Springing the bait-and-switch "You think I'm giving him back to you but haha! I tricked you!" Fake!Cap plot twist on everyone On Memorial Day weekend was what convinced me of his dickishness. I mean, that plot line alone would have done it, since it's so obviously him deliberately raising readers' expectations only to dash them (like offering a kid an ice-cream cone that's been doused in tabasco sauce or giving your girlfriend a ring-sized jewelry box from De Biers that's empty), but it was a really unfortunate holiday to spring that little bit of gleeful fun at the readers' expense on everyone. I know the publication date wasn't under his control, but it was kind of the last straw for me, even more than putting Bucky in the costume (that's annoying, but the bait-and-switch thing was just gratuitously cruel).
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