What with the Stark anger??? Do you enjoy the "let's blame Stark"-game?
Stop exaggerating. There is no "Stark anger." Often, he was a very, screwed up character. Even in
Endgame, after his first scene with Steve (leaving the ship), the next has him ranting at Rogers, when he knows he was in the wrong in their previous encounter (referring to the Iron Legion and wanting to murder Bucky).
May I remind you that Tony *and Bruce* ran tests on a beginner's version of Ultron simultaneously with running tests on the Sceptre - and that was it? That somehow that programme then interacted with the Sceptre, took over Jarvis and became Ultron is in no way Tony's fault. And Sokovia isn't, either -
Stark attempted to access the Mind Stone as part of his creation of Ultron and the not above board Iron Legion program that he--answering to no authority--wanted to set loose around the world. He could not know how an alien gem worked, yet he jumped right into using it for his grand plan. There's no getting around that, and as for Wanda, she--at the time of
The Winter Soldier and
Age of Ultron--is not some world-wise character knowing the full consequences of much. She was young, subject to manipulation (by Strucker) and still had much to learn. That's a far different position to be in than the one where a man had been around the block a hundred times and should have been more
accountable with his flights of master planning with the inherently dangerous technology at his fingertips (including an Infinity Stone that was beyond his--and Banner's ability to truly understand it). Its one of the reasons Steve and Thor are upset with him in AoU, and their anger was justified.
I rather find Steve's notion that he knows best, questionable: He puts himself above 117 nations, the UN, and the people he's claiming to protect (in a way that they get no say where the Avengers go, or even whether they're welcome there).
In the case of the Project Insight / Hydra incident, Rogers--once again--was without fault. He--and his allies--saved millions, what would have happened if he failed to act, or waited for some committee to authorize action? That's assuming the U.N. and/or Ross would believe him, and by the time every appeal was submitted, millions would have been executed. Ross (and the other creators of the accords) were talking out of their collective asses in adding that as some example of superpowered vigilantism.
Again with that strange interpretation of "backing up"... he wasn't backing up Ross. He knew that the Accords were coming, 117 nations (incl the US with Sec of State Ross) don't think up the Accords in a second, those were years in coming. Unlike Steve, Tony knew that it was inevitable
If Stark really knew it was inevitable, he would have never considered creating his Ultron/Iron Legion project as that's the exactly the kind of "abuse" of unauthorized power that the accords were designed to curtail.
And please don't start with the Wanda-"imprisonment".
There's no other way to describe it--other than false imprisonment.
If Tony had actually been backing Ross, then he wouldn't have tried to get Steve to agree to a compromise
Where did it go? Confronting Rogers with Black Widow, Vision, Spider-Man, War Machine and an outsider with revenge on his mind (Black Panther) is not an act of compromise.
he wouldn't have broken into the RAFT
Stark did not break into the RAFT, that was Rogers near the end of the film. Earlier, Stark was
visiting and the most "disobedient" thing in that scene was preventing Ross and the others from hearing his conversation with Sam.
As for Wanda, she fought back, but still ended up hurt and imprisoned. So much for the compromise.
Steve didn't have proof of Bucky's innocence, either... but Steve can't and doesn't trust Tony... okay) - but he was wrong about the way to go about saving Bucky.
What were his options? Trust the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which had no interest in listening to Rogers, and assumed Bucky was guilty?
And Steve was completely in the wrong not to tell Tony about the Winter Soldier killing his parents and then expecting Tony to react in any way rationally (would you with the killer of your parents standing right beside you and a supposed friend lying to you?
Even if Stark learned the truth up front, Stark still would have tried to murder Bucky, leading to the same end result.
and even then, Tony pulled his punches. With the repulsors of his suit he could have easily killed both of them right at the start)
Doubtful. Steve was well aware of all of Stark's weaponry and had to be beaten back (by having F.R.I.D.A.Y analyze fight patterns he should have been familiar with by that point in their experiences together) just to gain an edge. As it played out, Bucky was seconds away from destroying Stark's arc reactor, and moments later, Rogers had Stark's life in his hands--but did not kill him. The opposite of Stark, who was willing to kill Rogers & Barnes.
But again, let's agree to disagree.
Okay.
