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james-bucky-barnes-imagines · 10 months ago
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saving bucky barnes chapter 9
"Zemo you just want me so you can get too bucky. Do you think I will let my guard down ?.. I won't ever I will never allow you to take bucky back to hydra. " Zemo replied I'm surprised you actually want a book on cooking from sokoiva". You look down "I've never tried it. but you always smelled so delicious I wanted to taste the food myself. " Zemo smirks, "I would love to teach you how to cook it properly draga. If you would let me in the tower I can teach you". you chuckle, nice try but I'm not inviting you into the tower. you let out a small whine as another cramp causes you to double over in pain. Zemo whispers his voice slightly thicker. you know draga it will only get worse, I've studied wolves if they don't have an alpha mate them they often go feral, or they are attacked by hunters because they are weaker. Clint walks back in holding a frozen coffee. "the Cinnabon place was closed". Zemo why are you here he asks with a death glare". you pick up your books and take them to the checkout counter. Zemo speaks softly "I came to apologize to y/n after I heard about what happened I realized it was all my fault." Clint checks on you over his shoulder what do u mean? I already know u hurt her last night are you telling me you don't remember doing that? Zemo looks down no I heard about the 8 dead bodies they found outside of a bar. they were all mauled by some animal 4 blocks from where she threw me through the wall. Clint whispers that's why she was drunk last night when we found her.
What do you mean? Clint, where did you find y/n? Clint checks on you again before replying. Bucky and I heard her scream and ran to her room to find her in the shower with all her clothes on, trying to frantically wash off she was saying it won't come off it won't come off. we had to give her some medicine to calm her down so we could find out what happened. bucky slept in his room with her to make sure she was ok. she came to the bookstore trying to feel better hence the coffee. you walk back over to Clint. "im checked out can we go now I do not want that smell getting on my jacket I just washed it" Zemo looks up at you "I am sorry for my actions draga but I meant what I said. " you glare at him "stay away from my human Zemo that's a warning. with that you disappear having teleported back to the tower. clint goes to talk to bucky. "bucky did you know she killed 8 people last night ? " bucky looks up from cleaning his guns "no but that would explain why she was so drunk last night I thought zemo had tried to trigger her and she managed to get away but that makes a lot more sense. Clint says zemo showed up at the book store he apologized to her but then threatened her because she won't come with him. bucky gets up and walks out to the kitchen where you are curled up reading under the counter. you look up at him and say softly I'm not mad at you anymore I understand you just wanted me to rest so I didn't get sick. y/n you killed 8 people last night why didn't you tell me that this morning? bucky stands there with his arms crossed looking very irritated waiting for an answer. you look down I don't remember doing it bucky I had no idea when zemo tried to bite me everything went black and then black I woke up next to you. bucky kneels on one knee and gently tilts your head back to make you look directly in the eyes with him . bucky i promise i didnt know . bucky gets up and walks back over to clint . " she says she dosent remember any thing and i can tell her in her eyes the the only thing she remembers is me triggering her to pass out . she has trama from zemo he used to taunt her and he was quite cruel to her he put her in the chair more made her fight more often it was like he was on a mission to make her kill him and then one night she snapped thats the night she still has nightmares about we almost escaped but she blacked out again and i was the only one around she attacked me and we both woke up in the med bay the doctors say the only reason i didnt bleed out was because my heart was beating so slowly from the extreme cold from the winter . i dont know why but she didnt leave me they said she was trying to get me too wake up when they found us. after that they kept her separated from me i would hear her screams i have no idea what he did to her but it must be pretty traumatic for her to switch personalities for hours like that . clint whispers keep an eye on her he might tell the police they might come asking questions. it dosent matter if she doesn't remember doing it she did it . she said something about a scent getting in her jacket at the store she just washed it . bucky looks over towards the kitchen before whispering cherry blossoms she told me before thats what he smells like normally i imagine now he smells like that plus the scent of an alpha. the two walk over to the kitchen to find you asleep with your blanket and a book in top in your lap.
zemo couldn't sleep the scent of you drove him mad he wanted nothing more than to rut deep inside of you . he was fascinated with you while u were at hydra. he had a soft spot for you that was why he would train your harder, he didnt want you being replaced. when he almost lost you he separated you from the soldier, unless the two of you were sparing or on a mission. he couldnt out his finger on it but he didnt want to let you go unfortunately him pushing you so hard caused him to one of the first ones you attacked when you finally did snap it was terrifying. he wanted to teach you how to cook the dishes from his home land sonce you seemed so intrigued by them . he knew he had to bring the soldier back with or without you he snarled at the thought of them hurting you again he get up to take a shower hoping it would help he allowed the water to run he leaned his head back trying to calm him self .
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satanherfuckingself · 5 years ago
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Hayley Atwell. Publicly Adored Psychopath.
Before I begin, I feel it's imperative to mention that this was not created to cause harm. Do not send anyone hatred or harassment despite what you may read. You are not a monster. Do not stoop to that level. Verbal abuse is still abuse, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether someone 'deserves' it or not.
Please, do not do that. Do not become an abuser. If you feel the need to do something, I will provide solutions for that fact, but hatred and harm will not solve anything.
Keep that in mind. And please stay tuned and read this thoroughly because it's more than just a social call out. It's more than just 'cancel culture' or someone making a big whoop over something nonsensical or even holding someone accountable for their actions. I promise there is a point to this, and it is probably far more important than the title even suggests.
Please, stick with it, and read to the end.
I also feel the need to mention that some of the behaviors discussed in this piece will undoubtedly be quite... disturbing. Proceed with caution if you find it necessary.
And. Let it be known that any claims made here are in fact alleged. Evidence and sources will be provided of course, that's simply a friendly reminder for the... legality of it.
Forgive me if you enjoy this ending because if you have any sense of a decent moral compass, this will probably shatter that enjoyment of it, and forgive me if you do not because this will only make you hate it more.
So I found this blog:
Hydra Support Blog
Really, it's a blog centered entirely around hating Sharon Carter, the very real person that was her actress, Emily VanCamp, encouraging hatred towards this same very real person and her fans for any scrounged up nonexistent reason they can find, without proof, as well as fans of the comics.
They also insult her acting, despite the fact that Emily actually has won awards for her performances while the idol they are so devoted to has not.
All for the sake of the very real bully who actively encouraged, manipulated, and even to some degree, promoted the behavior. Under the guise of promoting her own character.
Why did I call them a Hydra support blog?
Well, quite clearly, they support the Creepy Uncle Theory that Endgame made a point to reward them with, which certainly does require the support of Hydra among other things, but I won't dive into that just yet. It's also because they sound exactly like Zola. Don't worry, we'll come back to it. But they are also quite clearly overjoyed at the idea of someone losing a job for their personal enjoyment.
This is also terrible.
Allow me to remind that this harassment and hatred was not limited to these fans, or fans of Peggy or Steggy. It also existed, to some degree among Romanogers fans, Stucky fans, and Stony fans. You know who you are. And you are certainly not excused from this behavior if you in any way participated in spreading hatred or contempt for the Staron and Sharon fanbase, or actively harassing those fans.
You don't have to like it, you can even rant against it all you like in your personal spaces. But being respectful and understanding should be the common fucking courteousy here. People are allowed to like different things from you. And they are not obligated to agree with you.
Your personal enjoyment is not worth more than someone's job or life. And it never should be.
However, the only actress who encouraged this particular behavior in full, among her fans... was Atwell.
Not Emily, not Chris, not Scarlett, not Sebastian, and not Robert Downey Jr. Some may have made tasteless jokes or even gone along with the situation, encouraging 'teams' among fans for publicity. I wouldn't label complete blamelessness in this case, but it is important to recognize ignorance over malicious behavior, which is the difference here. Because it was nothing to the extent of the tantrum that Atwell threw the moment the spotlight was no longer on her.
So let's talk about Hayley Atwell, and her involvement in all of this, the alleged actions and their implications. Let's take a deep dive into the psychology of it all, and why what she did was actually very wrong. I'll touch on the lack of etiquette and class as well as blatant unprofessionalism needed to consciously do what she did.
Because her behavior is disturbing, it is disgusting, and it has gone unnoticed for far too long. Her portrayal of Peggy makes the relationship canonically abusive. And no one noticed.
People are still defending her, and respecting her, despite what she's done. She is welcome to have a life and live it how she pleases, but not at the expense of other people. We cannot simply reward this type of behavior when it is unquestionably wrong. We cannot leave her with the power to do worse.
A good starting point in understanding what she's done would be here:
Receipts
Who one lovely sweetheart of a blogger decided to compile and I am ever so grateful for, as I'm a lazy shit~. My only regret is that this wasn't seen and still hasn't been seen by enough people, especially by those that rewarded or are even promoting the behavior still. This blogger is a very good person and that is abundantly clear, send her some love and reblog that post if you can. It's necessary more people see it. Thank you, love, you are truly a blessing. So I'm a little bias, I tend to be for good people.
Allow me to expand on it though, as I do have to mention, I have just a few minor additions and concerns. However, sources are provided perfectly, along with plenty of evidence to stand on it's own for what Atwell did. That this was active, deliberate, and intentional to hurt someone's career that wasn't herself. Allegedly.
But, let's also debunk some of Atwell's claims and mention a few other things, starting with all her claims about the relationship between Sharon and Steve. Between being 'disrespectful' and 'incestuous'.
Claims easily found in these articles:
https://ew.com/article/2016/06/06/captain-america-civil-war-hayley-atwell-steve-sharon/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/peggy-carter-does-not-approve-899860
https://www.hypable.com/captain-america-civil-war-hayley-atwell-steve-and-sharon-were-disrespectful/
https://www.thewrap.com/hayley-atwell-agent-carter-captain-america-civil-war-kiss-sharon-carter-marvel-incestuous-disrespectful/
https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hayley-Atwell-Issue-With-Captain-America-Agent-13-Kiss-Civil-War-135197.html
https://www.bustle.com/articles/165038-hayley-atwell-reveals-peggys-feelings-about-steve-sharon-which-are-just-what-youd-expect
https://www.bustle.com/articles/165194-why-captain-america-sharon-carters-relationship-does-a-disservice-to-both-fans-steve-rogers
https://www.themarysue.com/peggy-carter-does-not-approve/
Oh, and look at that last one, including a gif of the psychotic rage it takes to shoot at someone who doesn't belong to you, because you're jealous... And of course, we love a good afterthought in which a real person is less important than a fictional story.
https://screenrant.com/captain-america-mcu-ending-problem-sharon-carter-endgame/
Did I need to include all of those sources? Of course not. Are they mostly along the same lines? Absolutely. But does it make a point of how positively this was covered as the media ran with her words to give her as much press and coverage as she wanted and promote her and only her ideas?
Absolutely...
To put it all very bluntly, I disagree with her. Why?
Well, for starters, we know that 'Peggy' had initially moved on from Steve. She'd married, had a family, supposedly loved this family and even had grandchildren. The character had always, comics alike but even in the MCU, been meant to signify and aid in Steve moving on, just as she did, from the past. It was a minor role, but still vital, and quite endearing when done this way.
But according to this, these articles and Atwell herself.
Peggy never loved the husband she'd initially married, or the family she'd made.
They were only placeholders for Steve.
According to her, Steve wasn't allowed to move on from her. Wasn't permitted to find happiness, beyond her, even though her character had blatantly stated she wanted him to in 'CA:TWS'. As proven even by Atwell's feelings towards Romanogers. Seemingly any woman that wasn't Peggy was an absolute 'no' for her. Because he belonged to 'Peggy'. I didn't know... slavery was a thing for her, but as far as I know, people cannot and should not be ownable.
Under no circumstances, even with married couples, should the people involved be considered property. They are individuals and human beings. Point blank. Period.
But let's make an exception in her case and say that this is true. Well, apparently this controlled permission and ownership extends to Sharon as well?
Now I'll ask, why is Peggy's opinion, a woman Steve had previously only shared one kiss with, had never even managed to share that one date with, relevant at all?
A woman who, need I remind you is well into her 90s by the time we see her again, is Steve still supposedly all she thinks about? All she thought about all those years? Why was a picture of... him on her desk in the 70s, as portrayed in Endgame, when she should have been married, with children, well into her 50s mind you but somehow still young, and apparently, none of her family is as important as Steve?
How is that healthy?
She was tantamount to an ex-lover at that point. Even if they had slept together, as Atwell claimed, and Evans and the writers disproved. Are people supposed to consult ex-lovers before they start dating someone else? Especially ones that get married and live their lives? Is there some unspoken rule I don't know about? Or in another sense, I wasn't aware she was also his mother and could decide for him, a grown man with a right to his own decisions and autonomy, who had initiated the romance with Sharon, what he could and could not do.
Ideally, Peggy would have cared more about Sharon, a niece she had supported in her endeavors and helped raise, rather than a man she admired symbolically and had shared one kiss with, and never managed to date. Just because she didn't get dick from him. Ideally, she would have cared more about the family she'd allegedly made after moving on from this man's death. A family, Sharon would have been a part of.
Her concerns shouldn't have been cockblocking Steve and saying he couldn't have Sharon and vice versa, they should have been whether or not he's treating Sharon right. And far more protective over Sharon, than possessive over Steve.
In fact, a good great aunt who'd truly loved both of them, faced with this situation, I would have even imagined trying to set them up, and being that scandalous older woman~, who's lived her life, had fun, loved her family, and wants to see him happy with someone else.
Because that's what true love is.
Wanting to see the person you love, happy, even if it's without you, even if it can't be you that gives them that happiness, especially if you've had to move on in your own life and can't be with them.
I fail to see how Steve moving on after she has too, qualifies as 'disrespectful'. Even if you find it tasteless that he kissed Sharon after her death. Could he have asked for her permission and blessing for the relationship? Of course! Maybe he should have, I think this would have even made it better. The difference being, a Peggy who truly cared about him would have given her blessing, not withheld it.
But what about the 'incestuous' aspect?
Well, that's also a no. At least... not technically, and certainly not before Peggy was forced back into the relationship, before Steve willingly and knowing became Sharon's uncle. And Peggy's placeholders were set aside like chopped liver. Steve was certainly in a peculiar situation that maybe doesn't look the best from the exterior, and in the original version of the comics, Sharon was merely Peggy's younger sister. However, the comparison of his situation is easily explained and understood in much better lighting with some simple imagination.
Take for example, and let's even make Sharon a more direct descendant just to drive the point home, if Steve were an ancient vampire.
Let's say... this vampire Steve has a brief romantic fling with a young and beautiful Peggy. They do not sleep together. But share some feelings, some sweet passings, and a single kiss. However, Steve goes dormant, for years and years and years on end. However vampires do. Peggy is understandably sad for the moment, perhaps upset. But she moves on. She understands, she falls in love with someone new, she has children, and her children have children, and so on and so forth. She lives a normal human life.
Steve wakes up.
And he meets Sharon. A however many greats granddaughter of the woman he was once infatuated with. But he may not necessarily know this. They look nothing alike. But maybe there's something special in the bloodline that draws them together, that draws him to her.
Oh, and by the way, this is starting to sound familiar. Ever heard of the 'Vampire Diaries'? Except Elena and Katherine do in fact look exactly alike.
Yet no one bats an eye at this or calls it incestuous.
The point being, he falls in love. And she does too. And maybe this time, he decides he wants someone to be with, to hold, wholly and completely. And he turns Sharon into his immortal lover. (There's a fic idea for anyone that wants it~!)
Perhaps this was even something that under circumstance, he couldn't offer to Peggy, or she had even rejected.
This is not incest, in any way, shape, or form. This is a man, faced with a circumstance, in which he moves on. And is happy to do so. There is nothing wrong with that.
Could it be a little strange that he happens to fall for someone in Peggy's bloodline? Sure. But it's still not incest.
Unless~, he falls in love with Sharon... before deciding on takebacksies and finding a way to go back in time just to be with her however many greats grandmother. Possibly even ensuring that his own blood is part of Sharon's, or erasing her from existence along with any of the other family that Peggy had allegedly loved.
The first one is perfectly understandable. The second one is disgusting.
Peggy makes it incestuous.
But I suppose, according to Atwell, Peggy was also incapable of love.
Not just loving other people besides Steve, but love in general. Because this is called obsession, and it's sick. It's disturbing. Can't tell the difference? Here, that should help. This one too, very informative and does a good job of simplifying this concept for the average person. And what a coincidence. Oh, and look, another. And another.
Seriously, this is what Marvel, and Disney, a modern day company that should be responsible with it's messages and stories, glorified and normalized for the public.
