#theres that therapists twitter thread that explains this better

[backonefish]

not sure why the mcu is still so intent on painting bucky as someone who needs to “amend” and “serve” to right his wrongs. or that he should move on from the image that steve had of him - aka a victim and not a villian. theyve decided that the only way forward for bucky is to be forgiven by people who have suffered because of the winter soldier - as opposed to bucky forgiving himself.

first zemo acts like he forgives bucky, when... what did bucky even do to hurt zemo?? wasnt it the other way around???

even sam, who is a va therapist, is pushing the dialogue that the only way forward for bucky is to amend. the entire conversation felt so uncomfortable bc it very much felt like victim blaming and that bucky wasnt doing enough work, or the ‘right’ work to move past his trauma. 

not once do they label bucky as a trauma victim who wasnt in control of his actions but a casualty of a system that used and abused him. 

#theres that therapists twitter thread that explains this better #but it just felt so wrong to me #the entire conversation around bucky owning up to his actions #like yes i get it #its important that he does that and come to terms with his ws past #but the only way through is not to say sorry or give the victims closure #i also hate that all the sambucky posts have essentially glossed over this very important aspect #sam as a therapist and friend should never ever have told bucky that he wasnt working hard enough #at least not os early on in his therapy #mcu treats trauma so shitty #but yeah #protect bucky barns #hes a victim not a villian #they gave zemo a better redemption arc #bucky barnes #sam wilson #tfatws #tfatws spoilers #mine #trauma tw #thought i was done but then they're trying to act like the steves book where he wrote down ways ot fit in the future #WAS THE SAME AS BUCKY WRITING DOWN PEOPLE HE KILLED AS THE WS #like whatttt??? #wheres my bucky barnes defense squad #leggo