Iron Man stuff

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”

just dropping this tony sketch here, but also:

it’s because he’s already made up his mind

“I asked chat GPT” “I asked grok”

Why Iron Man — And Why Now? For Williamson, the appeal of Iron Man has very little to do with the armor. “Tony often makes bad choices,” Williamson said. “I think that’s what makes him dangerous.” It’s not just that Stark is brilliant, but rather it’s what that brilliance enables. “Knowledge is power,” Williamson said, “Because he can create things that are dangerous.” And those dangers aren’t abstract; they’re deeply personal. “Ultimately, it’s not about the things he’s made,” Williamson said. “It’s him. He is the creator of these dangerous things.” In Williamson’s view, Stark is held in check by this deep fear, one of becoming the most terrifying version of himself. And if you remove that fear, the consequences could be truly catastrophic. “I think Tony holds himself back because he’s afraid,” Williamson said. “So if Tony ever lost that fear of being his old self, he would be incredibly dangerous. I worry that Tony could potentially be a ticking bomb.” That’s where Advanced Idea Mechanics enters the picture. AIM isn’t interested in building better armor; they’re thinking about bigger, more disturbing end goals. “They’re like, ‘No, no, no—we don’t want armor,'” Williamson said. “They’re like, ‘We want another Tony.’” And that implication is utterly chilling. “Tony’s weapon isn’t being used,” Williamson said. “He’s actively not using those resources. He’s not using that part of his brain anymore.” So, then, what happens if someone else does? “I don’t mean this in anything bad about him,” Williamson said, “but imagine if somebody was like Tony and then executed those ideas.”

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