Falcon and Winter Soldier #2
Another solid episode.
I don't like this idea that superheroes just wing it (no pun intended); you get great drama when you show a plan, and then something in the plan goes sideways, and you have to reach into adapt/improvise/overcome. (Strike Back was a master class in that.)
I have a meta about all the queer-baiting in it brewing in the back of my head. Like ... what if it's not meant for the western audience?
And that said, spoilers for one of the biggest gut-punches I've seen in ages below
I literally gasped when Bucky blurted his fear about if Steve was wrong about you, he was wrong about me.
Oh man, what a punch in the feels.
I feel a bit for John Walker. He's stepped into a no-win situation and he's so desperate to be liked he's only making it worse. But once again, I like how he's come in as a fully fleshed out person who is clearly brave and talented, and yet, has that flaw.
I don't like this idea that superheroes just wing it (no pun intended); you get great drama when you show a plan, and then something in the plan goes sideways, and you have to reach into adapt/improvise/overcome. (Strike Back was a master class in that.)
I have a meta about all the queer-baiting in it brewing in the back of my head. Like ... what if it's not meant for the western audience?
And that said, spoilers for one of the biggest gut-punches I've seen in ages below
I literally gasped when Bucky blurted his fear about if Steve was wrong about you, he was wrong about me.
Oh man, what a punch in the feels.
I feel a bit for John Walker. He's stepped into a no-win situation and he's so desperate to be liked he's only making it worse. But once again, I like how he's come in as a fully fleshed out person who is clearly brave and talented, and yet, has that flaw.