I have a policy (that I just made up, in my head) that I'm not going to write a fic if it would be incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't seen a bunch of stupid fandom discourse. I am often inspired by bad fandom takes, so it's a fine line.

And that's why I'm not writing my grim the-law-is-wrong idea. That, and I don't really want to deal with the double-whammy of "people scandalized by the suggestion that Steve's better qualities might not prevail if he were consistently validated for being prejudiced and callous and vindictive" and "people unable to wrap their heads around a strong anti-carceral stance."