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No but if you really think about Sonar is kind of like if a vampire was a werewolf. Coupé would be fascinated by the concept and hate herself for it

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Do you think Sonar can loaf in his mega bat form…

[bearded-vulture]

“John Walker peaked in high school-“ like ok at least he made it to high school

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I’ve seen a lot of fics going down the avenue of Alpine hating John but can you imagine how pissed Bucky would be if John became Alpine’s favourite person. Every time he sees Alpine curled up on John’s lap he tries to move her while giving John a death glare. Hes mad at John and jealous of him and mad because he’s jealous.

John’s pretty neutral on cats but plays it up just to piss off Bucky. Takes every chance he can to snuggle Alpine when Bucky’s in the room and they both give him identical smug looks while he seethes. John calls himself Alpine’s cat dad and Bucky breaks whatever he’s holding.

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Any other John Walker fans also fans of Peacemaker? Cause I feel like they’re very similar characters.

John being haunted by Lemar’s death which he blames himself for is like how Chris is haunted by Keith’s death which he blames himself for.

John killing that Flagsmasher is like how Chris killed Rick Flag.

John tentatively working with Bucky only for Bucky to attack him and break his arm after he killed the Flagsmasher is kind of like how Bloodsport shot Chris after he killed Rick Flag.

The Thunderbolts being to John what the Eleventh Street Kids are to Chris.

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The team thinking John’s an idiot for always jumping in front of them and taking all the hits then realising he’s actually a good strategist. He’s not taking the hits because he’s too dumb to dodge them, he’s using his body as a shield because he would willingly sacrifice his life to keep the others safe.

[keira-draws]

This but color pt....5

[genericmoshcall]

combining two of my favourite dysfunctional family films for a poster design

Thunderbolts* (2025) & Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

[bearded-vulture]

Imo a big part of John’s narrative purpose in TFATWS is to show how a person can be used by the Government (or other authority figures) as a tool for upholding white supremacy without being racist themselves.

Like obviously John was chosen to be Captain America because he’s a white guy with blond hair and blue eyes, but John makes it pretty clear throughout the first few episodes TFATWS that he wants to be Captain America so he can help people.

Then he fucks up and kills one of the Flag Smashers after Lemar dies and suddenly he’s not the perfect figurehead the Government wants him to be, so they get rid of him.

His speech when he’s discharged is powerful because he’s right. He is what they made him. If John had killed Nico where there were no cameras I doubt the Government would have had an issue with it. The problem is that now they can’t push the narrative of their blue eyed blond haired saintly hero. So they get rid of him.

I’d really like to see this aspect of John’s character explored more. I also think seeing how Lemar fits into this as a black man would be super interesting. I understand the purpose of killing him off and the effects it has on John both during and after TFATWS but I’d love to see him alive again to explore his and John’s relationship after how drastically John’s life has changed since Lemar’s death.

[foevic]

Losing it all

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Every time I open this tab I have to look at this ugly ass fucking picture. Like they really couldn’t have picked anything else. Anything at all

[bidonica]

a funny thing about having a Problematic Blorbo is that you'll periodically come across a post along the lines of "um let's not forget that [Blorbo] is a bad person..." listing their various crimes, and if you have a modicum of intellectual honesty you find yourself nodding along and saying yeah it's true... but it's the greyness of their character that makes them so compelling... At the same time though you have a little Saul Goodman in your ear going "your honor in their defense: who cares like omfgggg who caresssssss like come onnnnnn"

[ihavenoconsistentinterests]

JOHN WALKER FANS. WHAT IS THE STORY WHERE HE GETS LEFT IN THE FIRE. I CANT FIND ANYTHING ON IT ANYWHERE AND I LOST THE POST WITH THE SCREENSHOTS. SOMEONE HELP. PLEASE.

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U.S.Agent: American Zealot! The scene with the fire is just a flashback, but the comic is pretty interesting

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Winteragent truly is an iconic ship. It’s like both a more fucked up version of stucky and a more fucked up version of stony

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John and Lemar considering each other brothers and growing up together is my personal headcanon but Olivia/Lemar/John polycule has been calling to me

[theteapotofdoom]

I love all my thunderbolts equally but there’s something about the Ava/Yelena/John that just hits so perfectly for me.

I know that are THE bitching trio. The gossip that these three share is out of this world.

Ava and Yelena immediately bonded over bullying John and for a while it was mostly just these two bitching as a duo and John was their target. But as time went by, they both had to acknowledge that John is THE bitching bitch of all time and that as much as they enjoy going after him, he is also very fun to gossip with because he has strong opinions about every single subject and he is always in everybody’s business.

So now he is an honorary member of the girl squad. Ava and Yelena will still bully him, but if they have a different target, John is immediately part of the roasting session. One time, Valentina slightly changed her hair color, and the three of them were LOCKED IN, they were ruthlessly gossiping and giggling for hours.

[stgroversfire]

what do you guys think the F stands for in John F Walker

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John Fitzgerald Walker is so much funnier when you consider Bucky killed JFK

Also means they’re both named after presidents