[No way...He sees you there getting defensive, bro. There's no need.] Colleen was part of the Hand at first. Matt dated the Black Sky. Do you think I'm going to judge? But I'm curious about how this whole thing started.
I didn't exactly had free time in K'un Lun or talked about a lot of thing that weren't related to training in some way or the other. What do you consider 'real fun'? And more important, should I be worried?
I guess the whole 'adopt a supervillain' thing is more common than I thought. I thought it was just me. like half my contacts list is people who were bad guys at some point.
worried? why would you be worried? you're the guy who wants to fly the armor around manhattan. and here I was just gonna suggest board game night and movies. sheesh. [No you weren't, Tony.]
Of course it is...[Danny isn't even going to argue. If Tony ever feels like sharing, he will listen. For now he won't pry.]
You would be surprised. It's not a bad thing to give people second or even third opportunities if they are really determined to be better person and stop hurting innocents.
Because you are Tony Stark, that's why. Do you even own a board game? [You are fooling absolutely no one.]
well, think about it - people with powers don't have the best track record for staying dead or imprisoned. makes more sense to just have them on your side. [That, and you sleep better at night.]
sure. haven't you heard? board games are hip now.
you should see my dad play monopoly. it's exactly as brutal as it sounds.
using 'bed' as a verb is the most old fashioned thing I have ever heard anyone say in my entire life. and hip as in it's cool, board games are back in style. hip is definitely slang that existed when you were a kid. you just went missing for ten years, you're not a time traveller from the past.
monopoly with my dad isn't competitive, it's a slaughter. it's over in half an hour. [There is no one alive who can beat Howard Stark at Monopoly.] isn't ludo just Sorry without the fun dice popper? [He's never heard of it. He googled it.] strategy games are where it's at. that and inappropriate card games.
You still understood what I was trying to say. [A huff. Do you enjoy making him blush, Tony?Keep it up, you are doing a good job.] Well, sorry if I forgot what the cool kids where saying when I was eleven years old, it happens.
Slaughter, hm? Try playing monopoly with Ward. The game lasts 15 minutes and it ends when he throws the board to the ground and kicks you in the shin. [Danny has very fond childhood memories of Ward, can you tell?] And yes, Ludo is kind of like that. How can a card game be inappropriate? It's just cards.
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so like was someone on the Iron Fist writing team just secretly trying to reboot Armored Adventures
[He absolutely does.] I can already tell that introducing you to cards against humanity is going to be one of the greatest experiences of my life.
it's okay, I was a dweeb too. too bad we never hung out when we were kids. we would have been so uncool it would have almost been cool. the original Geek Squad.
after what a nutjob his dad turned out to be, I guess I'm not surprised ward was a little jerk. sounds a lot like what whitney went through. though she never kicked me in the shins.
I also just realized 'complicated relationship with your dad's evil business partner's maladjusted kid' is something else we have in common, and it's starting to get a little weird.
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That or writers in general have some intense feelings about monopoly
[Wonderful.]I've never heard of that one before. Is it like poker?
I was home-schooled, I didn't get to see too many people. But yes, that could have been fun. [He's not even joking, he would have liked more non-asshole friends. or at least jerks that weren't on Ward's level.]
He's been doing much better lately. Harold not being around and making his life hell has been really good for his mental health. Who's whitney?
Maybe that's also another of the rich-kids-club things. They say history repeats itself too.
my dad's idea of homeschooling was to let me do basically whatever I wanted in stark tower. [Given that "whatever he wanted" was to start making scientific breakthroughs before he hit double digits, it's hard to find fault with Howard's decision.] so I saw lots of scientists, but not a lot of kids my age. except rhodey, and whitney. she's obadiah stane's daughter. enough daddy issues to write a textbook about. it didn't turn out too well for her.
Then we should play one day. [Danny, you poor, naive child...]
My mom was one of my teachers and I did get to see my dad often. But ey, hanging out with scientist sounds fun too. Sorry to hear that about your friend. Davos and i also had a fall out. It was my fault, though.
Sometimes the line between supervillains and friends is so narrow...But still, sorry you had to deal with all that with her. I know it isn't easy.
Davos is like my brother. We grew up and trained together in K'un Lun, he was the son of my Master Lei-Kung the thunderer. I became the Iron Fist instead of him and because he believed the Iron Fist was his birthright, he hates me from taking that power away. The fact that I left K'un Lun when the gates opened didn't help matters. We also have very different points of view about killing and compassion.
okay what is in the water over there that makes everyone so obsessed with 'birthrights' and legendary hereditary superpowers? does he talk about destiny a lot too? is this just a thing in asia or are they sending all their weirdos over here to get rid of them?
maybe, but if there are loads of european supers causing drama about ancient mystical powers, they're mostly keeping it on their side of the pond.
okay, wait, I do know one family that has a whole magic sword shtick. but they're also total weirdos, so I think that just proves my point. [...Whatever point that is.]
