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An Endgame Re-Write

The film opens, and we see Clint and his family on the farm. His sons playing catch in the background while Laura sets up the picnic. Clint teaching two girls archery on the farm. He corrects one of their footings, showing his house arrest bracelet. Both girls hit the bullseye, and they all high five, we get the "Good job Hawkeyes" and the rest of the scene plays out the same, with the only addition being him calling for Kate, as well as the rest of his family.

The scene on the Milano stays pretty much the exact same, except when Carol comes to save them, it's Nebula who sees her, not Tony, because if he's passing out from a lack of oxygen than he wouldn't be waking up to that, he wouldn't have the strength.

When they arrive back on earth, it's Rhodey who helps Tony, not Steve, for numerous reasons. Steve and Tony still need to work through their issues, Rhodey has been his best friend for many years more than Tony's even known Steve, and it makes the "I lost the kid" line more painful, because Rhodey would know what Peter meant to Tony, and wouldn’t be as rude about it like Steve was saying "Tony, we all lost."

The Pepperony reunion stays the same, as does almost all of the scene where Tony confronts Steve and gives him the nanotech reactor. The only difference is that we actually see Bruce, instead of just hearing, "Banner gave him a sedative."

The scene where they confront Thanos goes mostly the same, but with less time spent watching Thanos farm, and more emphasis on Nebula closing Thanos' eyes, showing us that just like in Infinity War when Gamora thought she killed him, it still hurts her. He was still her father and as terrible as he was to her, he was still important to her, she didn't know a life without him.

Thanks to Rat Ex Machina, Scott gets out of the Quantum Realm, and we see him try and figure out what happened. When he goes to the memorials, we see his name, but we also see the names of Cassie's mother and step-father, explaining their absence when the two of them reunite.

Steve's therapy circle and Nat's business meeting go almost exactly the same way, but when she speaks to Rhodey about finding Clint, Rhodes mentions that people have started calling him Ronin. We knew it was him as Ronin, but the name drop solidifies the change in our minds.

Scott goes to the compound in much the same way, but with Cassie by his side because he's all she has left now. She's a smart girl and this is her chance to help so she takes it, and I take the chance to help set up Moth-Girl/Stinger. I like the idea of her spending those years without her family studying the sciences she'd need to be able to take up that mantel, so she's as close to an expert on it as a 16-year-old can be.

Scott and Cassie explain their idea to Steve and Nat, and after eventually convincing them, they go to see Tony. Cassie and Morgan play in the background together, bonding over super dads, as Scott and the others try and convince Tony of their plan. The rest of the scene plays out the same, Tony refuses, and the others leave, going to go and find Bruce instead.

They find Bruce but as himself. Instead of the randomly given Professor Hulk story, Hulk as vanished from Bruce completely, no strength, no anger, no voice. No Hulk at all. The photo scene doesn't exist, instead they touch on the strange disappearance of Hulk and Bruce says he'll help.

The first attempt at time travel goes pretty much the same, but with Scott's intelligence not going ignored. He has a masters degree in Engineering, and he understands the Quantum Realm and it's science better than any of them, along with Cassie. Possibly Bruce joking about there being an Ant-Man, a Spider-Man, and a Wasp, so what does that make her? A moth? A bee? For more Moth-Girl/Stinger foreshadowing.

Bruce and Rocket go to New Asgard to get Thor and run into Brunnhilde, who welcomes Bruce happily, and asks who the rabbit is. Because I like the idea of all Asgardians just calling him a rabbit. She mentions that Thor only ever comes into town for supplies, but there's no looking at beer supplies because it's already been established that Asgardians can't get drunk on Midgardian alcohol.

They enter the house, and Thor has let himself go, but instead of being an assholey yelling at kids on Fortnite drunk, he's sitting on the couch with Korg and Miek, as they try and cheer him up and talk with him about his problems. Rocket enters first and sasses out Thor a bit, and we get a quiet "Hello Rabbit," before Bruce makes himself known. Thor gets up and stumbles over to Bruce and they hug. Bruce asks what happened to him and Thor briefly sums it up as only Thor can, and when Bruce says Thanos' name, Thor goes silent. He lets go of Bruce, walks back over to the couch, and sits down with his head in his shaking hands.

