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,Sebastian Stan on Steve and Bucky’s relationship, “Captain America: Civil War is a love story” Empire Magazine (March 22, 2016) [source] (via youneedtostrut)
Here’s the thing, though: It’s not like Seb is wrong. It’s hard as hell to tell a platonic love story that’s believable and emotional and intense and has resonance, especially if it’s between two men. It would make things a lot easier if Steve & Bucky were lovers, because you’d have that physicality as a shortcut.
And it’s not like the comics have ever shied away from the fact that Bucky and Steve are soulmates and love each other more than anyone else. Just because they’re not having sex doesn’t somehow lessen that bond.
And yeah, I get the frustration a lot of fans have because we would all love more bi and gay representation in mainstream media, but the Russos and Markus/McFeely and Ed Brubaker and Chris and Seb aren’t pandering or backtracking or doing any sort of mental gymnastics when they say, yes, this is a love story and ALSO say, no, they also don’t think that love story is sexual.
A love story is still a love story, no matter whether or not the two main characters kiss at the end. Pacific Rim and Mad Max: Fury Road are two perfect examples of this. And even as someone who ships the hell out of Steve & Bucky, I don’t mind that a lot of the creative minds see it as platonic. It takes nothing away from my enjoyment of the pairing.
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I think tumblr ate this post up and the original response if from @brendaonao3
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This is an excellent response to that quote. Steve and Bucky have a very close bond, they are loving and devoted to each other. That they aren’t lovers doesn’t detract from that at all. If anything, I find it more refreshing and impressive than most films that seem to need to make the main character’s most prominent bond romantic in order to give it depth.
In all the decades that Steve and Bucky have been written in the comics, they’ve never been lovers and they arguably have the strongest bond of any characters. Look at everything their bond has survived and it has never wavered.
I’d also like to add that Stan referred to Steve and Bucky as being like brothers during interviews for CA:TFA. This isn’t something he suddenly sprung on the fans. Its been his view of them in the MCU from the beginning.
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