CASSIE GIVES HIM HER THOUGHTS. It's kinda a lot easier now than when she had to skip school in order to wait for an appointment to see him, before she joined the YA. Or breaking into the Mansion. >.> she likes that. She used to like it when he could just drop in on their house, unannounced, or she could bump into him in the hallways of the Mansion on her one weekend a month. Because she can fight him, and she can disagree with him, and she can act against his advice, but he's family, and she loves him. And does respect him.
She'll be heartbroken when she realizes he's drinking again. But she doesn't do giving up, so.
Damian on Tony: careful respect for his engineering abilities. Maybe. He's far less certain about his judgment or about his superheroing or about his choices, but then, it's Damian. He judges everybody. At least he hasn't dismissed him, so, there is that. (He does like him better than MCU Tony.) (At least until he finds out he's destroyed some of Kyle's stuff.)
Bucky on Tony: he knows he's not his Steve's teammate, but he can see them working together. And that's a big plus in Bucky's book. Besides, he probably got along with Howard pretty damn well, whenever they were around each other and with time to waste - and, as we have seen, he can see Tony as Howard's son just fine. And not necessarily only in the bad ways. So that's linking him to two friends.
In all, between all the bumps, Bucky's taken on a slightly more passive role than he should/usually would. Compounded by the fact that, now that they've gotten a good look at what Malicant can do, he pretty much doesn't think he can do much against it, and that's crushing. So he's mostly keeping an eye on things, and trying to help with manual stuff so he can free up the people who can think better so they can come up with solutions. (And he basically considers himself cannon fodder, but, hey, he started out knowing/believing he was dead, so how's that any worse?)
That obviously affects how he acts in relation to Tony. If he's needed, he'll come; he'll try not to get in his feet too much, however.
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She'll be heartbroken when she realizes he's drinking again. But she doesn't do giving up, so.
Damian on Tony: careful respect for his engineering abilities. Maybe. He's far less certain about his judgment or about his superheroing or about his choices, but then, it's Damian. He judges everybody. At least he hasn't dismissed him, so, there is that. (He does like him better than MCU Tony.) (At least until he finds out he's destroyed some of Kyle's stuff.)
Bucky on Tony: he knows he's not his Steve's teammate, but he can see them working together. And that's a big plus in Bucky's book. Besides, he probably got along with Howard pretty damn well, whenever they were around each other and with time to waste - and, as we have seen, he can see Tony as Howard's son just fine. And not necessarily only in the bad ways. So that's linking him to two friends.
In all, between all the bumps, Bucky's taken on a slightly more passive role than he should/usually would. Compounded by the fact that, now that they've gotten a good look at what Malicant can do, he pretty much doesn't think he can do much against it, and that's crushing. So he's mostly keeping an eye on things, and trying to help with manual stuff so he can free up the people who can think better so they can come up with solutions. (And he basically considers himself cannon fodder, but, hey, he started out knowing/believing he was dead, so how's that any worse?)
That obviously affects how he acts in relation to Tony. If he's needed, he'll come; he'll try not to get in his feet too much, however.