I should be bummed Iron Man took an L for the team but we got 11 years out of him so nothing to really complain about it. I felt like they oversold his sacrifice a LITTLE bit more than I needed. They’ve made it obvious since Avengers 1, he’ll take the L if he has to. It’s a little different because he had a family but still, Dr. Strange told Tony he didn’t tell Tony how this scenario plays out because if he did, it wouldn’t happen. Pretty sure it would have. I don’t think anybody was doubting that Tony would sacrifice himself if he had to like he hasn’t before.
It was pretty much a sure thing to me that Iron Man would be the one unfuck everything with the stones but I’m not surprised Hulk used it first. A handful of people on the team have held all 6 stones before. But Iron Man is the center of the whole MCU so no surprise there.
Also, I was happy with the usage of Cap Marvel. I've been telling my friend ever since he saw Captain Marvel and keeps saying, ShE's ToO pOwErFuL and the rest of the team is useless in comparison to calm down and just wait. It'll be fine.
They just adjust power levels of any given character to suit the needs of whatever story they’re trying to tell, just as it always has been in the comics. Her character has always worked just fine in the comics when she’s a regular member, not an ace in the hole hand grenade.
I liked that her character wasn’t over used. She has no long attachment to the Avengers or Earth at this point outside of knowing who they are and remembering Earth is actually where she’s from. Outside of that, they did a good job of using the dialogue to make it obvious her stance in the whole issue is, "yo, yeah this shit sucks but shit sucks a lot of other places too."
Had she been a more long standing member of the team, they would have adjusted her power level accordingly to not be a one person wrecking machine basically making the rest of the team useless. It’s the same deal with the Justice League. Just because Superman is Superman doesn’t mean the rest of the team doesn’t have any value.
And let’s be honest. Scarlet Witch would arguably be maybe the most powerful person there, if they let her be. She’s been neutered since they introduced her in Age of Ultron. Same with Hulk. He’s always been toned down too.
