A couple extra gifs of Sam expressions I find cute:
This little smirk he gives before whooping ass
This little emotional smile after Isaiah is free (and messes with him lol)
And this about to lay down some wisdom (and mess with Joaquin lol)
I love him, your honour 😭🫡
BLACK WIDOW (2021) + Trivia
Y'all have gotta get more insane about platonic relationships like you are about romantic relationships. We need to get more annoying about them NOW. I need to see more meta and losing our minds over them. Get more annoying NOW. More than that. More than that also.
the best fanfic is the one the author had fun writing actually.
No because did Sam really fight that man with a knife still wedged in his chest and then proceeded to air kick him and stab him with that same knife?
Your fave could NEVER.
HEATHERS (1988) dir. Michael Lehmann
by @hypogean_gaol_
Sam and Bucky agreeing to “go on long separate vacations and never see each other again” only to end up spending that vacation together has the same energy as Eugene telling Rapunzel they both “part ways as unlikely friends” only to marry her
thinking about careers and now I'm sad...I'm imagining nations wanting to have careers of their own, to be doctors, engineers, CEOs, artists...but they have to do their nation job :( of course they love their people, but being born into such a responsibility would really suck (to me anyway)
I get that, I do headcanon though that some nations just said:
"Fuck you, I'm going to become a construction worker for a lifetime, see you never because you'll probably be dead by the time I get back."
And did just that. I also headcanon that the majority have several degrees and trained skillsets, I see Arthur being a very well trained Nurse/Medic and having gotten several bachelor degrees in the humanity (?) field out of curiosity (Philosophy, History (There was a time BEFORE him afterall, AND there's no way he can have known every single thing happening in history throughout his life at once and I see him being curious about what he's missed), etc.)
Alfred's got so many engineering and science degrees and I see Matthew being super invested in marine biology and GEOLOGY particularly, so while they have their nation job, I think many chose to say 'up yours' and went and lived a career anyway, maybe helping a bit with nation work on the side, but not a full-time thing
You know, the MCU had so many great opportunities to really highlight Sam's pararescue background and flesh out his origin story on-screen.
I'll forever be sad we haven't gotten any flashbacks to him rescueing people in his EXO 7 wings.
Was he still serving when Tony was captured by the Ten Rings people? Could he have been frustrated at potentially getting pulled from his unit so that he and Riley could try to extract some billionaire weapons manufacturer.
Could've shown the times he butted up against authority, where he felt that following the orders given were the wrong move and wasn't right. (Something that tied into "Well, the number of people around here giving orders is down to zero, so yeah.")
Also, if Sam's EXO program was around before Iron Man 1, then the air force already possessed that kind of flight technology. Was the EXO 7 also Stark tech back then? Or was it developed by the Air Force itself? Did Rhodey know about it? Was he involved in its development as head of the weapons R&D sector? (I headcanon yes, cos I'd like history between Sam and Rhodey.)
Were the wings developed as a weapon/offensive measure first before they were then used for rescue purposes? (the military cynic in me says yes) Could this have been another interesting ethical dilemma Sam thought about.
Or maybe it could've been revealed that after field testing the EXOs in rescue ops, the air force was getting reckless with them and started sending Sam and Riley out on more dangerous offensive missions, and that's when Riley was killed (routine op was just the cover story).
Could've really hammered home the theme of Sam distrusting the government and that they will always end up using any weapon (or symbol) that's given to them. And he didn't want to be used again.
Anyway, this post got really away from me! This started as me thinking 'Gee I wish Marvel showed more of his backstory...the emblem of the 58th rescue squadron is LITERALLY an angel with its arms holding the weight of the world and shielding it with its wings. And if that ain't our angel Sam then...'