By now, seeing the huge returns Captain America: Civil War has amassed, we believe that everybody has seen the movie. However, just in case, the spoiler warning is issued: If you haven't seen the film just yet, you might not want to check out the rest of this page. This being said"¦

During a recent interview with the LA Times, Captain America: Civil War writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely talked about the absence of a very important character - none other than the big daddy of them all, Nick Fury. Why would the one who came up with the Avengers initiative decide to stay out of the battle?

Well, basically, the writers say that this is exactely the reason why Nick Fury didn't involve himself. He is like the father figure for all the Avengers and, for once, he wanted to see how they behave in his absence and how they can put aside their differences without his input. It is safe to say that things didn't go too well.

Furthermore, the writers also say that adding Nick Fury would have brought up some unnecessary debates on the subject of his most recent exploits (about which we don't really know), as well as about his allegiance (Team Cap or Team Iron Man?). So, according to the writers, the absence of Nick Fury from the Civil War was needed.

However, is this really true? As said, he is a pretty big character in the MCU and his absence cannot go unnoticed. Furthermore, debates were meant to happen concerning his allegiance, as well as what he has been up to since we last saw him.

So, basically, he needed to be in the film - even if it was just to eat a quarter pounder with cheese and laugh at the idiots fighting each other.

Here is the asinine quote from the writers about Nick Fury's Civil War absence:

We called [Fury], but he let the line blink. Primarily it felt like one too many possible opinions. We didn’t want him to take one side or the other, because that’s not his place in the universe. And then we didn’t want another, “Is he still with the government? Is he opposed to the government, but supporting the government?” It got to be the potential for a lot more polemic discussion that the movie did not have room for. He’s the guy who put it together. He’s been the sort of parent figure to the Avengers. Let the parent go away, and see if the kids can handle this. See if the kids can be who they’re supposed to be without that governing voice. Um…and they didn’t do that good a job.