That, or the writers will say that the Super Solder Serum and Extremis do confer Wolverine-level non-aging.
I can so see the writers going for this. They already keep ramping up the Extremis healing factor. I mean, initially when Tony got hurt he still needed to be bandaged up and convalesce for a few days (needed to, even if he didn't actually do it), but lately they seem to be implying that he's healing faster than that. Which I ignore; I prefer a moderate healing factor. *g*
But anyway, if they do end up giving Steve and Tony a non-aging kind of healing factor, I find that a bit sad. Not in the usual way I find essential immortality sad, which is the leaving everyone behind way, because most of their friends are probably gonna end up in the same position. *g* But sad in that I imagine after 80 or 90 years of eternally keeping the forces of evil at bay but never really defeating them, even Steve and Tony are bound to get emotionally and/or spiritually tired. I find the idea that they never get to rest and just enjoy life a little melancholy.
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I can so see the writers going for this. They already keep ramping up the Extremis healing factor. I mean, initially when Tony got hurt he still needed to be bandaged up and convalesce for a few days (needed to, even if he didn't actually do it), but lately they seem to be implying that he's healing faster than that. Which I ignore; I prefer a moderate healing factor. *g*
But anyway, if they do end up giving Steve and Tony a non-aging kind of healing factor, I find that a bit sad. Not in the usual way I find essential immortality sad, which is the leaving everyone behind way, because most of their friends are probably gonna end up in the same position. *g* But sad in that I imagine after 80 or 90 years of eternally keeping the forces of evil at bay but never really defeating them, even Steve and Tony are bound to get emotionally and/or spiritually tired. I find the idea that they never get to rest and just enjoy life a little melancholy.