Athena-snapdragon - Athena!

Every. F🤬😭king. Day!!!!!!!!!

listen. i know it's not 2014 anymore and i know it's just a throwaway line and that the russo brothers didnt intend for marvel action blockbuster captain america the winter soldier to become the tragic gay love story that never was but man. having steve say "it's kind of hard to find someone with shared life experience" in a conversation about romantic relationships right before the bucky reveal is so cruel. it's not just about steve and bucky obviously having the shared experience of being "out of time," it's the fact that they've both been stripped of their humanity in opposite directions. steve is a legend, he is an american hero and a national icon before he is a human being the same way that bucky is a weapon and a killing machine before he is a human being. steve knows that anyone who falls in love with him in the 21st century fell in love with captain america first, and that's just not him. but then the one person who knew him first and knew him best and loved him (not captain america, that little guy from brooklyn) so much he died for it is alive, impossibly. and it's a miracle because he's back and it's horrific because he's back under the worst possible circumstances. but to steve, the winter soldier is worth tearing the world apart for because he's always been bucky first. they find each other and suddenly they're human again. and maybe, despite it all, being "out of time" becomes a blessing, because in this century they'd finally be allowed to love each other the way they've always wanted to. like real people do.

like. no. the captain america trilogy isn't about two queer men traumatized and alienated by war and modern life rediscovering and reclaiming their humanity through their love for each other. but. i mean. it couldve been

Defying Gravity works so well with Tony and Steve during Civil War, I mean-

"I hope you're happy how you've hurt your cause forever, I hope you think you're clever" (Steve becoming a criminal) ???

"I hope you're proud of how you would grovel in submission to feed your own ambition" (Tony signing) ???

"I hope you're happy, now that you're choosing this" (Steve choosing Bucky) ???

"I really hope you get it, and you don't live to regret it" ??? I can't with them.

"Elphie (Steve), listen to me, just say you're sorry" !!!!?

& "Glinda (Tony), come with me" ???Hello? Excuse me?

"it's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap" like, has Steve Rogers ever done anything else?

"Together, we'll be the greatest team there's ever been [...] There's no fight we cannot win" - pretty sure they say that in Civil War, actually

Ocean: Without ugly, there would be no beauty in this world.

Noel: Thank you for your sacrifice, Ocean.

he’s me

"why does Captain America call you babygirl?"

"Bucky After The Great SamBucky Breakup" moodboard

have you guys ever thought about how steve and bucky likely only spent like a few weeks together max ever since they saw each other again in CA:TWS? (1 day in CA:TWS, a few days in CA:CW, excluding any possible visiting time in Wakanda, and maybe a few days after bucky came back from being blipped?) like after endgame bucky was probably looking forward to actually spending time with steve without a life threatening situation ruining it and steve just leaves him for peggy? like he went to all that trouble and made bucky feel at least a little wanted and then left right when he could have him back permanently? idk just thought about that.