User blog:Harry.taylor.9085/Pure Evil Removal- Obadiah Stane (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Obadiah Stane is the main antagonist of Iron Man, his personality is initially shown as charming and fatherly towards Tony Stark, but in reality he is extremely vain, selfish and treacherous. Stane worked as the co-leader Of Stark industries, where the worlds best weapons were made, Stane is from Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU has rather high heinous standards and there are already several villains far worse than he is in this work, such as Ego, Ronan the Accuser, Red Skull, Hela, Malekith, Daniel Whitehall and John Garrett.

Now, I believe there is a lot in the film that shows that the character is not pure evil, for one, it is shown that he does not want to kill Pepper Potts and he genuinely respects her. ‘Shame you had to bring Pepper into this. I would have preferred she live’, this line is said with genuine regret, yes he does attempt to kill her, but it’s clear he doesn’t want to. Also in a deleted scene which has been deemed as cannon, Obadiah says this- ‘Gentlemen, what is at stake here? I want you to think about this. Civilization has been preserved because the right people have had the right idea at the right time! This technology, it comes along once in a generation, and it's a gift that has been put in our hands. And why is that? It's because we have a vision, a vision for the future of this company, of this nation, of the world order! Because, make no mistake, this tool that you are creating in the wrong hands would end civilization as we know’, this, coupled with the fact he’s just killed the group of terrorists who had failed to kill Stark and were using his weapons shows that whilst he cares about the people in his country, aside from the few in the way of his goals, yes he did sell weapons to terrorists and probably does not care what happens in other countries, but it is shown he cares about his own country. About the final scene at the end where he threatens civilians, it’s said by Pepper that he has gone mad. Even if some of these statements can be disproved, I still think he is no where near as heinous as other MCU villains who wanted to wipe out all life on a planet (Ronan, Ego, Red Skull, Malekith, Hela). What do you all think, keep or remove.