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One more thing. For my rewrite of Iron Man three I was thinking of properly adapting the Extremis storyline and including Zeke Stane. In this movie Tony's arc is "what do I need to do to keep up in a rapidly changing world?" This should be especially poignant given it's after the battle of New York and there are superhumans on the rise.

In my story the Power Broker is a scientist hired by Ross to give him Gamma soldiers after seeing what happened to Banner, but Karl Malus, PB's real name, discovered gamma had the ability to give anyone any given powers. He faked his death, went into hiding, and began selling superpowers themselves on the black market.

Killian isn't going to be a major villain in my rewrite, he's going to be what he was in the original story; that one guy who killed himself out of guilt and Maya Hansen tried to frame entirely for selling Extremis. In fact I was thinking of playing a subtle but important for worldbuilding angle; Hansen and Killian couldn't get funds for research from anyone but Zeke who then uses it to orchestrate attacks against Stark Industries.

Importantly Zeke is not out for revenge. Yes, he's salty about his father passing but that's secondary to his true motivations: he wants to force evolve all humanity, turning them into bio-machines. He's trying to destroy Stark because he sees him as an obstacle to his plans, nothing more. In short Zeke is a cold futurist.

I also had ideas for including the Mandarin. IRL Beijing's development team shot down the idea as they didn't want the first Chinese character of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be a villain, but I think I can fix this. In my MCU rewrite Hulk gets his own trilogy and I wanted to introduce Amadeus Cho in his sequel. Also I was thinking of having Chen Lu/Radioactive Man as a secondary hero hunting Mandarin and introduce I worldbuilding angle that I hope strengthens the story.

In my story the Power Broker is a scientist hired by Ross to give him Gamma soldiers after seeing what happened to Banner, but Karl Malus, PB's real name, discovered gamma had the ability to give anyone any given powers. He faked his death, went into hiding, and began selling superpowers themselves on the black market.

The Chinese gov heard about the Power Broker’s experiments and not wanting to be dependent on him had Chen Lu replicate it. He was only able to give himself nuclear powers but decided not to leave it in the gov’s hands and left to begin being a superhero? This could world build other countries getting their own heroes as well as the effect Power Broker’s having. Also he could be partly what inspires Tony to become Iron Man inside and out.

Then there's Mandarin himself. I was thinking of not having his costume be some stereotypical, extravagant Chinese robes at first because I believe those perpetuate harmful stereotypes. In his first fight with Iron Man I want him to wear a suit and tie and later I want him to wear a warlord outfit, but I want it to be intimidating, cool, what have you.

Tony Leung revealed in an interview with GQ that he created a backstory for Wenwu in which he was a victim of domestic violence at the hands of his father and grew up without self-esteem as a result. Upon gaining superpowers, he wished to rediscover his self-esteem, though it caused him to become narcissistic and take his anger out on everyone else. These factors ultimately led to him being unable to love his children, due to his inability to love himself.

I need help organising my ideas

I hope to one day write my own Marvel continuity and wanted to tighten the lore for less convoluted storytelling. What do I mean by this?

Way back in Tales to Astonish #35 Communists broke into Hank Pym's lab demanding an anti-radiation formula. In my continuity Red Room Widow Natasha Romanoff came after dissident scientist Jonas Trovaya, she ended up killing his daughter Maria, Hank’s wife, in the process. Hank made himself the shrinking and ant communication tech to track her down, while still working at SHIELD. One day Janet van Dyne, daughter of Hank's coworker Vernon van Dyne, caught him suiting up and convinced him to let her help him. She did this out of worry for Hank and hope that she could steer him to a better path. During their hunt Natasha came back to SHIELD to try and steal Pym Particles and killed Vernon van Dyne in the process. Hank and Jan managed to capture her and they became Antman and the Wasp.

In the comics Shang-Chi served his father under the pretext that they were bringing peace to the world. Shang-chi has also studied Chinese philosophies about virtue that sometimes clash with what his father teaches. He killed a man his father claimed was evil, but had the truth revealed to him by his butler. I was thinking in my continuity he’s sent to kill Tony Stark by his father, the Mandarin, and when defeated and questioned by Tony starts questioning if his father is right, due to Tony's mercy.

