>>118876172>AU>Stark dies in some reckless stunt or the other, shortly after taking control of SI after Howard's death>SI is dismantled by Hammer, Stane and the others>a void is created in tech world>Vic's less autistic in this AU>he and Reed actually get along fairly well and team up (nod to 1610)>they set up their own business>crazy sci-fi shit>they're known as the Fantastic Four alongside Biology-Minded Sue and Engineering Prodigy Johnny; sort of like a well-known think tank compromised of Chads and Stacies>Reed's a pacifist, Tom Strong/Doc Savage type with the physical appearance to boot>Doom's still an autist and starts seething >blablabla shit happens>Doom takes over the European faculties and Reed the American ones, breaking the company in two>Reed continues with the cool shit and Doom focuses on weapons>starts becomign obsessed with rulling the worldThat's the start. The basic gist would be him trying to pull a Palpatine by creating a European Empire that'd he expand later (ala Caesar), while heading HYDRA under a pseudonym and staging terroist attacks and wars all over the world, in order to incite unrest and fear. Meanwhile he'd act as "Iron Man" in his everyday heroic life, and as "Doom" (his IRL surname would be more normal) in his dealings with the underworld. He'd inhabit a ton of identities and it's basically be Houses Of Cards x MGS.
