superfizz:

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ohcaptainmycaptain1918:

mamalaz:

Steve’s ‘dark side’ in Ultron was his sadness about his inability to go home. This makes me so sad. (x)

My favorite take on this was when I read someone describe it is, “Steve’s greatest fear is his own PTSD” and inability to ever truly leave the war behind him, which is why this entire scene is mixed with so much war imagery and parallels. Then we remember what Ultron had also said to him: “Captain America: God’s righteous man… pretending you can live without a war.” Oww. Oww.

I don’t even think it’s that he’s afraid of his PTSD, I think he’s afraid that the only time he ever felt happy or useful was when he was Captain America–when he was at war. Steve is afraid he doesn’t know how to exist if there’s nothing to fight. He’s afraid that even if he COULD go home with Peggy, he’d be unhappy and unfulfilled.

Which is probably why he avoids actually discussing protective options for the Earth with Tony–if everyone is safe, he’s no longer of use and he has no reason to exist. He goes back to being that useless kid from Brooklyn.

this hurts