#also i resent the notion that sams decision to give up the shield was a 'questionable thing' as well

[svmbucky]

no because like. imagine, for a second, that everything about endgame and tfatws stays the same fundamentally, but rather, BUCKY gets the shield and BUCKY is the protagonist of the show. in what world does he not get miles of text posts and metas and fanfic about how hard this is for him and how much he’s struggling with this burden?? in what world does the #endgameisn’tcanon train NOT include “steve would never drop that weight on buckys shoulders at such a rough time in his life”?? and when BUCKY gives up the shield, in what world would we hear complaints about walker like “if bucky hadnt given up the shield this wouldnt have happened” and “he let steve down” etc. you can’t look me in my eyes and say the fandom wouldn’t use this as another excuse to baby him, add it to the list of things to write angst about, all of that. because it WOULD.

but where’s that energy for sam, y’know?? 

like, you see, when sam-- a black man-- exercises his god given fucking right to say no to the insane expectation being put on him, sam antis flood out of the woodwork to call him a failure. but i bet if everybody’s favorite white man did it.....

#deer.txt #racism tw #sam wilson #tfatws #bucky barnes #captain america #fact of the matter is. u actually just dont give a shit about complex black characters yknow?? #bucky suffers and hes uwu so soft doesnt deserve this etc which is its own problem (bc uhhh ableism) but then like #sam suffers and its like. get over it. cope better. fuck you #its almost like you can only sympathize with trauma and struggles making you do questionable things when the character is white #also i resent the notion that sams decision to give up the shield was a 'questionable thing' as well #sam refusing something he didnt want doesnt make him a bad person and i wish that wasnt like a hot take #sam refusing something he didnt want isnt a bad DECISION either #and because ive seen this take around. him not explicitly saying no in endgame (although honestly he alludes to it) #but then explicitly saying no later?? thats actually fine and good for him to do as well #HES FUCKING ALLOWED TO BOTH REFUSE AND CHANGE HIS MIND. EVEN MORE THAN ONCE!!! fucking shocker right?? #god. this fandom