After Bruce Banner became a fugitive, Ross, seeing the Hulk, put scientist Karl Malus in charge of recreating the Hulk. During his research Malus discovered that Gamma could produce all sorts of super abilities in a person and realised this could make billions. He faked his death and through word on the black market, went to the Power Broker with his product. Maybe in an Immortal Hulk storyline the sheer amount of gamma powered beings around the world cause Earth to become one, giant Green Door.

I've rewritten Iron Man 2 then revised what I wrote and I just don't know what I'm doing anymore.

I've heard the way sequels work is if they expand on the world, balancing what we've seen with what's new. I thought the best way to apply this idea to the Iron Man franchise was through a technological arms race.

Tony spent his first movie learning responsibility, now he has to learn cooperation. Now that the genie is out of the bottle and everyone wants an Iron Man suit he needs to learn to work with others in order to continue making the world a safer place. The arms race feeds back into Stane's line "in an attempt to rid the world of weapons, you gave it the best one ever."

I thought introducing Crimson Dynamo would be a good way to puncture Tony's ego. Tony said no other countries would have Iron Man for ten years and days after that, someone in an Iron Man grade suit pops up.

I thought this could be why the government turns to Hammer, people start to lose faith in Tony and Rhodey takes the Mark 2. Speaking of Hammer I thought given how great of a performance Sam Rockwell gave, how he was supposed to be Tony without Afghanistan, how he could be in the arms race, and how Nando rewrote him I thought he'd be perfect.

However a commenter pointed out Tony already had a dark parallel in Obadiah in the first movie, so does that mean I cut Hammer? What other villains could support the themes of this movie? Mandarin? Count Nefaria? I wanted to include Maggia in this movie to show the arms race picking up, just how many advanced weapons are out there, and further prove Tony wrong.

Then there's Rhodey. I wanted him to take the Mark 2 after repeatedly failing to convince Tony to work with the gov and that there's confirmation other countries have Iron Man grade tech. He commandeers the Mark 2 because he genuinely believes he's saving his friend from destroying himself.

He then gives it to the gov, who then give it to Hammer who discovers that the suit has a biometric lock that prevents anyone that isn't Tony, Rhodey or Pepper from using it. This'll make Justin get Rhodey to wear the suit to the expo only for Phillip Barnett to take control of it and make it look like Tony's become a terrorist.

This would force Rhodey to see that Tony was right to not trust the government and by doing this puts a chink in their relationship. At the end Rhodey would give up the suit to Tony to show he's sorry with Tony acknowledging his own part in this mess.

Then there's the characters. Phillip Barnett isn't a major character, he'd just be Hammer's employee that appears in a couple of scenes. Senator Bird only appears in a handful of scenes as well, with no arc, he's mainly here to represent the bad side of the government wanting Iron Man. Whiplash is not a major villain, he's just there to represent one guy from Maggia, give Iron Man and CD someone to fight and lead them to Maggia.

Bethany Cabe I'm starting to question. I originally included her because I wanted the Iron Man trilogy to feel like his own story and not set up for a sequel and fill Natasha's role. Natasha's role in Iron Man 2 was SHIELD mole sent to spy on Tony after Fury also failed repeatedly to convince Tony to cooperate. Since Bethany in the comics was tied heavily to corporate espionage, I thought she could help Pepper fight on the corporate front, but I'm starting to see the holes in that plot.

Please help me, I just don't know what I'm doing anymore

The movie starts with Tony dropping into the expo and that scene is mostly the same except when Tony goes backstage he dramatically collapses on the couch, checks toxicity level, and pulls out palladium which is absolutely filthy. Pepper is looking at News reports worldwide that show a big debate over if one man should be waging war on terror, even if in the right direction. Tony gets summoned to appear in front of congress, and he goes. 

General Ross shows up and a couple of throw away lines about Hulk and Thor get dropped. In my version the events of Thor take place BEFORE Iron Man 2 for two reasons. One Favreau said he needed three years to craft the movie, so Thor and Iron Man 2 switched release dates. Two I feel that with confirmation of an unstoppable monster and confirmation of divine extraterrestrial life would really make the world feel they need to start gearing up, which also helps Fury's decision to weaponise the tesseract. 

The congress scene goes pretty much the same, but on the way out he runs into Nick Fury who tells him he's not doing himself any favours by waging one man war on terror and picking and fight with government, He tells him they should work together and that they have resources that can help him but Tony just shrugs him off, not being a team player. This sets up why Fury sends someone to spy on Tony but in my version it won't be Natasha Romanoff spying on him. It'll be Bethany Cabe(played by Kate Mara). 

