After he died, Tony saw much more of himself in Peter. He saw the anxiety, the panic, the guilt. He saw the responsibility the world put on Peter’s shoulders, more than he himself ever had to carry. Tony looked at Peter and saw himself. Who he would be if his life would’ve been 30 times worse. He saw that his death was the cause for most of it. And he wishes for nothing more than to find a way back to Peter.

niche fave irondad moment: peter and tony trying to land the q-ship. // avengers: infinity war (2018)

(full scene below)

it’s such an underrated moment imo. tony’s quick direction and peter’s quick acknowledgements back show such an improved level of communication between them. and then they’re coordination?? like the ship was obviously going to crash regardless, but they made it down as safely as possible.

in the movie we last saw them in before this, they were arguing and misunderstanding each other constantly, they had a very push-pull understanding of their own dynamic. tony doesn’t trust him enough to be safe with big responsibilities, peter doesn’t follow tony’s orders because he wants to prove himself capable of handling more.

this is the proof that Tony and Peter’s relationship grew so much in those two years, and scenes like this are all we really get to see of that. It makes me so frustrated.

They’ve really learned to communicate without communicating and have gained a sort of awareness and understanding of each other that, in my opinion, clearly comes from them consistently working together.

The plane MCU peter’s parents died in didn’t malfunction. Nothing about the plane itself went wrong. The plane was struck by a rogue Stark Industries missile shot by terrorists and Stark Industries (ahem obie ahem) got it all covered up. Nobody knows, not even Tony.

Until Peter finds out, years later. Until Peter finds out and is pretty sure Tony knows. And Peter thinks it’s pretty shit for his mentor not to tell him that kind of information.

“You okay, kid?”

It takes him a second to react, but after a few deep breaths, Peter turns. The look on his face is startling— Tony thinks it must be the angriest he’s ever seen him. “I know, Mr. Stark.” He says, his voice quiet and unsteady with emotion. “I know. ”

Tony stops what he’s working on and starts to come around the counter towards Peter. “Know what?”

“About the missile.”

Tony squints as he tries to understand what he’s getting at. “What— what missile?”

Peter unzips his backpack. He tears out a piece of paper and shoves it into Tony’s hands. It’s an article from 2007. The headline: ROGUE STARK INDUSTRIES MISSILE HITS CIVILIAN U.S. AIRCRAFT, 213 DEAD.

Horror dawns over Tony’s face as he reads it. “What is this? Where did you find this?”

“This is the only article left that I could find, and I had to dig. You really covered it up.” Peter responds dryly, underhanded anger in every word.

“Peter, I’ve never heard of this before in my life. What is this about?”

As soon as he asks, it starts to creep up on him…Peter’s opened up about his parents; the plane crash, the one that took both their lives—

“Mr. Stark.” Peter huffs, frustration in his voice. He looks up at the ceiling, and in the light, Tony can see the tears in his eyes. “My—” The kid’s voice breaks and he looks away, bringing a hand to his mouth to cover his sob. He composes himself just enough to whisper it.

“My parents were on that flight.”

He looks so betrayed. He looks six years old, realizing his parents would never come home, his eyes red with unspilled tears— “I always believed it was an accident. That sometimes bad things just happen, for no good reason,” he sobs. He looks back up to Tony. “But it was you.”

The tone of Peter’s voice is now more sadness than anger, tinged with grief at the loss of the idea of Tony, Tony Stark, the hero. How could you? Why did it have to be you?

His gaze bores into Tony’s face. Tony can’t look back up at him. He can’t even say anything in response. He just stares down at the picture of the carnage under the headline, under his name. Tony wants to bury himself alive right there, and die with the man Peter thought he was.

Peter leaves abruptly after that, and doesn’t come back for the next few days.

i would love to see ned and mj in your style,,,perhaps,,,midtown trio in your style would go so hard actually

anyways i hope youre doing great :)

as requested by irnspdr!!!

i love these three eeeeeek <3 this started out as a warm-up sketch but it turned out better than i thought

Tony, a mechanic, follows a trail of blood to his cargo hold to find that padawan Peter has stowed away on his ship in order to escape the chaos of order 66.

bad day

(it’s really blue i don’t know if i like it or not… but hey here you go)

bad day

(it’s really blue i don’t know if i like it or not… but hey here you go)

The Maximoff's became hydra operatives? Only because Tony Stark's bomb (not confirmed) killed their parents. So, it's his fault and wendy and paul should never ever face consequences

Aldrich Killian ambushed Tony Stark at a party rather than get a proper interview with him? Its Tony's fault he became a pathetic manchild supervillain with Maya Hansen's help

Ivan Vanko's father was deported for selling American secrets to the soviets and Howard reported it as he should? No, that's Tony Stark's fault.

