User blog comment:Prismwolf/Extended Invitation to Cyclops - "X-Men: Days of Future Past"/@comment-4651179-20130922002659/@comment-4651179-20130925071752

What M(G)P said.

But also, the Avengers Initiative already existed. And the reason for the Avengers Initiative was to gather a group of remarkable people, so when S.H.I.E.L.D. needed them they could fight the battles they never could, not just to stop Loki.

Well, regaring Iron Man 2's scene between Nick Fury and Tony Stark: something that's not a post-credits scene can't be considered a post-credits scene.

And the post-credits scene of Iron Man 3 was something actually funny and clever. "Fans eagerly wait for a post-credits scene? Let's make something more for fun than for preview". And it delivered perfectly.