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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Nah, man. Howard/Steve.
All the messed-up crap Howard knows he's responsible for and his deepest, most mind-clouding fantasy is getting Steve back? That's devotion.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.The first time Peggy and Howard had their exchange about Steve in The Blitzkrieg Button, I was thinking to myself that maybe Howard meant it in a fatherly way. But after that chat in the last episode I'm completely certain the writers intended to say Howard was literally in love with Steve. Poor Tony, no wonder he's so screwed up.
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Why, because his dad had a crush on a dude?
Steggy? So Steve and Peggy are a dinosaur? Well, they are old, but...
...I'd say if your father is comparing their son to someone he was madly in love with that's not an indication of the son being messed up.
edited 23rd Mar '15 1:52:59 AM by Wackd
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.But it COULD also screw the kid up, that's what's being said.
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectObsessive and self-destructive Survivor's Guilt runs deep in that family. At this rate, Tony's hypothetical son is going to pledge to find a way to kill death itself once his idol dies when there's nothing he can do.
edited 23rd Mar '15 2:46:48 AM by KnownUnknown
So, that kid would be like Thanos, except his boner for Death is more of a hate-boner.
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectI have no idea where they got the notion a romance with Widow is happening or that it's the focal point of the film. They were completely platonic in the last movie (which is one of the things I liked) and unless she's grieving and in need of comfort after something happens to Bruce, she's supposedly still with him.
Specifically, they introduced a character in Season 2 named Agent Hartley who died in her first appearance. One of the showrunners confirmed the original plan was for Hartley to be gay and Victoria's former girlfriend, but they scrapped that story idea because they felt people would accuse them of homophobia for introducing a gay character only to violently kill her off 30 minutes later.
So if that was their reasoning one could reasonably assume they had similar reasons for avoiding Hand's sexuality as well.
edited 23rd Mar '15 7:27:49 AM by comicwriter
How did Cap actually oppose the act? Did he attempt any peaceful protests?
He did approximately f*ck all when the law was being deliberated - as I mentioned earlier, Stark was the only one actively campaigning against it - but once it became evident the law was going to pass, Cap organized an underground group of superheroes and arranged for fake identities to be given to them so they could just keep doing what they were doing, while also staging prison breakouts of supers that were arrested for their activities.
Cap/Widow Romance
It is hilarious and distressing that the obligatory romance subplot has become such a requisite of storytelling that people just assume the male and female lead are going to hook up by the end of the film no matter what.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.And even when they don't, shippers pick up the pieces.
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It's a silver necklace with an arrow on it that she wears throughout Winter Soldier.
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... Or he could just be bisexual? He was already a playboy long before meeting Steve, and his interest in those other women seemed pretty legitimate. Plus if he wanted Maria as a beard he would've probably had Tony a lot earlier than he did. He probably decided to settle down because he was getting old and women weren't flocking towards him as much or casual sex lost its appeal.
edited 23rd Mar '15 8:39:24 AM by AlleyOop

I dunno about that. Agent Carter also introduced Angie. But it definitely made me feel more strongly about the Steve and Peggy moments that did happen.
edited 23rd Mar '15 12:38:52 AM by Mukora
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