What I wanted to say in the last post regarding some people thinking Steve is suicidal - whether actively or passively. I'll try to explain my thought process clearly.
I think one of my biggest gripes about this is that I often see people headcanoning that a suicidal Steve would allow his enemies during battle to harm him in the hopes that he would die. I think this is incredibly out of character. I don't think Steve is shortsighted enough to endanger the lives of his team and other civilians by letting a villain get one up on him. He wouldn't do anything but try his best if other people at in danger. That's like at the core of his character.
My second biggest issue is something I've talked about at length - the plane. I don't think I want to rehash this fully but while Steve was incredibly depressed at that time over Bucky's death and likely would have suffered even more had he survived the crash - he also had things he actively wanted to live for. A life with Peggy. A world where the Nazis were defeated. Living with the ability to protect even more people. He physically couldn't leave that plane without thousands dying.
What I will say is that there is a version of suicidal Steve that I can buy into. A very, very passive version. And one that is directly out of the ice + newly exposed to just how different his reality is. Like, by the time TWS happens, I full on stop believing in Steve being suicidal. But those early days...I think going back in the ice would not have prompted a whole lot of protest from Steve.
