assetandmission:

Interesting to note: Bucky had all his memories back, but he started a new life without contacting Steve. Fandom seems upset about this, but I think it makes perfect sense; it fits with the ending of CATWS, when Bucky visits the Captain America exhibit.

Because, like he said, Bucky doesn’t want to fight anymore. He doesn’t want to be a soldier or be involved in this superhero mess. And as Civil War showed us, that’s Steve’s entire life. As long as Steve remains Captain America he will always be fighting these battles. It never ends.

We know that Steve’s been struggling with this for his entire plotline, but Bucky doesn’t know that; he only sees the Smithsonian exhibit. He thinks Steve wants to be this legendary superhero, but Bucky is just done with that story. Being a superhero (or serum-enhanced, rather) has only ever lead to trauma and torture for Bucky. He followed Steve in CATFA and worked with Captain America despite his reservations… and it killed him. Then fighting Captain America in CATWS almost killed him again. So Bucky couldn’t align himself with Steve – in fact, he was terrified when he saw Steve dressed like Cap, waiting for him. Like he said, it always ends in a fight, and Bucky didn’t want history to repeat itself. He knew that if he stayed with Steve, he would be caught up in Captain America as long as Steve was – he would fight alongside Cap as long as he was able. But Bucky just wanted to be free, for once, so he chose a life without Captain America, without Steve. It wasn’t really working, but he was trying to get away.

So Bucky didn’t contact Steve, mostly ran from him and these superhero fights… until Steve put down the shield. Then they walked away from it all, side by side. No shield, no metal arm, just Bucky and Steve supporting each other, closing that chapter of their lives together. It’s exactly what they both wanted, but couldn’t do alone.

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chronicreality:

chens:

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theropegeek:

someofthisrumham:

take-this-sinking-ship:

y0ulittleshit:

soybeanbaby:

Every time I hate my body I remember that there are millions of old rich white men who benefit from my self hatred and if there’s one thing I hate, it’s old rich white men so I snap out of that shit instantly cos I ain’t EVER giving them the satisfaction.

Oh my fucKING GOD

Wait stop this is a game changer.

i have reblogged this 4 times; i have thought about this every fucking day

Reminder!

“If every woman in the world woke up tomorrow and decided that she loved herself and loved her body just the way it is, how many industries would go out of business?”

IMPORTANT

Hey look a few more industries for us millennials to kill!

This is the most motivating thing I’ve ever seen in regards to me stopping hating on my self

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cogentranting:

In Infinity War, when the army in Wakanda is charging forward to meet Thanos’s army, you see Steve and T’challa fly past everyone because they both run super fast. But Bucky is just as fast. And Bucky was not with them. Bucky looked at the army of weird alien monsters and thought to himself “I’m not in any hurry to get to that. I’ll jog it.”

Bucky, watching Steve and T’challa sprint headlong toward a possibly deadly fight: My god, now there’s two of them.

assetandmission:

I know opinions are divided on how Civil War treated Steve, Bucky, and Stucky: some of us hated it, others are disappointed or felt it was lacking, and some are still going over the possibilities.

But let’s talk about what we did get out of this film, in terms of cute headcanons and characterizations for Steve and Bucky!

We saw Steve and Natasha basically acting as adoptive parents to Wanda, teaching her how to be a superhero, with Sam taking over when she caught a ‘villain’ so she wouldn’t have to hurt anyone. Then Steve turned off the newsreel about the accident and made sure Wanda knew it wasn’t her fault. And, when Steve got snippy at General Ross for upsetting Wanda?! So cute. They all recognized that she was just a kid, and kept her safe every step of the way. Protective!Steve is everything.

(Even Rhodey – when Ross handed Wanda the Accord she looked so overwhelmed and terrified, but Rhodey reached out for the contract so Wanda didn’t have to face it. AND Clint protected her from explosions at the airport. The tiniest moments, but I loved them so much).

Sam and Nat flew to London to be with Steve at the funeral, even though they didn’t know Peggy that well. Best friends for life!

Bucky in his little apartment in Romania! With his caramel kitkat bars! And his plums! And his photo of Steve from the Smithsonian museum! We didn’t see much, but there were all kinds of little tokens that showed he was trying new things and had made a life for himself in those two years. He was healing, however slowly, smiling and socializing.

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1) I’m so confused about Bucky’s brainwashing, because he remembers everything so clearly. There’s no confusion at all, and yet, he couldn’t really stop his actions at all? I get he’s a victim of torture, but I don’t get how just a few words can make him go robotic even though in his mind he can remember, so it wasn’t like his mind was actually wiped unaware. Otherwise, he wouldn’t remember everything in such painful detail. So, why couldn’t he stop any of it? (c)

kindnesssalways:

Hi Anon! Yeah, I get what you mean: Marvel’s been vague about Bucky’s conditioning under HYDRA, which can make his actions difficult to understand: was he brainwashed, or mind-controlled? FWIW, here’s my interpretation of Bucky’s conditioning in Civil War:

First HYDRA brainwashed Bucky, likely through torture and psychological means, to make Bucky believe that what he was doing was right. We know this because of Pierce’s words: ‘Your work has been a gift to mankind’, ‘[we’re] giving the world the freedom it deserves’, etc. Since HYDRA was Bucky’s entire life, doing their work was the ‘right thing’ because Bucky didn’t see the aftermath of his actions; he only saw how HYDRA reacted to them. He complied, they were happy, so the event was Good. Brainwashing is a scary thing.

Next, fear was a huge part of Bucky’s brainwashing, to take any choice away: if Bucky didn’t do what HYDRA asked, they would likely kill him (or worse). It’s directly shown in the scene where Bucky’s handler puts a gun to his head and tells Bucky to get him out of the cage of SuperSoldiers, no matter what. It leaves him no option but to follow their demands.

I’m assuming that both of these elements will be explored if Marvel ever decides to venture into Natasha’s storyline, because they were likely brainwashed with the same method. It’s not foolproof, but it’s very, very effective, and more importantly, the individual is still their self: it just forcibly alters their perceptions. Bucky knows something about the situation is wrong, but he doesn’t quite know why, because he’s doing what is asked of him.

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