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CAPTAIN AMERICA BY ADI GRANOV

LET’S TALK ABOUT STEVE FUCKING ROGERS

Wait. First, let’s talk about Superman. About how his powers aren’t the point of his character, the point is that he’s The Best We Can Be. He always makes the right call, he always lives at the absolute top of his morality, and he never compromises himself. He’s more than, above, and apart from human, and his superpower of All The Powers allows him to be that shining, perfect light that inspires all of us regular ol’ humans to be the best. That flying, soaring, big blue ideal piercing the sky, waaaaaaay up there above us, protecting us all like a bunch of children, and showing us the better people we can be.

Sure DC, let’s talk about Superman. Then let’s talk about Steve Fucking Rogers.

Let’s talk about a guy who didn’t grow up with bulletproof skin, super strength, or the ability to fly. He was a scrawny little runt born to poor Irish immigrants on the Lower East Side, orphaned just in time for the Great Depression and somehow managed to find work anyway as a comic book writer and artist. Whose heart and spirit were so huge that when his body couldn’t keep pace, he donated his ass to science - while he was still alive - in order to catch up. A guy who then, with no prior combat experience outside of drawing it and getting his business handed to him in NYC alleyways, ran face-first at the Nazi horde in spandex.

He’s Steve Fucking Rogers. He doesn’t give a shit about inspiring you, he doesn’t give a shit about your better angels, and he doesn’t give a shit about whether it’s an S or a symbol of hope. He gives a shit about Truth, Justice, and The American Way of leaving you the fuck alone to be as much or as little of an asshole as you want.

And you know what? He still inspires us to be our best. Because he’s Steve Fucking Rogers. He made himself into a new man, flew across an ocean to punch Hitler in the jaw, got frozen and lost for decades, and came back to remind us all why he wears that big god damn A on his face in the first place.

You know why? Because you don’t need The Best Powers to be The Best You. It’s what America and her Captain are all about. Look at him up there. All he’s got is a shield, combat boots, and shoulder pads. No super strength, no healing factor, and no invulnerability. Just regular human abilities at the height of human potential. He does it all not because he should, or because he can, or because he wants to. He does it all because it’s the right fucking thing to do.

He’s Steve Fucking Rogers, Captain Fucking America. You can do whatever you want so long as you don’t stop others from doing the same. Because the second you do, he’s coming for your ass.

…but no, cool, fine. Let’s talk about how Superman inspires us to be really really good boys and girls, so long as we have god-like strength, flight, and invincibility.

(via comicbookartwork)