The thing is Infinity War Steve was too liberal. Considering the far right conservative trad white picket fence ending they gave Steve at the end of endgame, of course they were going to take all that back, too
His hair was longer and wilder, his beard grown out, something going straight against army regulations. Fitting for a guy who was never on the side of the rules when he deemed them stupid. Making it obvious he was making his own choices now and was done playing nice. "I'm not looking for forgiveness, I'm way past asking for permission."
His suit was more comfortable, practical, and had darker colors, unlike the brightly colored incredibly tight fitting previous suits he had both during the USO tour and after he was out of ice that was made to complement his body shape and make him stand out as the American he was representing with the red white and blue. He wasn't representing anyone or playing for the looks no more, he was doing what needed to be done however it needed to be done
IW Steve was unapologetic, brutal, blunt, while also keeping his core values of righteousness, compassion, and desire to help close to his heart. But also knew he couldn't achieve the goals he was aiming for by peaceful protest anymore. They couldn't have that in endgame
Conservationist trad values were at an all time rising point when Endgame was out, Trump supporting groups more loud everyday, pushing the belief that the only true happiness came from nuclear family and traditional values and none of that silly little "found family of outlaws doing the right thing" which I will always believe was a huge contributor to the how the movie turned out at the end. It's a Disney movie, of course the evil capitalistic mouse is going to promote the ideals of whoever it was dick-riding at that moment, which was Trump. And Steve wasn't even the only victim of that
Tony was also out in the woods in a cabin raising a kid with a woman who said won't have kids with him unless he gives up the hero life. Iron man wasn't a part of Tony, Iron Man was Tony, and Tony was Iron Man. He wasn't inventing anymore, instead sitting in his cabin after the snap, not even trying to do anything about it anymore, and wasting his days away
I'm not saying Tony wasn't happy with his family, he LOVES Pepper and his daughter, nothing will ever change that. What doesn't makes sense for him is that he gave up everything for that life, which, please, all of us know Tony
On another side, Nat was the one to die at Vormir because Clint had a family to get back to, which I support fully. I didn't want him leaving his family either. But the woman sacrificing everything for the man, and the man going back to his family, will always be a very subtly played bullshit to me
I'm just so angry at Endgame, which was supposed to be the end of an Era and a big bang to leave, did so many characters so dirty and just ruined everything for so many people, including their own characters. I'm rambling. I'm not sorry
