It seems like Avengers: Endgame has changed a lot of things about the Marvel Cinematic Universe since most of the characters actually went back in time and changed the future. However, the one guy who truly made some drastic changes was Steve Rogers. So did Steve actually undo his own past? Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have just revealed that yes, there were always two Captain Americas.
The Endgame writers recently spoke to Backstory Magazine where they were asked whether Steve's fight with his 2012 self actually changed the timeline (via Comicbook.com). Interestingly, McFeely explained that this was something that was destined to happen.
"Here's how we reconcile it. We think there have always been two Caps from 1945 to, say, now, and we just didn't know that. That's the loop, right?" he said. McFeely then explained that it's not the same as affecting the past to change the future.
"It's not Back to the Future rules, it's branch reality rules. This is not stepping on a butterfly that turns the world into Biff's casino. You can't alter your future by going back to the past. We sort of created our own time travel rules wherein, as the Ancient One says, if you remove an Infinity Stone from a timeline, that creates a branch reality," he continued.
Although Steve managed to get rid of all those branches when he returned the Infinity Stones, he was then free to live out the rest of his life with Peggy Carter.
"Those are fine. And after he did the last one, he jumped to 1948 and decided to stay. So, his younger self is on ice somewhere and it's only in 2011 that there are technically two Steves running around — to the point where if you were to look closely at Peggy's funeral, there'd be an old man in the back named Roger Stevens," McFeely concluded.
It's an interesting idea that now has people re-watching Captain America: Civil War to take a closer look at Peggy's funeral. Although it's unlikely that we will see that old man somewhere in the scene, it's still something to ponder about.
Avengers: Endgame is currently available on digital.
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