#tw civil war

[elderberries-and-honey]

𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟏

Memorial Day had not been an established holiday for very long, but some of the lads around Brindleton decided it was a holiday worthy of celebration, and gathered round a campfire at the Brindleton Grange community center. None of the young men had been involved in the civil war, but Jorge was a proud former Union solider and decided to share some wartime stories with the lads.

Ramon had grown up hearing some of these exact stories, always finding his father's dedication to his country admirable.

Ramon had expressed as much to his father many times, but it felt especially important to share his thankfulness on this particular holiday.

As the night wore on, they discussed other politics, their wives, and their respected career-paths, while sharing many laughs and marshmallows around the fire, which even included Ramon's dog, Banjo.

It was a bittersweet, yet meaningful time all around.

After most of the boys dismissed themselves back home, Jorge found himself at the cemetery, where he left the memorial wreaths for his brothers-in-arms that had been hand-made by Valentina for the occasion.

Despite what a special day the holiday had been, there was sadness for his fallen comrades too. He spoke to them gently, wishing them well in whatever plain of existence they had ventured off to next, and thanked them for their service.

[valeroyeaux]

under the cut is my civil war hot take as someone who has been to gettysburg 5 times and just about every other civil war battlefield in the state of virginia

lost causers are so stupid. “grant was a drunk” ok 1) he was really more a binge drinker than anything and 2) and he still kicked the shit out of the confederacy and bobby “dipshit” lee so uh get fucked. “sherman was a butcher” well actually technically speaking he was a bbq pitmaster. should have considered making atlanta less flammable “lincoln was a tyrant” buddy lincoln ran on a platform of letting slavery continue to exist where it already was. union generals in the eastern theater were so desperate to not kill their traitor buddies that the war went on about three years longer than it needed to. which gave lincoln the time to decide that being an abolitionist was not only politically and diplomatically viable but the best way to ensure that no foreign aid would be going to the confederacy. “robert e lee was a tactical genius” you go to gettysburg and look me in the eye and tell me that.

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

when the first thing your long lost husband does with his son is brutally murder over 100 people

it’s gonna take a while to clean up

[girlinafairytale]

[lostwhump]

@whumptober | Day #7: "Unconventional Weapon" Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2017) | Civil War Captain America: Civil War (2016)

[dailyflicks]

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

[celine-song]

Civil War (2024) dir. Alex Garland

[notafunkiller]

Bucky Barnes is the best super soldier

How it was subtly emphasized in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier:

He always holds back

With the Flag Smashers and even with John Walker. We could see the difference in the last 3 episodes. Sebastian Stan did an incredible job making it clear in a subtle way.

I want to mention that famous "Stay there" scene, and how it was visible Bucky was not punching as hard as he can in the fight with John.)

This is the thing about Bucky, he isn't after the kill, he just does his part. He doesn't try to show off his skills or that he is a good guy. He doesn't try to play the victim role, either. In the scene where Zemo fake-activates the Winter Soldier in Madripoor, he just makes a point. He's obviously not even trying hard.

If he wanted those in the club dead, they would be. But his self control was wow. Sebastian acted so well, his exes said everything.

*And to be honest, even when he was TWS, he could have killed everyone, but he didn't. He could have killed all of the Avengers in Civil War is they were his mission, but they weren't. This is how Natasha survived when she met him, too. It depended on what kind of mission he had (if he wasn't allowed to be seen, then the witnesses would die too, but otherwise? He didn't bother).

2. His skills

People tend to forget how smart and good at making strategies Bucky is. He's been fighting (even though he hates fighting and never wanted to be in the army) for years before he was even captured by Hydra. And this is the reason why government still want him, after all. They can use his strategies as a leader (*cough* Thunderbolts *cough*).

In the last episodes of TFATWS, we could see how he outsmarted everyone. Karli was so terrified of him.

3. Karli Morgenthau

And talking about Karli, the phone call was interesting:

She asked him if he's not tired of fighting for the wrong side, and then told him she's fighting for something bigger than herself.

"And with all the bodies you've collected, have you ever been able to say the same?"

The first thing I wanna point out is how everyone talks about the deaths Bucky caused when he was controlled by Hydra, but everyone ignores the fact that all the Avengers killed far more, but since we consider them the good side, we just don't care.

