>>214064610
Just think about it from this perspective. How do we endear this new hero to our audience? Oh, I KNOW, have her mock the old hero and his struggles.

In Ironheart, Riri says on multiple occasions in the first episode that Tony Stark was just a privileged billionaire. Hang on a second, Tony got blown up, had a machine hooked up to his chest and had to work in a cave whilst a hostage to build his OG Iron Man suit. Why not have Ironheart appeal to her hero Tony Stark? Nope, got to denigrate and belittle what came before I guess.