10 Years of MCU Week 5 Discussion: Avengers: Infinity War (SPOILER ZONE)

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It's the 5th week of our Cap-Ironman 10 Years of MCU celebrations and it is here: Avengers: Infinity War.

In this post everyone is invited to share their reactions and thoughts! Have you seen it yet? What did you think? How many feels do you need to share?

This post is of course an ALL-PURPOSE SPOILER ZONE. If you haven't seen the movie yet, be aware that this is not a spoiler free discussion. Beyond this post everyone please keep our Spoiler Policy for Avengers: Infinity War in mind.

Comments

[navaan]

Same. I had an unexpectedly good time for a movie that didn't give me the reunion I'd hoped for. I do hope Avengers 4 is THE Steve/Tony movie though. IT BETTER BE.

Two moments that made me squealed right there at the theater:
When Steve said earth just lost its strongest defender, I assumed he meant Tony???? Bc it was scenes after the anchor scene that mentioned Tony Stark missing???
When Steve said ‘home’ after Sam? asked where to head the quinjet. AND THEY WENT TO COMPOUND AW STEEEVE I was so worried that they were going to Wakanda.

SAME!!! And when after all his "the Avengers mean more to you than me" speeches in CW him "going home" there WAS SO GOOD!! And then it was actually the compound! I'm still so glad about that.

I also still love that Tony, while he never gets to make that call, CARRIED the phone around.

My husband laughed at me for squealing at all of these.

I loved the Rhodey and Sam bits, too!!!

What happened was totally what Strange saw on that one scenario that they won though. That schemer.

With his words at the end, that HAS to be it. We better get Tony and the gauntlet next time and Strange having protected him, because THAT IS THE scenario that saves them next time. *wibbles*

I had my worried about Thanos, but I agree. He was a good villain.

And after credit's scene! Carol! GIVE ME!

[ireallyshouldbedrawing]

SAME!!! And when after all his "the Avengers mean more to you than me" speeches in CW him "going home" there WAS SO GOOD!! And then it was actually the compound! I'm still so glad about that.

IMAGINE in the last two years Steve pining for the compound and its residents. Steve feeling homesick for something from post-ice is just such a wonderful thing. I know in AoU he said he was home, but the way it was executed/shot, it was like he was just saying it in front of Tony. It made me so happy that he actually meant it.

I also still love that Tony, while he never gets to make that call, CARRIED the phone around.

OMG YES. Even when he was jogging? I think? he carried it. And had been for two years. And that conflicted reaction when Bruce asked him to make a call? Gold. I can't believe there were great Stevetony moments and they didn't even share a scene.

[navaan]

Steve pining away in the MCU is my absolute favorite headcanon. XD I can just imagine that he needed to be all like "this isn't my home" and leave to REALIZE that he actually had found something that WAS his home and had turned his back to it. I always thought that in AoU he comes across like someone who is accepting that he won't be happy in the way he wanted to be, so him saying home then is more saying "my place is being Captain America" - and then he gives that up and now he finally means it because maybe he can allow himself to admit that he wants things? Idk. I love the complicated mess he is.

OMG YES. Even when he was jogging? I think? he carried it. And had been for two years. And that conflicted reaction when Bruce asked him to make a call? Gold. I can't believe there were great Stevetony moments and they didn't even share a scene.

Hehe. Right! And it is CHARGED and ready and it's obvious that he has flipped it open a thousand times and stared at it. That is pure gold.

[ireallyshouldbedrawing]

Steve pining away in the MCU is my absolute favorite headcanon.

THIS. OMG SO MUCH THIS. I wholeheartedly agree that Steve's the one who's pining in the MCU and it makes all their past interactions make so much more sense.

And it is CHARGED and ready and it's obvious that he has flipped it open a thousand times and stared at it.

I can imagine he ranted about where on earth could he get an ancient charger for the frickin flip phone. Rogers was such a dinosaur etc etc
I wonder if he set up a protocol with Friday to make a call to Steve in case of the end of the world because Tony's a fan of back up plans but he carried the flip phone with him anyway because it was a small comfort knowing that Steve would come if he called. And he would hate himself for that. I like pain.

[navaan]

Yes, he probably built something to make it easier to charge "the stupid thing" and grumbled about it while he did it. XD

I can totally imagine that he would take comfort from carrying the thing around - not that he would EVER admit it.

[sheron]

Steve pining away in the MCU is my absolute favorite headcanon. XD

OMG this. I mean, the news about Tony & Pepper must be all over the tv so he knows about it and he's just piiiiining. :D I love that to bits.

And also the part that Tony had an unanswered message on that phone (someone grabbed a screenshot) which means that Steve tried to reach Tony again!

[baka_yu]

I might be wrong, but I think this just is the saved contact, not a missed call. Though I'd like it to be different too. ;)

[sheron]

Well the presence of an unopened text message at the top means someone texted Tony and he hasn't read it. It could be spam for all we know! But... I think it's A+ trolling by Marvel and we're certainly going to read meaning into it, right???? :-)

[baka_yu]

Oh yeah! And for sure ;)