Originally posted by Starship Trooper
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This is probably getting a little off topic:
Spoiler:
Actually, there was that other agent in the underground research lab with Selvig and Clint - Loki takes control of him while Fury is trying to make off with the tesseract. That same guy was the one standing by the cage when Loki made his escape from it when the helicarrier was attacked. I don't think we can conjecture that just because you don't see too much of these guys afterwards that it means Loki couldn't maintain a hold over them. Most of that type of thing is purely for film making purposes so you don't have loads of extras in all of your shots with your main characters all the time - the basic workings of the sceptre is all implied from Loki's actions in the beginning and his continued control over main characters like Clint and Selvig who end up needing to be bashed pretty hard in the head to break the control. Loki obviously hadn't experienced a problem with controlling people through the sceptre before since he was so surprised when it didn't affect Tony.
I just don't buy that it's because Tony is ruled by his head and not by his heart. He was the most distraught over Phil, and he was the one who made the sacrifice play in the end. Just because he puts his faith in his own abilities and science doesn't mean he doesn't care. I think the most logical reason is the reactor which is powerful enough on its own to power Tony's suit which can fly with booster rockets, shoot energy weapons, lasers, etc. It's pretty damn powerful that little thing.
I just don't buy that it's because Tony is ruled by his head and not by his heart. He was the most distraught over Phil, and he was the one who made the sacrifice play in the end. Just because he puts his faith in his own abilities and science doesn't mean he doesn't care. I think the most logical reason is the reactor which is powerful enough on its own to power Tony's suit which can fly with booster rockets, shoot energy weapons, lasers, etc. It's pretty damn powerful that little thing.
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