Huh. I agree on your plot points (when the house blew up I said to myself "can't he use the other suits?!"), but aside from Pepper's "I get to use the suit but only to keep myself passively safe and walk this other chick to safety" bit, I disagree on all the character points. I think Pepper was well within her rights to want time off after Tony's "oh okay fine I have massive emotional trauma and tried to totally manipulate you five seconds ago" confession. And still, when Tony told her to stay, she stayed!
I also thought the kid was blissfully un-annoying, which was my friend's reaction too. I suppose it's a mileage thing. I enjoyed him though, and I didn't really feel like the were trying to play the "daddy issue" thing there at all.
Tony's PTSD *was* played for laughs, but I think it was also allowed to have actual serious impact on his character development. Basically what his whole relationship to the suits was! I agree though, they didn't resolve it in any way, like was the fact that he dealt with another disaster on his own the "cure"? Eh.
Sigh I love Jarvis tho.
Also I have to admit that since I'm not comic-savvy admittedly my main interest in the franchise is Suit Action and RDJ haha.
ETA: I may have fridge-logicked the suit incongruity regarding the whole coding thing. Does Pepper use blown-up bits of the Mark 42 to fight the Big Bad? Because that suit wasn't around when Rhody requested a suit so it could be that?
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I also thought the kid was blissfully un-annoying, which was my friend's reaction too. I suppose it's a mileage thing. I enjoyed him though, and I didn't really feel like the were trying to play the "daddy issue" thing there at all.
Tony's PTSD *was* played for laughs, but I think it was also allowed to have actual serious impact on his character development. Basically what his whole relationship to the suits was! I agree though, they didn't resolve it in any way, like was the fact that he dealt with another disaster on his own the "cure"? Eh.
Sigh I love Jarvis tho.
Also I have to admit that since I'm not comic-savvy admittedly my main interest in the franchise is Suit Action and RDJ haha.
ETA: I may have fridge-logicked the suit incongruity regarding the whole coding thing. Does Pepper use blown-up bits of the Mark 42 to fight the Big Bad? Because that suit wasn't around when Rhody requested a suit so it could be that?