1- Thank you for the correction on Sharon, I had legitimately gotten confused about her relationship to Peggy. That actually makes me feel a lot better about it. There's no relation there, and I 100% sign off on that ship again. I mean I don't like it, but not for any legitimate reasons, I just don't like it because it bores me.
2- The thing about that is, the conversation with the ancient one also explains that the entire purpose of Steve going back in time at all is to prevent timeline fracture. The dusting of Thanos's swarm is, one must assume, not them dying, but them being time and memory shifted into their correct positioning by Tony, to close the loop.
3- We can disagree about the correct endings of the arcs all we like, and you are probably right that there are ways for Steve's arc to end in a narratively satisfying way without him dying. However, I hold that there is no way for Tony's arc to end in a narratively satisfying way that involves him dying, while still maintaining the extensive Parenthood imagery that surrounds him throughout IW and Endgame. This is why I feel that they "swapped" Steve and Tony's endings. But, that assumes that a death is "necessary" at all, when, of course, it isn't actually necessary.
4- I think the OC is probably well intended enough (though undoubtedly a marketing ploy, in the same way the girl power scene was; things can be well intentioned and profit driven at the same time, and usually are). However, the subsequent reaction to that OC has been overblown hype that has been exhausting to watch. A large number of gay (and I say gay, not LGBTQ+ or queer here for a reason) publications and news sites have been hyping this two-line character as groundbreaking and barrier shattering, and I'm thoroughly over it.
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Date: 2019-04-29 01:56 am (UTC)2- The thing about that is, the conversation with the ancient one also explains that the entire purpose of Steve going back in time at all is to prevent timeline fracture. The dusting of Thanos's swarm is, one must assume, not them dying, but them being time and memory shifted into their correct positioning by Tony, to close the loop.
3- We can disagree about the correct endings of the arcs all we like, and you are probably right that there are ways for Steve's arc to end in a narratively satisfying way without him dying. However, I hold that there is no way for Tony's arc to end in a narratively satisfying way that involves him dying, while still maintaining the extensive Parenthood imagery that surrounds him throughout IW and Endgame. This is why I feel that they "swapped" Steve and Tony's endings. But, that assumes that a death is "necessary" at all, when, of course, it isn't actually necessary.
4- I think the OC is probably well intended enough (though undoubtedly a marketing ploy, in the same way the girl power scene was; things can be well intentioned and profit driven at the same time, and usually are). However, the subsequent reaction to that OC has been overblown hype that has been exhausting to watch. A large number of gay (and I say gay, not LGBTQ+ or queer here for a reason) publications and news sites have been hyping this two-line character as groundbreaking and barrier shattering, and I'm thoroughly over it.