DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
a classic theme in world literature, art, film and video games; most notably in those that have a lot of action. This trope usually involves beautiful, innocent, or helpless young female leads, placed in a dire predicament by a villain, monster, or alien, and who requires a male hero to achieve their rescue.Ā After rescuing them, the hero often obtains their hand in marriage.
#iām just saying#thereās a reason so many women fiercely latched on to buckyās character#not only is bucky gorgeous but heās also a constant plot point to give the hero manpain#in the first avenger he needs to be rescued and his death is the heroās ultimate motivator#in the winter soldier the hero still mourns this momentous loss until bucky springs back like the beautiful femme fatale that he is#with no agency or autonomy i should add#and in civil war heās again just a plot device this time to cause a rift between two Men#and the russos stated they chose bucky as the first to be dusted in IW so we could view this horror from steveās eyes#anyway i have Thoughts#bucky barnes#steve rogers#cap: tfa#cap: tws#cap: cwĀ (via mackievanstan)
Letās also remember that Bucky is given feminine actions to perform outside of Being Rescued by Steve. Bucky performs a lot, like a whole hell of a lot, of emotional labor on Steveās behalf. Oceans of digital ink have been spilled regarding Buckyās role as pre-serum Steveās physical and emotional caretaker. On-screen, we watch him arrange Steveās domestic (āI am literally begging you to live with me now that your mother has passed awayā) and social (āI found you a date!ā) life for himā¦
(Interesting to note that when he takes on the role as Steveās protector, the actual aggression involved is minimal: one punch and one kick in the alleway; one clean shot to the head during the CATFA montage.)
ā¦and he puts up with Steveās cock-eyed enthusiasm against his better judgment and against his own best interests. From letting Steve ditch him at the Expo on a night that shouldāve been about Bucky making good memories to take overseas, to agreeing when Steve asks him to join a crack squad going after the same people responsible for a pretty damn significant trauma to himāand hell, skipping ahead to CW when he instantly joins up with Steve to go to Siberia despite the events of the first half of the filmāBucky constantly sublimates himself to serve the causes of other people.
And itās not just Steve! Pierce orders and abuses and guilts Bucky into compliance even when he has misgivings. Bucky is undeniably reluctant to be dragged into the Infinity War, but he follows when TāChalla beckons, and he even plasters a big smile onto his face for when Steve shows up (to say nothing of the appearance change/personal grooming he put on in the meantime, which a - was so goddamn gay, and b - is a ploy to make him look more ready to be here, since Buckyās appearance/state of dress is linked to his mental state, as evidenced by every single scene Bucky is ever in, ever).
Also, I think Bucky is the only MCU man we ever see shopping? (Iām not counting Peter Parker because he is a minor.) Actually shopping, not just walking through a marketplace or townsquare (or covertly using a computer). Chatting with the vendor and smiling and generally putting on social niceties that are often assigned to women irl and on-screen (without the manly posturing that even Peter engages in).
There was an article awhile back hypothesizing that Nonbinary Bucky took off as a popular fandom interpretation precisely because heās been assigned the Womanās Role so thoroughly. I can totally see why.
tagging @beautifulwhensarcastic and @koreanrage so they can read my tags
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