Random Thoughts on Methos & Tony

[ithildin]

Pondering the dynamics for fic, and reading all the awesome discussion going on at amonitrate's. So some random thoughts, sort of 'thinking out loud'.

I think Tony is Charlotte's Byron. Obviously it's not totally analogous, but I think there are some definite similarities between her relationship with Tony and Methos' with Byron. Tony is called 'the De Vinci of our age'. He's a 'rock star' even before he becomes Iron Man. A genius with questionable morals. Despite his failings, the people who love him do so despite his shortcomings.

I think Methos will realize that Tony reminds Charlotte of Jack Sparrow, her late husband. I think there are similarities between the two characters, don't know about anyone else [g]

Being close to Tony paints a big target on the backs of people close to him now he's publicly known as Iron Man.

Methos would have been happier with the old Tony, not the new one with a mission to save the world. Men like that get people killed, and he doesn't want Charlotte to be one of those people.

Tony and Methos. Two incredibly strong personalities, intelligent, don't always play well with others or share well. And the snark... Gah!

Comments

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

[nods] I'm sure one of his arguments is going to be the very public aspect of what she's planning, and yet, he didn't seem to have any objections to Byron's very public profile. And we know Claudia Jardine is quite famous as well. So it's not unusual for immies to have public profiles in the modern world. But I think it's something of a case of 'do as I say, not as I do' [g] It's always different when it hits close to home.

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

:)

>yet, he didn't seem to have any objections to Byron's very public profile.
my Methos muse says,
"Number one - yes, he was incredably charismatic; that didn't make Byron any less of an idiot. Number two - Byron should be an object lesson in What Not To Do."

actually, he had several objections to Byron..."you're not listening, I don't want a tombstone" being one of them.

but yeah, "not as I do" indeed.

and of course its different when it hits close to home - he likes Charlotte a lot more than he liked Byron, for one thing.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

But those objections weren't about his being famous. They were about everything else [g]