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[orangethreads]

mota as textposts mwuah

[california-112]

Masters Of The Air (2024) x The Onion (1/?)

[basilone]

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Okay, but imagine Marge writes to Bucky, and Buck knows about it. He and Marge have talked about it. How Buck feels for Bucky. How Marge likes him very much and is willing to write him and see how it feels.

It feels great. Perfect. Bucky's a great letter writer. Remembers every detail Marge writes. Tells great stories. Admits when he's worried. All the good shit.

But.

But Bucky only mentions the whole thing to Buck very early on. "Hey, Marge wrote me?" And Buck goes, "She said she might."

So. Okay. Buck knows. It's sweet of Marge. No big deal.

But. Marge is also an excellent letter writer. A little more wiseass than in person as far as Bucky's seen. With a realistic view of the world but a romantic heart.

Bucky gets weird when letters come. He tucks his away before anyone can see them. He stops writing back.

Cue Buck finding out and saying, "Why'd you stop writing Marge? She loves your letters."

"It got weird, Buck."

"How?"

"Writing to my best friend's girl. It got weird."

And Buck gives Bucky a long look, then slowly backs him against a wall so he can't get away. "Did you fall for her Bucky? You in love with Marge?"

But he's not saying it mean. Not upset. He's smiling a little. Staring at John in that way he has sometimes, where John swears he can see through him.

"Yeah, Buck, I did. I did. I didn't mean to but, well, you love her, too. You know how easy it is."

"Yeah, I do. And you know what else, John?"

"...what?"

"She loves me enough that when I told her how I felt about you, she decided to see how she felt, too. And it turns out she sees all the things about you that make me crazy and loves those as much as I do."

"What are you saying?"

"She's our girl, and you're our guy. That make sense?"

Bucky nods, feeling absolutely off-balance but also like he's flying. "Makes complete sense. But if you're my guy, where's my kiss?"

Bucky stops hiding his letters after that. He starts leaning over Buck's shoulder and pointing out passages. "How have you never told me this story?"

"Marge tells it better."

Back home on her nightstand, Marge has a photo of Buck. The classic one from his basic training graduation. She also has a photo of Bucky and Buck. A snapshot she took one day. They're laughing about something, arms around each other.

The truth is, even before Buck told Marge a thing, she'd loved Bucky through his eyes. Getting to have them both feels a bit selfish, but she's giving them up to the war effort, so it only seems fair she gets to have them both when it's over.

To the victor go the spoils.

[textmastersoftheair]

[swifty-fox]

@avonne-writes letting me get on my Marge soapbox

[sluttyhenley]

when you gotta grab his jaw

MASTERS OF THE AIR

[wrmhles]

Lt. Ronald Hollenbeck states: Cleven buzzed the tower with my airplane with all four engines feathered. That’s the kind of guy Cleven was. I had just gotten a couple engine replacements, and he didn't get to fly too much being squadron CO, so he comes over and says; "Hollenbeck, let me fly your airplane for you, I'll put some slow time on it" and the next thing I knew, is this God d--n B-17 was coming across just about 25 feet off the runway and I looked up and all 4 engines were feathered. He (Cleven) said "I wanted to do that all my life." (x)

GALE CLEVEN + GAMBLING [part 1/?]

[sweaterkittensahoy]

JOHN

When John Egan arrived in Hobbs to be the best man at his friend's wedding, he was carrying a silk parachute. The bride's mother knew at once what it was for, and in a day and night fashioned it into a wedding dress. As the bride walked down the aisle with her father, Egan leaned in toward Cleven and whispered, "Where's the ripcord?"

- Masters of the Air, Donald Miller

[sweaterkittensahoy]

help the buckbuckymarge gifset is making me think about the fact that they're all so incredibly stupid (affectionate). gale and marge are like "hello we love you so much please let us keep you forever" and bucky is like "who are you talking to" lmaooooooooo

You gotta understand, it's that Marge and Buck are IN LOVE with Bucky, but he's always been a gigantic slut (affectionate), and they don't want to scare him with the fact that they want him forever.

