Captain America got his happy ending Avengers: EndgameBut his fate actually created a secret tragedy elsewhere in the MCU’s Infinity Saga. Fans are already prepared for End game To be Chris Evans’ last appearance as Steve Rogers, so the main uncertainty was whether the hero would make it unscathed from the Infinity Saga. Steve survived the Battle of Earth, but his ending is still bittersweet because fans lost the MCU’s main variant of Captain America.
On his journey back in time to put back the Infinity Stones, Steve decides to stay in the past and live a life with Peggy Carter while An old version of him appeared in the present day. Since his debut in Captain America: The First AvengerThe two had a tragic romance that never worked out timing wise. Although it meant that the MCU’s Steve was undoubtedly retired, seeing the two happy together felt rewarding. However, Steve’s time travel poses a lot of questions for the current MCU timeline and brings a bunch of hidden tragedies.
Old Steve Rogers Is Ready To Help Thor In Avengers: Endgame (But Can’t)
Steve can’t mess with the timeline
at the end of Avengers: Infinity WarThe Avengers come close to winning against Thanos. Thor severely wounds Thanos with Stormbreaker and it looks like the end is in sight, but Thanos finally pulls off his job since Thor hit him in the chest and not the head. This becomes a huge point of regret for Thor, and his obvious grief and depression are what debilitates him for the majority of End game. Now knowing that there was an older version of Steve there all along, it begs the question of what the older Steve could have done to help Thor.
The elder Steve likely knew about the Avengers’ struggles to achieve victory, which would have included Thor’s painful and unhealthy headspace after failing to finish off Thanos in Infinity War. As the leader Captain America has always been, he might have been tempted to step in and give Thor advice. However, he would also know that Doing something that could potentially change the timeline would have risked the fate of the universe. Even if Steve saw an old friend in pain like that, he would have to let him be if it was how the timeline was meant to play out.
The Captain America timeline of the MCU has a bunch of hidden tragedies
Steve would have to let his past suffer
The arrival of an old Captain America in the main MCU timeline brought up a lot of questions about time travel, but now also brings up questions about Steve’s life. It is unclear how much the elder Steve is aware of in the current timelineAnd how many of Steve’s past events he was there for. If he had been aware of his younger version’s journey, there is no doubt that he would have felt tempted to step in and intervene in some of Steve’s bigger life tragedies.
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The MCU’s Steve has really been through a lot, from fighting his best friend who he thought was dead to going on the run from the government after disagreeing with the Sokovia Accords. Older Steve would have known that the outcome of these events would have been for the better, but his mere existence in the MCU’s current timeline makes one wonder how much of it could have been avoided with the older Steve’s intel. Although it has been a while since Avengers: Endgame And Steve’s MCU ending, it’s still a major discussion point years later.