On the whole I do remember thinking that it seemed like What If didn't really like Tony very much and that was something that annoyed me, as Tony is my favorite character
I could definitely see reaching that conclusion -- I noticed Tony kept getting killed off in episode after episode (and maybe part of that was that they didn't have RDJ to do the voice, and wanted to use Tony sparingly, but they didn't have to KILL HIM to have him offscreen, so it did start looking vindictive after a couple of episodes of this trend). Tony is my favorite MCU character, too, but somehow that did not interfere with my enjoyment of What If..., I do actually wonder why... -- I guess I was seeing it as a distinct thing that didn't even necessarily have the same Tony?
me feeling like the show wants me to take his side and yet I can't, which kind of makes it worse.
For me, Killmonger is a similar kind of antagonist as Magneto (movie-verse Magneto in particular) -- I don't feel like the story expects us to think he's right, but I do like it that their motives make sense to them, and I can see how they would plausibly arise given their experiences (I do feel like Magneto has better reasons for his attitude, given what he's lived through, than Killmonger does). But anyway, that's just why he works for me -- that of course doesn't mean he has to work for anyone else.
You are, as always, welcome to go back and read my other reactions. For more controversial opinions like Steve Rogers is the Worst.
Haha, that is a hot take! (I may well go back and read up when I have a chance, at least on the other episodes I had particularly strong opinions about.)
Oh, speaking of things I should do when I have time -- I haven't forgotten about your Sheridan meme prompt from, like, two months ago, I just haven't had time to get back to that one (but I did have a blast filling out the other memes for your other prompts :)
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I could definitely see reaching that conclusion -- I noticed Tony kept getting killed off in episode after episode (and maybe part of that was that they didn't have RDJ to do the voice, and wanted to use Tony sparingly, but they didn't have to KILL HIM to have him offscreen, so it did start looking vindictive after a couple of episodes of this trend). Tony is my favorite MCU character, too, but somehow that did not interfere with my enjoyment of What If..., I do actually wonder why... -- I guess I was seeing it as a distinct thing that didn't even necessarily have the same Tony?
me feeling like the show wants me to take his side and yet I can't, which kind of makes it worse.
For me, Killmonger is a similar kind of antagonist as Magneto (movie-verse Magneto in particular) -- I don't feel like the story expects us to think he's right, but I do like it that their motives make sense to them, and I can see how they would plausibly arise given their experiences (I do feel like Magneto has better reasons for his attitude, given what he's lived through, than Killmonger does). But anyway, that's just why he works for me -- that of course doesn't mean he has to work for anyone else.
You are, as always, welcome to go back and read my other reactions. For more controversial opinions like Steve Rogers is the Worst.
Haha, that is a hot take! (I may well go back and read up when I have a chance, at least on the other episodes I had particularly strong opinions about.)
Oh, speaking of things I should do when I have time -- I haven't forgotten about your Sheridan meme prompt from, like, two months ago, I just haven't had time to get back to that one (but I did have a blast filling out the other memes for your other prompts :)