What do you do with a problem like turning your greatest Nazi-fighting superhero into an agent of Hydra, upsetting fans for months? Continue to milk the storyline unto infinity, if you're Marvel Comics!

Listen, Chris, I love you and your earnest activism and your adorable dogs, but Steve Rogers is my favorite and I'm not going to give him up without a fight.

When I'm not Mary Sue-ing, I'm a writer of fiction. I love making up stories and sharing them with people. And when I talk about pop culture here, I tend to come at it from a place that gives writers the benefit of the doubt and asks readers to be patient, and let a story unfurl past one chapter, or episode, or issue before letting the complaints fly, so that you don't miss out on someone's unique way of telling a story. But creators have responsibilities, too.

Holy mother of everything, what did I just witness?

Oh hey, it turns out that Marvel Comics has heard about the massive blowback to the Psych!-Captain-America-was-always-Hydra concept and now they think we should just twiddle our thumbs and trust them. Hmmm.

Many of us found Marvel executive David Gabriel's comments about diverse characters being the cause of falling sales particularly infuriating and dumbfounding, because readers are tired of expensive and disappointing events—and oh yeah CAPTAIN AMERICA BEING A GODDAMNED NAZI.

The original Civil War story was the first superhero story I'd ever read, and I loved seeing how nuanced writing for superheroes could be. It wasn't just capes and tights (although those are great, too!). Serious stories about complicated people could be told. I'm a sucker for a good anti-hero. Thing about an anti-hero, though, is that they are ultimately still a hero. So, what the hell is Marvel doing with Captain America?

Russian animation company 420 (heh) created 90-second animated versions of some of the biggest movies in recent memory.

Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim shared concept art of Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) suited up for action, complete with purple cape and black mask.

Chris Evans, my lawfully wedded spouse who is best known for playing the star-spangled man with a plan, is the subject of an extensive new profile in Esquire. Like the rest of us, Chris Evans still can't believe that Trump was elected President. Unlike the rest of us, Chris Evans is ready to leave Steve Rogers behind.

If there's one thing that's been uplifting about recent events, it's been seeing so many people we already liked coming to the defense of those less fortunate than themselves. It's always uplifting to see anyone in real life live up to the values we see them represent on-screen, but there's a particular joy in watching Chris Evans effectively become actual Captain America in this political climate.

Hey! Do you need a helpful reminder that not everything in politics is terrible right now? This is for you.

Yesterday, Sebastian Stan posted a photo to Instagram of him holding a shield that looks a heck of a lot like Captain America's shield.

Addressing the fact that the Captain America mantle is now up for grabs, Kevin Feige gave something of an elusive answer as to who--if anyone--could be filling in that role in the MCU.

As part of our New York Comic-Con coverage, we were able to speak with Luna, along with Clark Gregg (who plays Phil Coulson) and Chloe Bennet (who plays Daisy Johnson/Quake) about how he will affect the show and what we can expect from the rest of the season.

When we last saw Steve Rogers in Captain America: Civil War, he threw down his shield and walked away from a stunned Tony Stark. Now, it looks like that proverbial mic drop was for real.

What do you get when you mash up Stranger Things with Perfect Strangers? Something very weird. And very 80s.