Clint, Tony, Steve, Wanda etc. They all cause(d) far more deaths than "two dozen" (known assassinations - to quote Natasha), and neither was controlled. The double standards are something else, especially for Clint. (One of the reasons why Tony was on the other side in CW was because of his guilt, after all.)

The second point is how Bucky's answer says a lot more than we might realize at first:

"You don't think I ever fought for something bigger than myself? That's all I ever tried to do, and I failed twice."

Even as TWS, Bucky had to be convinced he is on the right side, that what they do is to save the world, to give "the world the freedom it deserves".

Even brainwashed and put to sleep all the time, he had to be lied to. Bucky as TWS was a victim too. He is not a victim only because he didn't have memories or control, but also because they lied to him and used him as a toy. That milk scene is so loud. (And I am gonna talk about it in a different post). He had no rights, no choices. He was used to being tortured.

[And I wish they explored it more. We deserved and deserve a WS film - maybe with him in Romania getting back his memories, writing in his journal etc.]

"You think your cause justifies all this death, but in the end, the nightmares won't go away. You're gonna remember all the ones you killed. Trust me. Don't do this. Don't go down this path."

Despite being on opposite sides, Bucky still said this to Karli, trying to help her, to make her see the big picture, sharing how he felt and feels.

He is on "the right side". He is a hero, and Bucky being thanked by that man for saving everyone's life was touching.

4. Baron Zemo

You can see how smart, strong, and rational Bucky is when he decides to break Zemo out of jail (his plan was amazing too), risking so much (his relationship with Wakanda people and his own freedom) to get his help for the mess. He puts the cause above his own (huge) trauma. And this makes that moment in Madripoor even more disgusting (he is treated as an object, as a toy):

Zemo: Tell us what you know about the super-soldier serum. And I give you him, along with the code words to control him, of course. He will do anything you want.

The way he keeps his composure, reacts and manages the situation... absolutely incredible!

This conversation also says a lot:

Zemo: The desire to become a superhuman cannot be separated from supremacist ideals. Anyone with that serum is inherently on that path.

Bucky: Maybe you're wrong, Zemo. The serum never corrupted Steve.

Zemo: Touché. But there has never been another Steve Rogers, has there?

Bucky positions himself below Steve, who's considered a good hero, a good person... like no other. But Steve never had to go through what Bucky did: from being kidnapped like that, to being tested on, to falling off the train, to being tortured, and used, and brainwashed for decades, and put to sleep when he was not needed and having n "keepers".

Also, interesting how all Steve wanted was to fight (for a good cause, but still)... and fighting still means violence, meanwhile Bucky never wanted to fight, not even before becoming TWS, in the army (and yet he is still great at fighting. And he is deadly, even when he holds back.). All he wanted was peace.

Despite not getting the "perfect serum", despite being brainwashed, put to sleep, and forced to fight for decades, he is still himself. He never gave in to the dark side for real. He fought in his own way. The first thing he did when he woke up was to choke the Hydra guy with a whole new arm!

Bucky is so underrated: from his intelligence and fighting skills, to how human he is. Being flawed, keeping his sassiness and charm from the 40s, but getting more mature and carrying his past on his shoulders... he's so relatable and real. And every day, he shows Zemo he is wrong.

The show he makes in his final scene with Zemo is absolutely fantastic. He doesn't just prove the point he isn't defined by the serum and Hydra (AND not even by Steve, thanks to Sam. His speech made him realize the important thing about himself: that he decides who he is, not others - even those who know him before becoming TWS- "And this might be a surprise, but it doesn't matter what Steve thought. You gotta stop looking to other people to tell you who you are." parallel to "Steve believed in you. He trusted you. He gave you that shield for a reason. That shield, that is… that is everything he stood for. That is his legacy. He gave you that shield, and you threw it away like it was nothing. [...] So maybe he was wrong about you. And if he was wrong about you, then he was wrong about me."), but also that he is superior.

When Zemo tells him that he decided to let him alive (probably so he can kill Karli) and basically calls him a killing machine: "programmed to kill", Bucky plays the role, lets Zemo talk him into killing Karli, and then Bucky watches him waiting for his own death.

[Also, Bucky's line: Imagine my relief is hilarious.]

