After watching "Avenger 4: Final Battle", I always wanted to do an analysis of Tony and Peter's relationship between father and son. So I watched all the previous movies of the two of them in particular. With a sense of sight, I have a deeper understanding of Tony's good intentions towards Peter, and Peter's various words and actions in response.
In "Avenger 4: Final Battle", the spider Peter Parker lost Tony Stark, who was also his father, teacher and friend. After eight months of hard work, he found that he was just like this world, but he still couldn't adapt to this. A world without Iron Man. It’s just that the earth is still turning, and Peter can only find his own position by himself. Just as he was on the list, Peter got Tony’s relics, a pair of glasses that could control Shi’s industrial weapons and intelligence systems, and a paper written by Tony himself. Article, "To the next Tony Stark, I believe you."
From this move we can see that Peter's weight in Tony's heart has long surpassed other Avengers. Although the potential is endless, in terms of ability and qualifications, Spider-Man is still unable to become the heir of Iron Man in the Avengers. So instead of throwing him a responsibility that Peter obviously can't bear, Tony hopes to provide Peter with assistance and tools to let him experience growth on his own, and this is what Tony is more like a kind father than a mentor. .
In addition, I think that Tony, who has never felt his father’s love since he was a child, has become such a great father in "Avengers 4: The Endgame" because he first had the "education" Peter. Although Tony and Peter are not related by blood, the friendship between the two is not lost to the real father and son. But if you want to discuss Tony's role as a "father", you have to start with his mental journey as a son.
Tony was born in a family of arms. His father, Howard Stark, not only founded Shishi Industry, but also a powerful partner of Captain America, and later founded SHIELD. With such a glorious achievement, Howard hopes that his only son, Tony, will be able to come out of blue.
But whether it is from Tony in "Iron Man 2" or through the short father and son in the movie, we find that Howard seldom shows kindness to Tony, and instead is harsh and cold. The lack of paternal love in his growing up also made Tony unable to open his heart to love others, and even subconsciously rejected anything that symbolized Howard. For example, his dislike of Captain America at the beginning was due to Howard's constant praise of Captain since Tony was a child, but he never gave himself a good face. And if you have a father, you must have a son. Howard's bad habit of different expressions was completely inherited from Tony.
For example, in "Captain America 3", when we first introduced BARF Phantom Technology, we saw that the father and son, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, still refused to give each other even before Christmas Eve. Looking at each other, the last conversation between the two fathers and sons broke up unhappy. Perhaps to conceal his inner fragility, Tony began to build walls, first becoming unruly in personality, and then even relying on steel outfits to protect himself, until later he met a little pepper who was willing to accept him. Slowly get better.
The first ice-breaking between the father and son took place in "Iron Man 2." Howard told his son through a pre-recorded video, but although the plot is very moving, I think it was parental education A negative textbook. For the time being, if Tony didn’t see this video, he might never know his father’s true thoughts. From Tony’s expression alone, we could feel that he had a kind and kind father who told him his expectations. How strange!
and compared this plot to "Avengers 4: Endgame". After Tony traveled through time to return to the eve of his birth in 1970, after the heartwarming conversation with the young Howard, we deeply Feeling the change in Tony's heart. But it’s worth mentioning that Tony chose to use the same way he left his last words in "Avenger 4: Final Battle"The way of pre-recording the film made us feel that it was really a good arrangement, because it represented that he finally solved the knot with his father, and also chose to use his father's unique expression as a heritage.
Tony, who has the title of "Heaven's Pride", made the first circuit board at the age of 4, built his own engine at the age of 6, graduated from MIT at the age of 17, and took over history at the age of 21. The position of CEO of the company. Although his father passed away when he was young, he can still feel the expectation of him from all over the world. Not only that, after discovering that his invention has been used to kill innocent people indiscriminately, Tony not only bears the pressure of "Heaven's Prodigy", but also has a sense of guilt that he will never escape. Just as Happy said to Peter in "Heroes Expedition", Tony has actually been very hard over the years, constantly self-doubt, overwhelmed by these responsibilities and problems, even in the eyes of outsiders, he is always invincible and confident. Iron Man, but he was already exhausted, and this was something Tony didn't want to see Peter take on.
Looking back on Peter and Tony’s first encounter in "Civil War of Heroes", to the dispute in "Spider-Man: Heroes Expedition", to the affirmation in "Infinite War", and then to "Avenger 4: Endgame" In the brief reunion of "War", we can always feel Peter's admiration and respect for Tony in his words and deeds. And Peter's biggest fear was never the challenge or enemy in front of him, but the failure to meet Tony's expectations of him. Tony has long regarded Peter as his own, so he doesn’t understand Peter’s feelings. On the one hand, he hopes that Peter can grow up with each challenge, but he is also worried that Peter is too eager to prove himself. He always makes mistakes, so he always encourages him while not forgetting to help him step on the brakes in time.
We can find that Tony, who has gained huge wealth from specializing in weapons production, has always been driven by a strong sense of guilt, so when Tony heard Peter said that he became Spider-Man because "If it happened because he stood by For bad things, the responsibility lies with him." Tony realized that the child's mood was exactly the same as he had been. At this time, Tony was not happy because he found a qualified helper, but was sad because Peter was destined to walk the same way as him. . So when Tony realized that he might die soon, after careful thinking, he made a decision that only a few parents can make, that is, letting the children choose their own way, take their own responsibilities, and live their own lives.
This is why the note left by Tony says: "To the next Tony Stark" instead of "To the next Iron Man"! Because Iron Man's path is destined, but Peter's path should be left to his own decision, and the second half of Tony's last words "I Trust You", in English, this word is also meaningful. Because the word "Trust" is more rare and has an action symbolic meaning, rather than the simple "Believe in" that only stays in the thinking stage, it also means that he has no doubt about choosing Peter.
Although we don’t know the new version of Peter’s previous life, from his love of researching technology and his reaction to Tony for the first time at home, Peter should have always regarded Tony Stark as an idol. Look. When he became Spider-Man, Tony actually came to recruit himself. In addition to making him flattered, his close contact was even more involuntary. It made him regard Tony as an object he wanted to learn and imitate, and he talked to many adolescents. Similarly, Peter always feels that Tony treats himself as a kid, and he never listens to his own thoughts. Even the artificial intelligence system in the spider suit needs a "baby monitoring mode". But when he found that Tony still thinks about and cares about himself, even with trivial matters, he is actually very moved.
In the first conversation between the two, Tony cared about not "what can Spiderman do" most, but "why should Peter Parker be Spiderman". Peter knows that Tony is like a dad, in addition to his own achievements, but alsoIt is about how you feel.
Therefore, in "Avengers 4: Final Battle", we first saw Tony and Pepper have a lovely daughter Morgan, and rejected the plan of time travel. But looking at the photo of him and Peter, he changed his mind because he was going to save his other child, and Tony's last sacrifice was to set an example to tell Peter how to stand up when necessary.
After reading the entire analysis, are you moved by Tony and Peter's father-son relationship? And if it were you, which Marvel character would you most want to be your godfather? Let everyone know by leaving a comment below!
