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setting aside the comics:
Tony Stark was never the only super-scientist in the MCU. even in Iron Man, it's clear that while he is objectively better than his competitors, there are competitors in the military contracting sphere and he has talented people working for him.
the films establish multiple super-scientists, and it's easily arguable that Hank Pym and Shuri (especially Shuri) are better than Tony, at least in their areas of interest.
when we meet Sam Wilson in The Winter Soldier and at no point later on is it suggested that Tony Stark invented the Falcon wings. i would argue that they weren't Stark tech when the Air Force bought them, because with the extensive montage of Tony designing and trialing the Iron Man suit, wings never come up. (we can argue that he instantly crossed them off because of weight, but if anyone lived by the Rule of Cool, it was the guy who painted his suit like a racecar and wings are cool.)
which gets me to Falcon and the Winter Soldier and some fan assumptions that really bother me. ( spoilers )
Tony Stark was never the only super-scientist in the MCU. even in Iron Man, it's clear that while he is objectively better than his competitors, there are competitors in the military contracting sphere and he has talented people working for him.
the films establish multiple super-scientists, and it's easily arguable that Hank Pym and Shuri (especially Shuri) are better than Tony, at least in their areas of interest.
when we meet Sam Wilson in The Winter Soldier and at no point later on is it suggested that Tony Stark invented the Falcon wings. i would argue that they weren't Stark tech when the Air Force bought them, because with the extensive montage of Tony designing and trialing the Iron Man suit, wings never come up. (we can argue that he instantly crossed them off because of weight, but if anyone lived by the Rule of Cool, it was the guy who painted his suit like a racecar and wings are cool.)
which gets me to Falcon and the Winter Soldier and some fan assumptions that really bother me. ( spoilers )
