Steve shakes his head. "No, I don't know what happened to Mjolnir. Stormbreaker is new, from scratch, and that's probably why we were able to talk him into letting it go. Made in the same place, by the same guys, though, from what he told me. But you're not wrong--he still might be able to call it if it occurred to him to try."
Steve doesn't think it would, though. Not right away. Maybe if he got a close look, read the runes on the edges, made a couple educated guesses. The power of the two weapons might blend or conflict in strange ways, though, and neither he nor Tony wants to have to fight Thor. Been there, done that, almost died. Once was enough. "I'm happy to avoid him as much as we can. At least until we can be sure he'll talk to us and not attack us."
He raises an eyebrow at Tony's suggestion that they approach his younger self. "You, uh...okay, there's a lot to unpack there."
He's not sure Tony's approach to Banner was entirely wrong, in retrospect, just incredibly foolhardy. But it doesn't matter right now, that's not the topic at hand. "I remember the state of mind I was in. If we just walk up to me and tell me we're from the future, I don't see that going well."
He was already overloaded with the newness of the world around him. Dumping all the crazy shit they've been through since on him--'the world ended, and also, Bucky's been alive being tortured by Hydra for the last several decades but I went and let him die again'--Steve isn't sure how he would have reacted, how his younger self will respond. He's pretty sure there's going to be a lot of anger, though. Pure, righteous rage. The universe isn't supposed to be like this.
On the other hand, he can imagine how Tony would react at this time in his life. Trouble brewing? No problem, I'll fix it before it gets here. And then another Ultron.
(That's a little bit unfair. He's acknowledge how shaken up Tony was when Ultron came into being. But it's still a valid concern, and they don't want to set either of them up to become the monsters they're trying to defeat.)
But they're going to need to relay certain truths to themselves eventually. Steve is silent a moment, trying to reach for an intermediary, someone his younger self would trust, to soften the blow they're going to have to deal him. Peggy? But she's unwell, and they can't just pick her up and take her to the helicarrier. Natasha? But she wouldn't trust either of them. Same with Coulson.
Tony's right, he concludes uncomfortably, at last. "God, I hate being the best guy for the job by default, but I can't think of a better solution."
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Date: 2018-07-09 04:35 pm (UTC)Steve doesn't think it would, though. Not right away. Maybe if he got a close look, read the runes on the edges, made a couple educated guesses. The power of the two weapons might blend or conflict in strange ways, though, and neither he nor Tony wants to have to fight Thor. Been there, done that, almost died. Once was enough. "I'm happy to avoid him as much as we can. At least until we can be sure he'll talk to us and not attack us."
He raises an eyebrow at Tony's suggestion that they approach his younger self. "You, uh...okay, there's a lot to unpack there."
He's not sure Tony's approach to Banner was entirely wrong, in retrospect, just incredibly foolhardy. But it doesn't matter right now, that's not the topic at hand. "I remember the state of mind I was in. If we just walk up to me and tell me we're from the future, I don't see that going well."
He was already overloaded with the newness of the world around him. Dumping all the crazy shit they've been through since on him--'the world ended, and also, Bucky's been alive being tortured by Hydra for the last several decades but I went and let him die again'--Steve isn't sure how he would have reacted, how his younger self will respond. He's pretty sure there's going to be a lot of anger, though. Pure, righteous rage. The universe isn't supposed to be like this.
On the other hand, he can imagine how Tony would react at this time in his life. Trouble brewing? No problem, I'll fix it before it gets here. And then another Ultron.
(That's a little bit unfair. He's acknowledge how shaken up Tony was when Ultron came into being. But it's still a valid concern, and they don't want to set either of them up to become the monsters they're trying to defeat.)
But they're going to need to relay certain truths to themselves eventually. Steve is silent a moment, trying to reach for an intermediary, someone his younger self would trust, to soften the blow they're going to have to deal him. Peggy? But she's unwell, and they can't just pick her up and take her to the helicarrier. Natasha? But she wouldn't trust either of them. Same with Coulson.
Tony's right, he concludes uncomfortably, at last. "God, I hate being the best guy for the job by default, but I can't think of a better solution."