kanerallels reblogged
Before we get lost in complaining let me spell out the good things we got in Falcon & Winter Soldier
- Bucky Barnes getting to work through his issues with a THERAPIST–granted she was kind of rude to him but when was the last time a superhuman got to go to actual therapy in-canon and on-screen? If you can name an instance of that let me know but for real this is very important and especially for Bucky
- Also the discussion with Sam in episode five where Sam validates Bucky and actually helps him
- That scene in episode five was just so great y’all, don’t ruin it for me
- Bucky’s friendship with Yori (ended up breaking my heart but they were real cute together in the first episode)
- Bucky going on a date, I know it didn’t end well but she was cute and tbh I would have been open with Bucky hooking up with her, why don’t we have more Avengers trying to have relationships with normal people? That would be grounding for them
- Bucky having a government pardon and being acknowledged as an Avenger
- Bucky getting to SMILE and to LAUGH and to ENJOY BEING A SOMEWHAT NORMAL HUMAN BEING, ISN’T THAT WHAT WE’VE BEEN PRAYING FOR FOR FRICK’S SAKE?
- BUCKY BARNES, THE WINTER SOLDIER, BEING A HERO AND SAVING PEOPLE AND FIXING WHAT HYDRA MADE HIM DO AND PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDING HIM FOR IT
- Bucky and Sam’s relationship in the series starting off at a rocky point but them working together and ultimately becoming good friends that accept each other
- The majority of the series was written and produced BEFORE the worst part of the riots last year and so the social justice product placement was not bad enough to sour the entire story or eliminate room for nuance in interpretation
- Sam Wilson not buying into Isaiah Bradley’s bitterness and cynicism (there’s an argument to be made that Sam Wilson heard him say “They will never accept a black man as Captain America” and Sam not taking up the shield out of not what I would call spite but wanting to prove it can be done. ‘On va voir’ much?)
- The series establishing what kind of person Sam is and building an effective case for why he can carry the mantle of Captain America
- Sam Wilson showing us what it truly means to be Captain America can I get an Amen?