#catfa meta

[amarriageoftrueminds]

me realising Steve getting called 'tinkerbell' and having fruit thrown at him is actually him getting gaybashed in the movie, me realising the guys that did that to him were members of the 107, me realising Steve risked his life to go and save their damn regiment anyway-

#FOR BUCKY #tw gaybashing #stucky #steve meta #steve rogers #WHAT A GUY. WHAT A MENSCH?? #mcu meta #meta #bucky meta #stucky meta #bucky barnes #catfa meta #CATFA #yet each man queues the thing he loves

[pigtailedgirl]

I’d like to talk about this article.

https://mashable.com/article/avengers-endgame-romance

God, I’ve become a rant blog about Steve and Endgame. Oh well, least I know it. 

But NO... a very important thing that gets glossed over when you try to justify Steve’s ending and characterization in Endgame, and how the MCU is selling Steggy, is that this idea

Endgame does a good job of reminding the audience that losing a chance at happiness with Peggy is Steve’s greatest regret in his life

of the romance or lack of with Steve and Peggy Carter are the greatest parts of their character and its’ conclusive take that

And an opportunity perhaps, to be satisfied with their lives.

AKA the deus ex writing to reunite them or give them this ending chance of getting together sums their lives’ satisfaction.

This is or should be absolutely anathema to anyone who looks at them as characters first. At two characters, not a ship, who were expressly not about romance equaling their character definition. It is not good writing or a good conclusion to either to then force the narrative that this was the important point to their stories.

To Steve, the character who faced ablism, loss of parents, loss of friends, war, loss of time and country and identity, who was the moral conviction and heart of surviving and overcoming and inspiring...you really think his summation of greatest regret or thing to overcome is he lost a chance of romance? That his story is defined and measured in the success of getting it with Peggy?

To Peggy, the woman who is defined as a loved character, special female character or romantic lead, no less than by Steve himself per canon as a woman above and beloved for her desire and striving to make meaningful choices and actions in her life outside the boundary of a man’s desired partner, in that she is seeking equal representation, value, and recognition of... you think her summation is she’d be satisfied to be driven solely by her romantic outcome lived potential? That a summary of her life’s contribution is boiled down to only satisfactory if she reunited or got a second chance with Steve?

Is this a parody article?!

Or I don’t get shippers. 

Because ships should have character foundations to support them, unless they crack or AU. And the problem I have with Steggy per Endgame’s example is it’s built on a shaky foundation. 

The premise that them being together justifies the character dissolving, the time and the logic and moral implications... Ship gotta answer to that. Story gotta answer to it.

And it’s not a bias. I’m equal here in that I would make the same arguments if for wild example Endgame had a conclusion where Steve murdered Thanos or went back to be with a 40s Bucky or there was an example of the ship and character being concluded that the narrative told me was supposed to make sense or be defining and supportive of, that was just as the opposite of what seemed to matter before.

That’s honestly what Steggy Endgame is to me. So, this article and shipper perspective like it, the people who say the narrative built to this...I’m baffled. Because beyond Endgame retcon saying it, NO, the narrative for Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter was not a 22 film summation about if they would end up together.  

Like maybe if you squint CATFA was selling let’s explore if maybe they could have. In just that movie. As a side plot. The rest was like a story of too bad, it sad, so anyways here’s how we did and who we were and are.

#anti steggy #mcu meta #steve rogers meta #catfa meta #anti endgame #wtf shipping #play in the sandbox #but when you making a main story conclusion #it matters that it fits character and narrative #endgame steggy didn't #as written #why you lying mcu

[cptn-merica]

please tell me other people have noticed that steve's leather jacket has significantly more rips than it did after talking to the red skull

the timeline of steve's jacket:

^ right before the rescue, slightly worn but fully intact jacket. he probably bought it while on the uso tour.

^ mid mission, the damage is beginning. his right shoulder is ripping through the seam. probably just from exertion and a slightly too small jacket or cutting the corners too close. keep in mind this is after he jumped out the plane and ran through the woods, right before he fought to get into the hydra base.

