AVENGERS: ENDGAME Writers Explain There Have Always Been Two Steve Rogers' in The MCU Timeline
The writers of Avengers: Endgame, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, are still discussing the film and how the MCU is affected by Steve Rogers’ going back in time. They explain that in the whole MCU timeline that we’ve been watching there have been two Steve Rogers’ running around. The one that came out of the ice and joined the Avengers, and the one that Peggy Carter married after he went back in time.
During an interview with Canada.com, after they were asked about this, McFeely said:
“It depends on what story Marvel wants to tell going forward. I don’t know if Marvel wants to tell any more Captain America stories or if Chris (Evans) is up for it. Do they want to tell an alternate timeline story? Chris and I are partial to the idea that Steve is part of a strange, unique time-loop where he has always been there. The husband that you very purposefully did not see at Peggy’s bedside in Winter Soldier is Chris’ Steve. We have always thought that he was her husband. The movies you have been watching follow a line where he always goes back. To be fair, not everyone agrees with us. I don’t even know if Marvel agrees with us. But that’s what we think.”
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo don’t subscribe to this idea. They say that when Steve went back, he created an alternate timeline where he lives out a peaceful life with Peggy. Joe said, “If Cap were to go back into the past and live there, he would create a branched reality.” But he then asks a question that he doesn’t answer, “how is he back in this reality to give the shield away?”.
It was revealed that Peggy had two children with her husband, which means Steve and Peggy also have two kids running around in the MCU. In regards to that, the writers previously said:
“It was always our intention that he was the father of those two children. But again, there are time travel loopholes for that. It does introduce the idea that there are two children who have somewhat super soldier DNA.”
What are your thoughts on all of this? Do you like the theory presented by the writers or the theory presented by the directors? I wonder who Kevin Feige agrees with!