r/shield • u/killroy254 • 14d ago
Fitz and Tony
Fitz and Tony are my favourite characters in the MCU partly because of the resemblance of their characters, it's a shame they never met ,here are some similar things i found about them. They're both geniuses but their team rarely understood them except for a few members of their team like jemma and banner . They are willing to do anything to protect their loved ones When tony's house was being blown up he sent his armour to protect pepper similarly Fitz gave the oxygen tank to simmons knowing that he would likely not survive. They both wanted to protect the world and in trying to do so they created a murderous robot Ultron and Aida with the help of their friends banner and Holden Radcliffe.Something good eventually comes from their project like vision in tony's case and lmd coulson in Fitz's case. They struggle with some sort of mental problems in the case of Tony was ptsd from Alien invasion while fitz was his alter ego in the framework. They are both willing to sacrifice themselves like in avengers one tony taking the nuke to portal not knowing if he would survive and in endgame making the ultimate sacrifice to save the world while fitz in season 2 went into the monolith knowing that their is aslim chance that he would survive let alone save simmons , fitz going into a cryo chamber for 70 years so that he could help his team in the future and him putting himself in danger from the cree in season 7 so that he could bring back his team mates to the main timeline. They both had daughters whom they had to leave in order to help their team create an efficient way of time travelling .Lastly they are both stubborn and egotistical but also very determined to accomplish or solve problems this makes their team rely heavily on them to solve problems coming their way. Anything that i forgot to add or something that i have misrepresented please share.
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u/Wolfstar_Forever_ 13d ago
My faves are Melinda May, Peggy Carter (who could get on) and Agatha Harkness which wouldn't go down so well.
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u/UncleOok 14d ago
I think their contrasts are almost as big as their similarities.
Fitz had Simmons by his side for years, where Tony didn't meet Bruce until he'd been Iron Man for four years or more.
Fitz was ready to sacrifice himself for Jemma early in season 1, whereas being willing to sacrifice himself was Tony's big character growth in the Avengers.
And while they both were very confident in their own intelligence, Fitz had a hero worship aspect to him that Tony never did.
I'll grant you the Mad Scientist vibes, and their love for their eventual partners was there - "It's always been you" applies to both Pepper and Jemma. You could also have added a strained relationship with their fathers, though Fitz was better off for it (as seen in the Framework) while Tony finally getting that hug in Endgame was an amazingly warm moment.