Avengers: Endgame
SPOILERS forAvengers : Endgame
retaliator : Endgamedirectors Joe and Anthony Russo attempt to clear up any confusion aboutCaptain America ’s conclusion . The final jibe of the MCU ’s Infinity Saga turned out to be one of the most aroused and evacuant in the full franchise . After come back the six Infinity Stones to their right blank space , Steve Rogers opted to remain in the yesteryear and ultimately have that dance with Peggy Carter . Thanks to the magic of time change of location , he was able-bodied to live the full lifetime he was surcharge of , coming back to the nowadays as an old humankind to pass the Captain America mantle to Sam Wilson . For many , it was the perfect bookend to Steve ’s electric discharge .
But as is the case with meter travel guile , the turn raised some questions that fan have been thinking about sinceEndgameopened . Some wondered if it meant there were always two Steves in the MCU timeline : one live on the down low with Peggy , and the other going through all the result ofThe AvengersthroughEndgameafter he was thawed out of the shabu . But in the mind of the movie maker , there ’s an whole different explanation for it .
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In an interview withEW , the Russos confirmed Steve travel to an alternate dimension to be with Peggy . The comrade also reveal Bucky Barnes bonk of Steve ’s plan , which is why their word of farewell has some weight behind it . Says Joe :
“ If Cap were to go back into the past and live there , he would create a ramate reality . The question then becomes , how is he back in this reality to give the shield by ? Interesting question , right-hand ? Maybe there ’s a account there . There ’s a lot of layers built into this pic and we spent three old age consider through it , so it ’s playfulness to talk about it and hopefully fill up in holes for masses so they sympathise what we ’re thinking . ”
Breaking this down , it mean Steve was with a different Peggy in an substitute existence , rather than being with the meridian Peggy he spentThe First Avengerwith . Marvel had been deliberately closelipped in wish to Peggy ’s personal life after that movie , never give away the identicalness of her husband . Some fans took that as evidence it was Steve all along ( a sport of the " Kyle Reese is John Connor ’s begetter " revealing ) , but as it turns out , prime Peggy had a class with someone else after Steve went into the frappe . It ’ll be interesting to see how viewers respond to this , but it does resolve any incestuous concerns about Steve ’s love affair with Sharon Carter , Peggy ’s great niece . When the two kiss inCaptain America : Civil War , they ’re not profligate related .
As the Russos prickteaser , it ’s now a mystery how Steve return to the prime realness to say goodbye to Sam , but that reply may come another prison term . And as tempting as it is to attempt to envision out the logistics of Steve ’s dancing with Peggy , that ’s not really the point of the vista - just like it did n’t matterwhether or not Cobb was dreaming at the remainder ofInception . Regardless of how it bechance , Steve finally get to be with the girl of his dreamsafter years and years of waiting , and that ’s more than enough to warm fans ' hearts at the goal ofEndgame .
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informant : EW