Markus&Mcfeely clarify their comments on Bucky’s ending

shipperhipster:

ikkje00:

Interviewer: People were curious why Bucky had to be
punished. 

Stephen McFeely: I’ll address this. In our very first interview for Civil War, we sort of flippantly…. question came up in some way… We…

Christopher Markus: You, really…

Stephen McFeely:  So…  I… We don’t mean to say that Bucky deserves
to be punished… But I’ll say this. At the end of the movie, think about where we are. Tony Stark has just learned that his parents have been murdered. The
guy who did it is standing right there and one of his dear friends didn’t tell
him. It’s a dark ending it’s a melancholy ending, and it’s a bit ambiguous.
There’s no version of the next scene being Bucky happy, there’s no tag (?)
where Bucky gets to live a happy life, when that is how the movie ended. So,
that would be a little tone deaf. 

That said, Bucky is absolutely a victim and Bucky, if he went to the court of law, he would be innocent of all charges…

Christopher Markus: At the very least he’s probably guilty of
manslaughter, in some way… 

Stephen McFeely: But I think, I did a little homework on
this, I think it would be debatable. It’s debatable. But the point is, that we
the audience forgive Bucky because we know what exactly happened. I’m not
positive it’s that easy for Bucky to forgive himself. Bucky, you know, he said
on the quinjet, Steve tried to forgive him, but he said: “Yeah, but I did
it”. And he remembers all of them. So I’ve always thought that the story
of Bucky coming to have a happier life or better perspective on his terrible
century, is going to take a while. And my hope is that he can forgive himself
and that he can come to a good place, but I bet you that’s money on – not that easy. X

THIS IS EXACTLY what I kept trying to say.  This is what they MEANT, they just said it terribly.  Thank you for clarifying, you guys.