A Few Thoughts on "Captain America: Civil War"

Written by Shae

Sides have been chosen! Lines have been drawn! Captain America: Civil War is sure to make all of us nerds and geeks cry for various reasons. Who will win? Who will live? Who will find Bruce? No, seriously, guys, the Hulk is missing…like…shouldn’t we find him? I mean, him and Natasha seemed pretty good, until he freaked out over commitment issues and left…which is totally not cool! Either way, picture releases of who will be siding with whom has sent the nerd world into a frenzy! Yes kids, this is how reporting is done, I literally have no proof to back that statement up. What I do have is the cold hard truth that this side picking thing has really made me personally unhappy.

I’ll be the first to admit that I have not actually read the comic. Which I know, I should. Eventually I will. However, I was not pleased to find Hawkeye and Black Widow on opposite sides. Come on! They’re best friends! Clint named his son after her for crying out loud! It’s like if Mattie and I were to no longer be friends. Then again, I’m not sure this makes them not friends anymore. Maybe it’s one of those ‘ignore the other on the battle field’ kind of situations. I don’t know! All I know is that it is not right. Like, seriously guys. Not cool. In either case, I have to say the lineup looks pretty intense. I was surprised to not see Thor there. Of course, he’s off doing God of Thunder stuff. And Hulk is sulking…

It’s an amazing picture of the soon to be dueling sides, but I couldn’t help but notice Peter Parker was missing. Is our infamous Spiderman not going to be present in this fight? I guess we’ll have to wait and find out…and ask ourselves important questions like, which side are you on? There are pros and cons to both. Thankfully Google exists and I was able to get a bit of research done. Tony’s side thinks all superheroes need to be registered and out in the open with their identities, while Cap disagrees. It’s Superhero 101, a secret identity is a must! Just because some are fine with people knowing who their alter egos are, doesn’t mean others are.

Who do Iside with? While I do adore Tony and the people who are with him, I have to side with Captain America. It’s a heroes choice to reveal who they are to the world, or whoever. It shouldn’t be forced. On top of that, heroes live dangerous lives and their identities being revealed doesn’t just affect them, but their families and loved ones. I mean….Hakweye and Winter Solder being on Cap’s side has nothing to do with my choice, but it doesn’t hurt. Sadly, I don’t want any one side to lose or win, because I think heroes shouldn’t be fighting each other. They should all just get nibbles and be happy!