#peggysteve

I just keep thinking about how much I LOVE Steve Rogers’ ending.  And I say this as someone who, before I saw the movie, would have Rage Quit FOREVER at the thought of Steve Rogers running back to the 1940s to be with Peggy Carter.  I was 100% against that for two reasons:

1.  Steve Rogers is not the type of sit by on the sidelines.  He wouldn’t have just watched the 20th Century evolve and not try to better it.  If he did sit by and watch, it would have been wildly out of character.  If he didn’t sit by and watch, you could have turned him into some White Savior, and then that would’ve taken agency away from other people’s history and story.  Both not cool.

2.  Steve Rogers would never have left Natasha Romanoff and Sam Wilson after the bond they formed during years from The Winter Soldier to Infinity War (Two! Years! Cheap! Hotel Rooms! Together!)  They are his family.

And both of these hurtles are clearly explained in the text:

1.  Changing the Past Does Not Change The Future; Your Past Becomes Your Future, and Your Future Becomes Your Past.  

Everything is a fixed point in the time.  The Sam Wilson who Old Steve meets in 2023 did not have his life changed.  He didn’t even realize Steve Rogers was gone.  We need to look at his actions not at TIME TRAVEL but as ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSES.  Steve Rogers did not travel back in time; he traveled to an alternative universe.  Knowing this frees me.  It means Steve didn’t have to sit by on the sidelines.  It also means that Steve didn’t have to try and fix everything.  He could do either.

He could stay home with the kids, or he could go fight HYDRA with Peggy.  He could join in all the Anti-War and Civil Rights Movements -- 

Or he could do his part by, say, becoming a comic book artist and writing really progressive stories in the 1960s and 1970s about The Tribes of Wakanda, Iron Man, a Cosmic Galaxy of Asgardians, Mad Titans, and Skrulls.  And of course, about a Russian Spy Turned Hero.

2. He Went Back For Sam Wilson

Sam Wilson did not have a lot to do in Avengers: End Game, but Jesus Christ.  Talk about the prime example of MAKING YOUR SCREEN TIME COUNT.  

When we meet Steve Rogers after the Five Years Later, he’s running a grief counseling session.  Know who also did that?  Sam Wilson in The Winter Soldier.  Steve’s honoring his friend by trying to emulate him.  My emotions were 11/10 at that.

And who, in Steve’s moment of need, in his moment of:

Who was the one that came to Steve’s rescue?  Who came with the Troops?

Sam Wilson.

Mr. Future Captain America and Leader Of The Avengers Himself.

I cheered AND cried at On Your Left in that theater.  It was just so OVERWHELMING.  

And in the end, Sam said that he would go with Steve, even if it meant putting his life in danger, or it maybe not being a round trip event.  It’s just love.

Steve ended up going back to have a past with Peggy, but he went back to the future for Sam Wilson.  He went back specifically to give Sam his shield.  

Steve, knowing the trauma of suddenly losing someone (Peggy, waking up in the future, The Snap, Natasha), made sure to go back to the EXACT MOMENT he left.  He made sure that Sam wouldn’t have to suffer like he did.

Yes, it is sad that Steve’s old now.  They can’t have the life together they deserve --

LOL, No.  Nope.

Let’s talk about that.

A.  Steve’s Age

Timeline:

Born. 1918

Crashed Plane: 1945

Woke Up in Future: 2012

Avenger: End Game: 2023

So when Steve goes back to the past (say 1947 to not invalid Agent Carter S1), he is 38 Years Old.  If he lives a full life with her to she dies in 2015, he’d be 106 Years Old.

They undoubtedly aged Steve up more so that the audience would 100% understand what he did.

In actually, for all you fanfic writers out there, remember that Steve’s Rogers cells regenerate 4x faster than normal.  The means he’s aging slower than normal, and frankly might be immortal as long as he doesn’t have his head cut off.   

So if you think about him aging SLOWER, that 106-Year-Old Dude, should really look a Silver Fox in his 50s/60s.  

B. Scott’s Quantum Van

They clearly state in the movie that it’s possible to age and de-age people by pushing time through them, as explained with Scott turning into an Old Man and a Baby.  They could EASILY do this with Steve.

(Once Evans takes a long holiday, has some kids, and decides he’s willing to come back for a cameo or two.)

C. Mjlonir.

Unless I SEE Steve put that hammer back, I refuse to believe he didn’t keep it with Thor’s blessing.  In the comics, when Donald Blake or Jane Foster had Mjlonir, both were not in prime condition.  Donald Blake had a bum leg, Jane Forster had cancer.  Once they wielded Mjlonir, they turned into Thor.  That’s totally possible for Steve.

It ALSO lets Sam STILL BE CAP and Steve now gets to be Thor!! 

D. Re-Serum Steve

Steve Rogers loses the serum like every 100 issues in the comics it seems.  They always manage to get him back to his normal health.  If Bruce could crack the Hulk, he can crack the serum.

TL;DR

So, basically, what I’m saying is that our Dramatic Bitch Bisexual Icon managed to finally be selfish for once in his life, and found a way to live two Happily Ever Afters.  He got his one in 1940′s with Peggy, and now he’s going to get his 2020′s one with Sam Wilson.