We don't just protect people, Robbie, we've got to protect their rights, too. I don't just rescue people in space, I make sure there's justice. Until someone tries to commit a crime it ain't one. And even the people that have committed crimes deserve their rights protected and a fair trial.
Besides, in those dicey cases, there's a way to stop someone after the punch starts and before someone gets hit. We do have speedsters on our side. We just have to be smart about things. That's one of the things I learned in the war. Fight smart, not hard.
We've got plenty of geniuses to supply the smart.
[They just need to be pointed the right direction because they're terrible at figuring it out on their own.]
And they can't drag me down if I refuse to be petty. Even if they attack me for getting in the way, so what? I've gone toe to toe with people like Thanos, who everyone has to work together against to even put a dent in. If they're fighting with each other, they're not gonna work together enough to hurt me, and I won't give them the excuse.
[He can't be dragged down if he refuses to join in the pettiness.]
Somebody needs to start playing referee again and if Stark and Carol need to be put in separate corners, stargating them to two separate planets for a little while to cool down ain't exactly out of the question.
Besides, I don't think it will come to that. I don't think, if I stand there and remind people of how we're supposed to be, that people like Spidey, and people like Ben and Johnny and Sue, will just blow me off.
I'm not ready to give up on them. [The people they're supposed to be... it's worth the risk to try to make them realize they need to be those people again.] And I'm tired of feeling like home ain't home anymore.
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Besides, in those dicey cases, there's a way to stop someone after the punch starts and before someone gets hit. We do have speedsters on our side. We just have to be smart about things. That's one of the things I learned in the war. Fight smart, not hard.
We've got plenty of geniuses to supply the smart.
[They just need to be pointed the right direction because they're terrible at figuring it out on their own.]
And they can't drag me down if I refuse to be petty. Even if they attack me for getting in the way, so what? I've gone toe to toe with people like Thanos, who everyone has to work together against to even put a dent in. If they're fighting with each other, they're not gonna work together enough to hurt me, and I won't give them the excuse.
[He can't be dragged down if he refuses to join in the pettiness.]
Somebody needs to start playing referee again and if Stark and Carol need to be put in separate corners, stargating them to two separate planets for a little while to cool down ain't exactly out of the question.
Besides, I don't think it will come to that. I don't think, if I stand there and remind people of how we're supposed to be, that people like Spidey, and people like Ben and Johnny and Sue, will just blow me off.
I'm not ready to give up on them. [The people they're supposed to be... it's worth the risk to try to make them realize they need to be those people again.] And I'm tired of feeling like home ain't home anymore.