http://gnomeseason.tumblr.com/post/13130507527/me-does-tony-stark-just-own-a-lot-of-shirts
Me: Does Tony Stark just own a lot of shirts designed to show off that he has a nuclear reactor where his heart should be?
Roma: I think he cuts them that way.
Me: To keep the other avengers from borrowing his clothes?
Me: “Tony, all your shirts have holes in them.”
Me: “Precisely.”
Here’s the thing: when I first started out, I was looking for clean contact between the reactor housing and the power-drawing components of the Mark II/III’s cuirass. Trust me, one of the last things you want when test piloting unprecedented new tech a mile over Los Angeles is a power failure. A few upgrades on, and it’s less important these days.
But you know what? I like your explanation better.
