Tony Starks dying message to his lover is literally a step by step guide on how to deliver the best message you possibly can to a person who needs to live on beyond your death.
First, he starts off by referencing an inside joke (miss Potts), something only they share. Intimacy inside a joke, something tony is so well known for.
Then making sure she doesn’t wallow. His dying wish is that she doesn’t wallow in guilt. The one message he hopes she takes from him is the answer to the largest obstacle when dealing with grief. Don’t feel bad. It had to happen.
Then. Then he signs off. With the most poetic statement of devotion we’ve had in the mcu. Just, you are loved. You are the only one. Through everything it’s only been you.
“When I drift off, I will dream about you. It’s always you.”
Tony saying things succinctly has been one of the absolute best characterizations for him in any universe. He has always been able to say so much with so little and this is no exception.
I also love the connotation of I will dream about you. It isn’t sad. Well, it is, but the image is pleasant. Behind my closed eyes, you’re all I’ll see and that’s more than enough for me.
