Hello my name is Sam and I would walk through fire for Peggy Carter
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cogentranting

Can we appreciate that Sousa was Chief of the SSR and then something like the West Coast Division Chief of Shield and when he got taken out of his life and joined the Shield team he got thrown back to not just being a regular agent without authority but also being the newest and least experienced with what they were dealing with and he handled that with out any issue. There was no resentment, there was no questioning of authority, no trying to leverage his past positions to take control, no trying to set himself up as a higher rank than anyone else on the team.

He just steps into his new role with this perfect grace. He immediately accepts Mack as director (and even is a little more formal and deferential because he doesnt yet have that bond that the others have so you hear him call Mack "Sir" or "Director" a lot more). He also immediately accepts the informal hierarchy that includes things like Coulson and Daisy giving orders. And he doesnt try to put himself over any of the others on the basis of his experience. He just accepts his new role and gives his all to doing it as well as he can.

Sousa was a good chief and a good leader but as soon as that is no longer his role he steps back is just as good at following orders and being part of a team and respecting the talents and expertise of the people around him. Because Daniel Sousa is a class act through and through.

theowldetective

(I’ve been wanting to say something about how easily and respectfully this white dude from 1955 accepted the authority of a Black man and a half-Chinese woman and how it just made me love the character more, but you basically covered it.)

cogentranting

Yes! That too. And especially because it's not even really a Thing. There's no moment on either a meta level or a character level of "look how much Sousa respects women and people of color" or him expressing any kind of surprise over how attitudes have changed in the future (even in a positive way). It's just a given. Of course they have these positions of respect and authority. Of course he's gonna respect them the same as he would any other.

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I FINALLY HAVE GOOD INTERNET

I FINALLY HAVE FAST ENOUGH INTERNET TO BE ABLE TO USE TUMBLR AND ACTUALLY SEE IMAGES AND NOT JUST GRADIENT BOXES OF IMAGES THAT HAVEN’T LOADED

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