(and even more important to him because he grew up with so little and can give Tony so much)
Yup, that's essentially the story of my grandfather and his sons. Well, not to the same degree in terms of Stark wealth but my grandfather never told his sons he was proud of them but gave them a lot of things he didn't have growing up but that didn't necessarily equate to love in my uncles' minds.
Howard being more alpha male about his parenting reminds me a bit of that thing in the comics where he tells Tony that he has to have iron in his backbone. It's "good" parenting in that he's trying to get Tony to be the best he can be but it comes across as "suck it up and push through."
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Date: 2015-05-05 07:23 pm (UTC)Yup, that's essentially the story of my grandfather and his sons. Well, not to the same degree in terms of Stark wealth but my grandfather never told his sons he was proud of them but gave them a lot of things he didn't have growing up but that didn't necessarily equate to love in my uncles' minds.
Howard being more alpha male about his parenting reminds me a bit of that thing in the comics where he tells Tony that he has to have iron in his backbone. It's "good" parenting in that he's trying to get Tony to be the best he can be but it comes across as "suck it up and push through."