Thanks! I wanted something for the people who couldn't be in this world to represent the ones Tony is closest too, because they'd definitely be there to help him.

Steve and Tony's relationship in movie verse is so delightfully complicated. I think that's why I end up always writing for it, even when I want to write for the cartoon.

Natasha was not to pleased to be the swan, but I'm glad you were happy with it. She's actually the white swan, because while Tony doesn't trust her, he doesn't actually consider her one of the bad guys. She was pretty surprised by the white color too, not that she'd tell him that.

Thanks again for the comments!