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Look at that beautiful smile 😊

BUCKY BARNES The Falcon and The Winter Soldier 2021 | dir. Kari Skogland

#buckybarnes; #buckybarnesedit #tfatwsedit #marveledit #sarah wilson x bucky barnes #love is in the air #good character #love at first sight #he finally got his happy ending and loving family #i’m so happy for him #gorgeous smile #beautiful smile

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🔥

#sebastian stan #bucky barnes #buckybarnesedit #tfatws #captain america #marveledit #ca:tws #sebstanedit #steve rogers #the falcon and the winter soldier #his eyes #look at that man #i just love him

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Stunning 🤩

#sebastian stan #bucky barnes #buckybarnesedit #tfatws #captain america #marveledit #ca:tws #sebstanedit #steve rogers #the falcon and the winter soldier #he looks so cool #616 winter soldier #wintersoldieredit #still I feel bad for him #he deserves better

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He’s one of the best actors 🫶🏻🏆

Okay, but can we take a minute to talk about Sebastian Stan’s acting!? This man doesn’t just take on a character, he becomes that character. He uses his entire body to convey a feeling and it doesn’t come across as false or forced, it’s natural and exquisite.

I mean, can we seriously just

I just don’t know, Seb portrays his characters with such passion, his eyes portray more emotions than other actors can with their freaking voices. 

#sebastian stan #seb #tj hammond #chris beck #the martian #the covenant #the winter soldier #bucky barnes #buckybarnesedit #seb is a fantastic actor #sebastian is a great actor #way to go sebastian #it’s time for the oscar #that man is just amazing

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OMG 😦 🔥

Sebastian Stan is Pure Art 

#sebastian stan #seb #bucky barnes #james bucky barnes #buckybarnesedit #tfatws #captain america #marveledit #ca:tws #sebstanedit #that beard is just hot af #men with beards #bearded man #looking hot af #he looks adorable

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Look at him 🫶🏻

#sebastian stan #bucky barnes #buckybarnesedit #tfatws #captain america #marveledit #ca:tws #sebstanedit #the falcon and the winter soldier #he looks good in blue #he’s adorable #looking hot af

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He’s so in love with Sarah 😍❤️🔥😍❤️🔥 They are such a beautiful couple. I even wrote a series about them. You can check it out on ao3, it’s called “Moments in time”. 🤗🫶🏻

BUCKY BARNES The Falcon and The Winter Soldier 2021 | dir. Kari Skogland

#that man is in love with sarah #his smile 🥺🥺♥️ #i hope he got to take her out on a date #bucky barnes #gifs #buckybarnesedit #tfatwsedit #marveledit #sarah wilson x bucky barnes #bucky/sarah #they are in love #love is in the air #love is all around #bucky x sarah #sarah/bucky #sarah wilson #that means someday Buck will be Sam’s brother in law #and I just love that idea #fanfic writing #writers of ao3 #tfatws #sebastian stan #captain america #the falcon and the winter soldier #james buchanan barnes #team bucky #fanfic community #comments are love #leave a comment save a life #romance

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😭

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

#captain america civil war #bucky barnes #buckybarnesedit #sebastian stan #sebstanedit #sebastianstanedit #he’s hurting so much #it’s so heartbreaking #team bucky #he is in pain all the time

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No question about this. 🦾

He will always be worthy🫶🏼

#bucky barnes #ca:tfa #ca:cw #marvel #mcu #the white wolf #you are worthy #bucky is the good guy #he is a good man with even a bigger heart #he deserves some happiness in his life

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I’m still a bit nervous about the possibility outcome, but I’ll try to stay positive. 🤞🏻✊🏻🦾

I know many Bucky fans are mad, but I never expected him to have a lot of screen time in Thunderbolts* to begin with. Especially with such a huge team (and they need to be*come* likeable and relatable to the audience).

Thunderbolts* is NOT a solo movie, it's a team movie (Suicide Squad style).

He should've gotten a Winter Soldier film ages ago (getting some of memories back in Romania so we see many flashbacks), but in Thunderbolts*, he doesn't need to have 2h of screen time to be a key character.

And this is what I care about the most... Quality > quantity

In his MCU journey, we always found him in different stages (and this is what made it fun and exciting for Sebastian too) & I love the fact we get to put two and two together and try to understand hints rather than straight up being told everything about his life.

He is one of the most interesting characters & he carried the Cap triology (and Marvel knows it). He got less than 15 minutes of screen time & 13 lines in CATWS (a movie with his name in the title) & still stole the show... he always steals the show, he's "the underdog".

He's super popular & so is Sebastian. They don't bother to use him more because they know people (come to the cinema to) watch anything if he is in it.

They saw that with "Dumb Money".

So they might even give us Bucky in small doses intentionally.