She's an established core character to the Iron Man mythos and historically a martial artist and entrenched in corporate espionage. I was thinking in this rewrite she's the operative Nick dispatches to find out what's up with Tony, and by the time the third film roles around she's Tony's bodyguard/liason between Stark Industries and SHIELD. 

Pepper gets the company, initially thinking it’s just until Tony gets his shit together, then the Hammer weapons demonstration is moved up here but all the gov wants is Iron Man. This shows the effect Tony embarrassing him has on Hammer as well as him getting desperate. 

Then we cut to Russia where Anton (NOT Ivan)Vanko is finishing making the Crimson Dynamo suit by adding the Arc Reactor. I want this scene to show how just by changing the music in a movie you can create a completely different feeling. I want this because it'll mirror how Tony feels when he sees Crimson Dynamo for the first time. JTBC Crimson Dynamo isn't a villain in this movie. 

Tony sees CD on the news and goes to Russia to confront him(I'm cutting the Grand Prix, because it doesn't fit into the story I'm trying to tell). This comes from a mix of getting his affairs in order before palladium poisoning gets to him and hurting pride that someone was able to build a suit and arc reactor of similar caliber. Rhodey tries to call Tony or see him and get him to work with military before he leaves but Tony says; 

"You’ve always been okay with me being self-destructive for selfish reasons, why are you trying to stop me now that I’m being self-destructive for the sake of others?” 

Repeating a similar line from the last movie, now used to justify bad behaviour and after repeatedly to get Tony to cooperate this is the final nail in the coffin that makes Rhodey think that commandeering Iron Man may be best for all. He takes the Mark 2 from Tony's while he's away, turns the suit over to the military and they give it to Hammer to improve and weaponise. 

Don’t worry, we still get all the Happy stuff sprinkled throughout the movie.

Because Tony said no country would have Iron Man's for ten years and now Russia does, the government is asking Hammer for weapons and stuff. Hammer is elated, seeing this as his opportunity to finally crush Stark and pull ahead. Due to resentment of Tony, Hammer convinces himself that Tony is what's holding Iron Man back, and that the future of domestic defence isn't armoured soldiers, it's drones. 

He talks to Phillip Barnett (an employee of Hammer Industries, who in the comics hacks Tony's suit) and learns that because of the suit's biometric signature, only Tony, Rhodey or Pepper can get it to turn on. On top of that with the auxiliary power source not being as strong as an arc reactor, the suit won't fly or shoot. So Hammer convinces Senator Harrington Byrd (NOT Stern) to get Rhodey to wear the suit and adds boosters and guns to the suit. 

Pepper is dealing with governments, investors, employees and competitors who all either see this as an abandon ship, opportunity to take the company for everything or the chance to pull ahead. She’s pressured to get the company back in the weapons business and she understands that with Hulk, Thor and now CD, people are scared and want countermeasures but also that those weapons can be stolen and used to subjugate and destroy. She can’t hide behind being “just the assistant to the boss” and really grapple with this choice. I hope this beat will make Pepper understand Tony’s decision in the first movie more because now she has to make the choice herself. 

Tony goes to Russia and confronts Anton Vanko/Crimson Dynamo.  They together fight Whiplash, a top enforcer for Maggia who's been sent to Russia to guard a large shipment of illegal high tech;
advanced power cells

prototype weapons

experimental armor components

stolen Stark technology

military prototypes

They defeat and interrogate Whiplash, which leads them to Italy where they find Maggia.

With Tony gone, Bethany searches the company and initially there’s some tension between her and Pepper, because Pepper doesn’t trust SHIELD while Bethany is just doing her job. However, with Hammer actively courting Stark's shareholders and government contacts while Tony is away Bethany investigating him and helping Pepper fight on a front she can’t. 

Tony and Anton arrive in Italy and finds an entire factory producing high tech and being shipped around the world. Thus furthering his need to stop doing it all himself. Tony and Anton fight Maggia grunts with tech (or some other Iron Man villain/Maggia villain, please give suggestions if there are any) but in the middle Tony collapses due to Palladium poisoning and Anton is forced to fly him back to Malibu. I don't know how he'd fly him back to his home when Tony's real address isn't public knowledge or maybe he doesn't fly him home he flies him to Stark Industries building. 

Tony is put on house arrest and is told by Fury he has the means and knowledge to solve the "riddle of his heart." We still have all the Howard stuff and Tony gets the diorama from Industries and starts working to create the new  element. 

