mother-fucking-avengers:

renner-stretch:

“That’s the guy my dad never shut up about? I’m wondering if they shouldn’t have kept him on ice.”

#I never really looked at Tony’s face after #he looks so… let down #Howard probably talked about Steve so much when Tony was growing up #on the rare ocassions tony and howard actually talked #and you know the problem with meeting an idol #they never turn out to be the person you thought they were [x]

everything about that tag made me cry

…Howard didn’t just “talk about” Captain America though- he spent time looking for him. He actually set aside time from running his company and working on his projects and dealing with all the social aspects of being a “man in his position” to search for Steve. (Even if it was only time enough to think about it or approve decisions being made about the search that still means he was devoting significant amounts of attention to Steve.)

And there’s Tony.  Tony who fully admits in IM2 that his father was cold to him- that he never made time for him. But- oh- he had time for a dead superhero. One that most people probably thought was dead, anyway. What does that do to a kid? To know that their parent would rather chase ghosts than spend time with them? That a game of catch is out of the question, but time can always be made to search for the corpse of guy Dad used to be friends with.

And why? Because Howard admired Cap- respected him- liked him. And helped make him. Howard felt partially responsible for Steve and his fate. He cared. And whether out of guilt for the sacrifice Steve made, or because he genuinely just missed him, or because he just respected him that much- he kept looking. And he kept talking about it.

I want to scream and cry through most of Tony and Steve’s early interactions in Avengers, because poor Steve just has no comprehension, no idea of what’s going on. He sees Tony as just another posturing arrogant rich guy with a smart mouth- as a disrespectful or sneaky coward who’s full of himself. Or as another soldier in this battle. He doesn’t know.

But Steve Rogers is the ghost in Tony and Howard’s relationship. Steve is worthy of care and respect- Howard made that painfully clear by his constant attention. Steve is what Tony can never live up to, what Howard cared about so much- and he wasn’t even there for Tony to try and do better than. Tony could never BE Cap- but it’s even more impossible fighting someone’s rosy memories of a dead person than fighting the actual person.

And somewhere in younger Tony’s mind, Cap was probably always the ideal, because that’s the man his father admired. Tony never got Howard’s approval while he was alive, and he never felt like he got his love either. It;s nice and all to get a video that says “you were my greatest creation” but damn don’t actions speak louder than words?

And which creation, really, did Howard spend a disproportionate amount of time and attention on? I’ll give you a hint- not Tony. Even though he was right there.

So here he is, Steve Rogers, the prodigal creation. The guy who was so great that he stole more of Dad’s attention, without even breathing. And maybe Tony never got his father’s respect, and maybe he’s spent most of his life in a complicated love/hate relationship with the idealized ghost of Cap’s greatness and Steve Rogers goodness in his father’s eyes…but damn. Damn. Tony’d deny it but deep down? Maybe he can impress the man his father was impressed with, and wouldn’t that be something? Wouldn’t that be great?

But no.

Because here’s something that should feel all too familiar- a disapproving look and an order to shape up and fly right. And he may want to cry, but he also hates himself for wanting approval in the first place. And somewhere, deep down past the disappointment, some part of Tony is saying “No wonder he liked him. In every way that counts, they’re exactly the same. And I was a fool. and I shouldn’t have expected any different.”

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pixieneverland:

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thetrainticket:

Angst angst angst

Yeah I don’t really have the time/energy to fully flesh out this idea, plus I kinda like it as just a pencil sketch…

SOBBING

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Intermezzo H. (Part 1)

I’ve never really had the opportunity to work with big, heavy dark shapes (very very rare in everyday work).

Though not quite satisfied with these pages, I am happy I did this exercise. Practice, practice, practice!

As a side note: I will always keep divided Book Pitch and Movie Pitch’s past.  I worked over a year with these characters before the books came out. They evolved differently in my head. 

That being said, I do love the books and can’t wait to see where the author will take us.

Part 2 here: http://rufftoon.tumblr.com/post/46811110041/intermezzo-h-part-2-ive-always-loved-the

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