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Just rewatched Bucky's introductory scenes in Thunderbolts, trying to pin down why he felt so kinda creepy and weird.

I don't know if the congress hearing was his first day on set, but it's like Sebastian hadn't fully shaken off the Trumpisms yet. Ugh like

Well, I'm not on the impeachment committee, but umm the uhh rumors of uhh wrongdoing are very worrying. They're very, very concerning ... and uhh worrying. And I think my constituents in Brooklyn deserve better, so we're going to get to the bottom of this umm ... worrying issue.

He just sounds so dumb. Help 😭 I can't unhear it.

And his phone call with Mel?

Mel: It's kind of strange. That it's all over now, isn't it? I mean, the Avengers are gone. No one else is coming to save the day.

Bucky: Maybe we could be the people who are coming.

Ex-fucking-cuse me?!

Who the hell just months ago stopped the United States and Japan from starting WW3?!

Sam Wilson and Joaquin Torres!

Who the hell stopped the President from hulk smashing DC!?

Sam fucking Wilson!!

For Bucky to let that slide and then be all "Maybe we could be the people" 😏

I'm throwing that man into the fire.

Can you imagine regular humans in Hetalia trying to track down their nation for guidance during hard times because “they’ve been alive for hundreds/thousands of years! They must be full of wisdom and have all the answers!”

Only to finally meet them and see the nation people behave, you know…like themselves 🤦🏻‍♀️

🎶”All that work and what did it get me?”🎵

technically hetalia is a workplace comedy

So, you've got this character, right? And he's introduced in a supporting role, but he's interesting and compelling and has potential as a lead. He leads his own subplots every now and then, but there's room for more.

Then, over the decades, he gets more and more neglected. His characterisation and visual portrayal somehow gets worse and even more racist despite supposedly improving attitudes. But what's this? 2014? And he's captain America. He is declared to be important, a main character. Finally, a chance to shine!

Of course, then, the avengers stories don't focus on him and only some of the writing is good... then they discard him after the secret wars stuff. But what's this? 2022? He's back? He's cap again?

Well, not really. Steve's cap. Sam is off in the background somewhere, in an underwhelming solo run, sequestered from most other comics.

But what if we turn to live action? Sam is introduced as a supporting character but he's fun and he's interesting. What's this? 2019? We're told directly that sam is important, that Sam's going to matter.

2 years later we get a series that's a mixed bag, with his co star getting the more fawning writing and the overwhelming majority of the audience response. But don't worry, he's getting a film.

4 years later, the delayed film comes out. Its release is tarnished by a bonkers decision to adapt sabra and by a reactionary, anti-woke media ecosystem. Despite this, it does well financially and is pretty good. Sam wasn't focused on in the marketing, and his co star bears more thematic focus in the film, but it's promising. Sam as the lead. Sam as important.

2 months later. They say nah again. He doesn't matter. He isn't important.

It'll be another year at least before we see him again. In a film where he is very clearly not going to be the lead.

But can we agree that Bucky Barnes pretty much took his super villain origin story in First Avenger and said “nope”? He watched the kid he constantly looked out for and defended and tried to cheer up suddenly become not just a hero, but THE hero. He watched himself suddenly become unnecessary for his friend to get by. There was clearly some resentment going on exacerbated by the heavy amount of torture he underwent. It was a similar situation to Loki, only Bucky had always been in the favored role and suddenly loses it. This would be the point that most characters would be seen simmering and brooding and either betray the hero and only redeem themselves by death or let their envy get the better of them and decide to take on the hero. And Bucky just…doesn’t. He has his moment of private hurt and pain and he regroups. His friendship is more important than his pride and he seamlessly steps aside to take a supporting role. He never flinches. There’s never any moment where you even see him THINK about betraying Steve. There’s no scene where he pauses before he helps him. Nothing.

Which is why HYDRA turning him into a monster is even more horrific. Because Bucky had already rejected going that route on his own. They had to MAKE him one. They had to force him. It would have been so easy for Bucky to have become the villain…and he doesn’t even consider it. Bucky is a victim in so many ways. 

post workout sambucky😮‍💨

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sad reality of the fanfic-to-published work economy is that the weirdest people are willing to do it. that's why there's now hundreds of shitty no plot cishet hate-to-love enemies-to-lovers books that are ex reylo fanfic. and it's not even good. that's because the people who wrote book-quality steve/bucky and kirk/spock fic are too normal to think to themselves "i should get this porn published". they're too busy working in local government offices

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