#TONY STARK RECEIVED AN ALIBI FROM COULSON IN THE BACK ROOM #the claim that he’d been partying in his yacht while the SI situation took place #tony objects: what about stane #what about the man who jeopardized peace and the future; the man who betrayed him and betrayed stark industries and tried to kill him #oh he’s gonna die in a random plane crash; coulson says #just like that; forgotten #while tony stark? the alibi is that he was just off being Tony Stark #he was in his yacht #nbd #until tony gets in the press room #it’s ridiculous to insinuate that he is a super hero; he says#oh no; christine replies; i never said you were a super hero #and that’s the moment tony loses that Tony Stark cool that is The Moment #the “i don’t have to convince them i’m not a super hero” moment #the “i did all that stuff and i still can’t be a hero and i’m here because the whole world #operates under the assumption that tony stark could very fucking well be partying in his yacht completely ignorant of the SI mess in his #hands” moment. that is The Moment #“i never said you were a super hero” christine said #“didn’t?” he stammers; hesitates “well good because that would be outlandish and…. #f a n t a s t i c” #[sigh] #[rambling to himself. rationalizing.] “i’m just not the hero type. clearly. with this laundry list of character defects; all the mistakes #that i’ve made; largely… public” #rhodey asks him to stick to the cards. oh boy oh fucking boy rhodey sees what’s happening here #tony stark is fucking rambling about super heroes tony stark is attempting to rationalize something he sees as an impossible dream #it is not going to work because tony stark is a fucking corny hopeful fucking dreamer oh god tony stark stick to the cards man #tony just stick to the– “THE TRUTH IS; I AM IRON MAN” #I FUCKING ADORE THIS MOVIE (via @knightinironarmor)