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This is the beginning of the transformation from maidenhood to full womanhood. This means a journey into the underworld to find the sensitive man, which may involve some sort of abduction, death or dismemberment. The heroine realises the father cannot save her – she must save herself. In the heroine’s journey this stage often involves a confrontation with the dark masculine, like Bluebeard, or the powerless father. She must prepare for the descent into darkness to face the ultimate test. It is even likely that we will some collaboration between the two Stark and Wakanda technology moving forward (possibly even in Infinity War 2).Our heroine is now enmeshed in a strange new world with different rules she doesn’t understand. The Avengers are in more than capable hands if they are relying on Nakia for tech development. There is also the extremely advanced technology of Wakanda, which as we were told in Infinity War, dwarfs a large portion of the technology that even Tony Stark has been able to develop. The new Spiderman hits all the same comedic beats without mimicking Iron Man's voice, making Peter Parker a worthy successor to fill the void once Iron Man hangs up the suit. For many fans, the interaction between a hero and suit are a fundamental part of the MCU and a source of comedic relief. There are a few reasons that the audience and storyline have been eased into this, beginning with the introduction of the Iron Spider suit. With all of his experience - possibly with a few Infinity Stones - Iron Man will be able to retire from his hero work alongside Pepper Potts and instead train a new team of Avengers that he hopes will be better than himself. Instead, it is more likely that he will take on a director role, similar to that of Nick Fury.
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Since Iron Man has always been a part of Tony's Ordinary World, it is unlikely that he will disembark from the Avengers altogether. During this time, Ultron becomes his biggest mistake to date, which causes him to become more vulnerable to the other Avengers than he ever has previously. He has terrors of the return of Thanos and his Chitauri army and decides that Ultron is needed in case any further threat should ever develop. The events of Age of Ultron are directly correlated to Tony's compulsion toward protecting earth. Thanos is Iron Man's nightmare and the evil that he feels directly responsible for stopping. He cares about her deeply, enough to sacrifice himself in order to save her, but still makes the altruistic decision of prioritizing the well being of the earth - and the world - before her.Īdditionally, as a direct result of Tony answering the call, he becomes afflicted with severe anxiety, as depicted throughout the story in Iron Man 3. We see in many of the films that the "billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" Tony Stark has a singular weakness for Pepper Potts. Tony's relationship with Pepper Potts declines rapidly as he continues to choose between his old ordinary life and the life of a hero. Throughout the events of Iron Man 3, The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, Tony is faced with a myriad of tests to his strength as a hero and as a human being.Ī common theme in this section of the story is dealing with the consequences of choosing the route of a hero. They set the scene for what the hero's life has been up to this point in order to mark a contrast later in the story that will show how far they have come. Ordinary Worldįrodo celebrating in the Shire Harry playing in the cupboard Jon Snow traveling with his family in Winterfell all of these are examples of the first part of the traditional hero's journey. As of the end of Infinity War, Tony has completed all but three of them. There are typically 12 steps to the Hero's Journey: the ordinary world call to adventure meeting the mentor refusal of the call crossing the threshold tests, allies, and enemies approach to the inmost cave ordeal reward the road back resurrection and the return with elixir. This is to be expected when each development of the story is also its own complete feature-length story, but nevertheless, all the elements of the Hero's Journey are present, and the chronology of the events has very little impact on the whole. The nature of the MCU causes the development of Tony's hero's journey to differ slightly than the traditional order.