If you're going to write a horror story, at least say it's a fucking horror story. Or take the goddamn criticism when someone tells you it is objectively bad.
So, not only did this woman completely fabricate and romanticize a crush, an unhealthy one, and blow it up to be a real relationship along with convincing everyone of the lie, she put others down to do so in order to get what she wanted, regardless of the price that others had to pay for it. Lovely. I think her claims completely undermine and disregard the legacy Peggy had left behind, and the love she would have otherwise had for her family. I think it's a gross mischaracterization of her that misses the mark on who 'Peggy Carter' was and what she represents.
Did you know that in the comics she has a relationship with Gabe Jones? One of Steve's own Howlies no less, and a wonderful representation of an interracial love fighting for what's right, together, especially for the time period?
Where's that love story, that doesn't require Steve to be a creepy uncle for her sake and is more than just an obsessive crush and single kiss?
Why does Sharon not matter to her? Why did her husband not matter? Why did her kids not matter?
And if you're under the assumption that Steve was this person the entire time, why did Hydra not matter growing within S.H.I.E.L.D.? Why did Steve's own principles and who he was not matter to her anymore, as long as she was getting dick? Why did Bucky not matter, being tortured by Hydra for the 70 years she got to get off?
Nevermind, I guess she treated him like shit anyway, even if ideally, the flirtatious little shit Bucky was would have been the best man at Steve's wedding to her, an uncle to her kids, and the best friend that Steve had in his life with her.
Why did Sharon still not matter to her? Nor her other family which she apparently lied to? Why did young Steve not matter enough to tell the truth to? And lie about Alzheimer's no less. Why did she seem to find it fitting to lie to everyone?
Let's continue.
If that's not enough, let's talk about the cry that Steve somehow 'wasn't good enough' for or 'didn't deserve' Peggy when the kiss of Civil War happened.
Okay...
How?
Because if your reasoning for the logic of putting someone down, telling them they are lesser, and 'not good enough' or undeserving of you, is because they choose to 'move on' and not be with you, or choose someone else over you?
You are a terrible person. And I would not want to be the object of your affection.
That is deliberate psychological abuse. And if you tell anyone that sort of thing, just because they don't or can't return your feelings, you are a fucked up person. Fuck you. That is disgusting.
Do not ever tell someone this just because they can't or choose not to love you. Apologize if you ever have, especially to someone you do love. Love is not always an active choice. And this is guilt tripping, manipulating, gaslighting someone into a situation where you put them down for your personal benefit, and that is nasty, unacceptable behavior that no one should tolerate.
Call out someone's own terrible behavior if they are doing something wrong, do not jump to the conclusion that this means the person is worthless. There is a difference. Harmful behaviors can be changed. People can change and get better. We should strive to be better.
However, the aforementioned? That is what psychopaths do to ensure their control over a relationship, run if someone is doing this to you. Find a way to get out of there if you can, because that is fucked up, and no, you deserve better than that. Do not let them belittle you.
And yet, this was... completely glorified by the media, even rewarding someone who committed to this type of behavior. Especially after the fact.
How many articles are there out there that critique Endgame versus those that promote this ending and actively defend it? Giving Disney good press?
But luckily, Atwell only did it with the characters, right? It's only fictional, right?
Yeah, that's why we didn't see Emily in Infinity Wars or Endgame... That's why, even though she'd been hired for a job she had earned, they kept kicking her down the road like a bent, empty can. Worthless and usable, and not a real person at all. Why did they hire her if this had 'always been the plan' as they claimed? To disgust everyone? To make the ending as fucking shitty as it is and have people praise them for it? To publicly embarrass and humiliate her, just because?
The lack of class and just... human decency necessary to commit this kind of behavior is easily seen with a hypothetical comparison, simply with another well beloved actress I will admit might not be a fully fair comparison. But that's because this actress is amazing and not many people compare to her.
But let's take a pause and also consider the actions of Atwell's coworkers, since none of them did quite what she did. None of them... did quite what she did.
You know who else would never do this, even if she'd been playing Peggy Carter and got her show cancelled? Who realistically, wouldn't have gotten her show cancelled because she actually is amazing and would be worth watching, hands down, no complaints.
Sandra Bullock.
And I'd hate to name drop like that or put her on the spot, but just consider it for a moment. Sandy B. as Peggy Carter. Already, beautiful, elegant, amazing, maybe a bit funnier, compassionate, kind, and playing the part of the loving aunt for Sharon perfectly. Even more comic accurate probably! Sandra Bullock would never take time out of her day for any reason, to put down one of her costar's characters and talk trash about this character and the relationship she's in with another character... Ever. Period.
She has class, grace. And she's a truly, genuinely good human being. In fact, I would wager to say, she'd make jokes about it to promote the relationship. As the crazy aunt who's constantly trying to set Steve up with someone new, probably her niece, and embarrassing the shit out of him. And that image is just fucking adorable.
Can you picture it? It's pretty amazing, right?
Now can you really defend Atwell's actions knowing they could have been avoided and a real person, real people, not hurt with them?
I guarantee this ending would have never happened had someone at least like Sandra Bullock been cast as Peggy Carter. Even if she did happen to 'ship' Peggy and Steve more than she did Sharon and Steve. Even if she did 'joke' about it. Especially when there's a point the jokes go too far. And I'd wager to say, she'd even focus more on helping Emily VanCamp, than putting down her character and sicking her pack or rabid bullies on her to try and get her to kill herself.
What the actual fuck has to be wrong with someone to do something like that. Even without giving the direct order.
And sure, maybe fans do ride the crazy train a bit to much. But the least we could expect from Bullock would be a public statement regarding the behavior, and letting fans know that she doesn't condone it and would want them to stop.
I challenge you to find anything along those lines that Atwell could have done. I tried.
And there was nothing.
Let's continue with the character analysis and talk a bit about the implications of this ending.
So far, we know Peggy hated Sharon, her own niece, that she 'owns' Steve and has all rights to his autonomy and decisions, doesn't care about her husband or family if Steve isn't somehow part of it, and would label Steve 'unworthy' of her if he somehow decided he loved someone else. Not just Sharon, but anyone.
Let's also not forget this is a woman who shot at him for having kissed someone else in front of her. When they weren't together. Would you want and choose to date someone who shot at you for doing that?
I mean, I suppose I don't personally know you, maybe you're into some kinky shit. But that doesn't really seem to healthy to me.
Let's talk about little Steve and Erskine, and the promise Steve made to him as well as himself. His character development over the movies and what this ending requires not just of him, but of Peggy too.
From the first movie, we know that even when Steve wasn't capable of doing more, when his body didn't permit him to, he always wanted to do more. Erskine in his dying moment asked him not to forget his heart. The man that would choose to do good above all else. To help those around him that maybe couldn't help themselves. This is an invaluable lesson I think we could all learn from, within our capacities of course.
Bucky even tried to stop Steve from hurting himself, because he worried about him. And then followed him because he admired what the little guy... had always stood for. And against.
“I don't want to hurt anyone. I don't like bullies, I don't care where they're from.”
By the end of the film, Steve has lost someone incredibly dear to him that he grew up with, Bucky, and makes the decision to save thousands of lives that would otherwise be lost over his own personal enjoyment. Because it's the right decision. And he tells Peggy it's his choice. He doesn't hesitate. He doesn't expect to survive, but he keeps his promise to Erskine above all else, and stops Hydra, or so we think.
We later discover Hydra has survived all those years through Zola. Growing in S.H.I.E.L.D., under Peggy's watchful eyes... holding Bucky for all that time.
With the addition of Endgame's Creepy Uncle Theory, that little tidbit of the story, we've been given two interpretations. There's also a lot of lines that lose all meaning, from Steve, Peggy, and Sharon.
“When I see a situation pointed south, I can't ignore it.”
“Sometimes, all we can do is our best, and sometimes the best is the start over.”
“She kept so many secrets, I didn't want her to have one from you.”
“I don't know, the guy who wanted all of that went into the ice 70 years ago, I think someone else came out.”
But let's go back to those interpretations, both of which require someone to suffer on Steve and Peggy's behalf for a minimum of 70 years. Apart from becoming a creepy uncle who apparently had been only using Sharon as a replacement for her. And of course abandoning everyone who loved him just to get laid. This may not be easily seen or understood at first glance. But it is easily explained and should be painfully obvious.
If Steve is present in the main universe that entire time, choosing to do nothing, he has:
Abandoned Sharon.
Abandoned his family, the Avengers.
Abandoned Bucky.
Abandoned the principles he lived by and thrown away promises to all those he held dear. Including his promise to Erskine, who gave him that power to do more to begin with.
Left Hydra undisturbed and even prospering under his beloved wife's organization, allowing people to die and suffer, including Bucky who we know is tortured and in and out of ice for those years.
Be perfectly happy with the sexism, racism, and just general bigotry of the time period. Something that at least comics Steve Rogers has been proven to hate so much, he actively made himself go forward in time permanently, after only saving Bucky, because he couldn't stand it. No amount of Peggy to fix the situation for him. She's also never mattered as much as any other love interest to him. Not even Blind Al, that one's obscure~.
Be perfectly happy to do nothing while a situation is pointed south, even though he has previously stated incapable of doing so? While he knows what will happen or that people are suffering and dying for him and Peggy, what he will do to Sharon, and just completely and utterly not giving a shit.
Huh... Well, none of that sounds 'good'. I guess it also means he completely regrets his decision to save all those lives and sacrifice himself. A decision... I assumed he was the type of person to be able to make more than once if necessary. Because it was who he was. And supposedly, what Peggy even respected him for. I assumed Peggy would have also respected this decision, not backtracked to make him actively do the opposite of this very thing for 70 years. Possibly even... if we're to believe Hydra is allowed to run rampant all those years, potentially thousands of lives to be killed on his behalf instead.
Huh, I guess it was a pointless decision.
“We don't trade lives.”
Right?
And we're supposed to believe Mjolnir, a tool essentially measuring 'selflessness' and humility, purity of heart, 'worthiness', would be perfectly fine with labeling this behavior as 'good' as well.
That just seems like a pipe dream for every sod who can't get laid and has a backwards moral compass, but let's not dive into that.
Despite the fact that he's also abandoning all sense of self and is nothing more than a mindless puppet at this point. Through 'Steve Rogers' choosing this ending... he is actively doing wrong, and knows it. He is actively allowing Hydra to prosper, and... essentially...
Proving Zola right.
“We won, Captain. Your life amounts to your death, a zero sum!”
Familiar now, isn't it? But I guess every message we learned about Steve, in light of everything, in light of Peggy, is meaningless so long as he's... getting laid. Or 'happy'.
That doesn't sound fucked up at all, being perfectly okay with people suffering on your behalf. But I suppose it's no surprise that the people who love Atwell so much and are perfectly okay with her behavior feel the same way...
And here's the thing, I don't think 'Steve Rogers'... the real one in context of his story anyway, would be happy in a setting he needs to let others suffer on his behalf, and ignore their suffering, in order for him to be happy. Looking at his character just over the previous movies, I'd say this would in actuality be literal torment for him.
Spidey gave a perfect rendition that completely embodied everything Steve Rogers stands for and had stood for in those movies.
“When you can do the things that I can, but you don't, and then the bad things happen... They happen because of you...”
What a coincidence. And another important message.
If you actually think a man like Steve, a first responder by nature, who always seeks out the goodness in others and wants to help people, would suddenly sit on his ass and allow people to suffer for him? When he couldn't even do this while too small to make any real impact?
You are delusional. And it is disturbing that you would somehow label that as 'good', as 'cute', as 'healthy', as 'right', as 'true love'. As 'happy' for him.
This is a man, forced into retirement, under the 'guise' of a 'choice', when in reality, it is atrociously horrible writing that disregards anything about who he was and what he stood for. That had he been real, this would have been a disservice to him and is certainly one to every important message the character has, and the history behind him. He would have been stuck in this world. Trapped, and held back from doing anything. By someone who supposedly 'loves' him?
Love doesn't hold people back or hold on possessively like a fucking parasite, it sets people free.
Why would she do that to him? Why would she sit back and assume all of those things are 'okay'? How? Why would anyone want her to??? I thought Peggy was supposed to be a good character inspired by upholding his message. Did she break the vial? Did she keep him in her basement? Did she tell him to sit on his ass and 'look pretty' while she did all the work? A fucking horrible job I might add, if she just lets Hydra run rampant and kill Howard for her sake. How is someone like that admired as a 'good' person?
Nothing about this is 'good'.
This ending is not 'beautiful'. It is a horror story masquerading as something 'pretty'. It is an abuse story being normalized to a vast and unknowing public. At best, a horribly irresponsible message to send the public... and at worst... a reflection of what's wrong with society as a whole. Possibly with ulterior and deliberate intentions.
In order for this ending to happen, Steve Rogers must cut ties with his family and abandon all he loved, loves, lives for, all sense of self... all for Peggy, and solely Peggy's, satisfaction. Seems oddly... familiar to a certain situation his best friend, who seemingly means nothing to him, happened to be in... for 70 years.
Let's reverse the roles. If Steve had been a female to do this for a man's sake? The first thing people would notice is how unhealthy the relationship is. How obsessive it is. How harmful it is. And how disgusting the normalization of it is. In a media that has a far reach and should be so much more fucking responsible with the messages they send their viewers.
Knowing that there are so many sacrifices, ones that shouldn't be made, and that every sacrifice comes from Steve's end, would you willingly call this relationship healthy? Beautiful? 'True love'?
When in reality, they'd only shared one kiss, and never dated?
Yeah. Seems legit.
On the flip side, you have that other interpretation, right? The one where he's in an alternate universe and lets his Peggy live her life with another man, but steals this Peggy both from her future husband and himself.
You'd think it gets better, right? I mean he can fix this universe in full, he might fuck something up and we might consider it a bit irresponsible to play with timelines like that, but he can always just go back if it goes too bad. He's earned it, his shot at this life, still disregarding Sharon and now... a version of himself. A Steve still trapped in the ice. Still suffering on his behalf. While he lives out his life with supposedly this Steve's girl, this Steve's Bucky, and this Steve's entire potential life.
Oh, and apparently this Peggy really doesn't care about the Steve trapped in the ice, since she's also fine with a replacement that's totally different from the one she knew~! That's not weird or fucked up at all.
Leaving him to wake up, alone, in the future having known the life he wanted was knowingly taken by someone else. Someone selfish enough to leave him in the ice. Bucky's alive and safe from Hydra, yay! Apparently... no version from this alternate universe is worth giving the shield to though. So I guess Steve ultimately didn't love these replacements as much. And of course, this is assuming Steve doesn't also just leave this universe as is for everything else terrible to happen.
This is assuming he gives a shit at all. Because if he had?
Tell me why... defrosting the alternate Steve to live out a life with his own Peggy, to at least make sure one of them got that 'happy ending', could still do good, without abandoning anyone, could kick ass, could fix everything in this alternate timeline, maybe even with a few tips from this time traveling Steve, somehow wasn't acceptable compared to 'Steve Rogers' actively and willingly doing, and allowing terrible things to happen, and abandoning everyone else who loved him.
Once again, cut off from his family and replacing them all with clones.
This is supposed to be better?
Did he ever really love Peggy, or just the way she looked since any identical twin happened to work just fine?
Tell me why, if Chris Evans just wanted to stop playing the role, Steve going back for just the dance and asking for Peggy's blessing to marry Sharon, presumably after they'd actually made an effort to develop the relationship, presumably after Peggy has made her peace with loving someone else, and then coming back to not abandon his family or any of his principles or promises he made, or just who he is in general, and proposing to Sharon with Peggy's blessing and understanding, wouldn't have been better and more respectful in all ways?
With the characters, with their history, with their messages. Tell me how it wouldn't have been better to simply have him out of the spotlight and training recruits, but still actively being who he was and doing good somehow couldn't have been acceptable?
There, I can write a better ending than those quack professionals Marvel hired. Simple, easy, done. Where's my fucking job~?
Instead of demolishing every part of who he was, using an anti-bullying character... to reward bullying no less?
Even if Evans wanted to retire or would have made a decision like this, doesn't mean Cap would have ever even remotely done something similar. At least not a good version of him. Upholding the symbolic moral message the character presents would have been easy, but they were too stupid to even try.
