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engineering) wrote2014-07-23 11:16 pm
engineering) wrote2014-07-23 11:16 pm
( sweetheart, that could be the name of my autobiography. ) - ( app for ryslig )
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Tony Stark
Age: Early forties. The Marvel timeline is absolutely no one's friend. I usually go for 42/43.
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Canon Point: Post Iron Man 3.
Character Information: One link to Tony's Marvel Wiki entry.
Personality: What you have to understand about Tony Stark first and foremost is that he is a man who, over the course of four movies, three of which are movies just about him has simultaneously matured and not matured all at the same time. And that tidbit right there can tell you a lot who Tony is as a person— which is to say Tony Stark is a complicated dude even if he looks like a textbook narcissist at first glance. He is pretty much a narcissist, though, but if you ask him that completely beyond the point and you can move right along with whatever you were going to say after that little judgment.
Tony is a genius, there's no dancing around it in any way shape or form. He graduated MIT before he turned eighteen, built circuit boards and engines when most people were playing with blocks, but really what else could the world expect from Howard Stark's son. This mental capacity that Tony has makes his brain work a little differently than everyone else's in that it goes at such a speed that ideas and words and everything just constantly enter his head. And promptly turn into actual real life ideas, actions and words that may or may not make sense to anyone but Tony. Part of this is honestly a problem because Tony makes a number of interesting and arguably stupid life choices because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Most of the time, those life choices turns out to be really stupid, but because Tony has the luck of some freak of nature, he manages to always get out of the mess he manages to get himself into. However, the flip side of this genius is that Tony is that Tony is a genius.
A genius who knows a fuckton about engineering and various scientific disciplines, though he can admit that he's not as good at all of them as he is at engineering but admitting it isn't too hard despite his pride if the experts in the field are great at what they do. Even despite this, Tony is talented in various scientific fields, enough that he help perfect biological formulas that aren't going exactly right, synthesize a new element in his lab on his own, and read entire very thick briefs about nuclear fusion. It makes him a little cocky, but we'll get back to that in a second. See, the one bonus beyond massive intelligence that Tony gains from his genius is that it makes him exceptionally resourceful. This is a man who built an arc reactor and a suit in a cave with the help of Yinsen and later on, when stripped of his suit manages to storm the Mandrian's complex with nothing more than various weapons that he made using stuff he got at a home repair supply store. Give him tools and he'll get himself out of sticky situations in whatever way he can.
Of course, there are times when Tony gets himself into situations that are a little harder to get out of, and remember when I said I'd mention that he's a little cocky, yeah this is that point. The thing is that Tony being a genius wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't Howard Stark's kid and thus richer than he ever needed to be and if, honestly, Tony wasn't such a fucking narcissist almost all of the time. Before any of the movies happened, Tony was a party boy who had all the brains in the world but wanted to take a grand total of zero responsibility for anything. This led to problems with his company being controlled by Obadiah Stane and the problem of blowing off a fellow scientist in order to get laid— a problem that then led to that scientist having a grudge the size of the US. Or Switzerland. Needless to say, Tony causes so many of his own problems by saying something stupid or doing something stupid and because he's a lucky son of a bitch, he can manage to get out of the problems he makes. And when he can't he'll just— ignore it until it stops being a problem.
No matter how much Tony might be willing to reveal things to those he's close to, there's still a huge part of him that is avoidant to a degree that is a little intense. Case in point, in Iron Man 3, Tony enjoys some semblance of panic attacks throughout most of the movie. When he first has one it's a complete shock that makes him think he's dying before JARVIS informs him that it's a panic attack. Later on, he has another one and is asked if he's on medication and if he needs to be. Tony's answers to those questions? No, and probably. The probably is the important part because Tony knows that maybe he should be on them but actually getting some medication for it— for any psychological problem he has— means truly acknowledging it and making it unavoidable. And he refuses to do either one of those things beyond flippant comments and jokes and you can't make him admit something if he doesn't want to admit it.
Of course, the two potential exceptions to this might just be Pepper Potts and James Rhodes. James Rhodes or Rhodey, as Tony calls him, has been his friend for years and it shows in how they interact. Even when they have problems, if there's one person he can count on other than Pepper, it's Rhodey, and despite hiccups in their friendship ( of which there have been several ), they're still close and there's a deep friendship there. And then there's Pepper, she's a grounding force in his life, really, the one constant woman in life and the person who knows just about everything there is to know about him. Not even Rhodey knows as much about him as she does. She makes him act a little more mature, even if he doesn't show it most of the time. He loves her, and considers her the one thing he can't live without, so if there's something he needs to tell her, he'll tell her eventually if not right then. In addition to those two, there is the team of the Avengers who, despite maybe not being friends— with the notable exception of Bruce Banner— are people he considers teammates. As teammates, he'll fight by their side, and while he may have personal issues with Steve Rogers, be a little miffed about the whole lying thing with Natasha once upon a time, and give Thor shit about the cape, they're still the people he saved the world with. You don't forget about that. Now, the notable exception with his odd relationships with the other Avengers is Bruce Banner who Tony clicked with the first time he met him and while they might not have spent all their time together post-Avengers, they appear to be close enough that Tony decides to tell him about the whole mess that led to pretty much all of Iron Man 3, which lends itself to a belief that they've bonded a little.
