By Nupur Kudapkar
Civil War: Captain America, was quite the film. When the Avengers’ operations cause collateral damage, political pressure rises to establish a system of responsibility. Members of the squad are profoundly divided as a result of the new status quo. Captain America thinks that superheroes should be allowed to protect mankind without intervention from the government. Iron Man is adamantly opposed to supervision and supports it.
So, who won the Civil War between Captain America and Iron Man? No one did. Iron Man was attempting to show himself and the rest of the world that he was not the villain. We witness a selfish and self-absorbed billionaire in Iron Man I who is unconcerned about his influence on the planet. When one of his weapons nearly killed him and he saw how much he had affected so many people all across the world, he finally chose to open his eyes and desire to set things right. From Tony’s point of view: the Avengers are heroes with enormous power and though they have typically utilized that power to good purpose, they have also committed grave errors (particularly himself). It is logical that the general public, whom they are ostensibly serving, may be apprehensive about persons wielding such power and being unaccountable to anybody. As a result, they must be held responsible to the public and subject to certain restrictions governing their conduct.
Captain America, on the other hand, was attempting to adjust to his new surroundings when he came across Bucky. He is battling for his life in the Civil War because he does not want to lose Bucky again. What he didn’t consider, however, was the real impact he had on the public when they “saved the day” (i.e., Collateral Damage, the deaths of innocent people, and so on). He also didn’t think about how big of an influence he had on Tony, which made him somewhat selfish because he only cared about what he thought was right. From Steve’s perspective, they are heroes with enormous power and that power can be misused by others for political (or other) purposes, if they agree to the Accords, they may be pushed to interfere in areas they shouldn’t be or prevented from interfering in places where they should be, thus, as a result, the ideal way for the Avengers to function is free of red tape and without having their actions dictated by outside players whose final aims may not be in the public’s best interests.
In Civil War we saw two people fighting for their loved ones, Captain America for Bucky and Iron Man for his parents. In the end, no one won because both perspectives were so different that they were both fighting for what they thought was right.