Tag: avengers endgame
the world does not forget natasha romanoff.
she has never been as loud or as public as tony stark, but everyone heard about her releasing shield’s files, everyone saw her protecting the earth for five long years when all of the other original avengers had walked away from the fight.
the black widow was not a shiny metal philanthrobot, or any kind of supersoldier, or a rooftop-jumping archer, or a god from an era long gone.
she was a spy; she tried to stay in the shadows, to keep to herself.
she was the last avenger for many of them.
she was their hero, and she still is.
it is quiet, at first, the grief. there are no mobs of people, no wailing in the streets.
but when the first iron man mural appears in new york city, a black widow one goes up right across from it.
slowly but surely, monuments appear, most homemade and small, but still there.
she is in textbooks and museums and articles, not always the focus but never left out.
if tony stark is the hero who’s name they shout, natasha is the one they whisper about, quiet reassurances and cries in the night.
she was a protector, fierce and selfless and loyal, fighting for a world that had never done her much good.
they will never forget that.
All Things Considered | Tony and Natasha
The Heart and Soul, who tried to keep the family together when no one else did. You can rest now.
Somewhere out there Ho Yinsen is turning to Tony Stark and saying, “you didn’t waste a single second”.
Ok but now I have this image in my head of Tony in some kind of afterlife, like his own personal heaven. It looks like his lab, not any specific one, rather it’s made up of all the best and favorite tools, parts and pieces from workshops throughout his life. He’s sitting at a table working with a small device, nothing really important just something keeping his hands busy, when he calls out “JARVIS pull up the Life-streams”.
“Any preference for this particular viewing sir.”
“Just the family this time J,” Tony replies as a number of glowing blue screens appear in front of him, “wife and kids.” Pepper and Morgan Stark, Peter Parker and Harley Keener come into focus a moment later. He spends his time relaxing like that, watching over them as he tinkers.
Footsteps approaching from behind pulls some of his focus several hours later, he doesn’t turn around, keeps his eyes on Morgan, Harley and Peter working together on an as of yet unidentifiable lego set. Visitors aren’t exactly rare but they’re not all that common either and Tony never knows quite what to say to the people who have come to see him.
“So this is the legacy of the great Tony Stark.” Familiar words said in a tone vastly diffierent to how they were once spoken startles him enough to look at the figure that draws up next to him. Ho Yinsen settles beside him peering curiously at the screens acting as windows to the lives of his loved ones. Struggling to come up with something to say to the man who gave him his second chance at life he turns back to the screens and focuses on Pepper, she’s having lunch with Happy he notices either talking about SI or reminiscing about him with the amount his name keeps coming up. “How’s the family?”, comes out before he really thinks about it. An amused huff is his immediate answer as Yinsen leans back to take in the rest of his surroundings.
“They are well Stark, enjoying the time we now have together”.
Silence falls between them for several beats before Tony swallows down the anxiety he can feel threatening to rise, “so, how’d I do?”
Ho Yinsen finally turns to face Tony Stark and says, “you didn’t waste a single second “.
Carol: alright bitches let’s do a headcount
Carol: tin man
Tony: here
Carol: fourth of july
Steve: here
Carol: mohawk
Clint: here
Carol: tin man squared
Rhodey: here
Carol: bitch
Thor: here
Carol: beautiful
Bruce: here
Carol: bunny
Rocket: here
Carol: paul rudd
Scott: here
Carol: blue man group
Nebula: here
Carol: annnnnnnnnd….my wife
Natasha: here
Carol: great lets go