The Expo with the drones happens but at the end Rhodey wears a bulky, black and grey suit covered in guns. He thinks all is well until Phillip takes control of the suit and makes him Hammer's perfect evil Iron Man. There's this voice mimicry of Tony calling himself War Machine effectively becoming a terrorist and Hammer acting (badly) to be surprised and then sicks his drones on Rhodey, all the while Phillip is controlling him remotely. 

Tony sees this just as Hammer goons invade Tony's house to kill him, but Coulson fights them off. Tony suits up and fights the drones, while Happy and Bethany go to where the drones are being controlled and free Rhodey. Then Bethany senses an object being piloted manually and it's Hammer in his Titanium Man armour. We get an epic Iron Man, War Machine vs Titanium Man fight and they win. 

Tony and Rhodey are helping with cleanup when they begin talking to each other about everything that’s happened. There’s still beef between Rhodey and Tony because they were both right and wrong and hurt each other. Rhodey relinquishes the War Machine suit to Tony as a way to show he’s sorry, but letting the creator decide when he’s worthy of it again. However Tony acknowledges his own wrongdoing by saying something like;

“I gave you a reason to take it.”

Hammer is in jail, Fury and Tony talk (Anton is now being considered a candidate for the Avengers), but apart from that I’m at a loss as to how to end the movie. Can you please help me? But I do know that we get a post credits scene teasing either Mandarin or Captain America. 

Iron Man 2 could've done better and I think I have a pretty good idea on how. I'm still a beginning screenwriter but I've learned that sequels work when they expand on the universe and challenge what the hero learned in the first movie. I'm taking points from Nando Films and Sean Chandler talks about and while I have a deep respect for the two and am learning a lot from them, they ultimately didn't expand the universe's scope. So the premise of the movie is that Tony is dealing with the consequences of introducing Iron Man to the world along with the palladium in his reactor killing him. There's an arms race to getting an armour and that's going to lead to some very bad days for our billionaire playboy philanthropist.The movie starts with Tony dropping into the expo and that scene is mostly the same except when Tony goes backstage he dramatically collapses on the couch, checks toxicity level, and pulls out palladium which is absolutely filthy. Pepper is looking at News reports worldwide that show a big debate over if one man should be waging war on terror, even if in the right direction. Tony gets summoned to appear in front of congress, and he goes.

General Ross shows up and a couple of throw away lines about Hulk and Thor get dropped. In my version the events of Thor take place BEFORE Iron Man 2 for two reasons. One Favreau said he needed three years to craft the movie, so Thor and Iron Man 2 switched release dates. Two I feel that with confirmation of an unstoppable monster and confirmation of divine extraterrestrial life would really make the world feel they need to start gearing up, which also helps Fury's decision to weaponise the tesseract.

The congress scene goes pretty much the same, but on the way out he runs into Nick Fury who tells him he's not doing himself any favours by waging one man war on terror and picking and fight with government, He tells him they should work together and that they have resources that can help him but Tony just shrugs him off, not being a team player. This sets up why Fury sends someone to spy on Tony but in my version it won't be Natasha Romanoff spying on him. It'll be Bethany Cabe.

She's an established core character to the Iron Man mythos and historically a martial artist and entrenched in corporate espionage. I was thinking in this rewrite she's the operative Nick dispatches to find out what's up with Tony, and by the time the third film roles around she's Tony's bodyguard/liason between Stark Industries and SHIELD.

Pepper gets the company, initially thinking it’s just until TOny gets his shit together, then the Hammer weapons demonstration is moved up here but all the gov wants is Iron Man. This shows the effect Tony embarrassing him has on Hammer as well as him getting desperate.

Then we cut to Russia where Anton (NOT Ivan)Vanko is finishing making the Crimson Dynamo suit by adding the Arc Reactor. I want this scene to show how just by changing the music in a movie you can create a completely different feeling. I want this because it'll mirror how Tony feels when he sees Crimson Dynamo for the first time. JTBC Crimson Dynamo isn't a villain in this movie.

Tony sees CD on the news and goes to Russia to confront him(I'm cutting the Grand Prix, because it doesn't fit into the story I'm trying to tell). This comes from a mix of getting his affairs in order before palladium poisoning gets to him and hurting pride that someone was able to build a suit and arc reactor of similar caliber. Rhodey tries to call Tony or see him and get him to work with military but Tony says;

"You’ve always been okay with me being self-destructive for selfish reasons, why are you trying to stop me now that I’m being self-destructive for the sake of others?”

