asukaskerian: ciceqi: In the first hours after the fight, the river, the soldier’s first instinct is to go to ground, buy himself time to recover and regroup. He’s still not certain why his reaction to his target’s final words was so strong, but the catchphrase–trigger sequence?–scratches constantly at the back of his thoughts like a… Continue reading …get in the bunker, steve
“Listen to me– all of you out there! You were told by this man– your hero– that America is the greatest country in the world! He told you that Americans were the greatest people– that America could be refined like silver, could have the impurities hammered out of it, and shine more brightly! He went on about how precious America was – how you needed to make sure it remained great! And he told you anything was justified to preserve that great treasure, that pearl of great price that is America!
“Well, I say America is nothing! Without its ideals– its commitment to the freedom of all men, America is a piece of trash! A nation is nothing! A flag is a piece of cloth! I fought Adolf Hitler not because America was great, but because it was fragile! I knew that liberty could be snuffed out here as in Nazi Germany! As a people, we were no different than them! When I returned, I saw that you nearly did turn American into nothing! And the only reason you’re not less then nothing– is that it’s still possible for you to bring freedom back to America!”
rainnecassidy: minim-calibre: magesmagesmages: badscienceshenanigans: kbdownie: thegingermullet: Did they ever reveal how Captain America was thawed? Because I’m picturing a bunch of Shield agents with hair dryers and I don’t think that’s quite right. I don’t think they’d want to microwave him so hair dryer is really the only remaining option. That’s how I’d do it.… Continue reading
“Do you think Steve will ever forgive himself for the fact that when he was the one falling, Bucky jumped?” (src)
no but really, by now steve probably realizes that if he had jumped, he would have survived, just as bucky did. and that means that if he had jumped, he could’ve gotten to bucky first, and bucky never would’ve become the winter soldier, and never would’ve been tortured, and howard stark wouldn’t have been assassinated, and countless other tragedies wouldn’t have occurred. if he’d only jumped the way bucky did. and bucky, despite the years of brainwashing, still jumped, even though it went against everything he’d been taught for the past 70 years.
and no, steve will never forgive himself for this, which is exactly why I must go crawl into a hole and die
If you ever wanted to know about the creative process behind Nomad, here, you go. The best part is where Steve says he wants to keep the cut the same as the Captain America outfit, and then makes the two major changes be the infamously plunging neckline and the cape.
Captain America vol 1, #180 (1974)
STEVE LITERALLY EVERY DEICISION YOU MADEIS THE WORST oh my gosh.
Emily Vancamp as Sharon Carter in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
Here’s an example of what we call a “soft no”. Sharon turns down Steve’s offer in a way that’s meant not to insult him but never actually uses the word “no”.
Steve clearly gets the message, though, and importantly offers to leave her alone. Sharon’s comment afterwards gives him an opportunity to try again later, but he doesn’t press and respects her rejection of his company even though it’s probably hurt his feelings a bit.
Just in case you ever wonder “What would Captain America do?”; there you go.
never do something steve rogers wouldn’t do.
Unless it’s jumping out of a plane without a parachute, you probably shouldn’t do that
I just have to add – I’ve seen interviews with Marvel people where they say that this scene demonstrates that Cap’s awkward with women and doesn’t know how to ask women out on a date. And it drives me crazy, because – as the OP says – Steve behaved perfectly here. It was a very charming, nonthreatening offer, and he accepted her rejection with good grace. You can’t help but feel that to Hollywood, the fact that she said no means he asked badly – which is exactly how I’d expect Hollywood to think, namely, the idea that men should keep pressing and pushing women until they say yes
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