bonegoblin:

• HERE’S SOMETHING I LIKE ABOUT THIS SCENE
• I ACTUALLY THINK HE’D LET THEM OUT IF THEY HELD THEIR HAND UP
• I THINK HE’D LET THEM WALK AWAY
• STEVE IS VERY VERY EXTRA BUT NOT PETTY OR CRUEL
• HE WOULDN’T FIGHT A MAN WHO LAID HIS RIFLE DOWN. BUT I DON’T THINK THAT’S JUST BECAUSE HE’S​ A SOLDIER
• I THINK THERE IS STILL A STREET SCRAPPING KID INSIDE HIM WHO IS INVESTED IN THE RULES: NOT IN LAWS BUT IN LINES THAT AREN’T CROSSED.
• YOU DON’T KICK SOMEBODY AGAIN IF THEY’VE CRIED UNCLE
• AND IF YOU DO YOU’RE A BULLY
• YOU’RE DOING VIOLENCE FOR THE PLEASURE OF IT INSTEAD OF ONLY TO WIN
• AND I THINK STEVE MET A HELL OF A LOT OF BULLIES IN HIS FORMATIVE YOUTH
• AND I THINK HE DEFINES HIMSELF AGAINST THEM EVEN NOW
• THAT’S WHY STEVE ROGERS ACTUALLY MEANS SOMETHING REAL TO ME
• HE IS LIBERTY INEXTRICABLE FROM JUSTICE
• HE COULD BE SOME TERRIBLE LIBERTARIAN FANTASY OF VIOLENT ALPHA FREEDOM
• BUT INSTEAD
• STEVE IS ROOTED IN THE IDEA THAT FREEDOM REQUIRES SACRIFICE. REQUIRES COOPERATION. REQUIRES TRUST. REQUIRES RESPECT OF OTHERS.
• HE REJECTED PROJECT INSIGHT EVEN *BEFORE* HE KNOWS IT’S HYDRA
• BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MANUFACTURE SECURITY BY GRINDING UP CIVIL LIBERTIES
• IT’S LITERALLY HIS FUCKING ARGUMENT IN CIVIL WAR BUT NOBODY NOTICED
• ANYWAY. STEVE ISN’T ACTUALLY A FIGURE OF LIBERTY. HE’S A FIGURE OF JUSTICE. JUSTICE IS DIFFICULT. IT’S DEMANDING. IT ASKS MUCH.
• BUT WITHOUT IT FREEDOM IS A HOLLOW CONSUMER BUZZWORD
• THUS ENDS THE AFTERNOON RANT I GUESS (via @robotmango)