i'm tired of baring my teeth when i smile

Sam fans, Steve fans, Steve anti-fans and the rest of the MCU-only fans really should stop using this out-of-context comic book panel to emphasize that "Sam is now the real Captain America." Because the context is different.

That's not Steve Rogers saying this. Specifically: That's Steve Rogers saying this, not our good old Steve Rogers, but Steve who was Captain Hydra and believed he was raised in a fanatical Hydra cult from childhood, because this panel comes from the Pleasant Hill comic event and takes place shortly after Kobik de-aged Steve and turned him into a Hydra agent.

By posting this panel you are literally saying that "This fanatical nazi who wanted Sam and all heroes to fail said Sam was real Captain America, so we agree with this nazi and, like him, we hope Sam fails."

I will never cease to be impressed by what happened in that scene.

Bucky was completely lost, terrified and in pain. Not only mentally, but physically as well. His prosthetic arm was damaged, his human arm was ripped from its socket and his ribs were likely broken from the weight of the beam that had crushed him. He jumped dozens, if not hundreds of meters into the water where the Helicarriers were falling and with both arms damaged he found the strength to not only to swim, but also to pull Steve to the surface and tow him to shore, which was far, far away.

Do you know how impressive that is?

It's not just physical strength, as Hydra likely pushed him beyond his limits many times, but the mental strength he found within himself at that moment. And how much he loved Steve Rogers to bring to do it. Platonic or romantic, however you prefer to interpret it.

Do you hear the people sing

Lost in the valley of the night?

It is the music of a people

Who are climbing to the light.

𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐒 as 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒/𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍 as 𝐁𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐒/𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐑

Captain America: The First Avenger Thunderbolts* The New Avengers

Crop Top, Post Workout Bucky

Alpine sure LOVES bucky cuddles 😉💕

“Doesn’t matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth and tell the whole world-- “No, you move.”

This year's Pride in particular is an extremely important time to stand together and protect our trans siblings. We would not be the community we are today without trans women of color and we must honor them by fighting like hell for the ones that are still with us today. Remember; if they come for one of us, they come for all of us.

Stay safe this Pride and take no shit 🌈💕

Before I started writing in earnest, I did not understand how much writing was going to eat into my fic reading time. We joke about having too many tabs open, but I have a different problem: the amount of tabs I have open on new fics is way smaller than it used to be. My ao3 wrapped would be a sad affair. Unless I’ve subscribed to an author or come across something on my dash, I basically don’t see it

Which has really driven home for me how much fandom cannot just be creators. You have to have people who want to read fic and meta discussions and joke posts. You have to have people who want to look at art and gifs. It has to be mutual.

Community thrives on flow. You have to have that movement of people sharing things with each other for a community to exist

One day, I gave in and read a fic everyone was talking about. And it did exactly what I expected. I never did finish that long fic. I still want to, but so much of the fandom landscape has changed since I started writing it. Idk about it anymore.

But I’ve noticed I can do one thing or the other. Either I can read it or I can write it. Something is going to suffer. So when people say they don’t write fic, I always ask if they read it. If no one is reading it, what am I even wasting my time on?

there's still value in videos that aren't HD?? and the fan videos that some people complain about are actually the good videos from back then. like there were literally thousands of cell phone videos like this:

Bucky wanted that man, twink or not. Whether Steve was a bite-sized snack or a five course meal Bucky was STARVING for his dumbass, run-into-the-direct-line-of-fire best friend since DAY ONE.