{"id":170030,"date":"2015-01-31T21:17:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T21:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/01\/31\/darthstitch-theonlycheeseleft-wintercyan\/"},"modified":"2018-09-11T05:28:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T05:28:18","slug":"darthstitch-theonlycheeseleft-wintercyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/01\/31\/darthstitch-theonlycheeseleft-wintercyan\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-170030 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/01\/31\/darthstitch-theonlycheeseleft-wintercyan\/attachment\/170031\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_niyuvhk7b21rcgyrwo1_1280-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_niyuvhk7b21rcgyrwo1_1280-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_niyuvhk7b21rcgyrwo1_1280-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_niyuvhk7b21rcgyrwo1_1280-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_niyuvhk7b21rcgyrwo1_1280-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/tumblr_niyuvhk7b21rcgyrwo1_1280.png 800w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/darthstitch.tumblr.com\/post\/109575939851\/theonlycheeseleft-wintercyan-darthstitch-i\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">darthstitch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theonlycheeseleft.tumblr.com\/post\/109558797116\/wintercyan-darthstitch-i-threw-up-all-the-pics\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">theonlycheeseleft<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wintercyan.tumblr.com\/post\/109557284222\/darthstitch-i-threw-up-all-the-pics-of-steve\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">wintercyan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/darthstitch.tumblr.com\/post\/109536138346\/i-threw-up-all-the-pics-of-steve-rogers-in-his-cap\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">darthstitch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I threw up all the pics of Steve Rogers in his Cap costume across all the movies we have of him so far.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>a.\u00a0 That Avengers costume is the <i>absolute<\/i> worst of all of them.\u00a0 If Coulson had any input on that design, bless you sir but you should <i>never<\/i> be allowed to design anything for Steve to wear ever again.\u00a0 I could swear there was more coherent meta on this somewhere else, but just from my own perspective, it renders Steve as the most \u201ccartoon-ish\u201d of all the Avengers and it just looks jarring when everything and everyone else looks <i>solidly<\/i> real &#8211; even Loki with his ridiculous horned helmet.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>b.\u00a0 Seriously, it says something about that terrible, cheesetastic costume that Steve actually <i>looks<\/i> more convincing in his soldier\u2019s leather jacket and the silly sweater from the USO stage show.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>c.\u00a0 The Age of Ultron costume and the CATFA ones are both practical and kickass and if I remember correctly, Steve actually collaborated with Howard in this costume\u2019s design.\u00a0 I can totally imagine that in-universe, Steve combined the elements of his old and the CATWS uniform and collaborated with Tony to produce this final look.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>d.\u00a0 Yeah I\u2019m biased but my favorite is still the CATWS stealth suit.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude00 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reason why Steve\u2019s <i>Avengers <\/i>uniform reads as \u201cthe most \u2018cartoon-ish\u2019\u201d is because <i>it is<\/i>. As <a href=\"http:\/\/tmblr.co\/mdLfflBodrt2t7OgDTrDfWg\" class=\"tumblelog\" target=\"_blank\">theonlycheeseleft<\/a> pointed out in <a href=\"http:\/\/theonlycheeseleft.tumblr.com\/post\/98584528671\/thoughts-on-a-uniform\" target=\"_blank\">an excellent meta-post<\/a>, Coulson, inspired by his WW2 propaganda trading cards, made the uniform match Steve\u2019s USO costume instead of the Howard Stark-designed uniform Steve wore in Europe\u2014and Steve\u2019s USO costume\u00a0was of course a nod to the original Captain America comics:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/14fbdd93558ea03ee851d1c759b0fb33\/tumblr_inline_p90g6070PO1rw8a11_540.png\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Stark, being a weapons-manufacturer, made Steve a <i>soldier\u2019s <\/i>uniform suitable for missions behind enemy lines (and took Steve\u2019s own wishes into account), whereas Coulson focused on aesthetics (and never bothered to ask Steve what <i>he<\/i>&rsquo;d prefer to wear). Steve&rsquo;s <i>Avengers <\/i>uniform has that sleak superhero-spandex look but is actually next to useless in combat, offering little protection and no webbing to carry extra gear apart from the Rob Liefeld-esque proliferation of tiny belt pouches. The thigh zippers would be inaccessible if Steve chose to carry a sidearm as he did in CA:TFA, and the uniform doesn\u2019t even come with a harness for Steve\u2019s shield, which means that he doesn\u2019t have the shield with him when Loki\u2019s minions attack the helicarrier in <i>The Avengers<\/i>\u2014a serious oversight corrected in <i>CA:TWS<\/i>, where Steve carries his shield on his back even inside the Triskelion. <\/p>\n<p>The issues with Steve\u2019s <i>Avengers <\/i>uniform are most clearly demonstrated when we see it for the first time in the S.H.I.E.L.D. armoury. Note that <i>every other set of gear in the room is black-on-black<\/i>, whereas Steve\u2019s uniform stands out like a star-spangled peacock:<i><\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/0f8920f4b032eecb1e666ff909b77a85\/tumblr_inline_p90g61ujnH1rw8a11_540.gif\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/3de0551bee39fc35f320841f4614066b\/tumblr_inline_p90g61aeXg1rw8a11_540.gif\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>If S.H.I.E.L.D. just wanted Steve\u2019s abilities as a supersoldier they\u2019d have given him a standardised uniform, same as Natasha and Clint, who both wear black while working for S.H.I.E.L.D. However, judging by the fact that Coulson\u2019s design doesn\u2019t take into account Steve\u2019s need for additional gear to do any <i>real<\/i> fighting or his well-established preference for carrying the shield on his back\u2014suggesting Coulson ignored footage from Steve\u2019s actual SSR missions and focused exclusively on his propaganda reels\u2014S.H.I.E.L.D.\u2019s new old uniform design is <i>entirely intentional<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>The reason why Steve\u2019s <i>Avengers <\/i>uniform looks jarring and unreal to you is because it\u2019s deliberately designed to render him into a living (two-dimensional) propaganda poster. It\u2019s not a uniform for guerilla fighting behind enemy lines; it\u2019s for looking good on TV. Why? My guess is Fury knew what was coming\u2014a confirmation of alien life, alien <i>power<\/i>, that S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn\u2019t hush up\u2014and wanted to avoid global mass-panic by putting Steve <strike>on a stage<\/strike> in front of a news camera and showing the public that <i>we\u2019ll win this war; look, we have a supersoldier who can punch <strike>Hitler\u2019s<\/strike> Loki\u2019s lights out<\/i>. Just like back in 1942.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Everyone please read these amazing, <i>amazing<\/i> additions to my uniform meta of yore.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently flabbergasted that there was no shield harness on the Avengers uniform. I did not even realize that, good god. Try being more non-functional.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All the uniform meta get it right here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>darthstitch: theonlycheeseleft: wintercyan: darthstitch: I threw up all the pics of Steve Rogers in his Cap costume across all the movies we have of him so far.\u00a0 a.\u00a0 That Avengers costume is the absolute worst of all of them.\u00a0 If Coulson had any input on that design, bless you sir but you should never be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/01\/31\/darthstitch-theonlycheeseleft-wintercyan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[190,8,18731],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170032,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170030\/revisions\/170032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}