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[quote]Sharon is also one of the weaknesses. This started in The Winter Soldier, they immediately introduced her as a potential love interest which doesn't give people a reason to be interested in her in her own right, like they are with Natasha for example. [/quote]

The only real focus on Sharon in "WINTER SOLDIER" is when she and Steve met as neighbors and her exposure as a SHIELD agent; and later when the film focused on the fall of SHIELD.

That was not the problem. The real problem is that once Steve learned that Sharon was a relative of Peggy's, the movie rushed the development of their romance. And why? Because of the Civil War storyline. If Marvel had saved the Civil War story for an Avengers film, the third Captain America film could have finished Steve's arc with HDYRA, Bucky and Sam, and his relationships with the Carter women - including a more developed relationship with Sharon. Unfortunately, "CIVIL WAR" became so focused on the Accords and Tony Stark that not only was Steve's relationship with Sharon rushed, even his relationships with Bucky and Sam were more or less undeveloped. The biggest conversation Steve had with Bucky was about the latter's memories of the Winter Soldier program, which proved to be nothing but a red herring.