1. fooled obadiah stane to steal classified files from his office that let tony figure out who was selling stark industries weapons in the black market
2. went with a group of highly trained shield agents to arrest obadiah and almost got herself killed. but she stuck around to help tony at the most crucial moment to take down iron monger
3. took over the most valuable tech conglomerate in the mcu and survived her first six months on the job, which essentially made her the marvel equivalent of tim cook
4. told happy to charge straight at whiplash in monaco to a) buy tony time and b) give him the suit
5. kept stark industries, a high profile public company, from going belly up because of tonyâs reckless behaviour as well as sabotage from justin hammer and vanko
6. inspired tony to take his miniature arc reactor tech and use it to build a clean energy source (âall of this came from youâŠstark towers is your baby.â)
7. had her morals in the right place to deny AIM funding for the extremis research, therefore forgoing potential revenue sources for her company, because she was concerned it could be weaponised
8. survived getting blown up in her own home because her boyfriend gave out their home address to a high profile terrorist and use the suit to save him from falling debris
9. repeatedly survived attempts on her life (she faced down iron monger ffs), which included getting kidnapped and experimented upon using a highly unstable, potentially lethal virus
10. fell 200 feet into a blazing explosion and not only did she survive, she killed a fire-breathing supersoldier and, once again, saved her boyfriend, and she did not hold any grudge against him for his recklessness
11. reconciled with her boyfriend after he lost his team and was at his lowest point in the mcu, and despite everything sheâs gone through, agreed to marry him
12. endured her fiancĂ©âs decision to climb on board a space ship and disappear for three weeks while the world went belly up, and then nursed him back to health, married him and started a family with him
13. gave him her blessings to go be a hero because she was empathetic and knew he wouldnât ever be able to live with himself if he didnât tryâshe put his feelings, the avengersâ feelings, and that of the grieving world before hers despite knowing there was a chance he might not come back
14. suited up without hesitation and showed up to the fight because someone had to watch her husbandâs six, and the last time he fought the aliens, he almost died from starvation and dehydration
15. consoled her dying husband with a lie if only to make his passing easier, and waited till he was gone before she broke down, after watching her worse fears come true
16. stayed strong for her daughter and carried on her husbandâs legacy by helping people with her resourcesâthe fat cheque she wrote for may parkerâs fundraising to help those who were displaced in the snap
donât you dare reduce pepper potts to a ~mere secretary~ to uphold peggy carter. peggy had her own legacy and iâm not interested to compare them. but stop reducing pepper potts to just a secretary when she has had more character development and growth than some of the main characters.
