Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26687285-20151126205245/@comment-26687285-20151129000534

Rodangizzardcrusher3 wrote: I think that because of the vision that Scarlet Witch showed him, Tony has become obsessed with protecting the Avengers and not putting them in threatening situations. Because if he agrees with the registration act, he won't have to blame himself if one of them is killed.

But I think the main conflict about this is that Cap and Iron Man want the same thing: Freedom and justice. But today's world order forces them to choose between the two, and if you agree to one you have to disagree with the other.

Tony wants the Avengers to be responsible in what they do, but he's unwilling sacrificing their basic rights, and Cap wants freedom instead of fear, but in doing so he's basically saying the Avengers should get off scot-free for what they do. Well sure, that much is obvious. He even confesses it during the scene between him and Fury, telling him: I'm the man who killed the Avengers and ''I wasn't tricked, i was shown. It wasn't a nightmare, it was my legacy. '' So i understand his motivation for why he'll be backing the SA's in the context of the film.

My point is simply that, by including that one tiny moment of Tony being on the target list in TWS, the Russo brothers have (unwittingly) created one of the biggest elephants in the room for Civil War.

Because now, when the inevitable "Magneto/Xavier" discussion takes place in the film (unless they actually confront Tony with this fact), it's gonna feel a little weird/jarring.

I mean now, when Tony says something like: We have to make sure that none of us becomes a threat, or something like that, someone else can simply counter that logic with: ''Oh, you mean like we tried to do with Project Insight?. Hmm, yeah, if i remember correctly Tony, that wouldn't have turned out so well for you now would it?.''

Now, am i saying they have to reference this fact in the movie?, no, not necessarily. I just think that doing so would make the ideological conflict of the film that much more meaningfull/interesting.