That’s the thing. It’s not about the superheroes. It’s about everyone else. It’s about the people of Lagos wanting justice because a group of Americans went into their home and blew up their people. It’s about the police officers who were trying to do their job and were thrown onto the main road by Steve Rogers because of it. It’s about every single non-powered individual, looking at the ones in power and going ‘I don’t feel safe around you’.
And if I had actual superpowers, I sure as hell would not be okay with finding out that’s what my community thought when they saw me.
Because that is what Civil War was about in the mcu. It was 117 countries coming together and voting that they needed these superheroes to be controlled, so they didn’t just run riot everywhere and put people at risk, even if it was well-intentioned. And whether the argument they made was right or not, you cannot deny that Steve and Team Cap all decided that they knew better than all those 117 countries. They all decided to put themselves above the democratic vote and go ahead with their own agendas anyway. If I was a normal individual, watching those powered individuals do that??? Say a big ‘fuck you’ to my vote that asked them to be put in check????
I’d be fucking terrified. That’s what I’d goddamn be.
So yeah. If I were the superhero. I probably wouldn’t be happy about the UN deciding what I can and can’t do, you’re right (and that’s why Tony was saying they could be changed & amended, fixed so they fit better for everyone). But if I were the goddamn civilian?? Which is what 99% of the rest of the world was? Then I would be living in the fear that these ‘heroes’ who didn’t listen to the law would come and ruin my life whilst trying to save someone elses one day.
And That’s why I think that Iron Man was right.
