put on your warpaint.

alovething:

starkspangledjohnlock:
blackkolors:
#anyone who says tony stark is shallow and is only a hero because he’s rich and and clever with science can gtfo #in some ways he goes through more shit than the rest of them #in a lot of ways actually #he has to fix everything about him himself #and so many people don’t think that he can do it #because he’s tony stark #he’s just some rich guy who’s good with sciene who toys with women and has an ego the size of stark tower #but people don’t realise he is iron man #he is the guy in the suit the one killing himself trying to save everyone else #he doesn’t have another side to him like bruce #and he’s not really hero material like steve #but he drags himself through hell to save thousands of people he doesn’t even know #and despite that to a lot of people he’s just a rich guy #who’s good with science #i have a lot of tony feels ok
#Tony isn’t the all-American good guy kid of superhero #It’s not that he doesn’t know how to be selfless or put the cause above himself #It’s that he doesn’t know how to show that he doesn’t FEEL like the all-American good guy #So he hides behind different masks #One as Iron Man #And one as Tony Stark #genius billionaire playboy philanthropist #who jokes about the most important things #and acts like he has everything under control #because he needs to #because he’s afraid if people look close enough they’ll see how he really feels #how he isn’t ‘good’ enough #and he doesn’t feel like he’s worth it #so when push comes to shove #he’ll take the course of action that will take himself out of the equation #or make people hate him #so everyone else makes it out okay #because he may not be worth it #but if he can save as many people as possible #then THAT is worth it to him