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rainnecassidy:giandujakiss:jamesfactscalvin:officialnatasharomanoff:project-blackbird:reservoir-of-blood:Emily Vancamp as Sharon Carter in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”Here’s an example of what we call a “soft no”. Sharon turns down Steve’s offer in a way that’s meant not to insult him but never actually uses the word “no”.Steve clearly gets the message, though, and importantly offers to leave her alone. Sharon’s comment afterwards gives him an opportunity to try again later, but he doesn’t press and respects her rejection of his company even though it’s probably hurt his feelings a bit.Just in case you ever wonder “What would Captain America do?”; there you go.never do something steve rogers wouldn’t do.Unless it’s jumping out of a plane without a parachute, you probably shouldn’t do thatI just have to add - I’ve seen interviews with Marvel people where they say that this scene demonstrates that Cap’s awkward with women and doesn’t know how to ask women out on a date. And it drives me crazy, because - as the OP says - Steve behaved perfectly here. It was a very charming, nonthreatening offer, and he accepted her rejection with good grace. You can’t help but feel that to Hollywood, the fact that she said no means he asked badly - which is exactly how I’d expect Hollywood to think, namely, the idea that men should keep pressing and pushing women until they say yesYeah, this isn’t awkward at all. In fact, it was pretty smooth IMO. He makes the offer, and makes it clear that it’s tentatively romantic in nature - “cup of coffee” being the trigger phrase there. Then when she turns him down, he makes it clear that he won’t push - “I’ll keep my distance.” As others have noted, she leaves it open to let him try again later - basically, she tells him now’s not a good time but maybe on another day when she’s not so exhausted or caught up in her own shit or whatever. And he lets it go.That’s the important part, there at the end. Because Steve Rogers is, at his core, a gentleman who respects women. -- source link