Peggy Carters 1951 Interview, Part Of Which Is Seen In The Smithsonian Exhibit In The Winter Soldier

Peggy Carter’s 1951 interview, part of which is seen in the Smithsonian exhibit in The Winter Soldier

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I think that what the writers were getting at, particularly when her brother was talking to her at the engagement party (“Stop pretending to be someone you’re not”) was that the Peggy we saw in the flashbacks was conforming to the way the society expected her to be; to marry ‘well’ and be a housewife. But her brother’s faith in her and later his death made her understand that he was right and that wasn’t everything she was meant to be. So she went to fight and to be who she really was, not caring about what everyone else expected her to be.

I’m a week behind on Agent Carter but last week’s episode with Peggy’s backstory felt, for the first time on this show, like the writers didn’t know who Peggy Carter was. Not that she should always have been the Agent Carter she is currently, or that she should never have been young and unsure, or wanted marriage and family, but that there was no reconciliation between little Peggy slaying make-believe dragons, the rogue SSR agent and the Peggy we saw at Bletchley. The Peggy at Bletchley didn’t seem like someone who would have valued pre-serum Steve, who would have gone against orders and snuck behind enemy lines. The backstory worked with Whitney Frost, seeing her as a child and then as a young woman who was still discovering herself, so what the hell happened that they couldn’t write a believable young Peggy?