“What could that mean? Well, look there’s a reference obviously to the Winter Soldier that he shot her, so there is a history there. As to whether that’s their only history… I don’t know. We’ll have to find out.”—Joe Russo
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.
i keep seeing people talking about how sam and bucky really actually dont like each other and like thats not the case at all???
like in this scene after sam says no and bucky moves over you can literally see him start to smile in the last split second like whens the last time someone said no to the winter soldier™ whens the last time someones first instinct with bucky wasnt fear??? lowkey buckys having the time of his life
and then in this scene!!!! bucky literally jumps in front of sam so peters kick would hit his arm instead of sams chest
and then after this when they get outside sam tells steve to take bucky and go which would in turn get sam and the others arrested???? the levels to this shit???
like just because theyre petty assholes to each other (lmao) doesnt mean they dont genuinely care for each other and wouldnt ever let anything happen to each other, stop sleeping on sambucky theyre #Pure and #Real
Each interaction between them felt like one of those friend vs. best friend posts you always see floating around here like
A couple of months ago there was an episode of the War College podcast focused on snipers (this is not a rec, unless military affairs are your thing, this not a very slick or well-produced 30 minutes a week, but I run and commute a lot and I’m a nerd?). The hosts had on a guy who was a HUGE history buff and has a website that details all kinds of craziness and they’re talking about snipers and how historically they were not the heroes we tend to pump them up to be now, but thought of more as weasels, men (historically) afraid to be in the real fight.
Anyway, it turns out that as far as this guy can tell the first recorded instance of sniping (he makes a big deal out of recorded vs actual, but blah blah blah whatever) was when Richard the Lionheart was felled by a a sniper using a crossbow. (Okay, arguably Richard I died because surgeons at the time really were butchers and his wounds got infected, but the arrow started it all, right?)
Anyway, miles six through eight of my run this morning was devoted to mentally dialoguing Bucky and Clint arguing over weapons of choice and how it was a bow that started it all.
Look, it’s raining, I was on a treadmill, I needed something to amuse me. And you know they would.
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