#steve's shield

[starkeristheendgame]

Steeb shield: big

Peter: smol

Big + smol = shield naps

[dragon-jadefire]

I'd like to point out that in the comics (the Brubaker storyline really) Bucky makes a comment about Steve's shield is hard to throw properly. Every where you look people other than Steve have issues throwing his shield and/or using it to his level. Bucky had to train to use it.

Now, I noticed in the MCU and the Avengers Assemble cartoon, Natasha is the one character that seems to have any natural affinity with Steve's shield. He even throws it at her in AOU and she catches it.

[wintercyan]

On the physics of Steve’s shield (cont.)

The tumblrer gammascuti made some excellent observations in their tags on my post regarding the physical attributes of Steve’s shield, in line with my conversation on the topic with deadmomjokes:

Although if I'm allowed to ramble off-topic in my own tags it's the vibranium shield that really keeps me awake and staring at the ceiling at night Does vibranium have a crystal structure that absorbs vibrations when it's hit from certain angles but not others? Is there a threshold value for the pressure that needs to be exceeded in order for the crystal structure in vibranium to absorbe the energy? What's the most accepted fanon explanation for how it works?

I love the idea of vibranium being a polarised material which is vibration absorbent from certain angles but not from others, or that it has a threshold energy level requiring more energy than a throw/punch but less than a bullet to activate its vibration-absorbing attributes.

Another possible explanation for the shield’s self-contradictory abilities is that it might only be made partly from vibranium (maybe Howard Stark modified it after Steve saw the first prototype); a steel rim would allow the shield rebound from hard surfaces while a vibranium core would make it bullet-proof. Or maybe it’s a super-alloy like in the comics:

(From The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol. I, #15.)

Of course, the real explanation is the one offered by the Russo brothers in the CA:TWS directors’ commentary: the shield does whatever they want it to. ;)

[wintercyan]

deadmomjokes:

What kills me tho, is that that in MCU canon, explicitly stated, is the fact that Vibranium absorbs and diffuses all vibration. So it could never, ever bounce, rebound, or make that sound that it makes.

You’re absolutely right. In Captain America: The First Avenger, Howard Stark explains that vibranium is “completely vibration absorbent.” Basically, when thrown, Steve’s shield ought to impact with its target completely silently and immediately fall to the ground without bouncing or rebounding at all.

However, the directors say in the audio commentary for the Winter Soldier that

... the shield can do what we want. So sometimes it absorbs impact, and in this case [the bridge scene] it sends the bullets back at the [shooters] ...

So no, the shield can’t ricochet, but simultaneously it can because Rule of Cool. 

[winteredfall]

The Iron Man 2 novelization reveals that the element Tony synthesizes/rediscovers after Howard discovered it first is vibranium, the material Howard used to make Steve's shield in Cap 1. Howard tells Steve that that shield is all the vibranium he has. In the comics vibranium comes from Wakanda, the African nation ruled by the Black Panther, T'Challa. It was his father, T'Chaka, who discovered vibranium. Extrapolate to MCU timeline: Howard must have been to Wakanda at some point prior to the events of Cap 1 and managed to get a limited amount of vibranium from T'Chaka. Were they friends? Did Howard obtain it under less than honest terms? Who knows? Well, Nick Fury probably. He knew about the vibranium but also knew that getting more from Wakanda would be difficult, which is why he pushed Tony into figuring out how to synthesize it in Iron Man 2. Fast forward to Age of Ultron: Steve's shield breaks, we see it in pieces in the trailer. It will need to be repaired or replaced. Tony can synthesize vibranium, yes, but 1.6 grams for his arc reactor is different than how much he'd need to make an entire shield. Now Steve, Tony and T'Challa are all in Cap 3, which comes right after Age of Ultron, so I'm thinking T'Challa's presence in that movie definitely involves (but hopefully is not limited to) obtaining vibranium for Steve. Given the whole nature of the movie as Civil War and the less than friendly terms Steve and Tony are on, Tony might not be volunteering to help with Steve's shield at all. Maybe Fury points Steve to T'Challa, and maybe T'Challa is all like "That thieving scumbag Howard Stark stole vibranium from my father, I will totally help you bring Tony down" and then he sides with Steve in the Civil War. Okay maybe not exactly like that, but anyway, T'CHALLA AND VIBRANIUM.

[batfamilyhoe]

Has this been done yet, or……?

[buckyboo]

Well now it's done ^^ It has only taken me a bit over a week of intense drawing and crying and the quality of the pic isn't the best because the drawing is really big and I can't get my camera far enough! He has legs too... But there's no way to take a pic with them xD

[captstarsnstripes]

Headcanon: Steve's Original Shield

Headcanon #1: After Steve got his vibranium shield from Howard, he decided he was going to keep his USO shield as a memento. After he disappeared in the ice, Howard quickly snagged up any of Steve's various personal items and he put them in a box with the intent of returning them to the man when he was found. As the years wore on though, they eventually just became keepsakes to remind Howard of the soldier. Eventually the boxes, including the shield, found their way into SHIELD's storage and remained there until Steve was found and defrosted.

He currently has the shield hanging up on his wall.