User blog comment:Artemis Thorson/Upcoming Projects/@comment-9803708-20150514222758/@comment-5589924-20150514224528

I was originally going to make Derrek Gibbons the Flash, then I decided on making Rip Hunter the Flash before finally meshing Hunter and Wells into one character.

I've been thinking and I'll probably use Simon Williams as the modern Captain America. I considered using Fred Dukes as the Hulk, but I probably won't end up doing that. I know that mutants won't exist in this world and neither will the Fantastic Four, but a few characters will be taken here and there and reimagined as Avengers. No idea who I'll use for Spider-Man, I've considered both Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn but those both seem too obvious.

As for Tony, I actually do. After being abused and tortured by the Ten Rings, he used the armor as a type of shield to protect himself, (psychologically of course, since he was messed up in the head after the torture), but since his armors were destroyed so easily in battle it was making him feel like he was still as fragile as he was before. But by creating the Hulkbuster armor he feels much more guarded and protected, which helps improve his mental condition.