Repeating a similar line from the last movie, now used to justify bad behaviour and after repeatedly to get Tony to cooperate this is the final nail in the coffin that makes Rhodey think that commandeering Iron Man may be best for all. He takes the Mark 2 from Tony's while he's away, turns the suit over to the military and they give it to Hammer to improve and weaponise.

Because Tony said no country would have Iron Man's for ten years and now Russia does, the government is asking Hammer for weapons and stuff. Hammer is elated, seeing this as his opportunity to finally crush Stark and pull ahead. Due to resentment of Tony, Hammer convinces himself that Tony is what's holding Iron Man back, and that the future of domestic defence isn't armoured soldiers, it's drones.

He talks to Phillip Barnett (an employee of Hammer Industries, who in the comics who hacks Tony's suit) and learns that because of the suit's biometric signature, only Tony, Rhodey or Pepper can get it to turn on. On top of that with the auxiliary power source not being as strong as an arc reactor, the suit won't fly or shoot. So Hammer convinces Stern to get Rhodey to wear the suit and adds boosters and guns to the suit.

Pepper is dealing with governments, investors, employees and competitors who all either see this as an abandon ship, opportunity to take the company for everything or the chance to pull ahead. Pepper’s arc in this movie is discovering she’s actually good at being a CEO and not just Tony’s assistant.

Tony goes to Russia and confronts Anton Vanko/Crimson Dynamo and they fight Whiplash, a top enforcer for Maggia who's been sent to Russia to guard a large shipment of illegal high tech(please tell me if there's any comic storyline this mystery shipment can tie to). They defeat and interrogate Whiplash, which leads them to Italy where they find Maggia and Count Nefaria.

With Tony gone Bethany searches the company and initially there’s some tension between her and Pepper but after Bethany reveals to Pepper damning evidence to get rid of competitor Bruno Horgan, they start to warm up to each other and Bethany becomes increasingly involved with Stark Industries itself. Furthermore she could find connections between Hammer Industries and criminal organizations such as Maggia.

Tony sees that more foreign countries have advanced tech than he thought, furthering his need to stop doing it all himself. Tony and Anton fight Maggia grunts with tech (or some other Iron Man villain/Maggia villain, please give suggestions if there are any) but in the middle Tony collapses due to Palladium poisoning and Anton is forced to fly him back to Malibu. I don't know how he'd fly him back to his home when Tony's real address isn't public knowledge or maybe he doesn't fly him home he flies him to Stark Industries building.

Tony is put on house arrest and is told by Fury he has the means and knowledge to solve the "riddle of his heart." Tony gets the diorama from Industries and starts working with Anton to create the new element. Similar relationship building/working together as Tony with Yinsen in the first movie and we get a bit more of Anton's character. Anton believes that technology should only be shared among people who have demonstrated that they can be trusted with it, but Tony challenges him with "And who decides who's trustworthy?"

The Expo with the drones happens but at the end Rhodey wearing a bulky, black and grey suit covered in guns. He thinks all is good until Phillip takes control of the suit and makes him Hammer's perfect evil Iron Man. There's this voice mimicry of Tony calling himself War Machine effectively becoming a terrorist and Hammer acting (badly) to be surprised and then sicks his drones on Rhodey, all the while Phillip is controlling him remotely.

Tony and Anton see this just as Hammer goons invade Tony's house to kill him, but Coulson fights them off. Tony and Vanko suit up and fight the drones, while Happy and Bethany go to where the drones are being controlled and free Rhodey. Then Bethany senses an object being piloted manually and it's Hammer in his Titanium Man armour. We get an epic Iron Man, War Machine, Crimson Dynamo vs Titanium Man fight and they win. Hammer is in jail,and Tony publicly acknowledges Rhodey and Anton. Also we get a post credits scene teasing Mandarin.

The movie starts with Tony dropping into the expo and that scene is mostly the same except when Tony goes backstage he dramatically collapses on the couch, checks toxicity level, and pulls out palladium which is absolutely filthy. Pepper is looking at News reports worldwide that show a big debate over if one man should be waging war on terror, even if in the right direction. Tony gets summoned to appear in front of congress, and he goes.

