#'tonys better bc he knows people !! and has success!!' tony know rhodey in mit and has had pepper as an assistant for forever

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Im3 has like Tony and Pepper having their funny little argument divorce vibes fight moments but I just think it would be funnier and better if Pepper was married to Happy for the first 2 movies like in the comics.

Then in im3 the relationship drama happens with HIM and not Tony bc tbh it would maybe fit better. You got Happy commenting on how he feels like he's drifting from Tony, and Pepper being annoyed at how he's running his new company position.

Pepper being with Happy could've also given her somewhat of an arc where she stops just doing what she's supposed to and steps in the directions of the things she wants. Her choosing to break up with happy in pursuit of the person she really wants would've given her so much more initiative and fit with her saving Tony in the end too. Tony handing the company over to her in im2 could've also added to this, her going from being an assistant to what she's more well suited for than Tony is, the CEO of Stark Industries.

Tony's own arc is... Like a weird continuation of the one from the last movie. Pushing himself away from Pepper and Rhodey while he's struggling is redundant of his arc in im2 (which was never resolved) and would fit better if his anxiety was a bigger part of the main main plot in im3 and affected him more. Him falling back into old habits and seeking out the comfort of bad coping mechanisms like ptsd often makes you do. The obsessiveness he has about making the suits could've been a bigger alarm to Pepper and Rhodey of how bad he was really doing, the two of them reaching out and supporting him being the ignition he needs before the mansion burns and he gets stranded so he can work himself to cope with what he's going through.

Tony acts like he doesn't need people not because he doesn't want them but because he sees himself as not deserving the love and care they offer, like he'll just end up dragging them down with him. Im2 should've taught him or at least pushed him in the direction of thinking that what he wants isn't always out of reach, and he's allowed to want and to reach for the people he loves when he needs them.

#im all alone #im doomed to be like this im doomed to be unhappy. thats just life. i have to go through it alone to not is to be selfish and annoying #i woke up a couple hours ago bear with me if this is incoherent #i only thought of this #bc tony and pepper having their funny little drama is like just. stressful and not spicy like how it is when tony and steve do #tony and pepper fighting is both of them clashing until one just gives in and changes their mind on a dime so the problem resolves #both of them having a sense of independance and also the knowledge they can want things and can seek them out #and that the people around them can also do that #i think would benefit their characters a lot #idk pepper has a lot of Moments but not a lot of Character outside of just becoming more personally attached to tony #rhodey stays pretty static but hes the tertiary character in this scenerio and we also see him get a suit and test his friendship w tony #emotionally hes a stable mf and doesnt rly need an arc his arc w tony SHOULDVE been him demonstrating that tony can trust him #and tony learning to let himself be more vulnerable and cared for by his friends #over and over and over constantly tony goes through life thinking im all alone. nobody should be close to me or have to do what i have to or #and this is NEVER CHALLENGED AND I FUCKING HATE THAT #i kin tony !! i know what it is to think like that bc thats exactly how i think !! AND IF I LET THAT STAGNATE IN MY BRAIN #AND NEVER CHALLENGED IT #ID BE THE MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL ANTI SOCIAL MF !! #tony isnt allowed to grow truly in the movies hes shown like 'oh hes not a thot anymore oh he has connections to ppl now' #'tonys better bc he knows people !! and has success!!' tony know rhodey in mit and has had pepper as an assistant for forever #hes... hes at the same level a whole lot outside of caring for peter and finslly recognizing he cant let peter fall into his behaviors #BUT THATS ALL THROWN AWAY IN ENDGAME BC WOOO LETS JUST LET TONY DIE AND TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY ON HIMSELF #AS ALWAYS #gh #pain #if my tags post out of order or fuck up somehow literally rip dont tell me about it ill die of embarrassment #iron man #tony stark #marvel #the gamer speaks uwu