brendaonao3:

steverogersorbust:

Does it ever strike you that Cap 2 begins with a challenge from Batroc: who are you without the mask? And the rest of the movie is literally Steve showing us? Who he is with, and without, the mask? The depths of his humanity? The breadth of his super soldier strength? The limits his body and soul meet time and again and then transcend? Steve is more than the weapon he wields or the costume he wears. He’s more than the weapon he’s become. And in Cap 2, we begin to see that. In Cap 3, we see his shield actually GET TAKEN AWAY. We rarely see him in his mask. If the shot of him HOLDING A HELICOPTER IN PLACE armed ONLY WITH HIS DESPERATION AND SUPER STRENGTH is any indication, we’ll see more of plain clothesed Steve, fighting massive battles in just very tight t shirts and an earnest expression. In the end, Steve is my favorite because we see his humanity and struggle in everything he does. Even in his physical prowess–it’d be so easy to portray his feats of strength with a casualness meant to highlight just how powerful he is. Instead, you see him strain. You see his muscles bulge and his jaw grit and you see uncertainty and determination war on his face. You see him WIN against all odds, and the sheer impossibility of odds are what make the victory so breathtaking. Behind and without the mask is Steve Rogers, not Captain America. Unluckily for Batroc, and other villains, that’s still a pretty f*cking amazing hero to contend with.

Steve Rogers isn’t a hero because he’s Captain America. Captain America is a hero because he’s Steve Rogers.

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skymurdock asked: for the three-sentence AU meme, not that I personally consider this an AU: Steve Rogers being IN SPACE and not knowing wtf is going on down on earth, go.

words-writ-in-starlight:

All right, did you mean ‘Star Trek mashup,’ because I refuse to dignify Dick Spencer with even the slightest iota of my attention and I LOVE STAR TREK.  Um, there’s definitely gonna be more than three sentences, I tried but I got overexcited, sorry.  THERE’S A READMORE, THAT’S HOW OUT OF HAND THIS GOT.

  • Starbase 616 is approximately five days at max warp past the generally accepted middle-of-nowhere, the kind of place they send you when you’ve slept with a higher-up’s spouse (or spouses, Security Officer Kellan will say mournfully, not that he knew it at the time) or after you’ve blown up a very expensive piece of equipment (Chief of Engineering Maxime Rochert is only allowed near the engines with supervision, is the running joke).  So when the ship drifts in, Starbase 616 has a hot second of panic, because they have never gotten a ship since the last troop of poor suckers was released from this purgatory.  It’s even worse because the USS Avenge left its last leg about a parsec back and seems to have crawled in on some kind of souped-up impulse engine none of them have seen before.  It’s even worse because, once they get on board to check why they’re not receiving a response to their thirty-one hails, they find:
    • an AI that apparently fried itself and shut down all non-life support or non-propulsion systems,
    • a piloting and navigation console that looks like it’s been ripped apart and hotwired together,
    • and almost a dozen (sort of living) legends in deep cryostasis in the medical bay, with no other signs of life.

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DAY TWO REBLOG.

skymurdock asked: for the three-sentence AU meme, not that I personally consider this an AU: Steve Rogers being IN SPACE and not knowing wtf is going on down on earth, go.

All right, did you mean ‘Star Trek mashup,’ because I refuse to dignify Dick Spencer with even the slightest iota of my attention and I LOVE STAR TREK.  Um, there’s definitely gonna be more than three sentences, I tried but I got overexcited, sorry.  THERE’S A READMORE, THAT’S HOW OUT OF HAND THIS GOT.

