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It sort of ruins that scene is CATFA right? I always thought that Bucky’s disappearance was sort of handled in a read between the lines kind of way? Like yes, obvs Steve is sad and he mentions that he can’t get drunk anymore, but its treated like “here we have our two minutes of grieving scene, move on, there’s more story to tell”.Â
((And honestly I think its one of the reasons why so much of the (movie watching) fandom had such a hard time with CATWS and more importantly, CACW because for alot of people it was like, Wait, WHY is Steve freaking out over Bucky? We never really get to see that intense friendship in the movies that is present in the comics, and while CACW hints at it more, it still seemed to me like the MCU got to CACW and was like oh shit, I forgot they are supposed to be best friends we have to come up with a believable reason for Steve to turn his back on the team to save Bucky.))
Anyway, that short scene always bothered me and when I was re-watching the movie a few weeks back trying to figure out how to insert Tony into that particular scene I just thought, What if Steve had destroyed the bar? Like sure, maybe its a sentimental thing, he’s sitting in the bar where they had drank and had fun, but there are a thousand places like that he could have chosen to sit and mourn Bucky, why is he sitting in a destroyed bar and it was just like OH MY GOD WHAT IF HE DESTROYED IT.Â
We all know Steve is capable of fucking some shit up, and even when he just gets a little intense while boxing he’s destroying those huge bags, so how much worse would it all have been when its his best friend that is gone? Â
It both ruins that scene as much as it makes it so much better. Bringing over things from the comics has been a bit lacking in some things, and I think maybe that lack of bringing that intense friendship over is part of why the mcu had such a literal fan war over CACW. It’s heartbreaking that they never really gave us Steve grieving in CATFA, they just kind of made it seem like his grief was throwing himself into the mission and ignoring everything else. And while I’m sure Bucky’s death was a factor for that, Steve is multifaceted, and if anything else, you capture that every single time you write him. You capture the little things that bring him to life, like with everyone you write, and even as much as this story hurts, it’s always worth it.
I am curious to know if/when Steve figures out Tony is the same Tony from way back then. Cuz he’s just about lost everyone and I don’t know if I want to laugh, cry or both if or when he realizes it’s the same Tony.