>> Integrating Steve, repatriating Steve isn't their goal. They think they've gotten their Weapon back from the ice. He'll have a harder time slipping his leash if he can't blend in. <<
I agree. But Steve was never intended as a weapon. The army just looked at that project and saw what they wanted to see, and SHIELD made the same mistake. *chuckle* Except for Phil, he knew exactly what he was looking at.
>> What we do see results from him being kept so close, he has a subtle knowledge of what is and isn't normal for SHIELD. He is primed to observe from only seeing a subset. <<
That's true, and it helped him in The Winter Soldier when he needed to distinguish friend from foe.
>> He's learned some things just from being out and about; he knows that white men can slouch about, wear ball caps and even a big slab like himself disappears. He'd have had a harder time doing that in the late 1940s, without finding a bunch of college boys to hide among (you know, men properly fed since childhood). <<
Good point.
>> Steve is very bad at following orders once he has reason to question them. He's part cat. <<
*laugh* It's funny how people don't see that coming.
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Re: BRILLIANT idea!
Date: 2014-04-23 06:53 am (UTC)I agree. But Steve was never intended as a weapon. The army just looked at that project and saw what they wanted to see, and SHIELD made the same mistake. *chuckle* Except for Phil, he knew exactly what he was looking at.
>> What we do see results from him being kept so close, he has a subtle knowledge of what is and isn't normal for SHIELD. He is primed to observe from only seeing a subset. <<
That's true, and it helped him in The Winter Soldier when he needed to distinguish friend from foe.
>> He's learned some things just from being out and about; he knows that white men can slouch about, wear ball caps and even a big slab like himself disappears. He'd have had a harder time doing that in the late 1940s, without finding a bunch of college boys to hide among (you know, men properly fed since childhood). <<
Good point.
>> Steve is very bad at following orders once he has reason to question them. He's part cat. <<
*laugh* It's funny how people don't see that coming.