^ talking to the red skull. same status, same rip that could be widening

^ like 4 seconds before jumping to meet bucky. same status

--- time cut ---

^ the march into base camp. he has a slash across his chest where a leather strap was, even through the fucking metal zipper. his right shoulder is battered and the left is pretty exposed too. you can see through to his costume.

i wonder if his jacket got caught on the medal railing on the jump between the balconies of the exploding hydra building. i imagine that he probably was hanging from the jacket, stuck on the metal railing while trying to climb up and over.

seriously tho I wonder what happened, because bucky's shirt isn't any more torn after his jump. i guess we can blame it on steve being steve. anyways, i hope other people noticed this.

(imgs source)

#captain america #captain america the first avenger #steve rogers #bucky barnes #fanfic meta #captain america meta #analysis #my post #text #my text #steve and bucky #mcu #catfa #captain rogers

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Steve not actually being a Captain is a popular headcanon in the fandom, and I get it, it's funny.

I just want to point out that—ignoring all other evidence that he was promoted to the rank of a Commanding Officer; such as leading an elite combat unit, or sitting at the head of the table in the war room and being heavily deferred to for military strategy, etc.—if you take a look at his dress uniform in Captain America: The First Avenger, he wears the official insignia of Captain.

They don't just give that insignia to people symbolically. It's a role that always comes with duties and responsibilities, ones that are far different from that of lower ranking men, including Seargents like Bucky. These are duties and responsibilities we see actually Steve carry out in the film.

#marvel #mcu #steve rogers #steven grant rogers #captain america #captain america: the first avenger #catfa #ca:tfa #mavel meta #military meta #steve rogers meta

[sarahowritesostucky]

Why Didn't Steve Just Jump Out?

You guys! I've figured out why Steve had to crash the Valkyrie and couldn't just jump out of it:

It had an autopilot function that Red skull turned on during the nose dive, remember? Steve didn't see him do this--he didn't know that button was there. He just knew that every time he tried to aim the plane down and then let go of the controls, it self-righted again. So he had to stay at the controls for the crash, if he wanted it to go down.

The end.

😭😭😭😭

#steve rogers #mcu #marvel #catfa #captain america #plot holes #mcu meta #steve rogers meta

[faeriecap]

ok i’m sure someone has pointed this out already but it’s been bugging me since i saw it: WHAT IS THIS??? the STARK club??? did whoever designed this just genuinely not. watch the original movie or misunderstood that line of dialogue? because

it’s an o. it’s STORK and has been for over ten years as far as i was aware. was this a subtle change for a clever reference? did they just think mainstream disney fans expected “more marvel” in the show??? is it an intentional error in the vein of hawkeye’s satirical poke at broadway based on real people’s life stories and the romanticization that follows? is this a hint that rogers takes place in an alternate universe as some have hypothesized?????? idk but that one little letter is gonna be haunting me for ages

#i speak #rogers the musical #captain america the first avenger #catfa #captain america #marvel #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #avengers campus #disneyland #disney california adventure #steve rogers #peggy carter #meta #captain america meta

[justakidfromfandom]

This has probably been said before, but I just realized something while rewatching Captain America The First Avenger: The last thing Bucky Barnes did before he died was protect Steve Rogers, the first thing Bucky Barnes did after coming back to himself in catws was protect Steve Rogers. In other words, the first thing Bucky Barnes did when coming back to himself was the last thing he did before losing himself. It also means that Bucky died trying to save Steve and ended up saving himself by successfully saving Steve, he finished the job he didn’t get to last time.

It also means that Bucky saving Steve can work as a metaphor for Bucky saving himself. This would be in keeping with their friendship since both Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan have said on multiple occasions that they are each other’s family, they’re the closest relationship they have in the world, they are the key to their home and happiness, and, as Bucky proved, they are the only ones who can save and reach the other. This interpretation would make the shot of Bucky’s arm reaching out for Steve in the ocean another metaphor.

