professionallyprocrastinating:

thatvermilionflycatcher:

You cannot make fun of a kid’s hard work and then expect him to think it amounts to something.

THANK YOU!

Whenever they interact, Tony  mocks and belittles Peter’s efforts, albeit subtly.
“Can you even see in these?”, “You need a full head-to-toe upgrade”, “Everyone else thought I was crazy”, “the adults are talking”… Tony could hardly have done a better job of destroying Peter’s confidence if he’d been actively trying.

And then he acts surprised when Peter reports everything to him, seeking approval that he is Superheroing the ‘right’ way like Tony Stark wants him to, and is convinced that he needs Tony’s suit to be a hero.

Because Tony convinced him that he wasn’t enough by himself.