how at the end of Iron Man 3, we were reassured that Tony Stark would be back.
while for the other MCU heroes, we got thisā¦
ā¦ not āSteve Rogers will returnā or āScott Lang will returnā or āPeter Parker will returnā
and at the end of BP, we see āBlack Panther will return in Avengers: Infinty Warā
We get their masked identities. Their superhero aliases. Their alter egos.
When we think of Captain America, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, Black Panther, etc., we think of them as the heroes who we could rely on to help us, kick ass, and save the day, right?
And what do we think of when we hear the name Tony Stark?
Here, Tonyās actual name, not his alias, is in the same position as the others, reminding us that Iron Man may be powerful, but the true person we can trust to come and save us is Tony Stark. Iron Man has firepower, but Tony has more to offer the world than just his armor. If he ever finds himself in a situation where he doesnāt have a suit, you bet heāll find another way to save the day.
Thatās what he does. Heās a mechanic. He sees a problem and he fixes it. Yeah, he has an awesome suit of armor that helps him kick ass, but thatās just a high tech prosthesis, an extension of himself, an amplification of his true superpower ā his brain and his heart.
Wonder Woman greeting TāChalla with the Wakanda Forever salute, but forgetting what happens when she clashes her gauntlets like that
Accidentally blowing him through three walls, a car, and MāBaku
He is, of course, completely fine, but that was certainly not the greeting he expected from the suddenly VERY apologetic Princess
Bonus: TāChalla runs back to Diana and does the salute again, channeling the power from the improved kinetic absorption and redistribution on his suit, and launches Diana straight into the sky. They laugh about it later.
This is the wholesome content I signed up for
Further bonus: during a later team-up, the villain has TāChalla by the throat and is threatening to snap his neck if Diana comes any closer. She hesitates, at which point the villain laughs and asks if TāChalla has any last words. Of course he does:
āI have seen gods fly. I have seen men build weapons that I couldnāt even
imagine. I have seen aliens drop from the sky. But I have never seen
anything like this. How much more are you hiding?ā
