Aldrich Killian

<p>Why change what I had written when my new edits are actually proving the point over my original one even better than before? Also seriously, removing edits without so much as an explanation is just becoming rude at this point. especially when I've been providing proper reasons and been editing in good faith to try and actually change a contradicting info that Drew Pearce wanted to be very clear about. Yet people would rather keep false information and revert my edits. It's just becoming ridiculous at this point where people are literally removing my edits without so much as a given reason. I'm NOT making edits that are implying that Killian was the Mandarin, isn't that pretty clear at all? If anything this actually helps prove the point that Killian was aware that he only stole the name. </p><p>Drew Pearce (yes the same writer as the recent One-Shot) literally confirmed that Killian wasn't claiming to be the "true alter ego" of the Mandarin and that he just purposely adopted the mantle as his own during IM3. Yes, adopted. Borrowed. Taken. Stolen for himself. Basically he's said that Killian took the "Mandarin" mantle for himself and his plans. And yes he actually refers to the "Mandarin" name as a "mantle" or a title and not an actual name, and it's apparently one that's been used and passed down throughout the ages in the MCU. In this case Killian happened to adopt it as his own for his plans without realizing that there was an original user of the mantle who happens to be the leader of the Ten Rings. I don't get why I needed to explain this when my new edits were clear enough about it all, but hey, if people are willing to revert edits without so much as an explanation or given reason, then I guess this is refreshing huh? </p>

<p>Can I get others to talk about this? I recognize that Uskok is the main Admin of the site, but it's utterly wrong to post misinformation when the director himself claims that Killian is the true alter ego of the Mandarin. I can't stand by and let this misinformation go on, in which Uskok clearly bases his choice of omitting such an information based on a rumor spread by Latino review. </p><p>He and I have been discussing this on his talk page and I'm not sure if he's even reading the links I provided as they clearly point out the facts. Also labeling the events of Iron Man 3 as "Aldrich Killian's Revenge" seems a bit misguided, as Killian's schemes weren't even about exacting revenge on Tony Stark, and more about reviving the War on Terror for his own benefit. I recognize that many of Aldrich Killian's article are based on material I had written on him on various wikis (I recognize that even the Final Battle parts are direct quotes word for word) and I have since been going around changing some of this because I realize that I made a huge mistake when I said that he was out for revenge against Tony back then. </p><p>Can I get other people's opinion on this? This is a link to Uskok's talk page about my discussion with him in which I've provided an official source to back up my claims. Also I'm not trying to be confrontational here (you have my utter respect for running this wiki Uskok), but considering how a lot of stuff here that's been written for Aldrich Killian were literally taken from the stuff I wrote on other wikis, I think it's fair that I can have a bit of say when I think that I made a mistake about how I have written them back then. </p><p>Here's a link on the official article regarding Shane Black's explanation and intentions surrounding Guy Pearce's depiction of the real Mandarin, aka Aldrich Killian. I'll even provide the quote from the article where it explains this: </p><p><i>Kingsley’s true character? A clueless, cowering, dim-witted actor named Trevor.</i> </p><p><i>It’s not that The Mandarin isn’t in the movie — it’s just that he’s not the character you think he is, which leads to one of the most unexpected twists in the mythology of any recent superhero saga. Instead we find out that Guy Pearce’s scientist-entrepreneur Aldrich Killian is the true mastermind, although in the Extremis graphic novel, he is merely a desperate scientist who commits suicide after selling the formula to a domestic terror group.</i> </p><p><i>In Iron Man 3, the character gets to go full on Big Bad. “Ultimately we do give you the Mandarin, the real guy, but it’s Guy Pearce in the end with the big dragon tattooed on his chest,” Black says. “He says, ‘You don’t understand, I’ve been this guy since I was born. I’ve been embodying him in this [actor] that I’ve had proxying for me, but it’s really me.’”</i> </p><p><i>Feige notes that every character in the movies — from Tony Stark to his various villains — has some degree of variation from the comics.</i> </p><p><i>“There was a point where it becomes an extreme change,” Feige acknowledges. “It was nerve wracking.”</i> </p><p>This official article also provides a quote from Kevin Feige, literally saying that <i>"He’s talking about The Mandarin, all right. But it’s Pearce’s Mandarin, and not Kingsley’s."</i> </p><p>Again, I don't get how rumors from Latino Review have more say than an article that was officially released and approved by the creators themselves. It simply doesn't get any more concrete than that. </p><p>Also for a comprehensive read on how and why Aldrich Killian is the Mandarin, this blog provides just that. </p>