if a4 has steve sacrificing himself again, that’s the pinnacle of lazy writing. it’s not character growth, it’s stagnation. all they’ve ever used steve’s character for is as the answer to a call to arms for fights that were never his to begin with, but which needed a leader and he was the one who was conveniently there. he wants to fight bullies, i understand that; he wants to fight for those who can’t, i get that. but to cheapen steve’s character and lessen him to only this, to only trite & repeated storylines as if this is the whole of who he is, is so boring.
steve has had so many experiences with death, the deaths of others and his own: why is it so hard to comprehend that this time around, it might be worth letting steve live? and not just live for the good of others so he can keep fighting for them – why is steve surviving and learning to live for himself such a foreign & unacceptable concept? if all the other avengers can have lives outside of avenging and outside of fighting, why can’t he?