Sebastian got more projects left, which = a safe paycheck he can use for other projects.

(This is why I disagree when people say he should leave Marvel as if:

1. He doesn't have a strict contract with more projects left & he wouldn't need to pay;

2. He doesn't need the money - to pay his employees, to produce & play in other films)

3. He doesn't find it comforting to play Bucky every 3 years...

He loves Bucky (and he is similar to Bucky) & he always gets to explore different sides of the character when he returns, which is amazing for an actor.

Also, Kevin said Bucky is the de facto leader, after all. And that doesn't mean his role isn't important (CATWS & CACW are good examples), quite the opposite.

(I think he might have a subplot & save the team at the end)

We all got ??? when we thought he's in the team because he is already pardoned. He proved he is "stable" in TFATWS.

It makes sense to me if he has his own thing.

The fact the team has to "earn the trust" aka go into a suicide mission bc they are seen as disposable is sick.

(Bucky is seen like this, too)

There is no good or bad side & Bucky sees right through this. He always did.

I'm glad Yelena is finally a lead, though & I wonder how she'll use the opportunity to take revenge on Valentina.

Also, I think she'll lose her dad (sacrifice maybe), and that will be an amazing scene.

I really hope Bucky & Yelena have at least one scene (maybe he is sent to lead them in the middle of the film or he just shows up to save the team at the end). They are similar, yet different, so a great, great duo.

Florence and Sebastian are 🙌🏻 (incredible actors... they portray the characters with so much passion. They know them so well) and I can sense a lottt of chemistry.

My point is: things always change, you never know with MCU & so let's wait and hope it's a good film⚡️

#thunderbolts #thunderbolts* #yelena belova #bucky barnes #sebastian stan #florence pugh #mcu #marvel #buckybarnesedit #good vibes #positive mental attitude #let’s keep our fingers crossed #team bucky #james bucky barnes #bucky #james bucky buchanan barnes #and give him at least alpine to care about #my opinion

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I never understood how Bucky was able to break Zemo free from the high security prison in Germany on short notice? How did he know about all the security arrangements and measures to be able to formulate a plan? How did he manage to make sure of an escape route for Zemo? Those questions issued me a lot since the first time I saw the episode?

Thanks for your answer for the last ask.

What is wrong with the writers of the new MCU material? Do they just hate Bucky, especially the writer of the Falcon and the Winter Soldier (he's NOT the Winter Soldier anymore!)? Did Bucky kick their cat or something? This hatred and victim blaming is not justified! "Oh Bucky's just a cray-cray psycho killing machine with cool metal arm but probably belongs in a padded cell. Lol he says he had no choice such a lame excuse..."

Soo…I don’t know if people still remember the rumours from back in 2021 and I don’t know how much of it is true, but my guess at it is this: there were supposed to be two main writers on the series. Spellman was supposed to take Sam’s story, while the other guy wrote Bucky’s story. For whatever reason, the other guy quit before he finished, and didn’t give the writing team enough time to put things together.

From a story craft point of view, Bucky’s story in TFATWS reeks of first-draft-ism. It’s a scattered plot of events that don’t quite string together, and a self-contradictory characterisation that hasn’t yet been smoothed over (but was made a little more believable by Sebastian’s efforts). You can tell some central character themes had been planted in the first draft — the PTSD, the guilt, the messy way he’s trying to relearn how to interact with people (Yori, Sam and later the Wakandans), the struggle with breaking free of his past. These were all strong, interesting character beats for Bucky to work through, and it honestly could have been a good story. And I think that’s when the original writer bailed.

When Spellman picked up this draft, he was pressed for time, he hadn’t watched CATWS and he never thought he’d needed to know about Bucky’s story, so he reads TheMovieSpoiler summary of the movie and tries to piece the rest of the story together. But Bucky’s not his priority nor his interest. There’s already beats of the story that were planned and have to be there for IP reasons. So beyond what was already in the first draft as mentioned above, Bucky is made to be the fall guy to make the rest of the plot happen. Zemo’s release — well we can’t make Sam help break out the criminal that killed an African king so we’ll make Bucky do it, who cares if it makes no sense for his character. The counselling session — the show’s few moments of levity, doesn’t matter that it makes no sense but hey, forced homoeroticism is hilarious, isn’t it? The Wakandan three-way fight — I may be remembering this wrong but I think Skogland said it was one of the first scenes that she had planned for. That fight had to happen, and again Bucky was made to provoke the Wakandans to the point Seb had to step in and say, almost literally, “he would not fucking say that” to make them wind back the animosity between Bucky and Ayo. Sam’s suit — oh no we can’t have Sam asking for it himself that would be too egocentric, we also can’t have Wakandans offering because well, not like the plot actually made Sam a strong ally for Wakanda, so we get Bucky asking for Sam’s suit to be made minutes after he fixes his mistake of releasing Zemo. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t make sense if it’s Bucky doing it, cos I really think by this stage Spellman didn’t give a shit about a character that wasn’t supposed to be his responsibility in the first place. It’s like when you’re doing group project and your teammate bails on you, you’re gonna do just enough to get that pass but you ain’t putting in the effort for a distinction cos just looking at the unfinished work is pissing you off. So then Bucky also becomes the token white male who pushes all the wrong buttons during the few token racism scenes cos we gotta make Walker have some redeemable qualities and he’s already a dick so we can’t make him racist too.

