I’ve got it in my
head, somehow, that Ginger Rogers is Steve G. Rogers/Captain America’s aunt.
Now, I know that Ginger Rogers was a stage name, so I’m thinking maybe she
wasn’t Steve’s dad’s biological sister, maybe more an honourary aunt. Like the
lady next door who helped raise the kids, or your parent’s childhood BFF.
And she always liked the name ‘Rogers’ – nice,
solid sounding name. So she used it for her stage name.
She didn’t like it
in the way that she wanted to be Joseph’s wife – Joe was like a brother to her,
that would be weird. Besides, Sarah was a super classy dame and sassy as a
spitfire to boot, and Ginger loved teasing her and calling her “Sis”.
Steven was born in
1920, and Ginger didn’t hit the height of her fame until 1938. So in between
she was just Aunty Ginny, who was away at dance classes a lot, and sometimes
doing shows, but always had time to swing by the Rogers tenement apartment with
some boiled sweets and some chatter.
When Steven was six, uncoordinated, gangly, still
unsteady on his feet, Aunt Ginny suggested she teach Steven to dance a little,
maybe help out his coordination. And Joe, who had swept Sarah off her feet with
a few well-placed dance moves taught to him by Gin, whole-heartedly approved.
And it’s not like
Aunty Gin wasn’t used to dancing with skinny little guys.
Ginger Rogers took her name from her mother’s second husband, so he could be an uncle to Steve, (and Ginger his aunt by marriage) but Ginger was a star on Broadway when she was 19, in 1926, so that would have been a big deal – and by 1930 she was in Hollywood, and Ginger never danced with a partner before Fred Astaire and couldn’t tap, she literally learned how as she went – Ginger always thought of herself as an actress who danced, not a dancer who acted, the proudest moment of her career was when she won an Oscar for Best Actress for a dramatic role, Kitty Foyle, she became a director at age 73.
OH! Thank you for all the corrections! Readers: Adjust your headcannons accordingly!
BUT, think of all the things you could add! Steve loves movies, and his aunt was a movie star! Steve had a war bonds tour with the USO, and so did Ginger Rogers, (so maybe he wasn’t certain about doing it, but she helped him through it) and Steve was out in Hollywood making Cap films before he went overseas. What does Steve think about all the pinups of his aunt in solider’s footlockers? Maybe he gives Bucky the present of one of them autographed. but Ginger was smart and determined and fought for her rights, and strong (she was the only partner of Fred Astaire who never cried in exhaustion at the grueling dance rehearsals) . Maybe Steve sees a lot of her in Peggy.
Oh, karadin you’re a goddess. YES. All these. YES.
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Steve: Peg?
Peggy: What?
Steve: Where is my shield?
Peggy: Your bloody what?
Steve: Where is my SSSSHHHIIIIIEEEELLLLLLDD?
Peggy: I, uh, put it away!
Steve: Where?
Peggy: Why do you need to know?
Steve: I need it!
Peggy: UH-UH! Don’t you dare think of running off doing no daring-do! We planned this dance SEVENTY YEARS AGO!
Steve: The public is in danger!
Peggy: MY EVENING IS IN DANGER!
Steve: YOU TELL ME WHERE MY SHIELD IS, MARGARET! WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GREATER GOOD!
Peggy: GREATER GOOD!? I AM PEGGY CARTER. I AM THE GREATEST GOOD YOU ARE EVER GONNA GET!
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Steve:[in a crowd and can’t find Bucky] this calls for drastic measures
Steve:[using his hands like a microphone]CAPTAIN AMERICA ISN’T A TRUE HERO
Coulson:[from across the room] WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY
Steve: wait aren’t you supposed to be dead?
Coulson: shit
THEN LETS FUCKING TALK FOR EIGHT YEARS ABOUT THIS ONE GIF
Not about Sam, but about Steve.
LOOK HOW RELAXED HE IS IN SAM’S HOUSE. He’s just chilling there, with Sam’s OJ, that Sam definitely drinks straight from the bottle btw) He’s leaned so far back into his chair that he has to actively sit up.
This is a man who just got chased around and nearly murdered by Nazis on several occasions, but he feels so safe and secure in Sam’s house that he can melt into his chair and sip orange juice. Yes, he’s probably bone dead tired and still thinking about the fact that what little he knew about everything is a fucking lie, but here’s Steve in a similar situation:
Bone tired, Loki has been fuckin shit up and the nice guy who made his really tight suit is ostensibly dead. But he’s sitting forward, alert and thinking.
Overall I think Steve is a pretty tense and closed off person. He’s always got this ridiculously rigid posture and doesn’t seem to let himself go around anyone, including his team. Actually I think it’s gotten more tense as time wears on.
In CA:TFA, he’s pretty relaxed, even with the new body.
In The Avengers, unless actively fighting, he stands like his suit is lined with solid steel and not Kevlar.
In TWS, it’s even stronger. He stands like a hardened marine who’s seen too much.
and also he has that JFC face that puts even my shadiest and saltiest of friends to shame:
And of course, there’s the RAEG OF STEVE, which really only apparently happens out of costume. (Interesting? Interesting.)
But around Sam, he’s super chill. He drops his shoulders and visually looks less like Captain spandex and more like a dude who wants to get to know Sam, possibly even in the biblical sense.
Shoulders dropped, open posture, smizing.
Then you see him more vulnerable than he’s been in this entire series. Even skinny! Steve walked with more aggression than the dude who shows up on Sam’s doorstep:
he maintains that vulnerability when in Sam’s presence through the entire movie, even when he’s pissed.
When he puts the suit on however, he squares right the fuck up
ANyhow i forgot what i was doing but IN CONCLUSION
Steve is super relaxed around Sam and has probably definitely been to his house before the world went to shit.