Why He’ll Side With The Accords

Most fans are expecting Tony Stark to be a figurehead in both the creation and implementation of the Sokovia Accords because of his guilt. His battles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date have destroyed cities and resulted in a lot of civilian casualties – and it was his meddling with forces that he didn’t fully understand that resulted in the creation of the homicidal robot Ultron. However, it appears he’ll actually have nothing to do with implementing the Accords and he won’t be complying with them out of guilt or morality.

In order to present such a beloved character as “the bad guy”, Tony Stark will only be endorsing the Accords to save his own skin. He might make himself believe that he agrees with them, but there’ll be an ulterior motive. Government authority figures will threaten Stark with a jail sentence for his part in creating Ultron, unless he follows their rules. It will give audiences a legitimate reason to side with the titular Captain America and to (probably only temporarily) dislike Stark.