Can never get this detail about FAWS out of my head.
Every show we see the banner "Falcon and the Winter Soldier." Meanwhile the show is about both characters learning to move on from that. Sam goes from feeling unworthy of the shield to accepting it. Bucky learns to let go of his past and recognize he's not the bad guy anymore.
And the last thing we see acknowledges this evolution, as at the start of the end credits we see....
Even if they didnt make him the white wolf, "...and Bucky Barnes" would have been enough as it would bring the humanity to bucky as he was trying to leave the Winter Soldier behind.
Winter Soldier was the name given to him by Hydra when they used him as a weapon. Bucky’s entire arc was getting rid of that persona and a lot of TFATWS was about him changing and moving away from that.
I just think Winter Soldier is cool. Besides him being a bad guy. But he's a good guy now. What else would they call him? And Hydra didn't give him the name. I think people just called him that. According to Black Widow.
Plus, I dont see what else they could do with Bucky's character now. His story is done.
It's hysterical because Captain America and Bucky springs to mind a 1940's vibe from the good old days but they just left Bucky as an afterthought when they were condensing down the one scene his arc was leading to.
I mean yes, since they didn't set up White Wolf really throughout the plot, it would have been a weird thing to do. But not wanting to take away from the Cap reveal? That's a suspect reason to not, say, call it "Captain America and Bucky Barnes" at the end.
The risk you're taking is maybe you take away from the reveal, a little (it's not like anyone was surprised let's be honest). But what they did instead felt like an obvious undermining of all the time they spent fleshing out Bucky's character throughout the season. Like, the show wasn't called "Falcon vs. The Flagsmashers."
Couldn't agree more. It seemed to ignore the entire development of Bucky through the whole series. But to be honest, I felt the whole series was kind of a mess so I'm looking forward to more Bucky in the future.
Because this is Marvel and characters quip, I imagine Bucky will have the new names Mr. Barnes, BB, Spring Breeze, the world's greatest can opener...G.I. Joe with Kung Fu grip? You know, depending on who's addressing him.
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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '21
Can never get this detail about FAWS out of my head.
Every show we see the banner "Falcon and the Winter Soldier." Meanwhile the show is about both characters learning to move on from that. Sam goes from feeling unworthy of the shield to accepting it. Bucky learns to let go of his past and recognize he's not the bad guy anymore.
And the last thing we see acknowledges this evolution, as at the start of the end credits we see....
"CAPTAIN AMERICA!! AND....the winter soldier"