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heroic_jawline) wrote2015-12-29 08:48 pm
heroic_jawline) wrote2015-12-29 08:48 pm
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OOC: Infotrain!
Everyone, say hello to Steve!
Promise he'll wear more shirts when he teaches.
MCU-version Steven Grant Rogers was born in Brooklyn, NY on July 4, 1918 (because no one has ever said “ask me about my subtle backstory!” in comics). His mother Sarah was a nurse before she died of tuberculosis when Steve was a young man, and his father was a soldier in the 107th Infantry division, killed in action during World War I. Steve was a slight, sickly kid who grew up to be a short, sickly adult. That doesn’t stop him from fighting for what he believes in: our first glimpse of him in Captain America is in his skivvies at a recruiting station absolutely dwarfed by the other men attempting to join the Army in order to fight in World War II. His list of ailments (asthma, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, sinusitis, chronic colds, high blood pressure, heart palpitations, easy fatigability, and close proximity to someone who’d died of TBhow do you go outside, Steve) disqualified him from active duty, and had at the other three recruitment stations he’d tried, too. Because Steve is also stubborn to a fault, and when he’s decided to do something, he’s going to keep going at it forever.
…which is why the second thing we learn about Steve was that he gets beat up a lot. Our movie example was telling a guy twice his size to shut up when the guy was being a dick during the newsreel in a movie. Short, stubborn, and never backing down from a fight. Two of those traits are still true for Steve Rogers.
He’s not short any more, is what I’m saying.
Post serum Steve Rogers is built like a tank. An extremely hot tank. Steve is 6’2” and 240 lbs of muscle and the shoulder-to-hip ratio of a Dorito. He has blond hair and blue eyes. His reflexes are enhanced, he can walk off just about any injury…and true to Dr. Erskine’s words to him before the procedure, he tries his best to not be a perfect soldier. He strives to be a good man. Most of the world has forgotten that part of who he is.
(Aww, lookit how cute and scruffy he is.)
Captain America and Steve Rogers are very different, despite being the same person. Captain America is a national symbol along with the eagle and the flag, and the people of the MCU learn about him in their history books. Captain America fights the good fight, stands up for the little guy, Does the Right Thing, has a theme song, an exhibit in the Smithsonian and no discernible sense of humor. Steve Rogers is a self-described “kid from Brooklyn”: a slightly sarcastic man who has no problem standing up to authority when he thinks he’s right (spoiler: he always thinks he’s right). He gets angry, he gets frustrated, he has absolutely no idea how to talk to women, and he is slowly getting subsumed in the Captain America persona in the 21st Century because no one really seems to want to know him.
Steve jumps out of planes without jump training. Steve rides a motorcycle without a helmet. Steve goes toe-to-toe with a god (a few times) and doesn’t back down. Steve crashes a plane in the Arctic without letting anyone teach him how to, say, LAND A PLANE. Steve is sliiiiightly dramatic (as Peggy will tell him, and has) and has a few things to prove (just ask Bucky). Steve doesn’t know what he would do if he’s no longer a soldier. Steve doesn’t know what makes him happy.
He’s also an excellent leader, a natural tactician, can make a damn inspirational speech up on the fly, throws around a giant patriotic frisbee as a weapon, and has a smile like sunshine. You don’t see the smile that much because he is deeply, deeply lonely in this new century. Hopefully that will change. He's coming to Fandom a week post-first Avengers and will be teaching 20th Century American Historybecause I'm hilarious because SHIELD feels it will help him acclimate. Until then, he'll spend a lot of time at the gym doing this:
You're welcome.
He's also looking for a TA for his history class, so drop me a comment if you'd like to help a nonogenarian out!
Promise he'll wear more shirts when he teaches.
MCU-version Steven Grant Rogers was born in Brooklyn, NY on July 4, 1918 (because no one has ever said “ask me about my subtle backstory!” in comics). His mother Sarah was a nurse before she died of tuberculosis when Steve was a young man, and his father was a soldier in the 107th Infantry division, killed in action during World War I. Steve was a slight, sickly kid who grew up to be a short, sickly adult. That doesn’t stop him from fighting for what he believes in: our first glimpse of him in Captain America is in his skivvies at a recruiting station absolutely dwarfed by the other men attempting to join the Army in order to fight in World War II. His list of ailments (asthma, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, sinusitis, chronic colds, high blood pressure, heart palpitations, easy fatigability, and close proximity to someone who’d died of TB
…which is why the second thing we learn about Steve was that he gets beat up a lot. Our movie example was telling a guy twice his size to shut up when the guy was being a dick during the newsreel in a movie. Short, stubborn, and never backing down from a fight. Two of those traits are still true for Steve Rogers.
He’s not short any more, is what I’m saying.
Post serum Steve Rogers is built like a tank. An extremely hot tank. Steve is 6’2” and 240 lbs of muscle and the shoulder-to-hip ratio of a Dorito. He has blond hair and blue eyes. His reflexes are enhanced, he can walk off just about any injury…and true to Dr. Erskine’s words to him before the procedure, he tries his best to not be a perfect soldier. He strives to be a good man. Most of the world has forgotten that part of who he is.
(Aww, lookit how cute and scruffy he is.)
Captain America and Steve Rogers are very different, despite being the same person. Captain America is a national symbol along with the eagle and the flag, and the people of the MCU learn about him in their history books. Captain America fights the good fight, stands up for the little guy, Does the Right Thing, has a theme song, an exhibit in the Smithsonian and no discernible sense of humor. Steve Rogers is a self-described “kid from Brooklyn”: a slightly sarcastic man who has no problem standing up to authority when he thinks he’s right (spoiler: he always thinks he’s right). He gets angry, he gets frustrated, he has absolutely no idea how to talk to women, and he is slowly getting subsumed in the Captain America persona in the 21st Century because no one really seems to want to know him.
Steve jumps out of planes without jump training. Steve rides a motorcycle without a helmet. Steve goes toe-to-toe with a god (a few times) and doesn’t back down. Steve crashes a plane in the Arctic without letting anyone teach him how to, say, LAND A PLANE. Steve is sliiiiightly dramatic (as Peggy will tell him, and has) and has a few things to prove (just ask Bucky). Steve doesn’t know what he would do if he’s no longer a soldier. Steve doesn’t know what makes him happy.
He’s also an excellent leader, a natural tactician, can make a damn inspirational speech up on the fly, throws around a giant patriotic frisbee as a weapon, and has a smile like sunshine. You don’t see the smile that much because he is deeply, deeply lonely in this new century. Hopefully that will change. He's coming to Fandom a week post-first Avengers and will be teaching 20th Century American History
You're welcome.
He's also looking for a TA for his history class, so drop me a comment if you'd like to help a nonogenarian out!
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