Reminder: about 10 minutes before this, Tony made a joke (at Bucky’s expense, that was a reference he probably wouldn’t have gotten anyway) about Bucky being a brainwashed soldier-slave-murderbot when he called him “Manchurian Candidate”. Tony and Bucky have no relationship or rapport prior to this- but Tony does it anyway, making light of Bucky’s worst experiences despite being a stranger who hasn’t earned his trust….
He makes 70 years of torture, brainwashing, and being forced to murder, into a fucking joke- until he finds out that one of those murders affects him personally. (And yeah, Bucky killed both Howard and Maria, but don’t for one second think Tony is as upset about his father’s death as he is his mother’s. Only one of these deaths actually matters to him.)
And now, he thinks he’s justified in murdering Bucky without the bother and expense of due process.
Read that again, if you’re still on Tony’s side.
Tony acknowledges that he’s aware Bucky was brainwashed and forced to kill for others with his “Manchurian Candidate” crack- but when Bucky’s past actions suddenly affect him personally, he chooses to ignore that information and unilaterally decides Bucky needs to pay for this transgression with his life, and that he himself is justified in killing Bucky.
Tony behaves like a fucking child throwing a temper tantrum, only he’s got a nuclear-powered suit with missiles that can fly out of his hands, and no responsible adult to get his finger off the trigger.
All while completely ignoring his own culpability.
Yeah. Because remember how the plot of this movie started?
It started because a mother told Tony she held him personally responsible for the death of her child, and now Tony had a name and a face to describe one of the people killed in Sokovia. Where they fought Ultron, who was both his creation and his original idea. That most of the other Avengers had warned him was a shitty idea, and would end up costing lives, but felt like he was smarter than everyone else… so he did it anyway.
And when thousands died, he decided not to look at it. Until one mother shows him one picture. Then he was all “we need to take responsibility”, as if the rest of the team was being cavalier about it. He never actually takes personal responsibility for Ultron… and certainly not the way he tries to make Bucky take responsibility.
“I don’t care, he killed my mom.”
Tony says this like it’s a valid excuse to murder Bucky.
How many moms did Ultron kill? Look at Zemo- the reason he blew up the UN, killed T’Chaka, did everything else… was specifically because Ultron killed his wife (the mother of his child), and his child.
Tony obviously doesn’t believe that “if someone kills your mom, murdering them is legal, allowed, emotionally understandable, and forgivable”… unless it’s him. Unless it’s his mom. He’s allowed to murder if you hurt his feelings enough.
There is an Avenger who needs a safety valve, but it’s sure as fuck not Steve Rogers.
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