Which MCU villain would make a better Captain America...

Which MCU villain would make a better Captain America... Apr 14, 2021 16:30:10 GMT ReyKahuka likes this

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Post by Lord Death Man on Apr 14, 2021 16:30:10 GMT

Apr 14, 2021 15:42:26 GMT ReyKahuka said:

Apr 14, 2021 15:23:33 GMT Lord Death Man said:

It's true; Walker isn't entirely blameless in this situation; however, entitlement and pride, while being undesirable traits, aren't crimes. I think Walker's attitude resulted from him knowing that he would be working alongside with next-level operators who fought in an interstellar conflict. Walker is just a soldier who fought admirably (or maybe not so admirably) in a conventional war. His feelings of inadequacy were justified on some level. He tried to make up for that by wielding the only super-power he had at his disposal - the authority granted to him by the United States of America.

And I fully endorse Walker taking the super-soldier serum. It should not have been a question. He is the successor to an instrument of the US government explicitly designed to help fight the wars of the future. He should be no less than Steve Rogers in strength, skill, and mental aptitude. He should be greater than, if anything. It's cold and but impersonal, but Rogers and Walker are blunt instruments. They are living weapons to be deployed in the interest of achieving national objectives. Steve Rogers had qualities that allowed him to transcend that role, but he was also willing and able to carry out his duty.

It isn't illegal to be a smug prick, but when your attitude causes you to start committing war crimes, you become the villain no matter how honorable your intentions were at the beginning. Feeling inadequate isn't an excuse to go over the deep end. I would've endorsed the government giving Walker the serum (if they had it) from the beginning (but he shouldn't have taken the name Captain America), but taking an untested PED in the field because he got beat up by a couple of chicks is hardly a respectable decision.

Maybe he got a raw deal from the government, from Bucky and Sam, maybe he's desperate to live up to an ideal; But he still has to follow the rules of engagement. You can be the villain without realizing it; you can be the villain without being purely 'evil.'

This is a great debate, and it's what makes the show interesting.

Walker has disregarded the rules of engagement and committed a war crime.

He should have been given some iteration of the serum on day one. There was no way he could have been expected to cope with enhanced fighters in the battlespace without resorting to some extraordinary means. If that meant taking an experimental PED in the field, then so be it. Had he not murdered an individual in retreat shortly afterward, he would have likely been lauded for his quick thinking and adaptability by his commanders. You can't engage a superior enemy with one hand tied behind your back.

I'm not condoning what he did but, escalation of some kind was inevitable.

And let's not forget that Bucky and Sam are wholly off-the-books and unauthorized actors with no authority or jurisdiction to apprehend the Flag Smashers (let alone free an enemy agent from prison). I'm sympathetic to John Walker's cause to a certain extent, and I'd be lying if I said that I thought Bucky and Sam were entirely blameless in all of this.