  • Starbase 616 is approximately five days at max warp past the generally accepted middle-of-nowhere, the kind of place they send you when you’ve slept with a higher-up’s spouse (or spouses, Security Officer Kellan will say mournfully, not that he knew it at the time) or after you’ve blown up a very expensive piece of equipment (Chief of Engineering Maxime Rochert is only allowed near the engines with supervision, is the running joke).  So when the ship drifts in, Starbase 616 has a hot second of panic, because they have never gotten a ship since the last troop of poor suckers was released from this purgatory.  It’s even worse because the USS Avenge left its last leg about a parsec back and seems to have crawled in on some kind of souped-up impulse engine none of them have seen before.  It’s even worse because, once they get on board to check why they’re not receiving a response to their thirty-one hails, they find:
    • an AI that apparently fried itself and shut down all non-life support or non-propulsion systems,
    • a piloting and navigation console that looks like it’s been ripped apart and hotwired together,
    • and almost a dozen (sort of living) legends in deep cryostasis in the medical bay, with no other signs of life.

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words-writ-in-starlight:

For @littlestartopaz from my vast repository of prompts from her.  R from this post, Steve/Bucky/Sam friendship (“This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had.  Of course I’m in.”)

Okay, some stealth feelings about Steve being all alone in the 21st century snuck in there, but they’re real small and mostly this is very funny, I have no regrets.  Timelines for the first two should be obvious, the third one is some time after they drag Bucky’s poor exhausted self out of cryo again and go fight more shit. Because Steve is a fighty shit and Bucky would never be able to let him run off alone and Sam is rapidly falling into the same black hole of stress.  

“This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had–”

“Well, now, Buck, we both know that’s just not true,” Steve protested, half-laughing.

“The stupidest plan you’ve ever had,” Bucky repeated firmly, and knocked back the rest of his beer without breaking his scowl.  “Except for that time you became a lab rat,” he allowed as he lowered his glass, “this is the stupidest.”

“So are you gonna bail on me?”

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Day The Second Reblog, even though it’s…like…later than it should be.

For @littlestartopaz from my vast repository of prompts from her.  R from this post, Steve/Bucky/Sam friendship (“This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had.  Of course I’m in.”)

Okay, some stealth feelings about Steve being all alone in the 21st century snuck in there, but they’re real small and mostly this is very funny, I have no regrets.  Timelines for the first two should be obvious, the third one is some time after they drag Bucky’s poor exhausted self out of cryo again and go fight more shit. Because Steve is a fighty shit and Bucky would never be able to let him run off alone and Sam is rapidly falling into the same black hole of stress.  

“This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had–”

“Well, now, Buck, we both know that’s just not true,” Steve protested, half-laughing.

“The stupidest plan you’ve ever had,” Bucky repeated firmly, and knocked back the rest of his beer without breaking his scowl.  “Except for that time you became a lab rat,” he allowed as he lowered his glass, “this is the stupidest.”

“So are you gonna bail on me?”

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buckygreyjoy:

I just saw an AU gifset that used the AOU “language!” joke in all seriousness and like

guys

Steve Rogers curses worse than a sailor, he can strip the paint off a ship’s hull and you know why? he was in the ARMY

he’s great at holding it in but trust me, that kid is mentally saying FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR BULLSHIT SUCK MY STAR SPANGLED DICK at Pierce, at Ross, at the Red Skull, literally everyone

(Source: skymurdock)

portraitoftheoddity:
“ With Liberty and Justice For All.
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portraitoftheoddity:

With Liberty and Justice For All. 

(via clockwork-mockingbird)

infectedscrew:

I hate when comicbook fans gate-keep by running you through a fact-check quiz. Even if you’ve ready every comic you’re going to be wrong. Why? Because comics can’t even keep their shit together. Bruce’s parents were either killed outside of Mask of Zorro or an opera, their killer is either unknown or Joe Chill, he started as Batman at either 21, 26, 28 or 32. Barry has died six separate times and during several of his absences both Bart and Wally have been the Flash at the same time. Steve has given up Captain America due to anything from a minor cold, dying, wanting to retire and straight up disappearing. God forbid you ask how Tony got his heart.

The only thing we know for certain is that Uncle Ben died and it is always, always, always Superman’s fault that Lex no longer has hair

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