But also, Bucky adores them both and wants to run away and be ONLY with them, but also, they are SO IN LOVE with each other, and he doesn't wanna make it weird. Watching them love each other makes him want to be with them and just them.

And they all LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH so just being together is wonderful and fun and perfect, and if they could all live in the same house in the same bed? Perfect. Wonderful. No notes ever.

But you can't just SAY THAT to your best friend. So, you know. Um. Marge, what if we set him up with someone? But, like, in the most half-assed way ever so we can PRETEND like we're not being possessive but are actually being possessive.

And Bucky, what if you always go out with them whenever possible and maybe you actually sneak a few hints of Marge's perfume off her letters by reading over Buck's shoulder??? What then???

And then what if Marge finds out Bucky's not getting letters in the Stalag and that's it. She snaps. By fucking god she will write the letters herself, raised eyebrows from anyone be fucking damned. She gets green paper for John, but she scents it with her same perfume.

On one of their many meanders around the camp, Bucky says, "What the fuck, Buck."

"We want you to come home to us," Buck says. "We've always wanted that, but we didn't know how to tell you. So, now you know."

"You fucking asshole," Bucky hisses, wishing he could tackle Buck, but he can't. "You use your fucking words, Buck."

"Oh? Is that what you were doing all this time, Buck? Using your words? Because it seems your problem isn't that MY GIRL is writing you love letters but that she hasn't been doing it BEFORE."

And Bucky deflates because, that's fair. But also. "What if the boys ask?"

"Make something up. Or tell them the truth. I don't fucking care."

Bucky asks Marge what to say. She suggests that he just tell the boys she found him a Marge of his own. Which. Bucky and Buck swap letters, and Marge writes him a little differently. It's all her, but her tone with Bucky is a bit different. It's really nice. So, that's what he goes with. Until Brady goes, "Uh-huh. And they have the same handwriting. What a find."

And Bucky kicks him out of his chair, and everyone laughs.

And Bucky greets Buck via air traffic control, then drives alongside him, then meets him by the plane, and then when it's the two of them alone again says, "So, I should warn you. Marge proposed to me."

"Did she now?"

"Said if I was gonna be your best man, you should be mine."

"Seems all right."

[reyenii]

can we talk about this?

[whitetrashjj]

[sweaterkittensahoy]

It'll be okay. Gale's been writing Marge all the details he can. And making it clear he can't say it all. Marge is ready to show their fella he's just as wonderful as he's always been, scars and all.

...I just realized OP meant Buck was worried about how Marge would take to the new version of HIM, not Bucky. Same answer. Except Marge is NOT surprised Buck didn't tell her as many details as he could have (and should have).

Anyway, short answer: Marge is ready to go goddamnit.

masters of the air · part seven

[staud]

MOTA GIFS PER EPISODE | Part 1 – Why didn't you tell me? You didn't tell me it was like that. – I didn't know what to say.

[blackthornluce]

Masters of the Air (2024) - Part One.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

I am here for a power throuple. Bucky's all, "I didn't set it up right," and Marge is like, "Bitch. We are RIGHT HERE." And then turns to Buck and says, "Did you not tell him what I wrote you?"

"Honey, we were kinda in a POW camp."

"Oh, the whole time? The whole time you were? The entire time in England?" And Marge just sighs and throws up her hands and plants one on Bucky.

And Bucky's like, "Whoa! Wait! The bride kisses the groom! Not the best man!"

Marge rolls her eyes and looks at the ceiling and mutters, "Why must THIS be my type?"

Anyway, several hours of reassurance later, it's all fine. Life is good. Power throuple activated.

Ok fam, fandom, peeps, it’s time we step up and start writing Gale/Marge/Bucky. Come on, we’re better than this, we’ve been in the little leagues too long.