Originally Posted by
Something Wicked
Just for the record, "peak human" doesn't mean "the best humans have achieved." It means the absolute pinnacle that they can theoretically achieve. No natural human is as strong, fast, resilient, or resistant to fatigue as Steve Rogers is. And certainly not all of those things at once. That's not just not what the term means.
Also, finally got to see the finale. I was really disappointed that they did, in fact, make Sharon the Power Broker. But as others have pointed out, it really doesn't make any sense on any level whatsoever. Not even in the ridiculous comic book "Machiavellian plan to get pardoned and gain access to SHIELD tech, mouhahaha!" sort of way.
That said, I do now understand why they did it. It's all because of Valentina. Sharon's clearly meant to be her opposite in future installments. One being a SHIELD agent posing as a Hydra agent that's in turn pretending to be a SHIELD agent for Hydra. The other is a former SHIELD agent that actually went and became a bad guy, but will be posing as a SHIELD agent in order to further her own goals as a bad guy.
At least I hope that's the reason, as it's the only thing that makes sense on a narrative level. It doesn't mean it makes Sharon's story arc at all sensible, but at least it explains why it's there at least.