rdjnews:

by Dana Reinhardt

I’m willing to go out on a limb here and guess that most stories of kindness do not begin with drug addicted celebrity bad boys.

Mine does.

His name is Robert Downey Jr.

You’ve probably heard of him. You may or may not be a fan, but I am, and I was in the early 90’s when this story takes place.

It was at a garden party for the ACLU of Southern California. My stepmother was the executive director, which is why I was in attendance without having to pay the $150 fee. It’s not that I don’t support the ACLU, it’s that I was barely twenty and had no money to speak of.

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You can ask me anything and I’ll answer honestly, but only with yes and no.

introducealittleanarchy:

downtoavenge:

221cbakerstreet:

therivanqueen:

ajacquelineofalltrades:

He still believed in heroes.

An Agent of Conviction

^excuse me as I sob into my cereal

weeping openly

UGH

I hate the term “Pheels”, primarily because I hate the term it’s based on…  The term “feels” just drives me up the wall for whatever reason.  Probably because of how grammatically screwy it is…  

But I still like these GIFs.  

janeturenne:

My first reaction was ‘Nice thought but there’s no way, Coulson is much younger than…’ and then I stopped mid-thought.

Because you know what.

You know what.

After Steve, the US government had to keep trying to recreate the Super-Soldier Serum.

And who

and who

would be the FIRST DAMN PERSON IN LINE to volunteer?

They told us it never worked again.  And that was kind of true.  They never again recreated the super-strength or the gleaming pecs.  But other things, they got right.  They got the vastly delayed aging.  And the kind of reflexes that make a man able to take out two armed thugs with a bag of flour.  And the talent for leading through example.  And they got the most important part, Erskine’s favorite part: the magnification of moral fiber, taking the loyalty and selflessness of a loyal and selfless man and making him into something spectacular.

Coulson didn’t buy those vintage cards on Ebay.

He’s had them since he was a little boy.

That little boy right there.

This… works for me.  

buttergin:

mind-tardis:

gamefanatics:

Iron Man 3 - Patriot Armor confirmed!

Salute to the Red, White, and Blue! It’s been confirmed that the other man of steel will be donning the patriotic suit created by Norman Osborne (yes, from Spider-man), though (obviously) neither Osborne nor Spider-man will be making an appearance in the movie.

Kinda makes you wish we lived in an alternate universe where Marvel owned the film rights to ALL of their characters eh?

ASDFGHJKL;

I should point out…  this is not one of the actual pictures of the Iron Patriot armor.  It’s a recolored, photoshopped Iron Man armor…  for those who didn’t know.  And it’s actually more comic-accurate than the movie version.  

bunnydelalala:

mafindor:

5/24/2012: MISSING FAMILY ALERT: Authorities in Washtenaw County, Michigan are asking for the public’s help to find Alisha Martinez (29) and her kids, 8-year-old Areiyla Middleton and 3-year-old Elijah Isom were last seen Tuesday morning, 5/22/2012 at their Ypsilanti Township home. “We recieved a call yesterday actually, on the 23rd, but the last time that the mom and her children were seen was early morning on the 22nd, around 8, 8:30 in the morning,” said Derek Jackson with the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office. The older child did not go to school Tuesday and has not been to school since.

“[There is] no evidence that she is injured in any way or [of] any foul play,” said Jackson. “We just are trying to hopefully get some information from someone or even her herself — where she is or … what may have happened.”

Martinez is described as 5’1” and about 117 lbs.

Anyone with information as to the family’s whereabouts is asked to call Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Detective Everette Robbins (734) 973-4884.

You may also call the confidential tip line (734) 973-7711 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK UP.

SOURCE: http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/05/24/family-of-3-missing-since-tuesday/

UPDATE: 

Michigan mom, her two young children found safe in another state

thank God

ahaha oh my god that’s my country fuck

So, here’s a picture I found on the internet… It’s from “Iron Man 3”, and features what appears to be the Iron Patriot armor.  However, this is somewhat odd, considering that the Iron Patriot, in the comics, was Norman Osborn (better known as the Spider-Man villain Green Goblin) whose movie rights are owned by Sony, and not Marvel Studios, thus he can’t appear in a MCU film…  It could also be a version of Detroit Steel.  Detroit Steel was an armor created by Hammer Industries, which featured (usually) a patriotic paint job, and served as Justine Hammer’s way of getting back at Stark for the death of her father (Justin).  It’s also worth noting that in order to pilot Detroit Steel, one has to undergo cybernetic modification, not unlike the idea of Extremis, a sort of nano-virus-thing which Stark used later on in his Iron Man career to allow greater thought-processing ability within his own brain, and to enable him to interface with his armor directly, rather than having to use internal controls.  The alternate (and original) form of Extremis, however, was basically a nanotechnological reproduction of the Super Soldier serum (and, yes, I’m drastically oversimplifying this), which granted incredible regenerative abilities and…  pretty much everything else the Super Soldier serum could do.  

Now, Supposedly, in the film, the guy in this suit is none other than Eric Savin (portrayed in the film by James Badge Dale).  Eric Savin is, in the comics, also known as “Coldblood”.  He’s a soldier who was nearly killed by a land mine, and was brought back as a cyborg, then became a mercenary.  

With that, as well as the fact that it’s rumored that Extremis will play a large role in the film’s plot, I’m going to go ahead and take a guess at what’s going to happen.  

This Iron Patriot and/or Detroit Steel armor is a modified version of the War Machine armor (notice the similarity in the chest-shape), and has been sold to the U.S. Military, who paint it up as a sort of patriotic publicity stunt.  Eric Savin is selected as its pilot, and takes it out on a mission.  He nearly gets killed in the process, and, in an attempt to save him, is injected with an experimental nanotechnology meant to mimic the Super Soldier serum’s specific effect on Steve Rogers (as it’s been shown, with Red Skull, the Hulk, and Abomination, that in the MCU, the Super Soldier serum doesn’t just make you stronger, it amplifies aspects of your personality, as well… thus, you’d need a version which did away with the unwanted side-effects if you wanted to use it on anyone who wasn’t a down-to-earth-nicest-cat-alive type person).  It works, but he’s still a little mentally unstable and eventually goes crazy, requiring Iron Man to come in and deal with him.  That’s all I’ve got so far, and it doesn’t account for the fact that it’s rumored that both the Mandarin and Firepower will be making an appearance in the film as well.  

 special addition to Favourite Superheroes/Villains » Agent Phil Coulson

Yes. I do consider him a hero. He is EVERYTHING IN ALL THOSE MOVIES.