reading an essay on representations of disability and when the author discusses marvel she brings up captain america and the super soldier serum as a depiction of the inherent “good” qualities of a person needing to match a preconception of the “perfect/good” able bodied individual in order to be valued, due to how we place value on ableness over disability and how in media disabled features are often used to signify weakness or even villainy. right? that tracks. HOWEVER when discussing steve rogers she makes sure to point out that his story is barely a disabled one at all because, pre-serum, steve is just “scrawny” and doesn’t fit the typical expectation for a male body in society or the military at the time. which. okay i know they didn’t show him in a hospital or anything on screen in catfa but this is BAFFLING to me as a stance because he is very clearly rejected by the army more than once for a laundry list of disabilities and chronic conditions which is visible in the movie and also in the supplemental media surrounding mcu steve???? and i don’t think she’s talking about the original comics steve here bc as far as this passage goes she briefly mentions the origins of marvel comics then moves onto discuss what feels like an analysis of the movie characters. and the rest of the work is littered with allusions to disney films at large and other marvel films and franchises so i do believe she was writing this with exclusively chris evans steve in mind but also????? there are so many comic depictions that mention his health as a child and even up to his adulthood beyond just being “small” or “generally weak” so. WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!