Comics Wednesday: Discussion

[navaan]

Civil War is so on! This week we got Invincible Iron Man #13 and All-New All-Different Avengers #14. But all titles you want to talk about are welcome, of course, as always!



Discuss away about all the comics and all Steve and Tony moments (new issues, old issues, all you want to talk about is welcome) and be aware that this discussion may have spoilers for comics you haven't read yet. Remember you can also talk comics on our community chat in the #cap-im-spoilers channel. Let people on the main channel know you'll hang out there and you'll certainly find someone who wants to talk comics with you.

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[laireshi]

I AM DYING

Today's Iron Man attacked me personally. I had such high hopes for it and I knew it'd be good, but I could never dream of it being this good. Seriously, every single panel was perfect. Right in the feels, too.

LIKE TO START WITH, DOOM TOOK TONY TO AMARA??? HOW PERFECT IS IT. And talked about how sitting in the ruins of his building was beneath Tony. Oh my god, Doom, it's really cute how you're trying and failing to be comforting xD And Amara ahhhhhhhhhh I love Amara, and I love her scene with Tony even though it hurt.

And oh my god the way she snapped about Rhodey's death and Tony just walked out because it was too much. THIS HURT ME A LOT. BUT IT WAS SO REAL.

AND THEN HIM JUST SITTING AT THE TABLE, SO BROKEN, THINKING ABOUT RHODEY.

HIM NOT GOING TO RHODEY'S FUNERAL BECAUSE HE CAN'T DO IT. HE JUST CAN'T. IT'S TOO MUCH. HIS BEST FRIEND IS DEAD AND TONY CAN'T GO ON.

AND TONY REMEMBERING THE GOOD MOMENTS, AND THE NOT-SO-GOOD MOMENTS WHEN RHODEY WAS STILL THERE FOR HIM OH MY GOD!!! THIS WAS SO PERFECT. AND THE ALCOHOLISM. MY HEART. AND HE SAID HE NEEDED TO GO TO A MEETING. I FUCKING. CAN'T.

AND THEN TONY TRAPPING DOOM. LIKE. WOW. YES. YESSSSS. I CAN'T WAIT FOR WHAT DOOM SAYS I'M WAY TOO INVESTED. (Also, it was hot. Like. Very.)

Why does Bendis keep delivering quality Tony pain? I can't deal with that. Every single Tony moment he writes is perfect. AHHHHHHHHH. I loved it so much.

[susanowa.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I love Amara but I found her scene with Tony a little cringey. Like, isn't it WAY too early for him to be saying "I love you"? Her response was pretty warranted IMO! Loved the Rhodey and Doom stuff though, and Tony mentioning going to an AA meeting. Still wish Marquez was on this book though. Not sure if it's an unpopular opinion but the art is doing nothing for me right now.

[navaan]

I'm with you both on the "I love you" thing and the art... The art isn't bad, but the way Tony and most everyone looks puts me off a bit to the point where it's distracting.

[susanowa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he doesn't look like Tony to me. I think maybe it's the colours that don't work for me, with the art? I don't know a lot about visual art so I don't know how to pinpoint it, but there's something very flat about them somehow. It just seems off.

[laireshi]

I think it was very IC for Tony (also considering what's going on with him right now--he's having problems with his company, fighting his friends, and his best friend is dead. It pretty much can't get worse for him, emotionally). And he's always been the kind to have his heart on the sleeve.

Now, I agree her response was definitely warranted (he did make her think he died and came back with a love confession, like, no). I really liked this whole scene, because both of them felt real in their reactions. I even like the way she snapped about Rhodey--it hurt, and but it was an emotional, not thought out response and she realised it immediately, but it was also the one thing Tony wouldn't take.

It was a very painful, raw scene, but it was fitting, for where they both are in their lives.

I also miss Marquez a lot. I used to like Deodato, but he got way worse :(

[susanowa.livejournal.com]

You're probably right that it's IC for Tony, especially right now, but it was still hard to read!

I agree, Amara lashed out verbally and immediately regretted it, and both of their responses made sense (and I have to suspend my criticism of the art for that moment, because their expressions were very telling). I hope this isn't the last we'll see of her - even if Tony's fate doesn't leave room for them to have a relationship right now, maybe she and Infamous Iron Man can be allies :D As well as co-running the Tony Stark Appreciation Club in Rhodey's absence.

[laireshi]

Yeah, I agree, but I think it was supposed to be hard to read, and really succeeded. That whole issue was just full of pain.

I really hope she'll be in Infamous, and based on their interactions so far I think it's really probable. She's established to have some relationship to Doom at least, with the lab and all. Plus, I have to say I ship Amara and Doom a lot after the last issue (and this part where she calls him Victor). (And Doom, Amara and Tony in OT3 too :P ).

[susanowa.livejournal.com]

Haha yeah, I am all for a Doom-Tony-Amara sandwich :)