Tell me how this ending doesn't disrespect a previous almost 60 years of an established comic relationship, a relationship need I remind in which Sharon was pregnant with Steve's child, one sadly lost, and later shared an adopted son with him. A relationship, that should they disrespect and retcon for Peggy's sake, will only serve to make Steve Rogers seem like a terrible person with no sense of loyalty to a woman he supposedly loved and has spent a good chunk of his life with. As opposed to sharing one kiss or brief romance with. For all intents and purposes, Sharon being his common law wife.
Ironically, the very thing Atwell claimed this relationship did in the MCU, despite the fact that her character only shared a single kiss with Steve, canonically. And she lied and actively manipulated fans into believing it was so much more. When... watch the movies, it wasn't.
Tell me how this ending doesn't disrespect the characters, including Peggy, and the messages they have conveyed, the convictions they've held over the years of their history, and the symbolism which I would argue is much more important, that they represent. Tell me how it doesn't somehow disrespect and belittle Bucky, Erskine, the idea that Howard was Steve's friend, or that any of the people Steve loved actually mattered to him, beyond Peggy.
Beyond getting laid. Because deny it all you want, that is what this ending boils down to. That is the only reason it exists.
Or, actually, I'd wager it also exists to actively squash the importance of the messages the characters convey.
Here's an idea. Johann Schmidt and comics Hydra Cap both have more conviction and loyalty to their cause than EG Cap. And Schmidt post IW/EG arguably causes less harm than EG Cap actively allows to happen right beside himself, because Schmidt is incapable of doing much as the stone's guardian.
And at least Hydra Cap made sense within the context of his storyline.
Prove me wrong.
That's the sort of Cap you have to support to like this ending. Hydra complacent, bigotry complacent, and completely castrated, or at the very least, willing to replace everyone he loves with clones while he takes an alternate Steve's life. Frankly, that's not a Cap I think anyone should support. And I don't think any fans, especially Peggy or Steggy fans should be somehow proud of the fact that this is the sort of 'Steve' that Peggy gets.
I mean... I suppose it is in fact the kind of Steve that sort of Peggy, equally complacent and horrible, would deserve? But that doesn't really stop it from being gross, does it?
Is that really what you'd want as a fan?
I've mentioned that Atwell's alleged behavior is inappropriate, excessive, disturbing. And I'll also mention, this kind of obsession for fictional characters is unhealthy. So why did she do this? Why the behavior at all, why did she go out of her way to essentially hurt Emily, discreetly of course, without people noticing? Why all the manipulation?
Well... it gets worse. And this is certainly where that allegedly becomes very important.
Take a moment to think for a minute about who benefited from this ending and how.
Atwell, most certainly, at Emily's expense of course. At the expense of fans. And an actual well written product we wouldn't get immediate buyer's remorse from. And of course maybe one that doesn't insult our intelligence?
You could assume she simply wanted money. Though somehow... that doesn't really fit. Maybe spotlight? That makes a little more sense, though just as bad. It's seedy, it's spiteful, it's uncomfortably close to a bad Harlequin manga villain. If you've ever read one of those.
They're based off old trashy romance novels if that gives any reference.
Except... what if you replaced every instance of 'Steve, Sharon, and Peggy', with instances of herself and Chris? With the names, 'Chris, Emily, and Hayley'.
Except Emily is happily married now, and can easily identify the difference between a romantic interest in her work, and in real life. Can easily discern a job from her private life. Because that's what a good, stable, actress or actor can easily do.
Suddenly, the situation takes on a very different meaning.
How creepy would that have been for her to do? Along with easily dismissed by the public.
Keep in mind, this is a woman who publicly admitted to, and even in plain view, groping this man, multiple times, without his explicit consent because she 'couldn't help herself'. Okay. Big deal, right? So she touched his 'man boobs' a couple times. He laughed it off, it was all good fun. Why would he complain, it's different, men shouldn't be complaining about being touched without their permission by beautiful women. Despite the fact that they're not, nor have they ever been, in a romantic relationship together.
It's perfectly appropriate for a woman to grope a man as she pleases, whether he is in a relationship with her or even other people, or not. He can't feel uncomfortable because of this, only woman can. Why would he ever be uncomfortable about it, and if he was, he would have said so. He loves her, they're friends!
Let me know if the hypocrisy needed for that logic is falling through the cracks here, because that seems like a dangerous double standard to set.
You shouldn't be allegedly or otherwise, touching or really molesting, in her own words 'groping', anyone publicly and suddenly, especially without their consent. But let's assume he was okay with every single time it had happened. Okay. Sure. Fine. It's his body to decide with who can touch him like that, who can invade his personal space and how, right? And besides, he loves the attention and being objectified by women.
That's clearly why he'll make an effort to actually call out and put people on the spot who pretend to talk to him through a faked photoshopped encounter, right? Clearly why he absolutely hates that.
Now let's assume he wasn't.
Why would he ever admit to that if the response we can expect is that 'he's a man, so he should be okay with it'? As if men somehow don't have a right to their own bodies or can't be sexually harassed and molested, abused, raped, you name it. Objectified maybe? Why would we be suspicious of the behavior or tell someone that it's wrong, without the full story even though it's happening in our plain view?
Playfulness and comfort between friends is one thing, boundaries between them is another, and friends can still cross boundaries they shouldn't. Sometimes they do. Consider the fact of a known straight man and a woman who is attracted to him, and suddenly the implications change. The man, so far, has not shown even remotely the same attraction.
But why would we suspect her behavior would entail anything other than support for her own character that she played, and the ship she was a part of, which had been respectfully written out of the story and made to move on? It's not like she was actively dragging down a woman, a real person, another actress that essentially got in her way, and the part she wanted to play. Kissing Chris Evans.
It's not like she claimed she'd be the best choice for Sharon's actress in blonde wig before Emily was cast. Oh wait...
Was that in that little blog sourcing everything she did and claimed? I can't remember.
And this is all speculation of course. But I think it's very important speculation. And especially, is a reason to be suspicious of everything she did. But I of course can't read her mind, only look at what she did do and what there's proof of. Allegedly.
Seems like an extreme extant to go to to to get an extra kiss from an actor, right? An actor who, mind you, dated other people, not her, and seemed to ultimately choose his dog over anyone. And of course, since we're speculating.
Under the pretense that 'Peggy' gets 'Steve', 'she' got the 'man' that everyone else wanted, right? She lived that fantasy, married him, and had kids with him, and everyone else is just jealous of her. The characters are meant for each other, she can take no blame in what's done with the characters.
Except when encouraging hatred among her fans and negative press for the company and story so long as it doesn't revolve around her.
In this light, looking at the facts, her alleged behavior is extremely creepy.
When you consider the fact that Evans suddenly, and I mean suddenly wanted to quit playing the character, seemingly out of nowhere when just a year before still wanting to do so, and at the same time, he admitted to loving the idea of continuing to play Cap, and even the prospect of doing a movie with Deadpool and Wolverine. Something that would have been brilliant by the way, and I lament that it apparently won't happen every day.
Source
Yes, there is a very special relationship there, read a fucking comic~.
Let's consider the fact that Evans said this about his 'final scene of Endgame'. To sow just a little bit of discord. Of course, there's no guarantee that this scene had anything to do with that one he shared with 'Peggy'. Speculation.
Let's assume it did. Let's go beyond and say, Hayley was the entire reason Evans wanted to quit. The entire reason he wouldn't fight this, and was done playing the character. Let's assume this was the last straw for him, and that he quit just to get away from her.
Allegedly.
Let's assume for just a moment, he was no longer comfortable or happy around this woman. And she was breaking him down. Let's assume he was just tired of all the bullshit, had maybe even seen it for what it really was, was even creeped out. And decided, sure. 'I'll keep my mouth shut... as long as I don't have to deal with her'.
We can also assume he's being... strongarmed into silence somehow, either by the company or by her. Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but that man hasn't looked the slightest bit happy as of late, and it's noticeable in his interviews. Maybe there's a reason for that. But maybe this idea is pushing it a tad too far, let's take a step back for a moment and remember the simple fact that this is speculation.
Based on alleged actions and circumstantial evidence.
I could absolutely be wrong and I am willing to admit that.
If Chris Evans wanted to call me out on this, correct me about Atwell and her behavior specifically towards him in this regard, I would welcome it. Even if he managed to prove me wrong about the bullying, provide an article or interview of some kind that does in fact prove her innocence, I would be more than happy to take a look at it and retract everything I've mentioned here regarding her, and her behavior. Even delete this post, and publicly apologize to her.
I want to be wrong about this, because it is fucked up, it is creepy, it is something he should not have had to, or have to ever deal with. It is not something Emily should have ever had to deal with, let alone the fans.
Nor is it something that we should simply tolerate and accept from Hayley Atwell. From or towards anyone.
Chris Evans is a human being. Emily VanCamp is a human being. Both of them deserved the utmost respect from Atwell, along with everyone else, neither of them received this from her. Allegedly.
The messages conveyed by that rottenly horrific ending can't even begin to compare to how important this simple fact is.
Real people were hurt. Bullies were rewarded. This should not have happened. We cannot simply allow it to happen now, or in the future. We cannot simply allow more harm to be done, with the continued bullying from that Hydra Support Group I mentioned, and their continued attempts to get Emily fired and Sharon removed from the comics.
That they quite clearly don't give a shit to buy or even read.
Why is this important now, of all times, during a pandemic that is keeping us all indoors with nothing better to do?
Well for one, I'm indoors with nothing better to do than come across bullshit like this. There's also something to be publicly said about female abusers and how important it is that we start to recognize when these situations might be happening. Whether from a man or a woman. And whether to a man, or another woman. If she didn't hurt Chris, she certainly didn't hesitate to hurt Emily.
I have friends... that were living their lives off of the messages Cap taught and inspired in people. Good friends, good people. And maybe it seems silly to linger on something like that, but I can say first hand it is heartbreaking to watch those people get that same inspiration, those same moral messages ripped away, and stolen from them.
And be left struggling with trying to hold on to those messages, but try as they may, not being able to. And then come a few epiphanies, a few discoveries.
This shit. The bullying. The behavior, the fact that we as fans were given a normalized abusive relationship, and told it was somehow good, somehow just, somehow right. That that's the message we are being given in place of everything else...
I had a friend have a panic attack because of this ending, after she tried to rationalize that it was okay, that it was 'sweet', and 'cute', and understandable. Because it hit a little too fucking close to home for her, and now she just relives that, remembers it with almost any part of what her favorite thing in the world was. And that is horrifying to know...
“I helped support this. I gave them money. I dedicated years of my life to following this.”
And it goes so much more beyond regretting that decision. It goes so much more beyond being able to simply move on and somehow keep those symbols, or at least the core messages beyond them and disassociate them from the characters when you can't escape reminders of it. When you can see so incredibly clearly what it really means, what really happened, and everyone else around you just accepts that something so fundamentally wrong is something right.
Here's a question, can you sue a company that's so profoundly built an empire, so embedded itself into your day to day life that you can't escape a personal trauma being reminded of it in something you paid for and actively support for years from this company? Does that count as some form of being publicly irresponsible and projecting harmful ideologies?
Is that something someone can do, or is it just something a 'Karen' would do? Would the sheer evil it takes to become that type of person, to dawn that haircut and demand to speak to a manager be worth it in the end?
“What did it cost?”
“Everything...”
Yeah, it really fucking did.
Oh hey, by the way. Hayley Atwell is definitely a Karen. Just thought I might point that out. Why else would she throw a massive tantrum to get someone bullied out of a franchise because she's not getting her way or the spotlight on her? She's just an evolved one.
Allegedly.
I am all for people policing their own content and being respectful of creators, and understanding that fiction is different from reality. Not every concept will be stomachable or enjoyable by absolutely everyone. Horror in itself is a perfect example of that, especially psychological horror.
I can also say without a doubt that I hate knowing that the people I care about are so heavily affected by something they had initially used to make themselves a better person, that should remain fictional and symbolic but just somehow forces itself to go beyond that.
I hate knowing a corporation could be so irresponsible that this is the message they get billions of dollars for, that this is what they give to the public, that this lack of care or even noticing what they've done and who they've rewarded, and the continued behavior...
The bullying, and despite every piece of criticism screaming at them just how fucked up this is.
But no, they can't take two fucking seconds, to think 'maybe we made a bad move and shouldn't stick by this considering what it's done or is doing to fans'. 'Maybe we should be more responsible with the power and influence we happen to have'...
Except they knew.
“It might end the whole franchise.”
What kind of context am I supposed to imagine for those words. Especially in light of a franchise that had a multitude of plans to continue.
What the fuck does that mean?
And isn't that the most piss soaked cherry on top of this shit cake?
Hayley's words in the interview represent how little she cared about the character, about the franchise, about the fans, or the messages conveyed, as long as she got what she wanted.
And she did.
Publicly... adored... psychopath.
Allegedly.
Cap's core message is something so incredibly vital, I believe, to this world. Especially in these times. Especially when it comes to making progress.
“Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world –"No, you move."”
Especially in a world that will actively tell and show us that human lives aren't worth a dime a fucking dozen to the people we let control our world. Especially when we should be telling these same people.
“No, fuck you, that's wrong.”
And yeah, that fucking sucks. It fucking sucks to have family that is vulnerable to something potentially deadly, to be vulnerable to it, and have no control over that. It fucking sucks to know people you may trust will not even give a shit. And it is fucking hard to keep hope when everything around you just seems to be falling apart.
And you can't do a damn thing.
But this message teaches us just that. To not lose hope. To not lose faith. To keep fighting for what we believe in, and make things better. Isn't that the whole point of criticism? Challenging ideas, beliefs, so that we can discern right from wrong and have a better understanding of what that might be? So that we can improve? What a hell of time it would be to have this message with us. What a hell of a time for us to need this message, now more than anything... and not have it.
What a hell of a time for someone to willingly quit portraying and sending that message... Though I can't say I'd blame him, he's only human, it's a heavy burden to bear, and if Atwell really did do all of this just to kiss him... Allegedly.
Well, I'd wanna get away from her too. Provided it was willing at all. I get mixed signals from that guy. And trust him about as far as I can throw him. I am a weak bitch, so that is not very far... But... professional liar, so.
He could also be the world's biggest troll, cause I don't believe for a second he didn't know how fans would react to this. Which... biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch. But also, RESPECT.
And also, BITCH! Be serious for a goddamn second, this is fucking important!
But this message also teaches rebellion.
What a hell of a message to publicly squander in order to keep people complacent, for the sake of pretending someone gets a 'happy' horrific ending, finally getting laid. Like neither of those things were something that couldn't be found in the future while still preserving the legacy of the character.
Right?
Ironically, it was a message they had helped to represent with Sharon, and still there's the issue of her and fans being publicly bullied and disrespected, once again, a real person, people, for Atwell's sake.
If we only surround ourselves by those that tell us what we want to hear, rather than the truth, we can only stagnate our growth.
If we only care when we are finally forced to face the problems evident, can we really call ourselves virtuous?
If we do nothing knowing something is wrong, what does this say about us?
I'm just as guilty in not noticing these sorts of things as they happen until it's too late, but I'd like to hope I'm getting better and paying more attention, and that we can still do better.
What's the point of all this, and what can we do?
As I said before, I do not want to cause harm. I do not want people to go and harass anyone for alleged wrong doings or behavior of any sort. I do not want people to lose entire jobs or livelihoods over this. But it is clear something is wrong, and we certainly need to right it. I also don't believe any of the parties involved are somehow beyond redemption. Even Hayley.
If Marvel had any sense, especially now, they would retcon this, however necessary, first off. They don't even need Evans to do that, they can do something as simple as making a comic that undoes this nasty ending and saves Cap, and the other characters, from being made into an empty shell and castrated version of himself. Or at least make a solid plan to and very publicly apologize to Emily for the situation and discourage such behavior among their fandom. Hayley would do the same, not just to fans but especially to Emily, and maybe even Chris.
If you ever participated in this behavior and now understand that it was wrong, I would encourage you to go give Emily your love and support and apologize to her for this mess and what she had to deal with on behalf of fans. She deserved far better. She still deserves better.
If Hayley refused to acknowledge or even publicly address this? Or Marvel, Disney for that matter, well it would just go to show that they'd want it all swept under the rug instead of being held accountable for what happened. Something that's certainly a disrespect to Walt Disney , as he was able to make amends and admit to his mistakes publicly, and it's a stain on the legacy he left behind that the current Disney can hardly be bothered to.
And yes, believe it or not, there's a way to not let them do this without aggressive harassment.
My first suggestion is meme the shit out of it. Be an absolute troll and make a joke of this giant fucking joke of a company that can't even put two and two together for basic story elements. To an extant that will publicly embarrass them for sure, be relentless, but don't send hate.