Korg explains that they don't say his name, and Rocket goes and pats Thor on the back trying to comfort him. Bruce tells Thor that they might have a way to bring everyone back, and as Thor calms down, he asks why they need him to do it. Bruce tells him that it's because he's the strongest avenger and that he needs him. Not that the Avengers need him, but that Bruce does. He says that Thor was there for him when he needed him, and now it's Bruce's turn, and he can offer Thor a second chance to save them all.

Tony still discovers the time loop after looking at his picture with Peter, but with Harley there by his side. In Iron Man 3, we learn that Harley only has his mother, so she gets dusted in this world, and Tony took charge of Harley, who's now Morgans big brother. A small change to Morgan is that her hair is a more of a rusty brown so that you can see the Pepper in her better. Pepper and Tony still have their conversation after "Love you 3000" and he heads to the compound, Harley going with him.

Everyone is at the compound now, Thor still out of shape and in his kinda hobo clothes, but no one makes jokes about it, and instead of Tony giving him nicknames about his weight, we get the return of old classics like Point Break and Hammer Time, and a few new ones, Storm Cloud when he gets upset and the like.

Tony, Bruce, Scott, Harley, and Cassie finish the science and we have the time travel movie conversation, as it establishes some of the rules, and lets us know that they're going to do it properly. Harley calls Tony "Dad" throughout the film, getting called "Son" and other fond nicknames, and at one point, Harley makes a bad meme reference or joke, and Tony slips up and calls him Pete. There's a moment of silence before Clint goes up and goes through time.

When Clint goes back in time, he picks up the mitt, but doesn't take it with him, he instead drops it when he hears Lila's voice, and he calls out to her before getting sent home. He tells them all what happens and they confirm that it all worked properly, then start to plan the stone time heist.

Thor doesn't get weirdly emotional about Jane, as it's been years since they saw each other. Instead, he mentions his mother's death, and how Loki faked his own, before coming to the crashing realization that Loki never came back. He didn't fake his death this time, and he's actually gone. This leads to him starting to break down and Bruce having to come up and help him back to his seat as he starts to cry.

We still have the adorable scene of Tony, Nat, and Bruce all laying on the table trying to plan out the stones and Nat realizing that three of them were in New York at the same time. Nebula tells them about the power and soul stones, and they split the teams and prepare to go, but Nebula pulls Nat aside. She tells her that only one of them will be able to come back, that Gamora never did, and Thanos had the stone. Nat thanks her, and they join the others to start their missions.

Bruce's mission goes about the same, but without the Hulk mimicking part, because no Hulk, and we get to learn our new plot line of returning the stones to their time.

Clint and Tasha get the soul stone in pretty much the same way, but Natasha says "A soul for a soul" at the same time as Red Skull, explaining that Nebula told her that Gamora never came back from here and that she's willing to make the sacrifice. They still have their argument and mini battle, and Nat falls to get Clint the stone.

Thor and Rocket go to Asgard to get the reality stone, Thor still has a panic attack when he sees Frigga, and it mostly goes the same way, with Rocket going to poke Jane and Thor running into his mother, but instead of just crying about being scared, he tells her about what happens to her, Odin, Asgard, and Loki, all while blaming himself for all of it, only for her to tell him that it was out of his control, that what happened happened, and he can't change that, and he did his best. The fact that he's in the past trying to fix it proves he's not the failure he believes himself to be, and that he can still be the leader his people need. Rocket runs in, and Thor still takes Myuh-Myuh because he needs the worthiness

Nebula and Rhodey go to get their stone with not quite the same issue. Nebula still syncs to Thanos's ship, but instead of being captured, they sync Past-Nebula to her, and she gets pulled into the future.

On Scott, Tony, and Steve's side, everything leading up to the first Tesseract attempt goes the same, except Scott, gets trapped in the case instead. They run out of time for the plan, and Scott has to escape the case and runs off with Tony after he's hit by Hulk. Steve's half of the plan goes almost completely the same, but Past Steve doesn't have time to call in the anomaly, as Steve just straight up decks him beforehand. They fight the same as it was before. Steve and Tony still end up going back in time for the Tesseract and Pym Particles, but nothing here changes.

