Thread:Elledy92/@comment-26838855-20190425183005/@comment-2106279-20190521155917

The film never ESTABLISHED that he was ALWAYS Carter's husband. Yeah, except for the Time Stone I didn't see the need to return the other Stones. In any case, Cap is clipping the branched timelines emanating from the alternate timelines. Those timelines themselves still exist.

If Cap went to the prime timeline past, and was always Peg's husband, that means he didn't change anything. I know, he can't change anything. You can't change your timeline; only create an alternate one. But how did Cap know that he was always her husband? He didn't. As far as he knew, he was creating an alternate timeline. Anyways, that wouldn't explain how the shield was fixed to give it to Sam. if the writers said: "Oh, so and so fixed it, etc." then there we go.

But they had zero explanation, while the Russos said it was because it came from an alternate timeline & that Cap did in fact change his alternate timeline.

You can't compare this situation to Shuri's age. Shuri's age isn't required. However, we have to have some sort of explanation for the rules of time travel and the ending of the film, and of Cap's arc. We can't wait for a third party; we choose one explanation.

I guess those in charge chose the Russos; and from what I gleaned, it might have been the explanation of the shield that pushed it ahead. Feige and the other producers are now aware of the contradictory statements & I don't see them explaining or co-signing any of this.