It Sure Is Interesting To See How Karli Was Dealt With When A Previous Girl That Was Radicalised Into

For me probably the most annoying part of Bucky’s reaction to Sam giving up the shield (emphasis on annoying, because I don’t mean “the worst”) is the fact that he could have changed Sam’s mind before he made that decision.

We know that Sam was open to have a conversation and build some sort of relationship with Bucky and we know from the first half of the season that he cares about him at least a little bit, so he probably would take his opinions into consideration - especially opinions related to Steve. But Sam never got to hear these opinions, because Bucky didn’t accept the offer and ignored the texts.

Some people like to simplify Sam’s decision to not become Captain and say it’s him being insecure. We all know it’s way more complicated than that and there are other serious reasons for his reluctance to take the shield. But you can’t fully ignore the fact that taking Steve’s space could make him feel… inadequate, for lack of a better word. It’s a big role to take. A man much less humble than Sam would feel a little out of place trying to play it.

And Sam didn’t have too much support about being the legacy hero in the first place. He has his family, yes… but Sarah would probably encourage him to just take care of himself instead of jumping into another fight he doesn’t have to participate in (even if she believes he’d be a good Captain). He talks with Rhodey about it, but they’re more like friendly coworkers than “friends who happen to be coworkers”, so it’s different. And Rhodey really does understand what made Sam give up the shield, so he obviously doesn’t push, trying to make him change his mind.

Other than that… Sam’s pretty much alone.

If there was a person, who could have given him enough courage and motivation to take the shield it would’ve been Bucky. Because they were both very close to Steve, they both have strong opinions about him being a Captain, and Bucky definitely thinks that Sam’s a good person for this job. An oppinion Sam would probably value a lot in other circumstances. But Bucky missed his chance to influence Sam in a positive way and be there for him.

If he just tried to keep a positive relationship with Sam he would most likely be the first person to know that Sam has doubts. And I don’t know if his endorsement and support alone would make Sam entirely change his decision about the shield, but he’d be definitely more open to accepting the mantle if he knew that there was someone other that Steve who even wanted him to have it at all.

He didn’t know.

Good job, Barnes.

wow sam i have a TT too :D

Someone as work today called me "Plum" and now I headcanon that Bucky calls Sam "my plum" as a pet name and Sam dies for it everytime

Also I wanna know what other petnames people imagine them using for eachother so rb this with your headcanons please

for some reason i really like those fics where its like sam actually finds bucky at some point during the whole aou shababble and they begin this little love story that dwindles down until it becomes cw canon compliant, the ones where sam has also been taken by hydra at some point and bucky and him become mission partners, and the ones where sam gets taken by hydra AFTER meeting steve and meets bucky a little more formally while bucky is still in autopilot and bucky helps him escape...idk i just like the idea of bucky not being completely emotionally empty even while in hydra's hold

this is everything I want in samsteve....everything

warm up samsteves

guys do we need to have the "sam wilson is not [insert romantic interest]'s therapist" talk again 😕? Because I'm seeing many fics about sam comforting bucky but almost none the other way around. Especially with karli literally dying in his arms yall the opportunities are there you just don't want to take them atp 😭 (btw if anyone could reccomend some authors that write sam being taken care of that would be much appreciated)

anyone have any amazing sambucky accounts i can follow? trying to be more active on here. along with the fact my feed is pretty dead rn

does anyone ever have the best ideas for a story but isnt good at writing at all. Its so frustrating that i can't write good fanfiction. i just want yall to know that if i knew how to write that i would own the fluff tag. and smut tbh

who else loves kamala already?

why would you go out of your way to tag sambucky 😭 yall need to actually pay attention and see that nobody thought that sambucky was actually gonna be canon. of course people HOPED but nobody actually believed that was gonna happen in the show. I'm like 99% sure those queerbaiting comments were just jokes too so??? Idk this is all good and dandy but the specific call out is weird.

so apparently, disney has cleared it up that bucky is STRAIGHT & not bi

which i think is somehow still a good thing???

like i get that sambucky! shippers are gonna be pissed bc nothing's gonna happen there, and there are ppl from the lgbt community who want representation as well

bUT LIKE HEAR ME OUT

it's also good message to put out there for the kids & teenagers (and adults) that are watching

THEY ARE SAYING THAT IT IS OK TO HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE, JUST BECAUSE!!!

normalize NOT romanticize yfm?

coz like everybody knows there is STILL too much bullshit going on about how two straight guys/girls CAN'T have a deep connection and bond without it being something more

so i guess it's just something that's nice to put out there as well, especially for kids bc they are gonna bring that lesson with them when they grow older

edit: the director said that the whole tiger thing wasn't supposed to seem like a sort of 'coming out',, it was just meant to show everybody how out of place and clueless he still is about modern day society

imma just end this here eek – to any sambucky! shippers out there, pls don't attack me this is just my opinion/outtake