I am back and crepe-ified. Which is far more pleasant and less close to be crapified than it sounds.

Yeah, the idea of Rhodey objecting to being a crutch is fascinating -- he doesn't mind being one in the physical sense of the word, as we can see when he comes down the back of the airplane, but you can read when he backs away from Tones at the hangar as Rhodey objecting to be the emotional crutch. And.

I really do like this angle on it. And the idea that they always need to have a Thing to Not Talk About.