little stylings, making it even better as Rhodey watches his parents dance.
They haven’t done that in years, not since Rhodey was little and they still had the old record player with Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington records stacked to the side among others.
Tony laughs along with the music, grinning as his little sister tells him every single embarrassing story about Rhodey.
“He thought watermelons grew on trees,” Jeannette says, cackling. “Can you believe that?!”
“I can,” Tony says, putting a finger to his chin. “And I think that if no one had told you, you still would.”
“Of course if no one had told me I still would! That’s how belief works!” Rhodey calls out.
“Shush,” Mama says, smoothing a hand over Rhodey’s hair. “Some people are dumb, baby, it’s okay.”
Rhodey makes an offended squawk, and Tony laughs.
They go to sleep in Rhodey’s bed. It’s a queen, not like they both can’t fit onto it.
And if Rhodey wakes with Tony curled into his arms, soft breathing? If Rhodey realizes that life could be like this all the time if they really wanted it to?
Well. It’s not the worst thought in the world to have. Not by a long shot.
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This feeling continues on long after they graduate, when they start spending every holiday they can together. They always make a dessert together and Rhodey always gets something Super Shit from the thrift store.
Last year, it was a mug proclaiming “Best Regional Staff Manager of 1978.” He has just discovered that he could custom-order a burnt orange shag carpet, and Tony will put it into his bedroom.
And then Afghanistan.
Rhodey grieves like nothing else. He is almost always dehydrated from crying, he can barely eat, and Pepper has to check in on him.
“You smell bad,” she tells him one night.
“I know.”
“Go shower.”
“Later.”
“No, now. I swear to god if Tony knew you smelled this disgusting, he’d douse you in Chanel no. 5, and I know how you feel about that.”
Rhodey manages to get out a small smile.
He showers. He feels a bit better.
And he starts looking.
Everyone in his squad and in the military itself thinks he’s crazy for still looking. The chances of Tony being alive are less than fifty percent. He is most likely dead, but Rhodey can’t stop looking. He just can’t.
He gets Tony in his arms months later, skinny and frail and yet still so alive. Rhodey tells him he’ll never let go.
“Not even to let me take a wizz?” Tony asks, smile weak. Rhodey laughs and lets a little bit of tears slip out.
He does something that was not supposed to happen.
He leaves the military.
Realizes that that isn’t what he wants, night after night, to count down days until he’s back in Tony’s arms. He wants to work alongside his someone, to smile at him, and cook breakfast.
It’s at this time when Tony keeps coming into his room.
“Like old times?” he asks. Begs, almost. Rhodey nods.
“Always, Tones. You know that.”
Tony introduces him to Iron Man, and Rhodey oohs and ah’s, questioning what works and why it had to be that garish, bold red.
“Aw sweetheart, who else would pick such a color scheme?”
Rhodey grins and asks when he’s getting his own suit.
“I do not believe in a god, but I think I might start praying,” Jarvis says dryly, and they both snicker.
It is Rhodey who helps keep Tony from working himself to the bone, forcing him to come with him.
“Come on, it’s pizza night and you have to help me make breadsticks otherwise I’m not putting on enough garlic butter.”
“Rhodey I know that you love garlic butter so this is essentially an empty threat but I will and can kill you.”
Rhodey snorts as Tony chases him around the kitchen.
Then the Avengers.
Natalie Rushman comes into Tony’s life, and Rhodey just knows she isn’t who she says she is.
Doesn’t help that Tony’s reckless and trying to hide a pretty impressive crossword along his chest.
What’s an eleven-letter-word meaning “a destroying agency?”
(Destruction.)
He doesn’t let her even near Tony.
“I’m supposed to be here,” Natalie says plainly. She has a coy smile on her face.
She does not know that for a wild variety of reasons, this will not work on Rhodey.
“So am I,” Rhodey says evenly. “So I guess we’ve come to a stalemate. I’ll give him the paperwork. You can ask Pepper about the gala’s appetizers and security measures, as I’m sure you have questions.”
He knows she doesn’t. He also knows that Tony won’t look into her because he’s--
He’s busy.
Just that.
(Not dying, his brain whispers insidiously. Not planning a trip six feet or below.)
Rhodey does not blow off Tony when they have a fight in the house, when Tony wants everyone to leave and get out and tries to get Rhodey to leave by saying he’s a sidekick.
“You idiot,” Rhodey scowls. “If I’m a sidekick, what does that make you? The very minor character?”
“What? No, I’m Iron Man--”
“Yeah, but still. I think Pepper or someone else would be the main character. Quit being an idiot and help me clean up the glass you shot at, idiot.”
