#avengersendgamespoilers

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Thinking about their future adventure 

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Reflect

Every morning he wakes up, and for thirty blissful seconds, he forgets.

Sometimes it hits him like a tidal wave, the despair clawing its way through his bones. Other times it’s a punch in the gut, thoughts of I need to tell Tony about this, and then the soul-crushing hurt as he remembers that Tony can’t answer him. Is it normal, he wonders, to still cry every day? To see still Tony out of the corner of his eye, to hear him laugh, to feel him walk by his side?

Rhodey doesn’t know. But then again, he supposes that he doesn’t know much about anything these days.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

I promised I’d look after him.

I couldn’t save him, I always save him but I couldn’t.

He doesn’t like to talk, hear, or think about Tony. He’d like to, but he can’t. It reminds him too much of 2008, when Tony was held captive in Afghanistan and he was tearing apart the desert in search of his best friend. Tony has gone somewhere he cannot follow, though sometimes in the dark of night, when his thoughts become overwhelming and he misses Tony so badly that his heart aches, Rhodey thinks that he wouldn’t mind following. Tony would be angry, Rhodey knows, but at least he’d have his best friend back.

But he can’t follow. Not when Morgan, Pepper, Peter, and Happy need him. Not when the universe is still recovering. He still has too much to do; he can’t rest now. Even though a rest is all he wants.

A really long rest.

He wonders if this is how Tony felt all the time, weighed down by an exhaustion that sleep cannot fix. I can’t sleep, Rhodey. Tony had confided in him once. Staying awake is better than having nightmares.

I get it now, Tones. I get it.

He yearns to see Tony again, begs any higher being that will listen to give him  sign, any sign, that Tony’s fine, that he’s at peace. But all he’s been given are nightmares, Tony coughing up blood and admonishing him. You promised me you’d help me, Rhodey. Why aren’t you helping me?

Rhodey had made that promise to both Tony and himself back at MIT, sworn to always protect and help him. Tony hadn’t said anything, but the way he snuggled into Rhodey’s side and smiled at him had said it all. They’d never needed many words between them, but now, Rhodey finds that he has so much to say.

I’m sorry I didn’t save you.

I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you.

I’m sorry you don’t get to see Morgan grow up.

I love you, Tones, I love you so much, and I’m so fucking sorry.

If only any amount of “sorry’s” could bring Tony back, even if only for five minutes.

But, Rhodey thinks as he tries to stem the flow of tears, it would never be enough.

[valsnasa]

The Strongest Avenger ⚡️

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Steve’s endgame ending

I AM SICK OF YALL SLANDERING MY MAN STEVE AND HIS DECISION TO GO BACK IN TIME AND LIVE HIS GODDAMN LIFE IN PEACE WITH HIS LOVE!!!!!!! I can’t deal with people saying he abandoned everything? Um no? Okay listen if he up and left at any other time in the mcu, yeah I’d agree. And he wouldn’t do it then anyways but HERE, at the end of endgame, my boy deserves it. Thanos and the stones are gone and so is the major threat. And also there are now a shit ton more avengers that are more than capable of protecting the earth and facing any new villains. He has always felt out of place and time (if you watch this video essay it explains his arc and this really well https://youtu.be/feeEnNFotZQ) and he did end up come to terms with living in the future and had accepted his life because going back had never been an option. Not fighting a war had never been an option. But now at the end of endgame suddenly it is. It is the perfect time for him, time travel is a reality and the war is over. He finally has a chance, that he never before thought he had. But also with this acceptance of living in the future, he created a family. Within both SHIELD and the avengers but then SHIELD fell and the avengers broke up and nothing felt stable, especially not the idea of a family and a home, SO TELL ME AGAIN WHY HE DOESNT DESERVE THIS ENDING?!?! And yes even when the avengers broke up, they were still his family, but now (sadly) Nat and tony are dead who were arguably two of his closest friends from the OG 6, and Thor went off with the guardians and Clint had his family and yeah he still had Bruce, but why can’t he be a little selfish and live when he finally has the chance to. The one problem people have that I can understand is with him abandoning Bucky. But to me I feel that Bucky knew what he wanted to do and they maybe (hopefully) even spoke about it. Rewatch their parting again and you sense a hidden meaning within the scene, like the way they interact and how when Steve doesn’t return Bucky isn’t worried like Sam and Bruce. It really seems he knew he would not come back as he was supposed to. And anyways even if Bucky didn’t exactly know I’m sure Bucky would want that happiness for Steve. From my understanding of the time travel in the movie (which I feel needs a rewatch to fully grasp) because Steve went back in time and, as far as we know, created a history different to the one in our MCU timeline by marrying Peggy, he in turn created a new timeline, in which we don’t know what he did between travelling back to the past and then back to our MCU present (hopefully it’s explained by the directors or in a tv show or something), but if he could we all know he’d do what he could to help Bucky and let Peggy know hydra is in SHIELD. Yes that would change what happens in the MCU but this timeline he travelled back to isn’t the MCU so who knows??? We don’t (at the moment). But as old man Steve said, he went and gave life a chance as tony said he should.

But anywaysssss sorry if this ramble makes no sense. I’m just mad people think this is out of character or ruins Cap’s arc because he fucking deserves this and Peggy has been such an important part of his character so I can’t fathom why this wasn’t a right choice for his character. In my opinion I love this for him and the ending he gets is so satisfying!! I totally understand how it’s confusing with the timelines and how he appears on the bench and all but the very end scene with him and Peggy having their dance to ‘A long, long time’ was beautiful and I’m still crying about it.

[lilmisshungrytiger]

Thoughts on Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame (SPOILERS!)

Again, this is just an opinion, but yeah, I liked how they wrapped up Steve’s arc. It made sense (as futher explained here) though I wouldn’t call it perfect (hello, timeline issues), but can we just please let the good ol’ Cap be happy?

He should’ve just died. Dying would have been a better ending than that. - Pffft. I don’t know about you, but that scene where Thanos was practically ripping Steve’s shield to pieces, my only thought was, “please, not like this”. He doesn’t deserve to die in battle like that, okay? At that point, he has yet to have a peaceful life and he absolutely deserved one, dammit!

I’m not dismissing Steve’s relationship with Bucky and I get how people would want him start a new life post-Endgame with him. But that particular relationship has been explored in CA:TWS, CA: CW, and IW. He found out about Bucky and every step thereafter was about Steve finding and saving him. And he did save him. They reunited and fought together. They said their sort of farewell and I kind of think that Bucky knew what Steve was upto then. It just shows. And the look on his face when Steve doesn’t return right away is telling of how much they understand and cared for each other’s happiness.

Sidebar: I do think Bucky needed an epilogue independent of Steve Rogers, because the guy deserves it too. That’s another story though.

Peggy. Like it or not, Peggy Carter has always been Steve’s unresolved issue and that’s been shown by how he reacts to her ALL. THROUGHOUT. THE PAST. MOVIES.

They’ve only known each other for a short time. - Immaterial. As what the previous movies have shown us, she made an impact on his life, much like Bucky, and that stayed with him.

He’s moved on. - Oh, please. We’ve moved on, but not Steve. Not him.

The timeline! His character development! - Okay, I will concede that THAT still confuses the hell out of me. But if the alternate timeline theory is to be believed, I’d like to think that Steve would’ve stopped Hydra and saved Bucky sooner. I still believe in Cap.

Bottomline, Steve absolutely deserved that dance with Peggy. He deserved that second chance with her. He deserved to come home. That chance of a peaceful life. I’m glad he was happy in the end.

[cillianmurphy]

Thor Odinson in Avengers: Endgame (2019)