#samcap

he's on a quest to find his missing red bird friend

Most of the movie will be about Sam Wilson trying to figure out who is behind the attacks on the President. Obviously, it’s Samuel Sterns/The Leader and the story will be about how he wants to establish a new world order based on gamma radiation people, yadda yadda yadda.

However, there’s a twist. Just as we start to think that this is going to be a straightforward good-vs-evil story, we learn that Sterns’ plan was to get the Avengers to become an official part of the U.S. military. It turns out that President Thaddeus Ross and Sterns are working together. Sterns is the brains behind-the-scenes while Ross is the face of the operation. The goal is to get America to accept their “new world order” by convincing the public to accept Ross as the president-for-life. Part of that goal is manipulating the Avengers into becoming their enforcers. Logically it makes sense, who’d want to challenge the new America if they have to deal with the Avengers?

So the terrorist attacks on Ross’ life are staged so that the public goes into mass hysteria. And when people are frightened, they become easier to control, which is what Sterns and Ross are banking on. Sam Wilson trying to figure out who is responsible for the attacks is meant to get him to reconsider his position on Captain America being an official U.S. military position. It’s to make him think, “Maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to work closer to the President so I can protect him better. Also, maybe the Avengers would be better off as an official organization rather than a group of vigilantes. At least we’d have the full support of the U.S. government”

And if the Avengers decide not to go along with Sterns’ plan…mind control (as we see with Isaiah Bradley).

Chill people! Sambucky are gonna be fine.

Likely scenarios are probably various combinations of the following:

1. The Events of TFATWS meant Bucky might have unintentionally violated or broken whatever remains of his Parole rulings after John Walker got demoted. (Walker just magicked them away but i’m assuming it did not stay that way) Or they will just find a way to SAY Bucky broke his Parole rulings because they still deem him a danger. Val (or someone) probably uses this as an opportunity to sneak in and recruit him the same way she did with US AGENT (EVEN THOUGH HE SHOULD DEFFO BE IN PRISON/NO WHERE NEAR BEING USED IN THIS CAPACITY)  

2. Less likely but also possible is that Bucky is there technically undercover/ gather intel/ keep an eye on Walker etc for someone (?) plus seeing the Thunderbolts/Val long term intentions. He is fine to do missions like this solo now as he no longer has trigger words, currently not working for anyone and seems on the road to being much more secure in himself after the events of TFATWS.

3. (If Thunderbolts takes place after CA:NWO) Maybe because of the events of Captain America: New World Order, working for a team like this becomes a thing he needs to do, not wants to? No Idea. 

4. ITS HEALTHY TO WANT TO DO SOME THINGS SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER. They clearly love each other deeply (I mean as family but with these two honestly take it however you see fit) but Sam has just accepted the mantle of Captain America. He needs to figure out how he is Captain America, get comfortable with all the responsibility & bullshit that will throw his way and Joaquin has his back.(Fuck those two are going to be so great together, I’m literally screaming) Bucky is still figuring out who he wants to be & maybe some time away from being Captain America’s sidekick yet again is nothing but a good thing.