General Ross shows up and a couple of throw away lines about Hulk and Thor get dropped. In my version the events of Thor take place BEFORE Iron Man 2 for two reasons. One Favreau said he needed three years to craft the movie, so Thor and Iron Man 2 switched release dates. Two I feel that with confirmation of an unstoppable monster and confirmation of divine extraterrestrial life would really make the world feel they need to start gearing up, which also helps Fury's decision to weaponise the tesseract.

The congress scene goes pretty much the same, but on the way out he runs into Nick Fury who tells him he's not doing himself any favours by waging one man war on terror and picking and fight with government, He tells him they should work together and that they have resources that can help him but Tony just shrugs him off, not being a team player. This sets up why Fury sends someone to spy on Tony but in my version it won't be Natasha Romanoff spying on him. It'll be Bethany Cabe.

She's an established core character to the Iron Man mythos and historically a martial artist and entrenched in corporate espionage. I was thinking in this rewrite she's the operative Nick dispatches to find out what's up with Tony, and by the time the third film roles around she's Tony's bodyguard/liason between Stark Industries and SHIELD.

Pepper gets the company, initially thinking it’s just until TOny gets his shit together, then the Hammer weapons demonstration is moved up here but all the gov wants is Iron Man. This shows the effect Tony embarrassing him has on Hammer as well as him getting desperate.

Then we cut to Russia where Anton (NOT Ivan)Vanko is finishing making the Crimson Dynamo suit by adding the Arc Reactor. I want this scene to show how just by changing the music in a movie you can create a completely different feeling. I want this because it'll mirror how Tony feels when he sees Crimson Dynamo for the first time. JTBC Crimson Dynamo isn't a villain in this movie.

Tony sees CD on the news and goes to Russia to confront him(I'm cutting the Grand Prix, because it doesn't fit into the story I'm trying to tell). This comes from a mix of getting his affairs in order before palladium poisoning gets to him and hurting pride that someone was able to build a suit and arc reactor of similar caliber. Rhodey tries to call Tony or see him and get him to work with military but Tony says;

"You’ve always been okay with me being self-destructive for selfish reasons, why are you trying to stop me now that I’m being self-destructive for the sake of others?”

Repeating a similar line from the last movie, now used to justify bad behaviour and after repeatedly to get Tony to cooperate this is the final nail in the coffin that makes Rhodey think that commandeering Iron Man may be best for all. He takes the Mark 2 from Tony's while he's away, turns the suit over to the military and they give it to Hammer to improve and weaponise.

Because Tony said no country would have Iron Man's for ten years and now Russia does, the government is asking Hammer for weapons and stuff. Hammer is elated, seeing this as his opportunity to finally crush Stark and pull ahead. Due to resentment of Tony, Hammer convinces himself that Tony is what's holding Iron Man back, and that the future of domestic defence isn't armoured soldiers, it's drones.

He talks to Phillip Barnett (an employee of Hammer Industries, who in the comics who hacks Tony's suit) and learns that because of the suit's biometric signature, only Tony, Rhodey or Pepper can get it to turn on. On top of that with the auxiliary power source not being as strong as an arc reactor, the suit won't fly or shoot. So Hammer convinces Stern to get Rhodey to wear the suit and adds boosters and guns to the suit.

Pepper is dealing with governments, investors, employees and competitors who all either see this as an abandon ship, opportunity to take the company for everything or the chance to pull ahead. Pepper’s arc in this movie is discovering she’s actually good at being a CEO and not just Tony’s assistant.

Tony goes to Russia and confronts Anton Vanko/Crimson Dynamo and they fight Whiplash, a top enforcer for Maggia who's been sent to Russia to guard a large shipment of illegal high tech(please tell me if there's any comic storyline this mystery shipment can tie to). They defeat and interrogate Whiplash, which leads them to Italy where they find Maggia and Count Nefaria.

With Tony gone Bethany searches the company and initially there’s some tension between her and Pepper but after Bethany reveals to Pepper damning evidence to get rid of competitor Bruno Horgan, they start to warm up to each other and Bethany becomes increasingly involved with Stark Industries itself. Furthermore she could find connections between Hammer Industries and criminal organizations such as Maggia.

Tony sees that more foreign countries have advanced tech than he thought, furthering his need to stop doing it all himself. Tony and Anton fight Maggia grunts with tech (or some other Iron Man villain/Maggia villain, please give suggestions if there are any) but in the middle Tony collapses due to Palladium poisoning and Anton is forced to fly him back to Malibu. I don't know how he'd fly him back to his home when Tony's real address isn't public knowledge or maybe he doesn't fly him home he flies him to Stark Industries building.

Tony is put on house arrest and is told by Fury he has the means and knowledge to solve the "riddle of his heart." Tony gets the diorama from Industries and starts working with Anton to create the new element. Similar relationship building/working together as Tony with Yinsen in the first movie and we get a bit more of Anton's character. Anton believes that technology should only be shared among people who have demonstrated that they can be trusted with it, but Tony challenges him with "And who decides who's trustworthy?"

The Expo with the drones happens but at the end Rhodey wearing a bulky, black and grey suit covered in guns. He thinks all is good until Phillip takes control of the suit and makes him Hammer's perfect evil Iron Man. There's this voice mimicry of Tony calling himself War Machine effectively becoming a terrorist and Hammer acting (badly) to be surprised and then sicks his drones on Rhodey, all the while Phillip is controlling him remotely.

Tony and Anton see this just as Hammer goons invade Tony's house to kill him, but Coulson fights them off. Tony and Vanko suit up and fight the drones, while Happy and Bethany go to where the drones are being controlled and free Rhodey. Then Bethany senses an object being piloted manually and it's Hammer in his Titanium Man armour. We get an epic Iron Man, War Machine, Crimson Dynamo vs Titanium Man fight and they win. Hammer is in jail,and Tony publicly acknowledges Rhodey and Anton. Also we get a post credits scene teasing Mandarin.

I'm trying to write marvel fan fiction in the hopes I can really write for Marvel one day and I'm trying to learn exactly how characters are supposed to be written.

I find it's easier for me if I read what their character is about first so I can see how it plays out in the runs I read. Does anyone know where I can find a thorough analysis of Janet's character or maybe give me a breakdown of it in the comments?

I understand why people say it was a good thing ATLA ended when it did, but even though the execution was terrible the comics proved there was still story to tell.

Also come on, each season was an element! Four elements, four seasons!! Am I seriously the only one whose thought this?

Anyway probably my biggest idea, that's also my own, is having the Airbenders survive just in hiding. The Air Nomads were the most spiritually attuned people, it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to me that spirits could lead them to, say, a Lion Turtle (not the one that gave energybending to Aang, another one). A sanctuary that constantly moves, has people that can summon mist around it and has a lot of spiritual energy, making my spirit guide idea make sense.

The airbenders aren't unharmed. They don't have tattoos, traditional airbender attire and are less then 500. This preserves the weight of what the Fire Nation did, without them having completely succeeded.

I don't know how to write an impactful death scene. I need to know the tenants of writing a good death scene, especially since this isn't quite a death scene.

Let me explain. The demigod son of Cibeles whose been shot while fighting on the Second of May in Madrid and has taken refuge in convent of Santa María. There his mother turns him into a statue in order to preserve him.

However it still counts as a metaphorical death in my eyes at least. So can you please give me some pointers on how to do this?

I have an idea for a fictional city that's cursed in a bubble of perpetual Midnight and is protected by a Batman-like superhero. However the more I think about it, the more I realise I need serious help with this concept.

This is how my Batman-hero emerges, by fighting back and inspiring others to do the same. However I began thinking why wouldn't there be more benevolent factions like the Firelight's in Arcane? On the subject of factions how and why would they emerge?

Then there's the gov. My initial idea is that they eventually reach out to my guy and give him resources to act on their behalf since he has the trust of people inside and knows the city like the back of his hand. Wouldn't they send more agents in there? And if the city were not just in eternal midnight but also haunted/affecting people around them, wouldn't they abduct civilians to examine them?

I just have so many questions in my story that I don't know how to answer

I'm trying to write marvel fan fiction in the hopes I can really write for Marvel one day and I'm trying to learn exactly how characters are supposed to be written.

This includes Janet van Dyne, who while I have read some comics about her can't seem to get a good grasp on her character

I find it's easier for me if I read what their character is about first so I can see how it plays out in the runs I read. Does anyone know where I can find a thorough analysis of Janet's character or maybe give me a breakdown of it in the comments?

I have an idea for a fictional city that's cursed in a bubble of perpetual Midnight and is protected by a Batman-like superhero. However the more I think about it, the more I realise I need serious help with this concept.

