"Because the strong man, who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows....compassion"
The main thing I'll always argue for when it comes to Avengers: Endgame is that plotholes can't and don't exist in the film and that certain things occur that seem to be convenient to the plot are actually supposed to be that way.
If there's one thing that annoys tf outta me when it comes to certain characters is literally having the ability to evaporate anyone in an instant only to conveniently NOT do that with the main heroes.
Shouldn't be a hot take, but out of every character in the MCU, Nebula has gotta have the most natural character progression and personality shift from how she was in Guardians 1 to now.
It's insane looking back at Nebula from Guardians 1 to now seeing just how far she's changed and her dynamic with the rest of the Guardians.
Karen Gillan absolutely dissappears in this role.
The greatest trick the MCU ever pulled is making people believe they had every single thing meticulously planned out.
They didn't. They likely had an outline and adapted to the circumstances which arose movie by movie.
You watch Iron Man to Endgame and it mostly feels seamless.