#notmysteve

why would steve rogers discuss his trauma from losing peggy back in 1945 during a "where do we go now that they're gone" meeting, when he literally watched two of his best friends turn to dust right before his eyes a few years earlier?

I will never forgive Endgame Steve and Marvel/Disney for putting that look on Bucky's face. Props to Sebastian Stan, he knew Bucky wouldn't have been happy about Steve going back in time for good. And he acted the shit out of this in the, what, 40 minutes he had to process that Steve and Bucky were going to be separated forever?

In the interview, Sebastian also confirmed ‘a conversation’ had occurred between the two brothers in arms prior to Captain America’s unexpected return to the past - hence their heartfelt goodbye in the film.

He said: ‘When I found out that we were doing that scene, which was probably about 40 minutes before it was filmed, I said “Look, don’t you think if this is really happening wouldn’t there be something more to be said?”

‘But then you know the producers were like “You guys have had that conversation, you’ve had that moment, you know what is going to happen and what Steve is doing”.

‘In the last interaction there is a lot of subtext which is like “Alright, here we are, you know, I’ll see you when I see you”.’

Like, the producers cared so little about Steve and Bucky's relationship-- the relationship that forged Steve into Captain America and carried these two characters through three movies-- that they didn't tell Bucky's actor that he would be separated from his best friend forever until forty minutes before filming. This was for Endgame, what was supposedly the capstone (pun unintended) movie for the MCU, their pièce de résistance.

Sebastian Stan had 40 minutes to devise Bucky's expression to show his feelings about Steve's departure, that he only showed once Steve had already left for his happily ever after.

He had to point out that Steve and Bucky would have had a bigger conversation, only to be told that they already had it. 

The disrespect that Marvel/Disney have for not only the actors, but the characters and their story, is breathtaking.

But anyway, yes-- Bucky was not happy about Steve going back in time, even if they discussed it prior to Steve leaving.

Look at this look he gives Steve before Steve says “Don’t do anything stupid before I get back.” He’s not asking Steve to stay in words, but his eyes say it all. Stay with me, don’t go. 

It does look like Bucky's resigned before Steve leaves but is trying his best, as always, to be happy for him.

After Steve leaves, though. He looks heartbroken but he's trying to keep it together. He looks like he's about to cry. He even nods a little, like this is what he expected would happen but hoped wouldn’t. Steve left and didn’t come back. “I don’t think I’m worth all this, Steve,” he’d said in Civil War, and this just confirms it.

And when Steve comes back an old man... He doesn't go up to talk to him. He tells Sam to go ahead. What is there to say? Thanks for giving us the shield? Did you have a good life? Did you save me in another universe and spend your life with a version of me that wasn't tainted by Hydra, or did you sit at home and do nothing while your wife's coworkers tortured me for 70 years and forced me to kill people? Or is the reason they didn’t talk just that Marvel/Disney didn’t care about the end of the MCU’s most beautiful (platonic) love story?

Actual depiction of me going into the Sharon tag to see what theories people have of what’s going on with her and half of it is people going “I think she’s actually the Power Broker!1!!!1!!”

ARE YOU ALL FOR REAL?! She’s not even anywhere near any men, can y’all stop theorizing she’s a villain for 5 minutes?! Did you not learn your lesson from when she got so much hate that Marvel went “people hate Sharon, guess we’d better write her out!” and then derailed Steve AND Peggy’s entire character arcs as a result?!

Anyway, based on her sweet living situation this episode it seems like she didn’t actually get Dusted. She was either VERY off-the-grid from being on the run, or extremely undercover and the Avengers (or whoever gave them that info) mistook that for her being Dusted. That much stuff and climbing up the ladder that high would take more than 2 years to acquire. Anyone have any theories on what’s really going on with her? Think she really is on the run like she said to Sam, or did anyone else feel like that last scene implied she’s deep undercover? But if she is, what could her mission be, and any thoughts on how it’s connected to the rest of the show? Could she still be working for the CIA? SHIELD? Helping the Flag Smashers? Something else entirely?

See, after being part of multiple fandoms and shipping multiple ships I've always noticed a pattern that if we have a ship say 'x+y', there're also driven & sometimes even convincing arguments about x Vs. y or y'know how 'x' is better than 'y', or how a writer might mostly prefer/like just one person in this ship doesn't care much about the other one/or can dislike, resent them to some extent etc etc... All of these are based on people's own perceptions of the characters in canon of course (no hate or negativity to anyone for thinking the way they do) But with Steve and Bucky you just simply can't have that. Because these two people care about eachother and love eachother so much! Not even necessarily in a romantic sense, but like...this whole canonical evidence of them being integral parts of eachother's lives & life stories going through all the shit together, a partnership that spans over a century is really inspiring and #goals!!! If you are a Steve Rogers stan, you automatically love Bucky. Similarly, if you love Bucky you also somehow begin to love/admire Steve because you understand just how much these two characters mean to eachother, always have eachother's backs and want the best for the other one even if it at times means sacrificing their own comfort, happiness or life! (also if either one of them caught you shit talking/attacking the other he'd be really mad, angry+disappointed and nobody wants a pissed off a supersoldier on your hunt so that he can attack you with vibranium arms, shields, super strength & powerpoint presentations proving how amazing his bae is lol 😂)

Steve, clearly intimidated: Yes, ma'am.

Nat: And try to get me back on the way there. I can't drink my favorite pink smoothie as a ghost.

Steve, still weirded out: *salutes*