My current idea is that a supervillain cursed the city in a bubble of perpetual Midnight and the gov sealed it off for fear that it would spread like in the game Infamous. My problem here is that it's magic not a disease so why would the gov think a quarantine would work?

Furthermore, this is how my Batman-hero emerges, by fighting back and inspiring others to do the same. However I began thinking why wouldn't there be more benevolent factions like the Firelight's in Arcane? On the subject of factions how and why would they emerge?

Then there's the gov. My initial idea is that they eventually reach out to my guy and give him resources to act on their behalf since he has the trust of people inside and knows the city like the back of his hand. Wouldn't they send more agents in there? And if the city were not just in eternal midnight but also haunted/affecting people around them, wouldn't they abduct civilians to examine them?

I just have so many questions in my story that I don't know how to answer

I'm trying to write marvel fan fiction in the hopes I can really write for Marvel one day and I'm trying to learn exactly how characters are supposed to be written.

This includes Janet van Dyne, who while I have read some comics about her can't seem to get a good grasp on her character

I find it's easier for me if I read what their character is about first so I can see how it plays out in the runs I read. Does anyone know where I can find a thorough analysis of Janet's character or maybe give me a breakdown of it in the comments?

It may just be me but the women in MHA don't really get much leading roles. What I mean is compared to Midoriya, Bakugo, Todoroki and Kirishima they don't have their goals, characters, rivalries etc as defined. I'm planning to eventually rewrite MHA and one of the main things I'm changing is this.

I've already got a few ideas for improving Yaoyorozu, Uraraka, and Asui, but an idea that's been floating around my head for a while is that non of the girls have the fiery drive to be the best like Midoriya or Bakugo. I decided to give that trait to a character you'd least expect it from; Hagakure.

Seriously the girl has so much potential for an in depth arc if you think about it. She was born with a relatively weak quirk so it drove her to learn a variety of skills that would be useful for a hero such as martial arts, bomb diffusal, gymnastics, the works.

Also there's the never being able to see yourself or by others. That difficulty with stable self-image, feeling unseen, emotional communication issues etc.

Wonder Woman was created by the psychologist William Moulton Marston, who believed that human society was excessively violent and dominated by masculine ideals of force and conquest. Marston argued that women, possessing stronger emotional intelligence and empathy, were better suited to guide humanity toward a more harmonious future. This philosophy is embodied in Wonder Woman’s homeland, Themyscira—often called Paradise Island—a society in which women have created a peaceful and flourishing civilisation free from the violent structures of “Man’s World.” At first glance this seemed naïve or overly idealistic, but a much more nuanced meaning of Wonder Woman lies in the symbolism embedded within her mythology.

One of the most unusual elements of Marston’s conception of Wonder Woman is the recurring imagery of bondage. While often misunderstood, Marston used bondage symbolism to represent the dangers of domination and the importance of restraint. In later interpretations such as the run by George Perez, the Amazons wear their bracelets as a constant reminder that they were once enslaved by men. When people forget that they once lacked freedom, they also forget how precious that freedom is. In Pérez’s mythology, the Amazons are even created from the souls of women slain by men throughout history. Rather than seeking revenge, they are granted Themyscira as a refuge where they can build something better. Their choice to pursue peace is therefore not naïve idealism but hard-earned wisdom: vengeance would only perpetuate the same cycle of violence that destroyed them in the first place.

This philosophy shapes Wonder Woman herself. Diana is not heroic simply because she is naturally kind; she is heroic because kindness and restraint are necessary if the world is ever to improve. Her tools reflect this philosophy. The Lasso of Truth is not a weapon designed to injure enemies, but one that subdues them without harm and compels honesty through submission rather than torture. Even her origin reinforces her symbolic role. Born from clay and brought to life by divine power, Diana has no father and no direct tie to patriarchal lineage. The imagery evokes a kind of messianic symbolism: she is sent from a peaceful society into a broken world to guide it toward something better.

This all came to head when I read the Wonder Woman/Captain America crossover comic. Both heroes are living legends who represent bigger ideas in the larger world. While Superman just represents what a hero should be in general, Wonder Woman represents what a hero CAN be if taken to new heights. They could not only save society, but change it for the better so that crime happens less in the first place.

Ultimately, Wonder Woman represents more than a powerful superhero. She embodies Marston’s belief that true strength lies not in domination but in compassion, self-control, and truth. Her mission is not simply to defeat villains but to demonstrate that humanity can escape the cycle of violence and build a more just world.