The Cap that got old is the same Cap that went into the past with the Quantum suit.
The Cap that went into the ice, is the same Cap from above.
The only difference is, in the alternate time line "he got old" Cap probably popped up around the same time the above Cap went into the ice. So nobody questioned who he was.
Meaning, Cap was allowed to live out his life with his girl. That don't mean he retired or gave up being a super hero in the past.
Lastly, the line from the article "he lives the good life while Bucky (Sebastian Stan) is being used and abused as the Winter Soldier for 70 years" is pretty stupid as there's nothing to indicate that's true in the alternate time line.
Whole article seems like a gang of reaching.
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No bruh. It doesn't make sense. How does he return to the main timeline after seemingly creating another timeline with out using the time portal to get back to that very point. When ant man showed up at different ages, he used the portal to come back to the main time line.
When 2014 thanos and company show up to 2023, they use time travel, arrive through the portal.
MCU cap randomly shows up on a bench with a shield. No portal activated
Cap seemingly goes back to the past( which creates a different future and makes the current MCU your past) but then lives(not travel like Ant-Man ) to be an old man in the current time line. This is why ppl are kinda calling foul.
fukking with the past doesn't alter the future. So you can't say they are the same cap when we literally see two versions of nebula interact. There is a 2023 cap that goes back and lives with Peggy and in that same time line there is another cap on ice
Just like when cap goes back to 2012. There is 2023 cap and 2012 cap. If cap stays in that time like it won't be his same time line.