#I will always have alot of feelings about the relationship between steve & bucky #just as I will always have alot of feelings about what was done to Bucky in between the two times he tried to protect his best pal & brother #at least the way I interpret the relationship (platonic vs romantic) but the core of their relationship will always remain the same #whether interpreted as platonic or romantic #the core being that the above remains the same and both will go to the ends of the earth to protect the other #but what do you do when you would go to the ends of the earth to protect the other but they’re not there on earth #they’re tucked away underground in cryofreeze until they are needed to assassinate ppl against their will consent & conscious knowledge #… i still have alot to say about bucky barnes and steve rogers #as you might’ve been able to tell #bucky barnes #steve rogers #steve & bucky #captain america #captain america meta #catws #catfa #captain america the winter soldier #captain america first avenger #captain america the first avenger #brooklyn boys #marvel #mcu #marvel meta #my post

[luna-rainbow]

The shield-bearer vs the gun-wielder

(Unmarked GIFs are credited to @lost-shoe - miss you 😭)

One frequent interpretation of the Steve-Bucky dichotomy sees Steve as the protector and defender with the shield, while Bucky is the aggressor and assailant wielding a gun or knife or even his metal arm. It's hard to shake that impression when we remember just how savage Bucky can be as the Winter Soldier, whereas Steve notably did not carry a weapon after CATFA. Promotional stills where they appear together reinforce that image, with Bucky often appearing with an offensive weapon (or holding his arm up offensively) while Steve holds his shield defensively.

But the picture of Bucky stepping in front of Karpov made me rethink. Despite Bucky's loss at the new super soldiers' hands a moment before, he is remarkably restrained in what he does as he leads Karpov out of the cage. I am not against the meta that suggested he gained some satisfaction at striking back at the new super soldiers, but he stuck to his goal of guarding Karpov instead of getting swept up in the adrenaline and joining the brawl - as other guards in the background did.

Bucky is a protector. I know there are already lots of meta about this: from the moment we meet him in the back alley, Bucky is using himself as a human shield between Steve and the bully. He puts himself at Steve's back when he's rescued from the Hydra facility and he picks up the shield to protect Steve on the train. Even that one scene of Bucky being a sniper in CATFA, he shot the enemy to protect Steve. As Bucky, his acts of aggression happens when he's protecting someone (usually Steve).

So it's interesting to re-examine the violence in CATWS. Yes, Bucky/Winter Soldier is capable of extraordinary ferocity in taking down Fury and Steve and Nat, but he's also someone who sits there placidly when Pierce's maid startles them. Proactive attack isn't his instinctual state - and that becomes clearer when we see more of Bucky in CACW. He waits until violence is upon him before he retaliates: whether in Bucharest, or in the German airport, or finally in Siberia with Tony.

And on reflection, even in this climactic CATWS scene, the visuals are consistent with Bucky’s modus operandi — he is placing himself as a human shield between his enemy (Steve) and what he needs to guard (the Helicarrier behind him). The trail of destruction he leaves behind on his way onto the Helicarrier is frank reminder of how capable of violence he is, but this moment on the bridge holds a curious stillness. He is waiting, but not as a predator waiting for his prey, but rather like a lone guard’s final stand against inevitable doom. And perhaps — his aim was never on taking the most number of lives on the airfield, it was to disperse and disable anyone who might interfere with the Helicarrier’s launch.

Bucky's focus during the first part of the fight with Steve seems to be more on the drive Steve is carrying rather than on killing Steve. Killing Steve only comes after the Helicarriers fail (which begs the question: was Bucky specifically instructed to stop Steve without killing him and then kill him afterwards, or did Bucky have enough presence of mind to hold back for as long as he could?) Even as the Winter Soldier, Bucky seems most in his element when protecting something behind him.

On the converse, we have Steve, whose symbol is the shield, and I think it misleads (maybe even intentionally on Steve's part) the audience and his enemies into thinking that Steve's strong point is defence.

But it's not. I wouldn't call Steve an aggressor (and I'm not a huge fan of the angry chihuahua fanon), but he is far more proactive in his actions and a lot more aggressive in his attacks than the shield might suggest.

Even this memorable image, which seems to suggest Steve is on the defense against Bucky's raging attack is actually the opposite -- Steve is rushing Bucky from the side, and Bucky's punch serves to stop Steve in his tracks (i.e. it’s Bucky's self-defense against Steve's attack).

Our first meeting with Steve establishes him as a challenger - he challenges the recruitment rules, he challenges the disrespectful guy in the cinema, he challenges Colonel Philips and Hydra and the Red Skull - and eventually, he goes on to challenge Loki and Tony and Fury and Pierce and SHIELD in the modern world.

