[Perhaps, as Pepper said, Tony Stark has a warm heart.]
[This change of heart, coupled with the reprimand from the mother who lost her child, is why—when the Sokovia Accords emerged—]
[Tony, the once-cynical superhero, became a staunch supporter of the accords, believing superheroes should be under supervision and follow orders.]
[But Steve, who always followed orders, argued that the Avengers shouldn't sign the accords or be controlled by any organization.]
[He said it would slowly degrade the Avengers, turning them into tools of an organization!]
[Then, with neither side yielding, a civil war broke out among the Avengers.]
[Actually, Steve almost signed—just almost.]
[But later, the Avengers fell apart, fighting each other, being hunted, arrested… The harmonious, warm family was never the same again!]
[Until we paid a heavy price: Earth, and even half of all life in the universe, turned to ash with a snap!]
"Sokovia Accords? Avengers falling apart?"
Reading the diary's contents, Nick Fury sat up straight, his expression turning grave.
Though earlier entries had hinted at an Avengers civil war,
and he'd pondered how S.H.I.E.L.D. might prevent or mitigate it,
seeing the specifics now made it all too real.
This was the superhero team he'd built to protect Earth—
he couldn't stand by and watch it tear itself apart.
But the diary's revelations were alarming:
half of all life in the universe, wiped out by a snap?
The stakes were beyond catastrophic.
The Sokovia Accords seemed to be the trigger.
Reading between the lines, Tony's support for "supervision" suggested
that some authority had used "public safety" as a pretext to control the Avengers,
leveraging their popularity to seize power.
After all, by then, the Avengers would have saved the world multiple times.
earning global admiration and trust.
Those damn bureaucrats—always trying to pick the ripe peaches!
Nick Fury scowled. They see a team of heroes and want to turn them into puppets!
No wonder people say those in power are corrupt and filthy.
But where was he during all this?
Why would he allow the Sokovia Accords to happen?
Was he already dead? Or stripped of his position as S.H.I.E.L.D. director?
If he were still in charge, he'd never let such a thing occur.
What could have made him ignore it?
With these questions burning, he read on.
[Actually, at first, the Avengers' internal conflict wasn't so severe—just disagreements.]
[No one wanted to kill former comrades-in-arms.]
[No one wanted to use their full power against family.]
[But then, the man who lost his daughter succeeded in his scheme.]
[He made Tony witness the truth: his parents' deaths weren't an accident—
they were murdered by the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes!]
[When Tony asked Steve in disbelief if he'd known but kept it secret,]
[Steve's answer shattered Tony.]
[That was when the Avengers truly began to break apart!]