Originally Posted by
WonderScott
I like my Steve as an intelligence officer and an agent of ARGUS. It gives him the most to work with in the DCU and amongst all the governmental agencies within the DCU. Alternatively, I could see him, with a couple of other people, being a liaison between an agency and the Justice League.
To me, Steve is the anti-Amanda Waller. Where Amanda is all “the ends justify the means,” Steve approaches situations with far more integrity and care for everyone involved and the outcome of the mission.
Steve has the uncanny abilities to accurately gage people’s personalities and motives and improvise quickly in dangerous situations. As a combatant and fighter, Steve is quite skilled. He’s about as good as person can be right before the skills they’d need to learn to put on a mask and become a caped vigilante. As a pilot, he’s as skilled and as daring as Hal Jordan or Carol Ferris or Bruce Wayne.
Steve’s personality is caring and mostly uncompromising in always doing the right thing. This empathy, morality and his natural charisma makes him a leader people like to follow and believe in. While mostly a serious fellow, Steve does find hilarity in some of the absurdity of his work in a world with extraterrestrials, superpowers, gods, magic, etc. all existing. It’s how he copes and sometimes takes the edge off of the dangerous situations he and his team are involved in. Steve has a hard time turning “off” and not working - it’s a real struggle for him.
While Steve loves adventuring with Diana, he’s most at peace when the two of them can spend time together and shut out the rest of the world. Meeting Diana forever changed Steve - she helped reconnect him with parts of himself he had shut off and compartmentalized.
Steve has his own friendship with Etta Candy - even though they don’t always agree. He really likes Diana’s sister, Donna, and has great respect and affection for Hippolyta and Philippus for their warrior, strategist and leader prowess.
Siggy, Trevor Barnes, Ferdinand, Achilles and Kevin Mayer are some of Steve’s best mates and it’s not uncommon for them to have a guy’s night out
Steve loves talking about piloting with Hal Jordan and they have a friendly rivalry. He’s one of the Justice Leaguers Steve is most comfortable with. Steve appreciates Bruce Wayne’s detective skills and analytical mind and uses every opportunity he can to ask questions and learn from him for his own intelligence work. Steve and Lois Lane have a special affinity for one another from a shared
experience of being military kids and in relationships with two of the most powerful individuals in the universe. Diana’s affection and friendship with Black Canary has transferred to Steve and he regards her not only as a close friend, but as one of the most capable superheroes on the planet. And he gives as good as he gets from Green Arrow and his snarky comments, which tickles Dinah and Diana to no end.
Diana’s foes that scare him the most are Circe, Cheetah, Doctor Psycho, Inversion and Superwoman. Circe for her raw power and desire to use Diana for her own gain. Barbara Minerva for her raw power, unpredictability and intelligence. Doctor Psycho for his raw power, subtlety and manipulations. Inversion for the lengths someone in that much pain will go to in order to inflict pain on others. Superwoman for her raw power and the fear of what someone who is the inverse of Diana in every way is capable of.