We don't see Steve carrying a weapon in the modern era (except for maybe brief moments of him using a weapon in Avengers) and it's easy, for the audience but also for Steve’s enemies, to forget that Steve uses the shield as an offensive weapon. Sure, it serves its function as an actual shield, but Steve hurls it as a projectile weapon intended to incapacitate so many times I won't be able to list them all so I'll just let this picture speak for itself.

Even at their first reunion, Bucky is running away to avoid a confrontation with the witness (Steve) while Steve is chasing after him to confront the sniper.

And I think this describes their different traits to a tee - Steve is like the bloodhound with a keen nose for trouble and doesn’t rest until he’s chased it down, while Bucky is like the guard dog who patiently sits by his family until commanded to fight or provoked. That's not to say Steve is always picking fights, but rather he's got an intuitive awareness of where the source of the conflict is and has no qualms putting himself into the fray. It’s also not to say that Bucky is always avoidant or apathetic, but rather he tends to watch and wait unless it threatens those he cares about...and that is probably deserving of its own meta to discuss how their separate upbringings make Steve and Bucky different in their confrontation readiness.

"I thought you were more than just a shield," Batroc says, so Steve clips his shield back on his harness and dukes it out with his fists.

Of course Steve is more than his shield, because the shield is just a piece of disguise for who Steve Rogers really is - someone who's always assessing the world around him (rather than hiding behind the shield) and ready to challenge the injustices (rather than waiting for the fight to come to him).

The real dichotomy between Steve and Bucky is that Steve is a natural challenger, who first picks up the shield to help him undertake a single-man offence on a Hydra base. When he wakes up in the modern world and sees that the imagery of the shield is entrenched with his identity, he uses that symbol to mask his fiery defiance while turning the shield itself into a weapon that works both in offense and defence. Bucky is a natural protector, who had picked up fighting and later weapons for defence and self-defence. Hydra then turned his loyal temperament and his skill set into “the fist of Hydra” - capable of both protection and targeted destruction.

They seem to have chosen (or been assigned) a weapon that is opposite to their instincts, but it’s also why they work so well together as a unit. Steve's convictions and idealism give Bucky the impetus to take up arms, and Bucky's constancy and protection give Steve the confidence to forge ahead.

The man who attacks injustices with a shield, and at his back, the man who defends him with a gun.

#steve rogers #bucky barnes #stucky #bucky barnes meta #steve rogers meta #stucky meta #long post

[lnsfawwi]

why steve&bucky being artsy people matters (to me)

Steve, canonly an artist; Bucky, canonly a book nerd and possibly an art student as well

and I cannot stress enough how much that means to me

I know people, including myself, have written so many metas about them being female coded but this is important as well.

hypermasculine heroes and the sentimental art & literature don't usually go together. usually when the hero appreciates art it is usually a plot device and they come off as snub and arrogant (look at our protagonist, how knowledgeable he is!).

heroism in MCU seems to be exclusively tied to masculine traits such as good at math and physical strength, and the former usually is valued more than the latter, especially when the 'brain' of the Avengers are always stem bros, even Thor knows his space science in Ragnorok. if you don't know how to build a rocket, throw one, flex those biceps, that'll show the audience how heroic you are.

for example, magic was ridiculed for being feminine in Thor 1. Steve in catfa is specially shown to be clever, he was street smart, but that doesn't really count, does it? after all, everything special about him came from a bottle, right?

even the female love interests in Marvel are often masculine: Jane is a scientist. Peggy & pre-serum Steve's dynamic was also a reversal of traditional male/female role since her introduction was focused on her superior status and physical strength.

the idea that one has to be stem smart to be smart is discriminatory and sexist. more importantly, men don't get sentimental nor do they appreciate art, male heroes aren't supposed to be associated with feminine traits and/activities.

but Steve has always been an artist, he is always emotional and sentimental and he CARES so much. I'm sure Bucky was good at stem but at the end of the day, he's a nerd, he likes books and music, he probably took art class simply bc he LIKED it. they were also shown to express emotional support for others, something often missing from male/masculine characters.

Steve and Bucky's superpower is literally just super strong. taken at face value it's the most simplistic, masculine superpower there is. they fit every stereotypical male hero trope but somehow they just AREN'T that.

