Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26687285-20150905125650/@comment-25692211-20171202101040

Honestly, the only problem I had with not killing Rhodey was that every single trailer showed it happening. Regardless of whether he actually died or not, it would have been so much more shocking if they'd completely hidden the implication of casualties, so Rhodes getting shot down by his own teammate would genuinely surprise the audience. But Marvel were just setting themselves up for failure when they basically lied to us that Rhodes would die.

However, I'm still not sure if he should have died. The Russos themselves have pointed out that, if Steve's actions resulted in Rhodey's death, the film might as well have ended there, and there's not a chance in hell that Tony or any of the other Avengers on either side would forgive him for it. It's more likely everyone would just forget the Accords and flat-out side against Steve and Bucky for what happened, especially after Zemo's real plan (which doesn't involve the Super Soldiers, meaning nobody else had to be involved anyway) was revealed.

But TBH, I actually wouldn't mind that now that I think about it. One thing I hated about Civil War was that, mainly because it was Cap's perspective since it was his movie, the movie always seemed to act like he was right and Tony was wrong, and usually on the things that 'I' don't agree with. I gotta be honest, unlike the original comic where I hated both of them, I found myself siding with Tony a lot more than I found myself siding with Steve in this. This may get off-topic, but I just need to get this out there.

Sometimes, the movie seems to forget that Tony is not the one imposing the Accords. He's merely trying to get the Avengers the best break they can without having them all thrown in prison, and it seems Cap's just making an effort to make Tony's efforts meaningless. If Cap had agreed to sign the Accords in the office after Bucky was arrested, Stark would have been able to have Cap and Sam freed, Bucky taken care of properly and let Wanda be released, but Cap refuses to because he says Wanda shouldn't have been confined to begin with because "she's just a kid" (a 28-year old kid, but I know what he means). Uh, Cap... I'm pretty sure the fact that she's "just a kid" is the very reason she should be kept away.

Wanda caused multiple deaths, and she's a social pariah because of it. And here's a fun fact: After the Paris attacks in 2015, hate crimes in Britain against Muslim women (who BTW were just ordinary people minding their own business) rose at an exponential rate. Hell, in the original comic, Human Torch was put in a coma because of the school explosion. What if Wanda went to the store to buy more paprikash ingredients, and someone tried to attack her for Lagos. She could have been killed or, probably even worse, killed the attacker to defend herself, and with her unstable powers probably wiped out everyone in the store. This is even shown earlier when Alfre Woodard's character meets Tony. I'm pretty sure Tony didn't grab her hand because he didn't like seeing photos. That could have been a gun, or a knife, or anything.

So back to my point, I honestly hope that in Infinity War Cap gets a telling off that's just as brutal and honest as the one that Tony will inevitably get, hopefully from Barton, Falcon, or even Bucky (I'd actually love it if it was Barnes doing the rant, since the whole reason this happened was because Steve didn't want to let that part of his life go). I hate that everyone was talking about Tony being egotistical when he was trying to help them, when Steve's whole story in Civil War is just him dragging down everyone on his self-serving mission.

It's not that I don't like Captain America being selfish, it's just I hope they were intentionally trying to make him look selfish, and that they don't just pin all the blame on Stark in Infinity War.