So instead of having a thoughtful story about a veteran trying to grapple with his guilt and PTSD and lack of agency and making some mistakes along the way, you get a weird disjointed plot of some guy…with some bad dreams…who randomly does things for no good personal reason…who gets made the butt of the joke for the stuff he’s experienced cos he’s got a metal arm and super soldier serum how hard could it have been he just needs to go and apologise for killing people while simultaneously having multiple poignant scenes portraying his lack of agency.

Every writer who tells you “a hero is only as interesting as the villain” just secretly wants to write a simpable villain. And when that writer isn’t very skilled, you get the disaster of TFATWS where a lot of effort is spent on making Zemo funny and personable, and Walker nuanced and sympathetic, instead of making either of the titular heroes funny or personable or nuanced or sympathetic. And yeah, I really don’t think Spellman ever cared enough about Bucky to want to make him sympathetic…or a hero. Remember when he said Bucky pulling open the van door was the first time Bucky has ever been a hero? Fuck right off with that.

#tfatws critical #bucky barnes #sebastian stan #tfatws #captain america #ca:tws #sebstanedit #plot issues #bad script #no one seem to care #plot holes

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Agreed 💯 percent! Bucky is the victim, not the villain. I’ve always said, if Sebastian would have had the opportunity, his (real) play of Bucky would be amazing. Seb has a profound knowledge of the character, but wasn’t allowed to show Bucky’s personality at all. It’s a shame. 😞

Thanks for your answer for the last ask.

What is wrong with the writers of the new MCU material? Do they just hate Bucky, especially the writer of the Falcon and the Winter Soldier (he's NOT the Winter Soldier anymore!)? Did Bucky kick their cat or something? This hatred and victim blaming is not justified! "Oh Bucky's just a cray-cray psycho killing machine with cool metal arm but probably belongs in a padded cell. Lol he says he had no choice such a lame excuse..."

Soo…I don’t know if people still remember the rumours from back in 2021 and I don’t know how much of it is true, but my guess at it is this: there were supposed to be two main writers on the series. Spellman was supposed to take Sam’s story, while the other guy wrote Bucky’s story. For whatever reason, the other guy quit before he finished, and didn’t give the writing team enough time to put things together.

From a story craft point of view, Bucky’s story in TFATWS reeks of first-draft-ism. It’s a scattered plot of events that don’t quite string together, and a self-contradictory characterisation that hasn’t yet been smoothed over (but was made a little more believable by Sebastian’s efforts). You can tell some central character themes had been planted in the first draft — the PTSD, the guilt, the messy way he’s trying to relearn how to interact with people (Yori, Sam and later the Wakandans), the struggle with breaking free of his past. These were all strong, interesting character beats for Bucky to work through, and it honestly could have been a good story. And I think that’s when the original writer bailed.

When Spellman picked up this draft, he was pressed for time, he hadn’t watched CATWS and he never thought he’d needed to know about Bucky’s story, so he reads TheMovieSpoiler summary of the movie and tries to piece the rest of the story together. But Bucky’s not his priority nor his interest. There’s already beats of the story that were planned and have to be there for IP reasons. So beyond what was already in the first draft as mentioned above, Bucky is made to be the fall guy to make the rest of the plot happen. Zemo’s release — well we can’t make Sam help break out the criminal that killed an African king so we’ll make Bucky do it, who cares if it makes no sense for his character. The counselling session — the show’s few moments of levity, doesn’t matter that it makes no sense but hey, forced homoeroticism is hilarious, isn’t it? The Wakandan three-way fight — I may be remembering this wrong but I think Skogland said it was one of the first scenes that she had planned for. That fight had to happen, and again Bucky was made to provoke the Wakandans to the point Seb had to step in and say, almost literally, “he would not fucking say that” to make them wind back the animosity between Bucky and Ayo. Sam’s suit — oh no we can’t have Sam asking for it himself that would be too egocentric, we also can’t have Wakandans offering because well, not like the plot actually made Sam a strong ally for Wakanda, so we get Bucky asking for Sam’s suit to be made minutes after he fixes his mistake of releasing Zemo. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t make sense if it’s Bucky doing it, cos I really think by this stage Spellman didn’t give a shit about a character that wasn’t supposed to be his responsibility in the first place. It’s like when you’re doing group project and your teammate bails on you, you’re gonna do just enough to get that pass but you ain’t putting in the effort for a distinction cos just looking at the unfinished work is pissing you off. So then Bucky also becomes the token white male who pushes all the wrong buttons during the few token racism scenes cos we gotta make Walker have some redeemable qualities and he’s already a dick so we can’t make him racist too.

