Random Captain America Fan Theories That Are Actually Plausible (16 items)

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  (#8) Howard Stark Didn’t Want Steve Rogers To Choose The Vibranium Shield Because He Wanted It For Himself

  From Redditor u/Adam_Underscore:

  In Captain America: The First Avenger, Howard Stark shows the Cap a bunch of shield prototypes he designed before Rogers notices the vibranium shield tucked away on the bottom shelf. A lot of people wonder why Stark didn’t show Rogers the vibranium shield first, since it’s obviously the best choice.

  My guess is that Stark knew the vibranium shield was the best one, but he was hoping Cap would choose a different shield so Stark could use the vibranium for other projects. Stark likely knew how versatile vibranium is, and given that it’s all the vibranium that the military has, he likely didn’t want to give it all away for just one soldier.

  Since it was the military’s vibranium, they probably ordered Stark to make a prototype shield with the vibranium for Rogers, but Stark likely saw this a waste of the precious metal. So he made a few more options with more bells and whistles to distract Rogers from vibranium shield. Too bad Cap is a man of simple tastes
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  (#10) Captain America Didn't Pick Up Mjolnir Because He Knows How Power Corrupts

  From Redditor u/magidmarvel:

  In Age of Ultron, the avengers take turns to attempt to pick up Mjolnir. Only Cap manages to budge it. But I believe he didn't fully pick it up because he knew how power corrupts.

  Thor says who picks it up rules Asgard. Cap believed he was telling the truth. His two friends Thor and Stark have both turned arrogant because they were given immense power. Cap also knew what happened to Red Skull, whose great power led him to attempt to rule the world.

  So, I think Captain America didn't want to pick up Mjolnir because he wanted to stay as Steve Rogers and not get so much power, in case it corrupted him.
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  (#14) Captain America Switched Out Thor's Hammer In 'Ragnarok'

  From Redditor u/TheMediocreCritic:

  Hela didn’t destroy Thor’s hammer in Ragnarok. Captain America switched Mjolnir out with a fake when he traveled back to fix the timelines.

  With Thor 4, Love and Thunder well on its way, we have a bit of a problem to address. If Natalie Portman is going to get the power of Thor as in the comics, then we need Thor’s mighty hammer, Mjolnir, back. As it stands, Cap returned Mjolnir to the original timeline, Hela shattered it again, leading to Thor getting Stormbreaker again. Everything is back to where it is supposed to be. The hammer has to follow the same path to keep the events leading to Ragnarok. Both Cap and Thor know that the hammer has to be returned or there is no Stormbreaker, no Wakanda rescue. The hammer must go back.

  But then how can Jane Foster get her hands on that hammer? A hammer that is integral to the story moving forward if they use the cancer storyline from the comics. Well, I think the answer is simple.

  Captain America switched the hammer out with a fake.

  So for Jane foster to claim the hammer and get the power of Thor, I believe the hammer has to survive. But how?  So I think I have the answer. Cap goes back to the events of Thor: Ragnarok and making a  quick switch. Perhaps at Dr. Strange’s mansion,  He secretly gives Thor the replica, and that’s the hammer Hela shatterers. In reality, though, Cap has kept the hammer for decades, until the events of Love and Thunder. Cap preserves the timeline while still keeping the hammer. I believe this movie will start with old Cap giving the hammer to Thor or Jane foster. I imagine a scene with old Captain America saying,” I think this belongs to you “as he hands the real Mjolnir back.  

  There are inherently  going to be plot holes in this theory for sure. How come the hammer does not come to him when he calls? or how can Cap get his hand on a believable replica? But the fact remains that Jane Foster will need Mjolnir to start her transformation. i dont know if reforging Mjolnir will keep Odin's blessing intact. Perhaps the hammer is reforged with Captain America going back to find the pieces. I like to think that Thor would want to find a way to save his most valuable possession. And perhaps with a little help from Cap they can save it whether its from time travel or collecting the pieces.
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  (#4) The Super Soldier Serum Increases Intelligence As Well As Strength

  From Redditor u/StoneGoldX:

  The Super Soldier Serum increases intelligence as well as strength. It's just Captain America only studies beating people up.

  I originally developed this theory for the comics, but it should work for the movies as well. Abraham Erskine's Super Soldier Serum enhanced Steve Rogers' body to operate at peak human efficiency. In the movies, he's a little more blatantly superhuman, and with the caveat that it also enhances your personality.

  I believe, however, that the SSS also drastically increases mental capacity, perhaps to the level of a Stark or even a Richards. It's just that rather than studying the physical sciences, Steve Rogers studies how to best save the world from evil, preferably by punching evil in the face.

  After a bit of post-SSS training, Steve immediately went from being a combat novice to one of, if not the, greatest hand to hand combatants in the world. He figured out the aerodynamics and impossible physics of throwing his shield just from holding and throwing it a few times. Since being defrosted, he immediately was able to use sci-fi level electronics like the computers at Avengers HQ. It's been remarked many times by various characters, from Nick Fury to Kang, that within moments he immediately masters any vehicle or weapon he touches. Not to mention being the foremost metahuman combat tactician of the Marvel Universe.

  I believe that if Steve wasn't so focused on saving the world through strength of arm, he could be saving the world with his mind through discovery and invention. It's just he's so focused on studying how to better punch people in the face, that he hasn't focused on creating anti-posineutronic engromatic devices and such.
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  (#13) Steve Rogers Had A Daughter

  From Redditor u/delitomatoes:

  In this alternate timeline, due to certain events being slightly different, super soldier serum never being invented, Steve not getting it etc.

  The age of Superheroes was never set in motion. WW2 ended and as many men died overseas, Steve, a physically unattractive but honest man married one of the many women left behind. They had a daughter, Mary Rogers.

  This daughter later went on to marry a physician Franklin Storm and gave birth to 2 children Susan and Johnny. This is why Johnny Storm shares an uncanny resemblance to MCU's Steve Rogers.
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  (#3) 'Braddock' Is The Alias Steve Rogers Uses In His Life With Peggy

  From Redditor u/CinematicESP:

  If Steve is trying to lay low when he goes back in time to spend a life with Peggy, it would make sense that he might use an alias. What if the Agent Braddock mentioned in Endgame was Steve, hence Peggy’s concern for his whereabouts?

  Jumping off from that, perhaps they settle down in Peggy’s home country of England to raise a family... including Brian and Betsy Braddock, either their children or grandchildren.

  Captain Britain, the super soldier son (or grandson) of Captain America.

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