Ok I saw this and I HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE BECAUSE SERIOUSLY LET’S TALK ABOUT TONY STARK.
There is so, so, so much going on inside of Tony at all times, and he handles it with such flippancy that sometimes I think everyone just … forgets about it. But it’s the background radiation to his character that’s always there, and it MAKES HIM. Tony at the end of the day is a man wounded by the the past, often betrayed by the present, who is still trying so hard to make something worthwhile for the future and for everyone he comes into contact with. He can be oblivious, he can be a jackass, but there isn’t an uncaring bone in his body–just a defensive wall of bravado. He’s a defiant, cocky, independent spirit (because he’s HAD to be, he was so alone in so many ways for so long), he’s a futurist exploring the potential of the present (because he’s seen it go so horribly wrong, and has made so, so many mistakes) and he lives a charmed life (that he can’t seem to stop ruining) and basically he’s such a contradiction and so complicated and so GOOD (and self sacrificing, ohmyGOD don’t even start me on some of the things he’s done, even if he’s also a long-term planner and tries to have a backup, he still takes the risk) despite having lost so much.
And seriously, he’s lost so much: his father’s affection (Howard was distant at best), his parent’s in general (the truth of which only gets worse), his entire peer group (he was in college by like 16), and his surrogate father, who not only died, BUT TRIED TO KILL HIM FIRST. In Civil War, he also loses *SPOILERS* the love of his life, and almost loses his best friend in the world. (One of his only friends in the world, certainly his closest.)
And despite all of this he’s always thinking ahead, he’s always thinking through, he’s always trying to FIX what goes wrong. He never gives up–even when it’s terrible for him. He’s so confident but so fragile and he works his ass off to balance all of it and he’s basically just spectacular. He’s one of the most lasting, defining characters of the Golden Age for a reason, he’s the hero Marvel really seriously began their cinematic universe with for a reason, and everyone should appreciate him more.
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