copperbadge:

So, the other night I shared the picture of Steve where he not only put his bandages over his uniform, he poked holes in them for his wings to stick out:

[From Avengers #45, 2001, try to ignore that he’s also riding a hovering wheelchair.]

And someone remarked that maybe they were actually attached to his skull, which given this x-ray image of him talking on the phone, would not actually be that implausible: 

[From Captain America #308, 1985.]

I remarked that they could be like Namor’s ankle wings. I don’t think Namor’s ankle wings actually give him enough lift to fly, but they’re more like, semiotic indicators that he CAN fly, or little steering wings, or something. 

Anyway the upshot was that if the wings on Steve’s Captain America uniform were actually wings that he had growing out of his skull, and he just kept them folded up under his ‘do most of the time, maybe it was because some of Namor’s blood instead of Wolverine’s was used in making the Serum. Which would mean Steve could theoretically fly. 

I like the idea that Steve could fly but didn’t tell anyone, because when he does his little headwings flap frantically and it just looks silly. 

I wrote fic for this; I couldn’t help it. 🙂

Chrysalid