User blog comment:LoveWaffle/We Didn't See It Coming - Iron Man 3 and the Future of the MCU/@comment-5977347-20130513205536/@comment-1895174-20130525062011

''Yes, but you also said "Crap = Useless", and "it provides some trivia". Therefore, it has a use. Therefore, it's not crap. Lawyered.''

What the heck are you talking about? It's useless for analysis, therefore crap. So what if it provides some trivia? Trivia is by definition useless information.

Characters aren't aliases

I rest my case.

''And the mandarin wasn't just a symbol or a character, it was also a mask. When the mask was taken away, Killian kept the identity. He can do that.''

A mask to cover up his activities, not his identity.

No, but you're assuming Mallen was an influence on the character.

Of course he is. This movie was based on the Extremis storyline. And let's not forget, he breathed fire.

''I thought there were cameras there... Otherwise there wasn't really any point in dangling the President from chains like that. But even if what you're saying is case, which I doubt it would be (considering that the Mandarin would use killing the President whilst inside the Patriot armour to bring home a message), the Patriot amour was still a huge part of the Mandarin's scheme.''

It wasn't part of his scheme. It was part of Killian's. The Mandarin's plan was just to kill the president. Not thought out much further because there is no real Mandarin. Just a character.

''Yes laid out in the film. What's in the film is a brilliant plot twist, revealing Killian to be the Mandarin. He even says it in the freaking film. I think you're just going to have to get over it.''

He says a boast. What's in the film is a Mandarin that's just a character used to cover up his activities. There is no such thing as a "real Mandarin".