The kind of person Tony and Steve belong to never really retire from their jobs, though they may retire from the active parts (read: the actual fights). It's just who they are. They can't really stop.
Yeah, I do agree. Hence the suggestion of a move to a mentorship/advisory sort of role. I think it would take a serious mental breakdown for either of them to even seriously consider stepping away from the Avengers completely. And maybe not even then, because the both kind of use the Avengers as a stabilizing influence and coping mechanism.
To get Tony and Steve to really retire from active duty it either needs everyone else ganging up on them or one (or both) of them almost dying because of their age (in that case they'd both bully the other into retirement).
Or both. *wry*
Or one of them is wounded in a way that makes going into fights impossible (which is a very difficult thing to achieve in case of Extremis!Tony).
I don't think a physical wound would realistically do it, if only because both Steve and Tony have been paralyzed at different points in canon, and they managed to find a way to go on in those situations. How much worse can you get than that??? I mean, even if they lost limbs, Tony would just make them new ones!
And shame on you! Now I have another plot bunny jumping around my room and I can't even see him clearly!
*laughs* I have no shame! None at all. *g* Your vague bunny can keep my vague bunny company. *g*
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Yeah, I do agree. Hence the suggestion of a move to a mentorship/advisory sort of role. I think it would take a serious mental breakdown for either of them to even seriously consider stepping away from the Avengers completely. And maybe not even then, because the both kind of use the Avengers as a stabilizing influence and coping mechanism.
To get Tony and Steve to really retire from active duty it either needs everyone else ganging up on them or one (or both) of them almost dying because of their age (in that case they'd both bully the other into retirement).
Or both. *wry*
Or one of them is wounded in a way that makes going into fights impossible (which is a very difficult thing to achieve in case of Extremis!Tony).
I don't think a physical wound would realistically do it, if only because both Steve and Tony have been paralyzed at different points in canon, and they managed to find a way to go on in those situations. How much worse can you get than that??? I mean, even if they lost limbs, Tony would just make them new ones!
And shame on you! Now I have another plot bunny jumping around my room and I can't even see him clearly!
*laughs* I have no shame! None at all. *g* Your vague bunny can keep my vague bunny company. *g*