I'm just saying. ancient mystical powers. people get way too intense about it. if I'm ever fighting anyone and they start talking about their ancestors again, I'm going home.
[Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. (The t-shirt says "I almost died in a plane crash and all I got was a shitty heart implant and lifelong trauma.")]
not that exact sword, but that's the right idea. pretty sure merlin was involved, there's a castle and a horse, it's a whole thing.
tell you what, since you're such a big fan, you can take them. I'll send all my ninjas and mystical magic villains your way, and you can trade me anybody running 21st century tech. like a villain exchange program.
I honestly have no idea. the legend says merlin made it, I can't tell you if it's legit or not. if the dude's real he COULD still be around for all I know. it wouldn't be the weirdest thing I've seen.
problem is thor's a huge flake. never know when he's going to show up. don't worry, I've got a good track record with aliens. you guys just stay clear - no more glass cannons on the alien invasion team. it stresses me out enough having nat and clint on the roster.
though as far as I know, he's not a dragon. unfortunately. how awesome would that be?
maybe the world's just a weird place.
or maybe the fact that we're both eccentric billionaires with extraordinary powers running corporations that are large enough to attract a whole lot of the wrong kind of attention has something to do with it. dunno. I'll be honest, I'm not great at determining the parameters of normal.
anyway, even if you're all a bunch of weirdos, try to not die. I hate funerals. what I'm really worried about is that one of you is going to kick it and somebody's going to ask me to give a eulogy. ["Here lies Danny Rand, corporate mascot and professional fist-puncher. He was kind of an idiot, but I liked how he punched a dragon that one time and got magic powers. I hope he left me his vintage iPod in his will."]
Not very awesome, dragons are a handful. You don't want to meet one in person unless you are fireproof, trust me on that.
Probably the best explanation.
Maybe but...no, it must clearly be the world, not us. [He's mostly joking but yeah, he agrees that they don't have the right parameters to tell what's or not normal anymore.]
If it's of any consolation, I'm Buddhist. Our funerals don't have eulogies. [Tony, you silly man.]
High-maintenance is a word for it. [Something tells Danny it's better if he doesn't, yeah.] Cool, maybe. Disastrous? Definitely.
There are rituals, chantings. Some mourners also bring offerings of flowers and fruit, burn incense to sweeten the air and ring gongs or bells. Death is different for Buddhists, we understand that death is not an end, only a transition from one form to another.
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I didn't exactly had free time in K'un Lun or talked about a lot of thing that weren't related to training in some way or the other. What do you consider 'real fun'? And more important, should I be worried?
...okay that's a good point.
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[He's joking, probably?]
I guess the whole 'adopt a supervillain' thing is more common than I thought. I thought it was just me. like half my contacts list is people who were bad guys at some point.
worried? why would you be worried? you're the guy who wants to fly the armor around manhattan. and here I was just gonna suggest board game night and movies. sheesh. [No you weren't, Tony.]
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You would be surprised. It's not a bad thing to give people second or even third opportunities if they are really determined to be better person and stop hurting innocents.
Because you are Tony Stark, that's why. Do you even own a board game? [You are fooling absolutely no one.]
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sure. haven't you heard? board games are hip now.
you should see my dad play monopoly. it's exactly as brutal as it sounds.
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I don't even understand what 'being hip' is mean to imply.
Doesn't sound too brutal to me, actually. Have you played ludo? That's how you end seeing people really get competitive.
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monopoly with my dad isn't competitive, it's a slaughter. it's over in half an hour. [There is no one alive who can beat Howard Stark at Monopoly.] isn't ludo just Sorry without the fun dice popper? [He's never heard of it. He googled it.] strategy games are where it's at. that and inappropriate card games.
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Keep it up, you are doing a good job.] Well, sorry if I forgot what the cool kids where saying when I was eleven years old, it happens.Slaughter, hm? Try playing monopoly with Ward. The game lasts 15 minutes and it ends when he throws the board to the ground and kicks you in the shin. [Danny has very fond childhood memories of Ward, can you tell?] And yes, Ludo is kind of like that. How can a card game be inappropriate? It's just cards.
so like was someone on the Iron Fist writing team just secretly trying to reboot Armored Adventures
it's okay, I was a dweeb too. too bad we never hung out when we were kids. we would have been so uncool it would have almost been cool. the original Geek Squad.
after what a nutjob his dad turned out to be, I guess I'm not surprised ward was a little jerk. sounds a lot like what whitney went through. though she never kicked me in the shins.
