#silly me analyzing an mcu movie no one thinks critically when they watch those

[acesstark]

out of all the shitty captain america: civil war, who was right / who was wrong, team cap vs team iron man, winter soldier killing Tony’s parents crap that continues to resurface in this fandom, my least favorite discourse is whether or not Steve was wrong for kicking Tony’s ass in that scene towards the end.

I hate it so much because, no matter what side they take, no one seems to comprehend the fact that Tony was never actually going to kill Bucky. His suit has ever possible laser and bomb and rocket in it, and he had about four different clear shots to take that he didn’t.

He’d literally just taken down an entire concrete wall with complete ease, you think that couldn’t have killed someone??? He could’ve shot Bucky down on the ladder, because even if it didn’t hit him directly, the explosion itself would’ve done damage. He had Bucky in a headlock, could’ve killed him then. After Tony blew his arm off, both Bucky and Steve were on the ground and there was no fighting going on, he could’ve done it then.

Maybe I’m thinking about this too logically, but if Tony actually wanted to kill him, he would’ve done it.

Shitty movie discourse aside, I’ve never seen a single person acknowledge that before.