[tilts head in thought] When it comes to actual characterization and motives within comics, I always find myself examining everything we are offered with a grain of salt. Usually I look at the creative team and situation at the time to base my reasonings on since...everything that a Marvel writer apparently does is constrained by the current status quo and the marketing department.
That being said and tossing logic out the window...Tony's brain delete in my opinion stems from the aftermath of characterization-suicide of Civil War. Despite what Marvel did to Tony, they were not going to shuck Ironman in a corner and forget him because hey...he's a cash cow. So you have Matt Faction tasked with the job of "fixing" Tony.
Unfortunately that job dealt with accepting EVERY OTHER writer's flack...er creative direction towards Tony. So instead of dealing with it, I can see how Faction said "!@#$ it" and decided on the brain delete. The way Faction lays out the characterization of everyone is that Tony is letting his friends pass judgement on him. Whether he planned to "die" since Thor hated him and Bucky hated him....[thinks] again I almost say that's giving too much credit to the comic writer since I highly doubt Marvel would have their "heroes" stand by and let a fellow "hero" die - period.
The "not-back up of recent stuff" pretty much played the convenience card, but don't get me wrong...I totally see your point about the back-ups. Again it's the "why deal with it" scenario and if another writer wants to go there - hey back door is open.
[deep breath] I think this was going somewhere? So heading back to your original points you made. Was Tony using the entire thing to set up Osborn - yes he was. Tony's goal from the very start was to get Osborn out of power since the people of the MU are retarded and think the Green Goblin would be a good leader. What better way to manipulate...er, guild...public opinion then have sympathy then have the living !@#$ beat out of you by one of the most craziest nut-jobs. You can bet that it was also done to help sway readers opinions.
Was he trying to off himself? If I give the writer the benefit of the doubt....I would still say he's letting his friends pass judgement. I'm going to say he doesn't know what will most likely happen because at the end of the day...he knows Thor and Captain America are heroes. It's up to them if he'll be given another shot. And with Pepper...[scratches head] I dunno what happened with the whole "why doesn't Happy get to come back" [shrugs]. It was an attempt to show character depth I guess...
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That being said and tossing logic out the window...Tony's brain delete in my opinion stems from the aftermath of characterization-suicide of Civil War. Despite what Marvel did to Tony, they were not going to shuck Ironman in a corner and forget him because hey...he's a cash cow. So you have Matt Faction tasked with the job of "fixing" Tony.
Unfortunately that job dealt with accepting EVERY OTHER writer's flack...er creative direction towards Tony. So instead of dealing with it, I can see how Faction said "!@#$ it" and decided on the brain delete. The way Faction lays out the characterization of everyone is that Tony is letting his friends pass judgement on him. Whether he planned to "die" since Thor hated him and Bucky hated him....[thinks] again I almost say that's giving too much credit to the comic writer since I highly doubt Marvel would have their "heroes" stand by and let a fellow "hero" die - period.
The "not-back up of recent stuff" pretty much played the convenience card, but don't get me wrong...I totally see your point about the back-ups. Again it's the "why deal with it" scenario and if another writer wants to go there - hey back door is open.
[deep breath]
I think this was going somewhere? So heading back to your original points you made. Was Tony using the entire thing to set up Osborn - yes he was. Tony's goal from the very start was to get Osborn out of power since the people of the MU are retarded and think the Green Goblin would be a good leader. What better way to manipulate...er, guild...public opinion then have sympathy then have the living !@#$ beat out of you by one of the most craziest nut-jobs. You can bet that it was also done to help sway readers opinions.
Was he trying to off himself? If I give the writer the benefit of the doubt....I would still say he's letting his friends pass judgement. I'm going to say he doesn't know what will most likely happen because at the end of the day...he knows Thor and Captain America are heroes. It's up to them if he'll be given another shot. And with Pepper...[scratches head] I dunno what happened with the whole "why doesn't Happy get to come back" [shrugs]. It was an attempt to show character depth I guess...