Just show everyone the clowns they are~.
I've been told this can also be a bit mean though. And clearly, we can't simply let them forget it or forget it ourselves.
The second, ask questions. Simply ask for this to be addressed, try to get it noticed as best you can. Send them this across as many platforms as you can to as many people as you can. Or even just the smaller blogs I linked. Repost, reblog, and share this as much as you can and make it something they can't ignore without sending them direct hate and harassment. Copy and paste or just send a link to this in a concerned email to the corporation. Make sure their offices are absolutely buzzing with the news. Ask, don't demand, your favorite MCU actors to publicly speak out about this, please. Keep asking until you get some sort of response.
Without being rude.
Because it may take time, it may take effort, but it is important, and it certainly should be addressed. And never allowed to happen again.
As for Atwell and her bullies?
Well, first let me congratulate her.
She played herself. All those jokes about turning Peggy into a supervillain and that's exactly what she did. With her own wants and desires, not Peggy's.
But otherwise be kind, be courteous, and hold your grace and elegance. Treat her with the same respect you would want for yourself and do not stoop to her or their level. Do not insult her. Ask her, 'what's wrong'? Ask her why she did this, if she's okay. Ask her to stop, to speak out about it, to address the situation and to understand why she didn't do it sooner. Ask her if she's seeking help for whatever psychological issues she may have that would push her to do something like this, wish her well, and tell her you hope she finds the help she needs and learns that what she did was wrong. Let her know you're disappointed if you're a fan.
She definitely shouldn't be allowed to keep relishing in the reward and aftermath of what she did, and she definitely owes Emily, and possibly Chris, an apology for all the bullshit she encouraged and did. Her behavior, allegedly, is fucking creepy.
But she's still a human being, behaviors are correctable.
Simply address the fact that it was wrong and ask her if she understands that. Also maybe that... public molestation isn't okay? Allegedly.
Do the same for her bullies, if they are rude to you, simply tell them:
'Oh... you support Hydra... you're entitled to your opinion, but I'll have to disagree.'
And leave it at that. Just take comfort in the fact that you can recognize an abusive relationship and don't support it. You cannot force them to change their minds if they don't want to, do not antagonize them or potentially bring harm to yourself by doing so. And yes, that is admittedly a bit mean, a bit trollish~, and the reality is they probably don't support Hydra... But they also kinda have to to support this ending somehow.
The writers 'confirmed' Hydra Trash Party as canon while the directors 'confirmed' everyone in Steve's life being replaceable.
And he still becomes a creepy uncle while someone needs to suffer on his behalf for 70 years.
Fantastic~! I'm accepting neither and I give you no money until it's fixed! Because it's gross~!
If this situation is addressed by everyone involved, and any allegations and speculations I've made are in fact proven true, but let's say Atwell still publicly refuses to admit to anything she did or apologize to Emily. Even if Disney does. Well, she'll be proving exactly what type of person we suspect her to be. And only then would I consider it acceptable for the company to completely erase her from the franchise in turn and blacklist her from what they produce. Some people might consider that too nice, I think it's reasonable, you're free to disagree.
Not necessarily her character though, Peggy has actually done nothing wrong on her own, she's a fictional character best represented by good writers, and malleable according to that. And I would certainly even encourage much better character explorations and portrayals of her. But Hayley herself, who would then become pretty much a poster child for harassment and bullying, and defending psychopathic behaviors...
Allegedly.
If people try to silence you, ignore you, keep trying, keep spreading the message, keep going as much as you can, until we manage to get this addressed and the situation finally corrected.
Do not support the company, or actress that refuses to address this. Do not support people that do terrible things without holding them accountable. Do not allow them to simply get away with it, but do not lose your own humanity for their sake.
I know first hand how fucking hard it is not to lose your shit when shit like this happens. And nobody notices. But I guarantee, throwing a fit of rage will get nothing done, and they will try to use it against you.
If they manage to prove me wrong in any regards? Great! I will be fucking overjoyed! I hate the idea that evil is actively happening in the world and people do nothing about it, don't you?
And a friendly reminder.
You are not in anyway required to purchase anything from Marvel, any of the actual bullshit content and harmful ideas they refuse to take any criticism or responsibility for. You are not obligated to them just because you are a fan, and you do not owe them anything. If they want our money, they can earn it, but you can definitely get your fixes of good creative content elsewhere, and even support other artists. If this is what they provide, you do not have to support them. You can make your own. For free. And enjoy what others make for free. For any and all people part of an intricate creative community, fan fiction does not just have to be trashy romance or gay ass ships. That is a huge chunk of it, I won't even bother lying about that, I'm under no illusions otherwise.
But it can also be just simple storylines based off what canons you like, simple fan comics that maybe present a different sort of story arc you aren't seeing developed and wonder where you might go with it. It can be action, scifi, fantasy, horror. It can be any sort of fusion that you would enjoy. It can even be insanely good or horrendously bad! It can even be original fiction! And yes, you're more than allowed to publicly critique and parody the work these companies sell you, go write ahead~, and make a point of making something better. Because you can.
Or it can be shipping wars and nonsensical shit and trashy romance and smut. Again, no illusions that there's not a whole lot of that shit.
Or crack. Lots of crack fic.
But the beauty of it is that it's up to you. And you don't owe anyone anything because everything you get to make is free. But keep in mind that goes both ways in this aspect. For you and others, and I'd wager to say there are a lot of writers out there that can definitely do these characters and their messages a much better justice than the disservice and disrespect Marvel has given them and the fans. Especially as of late.
Lastly, especially in these times... do not lose hope.
Do not lose faith in the message Steve Rogers stands for, or in the hopes things may get better. For all of us. And for the character? That he may just yet be saved from quite plainly, all the bullshit. That any of your favorite characters might be given better treatment down the line. And if not?
Save 'em yourself. Make it better yourself. And make it known, no matter what happens, no matter what they do, these messages can't be squandered or destroyed. Hold them dear, and don't accept anything less than them being upheld, no matter how it's represented.
Particularly when you're paying for it. Don't harass small time writers that write self indulgent bullshit for free. Just police your content accordingly, please.
But the message?
That's what's important.
In conclusion?
'Logan' was the better movie. Hayley turned Peggy into 'Monika' of Doki Doki Literature Club. And Chris Evans chose his dog.
“I don't like bullies... I don't care where they're from.”
;)
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Saving bucky barnes chapter 6
You managed 2 slip in the hyrda with ease. You wanted 2 just kill every one and take the files but cap had made it a point 2 tell you no killing so you said no promises. But really didnt plan on killing any one . You were in and out in under a hour but you had found more than buckys file you had also found another file that you never expected 2 fine it was laying out with a small book similar 2 buckys only it was solid black with a ring of snakes on the front it looked almost noridc you were going 2 ask loki about it . As you returned out side you had 2 put your hood on 2 keep your self out of the sun . You smiled seeing the snow it was quiet odd you had seen this in a dream a couple of weeks back. Your brushed it off as a meire coincidence because bucky wasnt here he was further north intercepting a stolen shipment of sheild weponds. Suddenly it registered to you that it snowed the same way further north ,you immediately teleported 2 the coordinates steve gave you . The fight was in full force you went behind a tree and removed your glamour and came out 2 find your charge 2 keep him safe. you spotted him with 3 against 1 you made your way around the back of the agents and took out your knives and quickly took out 1 by snapping his neck he dropped like a fly. You were quickly spotted by the other 2 agents 1 you saw the fear in his eyes as he watched his fello agent fall. You took the moment 2 tackle him and rip his throat out with your bare hands . You looked up 2 see the agent bucky was fighting pull a gun out and aim it at buckys head. Immediately you dropped your glamour and all the fury in you rose up as you stood every thing went black. When you came to all the other avengers were standing stareing at you and the hydra agents were either dead or knocked unconscious and tied up. You looked around and said bucky? You heard his velvet voice say im here doll are you alright ? I think so ? What happened you repiled . He chuckled and said you lost it on that agent when he threatened me . You asked softly did i kill all these ? You were worried you had lost all control and thrown all your Humanity out the window . Bucky said no angel you just killed the 1 agent . You realxed and returned your glamour and said can we go home now ? The 2 agents that were knocked out were hauled off in the trucks and you were able to board the jet. Bucky sat next to you and whispered thank you y/n and softly kissed the top of your head . You looked up at him and smiled sleeply and said softly i dont need a thank you. You being not hurt is thanks enough i dont know what i would have done if i couldnt have saved you. Bucky whispers you saved me long ago angel . You drifted 2 sleep on bucky's shoulder. when the plane was close to the tower bucky said softly y/n were almost here. You yawned and sat up rubbing your eyes. You were used 2 a nap about this time of the day due 2 to your nocturnal nature. You walked out of the plane and into the tower following behind bucky.
Once every one got back every one went there own ways in the tower and you went to find loki to find out more about the book you found. bucky pulled you aside and says quietly"you found something didnt you ?" You look down and say yes i found your file i was gonna lock it away so no one could ever find it again ... bucky's metal hand gently tilts your head so your looking at him and says you know what i meam y/n let me see it and i will tell you what it is ... you reach into your coat and pull out the book and hand it to bucky gently takes it from your hand and inspects it he says this is your book from all those years ago...
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buckythewarbreaker-blog · 9 years ago
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Saving Bucky Barnes part eight
Half an hour of lightsabers and pod-races pass. 
In a rare moment of stillness from the television, Steve hears a quiet knock on the door. He turns around and looks over the back of the couch at the front door. Nat is standing by the front door, leaning quietly against the door. In the light from the television, Steve can see that she’s wearing a loose white t shirt and tight jeans. 
Steve has always known that she could get in without making a sound. She has her ways. He also knows that she only knocked out of courtesy. She is capable of simply surprising them and probably have Bucky swing a metal fist at her out of instinct. Steve and Bucky both know that Nat could take them down easy. They also know that she likes them a little too much for that to happen. 
Steve smiles at her as she silently walks over to the window and closes the blinds. Steve hadn’t noticed, but it is was into morning by now. 
“How’s he doing?” Nat asks, sitting at Bucky’s blanket covered feet after turning the volume down. 
Steve looked down at Bucky’s sleeping form. He sets his hand on Bucky’s shoulder, feeling the cold metal even with the blankets. He shrugs, then looks up at Nat. “Nightmare at three in the morning. I didn’t hear screaming, only a lot of thrashing, and some thumping. Found him up on the roof.”
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iwannabewithyoueverywhere · 11 years ago
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savingbuckybarnes is now following you :D
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carrielfisher · 11 years ago
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I REQUESTED DANCE DANCE
OMG DID THEY PLAY IT
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moongay · 11 years ago
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Happy Birthday!!!
Thanks so much!!!
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Saving bucky barnes chapter 8
bucky woke with a jump as the howl echoed through the quiet hallways . he jumped out the bed and quietly grabbed one of his knives . he knew he had laid y/n in her bed hours ago. he saw clint as he exited his room and said what the hell happened barton ? clint replied "y/n woke up and took her med's she looked haunted so she went hunting. i don't know why she howled i had came to the kitchen and heard it so i was coming to check." bucky quickly made his way to your door and opened it he heard the shower . "y/n" ? he called out as he made his way to the bathroom. d-don't come in here ! you cried out . you whined come off .. bucky heard you whine and said y/n whats wrong i can hear it in your voice your upset what won't come off doll ? . clint said are you decent ? what happened ? . bucky said im coming in doll i can hear your heart racing. you looked up at bucky as he walked in , he looked confused as hell . he spoke gently "y/n whats wrong did you drink to much ? your eyes ive never seen your pupils this large . clint cautiously walks in and turns off the shower and looks at your eyes " why are you bathing in your clothes ? you look like you are on drugs . you studder out "h-he i-is h-here i-in n-new York " bucky says quietly "the only time she ever studders is when she is scared" clint nods and grabs a towel and hands it to bucky. he says softly im going to go make some lavender tea to help her calm down and sober up . he leaves the room and shuts the door back . bucky says doll we need to get you into some dry clothes . you suddenly hug him tightly and start sobbing . bucky holds you for a few minutes before softly saying you may not remember the night we escaped but you killed every person in the building except me ... but if you remember its ok to tell me . after several minutes bucky pulls you away from him and starts drying you off, as he pulls off your jacket he notices the red rash like spots on your throat and what seems to be scrape marks and the same marks are on your wrists where they look like they have been held . y/n what is this he says as he drys your hair. you studder out t-the m-mean man who h-hurt you. he whispers no thats not possible his heart wasnt beating i watched him die.." нет" is all you respond . bucky quickly scoops you up and carries you to your bed he quickly grabs some of your clothes and finishes drying you off the best he can he says im gonna change your clothes so you don't get sick you already feel feverish. he quickly helps you change into your sleeping clothes ,then he scoops you up again and carries you to the kitchen . clint hands you a cup of hot tea. "so did you have a nice time im glad me or bucky didnt have to come bring you home". you just sit and stare at your tea . bucky looks at you "doll are you ok ?" нет is all you respond . clint tilts your head back "what the hell is this ? did some one attack you ? why does it look like a rash ? you just stare at your cup of tea . clint says sternly "y/n answer me who did this to you let us go kick there ass". bucky says "his name is helmut zemo he was our handler .. but i dont under stand how he is here unless he turned instead of dying." bucky looks to you " is that what happened y/n . fresh tears start to stream down your face . bucky hugs you gently and tries to comfort you . "did he hurt you any where else than right here ?" he touches your throat where the red marks are the worse. you shake your head no, and whisper "i have to keep you safe". you get off the stool and put your tea in the fridge and grab a blood bag and bite into it and drain it. bucky walks over to you and gently tilts your head up and looks in your eyes " скоро рассвет (its about to be dawn) he watches as your eyes drift shut and catches you as you fall. "i hate doing this to her but she already feels feverish i don't want her going back out tonight or worse staying up all night worried about me . he carries you to his room and lays you on the bed and gets a knife to hide under his pillow just incase .
you wake up to find your self in bucky's room his metal arm wrapped around your waist. you were pissed as you remembered what happened. every thing in your stomach and below hurts worse than any peroid you have ever had . you feel hot and cold all the same time. jarvis reminds you that your meds are waiting for you. "james ... let go of me" bucky sits up and sits back from you to give you your space . "im sorry doll" . you look at him " i trusted you ..." you teleport from the room to the med lab so u can take your meds . you whine and bend over holding your stomach when a really bad cramp hits you . bruce says whats going on y/n ? you reply still holding your stomach i dont know i think i may have ate a sick person last night, this is worse than any pms symptoms . bruce says lets get you checked out ill call strange. bucky walks in and says whats wrong with her why is she holding her stomach? bruce says i dont know strange will probably know but i have to call him first . you stand up and say "no im fine it was just a cramp im going to the book store " bucky says ok ill be down in a minute . clint walks in and says ill come with and bucky can stay here so he dosent have to wear his ear plugs. your Irises turn red as you say he isant going no where with me i dont trust him any more ive never done what he did to me to him. i dont need a baby sitter im immortal. clint says "im comming with because i dont want you getting triggered by zemo" fine you snap at clint you glare at bucky and teleport to the book store with clint . when you arrive you storm off in search of the cook books. clint sighs and shakes his head and goes to find you. he finds you looking at ramen books . "you know ramen would be great for supper why dont we order some so you dont have to cook ?" you smile and keep looking at your book. " i know what your trying to do clint let me get my mind off it and ill be fine . "you know i cant stay mad at him forever im just upset he triggered me thats all. "but i would like a large coffee milk shake from the coffee place and some cinnabon if you wouldnt mind getting me that i would be happy. " clint smiles alright your trying to get rid of me i can take a hint ill be back later with ur snacks .
you nod and put the book back and pick up one from sokovia and start looking through it . zemo walks in a short while after clint left and walks up to you from behind and wraps his arms around you and sets his chin on your shoulder. "i am sorry for my actions last night i was drunk . can we talk ? .you answer softly can you let go of me ?. you hurt me alot last night . zemo lets go and steps back . you turn around too see him . he says im sorry i hurt you. a bad cramp hits you lean against the wall and bend over in pain. he curses in russian. " Draga your heat has started you need to get home before another alpha scents you " you growl and stand up . "im not going any where zemo if some one trys any shit with me i will kill stab them . " he smiles " i see james and i trained you quiet well . " zemo if u wanted to apologize then you've done it and can leave . i dont want your smell on me like it was last night so please leave me be i am still not fond of you ." he chuckles . "draga i meant what i said . but I apologize for how rough i was with you ." you glare at him and go back to the garlic soup recipe you were looking at . you walk over to the stack of books by the wall you plan on getting and set it down. zemo says you cant ignore for forever draga i will have you as mine weather you like it or not even if i have to trigger you.."
