Their reluctance to take up the mantle does not, by itself, clear themselves of the blood they also have on their hands during their 'avenging' escapades although it does show some humility, an important factor for those who have power to be sure. Living up to Steve Rogers is a likely impossibility for any individual, including Bucky and Sam. Character traits that any of us may exhibit daily, but we expect more out of our next Captain America because of the shoes he has to fill. He has shown signs of arrogance, impatience, impulsivity, and aggressiveness. He gave me hope." -John WalkerĮnter, John Walker the man set up to fail and the character fans now love to hate. Steve Rogers was the kind of guy that could do that.
"I liked that I was doing made people feel safe. Likely, Steve Rogers was higher than the midway mark toward pillar of virtue, but the original Captain America is no more on the higher end of this continuum than John Walker is the moral derelict side of the equation. However, most of society falls somewhere in between those two extremes. Ghandi and Hitler may be rare individuals who represent these extremes.
Most of us are not 'moral derelicts' and most of us are not 'pillars of virtue' which are the extreme points along this line. There is an understanding in ethics study that morality is a continuum. More specifically, as we look at one of our current heroes, is there a line between justifiable homicide and murder, of course! But as we look at John Walker, it becomes important to understand a truth beyond our emotions which is that none of our heroes are always on the pedestals we put them on. Something we probably would not be akin to today if this were 'real life.' He also chose to keep an American-based superhero team outside of any type of jurisdiction or oversight. Nonetheless, it's important to point out that Steve Rogers killed people, not just in WWI, but a few others littered throughout his on-screen appearances. Truthfully, the creators of that program were not looking for a Captain America, the point being, the kind of pathology behind the warrior instinct they wanted, could not be contained, or controlled.Īs I dive a bit deeper, understand that Steve Rogers was an amazing character with a solid moral compass, and he maintained it throughout his lifetime as far as we can see. Their failure should have been seen from the beginning. Certainly, one doesn't need to go further than the 5 Siberian Super soldiers referenced in Civil War to augment this understanding.
Most fans always understood this to mean that Steve was a good person inside, so the serum would merely augment that, and that has been shown to be true. Because the strong man who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength and passion." -Abraham Erskine "The serum amplifies everything that is inside, so good becomes great bad becomes worse. Erskine say to Steve in Captain American: The First Avenger: To be fair to Steve, even Baron Zemo reflected on the truth that there hasn't been another Steve Rogers and that he, in fact, of the few super soldiers that have existed (not a large sample pool here though to be honest), only he was able to resist the power-corrupting tendencies of the super soldier serum. Somebody will fill, or attempt to fill, the Captain America mantle and they will be flawed, I'm sorry to say, just as Steve Rogers was. We simply can't see anybody else filling those shoes. From the beginning, fans hated John Walker in what was frankly misplaced loyalty to our beloved Steve Rogers.
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