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Day 3 - Touching moment in original canon
I've got to say, Iron Man is and always will be my favorite superhero. I love him to death, and I love what he represents - humanity, in essence: the intense narcissism to the intense love and care and hope humans can show. I think if I was going to pick any moment, I would pick the moment where he first faces Ivan Vanko, in the Monaco race.
See, he's just himself there. He doesn't have the suit, and yet he tries to stop Vanko without it. When he gets the suit, he's clearly on the ropes, but he doesn't fly away. He doesn't back down. He doesn't fly away, he adapts and drags Vanko close, and even when Vanko's spitting poison he's thinking, calculating. Because he's dying here, and yet he's still trying so hard. He's trying to figure out how Vanko could have replicated the arc reactor, he's trying to minimize casualties, he's always pushing so hard and it's just an amazing scene that really reflects his humanity.
(I've also got to add that the most thrilling and stunning intro of any superhero was Thor in Thor: Ragnarok, when he comes slamming down from where Hela had him. That's just - that's just pure poetry, man. In those few minutes, I am a Thor fangirl through and through.
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