#bucky barnes #steve rogers #stevebucky #I love my Brooklyn boys #stem dudebros can go fuck themselves #we need liberal art! #one of the reasons why they get along with Sam #Steve and Bucky are so female coded #they are basically women #Markus and McFeely wrote the most female coded male characters ever #and they didn't even realize it #dude what the hell

[iam93percentstardust]

Hello friend!! Let’s make the stony fandom more vibrant! Tell me:

Favorite stony meta

Stony fic idea that you want to write but haven’t gotten to yet

Three most recent stony fics you read and why you liked them

🥰🥰🥰🥰

Henlo fren! Thanks for the ask!

Favorite stony meta

Oh god, I could talk about the dynamics between Tony, Steve, and Howard all day long. There's so much complication going on there. And I think it's a really interesting choice on the MCU's part not to write Howard and Steve as best friends. I went back and rewatched CATFA the other day, and it really struck me that Steve views Howard with a measure of awe (because of the things he creates and the fact that he seems to actually understand women where Steve doesn't) and a measure of wariness (for the same reasons), but they're not really friends. We don't see Howard spending time with the Howlies outside of strategy meetings, he's not in either of the bar scenes, and Steve never smiles around him. And on the flip side, up until Steve's death, Howard is fairly condescending towards Steve (at least towards his intelligence, given his remarks about Steve not understanding the Hydra tech). Honestly, I think that a lot of Howard's adoration for Steve came about only after Steve's death. It's easier to look up to a martyr, after all, than a living, breathing superhuman. And it would have been easy for Howard to convincingly claim that he'd admired Steve all along since he, like Tony, uses masks as easily as breathing

Stony fic idea I want to write

Ooh I've had this idea for an interactive reality show AU for literal years at this point, but I've been too intimidated to write it. The idea would be, as I said, a reality show AU with Steve and Tony as the judges, who are already in a relationship and have to deal with outside forces trying to break them up during the course of the season. The interactive part comes in with the fact that the actual reality show would be based on readers' votes. The Stevetony storyline would be pre-planned and completely independent of the reality show storyline. The reality show storyline would be written in real time, though, or as near to it as possible, and characters would be voted off as the readers vote.

As I said, I'm horribly intimidated by it. The interactive aspect makes me very, very nervous. I'm afraid to start writing it and then find out that no one is as interested in the concept as I am, so no one votes. I've had a couple times in the last few years where people claimed to be really excited to read something that I worked really hard on only to get 2-3 regular readers, and I'm just afraid for that to happen here. If it were any other fic, I'd be fine with it, but the fact that it's a fic that would rely on the readership in a time when people are more and more resentful of writers asking for interaction... Well, let's just say this fic is one that'll probably stay in the ideas folder.

Three most recent stony fics

Tomorrow We'll Be Born Again by KandiSheek: I love angsty fics where they think it's time to walk away because obviously the other one doesn't love them and it's over and their heart is breaking only to find out that no, the love is still there, they just don't know how to show it <3

In Written by naivelittleprincess: I like fics that do something clever with the formatting, and a love story written in post-it notes is right up my alley <3 It's funny and clever and super sweet. Defs recommend it for anyone who likes unusual styles

speak easy, swing hard by laiqualaurelote: Prohibition AUs, my beloved. I love 1920s fics, especially because I'll never write one of my own, and I love pre-serum Steve. I don't want to spoil the twist, but you should definitely read this one <3

#alle answers #stevetony

[amarriageoftrueminds]

A Timeline of CATFA in images

from this meta. 

#timeline #March 1942 - March 1945 #long post #historically accurate stucky tag #steve rogers #steve meta #catfa #mcu meta #catfa meta #ref #meta #626 days #dat's me #that '24 hours' deadline between phillips and gabe #sidenote: more hydra bases are shown on maps in SSR HQ #but only the 6 are linked to the howlies #and the 7th is the valkyrie base #meaning (if they only dealt with those 6 bases) steve and the howlies had 2.5 months to plan and execute each mission #steve was only in the european theatre of war for 1 year 3 months and 27 days (or 15 months and 27 days) 😥 #5 days before bucky's birthday #😭 #my meta

[pigtailedgirl]

I join those in being another one who hates that in reducing Steve to sex and the virginity discussion, the MCU of course had to sell it a very specific way. And in a way that again undermined him at every turn.

