I think Joaquin and Sam is everything I have wanted from a mentor/mentee dynamic in the MCU.
People can talk about iron man and peter all they want, but THIS, falcon and captain America, is what true teacher dynamics looks like.
An overly enthusiastic kid who wants to do right in their idols eyes and an idol who doesn’t treat them like glass. Sam will let Joaquin gain experience because he knows it’s important.
Joaquin begging to be a part of the action and Sam letting him do so in dire circumstances, trying his best not to let his PTSD stop him from allowing Joaquin fly.
From what we see in the movie it looks and sounds like Sam never lets Joaquin fly solo. He always has him on coms but never up in the air by himself, keeping him right where Sam can reach him in case anything happens. Sam is overprotective but not coddling and it’s what I love so much about their relationship; Joaquin will always push to do more and Sam will always be there to rein him in while giving him the space to improve.
And I think it adds onto that guilt Joaquin feels in the hospital, likely knowing that him falling out of the sky triggered Sam in a way that Joaquin never wants to let happen again. He wants to be better he wants to do right by Sam, and be worthy of the Falcon title. Even though Sam already knows he is. Because Joaquin cares and loves Sam just as much as Sam loves and cares about him. There is this silent communication between them that goes both ways, I won’t let anything happen to you.
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