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a ton of great points in this thread. https://twitter.com/MadeOfAwsm/status/1378535807577956353">https://twitter.com/MadeOfAws...
it makes sense for *bucky* to think he needs to atone for his actions as the winter soldier. but it& #39;s weird to see zero pushback against this in the text of the show. ie, acknowledging that he& #39;s a trauma victim & he& #39;s feeling guilty for someone else violating his mind & body.
as with many unintentionally-ambiguous elements of the show, it& #39;s unclear whether we& #39;re meant to agree with Bucky& #39;s therapist or see her as an antagonistic figure. (a weird detail, considering sam& #39;s history as a VA counsellor!) https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1380609596675522562">https://twitter.com/Hello_Tai...
in a better version of TFATWS, we& #39;d keep Sam& #39;s "becoming Captain America" arc, but replace Zemo& #39;s screentime with more Sam backstory + Sam using his counselling experience to help Bucky find a better therapist. the show ends with Bucky retiring or becoming Sam& #39;s sidekick.
(i don& #39;t think it would be a good idea to have Sam actually *be* Bucky& #39;s therapist, because the MCU features way too many black characters acting as emotional support for white men. but Sam *is* a former counsellor, so he could point Bucky in the right direction.)
yeah the show essentially forgot about Sam& #39;s therapist backstory until his scene with Karli this week. CATWS introduced him as an emotionally perceptive negotiator, but that doesn& #39;t fit the action/buddy-cop tone they want for TFATWS. https://twitter.com/morganfahey/status/1381018188381495302">https://twitter.com/morganfah...
btw, TFATWS& #39;s antagonistic banter & lack of emotional sincerity between Sam & Bucky *absolutely* ties into the way Marvel tried to stamp out queer subtext in the Captain America franchise. https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1376562447444762624">https://twitter.com/Hello_Tai...
