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ext_18328 ([identity profile] jazzypom.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] cap_ironman2008-12-18 07:23 pm
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The Last Rites of Janet Pym and the dumping on Stark, again






































For those who came late: Pym is back, since his Skrull! Pym form is dead, and Carol (I'm assuming this is Carol because Mockingbird wouldn't know a Scooby what was going on either) fills Pym in on all the madness, and Tony gets dumped on. Again. All you Thor/Pym slashers, quiet in the back, plz. Click on smaller pictures for legibility goodness.

I am NOT posting pictures from IM 8, because art is FUG it is fug. But Tony is getting there.

Re: I guess I can understand Pym's rage in the middle of the funeral

[identity profile] helva2260.livejournal.com 2008-12-18 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'm in two minds about this, 'cause I like the way it conveys Hank's total overwhelmed-ness, and I can totally see him swinging between hysteria and near-catatonia. I just can't work out how he gets to "You killed Janet!" I mean, it's Carol in the car giving him the info on the last three years, and she was pro-Reg with Tony, so if anyone's going to give a fairly even-handed summary of events, it's got to be her, right?

And I just keep wondering if I'm missing something when people try to blame Tony for OMG!everything! Because it's not like Tony is the only major pro-Reg player. It's not like Tony is the only major pro-Reg player who wasn't a skrull. And it's not like Tony isn't human - even the best strategists can't make accurate plans of action when they're missing important information (like, y'know, there are skrulls around?!). I swear, at some point, one of the characters will blame Tony for the way it rained yesterday when the weathermen said it would be sunny - and characters and fans alike, everyone (except for this comm *g*) will agree!

...I think Tony's situation at the moment reminds me of when the Scoobies chucked Buffy out of her own house after some of the Potentials died in battle. Because apparently when you put your life on the line in battle after battle, if anyone gets killed it's *got* to be the result of incompetent leadership, not simply a sad fact of warfare. It's a reaction that annoys me in fiction and real life - a sort of feeling of betrayed entitlement. And I suppose the superhero community as a whole is still feeling mentally bruised by having to choose sides and fight each other... but it still feels so out of character for people who have for years/decades accepted that one day they might not come back from a fight, to be blaming the secret invasion casualties on Tony alone.