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Captain America: Why Steve Rogers Matters to Avengers: Doomsday
Steve Rogers already got one of the most complete endings in the MCU—so why are we going all the way back to Captain America: The First Avenger before Avengers: Doomsday? After this rewatch, I think I finally get it. The First Avenger isn't really about Steve Rogers becoming Captain America. It's about proving that he already was. Before the serum, the shield or the costume, Steve was the guy willing to jump on the grenade for everybody else. And that's what makes his return so interesting now. We get into skinny Steve, the grenade scene, Captain America becoming a product before becoming the hero, Bucky's beginnings, the Tesseract and Red Skull, Steve/Bucky/Sam and the legacy of Captain America, and what it could mean for Steve to encounter Doctor Doom wearing Robert Downey Jr.'s face. But the biggest question comes from Endgame. Steve finally stopped sacrificing. He chose Peggy. He chose a life for himself. Now Loki has shown up at their door, and Anthony Russo says that's where Avengers: Doomsday is “born.” So what if Doomsday happens inside Steve's Endgame ending? Could Steve leave Peggy, survive Doomsday, return home, live his life, and still eventually become the old Steve who gives Sam the shield? That's speculation—but it's one way Marvel could bring Steve Rogers back without undoing the ending that made his entire MCU story work. Road to Avengers: Doomsday continues as we figure out what each movie adds to the board.
