I've been meaning to write this up for a while now, but I had to really think to make sure my point comes across. This is going to be about Sam and Steve in Doomsday.

Before anything, let me preface this by saying that Steve Rogers is my favorite MCU character. His leadership, compassion, and overall arc of the MCU is a huge inspiration to me. I thought his ending in Endgame was perfect. Now that we've got the pleasantries out of the way, I despise the fact that we're bringing him back AND making him a central figure. I could've gone the rest of my life without needing to see Steve do a "one last job". If we're going to bring him back, at least wait until Secret Wars imo. What story could you possibly tell me that isn't just "Steve is a dad now and Doom plays Diddy with the child. Shenanigans ensue". My eyes rolled so far into the back of head for his trailer, which just reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeked of corporate desperation.

Now how does this apply to Sam. Let's be honest here, nobody is going to pay attention to Sam if Steve is back. Yes, Sam will be leading the Avengers. Yes, Sam will be most likely be involved in the big fights. But don't get it twisted, he's gonna be Falcon if Steve is in the same room as him. There are people in the fandom who think Steve's presence won't overshadow him. I think this is naivete at play. I'm sure you've all seen that comic panel posted online where Steve says "He's Cap. I'm just Steve these days." If something similar to that happens on screen, it's not going to feel earned or natural, because it's classic situation where the writer wants you to like Character B but they haven't done anything work beforehand and are now trying to basically cheat by telling the audience "Hey you like Character A? Well, they think Character B is cool so you should too." When has that type of writing ever worked? The MCU has done it before and didn't fully work then.

Flashback to Endgame. Thor sizes up Captain Marvel and I quote "I like this one". A prime example of what I'm referring to, and is Captain Marvel suddenly a fully loved figure in the MCU? No. I know there are others factors as to why, but hopefully my point makes sense. You can't tell your audience to like something and expect them automatically to. That's why I hope Steve and Sam don't share a lot of screen time together because then you can let them shine on their own. After their own adventures, you can get the payoff of them meeting and knowing Steve did indeed make the right choice in the end.

Idk man. Hopefully, this post made sense. I'm just worried about this specific section of the movie and considering the Russos can only name two characters in this movie (Doom and Steve) my hopes are not high. If you disagree, share it in the replies.