They all come back to the present, and they realize that Past Nebula somehow got stuck along for the ride. They "capture" her and think the job is done, and then go to start their gauntlet. Thor is the one to use the new gauntlet and snap everyone back, as there's no Hulk and they aren't risking Bruce. This goes the same as it did for Professor Hulk.

While they're doing this, Past-Nebula breaks out using her technological enhancements and brings Past-Thanos and his people there. The fight goes on pretty much the same, Past-Gamora switches sides seeing them all fight together, for each other, with Nebula by their side, and Nebula shoots her past self in the leg, not the chest.

From the explosion, Bruce is trapped under the rubble and tries his hardest to get out of it, but he's not strong enough, and no one can get to him. In a desperate bid to escape, he starts talking to Hulk, as if he was still there, and slowly, we watch as the green fades into his veins and skin and he starts to grow larger. Hulk returns in Bruce's final hour of need, and he breaks out of the rubble, and up to the fight.

Once again the rest of the fight goes on almost the exact same, Steve wields Myuh-Myuh and Past-Thanos breaks his shield the way we see it in AoU. The snapped return, having aged the five years they've missed, with the triumphant "On your left," and they all get portalled in by the sorcerers, however, Brunnhilde does not have a pegasus. Steve stands up and says those magical words. "Avengers, Assemble." And at that moment, Hulk breaks out of the ground with an earth-shattering roar, and the battle continues. For the triumphant A-Force scene, Nebula is the one to take the gauntlet, not Carol.

Tony gets the stones, but instead of dusting away Past-Thanos and his army, he fixes it all. Past-Thanos and his army get sent back to their time, with no memory of anything outside of the proper timeline. The stones of the present return to form, in front of Tony and his gauntlet of the past. He doesn't die here, but he comes close, and we get a dramatic cut to make us think he does.

They return the stones to their places in the past, as well as Myuh-Myuh, and Steve takes his dance with Peggy, he fulfills his commitment and moves on. He returns to the present and stays there, retiring the mantle of Captain America to Sam, and goes on the be nothing more than Steve Rogers. He and Bucky settle in to live their lives as they did before, together. When the soul stone is returned, Nat is brought back, a soul for a soul, and her sacrifice is celebrated with honour. Her ledger is clean, and she's free to live with her new family.

After some time in Wakanda for study, they do something similar with the present stones. The time stone returns to the Eye of Agamotto, to the protection of the Sanctums. The mind stone is reunited with Visions body, and with the help of Shuri, he's brought back to form, a little worse for wear, but he's Vision. The Guardians take the soul stone to Vormir, and Gamora returns as well, just as Nat did.

The other three are protected in other ways. The power stone stays in Wakanda, hidden deep in the temple where the heart-shaped herb is being re-grown. Captain Marvel takes charge of the space stone, it's only fitting, given her more otherworldly life, Mar-Vell, and Goose. And the reality stone is given to Tony, who we see is alive, the right side of his body held in a brace to support the damaged half as it heals. It's given as a gift, a reminder of what he's done, what he's fought for, and how he finally has the world he worked so hard to create.

And then we get to see our heroes, old and new, celebrate. They're happy, they're with their families. We get calls to the comics, like Rocket freaking out about Goose, and some new cute things, Thor fawning over goose because oh my gosh a flerken, listening as Fury tells the story about how Goose ate the tesseract and Carol laughs as she tells the story of his eye, bewildering the rest of the team. Morgan, Harley, and Cassie meet Peter, Shuri, Kate, and the rest of Clint’s army of kids, Harley fooling around with a watch gauntlet like the one we saw in the Civil War, and they torment the adults all night. And we cut to the credits.

After the credits roll, we hear a very familiar laugh, from behind our heroes, a certain Ehehe, and we see a woosh of blue as Wanda's drink disappears from her hand. They turn and there stands Loki who fondly remarks, "I believe you owe me a hug brother." Thor rushes to Loki and hugs him tighter than he ever has before. The sunset beams in through the windows and Loki laughs. "I told you, brother, the sun would shine on us again." The blur returns, standing next to Loki, looking directly into the camera as Heimdall walks into the room as well.

"What, you didn't see that coming?"

End film.