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silverhart93 · 6 years ago
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Saving bucky barnes chapter 2
You had slipped in and out of the facility with ease while bucky had kept a lookout you thought it was a bad idea for him to go inside he would be too recognizable. Especially with a mask on it was like his trademark. It was a specially good plan because Bucky had left his special earbuds at the tower. Now all you had to do was sneak off the property which was proving harder then you thought it would be. you didn't have the energy to teleport back to bucky and keep invisible as well. right as you dropped the glamour a guard rounded the corner and saw you. bucky said through the earpiece he also had been found out and had to bug out. You decided to just hell with it. You were going to kill the guard so you tackled him and ripped his throat out.what you didn't seem to realize was that he had landed a pretty bad blow to your side you focused and located bucky and teleported to him only to find your self surrounded by Hydra agents bucky kneeled on the ground with his hands to his head. It took a second to realize what they were doing to him by then it was 2 late the last word was said... You looked up at the man holding the book before he got the words out "good morning soldier" you had spun around and kicked him with enough force to send him flying 40 foot into a tree. You quickly kept up a defense against the other agents and bucky you had managed to take out 4 of the 6 agents. As one of the agents rounded the tree to stab you, you reached out disarmed him grabbed him by the throat by this point you had enough you yelled out stop! or he dies. You watched bucky and the other guard turn to face you. You dropped the glamour showing you were already covered in the other guard's blood. The man you had in your grip gasped for air struggling for a way out. The free guard said to kill him that he couldn't care less so u just crushed his windpipe and dropped him. You yelled at bucky damn it bucky I told you to keep a lookout now look at the mess we're in. All you got in return was a throwing knife to the shoulder and the response who the hell is bucky. You winced at the pain but you knew you had to save bucky you wouldn't lose him again so turned the invisible glamour back on and snuck up behind the last guard and grabbed his mouth from behind you ripped out his heart and showed it to him then you drained him right about the time you dropped the body you felt a cold metal hand go around your throat from behind. You heard him say slowly I found your demon. In seconds he had you pinned against a tree above his head so your feet were off the ground. You quickly focused before you lost consciousness and teleported the two of you back to the ship. It didn't help you though. As you lost consciousness you saw one of the team shoot bucky with something seconds later you felt something cold and heard voices calling you but you couldn't fight the blackness any longer... Nothing mattered now because you had saved bucky from hydra they couldn't keep him. you would never let hydra keep bucky prisoner again...
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buckythewarbreaker-blog · 9 years ago
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Saving Bucky Barnes part seven
The iconic Star Wars title theme blasts from the speakers as Steve settles on the couch at Bucky’s head. He unconsciously sets his hand on Bucky’s head, running his fingers through his long hair. Nat had cut off about three inches a while ago, but Bucky liked it just a little too much for it’s length to be all the way gone. 
Steve’s eyes glaze over as he watches the movie play out on the television screen (flatscreen..?), thinking about how glad he was to have Bucky back. His thoughts shift to that eventful train ride, all those years ago. And then Bucky is fall - No! Not that! Anything but that! Steve clenches his jaw and his eyes moisten, as he tries to avoid thinking about that day. 
As if sensing Steve’s troubled heart, Bucky shifts under Steve’s hand, moving to lay his head in Steve’s lap. He relaxes a bit, then kicks at the blankets to cover his bare feet. Steve smiles down at Bucky’s form, brushing all of his hair to one side and gently running his fingers through it’s length. Steve knows how much this calms Bucky, how much it reminds him of moments long gone. 
Steve watches as Bucky’s breathing slows and evens out. Bucky is sleeping peacefully once more. 
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pasdechevals · 11 years ago
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i really did love the rose vest set though
oh my gosh thank you!!! sorry i over think so much on what to reply alkdsjal i was just about to send you a message saying that your tags are always my favorite tbh and yeah wow no thank you im so upset with that photoset so thank you so much!!
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xvnqsb · 3 years ago
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this needs to be seen more. this needs more notes. these points!!! yes!!! god EVERYTHING written in this post is just exactly right.!!!
Hayley Atwell. Publicly Adored Psychopath.
Before I begin, I feel it’s imperative to mention that this was not created to cause harm. Do not send anyone hatred or harassment despite what you may read. You are not a monster. Do not stoop to that level. Verbal abuse is still abuse, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether someone ‘deserves’ it or not.
Please, do not do that. Do not become an abuser. If you feel the need to do something, I will provide solutions for that fact, but hatred and harm will not solve anything.
Keep that in mind. And please stay tuned and read this thoroughly because it’s more than just a social call out. It’s more than just 'cancel culture’ or someone making a big whoop over something nonsensical or even holding someone accountable for their actions. I promise there is a point to this, and it is probably far more important than the title even suggests.
Please, stick with it, and read to the end.
I also feel the need to mention that some of the behaviors discussed in this piece will undoubtedly be quite… disturbing. Proceed with caution if you find it necessary.
And. Let it be known that any claims made here are in fact alleged. Evidence and sources will be provided of course, that’s simply a friendly reminder for the… legality of it.
Forgive me if you enjoy this ending because if you have any sense of a decent moral compass, this will probably shatter that enjoyment of it, and forgive me if you do not because this will only make you hate it more.
So I found this blog:
Hydra Support Blog
Really, it’s a blog centered entirely around hating Sharon Carter, the very real person that was her actress, Emily VanCamp, encouraging hatred towards this same very real person and her fans for any scrounged up nonexistent reason they can find, without proof, as well as fans of the comics.
They also insult her acting, despite the fact that Emily actually has won awards for her performances while the idol they are so devoted to has not.
All for the sake of the very real bully who actively encouraged, manipulated, and even to some degree, promoted the behavior. Under the guise of promoting her own character.
Why did I call them a Hydra support blog?
Well, quite clearly, they support the Creepy Uncle Theory that Endgame made a point to reward them with, which certainly does require the support of Hydra among other things, but I won’t dive into that just yet. It’s also because they sound exactly like Zola. Don’t worry, we’ll come back to it. But they are also quite clearly overjoyed at the idea of someone losing a job for their personal enjoyment.
This is also terrible.
Allow me to remind that this harassment and hatred was not limited to these fans, or fans of Peggy or Steggy. It also existed, to some degree among Romanogers fans, Stucky fans, and Stony fans. You know who you are. And you are certainly not excused from this behavior if you in any way participated in spreading hatred or contempt for the Staron and Sharon fanbase, or actively harassing those fans.
You don’t have to like it, you can even rant against it all you like in your personal spaces. But being respectful and understanding should be the common fucking courteousy here. People are allowed to like different things from you. And they are not obligated to agree with you.
Your personal enjoyment is not worth more than someone’s job or life. And it never should be.
However, the only actress who encouraged this particular behavior in full, among her fans… was Atwell.
Not Emily, not Chris, not Scarlett, not Sebastian, and not Robert Downey Jr. Some may have made tasteless jokes or even gone along with the situation, encouraging 'teams’ among fans for publicity. I wouldn’t label complete blamelessness in this case, but it is important to recognize ignorance over malicious behavior, which is the difference here. Because it was nothing to the extent of the tantrum that Atwell threw the moment the spotlight was no longer on her.
So let’s talk about Hayley Atwell, and her involvement in all of this, the alleged actions and their implications. Let’s take a deep dive into the psychology of it all, and why what she did was actually very wrong. I’ll touch on the lack of etiquette and class as well as blatant unprofessionalism needed to consciously do what she did.
Because her behavior is disturbing, it is disgusting, and it has gone unnoticed for far too long. Her portrayal of Peggy makes the relationship canonically abusive. And no one noticed.
People are still defending her, and respecting her, despite what she’s done. She is welcome to have a life and live it how she pleases, but not at the expense of other people. We cannot simply reward this type of behavior when it is unquestionably wrong. We cannot leave her with the power to do worse.
A good starting point in understanding what she’s done would be here:
Receipts
Who one lovely sweetheart of a blogger decided to compile and I am ever so grateful for, as I’m a lazy shit~. My only regret is that this wasn’t seen and still hasn’t been seen by enough people, especially by those that rewarded or are even promoting the behavior still. This blogger is a very good person and that is abundantly clear, send her some love and reblog that post if you can. It’s necessary more people see it. Thank you, love, you are truly a blessing. So I’m a little bias, I tend to be for good people.
Allow me to expand on it though, as I do have to mention, I have just a few minor additions and concerns. However, sources are provided perfectly, along with plenty of evidence to stand on it’s own for what Atwell did. That this was active, deliberate, and intentional to hurt someone’s career that wasn’t herself. Allegedly.
But, let’s also debunk some of Atwell’s claims and mention a few other things, starting with all her claims about the relationship between Sharon and Steve. Between being 'disrespectful’ and 'incestuous’.
Claims easily found in these articles:
https://ew.com/article/2016/06/06/captain-america-civil-war-hayley-atwell-steve-sharon/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/peggy-carter-does-not-approve-899860
https://www.hypable.com/captain-america-civil-war-hayley-atwell-steve-and-sharon-were-disrespectful/
https://www.thewrap.com/hayley-atwell-agent-carter-captain-america-civil-war-kiss-sharon-carter-marvel-incestuous-disrespectful/
https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hayley-Atwell-Issue-With-Captain-America-Agent-13-Kiss-Civil-War-135197.html
https://www.bustle.com/articles/165038-hayley-atwell-reveals-peggys-feelings-about-steve-sharon-which-are-just-what-youd-expect
https://www.bustle.com/articles/165194-why-captain-america-sharon-carters-relationship-does-a-disservice-to-both-fans-steve-rogers
https://www.themarysue.com/peggy-carter-does-not-approve/
Oh, and look at that last one, including a gif of the psychotic rage it takes to shoot at someone who doesn’t belong to you, because you’re jealous… And of course, we love a good afterthought in which a real person is less important than a fictional story.
https://screenrant.com/captain-america-mcu-ending-problem-sharon-carter-endgame/
Did I need to include all of those sources? Of course not. Are they mostly along the same lines? Absolutely. But does it make a point of how positively this was covered as the media ran with her words to give her as much press and coverage as she wanted and promote her and only her ideas?
Absolutely…
To put it all very bluntly, I disagree with her. Why?
Well, for starters, we know that 'Peggy’ had initially moved on from Steve. She’d married, had a family, supposedly loved this family and even had grandchildren. The character had always, comics alike but even in the MCU, been meant to signify and aid in Steve moving on, just as she did, from the past. It was a minor role, but still vital, and quite endearing when done this way.
But according to this, these articles and Atwell herself.
Peggy never loved the husband she’d initially married, or the family she’d made.
They were only placeholders for Steve.
According to her, Steve wasn’t allowed to move on from her. Wasn’t permitted to find happiness, beyond her, even though her character had blatantly stated she wanted him to in 'CA:TWS’. As proven even by Atwell’s feelings towards Romanogers. Seemingly any woman that wasn’t Peggy was an absolute 'no’ for her. Because he belonged to 'Peggy’. I didn’t know… slavery was a thing for her, but as far as I know, people cannot and should not be ownable.
Under no circumstances, even with married couples, should the people involved be considered property. They are individuals and human beings. Point blank. Period.
But let’s make an exception in her case and say that this is true. Well, apparently this controlled permission and ownership extends to Sharon as well?
Now I’ll ask, why is Peggy’s opinion, a woman Steve had previously only shared one kiss with, had never even managed to share that one date with, relevant at all?
A woman who, need I remind you is well into her 90s by the time we see her again, is Steve still supposedly all she thinks about? All she thought about all those years? Why was a picture of… him on her desk in the 70s, as portrayed in Endgame, when she should have been married, with children, well into her 50s mind you but somehow still young, and apparently, none of her family is as important as Steve?
How is that healthy?
She was tantamount to an ex-lover at that point. Even if they had slept together, as Atwell claimed, and Evans and the writers disproved. Are people supposed to consult ex-lovers before they start dating someone else? Especially ones that get married and live their lives? Is there some unspoken rule I don’t know about? Or in another sense, I wasn’t aware she was also his mother and could decide for him, a grown man with a right to his own decisions and autonomy, who had initiated the romance with Sharon, what he could and could not do.
Ideally, Peggy would have cared more about Sharon, a niece she had supported in her endeavors and helped raise, rather than a man she admired symbolically and had shared one kiss with, and never managed to date. Just because she didn’t get dick from him. Ideally, she would have cared more about the family she’d allegedly made after moving on from this man’s death. A family, Sharon would have been a part of.
Her concerns shouldn’t have been cockblocking Steve and saying he couldn’t have Sharon and vice versa, they should have been whether or not he’s treating Sharon right. And far more protective over Sharon, than possessive over Steve.
In fact, a good great aunt who’d truly loved both of them, faced with this situation, I would have even imagined trying to set them up, and being that scandalous older woman~, who’s lived her life, had fun, loved her family, and wants to see him happy with someone else.
Because that’s what true love is.
Wanting to see the person you love, happy, even if it’s without you, even if it can’t be you that gives them that happiness, especially if you’ve had to move on in your own life and can’t be with them.
I fail to see how Steve moving on after she has too, qualifies as 'disrespectful’. Even if you find it tasteless that he kissed Sharon after her death. Could he have asked for her permission and blessing for the relationship? Of course! Maybe he should have, I think this would have even made it better. The difference being, a Peggy who truly cared about him would have given her blessing, not withheld it.
But what about the 'incestuous’ aspect?
Well, that’s also a no. At least… not technically, and certainly not before Peggy was forced back into the relationship, before Steve willingly and knowing became Sharon’s uncle. And Peggy’s placeholders were set aside like chopped liver. Steve was certainly in a peculiar situation that maybe doesn’t look the best from the exterior, and in the original version of the comics, Sharon was merely Peggy’s younger sister. However, the comparison of his situation is easily explained and understood in much better lighting with some simple imagination.
Take for example, and let’s even make Sharon a more direct descendant just to drive the point home, if Steve were an ancient vampire.
Let’s say… this vampire Steve has a brief romantic fling with a young and beautiful Peggy. They do not sleep together. But share some feelings, some sweet passings, and a single kiss. However, Steve goes dormant, for years and years and years on end. However vampires do. Peggy is understandably sad for the moment, perhaps upset. But she moves on. She understands, she falls in love with someone new, she has children, and her children have children, and so on and so forth. She lives a normal human life.
Steve wakes up.
And he meets Sharon. A however many greats granddaughter of the woman he was once infatuated with. But he may not necessarily know this. They look nothing alike. But maybe there’s something special in the bloodline that draws them together, that draws him to her.
Oh, and by the way, this is starting to sound familiar. Ever heard of the 'Vampire Diaries’? Except Elena and Katherine do in fact look exactly alike.
Yet no one bats an eye at this or calls it incestuous.
The point being, he falls in love. And she does too. And maybe this time, he decides he wants someone to be with, to hold, wholly and completely. And he turns Sharon into his immortal lover. (There’s a fic idea for anyone that wants it~!)
Perhaps this was even something that under circumstance, he couldn’t offer to Peggy, or she had even rejected.
This is not incest, in any way, shape, or form. This is a man, faced with a circumstance, in which he moves on. And is happy to do so. There is nothing wrong with that.
Could it be a little strange that he happens to fall for someone in Peggy’s bloodline? Sure. But it’s still not incest.
Unless~, he falls in love with Sharon… before deciding on takebacksies and finding a way to go back in time just to be with her however many greats grandmother. Possibly even ensuring that his own blood is part of Sharon’s, or erasing her from existence along with any of the other family that Peggy had allegedly loved.
The first one is perfectly understandable. The second one is disgusting.
Peggy makes it incestuous.
But I suppose, according to Atwell, Peggy was also incapable of love.
Not just loving other people besides Steve, but love in general. Because this is called obsession, and it’s sick. It’s disturbing. Can’t tell the difference? Here, that should help. This one too, very informative and does a good job of simplifying this concept for the average person. And what a coincidence. Oh, and look, another. And another.
Seriously, this is what Marvel, and Disney, a modern day company that should be responsible with it’s messages and stories, glorified and normalized for the public.
If you’re going to write a horror story, at least say it’s a fucking horror story. Or take the goddamn criticism when someone tells you it is objectively bad.
