Whose Side Are You On: Marvel Civil War

[Free Bird]

Anti all the way.

[Mr. Smith]

Pro easily

[Antonio the Sixth]

I have no idea what this is about.

[Free Bird]

I have no idea what this is about.

It's a Murrican thing

[Lief 🗽]

Pro-registration (normal). And if they don't like it, throw them in internment camps.

[RI]

Pro is the only rational choice to make when confronted by beings who could easily wipe out the entire planet.

[Free Bird]

Why should they be forced to become government agents, though? I can get just your identity being registered, but not being regulated. What will that accomplish? Destruction will still happen. I do find it interesting though. It was written with little moral ambiguity, but it divides the fanbase just as evenly just the same.

[Türkisblau]

I have no idea what this is about.

[politicus]

I have no idea what this is about.

From Wiki:

"The plot of the series follows a framework storyline in which the U.S. government passes a Superhero Registration Act ostensibly designed to have superpowered characters act under official regulation, somewhat akin to police officers. However, those opposed to the act, led by Captain America, find themselves in conflict with those in support of the act, led by Iron Man, with Spider-Man caught in the middle. The events of the series touch upon themes of liberty, moral responsibility, and civil order, with well-intentioned superhero characters finding themselves upon different sides."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_%28comics%29

Anti for me.

[Intell]

I have no idea what this is about.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I have no idea what this is about.

From Wiki:

"The plot of the series follows a framework storyline in which the U.S. government passes a Superhero Registration Act ostensibly designed to have superpowered characters act under official regulation, somewhat akin to police officers. However, those opposed to the act, led by Captain America, find themselves in conflict with those in support of the act, led by Iron Man, with Spider-Man caught in the middle. The events of the series touch upon themes of liberty, moral responsibility, and civil order, with well-intentioned superhero characters finding themselves upon different sides."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_%28comics%29

Anti for me.

It's pretty weird that Captain America, a symbol of patriotism and loyalty to the country, would be against, and a wildcard like Iron Man would lead the pro faction. I would have assumed the opposite.

Anyway, I'd support it, provided there isn't some sinister government conspiracy (which of course there probably is ).

[Free Bird]

I have no idea what this is about.

From Wiki:

"The plot of the series follows a framework storyline in which the U.S. government passes a Superhero Registration Act ostensibly designed to have superpowered characters act under official regulation, somewhat akin to police officers. However, those opposed to the act, led by Captain America, find themselves in conflict with those in support of the act, led by Iron Man, with Spider-Man caught in the middle. The events of the series touch upon themes of liberty, moral responsibility, and civil order, with well-intentioned superhero characters finding themselves upon different sides."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_%28comics%29

Anti for me.

It's pretty weird that Captain America, a symbol of patriotism and loyalty to the country, would be against, and a wildcard like Iron Man would lead the pro faction. I would have assumed the opposite.

Anyway, I'd support it, provided there isn't some sinister government conspiracy (which of course there probably is ).

Yeah, there is. Spider-Man initially joins Stark's side, but it turns out he is subject to mad surveillance and regulation with the new suit given to him.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Against (normal) Had the X-Men not been largely neutral they would've been fiercely anti (Bishop and likely Emma being the lone exceptions). Cap took the strict constructionist viewpoint as there wasn't anything in the Marvel 616 US Constitution that would've given congress the right to require such.

[Consciously Unconscious]

Anti, and it certainly doesn't have anything to do with Chrid Evans being hotter than Robert Downey Jr. 

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

It's pretty weird that Captain America, a symbol of patriotism and loyalty to the country, would be against, and a wildcard like Iron Man would lead the pro faction. I would have assumed the opposite.

Captain America hasn't been 'pro-government' since the seventies, and always had a civil libertarian streak. Iron Man is or was a military contractor.

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Iron Man worked with a team of supervillains to round people up and throw them in extradimensional prisons without trial.

[Beet]

If I'm not mistaken, the pro side is portrayed more positively and have more mutants on their side? It's been a couple years.

[pikachu]

If I'm not mistaken, the pro side is portrayed more positively and have more mutants on their side? It's been a couple years.

No...the pro side was putting people in cosmic prisons and it was a comic written by Mark Millar.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Anti all the way.

[Free Bird]

If I'm not mistaken, the pro side is portrayed more positively and have more mutants on their side? It's been a couple years.

No...the pro side was putting people in cosmic prisons without trial and it was a comic written by Mark Millar.

Aaand was working with nasty villains. Oh, and FTFY

[Antonio the Sixth]

It's pretty weird that Captain America, a symbol of patriotism and loyalty to the country, would be against, and a wildcard like Iron Man would lead the pro faction. I would have assumed the opposite.

Captain America hasn't been 'pro-government' since the seventies, and always had a civil libertarian streak. Iron Man is or was a military contractor.

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Iron Man worked with a team of supervillains to round people up and throw them in extradimensional prisons without trial.

So Iron Man is a downright bad guy these days? Comics are hard to follow. Obviously the fact that my experience is mostly based on movies doesn't help.

[Free Bird]

It's pretty weird that Captain America, a symbol of patriotism and loyalty to the country, would be against, and a wildcard like Iron Man would lead the pro faction. I would have assumed the opposite.

Captain America hasn't been 'pro-government' since the seventies, and always had a civil libertarian streak. Iron Man is or was a military contractor.

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Iron Man worked with a team of supervillains to round people up and throw them in extradimensional prisons without trial.

So Iron Man is a downright bad guy these days? Comics are hard to follow. Obviously the fact that my experience is mostly based on movies doesn't help.

Well this storyline concluded almost 10 years ago. Back to status quo for now. It's more that interest in the series has escalated because it will be the skeleton for the plot of Cap 3

[RI]

I have this bad feeling that CA3 is going to piss me off even more than CA2, which is a shame because I really liked CA1.

[Free Bird]

I have this bad feeling that CA3 is going to piss me off even more than CA2, which is a shame because I really liked CA1.

Didn't like Winter Soldier?

[ingemann]

In the real world I would be pro.

In a world like MU where USA are on the verge of starting a genocide on a large part of the population and where Canada (Marvel's evil empire) also have registration. I would be anti.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

It's pretty weird that Captain America, a symbol of patriotism and loyalty to the country, would be against, and a wildcard like Iron Man would lead the pro faction. I would have assumed the opposite.

Captain America hasn't been 'pro-government' since the seventies, and always had a civil libertarian streak. Iron Man is or was a military contractor.

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Iron Man worked with a team of supervillains to round people up and throw them in extradimensional prisons without trial.

So Iron Man is a downright bad guy these days? Comics are hard to follow. Obviously the fact that my experience is mostly based on movies doesn't help.

One of the many, many, many frustrating things about this plotline was that Iron Man's position was intended by the writers to be sympathetic.