[if you see this, its because I posted this before but Tumblr deleted my old account]
Stephen played piano for his pleasure more than anyone else's.
For him it was a way of expressing himself better than words could.
He first played a piano at 14 in his childhood home his mother bought piano but never used it she just felt she needed to have it years before she got pregnant with Stephen.
It was an spinet piano and somewhat out of tune.
Stephen finally got curious one summer and opening it up and began to play. he eventually got it tuned, but he knew how to play as if he been playing for yeas. he never learned how to play from any book and didn't even read music. he just played what he heard on the piano and whatever he made up.
He never knew until years later he had perfect pitch.
So when he had enough money he got a piano he always wanted and played all the time. even Christine heard implying more than a few times at his apartment.
he was crushed year alter when he couldn't play again and he sold of all his earthy possessions to fi his hands except a few things and one was his piano.
I just really love this little cameo. There’s no electricity due to Magneto’s EMP, but surgery can’t stop so Stephen’s performing surgery under CANDLELIGHT. That’s insane, ohmygod. Plus he can’t even perform surgery normally due to his hands so he’s doing it with magic but he still has to do it because he’s, first and foremost, a doctor.
This is actually a pretty powerful monologue from Doctor Strange regarding the Scarlet Witch’s infamous mental breakdown in the Avengers: Disassembled storyline:
From Avengers (1998) #503 by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch & Olivier Coipel.
I am surprised no one has made the meme or drawn 838 Christine in a car with Stephen in the front seat and America in the back, both wearing sunglasses telling Wong "Get in loser, we are going to stop The Scarlet Witch".