Hi there! I really enjoyed reading your comments, they were very eloquently put :)

And I thought it was a storytelling feat to pull this many characters and movie strands together and not only have a coherent plot, but actually have lots of characters scenes and interactions that made sense for where all these people were coming from. Which means that I enjoyed all the Steve and Tony scenes no matter who they were with, because it felt like the movie did them right.

This. It blew my mind seeing this movie because apparently, ensemble superhero movies could be a good movie. I honestly did not expect it to be this good, having seen Avengers 1&2 and JL. And yes, it didn't even cross my mind to hope for a shared scene between Steve and Tony because I was too excited in following the plot. It was a really good writing.

Plus, the set-up for post-movie fanfic is pretty good and I like that this puts Steve and Tony in a different position from where they were at the end of CW - not via reconciliation yet but via lots of other stuff happening to them and therefore changing where they are at mentally and emotionally.

I agree. This movie is perfect catalyst to speed up the making up process, but in a respectful way. This problem is bigger than their shared ones. And whatever still left unresolved between them would seem much less significant than saving earth and hopefully they would be much more amenable to make up and move on.