#the go back to the old ways non-growth of a static mindset

This hurts so much. This is exactly what needs to be the rebuttal to Steve and his choice of ending. Because it’s not his missed chance to be regained. It belonged to his past. Either that alt Steve or the him that first lost time, because the Steve of Endgame is not the same and doesn’t belong. 

Longing for old joys or chances is not the same as finding new hopes.  And I want a Steve that hopes and seeks it, hence he belonged learning and finding or seeking it in the now, in his future.