daour
asked:
I'm still trying to swallow the Secret Origin of Tony Stark. One of the reasons why I didn't like it in the beginning was because Tony was one of the Marvel characters with more connections to his father, and he was the most son-of-his-father hero of any universe. But I think that's why the twist works pretty well, the revelation wouldn't have had such impact if... I dunno... Reed Richards was revealed to be adopted...
I don’t really see it as there being much to swallow. People find out that they were adopted every day. And while in some cases, such a revelation might make a huge difference to the character, it doesn’t seem to me to change who Tony Stark is in any material way–it simply gives his background and backstory some additional depth.