Sergeant Angua of the Watch is a werewolf. The trouble is, that’s all most people want to know. They don’t stay to hear that you’re a vegetarian by day, and very careful to stay legal at full moon (don’t ask about the chickens). You get more stick than vampires (and you have to catch it, it’s just something about the dog in you) because vampires at least look cool and don’t pant. Well, not most of the time.
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On the other hand, she is pretty bright in any shape, and the de facto No. 3 in the Watch hierarchy.
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Paul’s version of her always has a slightly uneasy feel, as if she’s about to turn and run. That makes sense, come to think of it…. People ask about the name. I made it up, but it’s hard to imagine any other name for her now.
–Terry Pratchett, “The Art of Discworld” Art by Paul Kidby
The fact that Terry Practchett literally made up the name Angua makes me love and hate him (b.c. Of jealousy) so much
The original version of how Pepper found out Tony was Iron Man illustrates much better what the toll of becoming Iron Man has been on Tony – mentally and physically. He’s drinking all alone. He has presumably laid awake all night, leaving his wounds untreated, open and bleeding.
this is the single most compelling piece of evidence in my “tony stark does not wear normal clothes anymore” theory. i firmly believe that this man wakes up in the morning and uses nanobots to create his outfit for the day
“tony, why?” says pepper the first time he does this. “it’s cheaper than a tailor” replies tony, admiring the way the nano-fabric hugs his butt. “it definitely isn’t” says pepper, also admiring his butt
this is further supported by how his sunglasses meld into his suit when they’re still in New York. even if you think the idea that he makes all of his clothes out of nanobots is foolish he most certainly did make those sunglasses
so therefore the reason tony’s shirt has disappeared is that he used those nanobots in the fight against thanos, or maybe to help patch up his wound. either way it shows how tony was really digging into the very depths of his available resources (are his underpants gone too? who can say? well, i can say and i say definitely)
in conclusion, tony stark is a dramatic fashion forward extra bitch who makes all his own clothes
Tim Gunn would approve.
Oh! Oh! I have some additional supporting evidence for this! Take a look at Tony’s back in this scene. We get a clean, well lit shot of his back in the undersuit, and what is missing? An exit wound.
When Thanos stabbed Tony the shiv clearly went straight through, and visibley pierced out his back.
The lack of a tear in the suit here suggests that this was either a blatant mistake or, as you have suggested, that Tony’s undersuit is also comprised of nanotech, and that he reformed the garment. I prefer to believe the latter.
And if you want to explore it just a bit further, compare how the undersuit composition changes in following scenes. Specifically watch how the hood and und undershirt (as @elphierix pointed out) change throughout the film. The undersuit which is peeking through the broken armor is clearly different. It appears to have changed completely, with no hood, no undershirt, and with a different neckline. Perhaps Tony had time later on to shift to this more streamlined version of the undersuit. Either way I think this is all strong evidence to support the nanotech undersuit theory.
i can’t believe my crack theory is getting more and more plausible with each passing day but i am so here for it
even here, at the end of the fucking world, there’s howard’s voice echoing around his skull insisting that tony is a stark, and stark men don’t cry. he has managed to shake off so many memories of his father, but this one always stayed
until now. now he is alone on an alien world and the nanobots holding his wound closed aren’t doing anything for the pain and his hands are covered in the one thing worse than blood. he holds the ashes of the kid (his kid) in his palm and he really, truly, honestly doesn’t give a fuck about what howard would say when the tears come
at first he’s just crying for peter, but then the crushing weight of his failure presses down on him and he’s not just crying he’s sobbing. it shakes his chest and pulls at the pain in his side and his face is hot and wet with tears and possibly a little bit of snot and it’s been actual decades since he’s cried like this
he can’t stop. after peter and the failure it’s his mother and jarvis, both jarvises, and ana too and aunt peggy and yinsen (oh god yinsen) and even ultron and obie and everyone else he’s ever lost or let down. he cries for rhodey and for pepper and finally he even cries a little bit for himself
amazingly when he’s done he almost feels better
then he opens his eyes and he’s still on that fucking planet and the blue woman is watching him dispassionately. tony looks down at the ash on his hands. he locks the grief back away again
iampinbitch 