Tony took jobs from people and gave them to robots
Automation is a fact of life. Companies save money by building robots to take the jobs of humans. But Tony takes it to the extreme. His workshop assistants are robots and AIs. He said he was using Jarvis to run most of his business. And Tony doesn't even hire a pilot or guards for his planes because he replaced them with his AI.
We also know from Avengers 1, Ultron, Homecoming, and Far From Home that Tony doesn't have good security. And there were a LOT of people who hated Tony in Far From Home. What if Mysterio and the others chose a different kind of revenge, when Tony was still around to experience it?
Note: Set after Homecoming.
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Ned frowned as he realized what he'd done. He was INSIDE the Stark Industries firewalls. He said, "It can't be this easy."
Peter looked over from where he was reviewing his calculus homework. He asked, "What was easy?"
Ned replied, "Getting into Tony Stark's private servers."
He turned his laptop so Peter could see the screen. Ned said, "Look, you can see everything that Iron Man did and where he went. There's even video!"
Peter frowned as he looked at the list of files. Mr. Stark left Peter in Germany with Happy and flew to...Siberia? He pointed and said, "Click on that one."
The boys watched as Iron Man arrived at a bunker surrounded by snow and traveled into the depths of what looked to be an abandoned base of some kind.
They grinned at each other when Captain America and a guy with a metal arm showed up. Peter told Ned how cool the metal arm was.
Then they saw a really old video that was pretty gruesome as the metal-arm guy killed an old man, the walked to the other side of the car and did something, then shot out the camera.
The fight that followed...
Ned said, "This isn't right, Peter. You don't hold somebody down and fire a missile at their face!"
Peter flinched when he saw Iron Man's laser cut through concrete. Peter said, "I guess Mr. Stark had a reason..."
But Peter knew what Mr. Stark was doing was WRONG. Ned was right--you didn't shoot at someone running away. Especially when they didn't have any weapons.
Peter almost threw up as he watched Mr. Stark cut off the other guy's metal arm, then shot the guy in the back and THEN kicked him in the head.
When Captain America tore off Mr. Stark's helmet, the tape ended. Ned asked, "Was Mr. Stark okay when you saw him?"
Peter nodded and said, "He was fine in the limo. Kind of creepy to May, actually."
Ned frowned and asked, "Do you think the metal-arm guy is dead?"
Peter looked at his friend and said, "I don't know."
A beep made Ned and Peter look at the screen. Peter asked, "What's happening?"
Ned replied, "It looks like somebody's copying all of Mr. Stark's files."
Suddenly the screen shifted to show a man with dark hair and a beard. The man said, "Hey kids, I don't think this is where you want to be right now."
Peter frowned and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing?"
The man said, "Name's Beck. And my friends and I are getting justice."
The camera shifted to show a room of people working at laptops. Beck said, "All of us were kicked out of Stark Industries because of Tony Stark. Do you know how many people SI has laid off because Stark wants to use his AIs and robots instead of people?"
Peter answered, "Yeah. He even has a plane that flies itself."
Beck nodded and said, "Stark thinks he's so high and mighty. But his rep is all built on lies. Most of his stuff was invented by somebody else. He's just a liar and a phony. And we're going to show the world what he really is."
Peter said, "Oh, uh, but--"
Beck said, "Don't worry, kid. We'll make sure not to use anything we find on you. Stark's our only target."
As the screen went dark, Peter sighed with relief.
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All the news feeds blew up the next day. Some guy named Zemo was shown to be the person behind the bombing that killed the King of Wakanda, not the POW James Buchanan Barnes. People got even more mad when evidence of Stark violating the Accords and attacking Barnes played over and over. Plus former Stark Industries employees came forward with reports of how Stark stole credit for their work. (And how creepy Stark was to attractive females.)
Peter couldn't help think that maybe Iron Man was still a hero, but Mr. Stark definitely was not a good guy.