Inverted Tony is arrogant, that's the thing. That's why he would think he could take on the Cabal on his own, then tell his would-be rescuers that they should effectively be praising him. Definitely inverted.
Right, but that's an incredibly loose interpretation. You could argue that inverted Tony has no interest in improving the lives of others, but he released Extremis 3.0. The thing that connects the actions is that neither action was about "helping" anyone. It's that he stands to gain from the action. In the case of the Cabal, he's also arrogant enough to believe that he can do it on his own.
Read the Uncanny Avengers story where it happened. It's not like the enchantment was Thor's creation (it was in Odin's library, so probably either his or one that he'd acquired somewhere), he just used it without permission.
Now, it doesn't make sense that Odin himself didn't use the axe or the enchantment against the Fourth Host, I'll give you that.
It's a good issue, but it's high octane by being in constant movement. The turmoil is so intense that we are not clearly given where the Red Skull is being kept. I wonder why Loki and the Enchantress bring the fight to Thor? Is it merely to distract Thor from murdering everyone, because nobody seems to get harmed in this, and it's only Lokis perception that Thor is dangerous. Enchantress is already anticipating reverting back to her evil self, and tells Loki so, to which Loki is even more turned on. Certainly, the Absorbing Mans attack on Apocalypse seems unsettling, because it comes against Thors Attack on Apoc, after Creel just set upon Thor a moment before.
The deliverance of Magneto and Quicksilver by Doom, who made a deal with a devil to return Brother Voodoo and Daniel, was out of left field, to my mind, but it looks like Doom has realised that he needs Wanda again to undo the spell those two, Doom and Wanda, did to create this madness. So we may get a mixture of Doom/Wanda, and, Charles/Red Skull attempting reversal at the same time, and something altogether different coming to pass. It will be an interesting conclusion, at the wild pace it is running at at present.
There seems to be an impasse at work in all these battles, in that no body is actually smashed to death yet, so I suspect some holding back is involved in the equation.
It would be nice if we see a flashback to Jarvis removing the Skull from Avengers Tower, before Sam Wilson can get his hands on him. Jarvis seems to have more ethics than the uninverted Avengers, and seems the only voice of reason through this whole thing. Since the Heroic Age, the Avengers have either been manipulated, or, have lost their way, and attacked their fellow heroes consistently, (see Wonderman, Fantastic Four, Superior Spiderman, Iron Man), and I think Jarvis has remained aloof from all this process.
Last edited by jackolover; 12-21-2014 at 02:44 AM.