Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

shanology:

shanology:

shanology:

shanology:

Can we just talk about the moment when the Howling Commandos realize that the only reason any of them made it out is because Steve loves Bucky That. Fucking. Much.? That if Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes were just a tiny bit less adorable, they’d all be dead?

mellyblue007 said: And later they hear Bucky reading Steve the riot act for “jumping out of an airplane flown by HOWARD STARK…oh my god, Steve, do you even remember the ‘flying’ car…into enemy territory ALONE, you big JERK!” and they know Bucky feels the same way.

sarah-the-ninja said: They probably tried to protect Bucky without him finding out, because Bucky was trying to protect Steve at the same time (and Steve’s an idiot)…Can you imagine them after the plane fell, though?

shanology:

Oh man I want those scenes so, so much. As flashbacks or hell, put the Howling Commandos in Agent Carter and just have them sit around telling war stories about these two dorks trying to keep each other safe at the expense of all else.

“Hey, remember the time Rogers pushed Barnes out of the way of that machine gun fire, and then Barnes picked up the shield and smacked him over the head with it?”

“Remember when Barnes snuck out at dawn and took down an entire Hydra encampment, one by one, with his rifle just so Rogers couldn’t storm the place?”

“Remember how they always used to share a tent?”

mellyblue007:

And all of the Commandos just stop and give Dum Dum the look while he giggles and takes another sip of his beer.

shanology: And someone mutters, “We don’t talk about the tent.”

turntechdickrider:

Okay but imagine the moment someone in the Howling Commandos actually realizes why Steve saves them and he just looks over at Bucky and goes, “You beautiful sonovabitch. I am so glad you’re attractive.” and poor Bucky is like uhhh thanks?? I think?

shanology: Oh man yes. YES. And the guys do everything they can to give Steve and Bucky time alone without them realizing it, because dammit, they owe it to them.

But the Commandos can’t decide whether it’s safer to always be near Bucky, because Steve is guaranteed to be there kicking people’s asses, or never be near Bucky, because Steve might throw YOU in front of a bullet if it came down to you or Barnes.

I’M JUST GONNA KEEP REBLOGGING THIS BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTS ARE MAKING MY DAY, GUYS:

butlerbookbinding: Now all I can see is the Commandos hunkering down, all “MEN, OUR VERY LIVES ARE RIDING ON THOSE DIMPLES AND THE CAPTAIN’S DESIRE TO RIDE THAT MAN LIKE A STALLION. KEEP HIM ALIVE AND ATTRACTIVE AT ALL COSTS!”

shadava: Remember that one time Steve and Bucky went out for fondue

“ride that man like a stallion” *dying*

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awrogersno:

i love how they just chose a photo of steve and bucky

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spitandvinegar:

Ok so we all know that the answer to “Where did Captain America learn to steal a car?” is “Nazi Germany” but I think the more pressing question here is when the fuck did this complete maniac get a driver’s license

Because ok, Mighty Mouse 1.0 is too poor to own a car, too short to reach the pedals, has vision problems, and is a goddamn New Yorker in the motherfucking 1930s, why on earth would he ever have learned to drive?

So this little bastard can’t even tell the gas from the brakes, he gets all beefified, he goes on tour with the USO. Unless one of the showgirls coached him through stalling out a car all over some Hollywood back lot, he still can’t drive. He goes to Europe. At some point, some genius looks at him and thinks “this strapping specimen of American hunkhood obviously knows his way around a vehicle, let’s give him a motorcycle,” and Steve “no parachute” Rogers is like “how hard could this be?” and promptly wraps himself around approximately eight trees at the same time.

So then he’s kickin’ ass, fightin’ Hydra, and it’s just months of Bucky being like “give me the goddamn keys, Steven,” and Dum Dum and Morita endlessly encouraging his fucking insane Fury Road bullshit, like the Howling Commandos just use “grenade” as code for “Rogers” when they’re reporting why yet another truck has been destroyed beyond recognition. Yes, sir, another grenade, I agree, sir, it’s very odd that we keep losing vehicles in the same way, that’s the third this month alone

So then he’s in the future and SHIELD is sorting his shit out, and they’re not going to force Captain goddamn America to wait in line at the DMV, they’re all in complete awe in him and they’ve seen the old reels of him on his bike, so when they issue him his driver’s license without any type of road test they go ahead and give him a motorcycle license too

and steve is like …neat.

Ok so then Bucky is back, shit is settled down, everyone’s heading somewhere and Steve gets in the driver’s seat and Buck’s like WHOA WHOA WHOA are you people out of your goddamn minds?! Why is Steve driving, is this some kind of mission, are we heading into a combat zone, is the plan for the vehicle to get blown up?? GIVE ME THE GODDAMN KEYS STEVEN

And Sam is all “what are you talking about, Steve’s a great driver, I saw him jump his bike over a car once”

And Buck is all “yes but have you seen him use a turn signal?”

And Steve’s like, “Listen, we never needed to ‘signal’ our ‘turns’ in Nazi Germany.”

And after that Bucky always drives.

Fin.