A sentient, mind controlling alien sceptre kills JARVIS and hijacks the ultron name? Tony's fault only even though Thor and Steve gave permission for Tony to study it and Bruce helped

The accords exist because the Avengers had no oversight or clear leaders after SHIELDRA fell and were leaving more damage behind than saved people and Steve Rogers the paragon of light and virtue and righteousness disagrees and thinks "the safest hands are his own" and goes on a rampage across Europe to save his bestest bud bucky, injuring people, killing them, and causing damage to infrastructure all because zemo's plans hinged on Steve keeping the Starks murders a secret for 2 years? Tony's fault.

Tony lashes out at Steve for keeping his parents assassinations a secret because bucky was the one to kill them while brainwashed? Tony's fault. Tony wants bucky to hurt for it in that very moment of witnessing his parents brutal murders with the weapon right next to him? Irrational and it's of course Tony's fault.

Tony doesn't want to perhaps destroy the world by creating time travel and ruin the life he built in the 5 years since the snap? Selfish and irrational

this is probably just a lousy attempt at trying to give everyone a new perspective about CA civil war 10 years later, but i’ll say it anyway ‘cause i’m sick of arguing left and right for the past years of my fangirling

the decision tony and steve made all boils down to psychology: steve had a soldier’s mindset where he focused on saving those who can still be saved. tony, on the other hand, dwells on the lives that should’ve been saved, and it’s a perspective he has carried all throughout his life, most probably ever since his parents died.

it just pmo when either side says that, “team __ has beliefs while the other had none,” when steve and tony both had beliefs. both were acceptable depending on perspective, both had a point, and that’s what makes this very complex. where it all blew up was how their mindsets just clashed—they couldn’t fit themselves in each other’s shoes even if they tried. and each person on their team also had different motives as to why they chose the team they chose (t’challa as revenge on bucky, nat as a way for them to stay together, antman and wanda because they personally hated stark, etc).

yada yada, after all that, i saw how many people still believe that spider-man would’ve chosen team cap if tony didn’t recruit him personally. and here’s why that won’t be the case:

in terms of identity, signing the accords would deeply affect peter, but in terms of practise, it wouldn’t affect his daily routine of patrolling in queens because the sokovia accords governs international incidents. so technically, if spider-man keeps his crime-fighting in queens, peter is under the control of the NYPD and not the UN. moreover, peter is legally protected by tony stark as the latter kept him classified under a stark industries internship, where he can reiterate that peter does not operate internationally.

if peter had chosen team cap, filled with known international fugitives, his superhero life would’ve ended before it even started. he would have to be on the run as a fifteen-year-old—dropping out of school and leaving his only family behind, until he gets locked up in that raft. and i don’t get how this aspect is not clear to team iron man antis.

yes, peter was basically blackmailed when he was brought to germany by tony, but it gave him legal protection of his identity under stark industries, a bunch of upgrades that can protect him in future patrols, and someone who sees his potential—which was what he needed, if y’all can see it or not.

steve brought wanda to an international mission that led her to unintentionally bomb a building, and when she got heavy criticism for what happened, his defense was that ‘she was a kid.’ it’s a bit hypocritical when some team cap stans refuse to see that flaw of steve and focus on tony’s when he brought peter to the fight. but tony had explicitly stated his terms—he gave peter an upgraded suit with multiple tools of protection, he stated that peter should keep his distance, and that he was to go home once he’s down. and all was well. he sent peter away after germany with a brand new suit and legal protection of his identity.

and like i’ve said at the opening of this post, it all boils down to psychology. peter’s mindset is way more similar with tony’s than steve’s. as a crime-fighting fifteen-year-old who webs up thieves and gives directions, he would not be able to handle any lives on his guilt and conscience. that’s basically spider-man’s origin story: how he was not able to save his uncle ben from that mugger when he already had his powers—it motivated him to become spider-man to make sure something like that never happened again.

and you all expect this kid to side with a man who can easily move on from lives that couldn’t be saved? it’s not a wrong perspective, no, but it’s definitely not peter’s perspective. you can even see in the ferry incident and in titan that he wouldn’t let anybody fall during a fight—that’s how desperate he is to save everyone. and that’s exactly why he would choose tony every, single time.

if everything was discussed beforehand, peter would choose tony every time—the man who can provide protection, a safety net to fallback on, and resources. he would choose tony logically and emotionally. because like he said to tony, “when you do the things that i can, but you don’t, then the bad things happen—they happen because of you.”

that’s exactly the philosophy that tony has kept in his mind for years, which led him to create ultron, which made him realise he needed boundaries. but these boundaries barely affect peter when he is legally protected by tony and if the ultimate goal is to only keep his city safe.

Peter? Peter was the eldest kid in a legitimate, serious relationship. He was the practice child, the first pancake of the official batch. He was the one Tony would sacrifice to get the next ones to come out right.

Morgan was in the best possible position in the order of children. Tony would come out into the garden to play with her, correct bad behavior with gentleness rather than a life-threatening overreaction, and make sure she knew he loved her at every available moment.

She didn't get that amazing dad for long, though.