The acting was incredible: the shock on Zemo's face and the amusement and somehow relief on Bucky's after he pulls the trigger and lets the bullets fall... He proved him he's THE standard of the super soldier. Because despite everything he went through, he is the best.

Zemo telling him to cross his name off felt like a fresh start (+ telling Nakajima the truth).

5. John Walker

John, on the other hand, is lucky Bucky is an understanding person. He gets what is like... the pressure, the environment, the loss, and even tries to help.

Bucky: Don't go down that road. Believe me, it doesn't end well.

John: I'm not like you!

Of course he is not like Bucky, because Bucky has control. He is not killing to get revenge in a cynical way.

"That serum doesn't exactly have a great track record."

John kept judging Bucky every time they spoke, somehow placing himself above this "broken" man.

"This is all really easy for you, isn't it? All that serum runnin' through your veins. Barnes, your partner needs backup in there. Do you really want his blood on your hands?"

This is so wrong on every single level, especially because Bucky didn't choose to take the serum, and he always had his friends' back. He's loyal and ready to sacrifice himself.

The "funny" part about this is John ending up taking the last super soldier serum vial. All the judgement, the disgust, the patronizing tone, just to do that. Plus, of course, to kill someone with the shield.

(John proves Zemo's point about super soldiers, and Bucky does the opposite.)

And what is it easy for Bucky anyway?

He's under government conditions (so CACW coded), he has a vibranium arm that I bet the government would try to take after he dies (HOPEFULLY WHEN HE'S 200 YEARS OLD IN HIS BED, as Sebastian wants too) if he isn't in Wakanda, he is haunted by nightmares (which also can mean he is still Hydra's TWS in another universe as we found out from Strange), and he has to learn how to live for real. He's smart, charismatic, has values and principles, and he's incredible.

We need to see his version of TWS going after everyone Hydra helped. TWS is him, a part of him, and doing that on his terms, having control over it would help him heal.

[mumbos-waffle]

I love new minecraft fandoms spawning. Some people's FIRST minecraft fandom will be parkour civilization and that's crazy

*Smokes cigarette* so this is your first fandom? You get a whole compilation of videos? Back in my day we had to dig around for VODs. Back in my day we went to war for our CCs. We flooded their tags with support when times got tough. We fought any weakness with block lists. 🚬 you'll never know what dream smp was like, kid. God forbid *shivers* smp live.

[captainzigo]

my friends are making vampire ocs. one of them is a ponysona. don’t get me wrong, vampires are hot i mean awesome, but prickly is not trying to become one. in order of appearance, jasmine bud by @antboyyyy wine shroud by @zoeyhorse and simon from @justvoidsdumbstuff1

[crystal-bytes]

MARVEL CHARACTER EVOLUTION

MARGARET "PEGGY" CARTER

[sunnysfics]

Interview With the Vampire // The Civil Wars - "Devil's Backbone"

Claudeleine ver.

[weheartchrisevans]

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016) 

[lostwhump]

"Желание... Ржавый..."

@whumptober | Day #22: "Oh that's not good" Captain America: Civil War (2016)

[t-lostinworlds]

BUCKY BARNES as The Ultimate Babygirl in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

[a-rats-hat]

Scopophobia/ Ommetaphobia Warning! Trypophobia warning!

Another drawing I started before I moved. But they're done now, this is my Alicorn experiment oc, from @captainzigo 's Equestria Civil War AU.

Void is an amalgamation of Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Cadence, Flurry Heart, and Chrysalis.

(It/They/Void)

ID in alt text and under the cut.

Image one. Start ID. A mlp oc with many eyes, many wings, and many horns. Two horns serve as ears, and two as fangs. Its hair is pitch black and full of watching eyes. Void has 3 wings of different colors on their back (white, navy, purple) and two small wings on each leg. It's cutiemark is an amalgamation of different mlp princess cutiemarks. Void is facing to the left. End ID.

Image two. Start ID. A mlp oc with many eyes, many wings, and many horns. Two horns serve as ears, and two as fangs. Voids' hair is pitch black and full of watching eyes. It has 3 wings of different colors on their back (white into pink, pink into purple, and an insectoid wing) and two small wings on each leg. Void's cutiemark is an amalgamation of different mlp princess cutiemarks. They are facing to the right. End ID.