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answertolife-pg394:

In Captain America: Civil War I don’t want Bucky to be some lost little puppy. I want him to be all, “May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.” I want him kicking ass and taking no prisoners. When Bucky has figured himself out, everyone who ever wronged him or Steve better watch their backs because there is going to be a motherfucking reckoning.

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rant incoming in 5…4…3…2…1

darthstitch:

It always pisses me off whenever fic writers forget that Steve Rogers also had a shit-ton of Bad Things to happen to him or at least marginalize it because Bucky had it worse. 

Look, I’m not arguing that it isn’t true.  Bucky’s definitely had the worst end of the whole deal so this isn’t and this shouldn’t be a contest in which, “Your pain and experience is worse, so you should get help and we’ll just ignore the other guy.”

Consider the shit Steve’s gone through:

a.  Has PTSD.  Possible suicidal tendencies.  Depression. 

b.  Has no other family or relatives to go home to - by the time Steve wakes up, any possible support system he might have had is long gone.  The Commandos are either dead or too old.  Peggy Carter is the same.  Bucky, of course, is out of the picture.  Steve has never come home from his war.  Never.

c.  Was apparently isolated by SHIELD in the first few days of his awakening and then pretty much manipulated into joining the group.  Also, the first thing SHIELD does to him is lie.  Nick Fury also lied to him about Phase 2 and while I don’t doubt Fury’s got better intentions than someone like Alexander Pierce…. that is not a good way to treat a man who’s led covert ops and been around spies in freakin’ World War II. 

d.  SHIELD is actually HYDRA and has been torturing and brainwashing and fucking over Steve’s Best Friend and Only Family.  So basically, Steve died for nothing. 

e.  The entirety of the whole Winter Soldier mess. 

f.   Everything special about you came from a bottle.  I honestly think those words still haunt Steve, especially in the wake of the whole Winter Soldier shitstorm. 

g.  Is still expected to be Captain America, beacon of hope and justice and right and he still pushes on, even as he deals with a world that’s vastly different from what he knows, with people who constantly remind him that he’s out of touch and out of sync, even if it’s in a good-natured, teasing way, even as he comes to grips with the fact that Bucky, his best friend, will never be the man he’s known and the fact that he should have jumped after his friend on the train, even as Bucky, with his memory all FUBAR’d, jumped after him on the helicarrier.  TL;DR - Steve deals with a poison stew of grief and guilt and anger on a daily basis. 

Seriously, the only one I’ve seen who pretty much just comes close to understanding the crap he’s gone through is Sam Wilson.  Who gets that it’s not a contest of who got the worst experience - just recognizes that Steve is also in pain and hurting and shouldn’t be shuffled aside and told to “walk it off” because Bucky is the tortured POW, not him.  TL;DR:  Steve Rogers also needs a hug.  A LOT of hugs.  A LOT of kindness and understanding.  Especially from the people who are supposed to be his friends. 

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darthstitch:

imaginemcu:

thebestworstidea:

elegantmess-southernbelle:

samjohnssonvt:

imaginemcu:

Imagine Natasha and Pepper get all the guys together and convince them to make a pin-up calendar for charity.

Steve is the immediate and only choice for July.

Sam Wilson volunteers before all the Avengers even find out about it.

Tony tries to convince them that he should be all 12 months; they let him have December.

When they don’t let him have every month, Tony insists Rhodey needs to be in it somewhere then; he manages to bribe him into it.

Bruce politely declines involvement.  Somehow the Hulk ends up on the spread for March.

Clint thinks it’s a nude calendar and shows up with nothing but a bow and quiver.  They let him go through with it under the condition that he’s not allowed to go full frontal.  — Hawkeye’s majestic buttocks graces the page for May.

Not really knowing what this strange Midgardian custom is, Thor hears about Clint’s bold photo and insists on posing with nothing but Mjolnir.  (He makes sure it’s well placed.)  (November is a very popular month that year).

Not to be outdone by an archer and a demigod, Tony has his photo redone wearing exactly three pieces of the Iron Man suit.  He proclaims there’s nothing half the women of America haven’t seen already.

After that, Tony immediately insists that Steve needs to pose with nothing but the shield.  Everyone is astonished when he thinks on it for less than a minute before agreeing.  “It’s for charity, right?”

Once Captain America goes for it, no one else can bring themselves to do anything less.

By the end, the entire calendar is full of beautifully photographed artistic nudes of male superheroes.

They make over $2 billion for a collection of their favorite charities.

Mad: #vision is confused but game#he points out he’s #uh #‘fully functional’ #on an as-needed basis #that freaks out the photog though #he poses with just the cape on #bucky insists he’s doing it if steve and sam are #because he’s too stubborn not to #he stares right into the camera #people either really like june or flip past it immediately #pietro’s the only one who doesn’t have a signature accessory to pose with #so he poses in a sprinter’s crouch #not pictured #wanda out of frame #alternately making fun of him and screeching #now everyone can say ‘i’ve gone blind’ in sokovian

morgynleri, I smell story prompts!

I smell ART prompts.

I want] to organize artists to draw all of these.

TASTEFULLY.

none of those ‘breathe wrong and the dong is exposed’ bits.

IF ANYBODY’S INTERESTED

HEY @greenbergsays!!!!!

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