some of mother fuckers think to die violently in the heat of battle is a BAD thing!

i think the reason steve as public property narratives don't really do it for me is because the only thing we've seen in canon is the opposite so it kind of just falls flat. like in catfa when he's supposed to receive that medal and he just doesn't show up? steve just kind of doesn't do things he thinks are stupid and he doesn't want to do so it never really does anything for me when people try to push the opposite like it makes sense especially in the 21st century when he's the most passively suicidal man on planet earth like really are you guys underestimating how much of a recluse he can be if he puts his mind to it? do you think all that stubbornness everybody lovesssss to hyperbolize from the 20th century just disappeared or did it just reshape itself into a more habitable mold for the circumstances. i'm thinking about all this because i'm thinking about what his first 4th of july must have been like in the 21st century i'm sure everybody and their mother was like let's have a parade and you're heading the parade. let's have confetti and fireworks and your name in the sky. and he was like actually i don't want to do any of that and furthermore it's my 27th birthday so i am going to stay at home and watch reruns on the tv while chainsmoking until i fall asleep on the couch instead. and he did. and it's a bit of a scandal and a bit of a letdown for a lot of people but you know what. after that nobody ever told him to make a twitter account again

the thing about steve that you all have to remember is that in most ways he really did get everything he ever wanted he's just ungrateful. and the thing about bucky is that not only did he not get anything he wanted but also everything he never ever wanted happened to him. think about this for me