Psychology of a Hero: CAPTAIN AMERICA

those ships Captain's orders Stay away from your station Capital letters orders Yes, oh, that's good, it's so good. I believe we can only inspire people if we walk the path and the price of freedom is high, but it is a price I am willing to pay. freedom is for everyone freedom is for the whole world and it is a high price it may mean giving one's life more often it means taking stances that people will mock us or challenge us or hate us for its own sake, of course, but we have to do the right thing and that's why Cap really appeals to me, so we get to Age of Ultron, where we realize something, so not only does Cap not really have a life, we all admire Cap. integrity but he's also kind of a stick in the mud about it language language he's a show-off guy oh wait hey you got some acorns boy yeah so the language moment, how does that inform the character?

You know he's undercutting the drama with humor, but he's also telling you things about who and what he is and how he's trying to be, acknowledging that it's like I'm sorry guys, I'm sorry guys, it just slipped out, it just slipped out, it's a great time to adjust what your guiding principles are like. Yes, his basic principles are still the same, but you know all these things that worked in the '40s. We could adapt and grow, we could learn some things well and if he chooses not to use language like that, that's fine, but sure, but the thing is not like that.

No matter where you are on the issues, you firmly believe that this is the right way to be, but then you try to impose that on other people, and that was limited from the beginning for sure by Age of Ultron, it's trying to recover, it's trying but this scene with Tony really shows us where he is. I'm going to miss him and you're going to miss me. There will be many man's tears, many man's tears, it's a Joss Whedon phrase, yes, well. it's time for me to tap maybe i should take a page from barton's book build pepper a farm hope no one ruins it the simple life you'll get there one day i don't know family stability the guy who wanted everything that went to the ice 75 ago years, I think someone else came out as a technician, bro, you're okay, I'm home, so we talked about this in our raw episode.

Tony's journey is from selfishness to absolute altruism, yes, and the limit is the other way around, but at this point in his journey, the limit is seen. total altruism total selflessness as a virtue, but he doesn't want anything for himself, right, he's just completely dedicating his life to others, which sounds like a beautiful ideal, it's actually not a very balanced way to live life, but There are a couple of points I want to highlight. The first is at Peggy Carter's funeral. I once asked her how she managed to master diplomacy and espionage in a time when no one wanted to see a woman succeed in either and she said reaching an agreement where you can and where you can't, neither Even if everyone tells you that something bad is something good, even if the whole world tells you to move, it is your duty to stand like a tree, look them in the eyes and tell them no, you move, that is the mission of the life of Steve Rogers.

Is it absolutely so? A lot of people don't like Steve Rogers' little quasi-romance with Sharon Carter. They think it doesn't work, it fails. Should his heart belong to Peggy. All of these things. Here's why she likes her when she kisses her. she's not going anywhere because all kinds of other things happen. I think that's the moment where she says it might actually be nice to have something for myself, yeah, you know, have a relationship, have a person in my life now in the civil war. I see the gap between Tony and Cap and Cap doing anything to protect Bucky, even sacrificing his relationship with Tony to protect Bucky, and I want to talk about the moment where Tony tells Steve that the shield doesn't belong to you, you don't. .

He deserves it, my father made that shiver and then the cap drops the shield. It's interesting because we've been talking about loyalty versus integrity, and here throughout the civil war you're being incredibly loyal to Bucky, sometimes it seems like it's at the expense of your integrity, yeah, because Bucky's a terrorist, now he's the winter soldier. , he's doing all these terrible things, but Steve, you know, rightly or wrongly, is loyal to Bucky because he knows he wouldn't do those things, yeah, and you know he maintains his integrity because he's right, he's right, yeah. when he drops the shield, it's him maintaining his integrity by staying loyal to Bucky and saying look I'm going to choose to stay loyal to my friend who hasn't done anything wrong, he's a victim, yeah my integrity is worth more to me than all my integrity.

The identity is that of Captain America. Look, that's why I love having these conversations because my opinion is completely different, but I think it's totally valid. I see this as someone not feeling worthy of the shield because he almost killed one of his. best friends to protect another best friend and the fact is that even if he feels right, he did right with Bucky like it's hard, he doesn't feel that right, he just did something horrible, okay, you could say Tony did it. forced to do it. and I'm not going to argue the point that one thing Cap does is that he uses his shield to disable him right instead of killing him, which is something John Walker could learn a lesson from.

