nat, clint & tony are all highly trained defensive drivers. riding with them is like being in a car chase, but they know what theyre doing so its actually pretty safe
dr banner drives like hes 90: super slow and cautious, but with occasional really terrifying bits of road rage. tony likes to make him drive convertables so that if he hulks out he wont have to do it through the roof of a car
steve…im not sure if anyone ever really taught steve how to drive or if he just figured it out on the fly. either way no one wants to ride with steve because he’s 1. a terrible driver and 2. probably going to get his vehicle exploded sooner or later
thor and vision dont drive.
wanda drives like a russian; which is to say, however the fuck she wants, and everyone else better make room for her. its a good thing she has magic powers or she’d probably have died in a car accident by now.
it turns out i can drive anything like an expert. literally anything. two months ago one of tonys competitors released a ‘top secret’ jetpack prototype and i already knew how to pilot it. no idea how or why
i would like to take this opportunity to present my headcanon about that infamous “language!” line: steve and the howlies had such dirty mouths that they had to be constantly reminded to clean it up for the reporters that followed them around. so steve heard a swear word over the radio and had a kneejerk stop that we’re being filmed for the folks back home reaction.
in other words, he said “language” not because he never swears, but because if he’s not on guard he swears way too much. :D
“the word ‘fucking’ came to function as no more than “a warning that a noun is coming”
i really want steve, when asked in an interview or something about what he’s going to do now, responding “maybe i’ll go to college, i’m only thirty one, i’ve got plenty of time to work it out”
and the reporter just. staring at him like he’s grown another head
so steve repeats, “i’m thirty one, by my count.” he doesn’t mention the whole not aging thing. doesn’t want to blow their minds any more. “I was twenty six when i boarded the valkyrie.”
“thirty one” the reporter repeats. “you had the fate of the entire world on your shoulders and you were younger than me when i got married.”
and steve just nods. “i’m guessing you don’t want to hear how much tactical experience i actually had before the battle of new york, huh,” and the reporter flips their shit
I don’t get why people are like “Steve Rogers is so vanilla” because the guy is probably the most hot-blooded person in the MCU and also the one to canonically lie on his enlistment form, steal cars, help steal wings, tell Nick Fury to fuck off and run SHIELD better, and generally be impossible to control
steve’s team bonding with wanda includes manicures and talking about their crushes (inspired by steve being a total dad to wanda in civil war which i loved) (sam bought him the mug)
I just realized……Hydra knew super-soldiers could survive despite being cryogenically frozen, because they did it to the Winter Soldier.
So they knew for certain that Captain America was alive after he crashed the plane in the Arctic.
I find the timing of Cap’s find very suspicious.
I personally believe Obadiah Stane was somewhat affiliated with Hydra (and had them send the Winter Soldier to have Howard killed). And he could easily influence where Howard searched for Steve and the plane.
I believe that Obadiah misdirected Howard intentionally whenever it looled like he was close, bc Hydra didn’t want Captain America back.
It was only when Obadiah died that SHIELD found Cap.
