Peter Parker & Tony Stark

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Relationship:	Peter Parker & Tony Stark
Alternative name(s):	Iron Dad & Spider Son (MCU)
Fandom:	Marvel Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Canonical?:	Yes
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Peter Parker & Tony Stark refers to the friendship between Peter Parker (Spider-Man) and Tony Stark (Iron Man) in Marvel Comics media.

Meta and popularity

Criticism

Many have criticized the Peter & Tony relationship, particularly the MCU iteration, for both its canon and fanon portrayals. Some comics fans feel the positive relationship is forced and unnatural after some bitter conflicts such as the comics' Civil War event--and particularly Peter has relationships that are healthier, more positive, more compelling, and more historied that deserve more emphasis. Some fans feel that the relationship is a black hole or tumor that hijacks Peter Parker's independence and character development. Some fans have criticized fanon portrayals for villainizing Aunt May into an abusive of neglectful guardian for the sake of making Tony into a savior.

Fanon and tropes

Tony Stark being Peter's biological father is a popular trope Tony seeing himself in Peter Lab Time™️ Tony dealing with his daddy issues and struggling to see himself in a guardian role Tony comforting Peter in h/c Peter fics and/or coming to the rescue

Peter hides his identity/age leading to: Tony agonizing over Peter being a child after Civil War AND OFTEN Peter scared of depending on another male figure (they all die lol)

2 broken boys learning to heal together ❤️

Most fics that keep May have the tropes of Aunt May is Scary, she is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to Peter and Tony is rightfully scared of losing permission to spend time with Peter. Co-Guardianship

Fan works

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan fiction

• The Third Option by Uncertainty_Principle

External links

Fan communities and archives

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