when the mcu tries to gently Just Good Pals steve and bucky i want to laugh at them because, like. they were the ones who structured their arc, from the very beginning, as a story about leaving a plucky sweetheart behind in the states when you ship out. it could have been lifted wholesale from practically any wartime romance filmed between 1940 and 1950. “i just wish they’d take me into the army too– i’d go with you, show that fuhrer a thing or two– just promise me you’ll take care!” “darling, don’t worry, you can do your part right here at home– it’s ever so important to the war effort!” it’s the theme of fucking “tender comrade” and “since you went away” and “mrs. miniver” and i could go on and on
the part where steve gets turned into a tall dangerous hillshire farms beef log is the surprising science fiction twist; but the part where he grumps about being Left Behind by a uniformed hottie is 1000% period-accurate romantic dramedy that could have been screenwritten by david o. selznick. i’m sorry mcu i don’t make the fucking rules. this is just how it is. give them their v-e day kiss already and let me rest
also THEY are the ones who put a searching-for-romance subplot in Winter Soldier where Steve says he just can’t find anyone with “shared life experience” 30 minutes before his lifelong best friend who is also a super soldier and was also frozen and also missed the last 70 years comes back from the dead
like what the fuck did they think they were trying to convey there
when bucky fell from the train steve rogers was not only blaming himself and trying to drink himself into a coma unsuccessfully (both of which we discuss a lot), he also told peggy carter “im not gonna stop until all of hydra’s dead or captured”. not only was steve in tears, grief drinking and blaming himself, you also kind of have to read avenging rage there. like steve “i don’t want to kill anybody” rogers is perfectly ready to kill these people with his fucking bare hands for what they did to bucky
Alright so you know what I want? Captain America was supposedly a historical figure right? I mean he was presumed dead for 70 years and he had an exhibit in the Smithonian (or some museum idk fight me) so obviously the dude was like a big deal.
Anyways I want to hear about historians debating Captain America’s sexuality, the same way they fight over Shakespeare’s and Da Vinci’s. I want college students who write their thesis papers on why America’s wartime martyr was NOT straight, thank you very much, and Buzzfeed articles on the top 20 Most Influential Gays with Steve on the cover. I want for one of the first things Steve is asked when he’s all thawed out to be whether or not he’s straight. More importantly I want that question to be if it’s true that he was in a secret relationship with Bucky Barnes, as many had suspected. Answers can range anywhere from “what the hell was secret about it” to “I was literally in his bed every night but okay”
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