The Sokovia Accords: Tony Stark · 2:24am Jul 11th, 2020
During these difficult and divisive times, the staff of Dan Vs. The Magic of Friendship would like to present a three-part series on the Sokovia Accords and responsibility in our ever-changing world. Enjoy.
And now, Mr. Tony Stark:
So. Let's get the obvious out of the way first: I am Iron Man, I am Tony Stark, I'm not role-model material in any way shape or form, and for some reason, I'm doing a lecture about it. I'm probably one of the last people that should be giving a lecture about it. The Avengers, either old school or next generation, whichever ones you pick, also not ideal. Despite our 'skills' and undeniable talents, we're all very flawed individuals. Even Vision, Banner, Thor, especially Cap. And yet, each one of them is more of a role model than I am.
So... what I'm trying to say is, this isn't the best situation for anybody. And that happens. It keeps happening; we keep finding ourselves in less-than ideal circumstances all the time. Nine times out of ten, you're not going to know what happens next, no matter how much you plan or think things through. I mean, look at me. Half the stuff I did as an Avenger threatened the world WAAAAYYY more than when I was just a billionaire CEO, flying around the world and banging supermodels.
So... okay, enough of that. This is about responsibility. The Accords were important. Regardless of what Cap says, regardless of what Rhody did immediately after signing with Ross, the Sokovia Accords are still important. And I get what Cap was trying to say- the good guys don't always play by the rules. Sometimes, we're going to have to step on some toes. The Avengers were never about obeying the law one-hundred percent of the time, making nice, especially when the whole planet is in danger. But when we do break the rules, we don't do it without remorse. We do it to protect what those rules represent. What matters most: people.
"Enhanced individuals" - sounds like such a pointless word. The Avengers are superheroes. A bodybuilder who juices up a little too much in the off-season or a woman who decides she'd rather wear personally-tailored bras the rest of her life, that's an "enhanced individual." A man turns green and rips a building in half, shoots lasers from his head, his hand or a giant ancient hammer, that's more than just an "enhanced individual." I talk the way I do because I'm always, ALWAYS taking notes- geniuses do that, you may wan to know. Bit off-topic, but the Avengers are superheroes. And it's not going to end with them.
Before the Accords, the things we did hurt people. Even as we tried to save them, there was still collateral damage. And I don't like that term, either- they're peoples' lives. Homes. Places of business. Children. Families. Entire families died because we either weren't fast enough, weren't strong enough, couldn't account for every falling building or piece of rubble, we couldn't save everyone. The Sokovia Accords are necessary because they account for those people. Because like the Avengers, there will be more of them.
We have to take responsibility. We're not going to stop being heroes because then more people die. We have to take some amount of responsibility for when we fuck up, though. The Sokovia Accords does that. So Cap was wrong- it's not about shifting the blame around. It's about taking responsibility for when someone dies because of us. So that nobody has to video tape their own son's death, or their family vacation becomes a court record, or the first time they saw the Avengers in action was also the last time anyone cared about them.
The Avengers have always been about doing the right thing for those that can't. Being Earth's mightiest heroes when they need it the most. The Avengers fight for those that can't, the Sokovia Accords speak for those that can't. They give a voice to everyone who has had to be silent, or was silent because we "saved the world." We didn't save everybody. The Sokovia Accords makes it so we don't forget that. It's their avenging.
Hot damn.
Mama Mia.
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Stay tuned for part 2!
Tony Stark took notes from The Incredibles?
I always figured Iron Man had the right of it in the civil war.
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It's not as black-and-white as it seems. Just posted Cap's interpretation. He gets a bit more heated but nobody's perfect.
IMO, before having read Caps side, This would've avoided the whole Civil War.