Tag: chris evans

wintercyan:

wynterwydow:

The moment that you realize Agent 13’s cover was not an accident. Stay classy, S.H.I.E.L.D. :/

As I mentioned here:

The question is, why was Sharon assigned to watch over Steve in the first place? Fury already had Steve’s apartment bugged; if anything happened, Fury would know about it even before Sharon called it in. Protection? If someone broke in and overpowered Captain freaking America himself, chances are Sharon on her own wouldn’t have been able to stop them either—could she have stopped the Winter Soldier if he’d gone for an up-close kill rather than sniping Fury from the opposite building? No way.

So if she’s not there to spy on Steve or to protect him, why? My guess is emotional manipulation. Here’s a guy from the 1940s thrown into the 21st century, in shock after the trauma of losing basically everyone and everything he ever knew, and on top of that he’s a war veteran showing symptoms of PTSD—and the world depends on him to save it from rogue gods and aliens and who knows what else. That’s not a man you’d dare leave to muddle through things on his own, but what can you do when he refuses to talk about it and declines every offer of help or therapy?

Solution: The nice girl next door. Someone his age (the age he considers himself to be), someone he can relate to, a nurse like his mother—she works in the infectious disease ward just like Sarah Rogers did, imagine that! Steve can’t help admiring her bravery and selflessness in caring for her patients, knowing what it cost his mother. She even reminds him of Peggy, the way she smiles. Just seeing her reminds Steve of why he keeps fighting, why he keeps going back to S.H.I.E.L.D.: to keep people like her safe.

And then it turns out it’s all a carefully crafted lie to give him a reason to get out of bed in the morning, put on his uniform, and do Fury’s dirty work. If I were Steve, I’d be pissed too.

but how much do i love that in the closing scene of ca:tws, steve is looking at the winter soldier’s file and there’s a faded photograph of bucky barnes in his army uniform, bright and reckless, before his horrific transformation

how much do i love that it’s a direct mirror image of the shot of peggy carter at the end of ca:tfa, where she is looking at captain america’s file and there’s a photograph of steve rogers in fatigues, determined and skinny, before his miraculous transformation —ladyspies

mcumeta:

I was thinking on the list of Steve’s illnesses when I was re-watching (for reference, because I do that a lot), and I couldn’t help noticing that when he’s still tiny Steve, you can hear the wheeze and sputter in his breathing, specifically sinus-related congestion. And it’s not just done by the breathing: Chris Evans manages to work it into the way he speaks, so it’s natural.

It’s such a little thing to incorporate into a character, but it’s there and it adds layers, driving home the point that Steve is genuinely not a healthy puppy before all this happens.

I really noticed it when he’s with Peggy in the car (“I think this is the longest conversation I’ve had with one”) and with Erskine (“it’s a little big”), just before the procedure.

And immediately after the procedure, the first thing he’s doing is taking big breaths of air, in a way he hasn’t been able to his whole life. It’s a very subtle thing, but I really like it.