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Cap knew how Starks parents killed?


At the end when its revealed that Bucky had killed Starks parents, Tony asks Cap if he knew how they died and he replied yes.
How did Cap know this as it happened in 91 and if he did know then how did he only know how they died and not by Bucky?

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It is sort of a plot hole

In the few months after ant man, Bucky was recovering his memory, yet when cap answers to Tony, Tony takes it as if Cap knew all along since they met in the first Avengers movie

Also the brain wash, they don't point Tony to the fact that it was not Bucky but Winter Soldier who did those killings

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Not a plot hole. Arnim Zola showed Cap all the things Hydra had been doing as part of SHIELD in Winter Soldier

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Tony takes it as if Cap knew all along since they met in the first Avengers movie


That's not true at all. He just asked if he knew. At the end of Winter Soldier, Black Widow gave Cap and Falcon a dosier regarding Bucky. We know they were gathering information from Hydra's leaked files since that time. It's obvious he found out that way.

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> they don't point Tony to the fact that it was not Bucky but Winter Soldier who did those killings

Tony wouldn't have listened anyway: "I don't care, he killed my mom!"

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Cap found out about that Bucky killed Starks parents in TWS. (The Winter Soldier)

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I'm trying to recall the scene they reveal that in. It doesn't bother me either way. He and Bucky could have discussed it overe beers for all we know.

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When Cap confronts Arnim Zola, there are flashes of newspaper clippings and things around the room. One of those clippings mentions the death of Stark's parents. I don't think he knew it was Bucky at that time but he probably found out between movies since he got a dosier from Black Widow at the end.

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He learned of it in The Winter Soldier.

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Everyone is saying he learned it in TWS? I don't remember, but will take others word for it.

The fact that Cap knew is inexcusable and it doesn't get nearly enough attention. Cap is never allowed to be wrong in these movies and it's annoying as Steve is.

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Inexcusable how? He learned 25 years after the fact that Bucky had been brainwashed and murdered Tony Stark's parents. What good comes of him sharing this information with Tony, or anyone else?

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What good comes from revealing a mass murderer's crimes? Not to mention, Tony absolutely has the right to know his parents were murdered.

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Just another place we disagree.

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Cap is never allowed to be wrong in these movies


Huh? Steve ADMITTED being wrong in his final letter to Tony.

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" I know I hurt you, Tony. I guess I thought by not telling you about your parents I was sparing you, but I can see now that I was really sparing myself, and I'm sorry. Hopefully one day you can understand."

What's that 40 words? 6 of which are:

"Hope one day you can understand."

That doesn't sound like "I am wrong" to me, especially when he aided and abedded Bucky.

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Sparing himself when he THOUGHT he was sparing Tony ... to Steve Rogers, THAT's an admission of error

Steve isn't the type to spare his own feelings over those of his friends. Admitting he did so here was an admission of guilt

I'll concede that reasonable minds can differ on this point tho

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When Black Widow released all the files it was in there. But that doesn't say why though Jarvis didn't tell Tony. Although that would be thinking and I suppose Jarvis only answers a question asked.

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I think my biggest issue with this is that it wasn't well developed in Civil War. Meaning, we all can assume and put together that at some point between Winter Soldier and Civil War Steve found out. But we never see any scenes where Steve has to deal with knowing this information. He sees Tony regularly and had to look him in the face knowing what his friend did and this never gave him any conflict? and it's only brought up until Tony finds out at the end? It looked good to have that be the straw that broke the camel's back for the epic fight at the end but it didn't feel as earned to me. If we had SEEN Steve ask Bucky about it, have a scene with Tony about it, or anything showing us Steve knew then it wouldn't have been such a problem. Instead it was this little piece of information left for the audience to figure out in between the lines and I don't think it was a good choice on the writers part to make.

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I honestly think all Steve knew is what we, the audience, were in fact shown.

Zola shows clippings of the Starks' deaths followed immediately by a photo of Bucky as TWS

The implication is that Bucky killed them.

But we (and Steve) don't have confirmation of that, even after the HYDRA files were released. That's why Zemo needed to find someone (who turned out to be Bucky himself) to give him the "mission report" from December 16, 1991.

I believe Steve was being honest when he told Tony, "I didn't know it was him [Bucky]." Steve only said, "yes," to Tony''s next question ("don't shit me Rogers, DID YOU KNOW?") because he knew, at that moment, Tony wouldn't accept any other response.

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It was handled very dumb. At the end of Winter Soldier, Black Widow gave Cap the files on Bucky at Furys grave. So he learned of it after reading them. Whats dumb was there was a camera in the tree in the year 1991 when Bucky killed them. But why was the camera in that tree? Bucky ran them off the road however it could have easily been a little before or after where the camera was positioned. Why even have a camera to begin with?

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It was put there by Ents to keep watch for any orcs that might enter the forest.

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