So instead of having a thoughtful story about a veteran trying to grapple with his guilt and PTSD and lack of agency and making some mistakes along the way, you get a weird disjointed plot of some guy…with some bad dreams…who randomly does things for no good personal reason…who gets made the butt of the joke for the stuff he’s experienced cos he’s got a metal arm and super soldier serum how hard could it have been he just needs to go and apologise for killing people while simultaneously having multiple poignant scenes portraying his lack of agency.

Every writer who tells you “a hero is only as interesting as the villain” just secretly wants to write a simpable villain. And when that writer isn’t very skilled, you get the disaster of TFATWS where a lot of effort is spent on making Zemo funny and personable, and Walker nuanced and sympathetic, instead of making either of the titular heroes funny or personable or nuanced or sympathetic. And yeah, I really don’t think Spellman ever cared enough about Bucky to want to make him sympathetic…or a hero. Remember when he said Bucky pulling open the van door was the first time Bucky has ever been a hero? Fuck right off with that.

#bucky barnes #tfatws critical #sebastian stan #buckybarnesedit #tfatws #captain america #ca:tws #sebstanedit #bucky deserves better #he always was and will be a hero #no matter what #he is the victim #he is dear to me #he is a good man with even a bigger heart #he will always have a special place in my heart

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Bucky’s never been a violent person. Period.

Bucharest details

Not sure if this had been pointed out previously, but during the apartment fight scene in Bucharest, there's a nice little detail hidden in the shadows.

Bucky knocks a man over the railing, who Steve Rogers catches just in time. What was really hard to see in the shadows is that Bucky actually realises this in the middle of his fight with another man and makes a motion to try and catch the guy.

Hard to get a good resolution picture of this, but his head whips around and his body moves away from his new enemy when he hears the guy scream. His metal arm reaches towards the falling guy and his fist opens (rather than closing if he was actually intending to elbow the guy he pushed onto the wall).

Because it's hard to see his head in that scene, it's clearer in the next cut that Bucky definitely turned around to face the stairwell.

Bucky was really trying to stick to his no-kill promise he gave Steve. He didn't even stop to take any of the discarded guns to defend himself (even though guns are his forte).

That said, he still didn't trust that Steve would be on his side, because in his mind while Steve blocked bullets for him, Steve also seemed to be protecting the police from him. He thought that when push came to shove, Steve was more likely to side with law enforcement than him.

He was completely taken by surprise when Steve knocked the shooter out for him. I wonder if it was the first moment he thought that maybe Steve was on his side.

(edit: sorry guys, had a mind spaz and confused Bucharest with Budapest. Need more sleep/caffeine)

#ca:cw #bucky barnes #analysis #steve rogers #captain america: civil war #cacw #sebastian stan #he has a special place in my heart #he is a good man with even a bigger heart #he will always be my favourite #good character

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Still get goosebumps when I see this even after all the time. Fantastic job! Look at his terrified expression. 😢

#bucky barnes #james bucky barnes #winter soldier #sebastian stan #buckybarnesedit #tfatws #captain america #marveledit #fantastic work #fanart #drawing #goosebumps #still he looks so sad #and terrified #i want to hug him all day long

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No words 😶 🥰

Bucky looks Godly in a shirt as simple as a Henley

How is he real?!

#marvel #mcu #bucky barnes #the white wolf #the winter soldier #sebastian stan #tfatws #the falcon and the winter soldier #buckybarnesedit #captain america #he looks so cool #looks good on him #i love it

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He’s a man of honor

James Buchanan Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

#marvel #mcu #bucky barnes #james buchanan barnes #the white wolf #the winter soldier #sebastian stan #catfa #captain america the first avenger #buckybarnesedit #because he is a honest man #good character #bucky barnes gif #team bucky #he has a special place in my heart #he is a good man with even a bigger heart

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I like the analogy 😁

Fanfic writers are like crows. If you give them treats (comments) they will bring you shiny things (fanfic)

#fanfiction #queued #ao3 #fanfic #bucky barnes #sebastian stan #buckybarnesedit #tfatws #captain america #marveledit #writting #writers of ao3 #ao3 writer #comments are love #feedback is welcome #about fanfiction #writers on tumblr #fanfic writing