Coffee pots and random

[tsukinofaerii]

Have you ever had one of those random urges that make no sense at the time, but you want to do them anyways? I do. Every time I walk through the door to work I find myself itching to see if I can pick the lock. Every. Single. Time. I know I shouldn't, because lol, I have a key! Why would I need to pick the lock? And anyway, there's probably some sort of security measures in place—it's an inner door, so maybe not, but IDK. That would be embarrassing, getting picked up by security for picking a lock I have a key to.

It looks like a simple lock to pick though. ¬¬;;

In other news, I have crafted a piece of person canon for myself. Yesterday afternoon, as I poured myself a cup of coffee and subsequently poured it all over the counter, I decided that clearly Tony Stark has built his own coffee maker and carafe. See, I have yet to meet a coffee pot that doesn't spill when pouring the first cup. It's always sort of freaky. I mean, we put a man on the moon, but we can't make a coffee pot that doesn't spill. WTF, world? Tony would take that as a personal affront, probably, and redesign the carafe. Then, while he's at it, why not build a better machine? Instead of one carafe, make it three smaller ones, set to go off at intervals, so that the coffee is always fresh. Don't forget that it needs to measure out the grounds and water itself, and it needs a back-up battery so that it doesn't lose the time (or the programmed brew timer) in the event of a short power outage. Knowing Tony, it's probably a voice-activated AI and something of a smartass, but that's just Tony. I'm sure everyone else in the house is a little worried by the talking coffee pot.

I need to think of some issues for Tony. (Believe it or not, this is actually hard.) Specifically, defense mechanisms. It's a long long long story, but I've already used the alcoholism and am now drawing a blank for some reason. ._. I'm sure it'll come to me.

Final reason for posting on a Monday! I'm going to the midnight showing of Harry Potter tomorrow! Gods, work on Wednesday is going to be pain. :D WORTH IT.

ETA: Also, o.o http://www.worldsuperheroregistry.com/

Comments

[velithya]

you could always use the depression, or the fact that all his girlfriends/boyfriends have either tried to kill him or died.

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

That is actually a few steps ahead and will be seriously disturbing to Steve. >.>;; I'm not sure who I feel worse for: Tony who gets to own all of this, or Steve who can't do anything about it. Very unprettiful.

I'm thinking of ways he keeps himself from getting hurt. Tony is very, very good at numbing himself and keeping people from getting close to him most of the time, except when he fails utterly and then they usually end up trying to kill him. ._.; Alcohol was one way. I think casual sex might be in there, but that one's sort of a two-edged sword since Tony doesn't do casual sex as easily as he thinks he does. The whole "millionaire playboy" persona is part of that...

IDK. Tony's issues on this one are harder to pin down to recognizable specifics. *sigh* This is what I get for poking around with Tony's issues. There's too many!

[sherriaisling.livejournal.com]

I mean, we put a man on the moon, but we can't make a coffee pot that doesn't spill. WTF, world? You mean this isn't just a problem reserved for every single coffee pot that's ever been in this house? Because I've always figured that we just kept buying the lemons. (But, yes, Tony Stark totally has a coffee pot so efficient that it’s sexy.)

I need to think of some issues for Tony. (Believe it or not, this is actually hard.) Specifically, defense mechanisms. Possibly his seeming unwillingness to ask for help might work here. He needs to fix everything himself, because if he doesn't then others will see how weak/wrong/human he really is and then they'll leave him. (Also, is his driving anyone who might care away from him canon or have I just read such things in one to many fics?)

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

Nope. It's happened in every coffee pot I've ever owned, plus the ones at work. At this point, it's well past the conspiracy and into the obvious.

Hmmm. Those are good issues. The question is, how do I personify them? @@ Well, a barrier of some sort might work for "driving others away". I think that's new canon via CW—hedoesn't have anyone but Pepper right now. (thinks hard on these) The unwillingness to ask for help is pretty all-pervasive. I have wee!Tony refuse to let Steve take out the stitches for example. (poking around ideas in her head)

[sherriaisling.livejournal.com]

I think that's new canon via CW—hedoesn't have anyone but Pepper right now How much of this is Tony driving people away, though? Because much of it seems to be others driving Tony away via a pitchfork wielding mob. *glares at Thor and Hank*. Maybe instead of the unwillingness to ask for help you could play with his unwillingness to appear weak (because they could be separate things, even if they normally appear together). Have a Tony who is made of rock (or the obvious metal) so that he is clearly strong and dependable and manly and not human weak.

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

To me, the Confession reads like he knew he was going to drive everyone away and chose it For The Greater Good. The only person he even really tried to reach out to was Steve, and that went really well. x.X But a metal Tony would work really well. Hmmm. (pokes him) Maybe in the lobby... I need something between reason!Tony and little!Tony. (pokes them)

[sherriaisling.livejournal.com]

*headdesk* I'm an idiot. How did I forget this? Because he was especially worried that his friendship with Steve would be ended, and he still did what he thought he had to do. (Though it isn't so much a defense, maybe you could do something with Tony's daddy issues coming out in some Pinocchio-ish fashion, as in Tony isn't a real boy, a real son, a real Stark. [Some of my personal Howard-Stark-is-a-bastard canon includes Howard making sure Tony is informed that he was a mistake.])

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

Awwh. (wibbles) Poor Tony. And of course it doesn't matter if he does horrible things then, right? Because he was already a mistake, so what's one more... :(