lmao can someone pls remind the mcu fandom that tony stark is literally just. an engineer and the Avengers’ self-appointed PR guy? He’s their tech support? He keeps people off their backs because they don’t actually have any kind of….organization whatsoever there’s no chain of command short of “follow steve” there’s no contact info aside from “call someone’s cell phone and hope for the best” they’re a mess their emergency government liaison is a guy who spends most of his time building robot suits into every mode of transportation he can think of so that he doesn’t spontaneously combust out of sheer anxiety
Like, he’s not even the CEO of anything anymore, he’s not an active duty Avenger, he’s not a government official, he’s definitely not influencing the collective wills and opinions of the governments and populations of 117 countries, he’s not influencing the United Nations, he’s not higher in the chain of command than the Secretary of State, he didn’t come up with the Accords, he’s not forcing the Avengers to do anything, he’s literally just trying to cooperate with the United Nations and trying to get the rest of the team to also cooperate with the United Nations in order to stop Bad Shit™ from being done to his team
#CAN WE PLEASE STOP PRETENDING THAT EVERYTHING IS TONY’S FAULT #the blame game is getting real old #why is tony the only character ever held accountable for anything by fandom? #while simultaneously being also the only character CONSTANTLY asking for accountability in the movies? #why is everyone acting like tony is the ONE avenger trying to weasel his way out of taking responsibility for anything? #when he’s the only one constantly taking responsibility for EVERYTHING including things that aren’t his fault #why is tony the only one getting blamed for shit other people are just as responsible for if not more so #oh wait, #i know why, #because he’s the only one in the mcu who actually ADMITS to having fucked up while everyone else busily points fingers at him #when they’re just as guilty #so fandom latches onto his admission of guilt while ignoring the actual facts that see the other characters being just as responsible #I’m getting real tired of the impossible double standards y'all #also can we please stop acting like tony single-handedly convinced the world the avengers are dangerous lawless vigilantes #like he invited a bunch of reporters and world leaders for brunch and gave a presentation on how they should be kept in check #has anyone considered that people maybe don’t trust the avengers because their proclaimed ‘leader’ god’s righteous man #literally doesn’t see the value in listening to the concerns of 117 countries all around the world that aren’t the US #because he thinks he knows best and his condescension is the only way to ‘take responsibility’ #because apparently cooperating with 117 countries asking you to not send a specialised military force over their borders #is just ‘shifting the blame’ #my god that’s so enlightened #but yeah no that can’t be it it’s gotta be tony’s fault for sure [via @ircnfuturist ]