I see him drop his shield because he doesn't feel worthy. Also between Captain America, the Winter Soldier and Captain America, Civil War, Steve's trust in the government is completely eradicated, yes, the things they asked him to do, the corruption, the manipulation and I think he has lost his faith in America as an institution at that time, that's how. I know I'm right, you can argue in the comments that I'm wrong, that's fine, that's how I know I'm right in Infinity War, he introduces himself as I am, I'm Steve Rogers, he's not Captain America anymore, right? and I think he's now fighting for the world and he's fighting for his friends, I think he's lost his faith in America, which is such a dark thing to have to do with that character, yeah, from a narrative perspective, it's what what you have to do.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is so good. in each individual movie and then over the course of several movies taking our characters to their darkest, most depressing worst place, yeah, what can you do to Captain America that takes him to a lower level than not trusting him anymore? USA? Yes, absolutely, and this brings us to something that really really speaks to me after everything that's happened, making up happens pretty quickly, pretty quickly, yeah, and you might think it's cheating, it took a lot of effort to break the friendship, right? why should it be so easy? Well, they've both already been through hell too. because it took a lot of effort for me to break that friendship, yes, I find in my life that when I have had a friendship for a long time we are very, very close and it takes a lot to ruin it, rebuilding it is much faster because I have that whole story that it was good before it turned bad and they both wanted what was right i.e.

Cap and Tony want this to be right when Tony takes out the shield. Tony, I don't know why I don't think Steve will put it up. the shield again says that I still trust the American government no, I think what it says is that I love my nation, I love these ideals and I am going to represent them and this is true, whether you are from France, England or India, this is true, whether you are catholic, lutheran, jewish, muslim or atheist, lgbt, you know, black, white, whatever you are, it would be nice to live in a world where no one judges you by any characteristic other than how you present yourself and who are you. right, the unfortunate truth of the human condition is that each of us represents, you know, I think of that Hamilton song, the world has its eyes on you, the people you interact with, you represent and, for me, taking the shield is not, that is, the United States. great and all his decisions are wonderful I think he is saying I love my people I love these ideals many others are ruining it but the best I can do is represent it well and that is a message that transcends the United States of America. a message for all this is us a great scene I love that angle also on the camera okay, come on, close the doors so nervous and right there that little smile that little smurf aha and then of course the door says oh yeah, never I was worried, I never doubted for a second, I knew, oh, that's great, that's perfection, okay, and let's watch the next clip too, oh man, my cinema went so crazy, I want to see this movie in theaters again, that was the best experience, boom, I love it. that frame, oh my god, oh how pretty, just the frisbee, oh that's great, it's so good, it's popcorn cinema at its finest, oh man, so much fun and just the weight and the meat like lightning when he raises the lightning bolt. and then he hits it, you feel like he's crushing it into the ground, okay, so you think Cap could lift the hammer?

You said you thought he could originally at the party, he absolutely could, he was avoiding Thor's feelings. I don't know if he was sparing Thor's feelings or just because he had so much integrity, it's like he has a shield, I'm fine, yeah, no, I don't need to do this, yeah, well, and then him, there's no grandstanding. no fanfare yeah, so of course after this he finally decides to do something for himself, lets go of his arms, lives a peaceful life with peggy, what do you think of that as an ending for cap as a character? I think the way the game ends, Cap's character and Iron Man's character aren't exactly opposites from where they started, yes, but they both landed in a very healthy place for themselves that was very different from where they started. , yeah, and Cap finally took some time for himself, I mean.

Anyone leaves that movie theater with the feeling that they didn't earn that right. Everyone was very satisfied. I know. I was definitely satisfied. I love Captain America. I love Steve Rogers. I love what Chris Evans brought to the role. Glad to hear it. They rolled the dice on him because he played a lot of arrogant and cocky characters before, yeah, oh you're sexy, why thank you? You are too and I'm not afraid to cry. He did it with humility, seriousness and integrity, so well that the character means a lot to Yo because you know that he goes from saying language to when he fights with himself.

You know, oh, you got me like, oh, you gotta be me, and then he says that's America's ass and my favorite thing is all the times he says, "I can do this." all day and then when he finds out, yes, I know, I know what he sees himself doing, he says, yes, I know, I know the idea of ​​traveling from someone who is trying to be a good person but who has two good shoes to continue holding on. for your integrity, but relaxing a little is very much my trip, so that affects me a lot as your college roommate.

I can attest that just a hint of moral superiority, that's right, it's just a hint, was there, so yes, why? What do you think about Cap, why do you love them? I see a lot of myself in Captain America because I'm a very mission-oriented person, right? I'm supposed to have something I'm supposed to do and I'm really focused on it. And I've always been like that and my life has really been a process of lightening up a little bit, learning to roll with the punches a little bit and, um, I've never had a problem with self-interest.

I've always been a bit of a narcissist, it's okay to work on it, go to therapy, you know, his journey is very emotionally healthy, he's not a perfect soldier, but a good man, and he ends up in such an interesting place that it's not at all the same. What would you do. I've waited anywhere until you know very close to the Avengers endgame, so if you're looking to become more like Cap, developing the strengths and virtues of the characters in your life is a process and I, as a therapist, am here to help you. I created the Strengths Building Guide for Captain America and they are available on our membership site, which you can find here.

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view, check, check, like, I become a hero or a superhero, so until next time the price of freedom is high, but it's a price I'm willing to pay, that's America's ass, he really didn't even do that and watch movies cute, it's America's ass, though yeah, you see that thing, it's beautiful popping, it's so beautiful for roomy thighs, that's America's ass.