Secret Empire 006 Special Discussion Post

[laireshi]

Look, I believe we are all dying and screaming after today's issue of SE! (Personally, I'm not quite sure what to do with myself when canon's writing my fics for me - I love it!).

Here's the place to share all your feels and scream about stevetony being very angsty and very extra about each other!

Please remember to stay positive and don't post hate.

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[navaan]

You know there wasn't anything I didn't love about this.

The way Tony went back and Steve went after him specifically, the way Steve was all "I talked this over with my people and it's good that YOU ARE REALLY YOU" and Tony GIVING ANOTHER BLOODY CONFESSION - incidentially admitting he REMEMBERS THAT CONFESSTION - and telling Steve how much he wanted to save him.

AND MY HERO. GOD I'M DYING! AND CRYING! AND CHEERING!

[laireshi]

I WOULD REPLY BUT I AM NOT PAST: AJ;KLSDJFLKJASDF;LKJDSFL JKAJSDFLASJD;FLKDJAFLK JLKSAJDF

TONY REMEMBERS TONY CONFESSES TO STEVE EVEN THOUGH HE'S EVIL BUT HE NEEDS STEVE TONY JUST BEING IN LOVE WITH STEVE
STEVE BEING SO OVER THE TOP ABOUT TONY AJLKDF;KLJ
THEY ALWAYS END UP TOGETHER EVEN IF THEY'RE EVIL AND AN AI????????
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[(Anonymous)]

I'M BASICALLY 10 EMOTIONS WEARING A TRENCH COAT, DISGUISED AS HUMAN AT THIS POINT!!!

TONY breaking from the group /knowing/ he would find Steve and Steve seeking Tony OUT! RUTHLESSLY EFFICIENT STEVE STOPPING, just because Tony said stop, said wait!! (Also, I love that the panels HAVE STEVE literally frozen for Tony's entire emotional outreach, like he can't move, like HE DOESN'T WANT TO).

Also, also, apparently the assumption is that Tony actually set the bomb that Elise tried to protect Steve from?? Because Tony seemed to have a plan when he broke away from the others, and then the Hulk began to lose colour/ fade, so Tony may have something absorbing and redistributing the gamma radiation to create a bomb. WHICH MEANS TONY MAY HAVE BEEN STALLING for time during his speech, being entirely earnest, but also subtly manipulative (which is such a good flavour of Tony)!?

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[laireshi]

SAME I AM JUST GONE

I basically have all the same feels and also I'm still screaming??? LIKE STEVE YOU KEEP SAYING ONLY THE WEAK FAKE YOU LOVED TONY BUT WHAT DO YOU DO??? FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE AI TONY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND MAKING SURE IT'S THE REAL TONY BC YOU NEED HIM???

I'm not sure about the bomb, I think it's possible it was his idea? (Like who else's). But tbh I AM IN TOO MANY FEELS ABOUT /TONY REMEMBERING THE CONFESSION/ to fully process anything else bc NOT ONLY DOES HE REMEMBER THE CONFESSION, HE REPEATS IT BECAUSE STEVE NEEDS TO KNOW!!!!!!! i can't.

[navaan]

I'm not going to be any more coherent for a bit. Between the Thirteenth Doctor AND THIS TOPPING IT OFF, I THINK CANON IS TRYING TO MELT MY BRAIN!!!!

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[(Anonymous)]

"Tony GIVING ANOTHER BLOODY CONFESSION - incidentally admitting he REMEMBERS THAT CONFESSION"

—I'M A PUDDLE OF FEELING, because now we have Tony who remembers saying "It wasn't worth it", and he's finally letting Steve KNOW the answer he gave to that long-ago asked question, that Steve never got a reply to.

THIS IS STRAIGHT UP LEVELS OF FUCK-IT-UP, NOT-REALLY-FIXIT FIC!

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[navaan]

Yeah, it's shippy as hell.

[sheron]

Gaaah, I just read the thing! OH TONY.

So Tony's 'clean slate protocol' is pretty much what's responsible for the explosion at the end??? And Elisa manages to banish HydraCap before he gets annihilated thus sort of saving him? Is that what happened?

[navaan]

As far as I can tell. We'll know for sure with the next issue.

So Tony wanted to "die" with Steve there. XD Very romantic.

[sheron]

I CAN'T EVEN!

ETA: I can't get over how much this storyline seems to resemble the Snow Queen fairy tale.

[lucre_noin]

And Steve waiting, letting him talk!!

By the way, how does Tony remember? Did he watch the video of that wasn't worth it moment?

[navaan]

And Steve waiting, letting him talk!!

Yess! I even think it looked like what Tony was saying really affected him. That was so good!

By the way, how does Tony remember? Did he watch the video of that wasn't worth it moment?

We don't know. I don't think we'll get a detailed answer to that, although I would love one! (Quite honestly with these things it might just be a case of comic writer having forgotten about mind-wipe adding accidental depth. XD BUT I'LL TAKE IT!!! HE KNOWS OR HE REMEMBERS! AND I'LL TAKE IT!!!)

[laireshi]

I think I maybe prefer not having a canon explanation here? This way I can headcanon everything!