#he requires stability and therefore can’t have the unstable Marianne as an important part of his life
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Iron Man (1968) #50
#ooh this is super interesting#because Tony really does just almost die all of the time because he’s always having heart attacks#here he’s wondering for the first time what is after death#and why is he always clinging so tightly to life in the first place#his conclusion that there is no place in his ‘fragile life’ for Marianne#is because she had a vision that she would be the cause of his death and so ran away and abandoned him#while he was having a heart attack and she had been helping him get to an electric outlet to recharge#which from his perspective is a pretty serious betrayal#and he’s making the connection between his own precarious life and how he feels his own control over his life#he’s previously talked about how he wants control and he’s afraid of people finding out that he doesn’t have it#as in finding out that he’s dependent on his chest plate to live#now he’s feeling more affirmed in his control#he’s seeing how often he’s nearly died and how he’s always managed to survive as a tribute to his control#and because he sees it as that he both personally values control and relies on it to live#he requires stability and therefore can’t have the unstable Marianne as an important part of his life#he has lots of issues- two issues ago he was drinking too much because of stress and driving recklessly to make himself feel better#but he can’t afford for other people in his life to be having issues#so he has to drop Marianne who he is actually engaged to be married to and isn’t just dating#which is a decision he attributes to both circumstances beyond his control and his feelings by calling it both ‘fate’ and his ‘wish’#marvel#tony stark#marianne rodgers#my posts#comic panels
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