GodDAMNIT, Steven Fucking Grant Rogers And His Fucking Correctly-aligned Understanding Of The Purpose

GodDAMNIT, Steven fucking Grant Rogers and his fucking correctly-aligned understanding of the purpose of fighting.

“This isn’t about beating him [Ultron], it’s about whether he’s right.” (About the Avengers being a threat to the world.)

Okay so tbh I don’t often rewatch the Avengers movies, but holy SHIT does Steve Rogers make my heart ache.

In the middle of all the shit that’s going down for him (and the world) in AoU, he does not for one SECOND forget that fighting isn’t about winning. It’s about correcting what was wrong before the fight and making things better after the fight. (If they win by putting people in danger and putting more evil into the world, then Ultron is right. And they haven’t won at all.)

THAT is Steven fucking Rogers. THAT’S the skinny kid who wouldn’t stand down. THAT’S why he’s not a perfect soldier (because a perfect soldier wins no matter what), but a good man (because a good man can see and remember what’s really important).

(Plus: that’s why he gives Tony the phone at the end of Civil War. Why he always cares about the civilians. Why he stands up against Thanos alone.)

(It’s not about winning, it’s about fixing what was broken. To Steve Rogers, breaking more things in order to win is losing.)

(And also why he wouldn’t fucking DO THAT at the end of Endgame.)