Dear Avengers and Iron Man movieverse fandom,
I’ve noticed there’s fanfic in which poor Rhodey has been demoted three whole ranks. Here are some facts that may prove helpful when writing:1) He is Lieutenant COLONEL James Rhodes.
2) He is addressed as “Colonel” or “Lieutenant Colonel” in conversation.
3) His pay grade is O-5.
4) Lieutenant Colonel is ranked above a Major (O-4) and below a full-bird Colonel (O-6).
5) Steve would salute Rhodey and Rhodey would return the salute, not the other way around. A Captain (O-3) is two ranks below a Lt Col.
5a) But Rhodey MAY salute Steve first, out of respect.
6) Rhodey is NOT a Lieutenant, which is one of the two LOWEST commissioned officer ranks in the Air Force, 2nd LT (O-1) and 1st LT (O-2).
7) His insignia is a silver oak leaf (or a black oak leaf if wearing desert cammo).
8) Based on his rank, he’s served approximately 10 to 16 years in the Air Force.
9) He was Air Force ROTC at MIT. (It’s implied, anyway, since Tony talks about them going on Spring Break together.)
Thanks,
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you don’t have to do this alone, you know.
That top pic, though.
All my crying feels.
Trying to rid the world of weapons, you gave it its best one ever.Consider this a rec.
This could also be seen as an encouragement to write missing scene stuff, which I would totally read the shit out of. Even though it would be compromised almost entirely of badtouch and awful things.
Hey, What's the Matter?: I reaped the benefits of destruction
Movieverse!Tony =/= Comicverse!Tony and conflating their core issues with each other ignores a large part of what both versions seek to do with the character.
Namely: Movieverse!Tony is very much a meditation of privilege and wealth, and how that blinds you to the consequences of your actions….
Reblogging for the last line: “(I’d argue, even, that’s what makes Tony’s brand of genius more palatable than Sherlock’s — simply being right is not enough to make you the hero.)”
Do you really think just because you have an idea it belongs to you?
THIS IS STILL THE BEST. MOMENT. IN ANY SUPERHERO MOVIE EVER.
If Tony had all this shit going on with his heart in reality, he’d probably be a heart failure patient.
I work a lot with relatively young heart failure patients, especially those with assistive devices to keep their heart pumping. God, I have so many other feels about this photo set, but seeing him weak, helpless, unable to even move his own limbs kind of hurts just because it is really fucking familiar.
Just imagine that. A Tony Stark who was always gasping for breath, coughing up pinkish sputum half the time, constantly checking his blood pressure and his weight and not being able to put the suit on because his body is swollen with fluid that his heart can’t get pumped to his kidneys.
I also kind of like it, because then Obadiah could have cited Tony’s precarious health to take over the company and continue manipulating Tony for YEARS to come.
Tony Stark: emotional eater.
Tony Stark: How’d it go?
[Stark sees a pizza box on the table]
Tony Stark: Oh, that bad, huh?
Obadiah Stane: Just because I brought pizza back from New York doesn’t mean it went bad. (source)
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
(Source: mishasteaparty)
EXTREMIS.
If Tony Stark Was a Genetic Engineer Instead
Well, there’s a bullet dodged. Eeeesh.
Some grade A nightmare fuel.
(Source: man-thing)
I will never understand how they cut this from the movie. PEPPEEEEER.
RIGHT? I just. I’m not quite sure where it goes? Is it there instead of them having actual makeouts after Tony saves the day? Because, man, I would totally have gone for this version of the scene instead.
(Source: gwnstacys)
Um…yeah. Love Thor brushing his hammer…get your mind out of the gutter.
(Source: irosyan)
