listen. i know it's not 2014 anymore and i know it's just a throwaway line and that the russo brothers didnt intend for marvel action blockbuster captain america the winter soldier to become the tragic gay love story that never was but man. having steve say "it's kind of hard to find someone with shared life experience" in a conversation about romantic relationships right before the bucky reveal is so cruel. it's not just about steve and bucky obviously having the shared experience of being "out of time," it's the fact that they've both been stripped of their humanity in opposite directions. steve is a legend, he is an american hero and a national icon before he is a human being the same way that bucky is a weapon and a killing machine before he is a human being. steve knows that anyone who falls in love with him in the 21st century fell in love with captain america first, and that's just not him. but then the one person who knew him first and knew him best and loved him (not captain america, that little guy from brooklyn) so much he died for it is alive, impossibly. and it's a miracle because he's back and it's horrific because he's back under the worst possible circumstances. but to steve, the winter soldier is worth tearing the world apart for because he's always been bucky first. they find each other and suddenly they're human again. and maybe, despite it all, being "out of time" becomes a blessing, because in this century they'd finally be allowed to love each other the way they've always wanted to. like real people do.
like. no. the captain america trilogy isn't about two queer men traumatized and alienated by war and modern life rediscovering and reclaiming their humanity through their love for each other. but. i mean. it couldve been
sehun & baekhyun using their superpowers to control the lightsticks
why i have trust issues
ââŚ. dean would kiss me on my frigginâ head sometimes. â - [roman on talk is jericho]
a bonus (post shield days):
âItâs so complex and tragic. They have a devotion to one another that is undermined and devastated by fate.â â Russo Brothers
âTheir bond stretches across half of the twentieth century. Steve and Bucky are each otherâs soulmates, if you will, because no one on Earth understands what either of them has been through as well as the other does.â â Markus & McFeely
Cory & Shawn â throughout the seasons
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The entirety of I Donât Dance from High School Musical 2 is literally about Chad denying that heâs gay because heâs an athlete (also dancing is stereotypically âgayâ activity while sports (like baseball and basketball) are typically hyper masculine and therefore hetero) and Ryan trying to prove to him that that doesnât matter like c'mon guys Ryan goes âyouâll never know if you never tryâ and Chad says âbut thereâs just one little thing that stops me every timeâ thay one little thing is his fear of coming out because heâs an athlete and heâs scared of how his teammates and so on will react because athletes just canât be gay, right? like itâs so significant that they were playing baseball specifically because âpitchingâ and âcatchingâ are euphemisms for âtoppingâ and âbottomingâ and I probably donât even have the explain the context of âswingingâ (ie. towards men or towards women) also in the scene right before the song actually starts they do that thing with the bat where the put their hands on top of one anothers to see who will bat first. Like guys cmon, a baseball bat is such a phallic symbol (hand jobs my dudes). and literally while chad is swearing up and down that he doensât dance he eventually starts to dance anyway, which symbolizes him starting to accept himself whilst still being a little wary to really come out? then they even go as far as to switch clothes afterward and are damn near sitting in eachotherâs laps with taylor, chadâs âgirlfriend,â just kind of awkwardly standing beside them it is so painfully obvious that chad and ryan were supposed to be gay but the writers couldnât make it truly canon because this was Disney in 2007 so they set ryan up with kelsi even though kelsi was clearly a lesbian and had a crush on sharpay but Chad and Ryan definetely got married after college and adopted a bunch of kids and if anyone disagrees with me on this theyâre welcome to take it up with my lawyer