Phae

this is such a good point and i think its all part of the same thing like what silver wants is to be free but in a very personal and specific and individual way he wants to be free from pain and fear and he considers being Seen by other people as an affront to that freedom. so when he is disabled and he becomes immediately recognizable and then that goes along w him becoming recognizable as long john silver and all that entails (hands identifies him by saying ur the man w one leg long john silver) he absolutely HATES it he doesn’t want to be a pirate or disabled or bisexual bc all of these things would marginalize him would make him truly visible and that is the most terrifying thing in the world to him. 

Steve goes back to deliver the infinity stones, of course he does.

But he drops by at the Stork Club. A week the Saturday after he initially went into the ice. 8PM. He’s only a few minutes late, and Peggy is still waiting.

And they dance. They have their dance, their moment together, their what-could-Have-been.

But Steve knows he has to go. Peggy knows it too, she’s a smart gal, Steve’s best gal. She knows that there are great things ahead for both of them, great happinesses and sadnesses but also great lives and loves. For both of them. She recognises that while the time and the love they shared together was beautiful, it was not meant to last. They’ve had their time; they’ve had their dance.

And it’s hard and it’s sad and it’s awful but they both know it’s the right thing to do.

And then quietly, Steve returns to the present. He returns to his future, to his start-over. His chance, now, to lead his life.

He gives Sam the shield. He deserves it, he’s been a loyal friend and he’s more than capable and deserving of it. He will be a great Cap, and Steve has done more than enough fighting now. It’s time for a break.

And so he retires to a quiet life. Gets a job at a local shop, adopts a cute little dog, and is always on hand to help out the local kids with anything they need.

And he gets to spend time with Bucky. Bucky, his best friend, his home, the person who is most closely connected to his soul. They finally get a chance to figure this out between themselves. Whatever this is. That love, that connection, whatever it was that kept them going, that made them break through brainwashing or drop the shield for 100 years. That unspoken thing that was so wrong back in their time but now maybe, just maybe, is ok.

And there’s a lot to learn. A lot of feelings to sort through and categorise and things to figure out but they do it. They do it because they have the time, and they ending and the opportunity that they deserve, that they’ve worked so hard for.

Peggy is allowed her life, in her time. She is allowed the family she built for herself, she is allowed to fall in love with another man, her husband, she is allowed her career as founder of SHIELD. She is allowed the opportunities to grow as a person and to forge a life for herself. She is allowed the happiness that she found, that she made. And she knows, deep down somewhere, that Steve is happy too. That Steve got the quiet life, and the love, he deserves. And she’s happy for that.

And Steve knows that Peggy was happy. That she lived her life to the full and she experienced joy. It’s the only thing he’d want for his best girl.

Everyone involved is emotionally (and often physically) battered and bruised. They’ve been through a lot. But they’ve carved out their own happiness. They’ve been given the dignity of the chance to make their own lives, to write their own endings.

Like seriously, throughout the whole movie Cap didn’t even speak a word to Bucky whom he has more complicated and overall better written story arc with than with Peggy.

And don’t @ me ‘couse that’s just how it is, she even says in - I believe it was 'The Winter Soldier’ that - and I quote - 'The world has changed, and none of us can go back. All we can do is our best, and sometimes the best that we can do is to start over’ - which means that basically when one thing ends another thing starts which could be used to portray their story together - their ways parted and Steve - after being brought back to live found his best bud Bucky.

Besides, in the previous movies he never really acted like Peggy was as important to him as Bycky was - he might have loved her, but it seemed as if he had already moved on with his live.

And don’t get me wrong - I’m not saying that I wanted to see them do the gay sex or making out for an hour and a half on screen or anything like that - I just wanted a satisfactory ending for both of them and they didn’t even have a single scene dedicateted to themselfes - it’s not like they hadn’t seen each other in a very long time, one of them spent the events of 'The First Avenger’, 'The Winter Soldier’, and 'Civil War’ just hanging around/protecting the other who was lately dusted and then brought back to live by a miracle or anything.

Endgame: one dude says one thing about one date with one guy

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