Tony doesn’t like knowing that Rhodey knows. He also doesn’t like Pepper screams about an omelet and how “It wasn’t even that good Tony! How did you mess up eggs! You didn’t even get any seasoning!”
Rhodey laughs. Helps Tony discover that a.) SHIELD is a bunch of assholes collectively getting a salary, and b.) Howard still had tricks up his sleeve.
But tricks are tricks.
You get a solution? Well, that’s even better.
Tony smells like metal and coconuts, and Rhodey whoops with joy.
Tony kisses him on the lips, and it’s amazing and he definitely wants more of that, and--
“Okay we gotta go take down an evil genius,” Tony says, grinning. “Come on sugar-plum.”
War Machine and Iron Man work like a dream together, and they’re panting and tired but smiling at the end of all of this.
“Sour patch, we need a vacation,” Tony says. “We need to just. Lay somewhere.”
“Agreed, honey.”
So after all of these years, they become an item. A couple. People who love each other and don’t get too mad when someone else eats all of the butternut squash soup (Rhodey).
And Tony will tell anyone who listens how in love he fell, so hard, and Rhodey will smile and agree.
But he’s pretty sure that he’s the one who fell first.
#rhodeytony#ironhusbands#anyways rhodey is in LOVE and he LOVES it#lovelyirony writes#tony stark#iron man#war machine#rhodey#james rhodes#rhodes family#anyways yes i love them
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Favourite avengers movies scenes?
i went through avengers 1-2 because i’ve done similar posts to this about IW and i’m not really in the mood for reopening that wound at 1:32am and this really got away from me i make no apologies LOL
(but i do thank you for asking!!)
avengers
Nick Fury’s drama in the opening scenes surpasses Real House Wives
NATASHA ROMANOFF
the fact that her stockings are ripped when she leans down to pick up her heels was such a fucking moment for like 11 year old me it meant big things that my badass angel was also feminine and still badass
Bruce pushing the baby carriage when he first meets Natasha foreshadowing omf he deserves more (and so does she)
Tony’s “his first name is Agent” to Coulson
Tony’s hair in this movie
Tony in this movie
Tony in every movie
Steve’s costume, specifically the cowl that makes him look like a big dumb EGG
“What you scared of a little thunder?”
pilates
Dick measuring contest between The Big Three that levels a forest
the sexual tension that launched mcu stony
tony rubbing at his eyes afterwards
literally i could do an entire thing about the argument on the helikraft mac and cheese
LOKI BLENDING THE GUY’S EYE AND THAT SMIRK
LOKI’s GERMANY OUTFIT
“you rented my room”
bruce banner was not here to play in this fucking movie
BLUEBERRIES!!
maria hill’s fucking useless “INCOMING!!” as like something i can’t fucking remember flies through the window this could be ultron actually idk i’m in a convent with nuns right now my memory is hazy
“ta r g ET ANGRY T A GRET ANG RY”
THE HULK ROCKETING OFF AND JUST YELLING DISTANTLY
“son you’ve got a condition”
NICK FURY’S FUCKING BAZOOKA WHY DID H E HAVE T HA T
the comic book styling of having the camera track tony buzz around
tony and steve firing off the shield paralleling civil war angst omf
[TRUMPETS INTENSIFY]
the theme song that my heart beats to
tony hero stark saving the fucking world again
okay actually for the first time but you know, starting a trend
OKAY WAIT ONE OF THE FUNNIEST “NOT FUNNY” SEQUENCES IS WHEN TONY IS FALLING BACK TO EARTH AND THOR JUST STARTS WINDING UP THE HAMMER AND IS LIKE “HE’S NOT SLOWING DOWN” IDK WHY BUT I ALWAYS INTERPRETED THAT AS HE WAS GONNA LAUNCH THE FUCKING HAMMER AT TONY FOR NO FUCKING RE A SON
thor ripping the iron man mask off is hot
STEVE’S FUKCING FACE WHEN TONY WAKE S T UP
tony literally died and his first thought was like literally DID CAPTAIN AMERICA KISS ME
the fact that in canon all of the big gay babies also known as the Avengers decided it was necessary to smoosh together for a big group shot just to be like “hey loki we w o n” and loki being just like “booze. now”
loki in chains ;)
get in losers we’re going to do science
the super dramatic nick fury monologue that is never addressed or revisited in ca:tws like fury is really like reverent about the avengers in this movie but then in winter soldier he’s just all like cap, listen, i have a story about paper bags and grandaddy
avengers: age of ultron
guys i know this movie sucked but it was also a stevetony Event
