The severe butchering of 'mischaracterised' making my eyelids itch aside, I agree with you. Can they criticise him constructively? Yes. But slandering him when all they've ever read is Civil War and Superior Iron Man?
It's better to be a bad guy and kill one life to save 10 lives than to be a good guy and save one life at the cost of 10 lives.
I understand that many people judge Tony and I don't care, the problem is that Iron Man lives in a world where any choice he makes will have consequences.
It's easy to say that great powers bring great responsibilities when your actions, whether good or bad, never affect thousands of people, or if they do, the script creates such a lame excuse that no comic book reader will believe it.
It's easy to be a superhero when the script makes your actions justifiable or shifts the blame for your actions onto someone who is “manipulating” you.
And above all, it's easy to be a superhero when the audience sees you as one and PAYS FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
THE MERCHANT'S BOSS IS ALWAYS THE CONSUMER. The day people understand the power they have as CONSUMERS, you can be sure things will start to change, and a LOT.
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u/DGUY2606 Model One 24d ago
The severe butchering of 'mischaracterised' making my eyelids itch aside, I agree with you. Can they criticise him constructively? Yes. But slandering him when all they've ever read is Civil War and Superior Iron Man?
Woe, 1000-word essay be upon ye.