some of my favorite particular 616 tony character tropes. these overlap a lot
tragic romantic hero (most of tales of suspense, vol 1, and vol 3)
refuses to show it but his heart is SO broken and he is SO sad
does in fact somewhat yearn for a normal life deep down. will he tell anyone else about this to lessen his many many struggles and not have to deal with everything on his own. no
either he is torturing himself by isolating himself from any and all human connection or he is head over heels in love w someone and probably torturing himself about how it won't last and they deserve better than him etc etc etc
tortured futurist (what if? civil war, cw: the confession, hickmanvengers, vol 4)
will do the morally ambiguous/evil yet necessary thing and hate himself the wholeeee time for it. but all that matters in the end is the future, the greater good, no matter what path he takes to get there
very driven and direct to a frightening degree when doing it though. and he'd do it again! and he's not sorry! (he is actually very sorry but he's not telling anyone bc he doesn't want people feeling bad for him)
"i was already a bad person before i became a hero, which is why i should be the one to do this and everyone else shouldnt have to sully themselves" <- guy who is conducting unethical science experiments on himself
superhero mentor irondad (anad avengers, riri's invincible iron man run, ms marvel, mackay's 2020 annual)
too scared to have kids of his own so he will microdose on this by being the Responsible Adult Figure™™™ for the teen heroes. do not mess with those teen heroes btw or he will kill you to death with the force of 1000 suns
sometimes he will talk about his father. and you will get the sense he is treating them the way he wished howard treated him when he was growing up
he goes to children's hospitals and orphanages and hugs the babies like oh my god dude
goober (north, landy, bendis when properly reined in, stohl's captain marvel comics)
a fucking dweeb and i need to shake him /affectionate
at his core (VERY important) he cares so so so much. he has such a big heart and will never shy away from people in need. he might make mistakes sometimes but he's always willing to change for the better and that's what being a hero means
bonus points if it's making a point about how his bravado is a front to disguise his very bad self esteem and/or he needs his friends like air
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