The Captain Is In

I have been thinking on this for a while now & it's come to my attention that blogging about it might clear some thing up for you & me.

People that are close to me know that I'm not a fan of my own country because of the way we come off to the rest of the world. It bothers me at a deeper personal level to know that there are COUNTRIES out there that hate me (or extremely dislike me) just because I am from (or am) America. So when the people that were close to me found out that I love Captain America, & plan on dressing up as him as a cosplay, were quite confused. 

The comment "I don't understand why you love Captain America so much when you complain about America so much." 

I would usually just respond with, "Because I love him & Stark together." with a laugh, but always knew there was something more to it. I did LOVE the character it self apart from my sick, wild fangirl dreams. 

I have figured it out. 

I love Captain America because he stands for everything that America was supposed to stand for. He helps the people in need, & even the bigger man if they become the little man because he knows what it's like to be the little man. He was chosen to be a "super solider" because he was compassionate. Which is something I don't see a lot of Americans be now-a-days. 

When I was younger I was taught basic manors. Say please & thank you, be polite, if you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all, look people in the eyes when they talk to you, respond to people that are talking to you, hold the door open for people coming in after you, don't be a soar loser, be nice/kind to others, don't take more then you need, chew with your mouth closed, elbows off the table, & no slurping. These are all BASIC things that everyone should have been taught when young, in my opinion, but in todays world they are lost in the selfishness of out society. It's rather sicking to be honest. 

It's like pulling teeth to get a please & thank you out of a kid where I work because their parents are too busy working to actually raise their children or too busy letting them play video games out of their age range or surfing the internet freely. Parents are also too busy making their child their friend then being a parent. Parents are also too busy asking their child "what do you want?" then saying "No you don't need that." 

I understand that in the American world today that it is becoming harder & harder to maintain a satisfying life style for your child & you because of economic reasons & so on, but that is the challenges of today. Just because you have to work more though doesn't mean you can get lazy raising you children. It isn't the consolers in your after school programs job to teach your kid manors, nor is it their teachers, friends, nanny T.V., computer, culture, etc. It is yours. Take responsibility for it.

I think another reason I love Captain America is because he's not some rich man who can put together a fancy outfit & save people. He has nothing to do with money. He is genuinely looking to get somewhere by his own accord & happen stance takes him to play the role he had always wanted to. Yet another thing America is about it opportunities. His story is more real & down to my level then most super hero stories. His story could have been in my own home, there is still the chance. I may not become a super soldier but if I am in the right place at the right time I may run into someone like he did who can get me somewhere with my photography, that I want to be. To be in the right place at the with much hard work & dedication that is. No dreams comes without those things. 

All in all, the Captain, to my knowledge, isn't meant to be a ego-boost for American's heads to get bigger on, but something for the Americans to look at & remember the origins that this country is biased off of. Just like boys & girls like to have role models, so do a country of lost people. 

~Cyran J. Harrington~