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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

There are some things I think we should talk about and clarify about the show that I see so many people getting it wrong or taking away/reducing the meaning of things. Of course, this is just my take on things (and if you don’t agree be kind or go home, no rudeness will be allowed here!) but here are some thoughts:

- Bucky is not jealous that Steve gave the shield to Sam, and he’s not upset thinking Sam didn’t respect Steve’s legacy. He is not stupid guys, he knows Sam loved and respected Steve and wasn’t like “I don’t care about this so I’m just gonna throw it away like trash”. He knew that when Sam gave the shield to the government it wasn’t like that, but because Sam wanted the legacy to be preserved, and Bucky is frustrated that because of that someone else now took it, but he is not angry because he thinks Sam doesn’t care about Steve’s choice, he knows Sam values that.

I know that in episode 2 Bucky asked if Sam knew this was gonna happen, but I think this was one of those moments you’re so frustrated and angry with something that even if you know the answer you ask anyway, but Bucky definitely is aware that Sam understood the importance of the shield, so when he said Sam threw it away he is not saying Sam didn’t care and treated it like trash, he means more like throwing away an opportunity, not literally throwing something away.

Also, “if he was wrong about you then he was wrong about me” shows that this is beyond Sam, like Bucky said, loud and clear, if Steve was wrong about Sam’s character then he was wrong about Bucky deserving to be saved and redeemed, which is something Bucky had already been dealing with since he got his mind back. This internal battle didn’t start with the show, it’s not like Endgame ended and Bucky was like ‘oh wait I have psychological issues to deal with’, even thought we haven’t gotten to see a lot of Bucky’s side in the movies cause they don’t have time for this (one of the many reasons I was excited for this show, I wanted to go deeper in Bucky’s mental state) but this psychological hell Bucky is navigating started the second he got his mind back, it’s even addressed in Civil War when he tells Steve he’s not sure he deserves all the trouble he was going through to help him.

I mean, if you had gone through all that would you be like us fans thinking ‘obviously you deserve redemption, it wasn’t you’ or would you also be conflicted and think you deserve bad things because of all the bad things you did? I mean, if we have trouble getting over something we said in an argument or a bad decision we made, and then make unhealthy decisions, even unconsciously, because we think we deserve it, imagine how Bucky is feeling... which brings me to my next point.

- Bucky’s apartment and him sleeping on the floor is much more than ‘Bucky not having money or resources to have a nice place’, that’s the PTSD, the anxiety and the trauma. He can’t sleep in a nice bed and doesn’t think he deserves even the most basic things for his apartment because he is still punishing himself. Sam talked to Steve about that in catws, the “your bed it’s too soft” scene. We even saw that in the Punisher season 2, with the ex-soldier that dug a hole in the backyard to stay cause he felt safer there, or the girl that when trying to sleep went under her bed cause she felt safer/hidden there due to a past horrible experience. It’s not just “damn Bucky buy a bed”, he’s wearing his dog tags guys, his mind is still at war, never at peace.

- I will always defend Sam’s choice. For anyone it would be a lot to take on the mantle, it’s easy to judge Sam for not accepting it when you’re looking from the outside, but it’s a lot of pressure and completely understandable why he didn’t take it.

- I think Bucky not trusting Red Wing was because he felt something was off. Maybe he wasn’t fully aware and thinking “it could be hacked”, but I think he had a feeling, probably because he must have done that as the Winter Soldier, similar to what we saw with the woman in ep 1. So I think it goes beyond Bucky not trusting Sam’s gear but Bucky knowing technology can’t really be trusted cause he was on the other side of things for a long time.

- We all hate new cap and I understand people being like “well he seems ok so far” but let me say this: a person doesn’t have to be directly an asshole to be an asshole. So far he hasn’t been a total jerk explicitly but guys... In 10 seconds he took Bucky’s therapy away, called him an asset and told the therapist to send him over to him. I mean...... and the wingman comment to Sam? I don’t think so, get outta here man.

- I like the therapist, I think she is exactly what Bucky needs, someone that won’t just say he needs to forgive himself and be gentle and calm all the time. We are all different and not everyone could have a therapist like that, but I think Bucky needs someone like her that will call him out on not having contacts in his phone and going along with the notebook joke and handling his sarcasm. Is she evil? I don’t think so but we’ll see, the theories are out there. Personally, I wouldn’t like that, yes it’s a good opportunity for the plot but I would prefer to not have the therapist being the person we couldn’t trust all along, that’s a bad message.

Anyway this was hella long so here’s SamBucky being gay as fuck

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