Once again reblogging for the very simple fact that the answer to,

Who is Tony Stark when you take away the suit?

is

The guy who could and did build the suit

#nobody gave him Iron Man #it wasn’t an accident #Tony built himself into a superhero#with his hands and his tools and his brain #and it takes a very very specific kind of person #not just to have that knowledge #but to make that CHOICE #to say #yes the most obvious next step in my life #is to build an automated suit of armor #and fight evil