due to ava and yelena having what i can only assume was a very regimented early adulthood between SHIELD and The Red Room
my headcanon is that, out of the millenial Thunderbolts, only bob and john experienced Vine firsthand
it’s a huge shock to bob when they’re all being driven somewhere and, like a reflex, john says “road work ahead?” upon seeing the eponymous sign
he recovers quickly enough to say “uh yeah i sure hope it does” back to john and just beams at him
the thing is, stucky is this complex heartfelt story that spans into the literal next century of a bond between two souls that runs so deep in which bucky truly sees steve for who he is pre-serum and steve still believes in bucky even after over half of a century of him being brainwashed into the winter soldier, and through the decades of torture and reset bucky still recognizes steve and saves him with the inner strength born out of love, where tragedy and hope find middle ground because despite the time, the trauma, and loss, because these two truly are with each other til the end of the line
and then sambucky has this snarky, rather childish dynamic with the underlying sincerity of care and respect in which sam treats bucky for the man he is in the present and actually gains his trust over hard stares and ridiculous banter and it shows in moments such as their hug when bucky actually closes his eyes and the trust he has in sam is evident and where sam didn't know bucky pre-winter soldier so he has no expectations for who bucky should be or how he's changed since the 1940s and gives bucky advice on how to find closure on his past and they roll around and have staring contests and oh yeah bucky literally tells sam "i love you"
writing two sentryagent fics was not how i thought i'd spend my summer but i'm not mad
my two favorite morally grey former lab rat nazi hating misunderstood metal powered old men are going to be in the same film if anyone cares
accidentally became a john walker blog oops
i love that bucky said fuck it, left congress, hopped on a motorcycle, and captured the thunderbolts in order to build the case against valentina only to have his plans thrown out the window because of some dude named bob
the fact that losing neil is what ultimately encouraged todd to live will haunt me for eternity
reasons why logan howlett doesn't mind wade wilson's skin
1. he cares about wade and does not give a fuck
2. he's fascinated with gently tracing wade's ever-changing scars
3. he understands that appearance does not dictate character
4. he has literally been in every major war since the 1800s so he's unfazed
5. wade wilson's ass
ao3 authors collectively agreed that althea wishes she were deaf instead of blind (iykyk) which is how i have read countless variations of her character verbally stating such (it's basically standard atp)
craziest cinematic reveal to this day is that a goose was not, in fact, the biological father of a panda
*cue screaming crying throwing up because this is my favorite poolverine fic*
if there's a poolverine fic that addresses logan's alcoholism (casually or explicitly) and has him working on his drinking habits as he adapts to a new (domestic and safe) environment i will automatically see zero faults because that shit gets me every time