#so im taking those two emotional instances and figuring those are the next plotpoints for him

[terriblygrimm]

FINALLY FATWS BUCKY SLANDER IVE BEEN WAITING.

no but seriously wtf did they do to him. such a complex and beautiful character they absolutely annihilated and gave him no agency or substance or growth. you'd think that in a show w his name in the title they would do him some justice but no he just became sam's sidekick and quite honestly didn't help sam much at all. its so obvious the people dealing w his character couldn't give less of a fuck about him. the only thing consistent to his character was mentioning steve every 5 seconds we didn't see anything new or learn more about him.

and i hard agree that this felt like a filler disney threw money at them and told them to go crazy so the made this pathetic excuse of a show and disguised it as this never done before peak politics woke bs and people ate it up without questioning the lack of logic and the 10,000 plots because of which even sam was sidelined. disappointed but not surprised sigh

this. this right here. ALL of this!!! it’s beautiful.

my thoughts exactly. this show was a mess in every direction. it should’ve just been sam’s show & that way they could’ve focused their attention. bc it honestly would’ve been kinder to bucky’s character to just just straight up ignore him or give him a cameo.

imagine it!!! sam goes through all six eps of growth and finally decides to accept the mantle at the end. bucky shows up in the finale, looking refreshed bc he’s been in therapy recovering all this time, and it’s implied that he’s been waiting for this moment bc he has the new suit ready as a gift for sam. the audience then understands that he and steve talked it out even further and planned for this. steve gave him the shield, and when he was ready, bucky gave him the outfit. it’s moving and heart-warming, meaningful and simple. it doesn’t overuse bucky and he still remains this strong silent background figure with an emotional partnered connection to steve, and it let’s the whole show be about sam’s journey.

but instead jcjejddhshhs we got a comedy lmao with disjointed plotlines, military and police propaganda, too many characters (and no follow through)- and for a “buddy show”, sam and bucky barely even spoke to each other let alone shared any common goals. a very hollow show and no pay off for frankly... anything.

and like you said, instead of expanding on buck it detracted from him and, to me, made him unlikable and generic. his revered military skillsets and his unique perspectives all but magically disappeared, they tried so hard to double down and make him appear masc and dubious (when we know him to be nothing but good-natured), and pulled a nohomo so hard it gave me whiplash. like bucky who? who????

at this point i’m just begging the universe to do us a solid and the next installment with him just straight up reverts back to the old bucky we know. they’ve done it before with other mistakes they’ve made (i.e. see natasha’s characterization and stories) so hopefully next time we see him he’s in good hands 😪🙏

maybe space agent!bucky?? (he desperately needs a new scene and scope of experiences!! his life has been so crazy and cracked out what’s left for him to reflect on? i hate to say it but he’s becoming a bit boring here on earth) or perhaps reborn and realized white wolf rehabilitating villains?? like PLS