Random Captain America Fan Theories That Are Actually Plausible (16 items)

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  (#14) Captain America Switched Out Thor's Hammer In 'Ragnarok'

  From Redditor u/TheMediocreCritic:

  Hela didn’t destroy Thor’s hammer in Ragnarok. Captain America switched Mjolnir out with a fake when he traveled back to fix the timelines.

  With Thor 4, Love and Thunder well on its way, we have a bit of a problem to address. If Natalie Portman is going to get the power of Thor as in the comics, then we need Thor’s mighty hammer, Mjolnir, back. As it stands, Cap returned Mjolnir to the original timeline, Hela shattered it again, leading to Thor getting Stormbreaker again. Everything is back to where it is supposed to be. The hammer has to follow the same path to keep the events leading to Ragnarok. Both Cap and Thor know that the hammer has to be returned or there is no Stormbreaker, no Wakanda rescue. The hammer must go back.

  But then how can Jane Foster get her hands on that hammer? A hammer that is integral to the story moving forward if they use the cancer storyline from the comics. Well, I think the answer is simple.

  Captain America switched the hammer out with a fake.

  So for Jane foster to claim the hammer and get the power of Thor, I believe the hammer has to survive. But how?  So I think I have the answer. Cap goes back to the events of Thor: Ragnarok and making a  quick switch. Perhaps at Dr. Strange’s mansion,  He secretly gives Thor the replica, and that’s the hammer Hela shatterers. In reality, though, Cap has kept the hammer for decades, until the events of Love and Thunder. Cap preserves the timeline while still keeping the hammer. I believe this movie will start with old Cap giving the hammer to Thor or Jane foster. I imagine a scene with old Captain America saying,” I think this belongs to you “as he hands the real Mjolnir back.  

  There are inherently  going to be plot holes in this theory for sure. How come the hammer does not come to him when he calls? or how can Cap get his hand on a believable replica? But the fact remains that Jane Foster will need Mjolnir to start her transformation. i dont know if reforging Mjolnir will keep Odin's blessing intact. Perhaps the hammer is reforged with Captain America going back to find the pieces. I like to think that Thor would want to find a way to save his most valuable possession. And perhaps with a little help from Cap they can save it whether its from time travel or collecting the pieces.
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  (#4) The Super Soldier Serum Increases Intelligence As Well As Strength

  From Redditor u/StoneGoldX:

  The Super Soldier Serum increases intelligence as well as strength. It's just Captain America only studies beating people up.

  I originally developed this theory for the comics, but it should work for the movies as well. Abraham Erskine's Super Soldier Serum enhanced Steve Rogers' body to operate at peak human efficiency. In the movies, he's a little more blatantly superhuman, and with the caveat that it also enhances your personality.

  I believe, however, that the SSS also drastically increases mental capacity, perhaps to the level of a Stark or even a Richards. It's just that rather than studying the physical sciences, Steve Rogers studies how to best save the world from evil, preferably by punching evil in the face.

  After a bit of post-SSS training, Steve immediately went from being a combat novice to one of, if not the, greatest hand to hand combatants in the world. He figured out the aerodynamics and impossible physics of throwing his shield just from holding and throwing it a few times. Since being defrosted, he immediately was able to use sci-fi level electronics like the computers at Avengers HQ. It's been remarked many times by various characters, from Nick Fury to Kang, that within moments he immediately masters any vehicle or weapon he touches. Not to mention being the foremost metahuman combat tactician of the Marvel Universe.

  I believe that if Steve wasn't so focused on saving the world through strength of arm, he could be saving the world with his mind through discovery and invention. It's just he's so focused on studying how to better punch people in the face, that he hasn't focused on creating anti-posineutronic engromatic devices and such.
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  (#10) Captain America Didn't Pick Up Mjolnir Because He Knows How Power Corrupts

  From Redditor u/magidmarvel:

  In Age of Ultron, the avengers take turns to attempt to pick up Mjolnir. Only Cap manages to budge it. But I believe he didn't fully pick it up because he knew how power corrupts.

  Thor says who picks it up rules Asgard. Cap believed he was telling the truth. His two friends Thor and Stark have both turned arrogant because they were given immense power. Cap also knew what happened to Red Skull, whose great power led him to attempt to rule the world.

  So, I think Captain America didn't want to pick up Mjolnir because he wanted to stay as Steve Rogers and not get so much power, in case it corrupted him.
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  (#15) Shaggy From 'Scooby Doo' Is Steve Rogers’ Son

  From Redditor u/123Error321:

  Shaggy can run at similar speed to Captain America, and they share a last name, so Shaggy is probably Steve’s son.

  Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, can keep up and match the pace of Scooby Doo, a Great Dane. Seeing as Great Danes can run up to 30 mph, that means that Shaggy probably can too. In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers, who shares Shaggy’s last name, casually runs in the morning with Sam Wilson (Falcon). Sam says that Steven ran “13 miles in thirty minutes.” This equates to 26 mph, casually. Steve is capable of running faster than this, as shown in Civil War, when he runs considerably faster than cars in a highway tunnel. Comparing these two speeds, Shaggy has the pace of a casual Captain America. Using this information, along with the fact that they share a last name and have very similar hair colors, Shaggy is likely the son of Captain America.
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  (#1) Steve Rogers Was Able To Resist Thanos Because Of His Strong Will

  From Redditor u/XanPerkyCheck:

  Thanos moves his glove hand towards Rogers, and Rogers stops it with both hands. Thanos strains a bit more, but is unable to move his hand forward or close his grip, so he just knocks Rogers out with his non-glove hand instead.

  If you look at his facial expression, he looks shocked upon the initial block, then onwards he looks really perplexed with his eyes squinting and all, like he's thinking "how is this guy able to do this"? But what is 'this' that Rogers is doing?

  I don't believe it's physically blocking Thanos' hand. Thanos beat up Hulk, and Rogers is definitely not stronger than Hulk, not to mention Thanos knocks out Rogers seconds later, while Rogers' uppercut punch did nothing to Thanos.

  The glove works by responding to the will of the user, and in that moment, both of them were in physical contact with the glove. So Rogers was kind of "out-willing" Thanos, and while none of the infinity stones were actively being used, they were implicitly responding to both Thanos' and Rogers' wills respectively, with Rogers' influence being greater. And that's how he was able to resist Thanos.
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  (#6) The Serum Didn't Deform Steve Like Red Skull Because Of Penicillin

  From Redditor u/rafael-a:

  The real reason Red Skull got deformed and Captain America didn’t.

  Bacteria is the answer. In the scene of the transformation of skinny Steve Rogers into big buff Captain America there is a small joke where Erskine injects him penicillin beforehand. The penicillin shot was much more important than it seems, because human body is full of bacteria, and the Super Serum would enhance microbes as well, therefore they should be killed beforehand.

  In the movie it is shown that Johan “red skull” Schmidt injected the serum by himself, it worked but it also enhanced the bacteria, the grow in such a way that they destroyed the skin of his face (and maybe entire body), and it would have killed him if he wasn’t enhanced as well, so his body is in a constant battle against super microbes and that messed up his face.

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