thealextheshipper:

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We really need to talk about this scene a lot, because holy wow. The MCU movies have definitely been getting a little darker since the Avengers, but scenes like this? This is pure optimism. Tony is told he can save 4 out of 13, and then he saves all 13 of them anyway, because these people can work together and help Tony save them. 

If a similar scenario had happened in the Dark Knight Saga or Man of Steel, you know damn well 9 out of those 13 people would have been dead. Hell, Bruce or Clark would have been lucky to even save the 4, because DC movies have gone down a route of unrelenting grtty realism that makes good old super heroics virtually impossible. Bruce can’t save the city without faking his own death; Clark can’t save the world without becoming a murderer.

But even in the darkest hours of the Marvel Universe, Tony Stark can damn well save 13 people plummeting to their certain death. Is it realistic? Hell no. But it was an awesome victory that both Tony and the audience needed at this point in the story, and by god it was heroic.

The thing I’ll never forget about this is that Tony wasn’t even in the suit at that time. He wasn’t there physically and still he managed to work from a boat far away, coordinating 13 people with a thought out plan and a suit he was handling remotely. I mean, this isn’t just about being a hero, this is about holding his head in a time of panic and being a responsible leader who could get a team going. He didn’t think ‘You can’t save everyone’ or ‘Save as many as you can and get them down’. No, he made the plan in a way that every single person was taken into account. And he didn’t do it alone. He made them a team in the span of seconds and delegated. He made each person responsible for every person’s life in that team. He coordinated, trusted them, gave them power to be their own heroes. He didn’t take credit for it as well. He goes on to push the credit to teamwork and leaves with parting words congratulating all of them, for saving their own lives. This was a team player in action, not a superhero. To anyone who thinks that Tony doesn’t know how to be in a team, have a look at this maybe?

Hey look at Tony leading a team of strangers better than Steve leads the Avengers.