So, not only did this woman completely fabricate and romanticize a crush, an unhealthy one, and blow it up to be a real relationship along with convincing everyone of the lie, she put others down to do so in order to get what she wanted, regardless of the price that others had to pay for it. Lovely. I think her claims completely undermine and disregard the legacy Peggy had left behind, and the love she would have otherwise had for her family. I think it’s a gross mischaracterization of her that misses the mark on who 'Peggy Carter’ was and what she represents.
Did you know that in the comics she has a relationship with Gabe Jones? One of Steve’s own Howlies no less, and a wonderful representation of an interracial love fighting for what’s right, together, especially for the time period?
Where’s that love story, that doesn’t require Steve to be a creepy uncle for her sake and is more than just an obsessive crush and single kiss?
Why does Sharon not matter to her? Why did her husband not matter? Why did her kids not matter?
And if you’re under the assumption that Steve was this person the entire time, why did Hydra not matter growing within S.H.I.E.L.D.? Why did Steve’s own principles and who he was not matter to her anymore, as long as she was getting dick? Why did Bucky not matter, being tortured by Hydra for the 70 years she got to get off?
Nevermind, I guess she treated him like shit anyway, even if ideally, the flirtatious little shit Bucky was would have been the best man at Steve’s wedding to her, an uncle to her kids, and the best friend that Steve had in his life with her.
Why did Sharon still not matter to her? Nor her other family which she apparently lied to? Why did young Steve not matter enough to tell the truth to? And lie about Alzheimer’s no less. Why did she seem to find it fitting to lie to everyone?
Let’s continue.
If that’s not enough, let’s talk about the cry that Steve somehow 'wasn’t good enough’ for or 'didn’t deserve’ Peggy when the kiss of Civil War happened.
Okay…
How?
Because if your reasoning for the logic of putting someone down, telling them they are lesser, and 'not good enough’ or undeserving of you, is because they choose to 'move on’ and not be with you, or choose someone else over you?
You are a terrible person. And I would not want to be the object of your affection.
That is deliberate psychological abuse. And if you tell anyone that sort of thing, just because they don’t or can’t return your feelings, you are a fucked up person. Fuck you. That is disgusting.
Do not ever tell someone this just because they can’t or choose not to love you. Apologize if you ever have, especially to someone you do love. Love is not always an active choice. And this is guilt tripping, manipulating, gaslighting someone into a situation where you put them down for your personal benefit, and that is nasty, unacceptable behavior that no one should tolerate.
Call out someone’s own terrible behavior if they are doing something wrong, do not jump to the conclusion that this means the person is worthless. There is a difference. Harmful behaviors can be changed. People can change and get better. We should strive to be better.
However, the aforementioned? That is what psychopaths do to ensure their control over a relationship, run if someone is doing this to you. Find a way to get out of there if you can, because that is fucked up, and no, you deserve better than that. Do not let them belittle you.
And yet, this was… completely glorified by the media, even rewarding someone who committed to this type of behavior. Especially after the fact.
How many articles are there out there that critique Endgame versus those that promote this ending and actively defend it? Giving Disney good press?
But luckily, Atwell only did it with the characters, right? It’s only fictional, right?
Yeah, that’s why we didn’t see Emily in Infinity Wars or Endgame… That’s why, even though she’d been hired for a job she had earned, they kept kicking her down the road like a bent, empty can. Worthless and usable, and not a real person at all. Why did they hire her if this had 'always been the plan’ as they claimed? To disgust everyone? To make the ending as fucking shitty as it is and have people praise them for it? To publicly embarrass and humiliate her, just because?
The lack of class and just… human decency necessary to commit this kind of behavior is easily seen with a hypothetical comparison, simply with another well beloved actress I will admit might not be a fully fair comparison. But that’s because this actress is amazing and not many people compare to her.
But let’s take a pause and also consider the actions of Atwell’s coworkers, since none of them did quite what she did. None of them… did quite what she did.
You know who else would never do this, even if she’d been playing Peggy Carter and got her show cancelled? Who realistically, wouldn’t have gotten her show cancelled because she actually is amazing and would be worth watching, hands down, no complaints.
Sandra Bullock.
And I’d hate to name drop like that or put her on the spot, but just consider it for a moment. Sandy B. as Peggy Carter. Already, beautiful, elegant, amazing, maybe a bit funnier, compassionate, kind, and playing the part of the loving aunt for Sharon perfectly. Even more comic accurate probably! Sandra Bullock would never take time out of her day for any reason, to put down one of her costar’s characters and talk trash about this character and the relationship she’s in with another character… Ever. Period.
She has class, grace. And she’s a truly, genuinely good human being. In fact, I would wager to say, she’d make jokes about it to promote the relationship. As the crazy aunt who’s constantly trying to set Steve up with someone new, probably her niece, and embarrassing the shit out of him. And that image is just fucking adorable.
Can you picture it? It’s pretty amazing, right?
Now can you really defend Atwell’s actions knowing they could have been avoided and a real person, real people, not hurt with them?
I guarantee this ending would have never happened had someone at least like Sandra Bullock been cast as Peggy Carter. Even if she did happen to 'ship’ Peggy and Steve more than she did Sharon and Steve. Even if she did 'joke’ about it. Especially when there’s a point the jokes go too far. And I’d wager to say, she’d even focus more on helping Emily VanCamp, than putting down her character and sicking her pack or rabid bullies on her to try and get her to kill herself.
What the actual fuck has to be wrong with someone to do something like that. Even without giving the direct order.
And sure, maybe fans do ride the crazy train a bit to much. But the least we could expect from Bullock would be a public statement regarding the behavior, and letting fans know that she doesn’t condone it and would want them to stop.
I challenge you to find anything along those lines that Atwell could have done. I tried.
And there was nothing.
Let’s continue with the character analysis and talk a bit about the implications of this ending.
So far, we know Peggy hated Sharon, her own niece, that she 'owns’ Steve and has all rights to his autonomy and decisions, doesn’t care about her husband or family if Steve isn’t somehow part of it, and would label Steve 'unworthy’ of her if he somehow decided he loved someone else. Not just Sharon, but anyone.
Let’s also not forget this is a woman who shot at him for having kissed someone else in front of her. When they weren’t together. Would you want and choose to date someone who shot at you for doing that?
I mean, I suppose I don’t personally know you, maybe you’re into some kinky shit. But that doesn’t really seem to healthy to me.
Let’s talk about little Steve and Erskine, and the promise Steve made to him as well as himself. His character development over the movies and what this ending requires not just of him, but of Peggy too.
From the first movie, we know that even when Steve wasn’t capable of doing more, when his body didn’t permit him to, he always wanted to do more. Erskine in his dying moment asked him not to forget his heart. The man that would choose to do good above all else. To help those around him that maybe couldn’t help themselves. This is an invaluable lesson I think we could all learn from, within our capacities of course.
Bucky even tried to stop Steve from hurting himself, because he worried about him. And then followed him because he admired what the little guy… had always stood for. And against.
“I don’t want to hurt anyone. I don’t like bullies, I don’t care where they’re from.”
By the end of the film, Steve has lost someone incredibly dear to him that he grew up with, Bucky, and makes the decision to save thousands of lives that would otherwise be lost over his own personal enjoyment. Because it’s the right decision. And he tells Peggy it’s his choice. He doesn’t hesitate. He doesn’t expect to survive, but he keeps his promise to Erskine above all else, and stops Hydra, or so we think.
We later discover Hydra has survived all those years through Zola. Growing in S.H.I.E.L.D., under Peggy’s watchful eyes… holding Bucky for all that time.
With the addition of Endgame’s Creepy Uncle Theory, that little tidbit of the story, we’ve been given two interpretations. There’s also a lot of lines that lose all meaning, from Steve, Peggy, and Sharon.
“When I see a situation pointed south, I can’t ignore it.”
“Sometimes, all we can do is our best, and sometimes the best is the start over.”
“She kept so many secrets, I didn’t want her to have one from you.”
“I don’t know, the guy who wanted all of that went into the ice 70 years ago, I think someone else came out.”
But let’s go back to those interpretations, both of which require someone to suffer on Steve and Peggy’s behalf for a minimum of 70 years. Apart from becoming a creepy uncle who apparently had been only using Sharon as a replacement for her. And of course abandoning everyone who loved him just to get laid. This may not be easily seen or understood at first glance. But it is easily explained and should be painfully obvious.
If Steve is present in the main universe that entire time, choosing to do nothing, he has:
Abandoned Sharon.
Abandoned his family, the Avengers.
Abandoned Bucky.
Abandoned the principles he lived by and thrown away promises to all those he held dear. Including his promise to Erskine, who gave him that power to do more to begin with.
Left Hydra undisturbed and even prospering under his beloved wife’s organization, allowing people to die and suffer, including Bucky who we know is tortured and in and out of ice for those years.
Be perfectly happy with the sexism, racism, and just general bigotry of the time period. Something that at least comics Steve Rogers has been proven to hate so much, he actively made himself go forward in time permanently, after only saving Bucky, because he couldn’t stand it. No amount of Peggy to fix the situation for him. She’s also never mattered as much as any other love interest to him. Not even Blind Al, that one’s obscure~.
Be perfectly happy to do nothing while a situation is pointed south, even though he has previously stated incapable of doing so? While he knows what will happen or that people are suffering and dying for him and Peggy, what he will do to Sharon, and just completely and utterly not giving a shit.
Huh… Well, none of that sounds 'good’. I guess it also means he completely regrets his decision to save all those lives and sacrifice himself. A decision… I assumed he was the type of person to be able to make more than once if necessary. Because it was who he was. And supposedly, what Peggy even respected him for. I assumed Peggy would have also respected this decision, not backtracked to make him actively do the opposite of this very thing for 70 years. Possibly even… if we’re to believe Hydra is allowed to run rampant all those years, potentially thousands of lives to be killed on his behalf instead.
Huh, I guess it was a pointless decision.
“We don’t trade lives.”
Right?
And we’re supposed to believe Mjolnir, a tool essentially measuring 'selflessness’ and humility, purity of heart, 'worthiness’, would be perfectly fine with labeling this behavior as 'good’ as well.
That just seems like a pipe dream for every sod who can’t get laid and has a backwards moral compass, but let’s not dive into that.
Despite the fact that he’s also abandoning all sense of self and is nothing more than a mindless puppet at this point. Through 'Steve Rogers’ choosing this ending… he is actively doing wrong, and knows it. He is actively allowing Hydra to prosper, and… essentially…
Proving Zola right.
“We won, Captain. Your life amounts to your death, a zero sum!”
Familiar now, isn’t it? But I guess every message we learned about Steve, in light of everything, in light of Peggy, is meaningless so long as he’s… getting laid. Or ’happy’.
That doesn’t sound fucked up at all, being perfectly okay with people suffering on your behalf. But I suppose it’s no surprise that the people who love Atwell so much and are perfectly okay with her behavior feel the same way…
And here’s the thing, I don’t think 'Steve Rogers’… the real one in context of his story anyway, would be happy in a setting he needs to let others suffer on his behalf, and ignore their suffering, in order for him to be happy. Looking at his character just over the previous movies, I’d say this would in actuality be literal torment for him.
Spidey gave a perfect rendition that completely embodied everything Steve Rogers stands for and had stood for in those movies.
“When you can do the things that I can, but you don’t, and then the bad things happen… They happen because of you…”
What a coincidence. And another important message.
If you actually think a man like Steve, a first responder by nature, who always seeks out the goodness in others and wants to help people, would suddenly sit on his ass and allow people to suffer for him? When he couldn’t even do this while too small to make any real impact?
You are delusional. And it is disturbing that you would somehow label that as 'good’, as 'cute’, as 'healthy’, as 'right’, as 'true love’. As ’happy’ for him.
This is a man, forced into retirement, under the 'guise’ of a 'choice’, when in reality, it is atrociously horrible writing that disregards anything about who he was and what he stood for. That had he been real, this would have been a disservice to him and is certainly one to every important message the character has, and the history behind him. He would have been stuck in this world. Trapped, and held back from doing anything. By someone who supposedly 'loves’ him?
Love doesn’t hold people back or hold on possessively like a fucking parasite, it sets people free.
Why would she do that to him? Why would she sit back and assume all of those things are 'okay’? How? Why would anyone want her to??? I thought Peggy was supposed to be a good character inspired by upholding his message. Did she break the vial? Did she keep him in her basement? Did she tell him to sit on his ass and 'look pretty’ while she did all the work? A fucking horrible job I might add, if she just lets Hydra run rampant and kill Howard for her sake. How is someone like that admired as a 'good’ person?
Nothing about this is 'good’.
This ending is not 'beautiful’. It is a horror story masquerading as something 'pretty’. It is an abuse story being normalized to a vast and unknowing public. At best, a horribly irresponsible message to send the public… and at worst… a reflection of what’s wrong with society as a whole. Possibly with ulterior and deliberate intentions.
In order for this ending to happen, Steve Rogers must cut ties with his family and abandon all he loved, loves, lives for, all sense of self… all for Peggy, and solely Peggy’s, satisfaction. Seems oddly… familiar to a certain situation his best friend, who seemingly means nothing to him, happened to be in… for 70 years.
Let’s reverse the roles. If Steve had been a female to do this for a man’s sake? The first thing people would notice is how unhealthy the relationship is. How obsessive it is. How harmful it is. And how disgusting the normalization of it is. In a media that has a far reach and should be so much more fucking responsible with the messages they send their viewers.
Knowing that there are so many sacrifices, ones that shouldn’t be made, and that every sacrifice comes from Steve’s end, would you willingly call this relationship healthy? Beautiful? 'True love’?
When in reality, they’d only shared one kiss, and never dated?
Yeah. Seems legit.
On the flip side, you have that other interpretation, right? The one where he’s in an alternate universe and lets his Peggy live her life with another man, but steals this Peggy both from her future husband and himself.
You’d think it gets better, right? I mean he can fix this universe in full, he might fuck something up and we might consider it a bit irresponsible to play with timelines like that, but he can always just go back if it goes too bad. He’s earned it, his shot at this life, still disregarding Sharon and now… a version of himself. A Steve still trapped in the ice. Still suffering on his behalf. While he lives out his life with supposedly this Steve’s girl, this Steve’s Bucky, and this Steve’s entire potential life.
Oh, and apparently this Peggy really doesn’t care about the Steve trapped in the ice, since she’s also fine with a replacement that’s totally different from the one she knew~! That’s not weird or fucked up at all.
Leaving him to wake up, alone, in the future having known the life he wanted was knowingly taken by someone else. Someone selfish enough to leave him in the ice. Bucky’s alive and safe from Hydra, yay! Apparently… no version from this alternate universe is worth giving the shield to though. So I guess Steve ultimately didn’t love these replacements as much. And of course, this is assuming Steve doesn’t also just leave this universe as is for everything else terrible to happen.
This is assuming he gives a shit at all. Because if he had?
Tell me why… defrosting the alternate Steve to live out a life with his own Peggy, to at least make sure one of them got that 'happy ending’, could still do good, without abandoning anyone, could kick ass, could fix everything in this alternate timeline, maybe even with a few tips from this time traveling Steve, somehow wasn’t acceptable compared to 'Steve Rogers’ actively and willingly doing, and allowing terrible things to happen, and abandoning everyone else who loved him.
Once again, cut off from his family and replacing them all with clones.
This is supposed to be better?
Did he ever really love Peggy, or just the way she looked since any identical twin happened to work just fine?
Tell me why, if Chris Evans just wanted to stop playing the role, Steve going back for just the dance and asking for Peggy’s blessing to marry Sharon, presumably after they’d actually made an effort to develop the relationship, presumably after Peggy has made her peace with loving someone else, and then coming back to not abandon his family or any of his principles or promises he made, or just who he is in general, and proposing to Sharon with Peggy’s blessing and understanding, wouldn’t have been better and more respectful in all ways?
With the characters, with their history, with their messages. Tell me how it wouldn’t have been better to simply have him out of the spotlight and training recruits, but still actively being who he was and doing good somehow couldn’t have been acceptable?
There, I can write a better ending than those quack professionals Marvel hired. Simple, easy, done. Where’s my fucking job~?
Instead of demolishing every part of who he was, using an anti-bullying character… to reward bullying no less?
Even if Evans wanted to retire or would have made a decision like this, doesn’t mean Cap would have ever even remotely done something similar. At least not a good version of him. Upholding the symbolic moral message the character presents would have been easy, but they were too stupid to even try.
