“Every real friendship is a sort of secession, even a rebellion. I could go on and on about the benefits of friendship, but I think most people can think of at least one friend whom they are a better person for encountering.īut lets not forget the flipside of the Super Soldier Serum- It not only makes good men better, but bad men worse. The self-assurance and support that a loving group of peers instills in us can go great lengths to give us the confidence and courage to become who God created us to be. It bands us together as we play off eachother's strengths in a mutual journey that should ultimately uplift and strengthen everyone involved. Lightbulb! Doesn’t that sound suspiciously familiar?įriendship is a particular type of love that elevates us in a powerful way. It makes good men better and bad men worse." (The Four Loves, 1960) “Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue but also (as they did not see) a school of vice. In CS Lewis' "The Four Loves" he devotes an entire chapter to the type of love which is friendship. Naturally, many of us watching may have found ourselves musing "I wish I had some of that.". The serum magnified the positive attributes about Steve Rogers and elevated him from just a "great guy" to superhero status. So naturally, when the question of “whats the deal with the Super Soldier Serum?” arose the response I received was this: It makes the good things about people better (Integrity, bravery, honesty, courage.), but can also make the bad things about them worse (selfishness, pyromaniacal tendencies, diabolical infatuations, etc. Oh! It’s the guy with the eye patch! Why is he here again?. remind me again why they're trying to kill him?.That explosion seemed a bit excessive…. What is this power source? Ooh, that’s the one from Thor? So does this happen after or before… Oh I see, he didn’t time travel its was- what did you call it- He was “Cryogenically frozen”… yeah, how does that work?- Of course I know its fiction, I was just wondering.
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Whenever I watch superhero movies set in the complexly intertwined and overlapping world of Marvel, I resort to what any amateur superhero fan would do- repeatedly ask my younger brother to explain what the heck is going on: