someone, pre-cacw: wow i can’t believe they’re making stark Suddenly Care about accountability. that’s so ridiculous and out of character and there’s been zero indication of that in canon

me, in a monotone: “And I saw that I had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero accountability. I had my eyes opened. I came to realize that I had more to offer this world than just making things that blow up. And that is why, effective immediately, I am shutting down the weapons manufacturing division of Stark International”

someone, pre-infinity war: wow i can’t believe they’re making stark Suddenly Concerned about an alien invasion. that’s so ridiculous and out of character and there’s been zero indication of that in canon

me, in a monotone, now physically on fire: “A hostile alien army came charging through a hole in space. We’re standing 300 feet below it. We’re the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the live-long day, but that up there? That’s the endgame. How were you guys planning on beating that?”