Times Bucky Barnes Protected Sam Wilson

Actually that no punctuation plot hole ooc wattpad fanfic written by that 12 year old will ALWAYS be better than character ai. And I love that 12 year old btw

oohhh my god do you think gangstalia italy and germany got to actually meet as kids and they both remember each other and no one was doomed to disappear after going off to war and their only trauma is getting electrocuted in this card game

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Sam Wilson is really just so damn cool.

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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.

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. 

I’m sorry I screwed up. Screwed up? Get out of here. I did. You never messed up like I have. You never got shot out of the sky and nosedived into the Indian Ocean. You’re always on point. Yeah. Because if I’m not on point… I feel like I let down everyone else who was fightin’ for a seat at that table. That’s pressure, man. It weighs on you. Makes you wonder if you’ll ever just be… enough. Where I grew up, I only ever got to see heroes online. Or on TV. It always felt so far away. And I kept thinkin’ maybe if I get out of Miami, you know, maybe one day I could be… Don’t say AntMan. No, man. I wanted to be you. Well… Sam Wilson. Because that guy? That guy won’t ever give up. That pressure, that responsibility you talk about? I want that too, man.

ANTHONY MACKIE & DANNY RAMIREZ Captain America: Brave New World | 2025

I had really hard time finding a reason for being over there, you know? — But you’re happy now, back in the world? — Hey, the number of people giving me orders is down to about zero. So, hell yeah.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 2014 | dir. Anthony & Joe Russo