one-and-five-nines:

Weird opinion time

Steve isn’t a good man because he used to be small and bullied. In some ways, he’s a good man in spite of it.

I had a friend in high school who was short, skinny, awkward and quiet. I recently had to unfriend him on Facebook because he’s grown up to be the embodiment of the stereotypical nice guy. And honestly that’s kind of a natural progression. Women look over you so you start to hate them. The world shits on you so you hate it too. You were once a victim, so you seek out power by finding others to victimize. It happens all the time.

So when Steve takes his bad experiences and turns them into compassion, that’s special. He didn’t have to do that. He could just as easily have turned into a bitter, misogynistic asshole.

The difference between being a hero and a villain isn’t about what happens to you, it’s about what you choose to do with it.