It really had to be a girl on the USO tour. 

Which of course, girl, to clarify Steve can’t be queer read. 

But it hurts the narrative to say sex, and what they seem to be tying it to aka reward and he be tragic not to have had it, and all that garbage, was only worthy post- serum. Only hot Steve deserved loving, physically or intimately? 

Seriously, what would Jen’s reaction be if it was pre-serum Steve was no virgin? That he’d had GF who didn’t work out maybe. 

Also they had to thread the needle of it couldn’t be lost it to Peggy. They don’t want to make Peggy a sex prize. In her actions in CATFA, which she would be read as if her and Steve were consummating, then indecisive and alternatively focused like she was as the seeking independent worth woman and him as find the value out of lesser self to men. In the after because to say Steve went back for nookie is lessoning their romantic take.

CATFA’s flirtation with Peggy makes sense in a bi or queer code read, in Steve doesn’t quite compute feminine attraction and sexual desire, or it works in he’s playing at/with it. Or it makes sense in a purity read, in that Steve is too innocent to understand or act on this attraction and desire unless in fits the one true standard trope.

But no, they’ve given him sexy gal lampshade sex at the worst time.  Now his flirtation with Peggy post USO tour can’t be genuine. Can’t be sweet or innocent. He knows what girl fondue is and had to like it because straight man ideals. Because this is clearly a response that highlights non interest in any other form. Rejoice Captain America fucks. Strange it relies so heavily on great he had the sex, and not you know, did it mean something and did he like it. Shocker, what if someone could have sex with women, lose your virginity, and still decide to or be queer? Don’t cry marvel we know dude bros won’t consider this. 

But why can’t he understand and translate positive sexuality with Peggy, if he has affection, desire and love and want of Peggy? Why is he suddenly acting like he doesn’t get sex or lady attraction in scenes with her during the middle of the film? 

It comes across like he’s playing now, but in the vindictive way. In acting like sex, their attraction, or his virginal take, is a way to neg her. I go EWWWW.

Seriously what have they done to Steve?!

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#steve rogers meta #catfa meta #anti steggy kinda #like at least if steve was bi or flirting with peggy to hide queerness #internally or publicly #he wouldn't be absolving his role role in their flirtation

[countessravengrey]

Happy Birthday, Bucky!!

And Happy Stucky Resurrection/ Reignition/ Renaissance Day 2024!

Okay y'all, today's the day. Whatever you want to call it, we are bringing Stucky back (or acknowledging it never left) and celebrating it on Bucky Barnes's birthday.

Why not celebrate on Steve's? So glad you didn't ask. I have no idea how we got here except that Bucky's birthday came first in the original ask?:

Besides, Steve's birthday is all tied up with that whole "national holiday" thing, so let's give some love to our favorite misunderstood amputee brainwashed/wiped veteran on his birthday, yeah? Yeah.

Me personally? I'm doing the double (and a half) feature:

CATFA

CATWS

1st half of CACW (because the second half is just more Avengers focused)

I've been holding off watching all three of these movies for months in preparation. I didn't think it would be that hard not to watch CATWS (one of my top comfort movies) for this long, but here we are. I'm hoping I'll see something new. Even if I don't, it's still my favorite.

And yeah, I really plan to start at 7:04p EST lol. I like to think two supersoldiers would appreciate such a specific and fan-focused mission start time.

(get it? 7:04, 7/4, July 4th? ...my hyperfixation is showing)

I'm going to try to live-post reactions. And if that's not enough, I'll be posting as many metas and memes as I can find, so send some my way if you think I'll like them.

And, as promised, I got my first chapter up for a new long-form Omegaverse fic I've been working on and posted. Feel free to reblog!:

However you choose to celebrate, my dear fellow fans, make it epic.

#stucky #bucky barnes #steve rogers #stucky day 2024 #captain america the first avenger #captain america the winter soldier #stevebucky #steve x bucky #stucky renaissance #stucky resurrection #stuck reignition #fanfiction #omegaverse

[bedlamsbard]

This is actually 3 things because ongoing breakup situation fried my brain so I kept forgetting. 1. That Peggy meta was a thing of beauty and I love that you managed to make her imperfect without ever falling into "this British aristocrat is a Relatable Underdog." 2. I kinda want to write my "alt!Loki hitting both his own and Thor's avengers beats" theory, but I don't want to make you feel like I'm trying to get you to go back to morning when I like Home a lot, your call? 3. Talk about Howard?

