#I’m rambling ik- it’s nearly midnight here so maybe I’ll make this more refined later

[moowithmidnight]

I love Peggy Carter so much, I just really do. It sounds so moronic, but to be so bold and powerful and self-assured that you’re hated by your oppressors and loved by everyone good is the dream.

She stands up to misogyny but she also doesn’t. She holds her ground and stands her own and wants to fight but gets flustered and upset and frustrated and angry when she’s treated that way, because misogyny is all of those things. She lets some things slide and digs her fingernails into her skin and picks and chooses her battles wisely. She falls for every person, man or woman, who treats her with even an ounce of respect— not because she doesn’t have any for herself, but because she finally feels seen.

She’s emotional and irrational and makes reckless decisions, but she’s calculating and clever and born to lead. She’s peak character hypocrisy—because characters need to be hypocrites, all humans are hypocrites— and it’s delicious. I know “strong woman who’s also feminine” is a common trope that usually gets eye rolls, but Peggy’s emotions are very rarely (if ever) treated as a problem. She’s powerful AND emotional/because of her emotions, vs. powerful in spite of her emotions. Her and Steve are extremely similar in that way— they both have extremely strong morals; it makes sense that Peggy’s words (via Sharon) are what reinforce to Steve that he’s making the right decision in civil war.

She’s the character ever!!