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Title: The 'Why' We Fight
Author: starkravinghazelnuts (aka falsecaterpillar)
Universe: MCU (hypothetical post-Avengers: Endgame)
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 2230
Warnings: (Past) Major Character Death. Body Trauma.
Author's Note: 1/2 gift for southpauz who requested this prompt: "[Pepperony or (not yet established)Stony // any rating you deem appropriate // MCU] the Avengers all work together and take down Thanos. In the end, Tony is the only one able to wield the Infinity Gauntlet and brings everyone back. It's at a great personal risk to Tony and could easily kill him, but he still does it. Bonus points if when everyone gets back the Avengers get to see and react to Peter returning and freaking out over Tony's ""corpse"". Bonus bonus points if in the end Tony is unable to use/loses his left arm afterward." I didn't fit in all the bonuses for this one, but it is a story about the aftermath of Tony using the Infinity Gauntlet at great personal risk. As a note, I did write two stories for you, and the other one fits the prompt much closer, haha! But I couldn't resist.

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‘I’m here.’

It was a simple mental ping, checking to see if there was something there. With nothing but nothingness all around him, it was comforting to know at least he had his thoughts.

‘And I am…’ It took a moment to find his name in the knot that was his brain. 'Tony. Tony Stark.’

Excitement and revulsion hammered in his chest at the discovery. He brushed it off, not caring to examine why he felt so conflicted about his identity. His next thought surfaced as a question and came before he could mull over whether he wanted it answered.

‘So. What happened?’

Tony's mind had always been terribly efficient at solving puzzles. When other toddlers were trying to slot a circle through a square peg, he’d been assembling 1,000-piece puzzles of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. The pieces of 'What happened?’ effortlessly slid back into place from a tangle of broken sounds and images, but the moment they started to form a clear picture, he shook his head to jar them loose again.

Okay, so he definitely didn't want to remember. Big nope to memories. Those were bad.

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In the original draft for CA:CW, Tony and Pepper were still together–and Pepper was pregnant. The reason the Russos (+ Markus and McFeely) wrote out Pepper from the story (and Tony’s life) was to destabilize Tony for the purposes of making him break at the end. If Pepper had been in the picture (and expecting), then Tony would’ve been far more levelheaded and probably wouldn’t have gotten as involved. I harp on this point, because it tells us the Russos have always had it in the cards for Tony to become a father. In hand with this, in A:IW, Tony had the prophetic dream about having a child.

( read the rest of the theory under the cut )

Current Mood: cheerful

A comprehensive list of evidence Tony Stark is the one to wield the Infinity Gauntlet (since I’ve spattered this content through like 5 posts now):

EVIDENCE #1: STRANGE SAVES TONY AFTER SEEING THE FUTURE WHERE THEY WIN

Dr. Strange told Tony he’d be willing to let Tony, Peter, anyone die to protect the Time Stone. But when it came down to the wire, Strange offered the Time Stone to save Tony’s life. This was after Strange lived through 14,000,605 scenarios and saw 1 where they win. Which means the “endgame” required 1) Thanos winning, most likely to throw him off his guard, and 2) Tony’s survival, because otherwise Strange could’ve offered up the Stone to save anyone else (or held onto it after Tony died for some other purpose).

How would Strange know Tony’s survival was necessary? In Doctor Strange (the movie), it’s said that a soul can only travel/see to places where it’s been and where it’s going to be. In which case, Strange knew he’d die – and this was most likely one of the last possibilities he looked at. Because why the hell would he look at a scenario where he’s gone and can’t see anything – especially early on; let alone look at a reality where he gives up the Time Stone?

When Strange does take a peek at this grim possibility? Where he loses the Time Stone and perishes? His soul comes back. Maybe it’s when he comes back, he sees Tony there – maybe with the Infinity Gauntlet. Perhaps this is what clued Strange in to the fact Tony is invaluable to what’s to come – and why Strange begins calling Tony by his first name and treating him with respect. Not only does Strange now know that Tony is alive in whatever scenario they win, but Tony is the one who saves them all.

( read the rest of the theory under the cut )

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Entries tagged with character: tony stark

Title: The 'Why' We Fight

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