All this being, when we first meet Tony, he's just a fucking charismatic shithead with seemingly no redeeming qualities and as was mentioned before, over time he's managed to both mature and not mature. The thing is that being captured in Afghanistan, his escape and Yinsen's death managed to shift Tony's priorities from not giving a single shit about practically anything to a guy who wanted to change things and fix the messes his company made, and perhaps by extension, the messes he made as well. He says it himself when Pepper tells him she doesn't want him doing things in the Iron Man suit that there's only the next mission and that he has to do what he thinks is right. But then he thinks he's dying and goes back to the partying ways while trying to make sure his company, Pepper, Rhodey and the world is mostly taken care of. All while telling no one that he's dying. It's an attempt to be mature, but in true Tony fashion when it comes to anything having to deal with proper maturity, it's not exactly executed in the best way. The same is true with the Avengers, where he pokes fun at Thor and basically pokes Loki and Captain America with sticks. It's what he does normally of course, but after all this time, one would expect that he's learned not to do the douche thing. Then he threatens the Mandrian, gets himself nearly killed, gets Pepper nearly killed, and this is all after admitting he's been having problems to Pepper and admitting he fucked up. Like I said, he's managed to mature over the years and have massively mature moments, but then he counteracts it with classic Tony Stark Asshole actions.
All this being said being said, Tony isn't a bad guy. If you poke him with a metaphorical stick, he'll poke back and even if you don't he'll poke you because he likes being an asshole. It's part of his charm and he makes it work enough to where even though people know he's a bit of dick, they'll still associate with him. Unless they're just a stick in the mud, then they'll probably just see him as a toddler who shouldn't be allowed to speak, but he doesn't care. This doesn't mean that he's not serious from time to time though, when push comes to shove he will deal with issues in some form of a serious manner. He knows what he thinks is right and he'll stop at nothing to set things right if you manage to just drop the problem on him or if the problem directly involves him or someone he cares about.
And Tony's pretty sure that's all he needs to do. So what if he's not the nicest person to hang around with. He still thinks he's pretty awesome and that's what matters the most. That and saving the world. No biggie.
5-10 Key Character Traits: Egotistical. Genius. Loyal. Avoidant. Charismatic. Biting. Joking. Stubborn. Resourceful.
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? Either, actually. SURPRISES ARE MUCH MORE FUN.
Opt-Outs: Wendigo, Werebear, Gargoyle, Troll, Minotaur
Character Name: Tony Stark
Age: Early forties. The Marvel timeline is absolutely no one's friend. I usually go for 42/43.
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Canon Point: Post Iron Man 3.
Character Information: One link to Tony's Marvel Wiki entry.
Personality: What you have to understand about Tony Stark first and foremost is that he is a man who, over the course of four movies, three of which are movies just about him has simultaneously matured and not matured all at the same time. And that tidbit right there can tell you a lot who Tony is as a person— which is to say Tony Stark is a complicated dude even if he looks like a textbook narcissist at first glance. He is pretty much a narcissist, though, but if you ask him that completely beyond the point and you can move right along with whatever you were going to say after that little judgment.
Tony is a genius, there's no dancing around it in any way shape or form. He graduated MIT before he turned eighteen, built circuit boards and engines when most people were playing with blocks, but really what else could the world expect from Howard Stark's son. This mental capacity that Tony has makes his brain work a little differently than everyone else's in that it goes at such a speed that ideas and words and everything just constantly enter his head. And promptly turn into actual real life ideas, actions and words that may or may not make sense to anyone but Tony. Part of this is honestly a problem because Tony makes a number of interesting and arguably stupid life choices because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Most of the time, those life choices turns out to be really stupid, but because Tony has the luck of some freak of nature, he manages to always get out of the mess he manages to get himself into. However, the flip side of this genius is that Tony is that Tony is a genius.
A genius who knows a fuckton about engineering and various scientific disciplines, though he can admit that he's not as good at all of them as he is at engineering but admitting it isn't too hard despite his pride if the experts in the field are great at what they do. Even despite this, Tony is talented in various scientific fields, enough that he help perfect biological formulas that aren't going exactly right, synthesize a new element in his lab on his own, and read entire very thick briefs about nuclear fusion. It makes him a little cocky, but we'll get back to that in a second. See, the one bonus beyond massive intelligence that Tony gains from his genius is that it makes him exceptionally resourceful. This is a man who built an arc reactor and a suit in a cave with the help of Yinsen and later on, when stripped of his suit manages to storm the Mandrian's complex with nothing more than various weapons that he made using stuff he got at a home repair supply store. Give him tools and he'll get himself out of sticky situations in whatever way he can.