gROUP SHOT in the opening sequence
tony’s little “yay!” with the secret door
the vALIDATION OF TONY’S BIGGEST FEAR BEING STEVE DYING ESSENTIALLY IN HIS ARMS OMFFFFFFFFFF STUCKY WHERE
tony grabbing the scepter and then bIG DOOMSDAY MUSIC
literally the entire party sequence
especially slutty, slutty thor
bruce’s hair is BIG in this movie for no reason lol
tony looking sO CUTE WHEN THEY’RE BUILDING ULTRON
cliNT WHIPPING THE SHIELD TO CAP
TONY AND THE FONDUE FORK THING
tony mourning jarvis (j fucking k whedon sucks)
“aw junior you’re gonna break your old mans heart” foreshadowing to hoco
im joking but imagine ultron having a “i didn’t want a little brother” complex with peter lmfAO
ultron chopping the guys from black panther’s hand off
i really really hate the 9/11 symbolism with the hulk and the tower ngl just wanted to put it out there how not okay that shit is
Bruce Banner sponsored by Beats by Dre
“we can go home steve” fORESHADOWING KINDA WHATEVER PARALLEL IDK TO IW STEVE BEING LIKE “LET’S GO HOME” I JUST REALIZED THIS AS I WROTE THIS IF YOU COULDN’T TELL
natasha backstory
when the red room lady is just like “schloppy” instead of sloppy and like the Russian Intensifies
“together” is the gay agenda
tHOR STRANGLING TONY MAKES ME ANGRY BUT IT’S ALSO HOT
hawkeye’s stupid fucking family sucks bUT
bed-sharing fics
i wondered who got top bunk (steve)
THE LOG SCENE FASKLJFSDFSASF
I WILL FUCKIGN YEET MYSELF INTO THE SCREEN JUST TO FUCKING SHAKE STEVE FUCKING HYPOCRITICAL ROGERS LIKE A POLAROID PICTURE
MY TEAMMATES DON’T TELL ME THINGS
HUH
WOW
YEAH
HOW RUDE
AND COMPLETELY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
TO HIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION
FROM TEAMMATES
INFORMATION THAT AFFECTS THEIR ENTIRE LIFE
EVERYTHING THEY KNOW TO BE TRUE
INFORMATION THAT IS NOT YOURS TO HIDE
WHAT A COMPLETE BETRAYAL OF TRUST
ON WHICH THE AVENGERS WERE FOUNDED UPON
TRUST THAT SHOULDN’T BE B ROKE N
ESPECIAKLY TO SERVE YOUR OWN NE E DS
PRIORITIZING YOUR OWN AGENDA OVER THE TR UT H
okay sorry im back
nick fury is tony’s dad!!!!!!!!!!!!
STEVE IS SO FUNNY IN THIS MOVIE FOR NO REASON
when clint is like “cap hold off ultron” and steve is just getting his ass kicked and dangling off of a truck or something and is like “wHAT DO YOU THINK I’VE BEEN DOING”
“you’re not a match for him cap” “thanks barton”
WHEN THAT TRUCK TAKES FLIGHT
yOU DIDN’T FINI S H
“thor you’re irritating me”
quick little bastard
nobody
the entire ending of that movie lowkey sucks
costel. we were in the market more like L AM E you let the wrong twin die
“They think order and chaos are somehow opposites and try to control what won’t be. But there is grace in their failings... I think you missed that” is weirdly beautiful but also a whole lotta yadayadayada it’s like a fake deep lana del rey song which i really never thought i would associate with vision but now that i think about it he’s like basically carmen
elVATOR’S NOT WORT H Y
BESIDES THIS ONE, THERE’S NOTHING THAT CAN’T BE EXPLAINED
that man has no regard for lawn maintenance
a lot of manful tears oh tony if only you knew how he was gonna break your heart sweetie im sorry you never stood a chance
self driving car was a nice touch
why is tony’s car that hideous red tho like it’s loud and ugly
“i’m home”
i thought you two were still gazing into each other’s eyes
why was nat just staring at that wall in the room
what the fuck is that room anyway
like is that in interpretative art peace
what the fu c k
#outrageously long#avengers#avengers2#avengers: aou#aou#ultron#stevetony#superhusbands#brucenat#iw#infinity war#marvel#mcu#lana del rey#vision#thor#bruce banner#tony stark#steve rogers#natasha romanoff#meta#long post#jarvis#eobardwellscavanagh
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Since making its theatrical premiere on March 26, 2021, Ilya Naishuller's action-revenge film Nobody has remained among the top 10 films at the domestic box office. The film has drawn praise for Bob Odenkirk's unlikely but convincing performance as Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad suffering the worst day of his life before going on a violent rampage.
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Movies are always extremely difficult to make, but, in the age of COVID-19, the task has been made even more of a challenge. As a result, a lot of time, effort, and preparation went into making Nobody one of the best action films of the year.
