Look me in the god damn eyes and tell me that there isn’t a hint of ‘oh shit, what have you idiots gone and done?’ in his expression in the bottom gif. I think it’s fair to say that the Soldier must be at least semi aware of what he is and what he’s capable of, he’s not the totally unquestioning blank state many of us maybe thought. He seems to show subtle little emotions, such as when he looks torn af when he’s given his orders at the beginning of the movie, and it honestly intrigues the hell out of me. For him to realize that these new super soldiers are, in his own words, worse than him is fascinating to me and makes me wonder how much more he was aware of.
Walgreens still has the Bucky Cap pop in stock. If the link doesn’t work for some reason search ‘Captain America’ since their search engine sucks and doesn’t recognize Bucky.
Can we talk about the gif where he sees that his arm is gone, again??? Can we talk about the dizzy way he comes up, already off balance with the lack of weight? Or the way his eyes widen and then he looks like he’s going to throw up?? I mean, guys. GUYS. This is fantastic portrayal. He’s seen his arm gone, again. Cue flashbacks, nausea, and fear. He’s a weapon, at least in his own eyes; the arm is at least one kinda big reason that he is a weapon. So that last flash of emotion is fear, because he’s lost a big advantage, he’s off balance, he’s experiencing some major ptsd and Sebastian gETS IT IN ONE GIF. He portrays all of this that Bucky is going through, clearly and emotionally, and I’m in the span of a few seconds. This is amazing.
Anon is correct, we actually have a running list. It’s a very organized spreadsheet.
Wow. Okay. I have news for anon. Bucky is far from the most popular character. If he was we’d have a heck of a lot more merch for one. By movies made? Actually, the other brown haired white dude would be most popular and by that I would mean Spiderman.
I can appreciate wanting to see your favorite character more. I keep an eye out for the bumpers and mid-credit tag scenes to see if characters I am invested in are going to show up there, where it might be appropriate to see them to tease other movies (which is often how Marvel uses them).
But let’s talk about Black Panther for a minute here. And for the record? I’m white. Just so we’re clear. I don’t do performative ally crap for anyone. What I do is support fannish expression that is healthy, de-colonizing and raises up the best parts of fandom as best as I know how. Black Panther doesn’t need Bucky Barnes, Iron Man, or Captain America. From what we know about BP so far it’s going to be about Wakanda and frankly? White people minus the villians? Don’t go there. It’s a closed country, that’s kinda the point of the thing.
I for one am thrilled that they aren’t in it. They don’t have a place in that story and they shouldn’t be (ask me sometime about my feelings about Iron Man in Civil War). What we know of the plot says that it’s going to be an internal conflict and concerns about how Wakanda got brought into the world, about taking on the kingship. That? Is an awesome origin story that doesn’t owe anything to white men.
You want more Bucky? Awesome. Go write some. I’ll read it. I read a lot of fanfic. As of the time of this post there are 51,757 words with Buck Barnes on AO3. There is no shortage of Bucky and lord knows there is plenty of stuff on tumblr and wattpad and whatever else is out there.
There is NOTHING wrong with wanting more Bucky, but just not here. That’s allowed. The world is allowed to have exclusive spaces that we are not invited to, that are not for us. You, anon, don’t get to have everything and put yourself in everything. Besides, it wouldn’t hurt for you to go and see it and enjoy it without Bucky. Just go watch it once without mentally inserting him into every scene. See what the world is like.
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