Of course, there are times when Tony gets himself into situations that are a little harder to get out of, and remember when I said I'd mention that he's a little cocky, yeah this is that point. The thing is that Tony being a genius wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't Howard Stark's kid and thus richer than he ever needed to be and if, honestly, Tony wasn't such a fucking narcissist almost all of the time. Before any of the movies happened, Tony was a party boy who had all the brains in the world but wanted to take a grand total of zero responsibility for anything. This led to problems with his company being controlled by Obadiah Stane and the problem of blowing off a fellow scientist in order to get laid— a problem that then led to that scientist having a grudge the size of the US. Or Switzerland. Needless to say, Tony causes so many of his own problems by saying something stupid or doing something stupid and because he's a lucky son of a bitch, he can manage to get out of the problems he makes. And when he can't he'll just— ignore it until it stops being a problem.
No matter how much Tony might be willing to reveal things to those he's close to, there's still a huge part of him that is avoidant to a degree that is a little intense. Case in point, in Iron Man 3, Tony enjoys some semblance of panic attacks throughout most of the movie. When he first has one it's a complete shock that makes him think he's dying before JARVIS informs him that it's a panic attack. Later on, he has another one and is asked if he's on medication and if he needs to be. Tony's answers to those questions? No, and probably. The probably is the important part because Tony knows that maybe he should be on them but actually getting some medication for it— for any psychological problem he has— means truly acknowledging it and making it unavoidable. And he refuses to do either one of those things beyond flippant comments and jokes and you can't make him admit something if he doesn't want to admit it.
Of course, the two potential exceptions to this might just be Pepper Potts and James Rhodes. James Rhodes or Rhodey, as Tony calls him, has been his friend for years and it shows in how they interact. Even when they have problems, if there's one person he can count on other than Pepper, it's Rhodey, and despite hiccups in their friendship ( of which there have been several ), they're still close and there's a deep friendship there. And then there's Pepper, she's a grounding force in his life, really, the one constant woman in life and the person who knows just about everything there is to know about him. Not even Rhodey knows as much about him as she does. She makes him act a little more mature, even if he doesn't show it most of the time. He loves her, and considers her the one thing he can't live without, so if there's something he needs to tell her, he'll tell her eventually if not right then. In addition to those two, there is the team of the Avengers who, despite maybe not being friends— with the notable exception of Bruce Banner— are people he considers teammates. As teammates, he'll fight by their side, and while he may have personal issues with Steve Rogers, be a little miffed about the whole lying thing with Natasha once upon a time, and give Thor shit about the cape, they're still the people he saved the world with. You don't forget about that. Now, the notable exception with his odd relationships with the other Avengers is Bruce Banner who Tony clicked with the first time he met him and while they might not have spent all their time together post-Avengers, they appear to be close enough that Tony decides to tell him about the whole mess that led to pretty much all of Iron Man 3, which lends itself to a belief that they've bonded a little.
All this being, when we first meet Tony, he's just a fucking charismatic shithead with seemingly no redeeming qualities and as was mentioned before, over time he's managed to both mature and not mature. The thing is that being captured in Afghanistan, his escape and Yinsen's death managed to shift Tony's priorities from not giving a single shit about practically anything to a guy who wanted to change things and fix the messes his company made, and perhaps by extension, the messes he made as well. He says it himself when Pepper tells him she doesn't want him doing things in the Iron Man suit that there's only the next mission and that he has to do what he thinks is right. But then he thinks he's dying and goes back to the partying ways while trying to make sure his company, Pepper, Rhodey and the world is mostly taken care of. All while telling no one that he's dying. It's an attempt to be mature, but in true Tony fashion when it comes to anything having to deal with proper maturity, it's not exactly executed in the best way. The same is true with the Avengers, where he pokes fun at Thor and basically pokes Loki and Captain America with sticks. It's what he does normally of course, but after all this time, one would expect that he's learned not to do the douche thing. Then he threatens the Mandrian, gets himself nearly killed, gets Pepper nearly killed, and this is all after admitting he's been having problems to Pepper and admitting he fucked up. Like I said, he's managed to mature over the years and have massively mature moments, but then he counteracts it with classic Tony Stark Asshole actions.
All this being said being said, Tony isn't a bad guy. If you poke him with a metaphorical stick, he'll poke back and even if you don't he'll poke you because he likes being an asshole. It's part of his charm and he makes it work enough to where even though people know he's a bit of dick, they'll still associate with him. Unless they're just a stick in the mud, then they'll probably just see him as a toddler who shouldn't be allowed to speak, but he doesn't care. This doesn't mean that he's not serious from time to time though, when push comes to shove he will deal with issues in some form of a serious manner. He knows what he thinks is right and he'll stop at nothing to set things right if you manage to just drop the problem on him or if the problem directly involves him or someone he cares about.
And Tony's pretty sure that's all he needs to do. So what if he's not the nicest person to hang around with. He still thinks he's pretty awesome and that's what matters the most. That and saving the world. No biggie.
5-10 Key Character Traits: Egotistical. Genius. Loyal. Avoidant. Charismatic. Biting. Joking. Stubborn. Resourceful.
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? Either, actually. SURPRISES ARE MUCH MORE FUN.
Opt-Outs: Wendigo, Werebear, Gargoyle, Troll, Minotaur