10 Conception
While Derek Kolstad is crediting with writing the screenplay, the conceptual premise of Nobody was conjured by star Bob Odenkirk. According to Vulture, Odenkirk imagined a wish-fulfillment fantasy revenge scenario after being victimized by home burglary twice in his life. In one instance, Odenkirk locked his assailants in the basement until the police arrived.
"I think most people watching this movie will not realize the level of autobiography there is in it,' Odenkirk says. "I had two home break-ins in Los Angeles. One was particularly traumatic. I grabbed a baseball bat. In the movie, I grab a golf club. I think I did the right thing. Nobody is very related to my actual experience of having someone in the house, threatening my family, trying to keep the damage to a minimum."
9 Bob Odenkirk's Training
In trying to secure funding for the film while also navigating the global pandemic, Odenkirk spent two and half years rigorously training for his fight sequences in the film.
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Per Vulture, Odenkirk spent at least one and a half years training at 87Eleven, an action-shooting and fighting facility in Los Angeles where such stars as Keanu Reeves, Jason Statham, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Sean Penn, and others have trained in the past. In addition to hand-to-hand combat training, Odenkirk attended Taran Tactical to learn how to use firearms.
8 Fighting Inspiration
While preparing for the role, Odenkirk scoured the internet for fighters to pattern his style after or to find inspiration of some kind. According to GQ, there was one particular legendary fighter that Odenkirk studied the most.
"I watch a lot of Bruce Lee stuff on YouTube," Odenkirk admits. "I asked if I could do the One Inch Punch in Nobody and I was told 'No, you will not be good enough to do that,' and they were right. I don't think I will ever be, but I will continue to try."
7 Comedic Approach
Although many have come to know Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, his background comes from sketch comedy. When asked if approaching an action film is any different than approaching comedy, Odenkirk got candid.
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According to Slashfilm.com, Odenkirk found the fight sequences similar to sketch comedy. "In fact, the fight sequences, the closest thing I can bring them to were comedy sketches. They have a limited run, they have a little story, they have a beginning, middle, and end. There's a cleverness when you do it right."
6 Filming Locations
Part of the thrill of Nobody is the unidentified city it takes place in, suggesting that such violence could happen in any big city on the planet. However, two distinct cities were used for the filming of the movie.
According to Production List, the first half of the 34-day film shoot took place in Los Angeles where several establishing shots of the city were filmed. However, per Winnipegctv.news.ca, the majority of the action was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. The iconic bus rumble, for instance, was filmed at 171 Princess Street in Winnipeg.
5 Covid-19 Delays
Despite being filmed from September to October of 2019, the film was not released theatrically until March 26, 2021. Due to the global COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown, Nobody suffered four release date changes before finally hitting theaters.
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Nobody was originally slated to open on August 14, 2020. When the pandemic hit, the film was pushed back to February 26, 2021 (per THR). The film then moved up one week for a February 19, 2021 release before being delayed to its ultimate release date of March 26, 2021.
4 Rising Stuntman
Bob Odenkirk has been earning rave reviews for his physical performance, for which he spent years training and getting into peak shape. However, Odenkirk could not do all of the required stunt work himself.
As such, Odenkirk's stunt double was played by fast-rising stuntman Tyler Witte. Since making his cinematic debut as a stunt driver on Baby Driver in 2017, Witte has already worked on Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Godzilla Kings of the Monsters, Zombieland: Double Tap, and more.
3 Family Connection
One of the most entertaining aspects of Nobody is Hutch's family dynamic, including the droll relationship he has with his father, David Mansell (Christopher Lloyd). Believe it or not, these two actors share more than phony DNA.
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In fact, both Christopher Lloyd and Bob Odenkirk share the same birthday, October 22nd. Lloyd is 24 years older than Odenkirk, making him a plausible father figure in the film.
2 John Wick Connection
Although it boasts a similar tone, style, and pace, fans may not realize the lengthy connection Nobody has with the John Wick franchise. For starters, screenwriter Derek Kolstad penned all three John Wick films to date.
Moreover, Hutch is seen discarding an ammo magazine from his rifle in the exact same manner John Wick does in John Wick: Chapter 2. An additional linkage includes The Quest song "The Impossible Dream" which plays in both this film as well as the trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.
1 Possible Crossover Sequel
In fact, so simpatico are the teams behind Nobody and John Wick that both Ilya Naishuller and Derek Kolstad have expressed interest in making a crossover sequel between the two action franchises. According to comicbook.com, the potential Lionsgate/Universal joint production would be done in a nuanced way more akin to a hidden Easter Egg than an outright crossover.
According to Indiewire, Naishuller also expressed the possibility of a Nobody/John Wick mashup, noting how the same studio produced both films.
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