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I think the reason people hate Tony Stark so much is because they simply cannot understand what a true redemption arc is. Tony is the embodiment of realizing one’s mistakes and repenting for them for the rest of one’s life. From the moment Tony got hit with the shrapnel in his chest and realized his own ignorance and naivete, he’s dedicated his existence to destroying everything Stark Industries previously represented, more so after Yinsen died to give him a chance at escaping.

Yes, Tony made mistakes. That’s the point. Ignorance is not excusable, even if Stane was the one to do the bad deeds, and he is just as guilty (arguably a bit less than Stane). But he has more than paid for that ignorance. The arc reactor, his plenty near death experiences, his PTSD, anxiety, the near loss of both Pepper and Rhodey — all of that is his punishment (and his own mind which places ten times more guilt on his shoulders than should).

If people can’t move past his mistakes and see him for the hero he is, then that means that they aren’t able to give people second chances and don’t believe people change.

Tony wasn’t a pillar of morality and American patriotism since he came out of the womb like Steve, he had to grow and change and learn from his mistakes to get to the version of himself that he is today. And that is the reason people love him — because, putting his wealth and genius aside, Tony Stark is all of us. He is human, he errs, he grows and betters himself. Tony Stark is the hero all of us can be the minute we stop living in ignorance and work towards changing our ways.

It’s quite fitting, since the MCU as a whole is all about second chances. I can’t find one hero who wasn’t given a second chance in his life.

• Tony Stark’s second chance was discussed in detail already, so I won’t repeat it here.
• Steve Rogers, a sickly, stick-thin man about as fit to become a soldier as I am to break the laws of thermodynamics, was denied just about every time he tried to enlist to the army. Yet he was given a second chance to enlist by Dr. Erskine solely because of his noble mind and became Captain America, the greatest soldier of all, and the first Avenger.
• Bruce Banner exiled himself from the world because of the fear it harbored towards Hulk, and the utter destruction he caused whenever the Hulk was unleashed. But SHIELD found him and gave him a second chance, allowing Bruce to find a new family in the Avengers – and allowing the Hulk to finally become a hero, not a monster.
• Thor was an arrogant, warmongering prince, and he was stripped of his power and exiled to Midgard for almost starting a war anew. But he learned from his experiences there, so Odin gave him a second chance and restored his powers, allowing Thor to become the mightiest Avenger of all.
• Natasha Romanoff was a remorseless Russian spy trained from adolescence to be a human weapon. But Clint Barton saw the good in her and gave her a second chance to use her abilities for good, and she proved herself by becoming an agent of SHIELD, and then an Avenger – a hero.
• Clint Barton was forcibly brainwashed by Loki and made to help his enemy. Anyone else would have considered him a lost cause and killed him on the spot if they had the chance during the Helicarrier attack. But Natasha didn’t think he was beyond saving, and rescued him from Loki’s clutches. Steve also trusted him enough to take him to the field right after a traumatic incident that would be enough reason to bench an agent permanently – and Clint delivered.
• Sam Wilson was retired for years after his wingman was shot down before his eyes. His tenure as the Falcon would have been forgotten – even by himself – had Steve not found a kind spirit in the man and came to him in his time of need, giving him a second chance to be a hero. But Steve did, and Sam returned to duty as an Avenger.
• Bucky Barnes was brainwashed and used as a HYDRA assassin for almost a century. Any other soldier would have gladly taken the chance to kill him, but Steve believed that his friend was still inside the Soldier. He held onto that little bit of Bucky and gave him a second chance to clean his tarnished name, and Bucky Barnes broke free from his conditioning to become a hero once again.
• Wanda Maximoff, along with her brother, enlisted willingly for HYDRA’s experiments and operated as a HYDRA agent for a while, and then went on to become Ultron’s little sidekick. The Avengers had no reason to trust her after she’d shown them some very traumatic hallucinations and set the Hulk loose on Johannesburg. Yet Clint saw the good in her, and gave her a second chance by convincing her to join the Avengers. She agreed, and she became a hero to change the world for the better.
• Vision was born from a second chance. After the Ultron incident, nobody trusted Tony when he said he would build another artificial life-form. But Tony gave himself a second chance to set things right (as did Thor, when he intervened to bring Vision to life), and a new Avenger powerful in body amd worthy in spirit was created.
• Scott Lang is unique in that he had two second chances. Scott in the first film was a literal ex-convict just out of jail, and his ex-wife and her new husband didn’t want him to see his daughter Cassie again. Yet Hank Pym saw a possibility of good within the man and gave him a second chance; to quote him verbatim, “to earn that look in your daughter’s eyes, to become the hero that she already thinks you are”. So Scott rose to the challenge, and made it. Even after he was imprisoned again after the Civil War, his family never gave up on him. They gave him a second chance to be the good dad Cassie deserved, as well as the hero the world needed. And this time also, Scott succeeded.
• Peter Parker endangered a ferry full of civilians because of his reckless desire to prove himself, prompting Tony to confiscate his suit. Yet Peter, while taking his lesson to heart, didn’t give up on heroism and brought down the Vulture, so Tony gave him a second chance at being the friendly neighborhood hero New York needed by returning the suit. So Spider-Man was reborn, as a more responsible hero who could fight alongside his mentor for the safety of the universe.
• The Guardians of the Galaxy weren’t even a team in the beginning, just a group of ragtag criminals imprisoned in the same facility – a ‘legendary outlaw’[sic], Thanos’ adoptive daughter, a violent bully, a raccoon with anger issues, and a tree. Their first action as a group was to literally stage a prison break. But they turned over a new leaf and saved Xandar from Ronan, so the Nova Corps gave them a second chance by erasing all their criminal records. So the Guardians became heroes, and soon they would end up saving the universe once more.
• Doctor Strange was an arrogant surgeon, but lost control of his hands after a car accident (coincidentally, much like Thor). He travelled to Kamar-Taj just to fix his hands, but got much more than he bargained for – the Ancient One, despite Strange’s aloofness and arrogance, saw fit to train him as a wizard and gave him a second chance. Her trust was well-placed, as Strange soon rose to become the Master of the Mystic Arts, and defender of our dimension.
• Loki spent the larger part of his appearances as a villain, and even operated as Thanos’ direct lackey in the invasion of New York. His brother Thor, however, never truly gave up on him and tried his best to give him a second chance. After a long line of events, Loki finally came around and teamed up with Thor to fight against Hela and save Asgard, also coming to terms with his brother. It was sad that his stint as a hero was so short-lived, but it was still worth it.

The MCU as a series is built on second chances. To hate only one while accepting the others is nothing but hypocrisy.

You, dear sir/madam are the only bitch I fucks with on this hellsite