So yeah, both Bucky and Pierce's characters are unbelievable, but I interpret them metaphorically - Pierce is who Fury is in danger of becoming, and the Winter Soldier is who Captain America might be if he just followed orders.
Nice! That works well. I am guessing it's that kinda thing Civil War explores?
Sadly, no. Civil War is kind of terrible. I'm slowly realizing that I don't actually like the MCU, I like the small handful of movies within the MCU that stand on their own in terms of themes, plot, and characterization. Mostly just Winter Soldier and Black Panther (with First Avenger being acceptable as necessary setup to Winter Soldier). I've actually been invited twice to see Infinity War for free and both times I was like, hard pass.
A lot of what I like about Winter Soldier and the Captain America character more generally I've gotten from fanfic. Fans will explore themes like performative masculinity and PTSD and the transmutation of fear into anger and violence, that Hollywood won't touch with a ten foot pool. If you've any interest, I've been writing drabbles of my own about it here - but if you didn't like Winter Soldier, they may not do anything for you, subversive interpretations or not.
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Sadly, no. Civil War is kind of terrible. I'm slowly realizing that I don't actually like the MCU, I like the small handful of movies within the MCU that stand on their own in terms of themes, plot, and characterization. Mostly just Winter Soldier and Black Panther (with First Avenger being acceptable as necessary setup to Winter Soldier). I've actually been invited twice to see Infinity War for free and both times I was like, hard pass.
A lot of what I like about Winter Soldier and the Captain America character more generally I've gotten from fanfic. Fans will explore themes like performative masculinity and PTSD and the transmutation of fear into anger and violence, that Hollywood won't touch with a ten foot pool. If you've any interest, I've been writing drabbles of my own about it here - but if you didn't like Winter Soldier, they may not do anything for you, subversive interpretations or not.