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MA Avengers #10 Medieval Women: where Tony needs Steve to watch out for him agian
Oy...some things just can't change, even in different universes. In "Medieval Women", the Avengers investigate a video game that seem to have affected the minds of Spiderman and Giant Girl, discovering Avalon, that Morgan Le Fay has been using the game and the set up of a fair to trick people into servitude. They think it's roleplay, but when they lose the tournament, she owns them.
The Avengers arrived and witnessed a very shocked man being informed that he now belongs to Morgan La Fay...and then they ask for more challengers. Tony Stark, of course, volunteers, going forth to take the oath even after Steve said that Tony shouldn't agree to their terms.
Steve doesn't stop Tony from taking the oath, but while Tony was in tournament, Steve was on the cellphone (which annoyed Tony) with Jarvis, who had mentioned that he was a medieval man at the beginning of the story. Tony lost the tournament, and just when Morgan was announcing her claim on him, Steve interrupted, declaring that as Tony's, um, "squire", he invoke the rules of tournament, "this knight did not have a shield", Tony gets a second try, and this time, with Steve's shield, he deflected a blow that would have knocked him off, and wins!
Over all, I liked Tony Bedard & Shannon Gallant's "Mischief" collection (Vol 2 digest) better than Jeff Parker and Juan Santacruz's "Bizarre Adventures" collection (Vol 3 digest). "Mischief" had more a cohesive storyline and execution of theme (power and responsibility), the team was a team, and the action sequences was well drawn. I still had fun reading "Bizarre Adventures", even though the action sequences was 'slow mode' full of gratuitous cheesecake of only the women (especially Giant Girl during the battle with the serpent society, that strangely shaped log she was holding up...)...because it is so cracky, it has Avengers turning into mook, and then the video game arc. While the video game arc was still cracky though, it was actually brilliant as well, and what made the story for me, was Jarvis, Steve, and Tony.
I like the Chekhov's Gun set up in the beginning when Jarvis mentioned that he was a Medieval expert, and Steve actually remembering that! I like how Tony is again, throwing himself between other people and harm, just like he did at the end of "Mischief" when he blocked a blow for Cap (though I support that one, because Tony was in armour)...this time, Tony definitely went too far when he offered himself up, just to immediately stop someone else from entering the tournament (and probably losing). This time, Steve noticed, objected, and then phoned Jarvis for advice on the tournament.
When MA Avengers first started, there weren't much Steve and Tony interactions...oh they were probably already friends, but they weren't going on dates yet, the basketball and then burgers MA:Avengers #27 and the playing with the shield in the park in #30. I've noticed that in MA verse, it sometimes seem to be several different timelines depending on the group of people assigned to the current four issues...but oy, there's still character development. I think #10 was when Steve definitely cued into the point that Tony sometimes protect other people to the exclusion of himself, and needed more special TLC. Having read this scene, I now totally appreciate the basketball scene in #27 and park scene in #30 much more, Steve continues to take care of Tony! Tony is also now more aware of Steve, what Steve is saying to him. This, in contrast to #10 when he ignored the advice about the terms, and even earlier in #8 when his behaviour towards Steve is more along the lines of "Manage and Protect". Back in #8, Steve was hysterical because he thought the school the bad guys dropped had children in it, and Tony commanded him to "look alive" because the bad guys are coming, before shielding Steve with his own body...and then, when Steve was dragging Tony by the wrist and telling him they'll have to get down to Meeting Room C...Tony turns from Steve and said he thinks he can tried something on Loki (before Loki turns him into a Tin Man like statue).
The Avengers arrived and witnessed a very shocked man being informed that he now belongs to Morgan La Fay...and then they ask for more challengers. Tony Stark, of course, volunteers, going forth to take the oath even after Steve said that Tony shouldn't agree to their terms.
Steve doesn't stop Tony from taking the oath, but while Tony was in tournament, Steve was on the cellphone (which annoyed Tony) with Jarvis, who had mentioned that he was a medieval man at the beginning of the story. Tony lost the tournament, and just when Morgan was announcing her claim on him, Steve interrupted, declaring that as Tony's, um, "squire", he invoke the rules of tournament, "this knight did not have a shield", Tony gets a second try, and this time, with Steve's shield, he deflected a blow that would have knocked him off, and wins!
Over all, I liked Tony Bedard & Shannon Gallant's "Mischief" collection (Vol 2 digest) better than Jeff Parker and Juan Santacruz's "Bizarre Adventures" collection (Vol 3 digest). "Mischief" had more a cohesive storyline and execution of theme (power and responsibility), the team was a team, and the action sequences was well drawn. I still had fun reading "Bizarre Adventures", even though the action sequences was 'slow mode' full of gratuitous cheesecake of only the women (especially Giant Girl during the battle with the serpent society, that strangely shaped log she was holding up...)...because it is so cracky, it has Avengers turning into mook, and then the video game arc. While the video game arc was still cracky though, it was actually brilliant as well, and what made the story for me, was Jarvis, Steve, and Tony.
I like the Chekhov's Gun set up in the beginning when Jarvis mentioned that he was a Medieval expert, and Steve actually remembering that! I like how Tony is again, throwing himself between other people and harm, just like he did at the end of "Mischief" when he blocked a blow for Cap (though I support that one, because Tony was in armour)...this time, Tony definitely went too far when he offered himself up, just to immediately stop someone else from entering the tournament (and probably losing). This time, Steve noticed, objected, and then phoned Jarvis for advice on the tournament.
When MA Avengers first started, there weren't much Steve and Tony interactions...oh they were probably already friends, but they weren't going on dates yet, the basketball and then burgers MA:Avengers #27 and the playing with the shield in the park in #30. I've noticed that in MA verse, it sometimes seem to be several different timelines depending on the group of people assigned to the current four issues...but oy, there's still character development. I think #10 was when Steve definitely cued into the point that Tony sometimes protect other people to the exclusion of himself, and needed more special TLC. Having read this scene, I now totally appreciate the basketball scene in #27 and park scene in #30 much more, Steve continues to take care of Tony! Tony is also now more aware of Steve, what Steve is saying to him. This, in contrast to #10 when he ignored the advice about the terms, and even earlier in #8 when his behaviour towards Steve is more along the lines of "Manage and Protect". Back in #8, Steve was hysterical because he thought the school the bad guys dropped had children in it, and Tony commanded him to "look alive" because the bad guys are coming, before shielding Steve with his own body...and then, when Steve was dragging Tony by the wrist and telling him they'll have to get down to Meeting Room C...Tony turns from Steve and said he thinks he can tried something on Loki (before Loki turns him into a Tin Man like statue).