So overt it's covert

Robert Downey Jr.:

“I’ve seen the folks who the second they hit their critical mass, they essentially shut the door on the story of their past, who they really are, and they become this narcissistic personality disorder version of what they thought they would want to get away from, whatever injury got them to having half of their drive being to get somewhere, because then they could no longer be seen as they see themselves. It’s really tricky to see it happen. It’s another thing to be put in check by people that I’m close to that sometimes are an accessory in a creative burst. I still have little pilot fish that want to overstate that or centralize that or make it about me. I’ve noticed more and more lately that, say, we’re in a writing session, and Act Three is in desperate need of a breakthrough, and I come up with the idea. I want to, occasionally, parade around and do my ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ paw-print stomp, and I’d say, ‘First of all, it’s nice to celebrate, it’s nice to be excited, it’s another thing to sully that with your own character defects.’ Worse still, it’s a shame to not see that it’s not true, because without the context – and that’s why I love partnerships – without the context of somebody who’s actually holding the entirety of what we’re looking at and what we’re doing and what we have to accomplish, rather someone who knows all the challenges inherent in Acts One and Two, and believes, even though we’re using a bookmark where the movie ends, where the final image is, that just because it works for now, it works for now because it’s comforting, because you believe you have an end. I’ve been noticing more and more lately how partnerships and small groups of well-matched people are all equally responsible, whether you’re the front man in the band or whether you’re just mixing behind the scenes. It’s awesome.“ 

Guy Ritchie:

"Do I have any idea what the fuck he is talking about most of the time? No fucking way. He fucking rants, sounds very clever, and then I have to tell him: 'Repeat that, but this time fucking speak English.’ ”

Tumblr’s at it again, thanks to the new European Privacy Laws. There’s probably nobody who will read this, but it pissed me off so much that I decided to make a post about it. (Ignore the weird language mish-mash, depending on your country the language might differ.)

OK, so many of us get this screen when we try to access our dash:

Realise how the ‘OK’ button is a nice, attention-grabbing blue? If you’re like me, you’re not exactly into reading a 100 pages document and tend to just click it.

My tip? DONT. Instead click on ‘Manage Options’ right next to it:

Now you’ll see this page:

Still pretty harmless, right? That ‘Accept’ button is looking really attractive right now. Instead, click on Verwalten (Probably something like ‘Manage Options’ or something in english) and you’ll get to this page:

Now that’s not too bad, right? I just switched all the buttons to ‘off’, because I’m jealously guarding my personal information and don’t want Tumblr to go off and do who knows what with it. Looks like we’re done! But wait: There’s a SHOW option.

When we click on that one, what we will get is this:

A HUGE list with OVER 300 ENTRIES of companies that can use your data by default if you’d just clicked ‘OK’ on that very first page. Coincidence that this list is hidden that much? Me thinks not. They’re all switched on by default, but I am still a petty bitch that doesn’t want to give out her data, so I switched them all off. All 300+ of them. There is no option to switch them all off at once, and even if you disable all the options above, the companies are still switched on.

LOOK AT HIM 🔥🔥🔥 

BONUS:

thor a feminist:

Panel two, bottom left corner — that is definitely a strap-on harness. This whole thing makes so much more sense now. I cannot believe I didn’t see that before.

tony’s totally letting women take charge 

look at this soft boy

(gifs from @tonystarkz x )

And that was all before he quitted being a playboy, even as he lived his playboy life you never see him disrespect women and quite the opposite to what op is implying, he plays the role that serves and submits to his partner, and do I need to add how he is with pepper who he’s in a committed relationship with for more or less 8 years now:

Have they well and truly considered how fucked everyone would be if Tony really wanted to go full big bad? If Tony embraced the god-given powers of his goatee and went supervillain? 

If Tony Stark truly was a villain…

He wouldn’t have stopped producing weapons. In fact, he’d probably use the arc reactor technology to make even more powerful weapons of mass destruction. These weapons he could then use to line his pockets, becoming even more insanely wealthy – or…? 

He could’ve enacted the Iron Legion protocol and successfully taken over the world because the other heroes wouldn’t have been around (or were too inexperienced/weak to fight someone as formidable as Iron Man at the time). Like, imagine if Tony had started work on his project to put Iron Man suits “around the world.” We saw just a glimpse of that in Age of Ultron. It was hella scary. 

And if none of that happened? If Tony just up and decided to turn coat outta the blue? Then he could’ve killed all his “allies” (the Avengers) at any time he wanted, because he knows all their weaknesses, where they live, etc. He makes their tech. If he wanted, he could exploit it and end their lives. Clint’s arrows? Suddenly go boom in his quiver. Nat’s widow bites? Suddenly overcharge, electrocuting her to death. You get the picture. 

Tony wouldn’t have bothered stopping the Mandarin. Wouldn’t have bothered saving the President of the United States. 

Could’ve easily killed Cap and the others in Civil War if he’d really wanted them “out of the way” to further his own agenda.

Hell, he’d probably do such an efficient job cleaning house, Thanos might even be impressed. Adopting him as a “Child of Thanos.” Do you think evil Tony would care about half the population of Earth getting wiped? No. Not if he was guaranteed safe. 

My point? Supervillain Tony would have wiped. the. floor. Tony has the mental acumen, financial capital, and tech to cause massive damage. Even take over the damn world. 

Pepper: “Did you say evil? Thank god. I’ve been wanting to try black lipstick.”

Tony: "F.R.I.D.A.Y., initiate the BACKSTAB Protocol.”

F.R.I.D.A.Y.: “On it, boss.”

[5 minutes later]

F.R.I.D.A.Y.: “All Stark Industries-issued tech not on the premises has self-destructed. The Avengers have been eliminated.”

Tony: “Excellent. No one to stand in the way of phase 2 of my nefarious scheme. Launch Iron Legion 2.0, F.R.I.” 

[30 minutes later]

Maria Hill: “Sir, there’s reports of Iron Man armor in 200 countries. They’re demanding leaders to surrender or they will start killing.”

Nick Fury: “Did Stark just take over the world in a day?!”