1. Jumping on the grenade. Steve diving on the grenade is the moment where you see that he doesn’t even need the serum to be Captain America – this guy is 100% hero, pint-sized or not. He doesn’t want to be a soldier for glory, or out of bloodthirst. He genuinely believes he has a duty to lay down his own life to save others, and reacts accordingly without any hesitation. This is honestly the moment I fell in love with this goober.
2. On va voir. Not only does this moment tell us Steve speaks French – and I love to headcanon that he picked up a whole smattering of European languages while fighting, but the spiky sex hair and the glower and everything just…. unf. (Look, I had to have at least one gratuitous sexy!Steve item in here.)
3. The Triskelion Speech. This is such a poignant and quintessentially Steve scene. He believes every word, and genuinely believes people will step up, but he is also fully aware of what he’s asking them for and the cost. He doesn’t do it lightly. And it’s Cap’s strength that in believing the best of people, he’s able to inspire people to bravery and courage, and bring it out in others – even when situations are at their most dire.
4. The elevator scene. The flipside of Steve believing in people so much, is that sometimes, they let him down. The moments leading up to this fight, when we see Steve assessing and realizing something isn’t right are great. We see how quick Steve is to detect the signs, put the pieces together, and realize what’s going on. His awareness and his ability to size up a situation are on display here – and then, it isn’t shock or rage on his face. It’s disappointment. But he grits his teeth and he deals with it and kicks ass – not because he enjoys it, but because that’s what he’s gotta do.
5. “I can do this all day.” The way it reiterates, over and over, kills me. Because if there’s one thing Steve does, it’s endure. Even when he’s getting his ass kicked, even when he’s down and out, even when his heart is breaking, Steve gets back up and keeps fighting. He always keeps fighting.
Honorary mention #1: Steve’s ridiculously extra fighting style, featuing, THROWING A FUCKING MOTORCYCLE, dropkicking the shield with a 6 foot high horizontal plank, pirouetting for days, JUMPING FROM GREAT HEIGHTS WITH NO PARACHUTE, STEVE, and generally doing shit that would give Evel Knievel a heart attack. Steve is so reserved and serious so often, that the sheer absurd extra-ness of his fighting style is absolutely hilarious to me.
Honorary mention #2: The friggin’ flagpole scene. STEVE IS A SMART LIL’ COOKIE. He thinks outside the box, problem solves, and isn’t dependent on his strength. Steve might have brawn, but he didn’t always, and he got by for most of his life on his wits alone.
And now, Comics!Steve:
1. You Always Stand Up. This might be a Sarah Rogers line, but it’s Steve’s ethos through and through, and such a heartbreaking moment that tells us everything we need to know about how Steve became the man he is.
2. “No, you move.” It’s iconic for a reason. This speech gives me chills and always will. Steve is accused of being stubborn, and he is, but not without reason. Steve isn’t stubborn for petulance or ego; Steve digs in his heels and squares off when it’s the important things – like the soul of a nation – on the line.
3. Those pages from Loose Nuke. Specifically, the exchange Steve has, where he talks about how his own parents were immigrants. They are particularly relevant in today’s climate. Steve isn’t here for discrimination, and he isn’t here for warmongering. “Isn’t that why we became soldiers? To fight for a peaceful world?”
4. That time Steve found an entire family squatting in his apartment and was totally chill about it and not only didn’t call the cops – he let them stay and helped them out. (Please read this whole post! It’s magical.)
5. That time Steve punched Nationalism right the fuck out. I hate when people assume, because of the name and the colors, that Cap is some hyper-patriotic jingoistic blowhard. Because nothing could be further from who he actually is. Steve will put America’s people and ideals ahead of her government and iconography every time.
Honorary mention: The newest issue of the Waid & Samnee run, because this is my Cap and he’s back:
I know this went way beyond one favorite, but… I just REALLY LOVE STEVE, YOU GUYS.
Okay but, stick with me here, what if Clint Barton’s junker of a car (”Have you seen my life? Why the hell would I waste money on something that’ll be blown up before next tuesday??) finally craps out on him so he hits the local places to scout out a new car he can care for and become overly attached to. He finds this super cool looking (but dirty and dented in a few places, but it has great bones!) car. Yeah it’s yellow, but he can fix that later. It has these cool stripes that almost look like arrows.
Clint’s friends all generally lovingly mock his newest project, but it rolls of his back because who doesn’t mock the ones you love? And he’s really enjoying the new car,that puppy had an amazing engine under the hood and Clint is a huge fan of running away faster than the bad guys, when the time right anyway. The one thing he can’t quite get right is the radio, it’s finicky and jumpy but always manages to play exactly the music he’s in the mood for, so whatever.
The weekend before he starts the research into repainting a car (or just paying someone else to do it, believe it or not Clint doesn’t actually want to be completely purple, skin included, no matter WHAT Natasha or Kate might imply and let’s face it, his life has a way of… well, he’s probably gonna pay someone to paint the car, let’s leave it at that) and a Thing Happens.
Truthfully, being kidnapped by his own car who brings him to meet OTHER cars (and one really bitchin truck rig with awesome flames on its sides) that CAN SPEAK isn’t actually anywhere near the top ten of weird shit that happens to Clint. Optimus is a bit of a talker, sometimes, but Clint finds himself making a tank cry with laughter so it’s all good.
There’s a lost weekend (maybe week, it got blurry in the middle) but Clint reappears on a Tuesday, driving into the parking lot of Stark Tower. He’s got a nose bandage, an air cast, a black eye and maybe some bruised ribs. The car he’s driving (bumble bee and Clint may be planning on looking up those cool blue bees as part of the Purple Would Look Great On You argument) looking slightly worse for wear. The guy at the junkyard assured him that bumbles would heal himself as long as there was a high metallic diet and Clint plans on enticing stark for that particular meal, god knows what that man has hidden away. But currently Bumble bee is missing a headlight, has his bumper being held on with duct tape and a chain, one wheel is slightly deflated giving his driving the appearance of a sad limp and on the slightly dented hood, the black pattern now shows the front end of two arrows that follow the length of the car and end in fletching over the trunk.
As he pulls in past the the rest of the avengers, the car stereo starts blasting “Princes of the Universe” by queen and Clint just leans back in the seat, hands behind his head, thinking, ‘this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.’
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS THING I would watch the shit out of this.
pretending that age of ultron literally never happened probably gets funnier if you just pretend that absolutely none of the events in it happened and try to fit the current MCU around it anyways. for example: the hulk just launched himself, unprompted, into space
it makes more sense for him to have launched himself, unprompted, into space
His best friend in high school was hearing impaired and he learned to communicate with him using ASL though he says he’s a little rusty now. I think the same friend encouraged him to get into acting when he was about 15 years old.
Not about being deaf but…
When I go to conventions I carry a totoro named Percy around with me. A few years ago we got the chance to meet Tom Hiddleston, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans. When I went in for the picture, I was a little off because my wife wasn’t with me so I sort of stammered out asking the guys to hold Percy while I found a place to stand. (I’m 5’4, everyone was bigger than me) Sebastian recognized him from 2014 when he almost signed it and we got this amazing picture:
So he wanted to hold Percy and all but snatched him from my hands. Anthony Mackie was like a child going “totoro totoro!” And snatched it from him declaring HE was going to hold it and after a few seconds of this, Chris Evans grabbed it, put Percy in his lap like he was their dad taking away a favored toy. It was the best Captain America moment ever. I can’t find the picture for some reason but it’s cute as hell
Steel Phoenix Studios 