Tell me how this ending doesn’t disrespect a previous almost 60 years of an established comic relationship, a relationship need I remind in which Sharon was pregnant with Steve’s child, one sadly lost, and later shared an adopted son with him. A relationship, that should they disrespect and retcon for Peggy’s sake, will only serve to make Steve Rogers seem like a terrible person with no sense of loyalty to a woman he supposedly loved and has spent a good chunk of his life with. As opposed to sharing one kiss or brief romance with. For all intents and purposes, Sharon being his common law wife.
Ironically, the very thing Atwell claimed this relationship did in the MCU, despite the fact that her character only shared a single kiss with Steve, canonically. And she lied and actively manipulated fans into believing it was so much more. When… watch the movies, it wasn’t.
Tell me how this ending doesn’t disrespect the characters, including Peggy, and the messages they have conveyed, the convictions they’ve held over the years of their history, and the symbolism which I would argue is much more important, that they represent. Tell me how it doesn’t somehow disrespect and belittle Bucky, Erskine, the idea that Howard was Steve’s friend, or that any of the people Steve loved actually mattered to him, beyond Peggy.
Beyond getting laid. Because deny it all you want, that is what this ending boils down to. That is the only reason it exists.
Or, actually, I’d wager it also exists to actively squash the importance of the messages the characters convey.
Here’s an idea. Johann Schmidt and comics Hydra Cap both have more conviction and loyalty to their cause than EG Cap. And Schmidt post IW/EG arguably causes less harm than EG Cap actively allows to happen right beside himself, because Schmidt is incapable of doing much as the stone’s guardian.
And at least Hydra Cap made sense within the context of his storyline.
Prove me wrong.
That’s the sort of Cap you have to support to like this ending. Hydra complacent, bigotry complacent, and completely castrated, or at the very least, willing to replace everyone he loves with clones while he takes an alternate Steve’s life. Frankly, that’s not a Cap I think anyone should support. And I don’t think any fans, especially Peggy or Steggy fans should be somehow proud of the fact that this is the sort of 'Steve’ that Peggy gets.
I mean… I suppose it is in fact the kind of Steve that sort of Peggy, equally complacent and horrible, would deserve? But that doesn’t really stop it from being gross, does it?
Is that really what you’d want as a fan?
I’ve mentioned that Atwell’s alleged behavior is inappropriate, excessive, disturbing. And I’ll also mention, this kind of obsession for fictional characters is unhealthy. So why did she do this? Why the behavior at all, why did she go out of her way to essentially hurt Emily, discreetly of course, without people noticing? Why all the manipulation?
Well… it gets worse. And this is certainly where that allegedly becomes very important.
Take a moment to think for a minute about who benefited from this ending and how.
Atwell, most certainly, at Emily’s expense of course. At the expense of fans. And an actual well written product we wouldn’t get immediate buyer’s remorse from. And of course maybe one that doesn’t insult our intelligence?
You could assume she simply wanted money. Though somehow… that doesn’t really fit. Maybe spotlight? That makes a little more sense, though just as bad. It’s seedy, it’s spiteful, it’s uncomfortably close to a bad Harlequin manga villain. If you’ve ever read one of those.
They’re based off old trashy romance novels if that gives any reference.
Except… what if you replaced every instance of 'Steve, Sharon, and Peggy’, with instances of herself and Chris? With the names, 'Chris, Emily, and Hayley’.
Except Emily is happily married now, and can easily identify the difference between a romantic interest in her work, and in real life. Can easily discern a job from her private life. Because that’s what a good, stable, actress or actor can easily do.
Suddenly, the situation takes on a very different meaning.
How creepy would that have been for her to do? Along with easily dismissed by the public.
Keep in mind, this is a woman who publicly admitted to, and even in plain view, groping this man, multiple times, without his explicit consent because she 'couldn’t help herself’. Okay. Big deal, right? So she touched his 'man boobs’ a couple times. He laughed it off, it was all good fun. Why would he complain, it’s different, men shouldn’t be complaining about being touched without their permission by beautiful women. Despite the fact that they’re not, nor have they ever been, in a romantic relationship together.
It’s perfectly appropriate for a woman to grope a man as she pleases, whether he is in a relationship with her or even other people, or not. He can’t feel uncomfortable because of this, only woman can. Why would he ever be uncomfortable about it, and if he was, he would have said so. He loves her, they’re friends!
Let me know if the hypocrisy needed for that logic is falling through the cracks here, because that seems like a dangerous double standard to set.
You shouldn’t be allegedly or otherwise, touching or really molesting, in her own words ’groping’, anyone publicly and suddenly, especially without their consent. But let’s assume he was okay with every single time it had happened. Okay. Sure. Fine. It’s his body to decide with who can touch him like that, who can invade his personal space and how, right? And besides, he loves the attention and being objectified by women.
That’s clearly why he’ll make an effort to actually call out and put people on the spot who pretend to talk to him through a faked photoshopped encounter, right? Clearly why he absolutely hates that.
Now let’s assume he wasn’t.
Why would he ever admit to that if the response we can expect is that 'he’s a man, so he should be okay with it’? As if men somehow don’t have a right to their own bodies or can’t be sexually harassed and molested, abused, raped, you name it. Objectified maybe? Why would we be suspicious of the behavior or tell someone that it’s wrong, without the full story even though it’s happening in our plain view?
Playfulness and comfort between friends is one thing, boundaries between them is another, and friends can still cross boundaries they shouldn’t. Sometimes they do. Consider the fact of a known straight man and a woman who is attracted to him, and suddenly the implications change. The man, so far, has not shown even remotely the same attraction.
But why would we suspect her behavior would entail anything other than support for her own character that she played, and the ship she was a part of, which had been respectfully written out of the story and made to move on? It’s not like she was actively dragging down a woman, a real person, another actress that essentially got in her way, and the part she wanted to play. Kissing Chris Evans.
It’s not like she claimed she’d be the best choice for Sharon’s actress in blonde wig before Emily was cast. Oh wait…
Was that in that little blog sourcing everything she did and claimed? I can’t remember.
And this is all speculation of course. But I think it’s very important speculation. And especially, is a reason to be suspicious of everything she did. But I of course can’t read her mind, only look at what she did do and what there’s proof of. Allegedly.
Seems like an extreme extant to go to to to get an extra kiss from an actor, right? An actor who, mind you, dated other people, not her, and seemed to ultimately choose his dog over anyone. And of course, since we’re speculating.
Under the pretense that 'Peggy’ gets 'Steve’, 'she’ got the 'man’ that everyone else wanted, right? She lived that fantasy, married him, and had kids with him, and everyone else is just jealous of her. The characters are meant for each other, she can take no blame in what’s done with the characters.
Except when encouraging hatred among her fans and negative press for the company and story so long as it doesn’t revolve around her.
In this light, looking at the facts, her alleged behavior is extremely creepy.
When you consider the fact that Evans suddenly, and I mean suddenly wanted to quit playing the character, seemingly out of nowhere when just a year before still wanting to do so, and at the same time, he admitted to loving the idea of continuing to play Cap, and even the prospect of doing a movie with Deadpool and Wolverine. Something that would have been brilliant by the way, and I lament that it apparently won’t happen every day.
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Yes, there is a very special relationship there, read a fucking comic~.
Let’s consider the fact that Evans said this about his ’final scene of Endgame’. To sow just a little bit of discord. Of course, there’s no guarantee that this scene had anything to do with that one he shared with 'Peggy’. Speculation.
Let’s assume it did. Let’s go beyond and say, Hayley was the entire reason Evans wanted to quit. The entire reason he wouldn’t fight this, and was done playing the character. Let’s assume this was the last straw for him, and that he quit just to get away from her.
Allegedly.
Let’s assume for just a moment, he was no longer comfortable or happy around this woman. And she was breaking him down. Let’s assume he was just tired of all the bullshit, had maybe even seen it for what it really was, was even creeped out. And decided, sure. 'I’ll keep my mouth shut… as long as I don’t have to deal with her’.
We can also assume he’s being… strongarmed into silence somehow, either by the company or by her. Maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but that man hasn’t looked the slightest bit happy as of late, and it’s noticeable in his interviews. Maybe there’s a reason for that. But maybe this idea is pushing it a tad too far, let’s take a step back for a moment and remember the simple fact that this is speculation.
Based on alleged actions and circumstantial evidence.
I could absolutely be wrong and I am willing to admit that.
If Chris Evans wanted to call me out on this, correct me about Atwell and her behavior specifically towards him in this regard, I would welcome it. Even if he managed to prove me wrong about the bullying, provide an article or interview of some kind that does in fact prove her innocence, I would be more than happy to take a look at it and retract everything I’ve mentioned here regarding her, and her behavior. Even delete this post, and publicly apologize to her.
I want to be wrong about this, because it is fucked up, it is creepy, it is something he should not have had to, or have to ever deal with. It is not something Emily should have ever had to deal with, let alone the fans.
Nor is it something that we should simply tolerate and accept from Hayley Atwell. From or towards anyone.
Chris Evans is a human being. Emily VanCamp is a human being. Both of them deserved the utmost respect from Atwell, along with everyone else, neither of them received this from her. Allegedly.
The messages conveyed by that rottenly horrific ending can’t even begin to compare to how important this simple fact is.
Real people were hurt. Bullies were rewarded. This should not have happened. We cannot simply allow it to happen now, or in the future. We cannot simply allow more harm to be done, with the continued bullying from that Hydra Support Group I mentioned, and their continued attempts to get Emily fired and Sharon removed from the comics.
That they quite clearly don’t give a shit to buy or even read.
Why is this important now, of all times, during a pandemic that is keeping us all indoors with nothing better to do?
Well for one, I’m indoors with nothing better to do than come across bullshit like this. There’s also something to be publicly said about female abusers and how important it is that we start to recognize when these situations might be happening. Whether from a man or a woman. And whether to a man, or another woman. If she didn’t hurt Chris, she certainly didn’t hesitate to hurt Emily.
I have friends… that were living their lives off of the messages Cap taught and inspired in people. Good friends, good people. And maybe it seems silly to linger on something like that, but I can say first hand it is heartbreaking to watch those people get that same inspiration, those same moral messages ripped away, and stolen from them.
And be left struggling with trying to hold on to those messages, but try as they may, not being able to. And then come a few epiphanies, a few discoveries.
This shit. The bullying. The behavior, the fact that we as fans were given a normalized abusive relationship, and told it was somehow good, somehow just, somehow right. That that’s the message we are being given in place of everything else…
I had a friend have a panic attack because of this ending, after she tried to rationalize that it was okay, that it was 'sweet’, and 'cute’, and understandable. Because it hit a little too fucking close to home for her, and now she just relives that, remembers it with almost any part of what her favorite thing in the world was. And that is horrifying to know…
“I helped support this. I gave them money. I dedicated years of my life to following this.”
And it goes so much more beyond regretting that decision. It goes so much more beyond being able to simply move on and somehow keep those symbols, or at least the core messages beyond them and disassociate them from the characters when you can’t escape reminders of it. When you can see so incredibly clearly what it really means, what really happened, and everyone else around you just accepts that something so fundamentally wrong is something right.
Here’s a question, can you sue a company that’s so profoundly built an empire, so embedded itself into your day to day life that you can’t escape a personal trauma being reminded of it in something you paid for and actively support for years from this company? Does that count as some form of being publicly irresponsible and projecting harmful ideologies?
Is that something someone can do, or is it just something a 'Karen’ would do? Would the sheer evil it takes to become that type of person, to dawn that haircut and demand to speak to a manager be worth it in the end?
“What did it cost?”
“Everything…”
Yeah, it really fucking did.
Oh hey, by the way. Hayley Atwell is definitely a Karen. Just thought I might point that out. Why else would she throw a massive tantrum to get someone bullied out of a franchise because she’s not getting her way or the spotlight on her? She’s just an evolved one.
Allegedly.
I am all for people policing their own content and being respectful of creators, and understanding that fiction is different from reality. Not every concept will be stomachable or enjoyable by absolutely everyone. Horror in itself is a perfect example of that, especially psychological horror.
I can also say without a doubt that I hate knowing that the people I care about are so heavily affected by something they had initially used to make themselves a better person, that should remain fictional and symbolic but just somehow forces itself to go beyond that.
I hate knowing a corporation could be so irresponsible that this is the message they get billions of dollars for, that this is what they give to the public, that this lack of care or even noticing what they’ve done and who they’ve rewarded, and the continued behavior…
The bullying, and despite every piece of criticism screaming at them just how fucked up this is.
But no, they can’t take two fucking seconds, to think 'maybe we made a bad move and shouldn’t stick by this considering what it’s done or is doing to fans’. 'Maybe we should be more responsible with the power and influence we happen to have’…
Except they knew.
“It might end the whole franchise.”
What kind of context am I supposed to imagine for those words. Especially in light of a franchise that had a multitude of plans to continue.
What the fuck does that mean?
And isn’t that the most piss soaked cherry on top of this shit cake?
Hayley’s words in the interview represent how little she cared about the character, about the franchise, about the fans, or the messages conveyed, as long as she got what she wanted.
And she did.
Publicly… adored… psychopath.
Allegedly.
Cap’s core message is something so incredibly vital, I believe, to this world. Especially in these times. Especially when it comes to making progress.
“Doesn’t matter what the press says. Doesn’t matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn’t matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world –"No, you move.“”
Especially in a world that will actively tell and show us that human lives aren’t worth a dime a fucking dozen to the people we let control our world. Especially when we should be telling these same people.
“No, fuck you, that’s wrong.”
And yeah, that fucking sucks. It fucking sucks to have family that is vulnerable to something potentially deadly, to be vulnerable to it, and have no control over that. It fucking sucks to know people you may trust will not even give a shit. And it is fucking hard to keep hope when everything around you just seems to be falling apart.
And you can’t do a damn thing.
But this message teaches us just that. To not lose hope. To not lose faith. To keep fighting for what we believe in, and make things better. Isn’t that the whole point of criticism? Challenging ideas, beliefs, so that we can discern right from wrong and have a better understanding of what that might be? So that we can improve? What a hell of time it would be to have this message with us. What a hell of a time for us to need this message, now more than anything… and not have it.
What a hell of a time for someone to willingly quit portraying and sending that message… Though I can’t say I’d blame him, he’s only human, it’s a heavy burden to bear, and if Atwell really did do all of this just to kiss him… Allegedly.
Well, I’d wanna get away from her too. Provided it was willing at all. I get mixed signals from that guy. And trust him about as far as I can throw him. I am a weak bitch, so that is not very far… But… professional liar, so.
He could also be the world’s biggest troll, cause I don’t believe for a second he didn’t know how fans would react to this. Which… biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch. But also, RESPECT.
And also, BITCH! Be serious for a goddamn second, this is fucking important!
But this message also teaches rebellion.
What a hell of a message to publicly squander in order to keep people complacent, for the sake of pretending someone gets a 'happy’ horrific ending, finally getting laid. Like neither of those things were something that couldn’t be found in the future while still preserving the legacy of the character.
Right?
Ironically, it was a message they had helped to represent with Sharon, and still there’s the issue of her and fans being publicly bullied and disrespected, once again, a real person, people, for Atwell’s sake.
If we only surround ourselves by those that tell us what we want to hear, rather than the truth, we can only stagnate our growth.
If we only care when we are finally forced to face the problems evident, can we really call ourselves virtuous?
If we do nothing knowing something is wrong, what does this say about us?
I’m just as guilty in not noticing these sorts of things as they happen until it’s too late, but I’d like to hope I’m getting better and paying more attention, and that we can still do better.
What’s the point of all this, and what can we do?
As I said before, I do not want to cause harm. I do not want people to go and harass anyone for alleged wrong doings or behavior of any sort. I do not want people to lose entire jobs or livelihoods over this. But it is clear something is wrong, and we certainly need to right it. I also don’t believe any of the parties involved are somehow beyond redemption. Even Hayley.
If Marvel had any sense, especially now, they would retcon this, however necessary, first off. They don’t even need Evans to do that, they can do something as simple as making a comic that undoes this nasty ending and saves Cap, and the other characters, from being made into an empty shell and castrated version of himself. Or at least make a solid plan to and very publicly apologize to Emily for the situation and discourage such behavior among their fandom. Hayley would do the same, not just to fans but especially to Emily, and maybe even Chris.
If you ever participated in this behavior and now understand that it was wrong, I would encourage you to go give Emily your love and support and apologize to her for this mess and what she had to deal with on behalf of fans. She deserved far better. She still deserves better.
