YMMV / The War Is Far from Over Now

• Draco in Leather Pants: While in canon it was ambiguous if Loki's scepter had any influence on how Ultron turned out and his creation and subsequent turn to villainy are treated as a mistake Tony made (even by the man himself), here all the blame for Ultron's villainy is shifted to Thanos and the scepter, essentially absolving Tony of any blame.
• Moral Event Horizon: Basically all of Tony's supporters who know of it consider the Penthouse incident (Thor choking Tony) is this for the Avengers as a whole (though, ironically enough, not for Thor himself); while Thor was oblivious to the fragility of humans, the others were not and yet not only did they not try to defend Tony, they continued to harass him when Thor released him, showing no regard for Tony's safety. The consequences included Tony leaving the team, Maria's Heel–Face Turn, and Thor himself having a massive My God, What Have I Done? reaction.
  • Made worse because in canon the role the scepter and Thanos had in the creation of Ultron were left ambiguous, placing the bulk of the responsibility on Tony's shoulders. In this? It is explicitly stated, both in the narrative and out loud by Ultron during the attack that he was entirely a creation of Thanos hiding in the Scepter, Tony was completely innocent of his creation and they still blamed him.
• Ron the Death Eater: As is typical of any fic with the tag "Not Team Captain America Friendly", Steve and his allies have their flaws scrutinized and called out repeatedly and pretty much all of their good traits ignored.
• Tear Jerker:
  • The SWORD agents may have a lot of Funny moments in the story but there are glimpses of the immense trauma hiding underneath them. A lot of them are jumpy and on edge constantly or suffering the after effects of brainwashing.
    • It isn't just former SHIELD agents who were attacked. The side story shows not only analysts being captured, but JARVIS saving the civilian family of an agent, instructing them to leave their home and hole up in a nearby motel until they could be extracted. The disheveled, visibly distressed, mother and children arriving at the motel in the middle of the night prompts the receptionist to slide her a pamphlet on domestic abuse, which drives her to tears.
  • Thor waking up in the middle of the night to realize he can no longer feel the Bifrost, indicating that Asgard has been destroyed. His grief results in New York City's first ever monsoon.

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