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YES, YES! TO ALL THIS, JUST, YES. I mean I know I was hoping for it from the comics, but just even in the context of the show, it seems weird that the person Sam winds up fighting is Karli, because he's totally going to pull his punches. (Which Steve actually wasn't doing when he fought Bucky for the chip, IMO. He doesn't say "I'm not going to fight you" until the helicarriers are firing on each other.) Walker seems like the kind of racist asshat who would TOTALLY decide all his problems stem from the Black guy who took My Shield Which Is Rightfully Mine (which ties in with his general Trumpian character) and yeah, "I can do this all day" would've been perfect as a callback line! because at that moment Sam IS asserting why he should be Cap. Hell, if they wanted a moment to go back to, have Sam APPEAR to be ready to kill Walker with the shield, just like Cap seemed about to kill Tony in CW, and then back down. ....it's just never a good sign when fans spitballing can come up with more compelling ideas. I know the whole theory that fanfic works best in the liminal spaces and loves filling in the holes (that's what she said) in less-than-perfect canons, but this show didn't even feel inviting like that, just sort of....tattered. "I don't want to fight you" would have worked for me with Eli, and maybe Sharon. The Karli storyline just couldn't bear the weight of the reference.