Iron Man Comics Question

[ithildin]

For those of you who know the comics, and assuming future movies may utilize characters from those comics, I have a question. Tony's household staff. He has a mansion, so obviously he must have a housekeeper/cook/some combo. I think Nin told me that in the comics, Jarvis is an actual person? If so, he may be part of that combo. So, the question: are there such characters and what are their names? If not, Tony's getting a housekeeper from me [g] She has a name and a history, and now just need to know if she gets to keep her job!

On the writing front, I got about 700 words done on the 'chocolate chip waffles' story last night. Then my mum called, and I lost my momentum.

Later the Same Day: I'm endlessly amused by the fact that we're actually discussing Tony's possible household staffing arrangements. I love being excited over a fandom again!

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Random drive-by comment...

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Tony has had Jarvis and a variety of named executive assistants and staff at SI/SE/etc. (yay, Mrs. Arbogast! *g*), but no other named household staff. He did have a mansion, his childhood home, but he donated it to the Avengers (Jarvis went with it, apparently) and for years it was just the Avengers Mansion. Then it died a terrible, explodey death (luckily Jarvis didn't go with it that time). It never seemed to have any staff beyond Jarvis, named or otherwise, weirdly. Tony and Jarvis had been living in Stark Tower in Manhattan (Tony has lived elsewhere over the years- Long Island, Seattle, etc.), but now poor Jarvis is tangled in the last company-wide event, and things have gotten... complicated.

Jarvis is pretty much it, though, so I think you're safe. *g*

eta something I forgot- Jarvis cooks (Tony doesn't really), and Tony's various kitchens are often understood to be Jarvis's. He even makes a point of remembering and preparing various Avengers' favorite foods.

Re: Random drive-by comment...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Mrs. Arbogast made it into the novelization and her name is stuck in my brain [g] Not sure why, but it is.

Re: Random drive-by comment...

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

She's awesome. She's smart and fierce, and has just the right mix of mothering Tony and not putting up with his nonsense. Which is good, since most of her tenure coincides with his alcoholic years. I really wish they'd bring her back to the comic.

Re: Random drive-by comment...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

[makes note] That is so good to know! Thank you :)

Re: Random drive-by comment...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

But Jarvis is a human being in the comic books, right? Though maybe if he were in a robot body, he'd look just like C3PO! Then he could cook too.

My brain is melting!

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[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Ha! Tony's pretty geeky, so yeah, probably he would. "No body = no cooking" was my main quibble with AI!Jarvis, which is sad because it's totally nonsensical and AI!Jarvis worked really well. But how can he make muffins for Carol if he has no body? Even if Carol's not in the movie... shakes head at self

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[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

And muffins are important! As are other assorted baked goods [g]

As cool as AI Jarvis is, I'm not sure they thought it through. Though, to be fair, it probably wouldn't occur to them that there would be fanatics people out there who would wonder.