Originally Posted by
Refrax5
You might be right and I am always hesitant to blame a character for what's simply bad writing, because all of my favorite characters have had stories like that. But I still have some beef with Steve over how he treated the West Coast Avengers and basically told them after they'd endured tragedy and trauma that they basically were failures and didn't deserve to be Avengers (you know when youre on US Agent's side in an argument, the other guy must be WAY out of line) or about how crappy he was to Thunderstrike when he was still trying to get a handle on his powers and so on. There's just a lot of stories where Steve comes across as a pompous, self-righteous jerk with a massive superiority complex. I always liked Bucky and Sam more.
In fairness, some writers like Brubaker wrote a very likable version of Steve. I remember liking him in the EMH cartoon and in the Ultimate Avengers animated movies (it was based on the Ultimates, but the characters were less mean and edgy.)
So I'm not totally anti-Steve, but if it comes down to Steve vs Scott, I'm Team Cyclops allllll the way.