Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers, Peter Parker & Tony Stark Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Peter Parker, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Scott Lang, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Wanda Maximoff, Thaddeus Ross Additional Tags: Meta, War Crimes, Not Tony Stark Friendly, References to Movie: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Legal Drama, Child Trafficking, Anti-Sokovia Accords (Marvel), Canon Compliant with Movie: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Not Civil War Team Iron Man Friendly, References to Movie: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Protective Steve Rogers, Not Thaddeus Ross Friendly, Tony Stark is a War Criminal, Wanda Maximoff Needs a Hug, Legal Analysis, Peter Parker Was A Child Soldier, Geneva Convention Series: Part 5 of MCU Meta Summary:
There is a particular irony at the heart of Captain America: Civil War that the film never quite confronts head-on: the man most vocally championing legal accountability for superheroes is also the man who, in the same film, commits what could credibly be charged as war crimes, child trafficking, and attempted murder of a prisoner of war. This meta sets out to examine Tony Stark's conduct in Civil War through the lens of real international law — specifically the Geneva Conventions and the broader body of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) — as well as applicable domestic statutes. The goal is not to relitigate the tired "whose side are you on" debate, but to hold Tony Stark to exactly the standard he claims to believe in.
"We need to be put in check. Whatever form that takes, I'm game. If we can't accept limitations, we're no better than the bad guys." — Tony Stark, Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Sure, Tony. Let's talk about that.
