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Tony stark. Like yes he is and was awful but that’s the point and just because he’s a beyond fuck up doesn’t mean he didn’t help people. He genuinely wanted to help people: that holds true no matter what he’s done. Moreover it also holds true that at times these attempts to help people were in fact doing more harm than good (think Stark Industries weapon’s business). What makes him interesting is this exact conflict. How does an unbelievably rich, narsosistic man redeem himself and live with his sins? He doesn’t. He fucks up. However, the attempt still matters and the consequences of it matter too.
Fundamentally he’s a symbol of wealth and power which is why it is so difficult to see the man underneath, and without seeing this man it is even more difficult for the audience to root for him. When we don’t root for him it’s easy to see strictly his flaws; Everything we are meant to see on a surface level. However, as an individual we find that he is unhappy with himself and with his life, each act of heroism is an act of suicide. He’ll never be a truly good man, he never can be. The point was never the success but the attempt.
characters have to be a little bit awful in ways that you cant defend. its good for the ecosystem. your honor he did do that. He did in fact do that