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Ghosts of Conversations Past

Summary:

In these AUs, Tony's crappy way of talking down to people is no longer tolerated, or accurate lines about Tony are highlighted.

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I find it interesting that folks deliberately misquote Team Cap in order to bash them.
Ironically, you can use Tony Stark's actual dialogue to highlight his creepy personality, because he really is the worst.
Actual movie dialogue is in bold.
These snippets are canon divergent because here the other characters don't have to give Tony a pass because Tony.
You'd have to pay me high five figures to wach the Iron Man films again, so I'm using transcripts for material from those films. Feel free to correct me in the comments if I have the dialogue wrong, because I'm not actually trying to misquote Tony.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: "Dads leave. No need to be a pussy about it." (Iron Man 3)

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I am amused by the irony of this conversation between Harley and Tony "Everyone must suffer because I won't handle my daddy issues" Stark in Iron Man 3. What if Harley was as much of a jackass to Tony as Tony was to him in this conversation?

 

Harley frowned as he considered how to explain why he was a latchkey kid. Then he said, "Well, my mom already left for the diner and Dad went to 7-11 to get scratchers. I guess he won, because that was six years ago."

Tony Stark hummed and then said, "Which happens. Dads leave. No need to be a pussy about it."

Harley blinked and stepped back. Then his fists clenched as he said, "Screw you. I'm calling the cops."

As Harley turned away Tony grabbed his arm and said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute. No need for that."

Harley yanked his arm away and rubbed where Tony grabbed him. He said, "My dad left me when I was practically a baby. Your dad never actually left. I read about it---he died. And you were OLD---like 20 or something."

Tony looked away, then he shrugged and said, "Okay, that was a shitty thing to say."