Scans_Daily

My image of Tony has always been that he's... Modernity, in a nutshell. In all it's pro's and cons. That means he's got a bit of an utopian streak, as well as a sense of social engineering. It's not enough for Tony to patch up the world, he wants to fix it. If needs be design a new and tear the old one down.

And that's arrogance of course, he keeps underestimating the human factor, and he keeps overestimating his own capabilities. (and I think he realizes these are his flaws) yet he can't stop trying: Because the world is broken, and he can't just patch it up and leave it to some vague hope that people will realize this.

I think in some sense there's a fundamental difference with Cap here: Cap was given his powers. Tony built his own. There is a certain kind of arrogance in this, that's so emblematic of the modern world.

I fully expect Tony that when this crashed down he'll just go "Oh well, that didn't work. Let's take a look at this, see what went wrong and try again." The notion of *not* trying to fix whatever he feels is wrong with the world would just never crop into his head. Not since he built that suit IN A CAVE, WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS: