You Could Make a Case for That

I think the blog's been deleted, but someone suggested that Pietro wanted to kill Tony in Strucker's lab but Wanda stopped him. Think what a better place the MCU would have been without Tony--no Ultron, no falling buildings, no flying Sokovia, no Hulk flying off to another planet, possibly no Ragnarok. No Zemo, no Sokovia Accords, no 14-year-old child soldier, no international fugitives, no divided team. No Time Stone delivered to Thanos, no Snap, no ignoring the five years of collateral damage because Tony didn't want to lose his perfect life, no sacrifice of Natasha, no Hydra-like weapon that violates everyone's privacy and kills on command.

Let's revisit Age of Ultron. Note that Tony's crappy system couldn't even detect Wanda and Pietro, so it would probably miss booby traps as well.

Pietro and Wanda watched Stark reach for the scepter. Pietro said, "I've got a bad feeling about this."

Just as Wanda looked at him Stark snatched the scepter. An earth-shaking BOOM filled the room as hidden explosives went off.

Pietro lifted his sister and dashed for one of the archways as the ceiling and the Chitauri Leviathan collapsed.

Pietro set Wanda down as they looked over to the area where Stark was standing. There was nothing but a pile of rubble. Out of the suit, he never stood a chance.

"Oh my God," Wanda whispered.

They turned as Captain America leapt down from the hole in the ceiling. He looked at the twins and asked, "Where is he?"

Wanda pointed with a shaking hand.

Captain America said, "Don't move." Then he touched his communicator and said, "There's been an explosion. I need evac for Tony NOW."

When he began tossing aside the pieces of rubble, Wanda used her powers to help. Captain America glanced over at them, then nodded and kept working.

Wanda said, "We did not do this. Strucker...he must have..."

Pietro said, "I thought I would be happy, that Stark is dead. We were ten years old, having dinner, the four of us. When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor. It's big. Our parents go in, and the whole building starts coming apart. I grab her, roll under the bed and the second shell hits. But, it doesn't go off. It just...sits there in the rubble, three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word..."

Wanda said, "Stark."

Pietro continued, "We were trapped two days."

Wanda nodded and said, "Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think, "This will set it off." We wait for two days for Tony Stark to kill us."

Captain America paused, then took off his helmet. He said, "You have every reason to be angry about what happened. But joining Hydra was not the answer."

Pietro said, "We joined Shield! Strucker told us he would make us strong to help us protect our country."

Wanda set aside the last piece of rubble. As Captain America reached down to lift Stark, Wanda said, "Please, let me." She gently lifted the broken body and floated it up through the hole in the ceiling. As Pietro carried her up the rubble onto the higher floor, she laid Stark's body to rest on a clear piece of floor.

The other Avengers came into the room. They moved toward the twins, but Captain America said, "Just focus on Tony." The man who became the Hulk knelt down and checked the body, then looked up and shook his head. The others stood in silence until Captain America said, "Make sure that Strucker and anyone still alive is secured. Thor, the scepter is down there somewhere---we still need to get it."

Thor nodded and leapt into the hole.

Wanda swallowed and asked, "What happens to us?"

Captain America said, "They thought they were part of Shield."

The Black Widow and Hawkeye paused and looked over at the twins. The Widow said, "Come with us, don't try to escape. If you really didn't know you were part of Hydra, well, we'll see."

The twins looked at Captain America. He said, "You have a choice here. Run, and keep running for the rest of your life. Or step forward and work to make amends."

The twins looked at each other, then nodded and stepped forward.

In the shadows, the Ancient One smiled. She could feel the turn the universe took as the tragedies set in motion by Tony Stark's recklessness and selfishness melted away into a new future.

She stepped forward and said, "The scepter contains a stone of power, much like the Tesseract. It must remain on Earth, or else half the universe is lost. Keep it safe."

Then she portaled out to return to her own duties.

Doctor Strange looked around the Wakandan battlefield. He smiled as he laid his hands around his amulet, the Time Stone still safe inside.

They had won. Thanos was only a scorch mark on the Earth where the Scarlet Witch had blasted him to atoms.

The Time Stone whispered to him of all that happened:

The Avengers listening to the Ancient One and keeping the Mind Stone safe.

Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch joining the Avengers. The Sokovian people overthrowing Hydra and their corrupt government and imprisoning the death squad members (including Helmut Zemo) for crimes against humanity.

Hank Pym, his wife and daughter, and his protege Scott Lang stepping forward to join the Avengers in their quest to keep the world safe.

A young black woman, Riri Williams, stepping into her own Iron Heart suit and fighting for justice.

All heroes and enhanced persons standing up to Thaddeus Ross and the U.N. and refusing to sign documents that stripped them of their civil rights. The world denouncing the attempt to make enhanced people less than human.

Prince T'Challa of Wakanda becoming an Avenger, forcing his father to either withdraw from the Accords or admit hypocrisy for supporting the restriction of enhanced when Wakanda was hiding their own technological advances. Princess Shuri making friends with Steve Rogers and helping him to find---and cure---the former Winter Soldier.

The young Spider-Man helping Iron Heart to save Strange himself from Ebony Maw. They portaled back to Earth and sent out the call for all heroes to gather to protect the Infinity Stones. T'Challa offering Wakanda as a last stand.

The fierce battle. All the heroes and soldiers standing together. Keeping the Time Stone and Mind Stone from Thanos. And Scarlet Witch blasting him to atoms, leaving the uncompleted gauntlet on the ground.

They would have to decide where to keep the stones---or send them, if the Time Stone's whispers came to pass. But all would be well.

He was sure of it.