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If Rogers dies, then I'd think the Captain America identify should die too (at least within the MCU); Steve's principles can remain, but they shouldn't need the identity to retain it. Putting Bucky or Sam in the suit would feel a bit cheap (and a bit of a cheat) I feel; I'd much rather them remain their current characters, maybe just give Bucky a Shield in Steve's honour or something?
I don't think it would be cheap at all, unless it was poorly done. And I don't think it be just shoving one of those characters into a pre-existing Cap uniform and saying 'he's the new Captain America now.' They would have their own take on the uniform (with the shield obviously being the most important part) and their own style, and their efforts to live up to Cap's example would be a central part of the story.
ETA: I think it would be far cheaper to have Cap die and then not see his legacy carried forward in any way, though there could be a compromise position where Falcon or Winter Soldier take up Cap's shield symbolically moving forward without any other costume change or legacy movie.
What about Shuri? I posted elsewhere, but what is it about Riri that you love? Would you be happy/content if Shuri was drafted into that role; she's a tech genius already, and it would be (I think) a fitting merge.
What about her? No, seriously, I loved Shuri, I want to see more of her, but why not both? What's wrong with Shuri continuing to have a major role in the Black Panther movies, maybe even getting her own superhero ID there and becoming an Avenger, while also Riri Williams is a tech genius who inherits the Stark AI and builds her own Iron Man suit?
And as for why I love the character: her background is a huge part of it. I loved her introduction in the comics of having this odd duck friendship that was her tether to the world and then having her friend and her family taken from her and that being her introduction to the evil of the world. That evil being something she can't stand, not because of what was done to her specifically, but because she can't abide that fundamental unfairness in the world. I also really enjoy her personality, which feels similar to Tony Stark, but without the overbearing arrogance and abundance of inner demons and with a huge streak of Steve Rogers-like ernestness.
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