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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Yeah, we don't really get many scenes like that. I mean, it's kinda disappointing. For Wanda, at least, it would be nice to see her having interactions with her teammates besides Vision.
Actually, the same is true for Vision. By primarily relegating Vision to scenes with Wanda, we were denied a chance to see Tony try to be a pseudo-parent to the synthezoid.
Okey Dokey!There is a pretty important scene in Civil War where Tony is disappointed Vision makes errors
Forever liveblogging the AvengersSpeaking of Wanda interacting with other people, I really hope that Scott praising Wanda in Civil War will pay off one day. I feel like that would be a fun friendship between the two of them.
Also, if Scott ends up in some kind of mystical trouble somewhere down the line, I have a feeling Wanda might feel slightly more inclined to help him out.
"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."An interesting distinction between Tony and Hank Pym.
Hank very much cares about what he does, every mistake he does forever weighs on his soul and he generally can't let things go.
Tony though try as he might has trouble with that. His very flighty nature means that he has a habit of forgetting and moving onto to different shit unless someone reminds him or holds him to it.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."Tony at least still learns from the mistakes. He doesn't make the same mistakes — he just keeps making new ones.
In comics Hank's case it doesn't help that Ultron keeps coming back. Of course he cannot get over Ultron when Ultron won't leave him and everyone else alone.
Edited by M84 on Nov 26th 2021 at 9:18:41 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedNot a few years later, Tony designed a system that could deliver murderous drones to any spot on the map without fail or oversight.
Tony read on the problem with Ultron didn't seem to be "don't build big guns that can threaten the world," but "make sure you're the only one who holds the trigger." Which is in line for him.
He then gave that trigger to an impressionable teenager.
Tony's big flaw is that he believes that as long as he can control everything, all the problems of the world will fall at his feet. Everything he learns is still filtered through that assumption. He and Cap are similar that way.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Nov 26th 2021 at 5:15:07 AM
Like I said, still a mistake, just not the same mistake.
That he gave the trigger to someone else is still Character Development in a way — he no longer thinks he is the only one who should have the trigger. So while he still thinks there needs to be control, he no longer believes it has to be him doing the controlling.
Edited by M84 on Nov 26th 2021 at 9:16:58 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedHis ultimate problem is his inability to accept that he can't fix everything which transfers to his inability to accept that some ideas are unworkable.
As ![]()
he can't just accept Ultron was a failure and put the idea to rest, no he has to fix it he believes he can improve it and make it work despite how fucking disastrous it was the first time.
Edited by slimcoder on Nov 26th 2021 at 5:18:16 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."Sometimes I wish there was a spot somewhere in Civil War where they could've acknowledged that Tony effectively made Project Insight 2.0 when he made Ultron. I think that's why Age of Ultron had the camera cut to Steve looking so troubled when Wanda says to him, "Ultron can't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it. Where do you think he gets that?" because, y'know, he remembers Fury being on-board with a project that HYDRA planned to use to kill at least 20 million+ people they saw as threats to their existence.
Plus, What If...? episode 8 shows us that the heroes were lucky Vision turned out to be benevolent. Wouldn't want this synthezoid to be evil. (Although Vision's shown that his morals generally get compromised when Wanda is concerned; he was breaking the Accords regularly to have romantic holidays with her, and the zombie episode of What If...? had him feeding survivors to her).
Okey Dokey!I also find a bit weird that there was never really a scene where Tony struggles to really separate Vision from JARVIS. Even in Age of Ultron, Tony seems to immediately accept that Vision is 100% a different person from JARVIS. While he technically is, you'd think Tony would have some lingering feelings about someone sharing JARVIS's voice and mannerisms.
You know, I was going to talk about how he was only on-board with "Helicarriers with big guns" rather than the algorithm and killing people before they become threats, but after re-watching the scene where he talks to Cap, he was aware of and okay with that too. Maybe not to the extreme Hydra took it, but damn. Guy is a lot more morally gray than I realized.
Edited by FGHIK on Nov 26th 2021 at 8:21:26 AM
Fury wouldn't be the first one either. Howard and Peggy saw no problems with inviting Zola to join SHIELD, knowing full well about all of the things he did for Schmidt, and I've read some theories that suggest that Howard and Peggy might've been aware of some of the work Zola was doing to Bucky (which might explain Howard recognizing Bucky when Bucky was dispatched by HYDRA to kill him and steal the super soldier serums).
Okey Dokey!Just watched Shang-Chi (had no idea it was already on Disney+), I really enjoyed it. Great character work, good world-building and continuity, and great aesthetics. Plot was a bit cliche at points but Tropes Are Not Bad, it made it work and kept things feeling fresh.

Man, I just want to see the current active heroes hang out, eat and use their powers to do fun stuff. Basically a modern mix of the Shawarma scene from the first Avengers movie and everyone trying to lift Thor's hammer in Age of Ultron.
Edited by MatthewWayne on Nov 26th 2021 at 4:00:20 AM
"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."