I also just realized 'complicated relationship with your dad's evil business partner's maladjusted kid' is something else we have in common, and it's starting to get a little weird.
That or writers in general have some intense feelings about monopoly
I was home-schooled, I didn't get to see too many people. But yes, that could have been fun. [He's not even joking, he would have liked more non-asshole friends. or at least jerks that weren't on Ward's level.]
He's been doing much better lately. Harold not being around and making his life hell has been really good for his mental health. Who's whitney?
Maybe that's also another of the rich-kids-club things. They say history repeats itself too.
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my dad's idea of homeschooling was to let me do basically whatever I wanted in stark tower. [Given that "whatever he wanted" was to start making scientific breakthroughs before he hit double digits, it's hard to find fault with Howard's decision.] so I saw lots of scientists, but not a lot of kids my age. except rhodey, and whitney. she's obadiah stane's daughter. enough daddy issues to write a textbook about. it didn't turn out too well for her.
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My mom was one of my teachers and I did get to see my dad often. But ey, hanging out with scientist sounds fun too. Sorry to hear that about your friend. Davos and i also had a fall out. It was my fault, though.
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yeah. remember how I said I'm friends with way too many supervillains?
whitney was my fault too. [Not entirely true, but that doesn't stop him from blaming himself for it.] who's davos?
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Sometimes the line between supervillains and friends is so narrow...But still, sorry you had to deal with all that with her. I know it isn't easy.
Davos is like my brother. We grew up and trained together in K'un Lun, he was the son of my Master Lei-Kung the thunderer. I became the Iron Fist instead of him and because he believed the Iron Fist was his birthright, he hates me from taking that power away. The fact that I left K'un Lun when the gates opened didn't help matters. We also have very different points of view about killing and compassion.
that's racist tony
Pfff...Tony, no
...they're not weirdos. [Don't go that far in your mocking, Tony, he doesn't appreciate it.]
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okay, wait, I do know one family that has a whole magic sword shtick. but they're also total weirdos, so I think that just proves my point. [...Whatever point that is.]
I'm just saying. ancient mystical powers. people get way too intense about it. if I'm ever fighting anyone and they start talking about their ancestors again, I'm going home.
[Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. (The t-shirt says "I almost died in a plane crash and all I got was a shitty heart implant and lifelong trauma.")]
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[And then he had to fight a dragon without wearing armor or handling a magic cool sword and those stopped being entertaining.]
With our luck, it's hard to avoid that kind of people. They're kinda...just happen. ALL THE TIME.
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tell you what, since you're such a big fan, you can take them. I'll send all my ninjas and mystical magic villains your way, and you can trade me anybody running 21st century tech. like a villain exchange program.
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Heh. Sounds like a far trade to me. And if we have to fight aliens, we could leave those to Thor?
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problem is thor's a huge flake. never know when he's going to show up. don't worry, I've got a good track record with aliens. you guys just stay clear - no more glass cannons on the alien invasion team. it stresses me out enough having nat and clint on the roster.
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We knows really weird people, Tony. How did our lives become this?
No worries, we like to focus on more human-related problems. It's sweet that you worry so much.
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maybe the world's just a weird place.
or maybe the fact that we're both eccentric billionaires with extraordinary powers running corporations that are large enough to attract a whole lot of the wrong kind of attention has something to do with it. dunno. I'll be honest, I'm not great at determining the parameters of normal.
anyway, even if you're all a bunch of weirdos, try to not die. I hate funerals. what I'm really worried about is that one of you is going to kick it and somebody's going to ask me to give a eulogy. ["Here lies Danny Rand, corporate mascot and professional fist-puncher. He was kind of an idiot, but I liked how he punched a dragon that one time and got magic powers. I hope he left me his vintage iPod in his will."]
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Probably the best explanation.
Maybe but...no, it must clearly be the world, not us. [He's mostly joking but yeah, he agrees that they don't have the right parameters to tell what's or not normal anymore.]
If it's of any consolation, I'm Buddhist. Our funerals don't have eulogies. [Tony, you silly man.]
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what do buddhists do at funerals instead? is it drinking? that would work for me. please don't tell me it's meditating.
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There are rituals, chantings. Some mourners also bring offerings of flowers and fruit, burn incense to sweeten the air and ring gongs or bells. Death is different for Buddhists, we understand that death is not an end, only a transition from one form to another.
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I love your Tony so much
:D I love your danny and I love these two idiots together
aww thank you so much. This whole conversation is a blast
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IMAA howard is the only version who isn't a total asshole. PROTECT GOOD DAD HOWARD
Woah man. A good dad. That's like seeing an unicorn. Superrare
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