If Hayley refused to acknowledge or even publicly address this? Or Marvel, Disney for that matter, well it would just go to show that they’d want it all swept under the rug instead of being held accountable for what happened. Something that’s certainly a disrespect to Walt Disney , as he was able to make amends and admit to his mistakes publicly, and it’s a stain on the legacy he left behind that the current Disney can hardly be bothered to.
And yes, believe it or not, there’s a way to not let them do this without aggressive harassment.
My first suggestion is meme the shit out of it. Be an absolute troll and make a joke of this giant fucking joke of a company that can’t even put two and two together for basic story elements. To an extant that will publicly embarrass them for sure, be relentless, but don’t send hate.
Just show everyone the clowns they are~.
I’ve been told this can also be a bit mean though. And clearly, we can’t simply let them forget it or forget it ourselves.
The second, ask questions. Simply ask for this to be addressed, try to get it noticed as best you can. Send them this across as many platforms as you can to as many people as you can. Or even just the smaller blogs I linked. Repost, reblog, and share this as much as you can and make it something they can’t ignore without sending them direct hate and harassment. Copy and paste or just send a link to this in a concerned email to the corporation. Make sure their offices are absolutely buzzing with the news. Ask, don’t demand, your favorite MCU actors to publicly speak out about this, please. Keep asking until you get some sort of response.
Without being rude.
Because it may take time, it may take effort, but it is important, and it certainly should be addressed. And never allowed to happen again.
As for Atwell and her bullies?
Well, first let me congratulate her.
She played herself. All those jokes about turning Peggy into a supervillain and that’s exactly what she did. With her own wants and desires, not Peggy’s.
But otherwise be kind, be courteous, and hold your grace and elegance. Treat her with the same respect you would want for yourself and do not stoop to her or their level. Do not insult her. Ask her, 'what’s wrong’? Ask her why she did this, if she’s okay. Ask her to stop, to speak out about it, to address the situation and to understand why she didn’t do it sooner. Ask her if she’s seeking help for whatever psychological issues she may have that would push her to do something like this, wish her well, and tell her you hope she finds the help she needs and learns that what she did was wrong. Let her know you’re disappointed if you’re a fan.
She definitely shouldn’t be allowed to keep relishing in the reward and aftermath of what she did, and she definitely owes Emily, and possibly Chris, an apology for all the bullshit she encouraged and did. Her behavior, allegedly, is fucking creepy.
But she’s still a human being, behaviors are correctable.
Simply address the fact that it was wrong and ask her if she understands that. Also maybe that… public molestation isn’t okay? Allegedly.
Do the same for her bullies, if they are rude to you, simply tell them:
'Oh… you support Hydra… you’re entitled to your opinion, but I’ll have to disagree.’
And leave it at that. Just take comfort in the fact that you can recognize an abusive relationship and don’t support it. You cannot force them to change their minds if they don’t want to, do not antagonize them or potentially bring harm to yourself by doing so. And yes, that is admittedly a bit mean, a bit trollish~, and the reality is they probably don’t support Hydra… But they also kinda have to to support this ending somehow.
The writers 'confirmed’ Hydra Trash Party as canon while the directors 'confirmed’ everyone in Steve’s life being replaceable.
And he still becomes a creepy uncle while someone needs to suffer on his behalf for 70 years.
Fantastic~! I’m accepting neither and I give you no money until it’s fixed! Because it’s gross~!
If this situation is addressed by everyone involved, and any allegations and speculations I’ve made are in fact proven true, but let’s say Atwell still publicly refuses to admit to anything she did or apologize to Emily. Even if Disney does. Well, she’ll be proving exactly what type of person we suspect her to be. And only then would I consider it acceptable for the company to completely erase her from the franchise in turn and blacklist her from what they produce. Some people might consider that too nice, I think it’s reasonable, you’re free to disagree.
Not necessarily her character though, Peggy has actually done nothing wrong on her own, she’s a fictional character best represented by good writers, and malleable according to that. And I would certainly even encourage much better character explorations and portrayals of her. But Hayley herself, who would then become pretty much a poster child for harassment and bullying, and defending psychopathic behaviors…
Allegedly.
If people try to silence you, ignore you, keep trying, keep spreading the message, keep going as much as you can, until we manage to get this addressed and the situation finally corrected.
Do not support the company, or actress that refuses to address this. Do not support people that do terrible things without holding them accountable. Do not allow them to simply get away with it, but do not lose your own humanity for their sake.
I know first hand how fucking hard it is not to lose your shit when shit like this happens. And nobody notices. But I guarantee, throwing a fit of rage will get nothing done, and they will try to use it against you.
If they manage to prove me wrong in any regards? Great! I will be fucking overjoyed! I hate the idea that evil is actively happening in the world and people do nothing about it, don’t you?
And a friendly reminder.
You are not in anyway required to purchase anything from Marvel, any of the actual bullshit content and harmful ideas they refuse to take any criticism or responsibility for. You are not obligated to them just because you are a fan, and you do not owe them anything. If they want our money, they can earn it, but you can definitely get your fixes of good creative content elsewhere, and even support other artists. If this is what they provide, you do not have to support them. You can make your own. For free. And enjoy what others make for free. For any and all people part of an intricate creative community, fan fiction does not just have to be trashy romance or gay ass ships. That is a huge chunk of it, I won’t even bother lying about that, I’m under no illusions otherwise.
But it can also be just simple storylines based off what canons you like, simple fan comics that maybe present a different sort of story arc you aren’t seeing developed and wonder where you might go with it. It can be action, scifi, fantasy, horror. It can be any sort of fusion that you would enjoy. It can even be insanely good or horrendously bad! It can even be original fiction! And yes, you’re more than allowed to publicly critique and parody the work these companies sell you, go write ahead~, and make a point of making something better. Because you can.
Or it can be shipping wars and nonsensical shit and trashy romance and smut. Again, no illusions that there’s not a whole lot of that shit.
Or crack. Lots of crack fic.
But the beauty of it is that it’s up to you. And you don’t owe anyone anything because everything you get to make is free. But keep in mind that goes both ways in this aspect. For you and others, and I’d wager to say there are a lot of writers out there that can definitely do these characters and their messages a much better justice than the disservice and disrespect Marvel has given them and the fans. Especially as of late.
Lastly, especially in these times… do not lose hope.
Do not lose faith in the message Steve Rogers stands for, or in the hopes things may get better. For all of us. And for the character? That he may just yet be saved from quite plainly, all the bullshit. That any of your favorite characters might be given better treatment down the line. And if not?
Save 'em yourself. Make it better yourself. And make it known, no matter what happens, no matter what they do, these messages can’t be squandered or destroyed. Hold them dear, and don’t accept anything less than them being upheld, no matter how it’s represented.
Particularly when you’re paying for it. Don’t harass small time writers that write self indulgent bullshit for free. Just police your content accordingly, please.
But the message?
That’s what’s important.
In conclusion?
'Logan’ was the better movie. Hayley turned Peggy into 'Monika’ of Doki Doki Literature Club. And Chris Evans chose his dog.
“I don’t like bullies… I don’t care where they’re from.”
;)
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LITERALLY I hate him so much tbh
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Saving Bucky barnes chapter 7
bucky gently leaned over and kiss the top of your head. he says i know you don't remember them but they had you trained just like me the 9 words that brought out the killer in you. that turns those beautiful eyes solid black. you lean your head on his shoulder the unspoken im sorry bucky understands. he says i won't say anymore i don't want you to remember them for your own good ... it's better left in the past, i wish i could leave the memories behind as well... you softly say well mabey you should hold on to it then... bucky takes the book back to his room. later Jarvis asks if you and the Sargent want to order out with everyone else for dinner. bucky says he is up for pizza. you agree and order lots of pizza and eat and watch movies till you fall asleep on the couch watching movies with him. he gently scoops you up carries you back to your room and tucks you in he makes sure your wings are stretched out behind you so u can sleep well. You wake up later and go to the kitchen. You pour a glass of soda and take your night time meds. Hawkeye walks in he says debrief in 5 cap wants intel you say meeting him in the conference room? Hawkeye says yes. He says what happened with the hydra agent you lost it on the guy. You say yes i lost it i lost control when i thought he was going to hurt bucky. you take out the info you recovered and hand it to clint and say i won't be in debrief there is nothing to tell I'm going hunting.
you teleport from the kitchen to a bar and begin your hunt you easily pick your prey . you watch as humans stumble out you quickly grab one and pull him into the shadows with him pinned against the wall you sink your teeth into his throat and lose your self in the taste of the warm coppery wiskey flavored liquid. you quickly pulled away and erased the mans memory . as more people filed out you disappeared and moved to another bar not paying attention you were unaware you were being followed you were trying to drown the memories that had came back earlier that day of the man out side of your cage the hydra agent that had golden brown eyes . you had killed all of them u knew that but still you wanted to force the memories back down. the moons was out you wanted nothing but to let your wolf out to play you might even look for another wolf to mate with . you knew bucky was safe at home , so you were able to let your self relax slightly . you came to another bar and hid in the shadows and grabbed the first drunk human that staggered out and drained him . you smelled it then over the whiskey an alpha was close , the wolf inside you awakened so much so that your senses enhanced to the point you were able to tell even drunk you were being followed .
you followed the scent of the alpha into the bar , you were distracted as you heard your name called . you looked up to find him sitting at the bar he looked straight into your eyes the man out side of your cage you made your way over to him and go to grab him . he says "draga its not wise to provoke me". you reply who are you why do i see you in my dreams .." In seconds your outside pushed up against the wall he was holding you by your throat . he turns his head to show the scar "you dont remember this?" you whisper "your supposed to be dead, you were dead when i left you" ... zemo growls and his voice is full of Authority as he says tell me do i look dead to you omega ? "n- no s-sir you finally get out" he let's go of your throat and steps back he says " i couldn't breathe i kept spitting up blood , every thing went black when i woke up i was the only one alive. " you spoke bitterly "congrats your really are a monster now and dont just act like one " he says "your unmarked you have no mate or alpha"
you go to turn your back to him " i dont need one either". zemo pushes you against the wall again "careful draga i can be cruel ". you snarl as your wolf rages inside of you to be let out . zemo's eyes turn from golden brown to black . and he says sternly calm down and let me talk . you struggle and wine let me go . you watch as his fangs appear , he says in that tone again hold still or i will bite .
he leaned forward and said i know you want to bite me i can see it in your eyes omega ... he said "you should have made sure i was dead because either you become my omega or i will become your and james's handler again. i can control you with out those words . he changed his tone putting the authority into it " isn't that right omega " you couldn't help your self you responded "yes" he tilted your head back and teased you as he dragged his teeth across your throat . you let out a small whimper. he whispered in your ear you never went into a heat due to the fact you never had an alpha around you to awaken that part of you . you turned your eyes solid black and said get off of me before i make sure your dead this time . your never going to get bucky i don't need u as my alpha i don't want to ever see you again the only reason i found you tonight was because you were in my dreams . zemo smirked "i wasnt asking little omega your going to take me to james tonight you have no choice but to obey. you snarled and kicked him into the wall not controlling your strength due to being drunk you sent him flying through it. you teleported and appeared at the tower in your room you walked in the shower and turned it on full blast and started washing everything trying to get the scent off of you . you were so angry you let out a howl no matter how much you scrubbed you couldn't get rid of the smell and it worsened as you sobered up. it caused your brain to cloud up. you had to keep bucky safe it kept repeating in your mind . you curled up on the shower floor you looked at your skin it was red like a rash where he had touched you and you had a unfamiliar warmth in-between your legs. ..
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Saving bucky barnes chapter 4
You had be able to step out of your body which was very useful. strange had taught you how. Since your heart didnt beat while you slept thanks to your dna no one noticed except loki who u told 2 hush. You walked around the tower and found out some how hydra had taken control of it and was keeping the team here by threatening 2 kill pepper. Tony was mad very mad but he just stayed 2 him self in the lab. You had also found bucky they kept putting him in that damn chair and shocking him over and over you watched him yell in pain it pissed you off sooo much. You wanted 2 destroy it you hated watching him in so much pain. you were supposed 2 be his guardian angel that was your job or at least you thought it was. you had no memories other than waking up one night in a snow storm some where with a bunch of dead people around you. You heard the man say his trigger words :желаниe
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You heard bucky say "ready to comply" your heart broke you said softly bucky im so sorry. You went back 2 the sick bay where Hawkeye was asking Bruce "if i pick her up she isant gonna scream? No, you hear Bruce reply she shouldn't from the scans i ran on her ribs are about healed she was just very bruised. Hawkeyes says "so she won't bite me will she ?" Loki says irritated do i need 2 picks up the unconscious child? She is harmless at the moment. Hawkeye says ok then u pick her up and carry her 2 the jet then the agents sure as hell aren't going 2 do it harmless or not they are all still scared of her. You step back into your body and realize the meds bruce gave you have worn off. You hear Loki say i have an idea. Bruce says Loki that is a bad idea she kicked ur ass for that last time. You hear Loki respond in buckys voice yes but this is just in case she wakes up they won't be any trouble if she wakes up on the plane it is their funeral. You drift in and out while you hear them talking. the next time you hear something you feel your self being carried. You open your eyes barely. You whisper Loki... he softly says quietly now bucky is alive. You see his glamour fade into Loki again he softly kisses your forehead and you drift back off. The next time you come to instead of opening your eyes you step out of your body your on a plane Your hanging by your ankles upside down bucky is sitting with 6 other agents his face is blank you don't see anything when you look into those once bright blue eyes you say bucky ill get us out of here i promise if anything i will get you out of this. If i have 2 kill every agent i will I don't care anymore. When the planed jarred because of turbulence you lost your concentration and were threw back in causing you 2 start coughing as you opened your eyes you looked around they were all staring at you. You said hoarsely where am i what did you do 2 him? You tried pulling at the chains only 2 the shocked you screamed in pain. You stopped pulling and looked over at bucky you said bucky! Bucky! Please look at me. when that didn't work you tried saying his name. You yelled James please look at me. Finally, you tried in a calm voice ... soldat he looked straight at you. you asked him in Russian do you know who i am soldat. He answered нет. You said i know you're in there somewhere bucky im sorry i let them do this. One of the agents said ok that's enough the shocking started again you screamed and cried and fought untill the chain holding you up broke freeing your legs you dropped with a thud the collar broke off and the pain stopped you layed still trying 2 fight off the urge 2 kill every one of the agents but you lost the battle you sat up and looked at all of them and focused on teleporting you and bucky back 2 New York but it didn't work so you took 1 hidden knife in your sleeve and threw it into the control panel of the plane it began 2 malfunctions the plane started 2 nose dive suddenly you were thrown against the back of the plane it hurts but It doesn't knock u out. the agents scramble 2 fix the falling airplane it bucky is knocked out as it crashes into the ocean. The begins water pour in you rush over and in buckle buckys harness you manage to teleport the 2 of you out. You use your magic to shield you from the daylight you have to teleport twice to get to the sanctum you rush in to get out of the sun your skin already burning even with the help of your magic. strange appears you say they took over the tower they tried to take buck and me away I almost drowned us trying to escape please check bucky out the impact knocked him out im worried he might have a concussion
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Saving bucky barnes chapter 4
You drifted off into somewhere between sleep and being awake. At one point you heard the agents that had taken control come in. One said "is that creature dead ?" . Bruce replied that is not a creature that is an injured member of the team she bruce emphasized is under sedation till she heals. The agent spat in reply out that is not a human that thing killed 6 agents by ripping their throats with her bare hands. Loki said ENOUGH y/n is a mortal but I trained her she is an exceptional student and you can rip a mortals throat out with your bare hands it is a simple move. Bruce interrupted Loki by saying I need y'all to go down to my lab and check on something for me and I'll be down in a minute to get y/n's meds. The agent says no one is going anywhere Bruce says fine if you want everyone in the tower 2 to die from radiation poisoning. You began to cough one of the agents said sir it's waking up! The agents say I thought u said she was asleep bruce says while pinching his nose trying to maintain control. The medication is wearing off i gave it 2 her several hours ago i suggest if you don't want her to kill u i would let me go get her medication before she fully wakes up because while some of the rumors are true. The one where she enjoys killing hydra agents slowly and painfully is very true and even though she isn't fully healed yet she can still do a lot and i for one won't be able 2 stop her. Bruce walks from the med lab and the doors close and seal moments later there are screams followed by gunfire from the 3 agents that were in there. You walk out and snap your fingers 2 clean up the mess. Other agents show up and you quickly dispatch them how they took over the tower you didn't understand. You had heard what they said about bucky so you went 2 find him leaving a trail of dead hydra agents.
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