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timeisacephalopod · 5 years

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Found this and its a great sum of how I feel about Steve. With a narrative that overindulged him, a narrative that never let him be wrong even when he demonstrably was, it felt like his character had no impact on the world. His actions never had consequences and without that ripple out it left him in a completely stagnant state, or worse, a negative state that was ignored or passed as heroism. Its worse when you consider how genuinely interesting Steve Rogers is, how his trauma affected his actions, how Bucky and being dropped into an unfamiliar future led to the devolution of his character in an understandable and rather heartbreaking way, only for this characterization to be tossed aside for ‘yes, clearly he is a hero he’s Captain America.’

It got tiring and frustrating to watch, totally ruined Steve for me as an on screen character. Which is a shame, given that he would have been one of the most interesting characters in the MCU had he been allowed to realize his potential instead of being completely stagnant and lacking almost any impact as a character.

#winters ramblings #idk it was weird how his character was treated- the way his actions seemed to have zero impact #for a character who was supposed to be the moral center of the MCU he sure shit didn't seem to do anything to earn that #and i don't even mean that in a bad way per se #its just that his character didn't really impact much and never meaningfully #even the stuff that he DID affect didn't leave a profound mark so its strange that he was treated that way #with such an obvious respect- so much so that it seems like the narrative missed the point of what they wrote #its real rare to see writers write characters they handle out of character #but steve is a really good example i think of how writers not understanding a character undercuts them #which is sad considering i actually really like his development and I'm kind of salty i didn't see jack shit come of it #also the other time i saw a writer write a character ooc was in the vampire academy series #and i loved sydney ok she was a badass who expected people to listen to her #and then she got with the guy that was her love interest and she was utterly reduced to Girlfriend Role despite being the protag #made her grating to deal with not to mention boring to read #and frustrating but my frustration with Richelle Mead's inability to write romance has nothing to do with steve rogers lol

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