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One of the things I love about Steve Rogers is that he goes against the archetype of good/optimistic characters only being – and deriving their goodness/optimism from being – innocent and naïve.

Steve isn’t naïve. Steve grew up in hardship. In the comics, he was abused and watched his mother be beaten by his father. In the movies, he had no father, but was violently bullied and dirt poor. Steve grew up in the school of hard knocks, in the middle of the Depression; any naïveté about how cruel the world could be got beaten out of him as a child.

And then, Steve signed up to go to war. He fought on the front lines of WWII, and witnessed untold violence. Some comics and cartoons show him helping to free concentration camps. And he fought – Steve never had the luxury, as Cap, of having a “no killing” rule like Superman. He’s never relished taking lives, but he’s done it when necessary. Steve is no unsullied innocent.

From all this hardship, all this violence, Steve could easily be a character who has a grim, cynical outlook on the world. He’s seen and experienced the absolute worst of humanity; he’s borne witness to genocide, after all, and horrors of war. And usually, the characters who have endured brutality are the ones who are the bitter anti-heroes, or dark and angsty heroes – the Batmans and Daredevils, the Wolverines and Punishers. Meanwhile the hopeful, optimistic heroes are often the ones who have had warm and loving homes, and who haven’t been broken yet by the world.

But Steve, despite everything, stays hopeful. Steve believes in the best of humanity, in spite of having seen it at its worst. Steve believes in the importance of Good, because he has looked deep into the heart of Evil. 

Steve has suffered all his life, but he refuses to let the world break him. 

That refusal, that strength of outlook and principle, and that subversion of archetype with a rejection of the increasingly popular grimdark hero narrative, are all reasons I love Captain America, and find Steve Rogers a truly interesting and inspiring hero. 

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These are two different scenes???? I don’t understand

AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) - dir. Joe & Anthony Russo

So, like, here’s the thing. Good people make mistakes. They get emotional and act selfishly, and that doesn’t take away from the good they’ve done. Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are both good people who’ve done bad things. Too many people in this fandom (and everywhere) refuse to see the flaws in their faves. They refuse to understand the motivations behind anybody who opposes their fave. I say “refuse” deliberately, because it requires willful ignorance to decide either of these men are bad people. Quite frankly, all that shit can stay about 7000 light years away from me. It is completely unwelcome here.

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I have seen posts on tumblr crowing about how Suicide Squad is a testament to diversity in casting, while Doctor Strange is the most white-washed in Marvel history???

As a Muslim, and an Asian, I feel like I should challenge this notion. I feel like for Suicide Squad to be the standard in diversity, Karen Fukuhara should have been Captain Boomerang, instead of yet another sword wielding martial arts expert; Will Smith should have been Harley Quinn, instead of yet another smart mouth, bad ass, tough guy, weapons expert; and Margot Robbie should have been Deadshot, because we want to be in awe of how deadly she is with that custom AR-15, instead of how she looks in short shorts.

As for Doctor Strange being the most white-washed in Marvel history, Chiwetel Ejiofor is Baron Mordo, Benedict Wong is not playing a man servant, and Tilda Swinton is the Ancient One that nobody expected, because Marvel and long-time comic readers understand that the Ancient One is a title that is earned, and to earn this title one doesn’t have to be an old Asian man spewing words of wisdom. I think we’ve seen enough of that nonsense.

I think diversity should mean more than just casting people of color in movies and TV shows to play stereotypical roles, like the martial arts expert or perky comic relief, or the evil terrorist, or the tough talking gangster. I think it’s demeaning to these beautiful, talented actors, and the audience, that they’re not allowed the space and direction to do more, or show more.

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Wow. So cool

From today’s press conference in Shanghai [x]

Uh, I'm so envious of people who know what they want from life. She is so young and already so sure of herself. And here I am who is supposed to be a grown up woman well on the way to her 30s and I actually have no clue. People like her are an inspiration

Now at the age of 13, she had already: Attended Space Camp 7 times, Space Academy 3 times and Robotics Academy 1 time. Became the first person to complete all the NASA Space Camps in the world, including Space Camp Turkey and Space Camp Canada. Witness 3 Space Shuttle launches. Attend Sally Ride Camp at MIT, and three Sally Ride Day camps. Speak several foreign languages: Spanish, French, Chinese and some Turkish. She also delivers motivational speeches to other children.

She is determined to be the first person to land on Mars & NASA is already training her.

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