And They Were ROOMMATES

Team New York 

-Spider Baby protecting his city while keeping up with the memes.

-At the Stark/Potts engagement party.

-There are surprisingly a lot of quiet nights at the Sanctum Sanctorum.  

Calm Before the Storm

A series about what the members of the Avengers/Guardians were *probably* up to months before the events of Infinity War.

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can cap and bucky at least share a hug in the next movie? i really think they need one.

The relationship between Steve and Bucky is one of my brother’s and my favorite aspects of the Captain America movies. It’s so complex and tragic. They have a devotion to one another that is undermined and devastated by fate, and exploring how they endure that is fascinating for us as storytellers and fans. We feel Civil War is the best chapter yet in the story of their relationship. The character has gone from being Bucky Barnes to being the Winter Soldier, and now in this movie he is something else. We explore whether he and Steve can ever have a relationship again and, if so, what that relationship can be. - Anthony Russo

this is Bucky’s fucking face when he realizes that he was about to kill his best friend ;____; 

my heart... i can actually feel it shattering 

little plant babies!

This is one of my favorite things in the world

why are you laughing steve

what do you mean we’re perfect for each other

steve

hasn’t this been done like a thousand times already

im taking commissions now!

For what it’s worth, I think we’re doing okay without him

i really like looking at google image searches for “firemen rescuing cats” or something because you get super cute pictures like

AND THEN THERE’S THIS ONE

A quick little comic for class. (I am a plant witch.)

inseparable  

just a quick doodle to distract me from the broken spirit  and fractured heart given to me courtesy of Infinity War 

You know what I realized when i re-watched CATFA? When Erskine was talking to Steve the night before he would take the serum, he told him that "The serum amplifies everything that is inside, so good becomes great; bad becomes worse.” Which made me wonder about the what the serum Hydra gave Bucky did to him. Bucky was always a good person. He was, in a lot of ways, like Steve. I’m pretty sure Steve always looked up to Bucky, and Bucky always admired Steve (even if Steve wasn’t aware of it). They both had a strong sense of justice, they wanted to protect the ones they loved, and they believed in fighting the good fight.

When Steve became Captain America, everything good about him was enhanced, not just physically, but everything that made Steve Rogers special - His kindness, his empathy, his will and trust - everything good became great.

Maybe Hydra’s serum wasn’t as perfect as Erskine’s, but would any of the effects be similar? Bucky was always good. His own kindness, his protectiveness, his selflessness, and compassion - would’ve all been enhanced along with his strength. But Hydra took measures to destroy everything good about him after injecting him. They put him through hell; tortured him, brainwashed him, dehumanized him to the point where he was treated like a tool, a weapon, and nothing more. The Winter Soldier could not be good, only a puppet following orders. The Winter Soldier went against everything Bucky Barnes ever was. I think that’s why it hurts so much to realize that Bucky, the person who would never do anything to harm an innocent person, had to watch himself kill and hurt harmless people over and over again; to him, that was probably worse than any torture he endured. Hydra destroyed Bucky Barnes from the inside out.

But even after all of that - all the pain, torture, abuse, memory wipes, and guilt - after forgetting who he was and what made him him, Bucky came out of it wanting nothing but to be good. He was on the run for two years before Cap found him and he had no intention of harming anyone. The kindhearted, selfless, protective man was still in there. And after everything, he makes the choice to protect others from him. He knows he has the potential to hurt people and he doesn’t want to take that risk. The last thing Bucky ever wants to do is harm anyone else. So he makes the choice to go back under. Despite what he probably really wants to do - live his life with Steve and the rest - he sacrifices that freedom to protect everyone, especially his best friend. As much as I didn’t want to see him be put back on ice, I understand why he needed to. Because everything special about Bucky Barnes was enhanced by the serum - his heart, humanity, love, and need to protect others - he needed to go back under because that’s who Bucky inherently is.