I wouldn't say I'm a Bucky Barnes hate blog, but...

Jul 23, 2015 12:34

Because it’s come up a couple times on my Tumblr dash (and like, honestly, I realized yesterday during the Taylor Swift-Nicki Minaj debacle how completely done with Tumblr I am ( Read more... )

mcu, fandom bullshit

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redbrunja July 23 2015, 21:52:04 UTC
Wow, you find the most infuriating reactions to Bucky Barnes. Like, it's a gift. (The way I have a gift for finding babyfic.)

simultaneously removing Bucky of any responsibility (again, yes, that I don't mind) and then turning around and saying that you are still responsible for the things you do while dealing with mental illness and you deserve whatever the criminal justice system throws at you when you break the law.

Ha ha ha! I wish you were kidding but I know that you are not.

There's a lot of other stuff going on with Bucky, too; like rape/loss of bodily autonomy metaphors, and I appreciate why that's so appealing to lots of young women.

But removed from actually having to think/care/write ABOUT a women, which is fandom's favorite thing.

Bucky citing something that is, essentially, mental illness and is beyond his control (which, to be fair, it is)Okay, he's the thing, though. Bucky Barnes as a metaphor for mental illness is a BAD METAPHOR. Because unlike Nikita or Natasha or even Bruce (oh, how Bruce is a FANTASTIC ( ... )

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