“[Tony] has this sort of existential connection to Thanos.”– Joe Russo
“You realize this interesting parallel between Thanos and Tony. They’re both aware of something from an early point and constantly having to deal with being smarter. Thanos is a futurist as much as Tony Stark.” – Christopher Markus
Tony and Thanos appear to be two heads to the same coin. Between them, they share a lot of remarkable similarities. But what separates them is heart. Tony has compassion, while Thanos does not.
This is emphasized in Avengers: Infinity War. Thanos hurls his adopted daughter, Gamora, off a cliff; while Tony promises his son-figure, Peter, he will catch him when he falls.
Tony wants to save the universe by safeguarding as many lives as he can, while Thanos believes saving the
universe
necessitates massive loss of life. They are equal, yet opposite.
What I love/find hilarious about the Iron Man sequels is that, flawed as they are, they’re also the rare superhero films where I remember the character arcs waaay more clearly than the “actual plot”:
IM2 isn’t “IRON MAN vs WHIPLASH,” it’s “IRON MAN vs BEIng so afraid of showing vulnerability that he would literally rather die than admit he needs help”
IM3 isn’t “IRON MAN vs KILLIAN” It’s “IRON MAN vs PTSD AND ANxiety attacks that prevent him from even having normal conversations with his friends”
steve rogers: yes we are a group of all american super powered people with danguerous abilities that operate without internacional restrictions and i dont want us to be controlled by all 117 UN countries even if we just accidentaly murdered a bunch of african people
the usa: you go captain america!! go get your Freedom™
the rest of the world who has been invaded by americans in the name of freedom: wait hold the fuck up
Omfg remember Loki asking Tony in Avengers – “How will your friends have time to fight me when they will be busy fighting you?”
He was right. Holy shit he was proven right down the line. It was Loki’s sceptre that had the Mind Stone that brought up the entire AoU mess so his spectre did work in making the team fight Tony in an indirect way. And in CACW almost the entire team, the entire Avengers 2012 team at least, goes against Tony which leads to all of them breaking up later. That makes them unprepared for Thanos when he comes because they had been too busy fighting each other.
Loki was right. Tony’s team didn’t have time for the enemy because they were busy fighting him. Holy shit callback.
Pearl, I’m literally going to fight you wtf
Okay but you know what makes it even better? Tony’s best reply to Loki saying he has an army is that they have a Hulk. To which Loki comments that he thought the ‘beast had wandered off’.
GUESS WHO DIDN’T MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE END (during IW) WHEN TONY WAS HOPING HE WOULD??? HULK!!
Tony leaves himself out of his list of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and ends up away from the rest of the original team on Titan.
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