#not 17

okay, I keep seeing this in so many fics and it is driving me fucking INSANE...

Is there some comic canon somewhere that puts Tony Stark's birthday in 1974? Because I keep seeing in SO MANY FICS that he was "17" when Howard and Maria are killed by the Winter Soldier, and that is just WRONG.

MCU Tony was born May 29, 1970, and his parents were killed December 16th, 1991. That makes him TWENTY ONE when they are killed. Where in the fuck does this "17" thing come from???

It wouldn't get to me so much except that it happens SO OFTEN. If someone mentions an age when he's orphaned, it's ALWAYS 17, unless it's a blatant AU where it happens sooner or later. And it always jars me out of the fic so damn bad. WHERE IS IT FROM!??? Why do so many people say 17? Is that a fuck up factoid from one of the MCU artbooks or something? Is it fanon that people adopted because they have forgotten basic math? WHAT? Is it something said in Ironman 1 or something that I have flushed from my brain? I DON'T UNDERSTAND, because there's no ambiguity in the source material that I am aware of.

WHY do so many people keep trying to make him 17 when his parents are murdered?!? WHY 17?!

I am VERY uncomfortable when you do this and you, as someone older than me, should know better. I do NOT care if you like the ship, I do NOT care if you think its good, I DONT WANT TO FUCKING READ IT, and I DONT WANT YOU SENDING ME LINKS TO THAT SHIT. I AM NOT INTO IT, BUT SOMETIMES IM CURIOUS AND IT DISGUSTS ME. LIKE COULD YOU NOT?? I do not mind if you mention the word it's not specific at ALL, but if you are going to fully talk about it DETAILED OUT shut up. I don't want to hear it. Don't want to read it. And I do not want to see it. Also don't have the crappy mindset where you think that suddenly because we're mutuals it means we're bestie best friends and you feel privileged to send me inappropriate shit, because that's not how it works. None of you, AND I MEAN NONE OF YOU, are "PriViLEgEd" to send me smut FICS or links, and it will never happen because im not looking forward to reading it. Don't use that excuse again. You know who you are.

So please. Stop. This is the third time. I don't care if you're a friend, if you send me smut FICS or links WITHOUT WARNING, I'm blocking you. I blocked two people already for it, I can do it many more times. Your bullshit only makes me feel more fucking tired and reluctant to make more online friends. So stop. When I say I'm a kid(not that young but still) on my bio, I'm serious. It doesn't matter if it's "just a written story and it's not a big deal," it is for me because it just shows me how much of a freak you are to have the audacity to show it to a minor THAT HAS ALREADY "SAID I DO NOT WANT TO READ SMUT."