stevenrogered:

Captain America’s journey on screen began with an act of rebellion: Picking up a shield to go rescue his friend Bucky Barnes. And it ends with another act of rebellion: Dropping his shield to rescue his friend Bucky Barnes. It would seem that in dropping the shield, Steve Rogers is quitting, perhaps even rejecting, the mantle of Captain America. But it really proves the identities are inseparable. He drops the shield for the same reason he picked it up. (x)