Aww, I'm sorry to hear you're not having a good time. <33333

I CANNOT get over the fact that the MCU tried to (a) make Peggy's and Whitney Frost's situations equivalent to each other in AC S2 when the flashbacks themselves made it clear that Peggy had every advantage Whitney didn't and (b) make Peggy's and Steve's situations equivalent to each other in CATFA and What If. I can actually see Peggy assuming growing up privileged but expected to fit into a certain role is equivalent to growing up poor, second gen, sickly, and with a single parent, but the narrative itself seemed to feel like those were identical, which is seriously uncomfortable.

I would be delighted to hear your alt!Loki theory! I don't get bothered about Morning the way I do with my Star Wars fic; I know exactly what's going to happen and how this story is going to end, I just haven't felt like working on it lately. So I would love to hear your theory!

Howard is a freak, which I say quite often and with affection. I don't think the MCU in any way intended him to be; it's a consequence of Howard mostly appearing in other people's memories, more as a plot device than a character, which is what he is in Tony's narrative. (And Tony says as much in his first scene in CACW.) We only see Howard as a non-constructed character on very few occasions and the only really extended occasion is CATFA, which is a much younger Howard than we see in Ant-Man or Endgame, or even his very brief flashback appearance in CACW. (I count IM2 as a constructed Howard because he's on camera and he knows he's on camera, he's just constructing himself here rather than being created by other people's memories/needs/etc.) Because Howard plays this wide variety of roles -- distant father, industrialist, inspirational father, casus belli, domineering boss, etc. -- it's easy to overlook what we see of Howard which isn't filtered through other people. I mean, literally, our introduction to Howard in IM1 is in newspaper articles about him. In IM2, it's Tony's memory of him, it's Fury using him to manipulate Tony, it's recorded videos -- and then CATFA we actually meet Howard, who is already at this point living the double life that Fury tells Tony about in IM2. Nobody knows he's involved with the SSR, just like for seventy years no one knew he was a member of SHIELD -- twenty years after his death! -- no one outside of SHIELD knew he was a member of SHIELD, including his own family. And the fact that Howard is the kind of person who not only could keep that secret, but actually did is such a major characterization note that should be the first thing anyone thinks of when it comes to him. Because everything else he does should be filtered through "this man is keeping a huge chunk of his life a secret." (and, I mean, one could definitely look at that as a metaphor for "Howard Stark was in love with a man for fifty years," but also it's...not a metaphor, he literally did that.)

#I could talk about howard a lot but it helps if I know which way to go! #thinking recently about the cartwheels I turn to take the best possible interpretation of not great stuff howard was involved with #I'm honestly surprised I don't get called on it more often (i.e. vibranium the manhattan project the cacw super soldier serum) #thelurkinglark #bedlam replies

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Steggy Week 2023 Round-Up

Bless Steggy Week for finally getting me back into writing regularly. Here are all of my entries.

Day 1: Headcanons and Meta - When It All Falls Down

Steve goes to fix things with Peggy after that morning in the lab.

Day 2: WIPs and Updates - He Can Do This All Day

Steve shows Peggy his ability to do it all day extends to bedroom activities.

Day 3: AUs and Crossovers - Wrapped in Red Chapter Five

After receiving some bad advice Skinny Steve decides to find out how the other side lives by using a photoshopped picture on his online dating profile.

Day 4: Family and Friends - Tis the Damn Season

Set during catfa, at Christmas 1943 Peggy is lonely and decides to seek Steve out for just one night.

Day 5: Missing Scenes and Favorite moments - Reconnaissance

How Peggy came to see the Star Spangled Show and Steve, despite officially being elsewhere.

Day 6: Multiverse/What If...? - (One of) Five Times Howard and Bucky Cock-Blocked Steve and Peggy

Preview of a What If Five Times fic where Howard and Bucky continue to interrupt potential first kisses.

#steggyweek23 #fic masterlist #steggy

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one day I’ll meta the whole like all American beef thing in the interrogations in catfa and 1x04 but today is not that day

#bee rewatches ac again #ac 104