![]() ![]() Avengers: Age of Ultron serves as a significant pivot point for Tony, as he begins the complicated process of grappling with his own past actions in the hopes of finally doing the right thing. Tony Stark has one of the most impressive and well-tuned character arcs in the MCU to date, evolving from a selfish weapons industrialist into a hero who sacrificed himself for the survival of the entire universe. ![]() In many ways, it was Tony who broke up the Avengers, making Earth incredibly vulnerable to Thanos' attack. After Thanos' Decimation, Tony angrily confronts Steve saying, " Guess what, Cap? We lost and you weren't there." Considering that Steve extended something of an olive branch to Tony at the end of Captain: America Civil War - giving him a cell phone and a letter telling him to call when he needed - the line reads a bit like projection on Tony's part. His overwhelming guilt leads to his immediate acceptance of the Sokovia Accords in Captain America: Civil War, leading to a rift within the team that will prove crippling when Thanos finally decides to collect the Infinity Stones. Though intended to prevent Wanda's illusion from becoming reality, Tony's creation of a peace-bringing A.I. backfires disastrously, leaving him feeling responsible for the destruction of Sokovia. ![]()
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