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Sorcerer’s Apprentice No 1, Flying Buffalo, Winter 1978, cover attributed to Joe Pearson

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And i suppose the thing that gets me is that IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER what the themes of these shows or movies are

If something ought to be boycotted because of the material reality of its production, then boycott it.

Andor can have all the revolutionary aesthetics and themes that it likes, but it's a disney show. Are you boycotting that? Logically you should be. The themes don't matter.

And that's the thing. This is tv and films. Its pop culture. Its fun to talk about. But if you think the company should be boycotted and publically shamed, you should be doing that across the board. You're wrong about the themes; but the themes dont matter.

You're wrong about sam wilson. You're racist about sam wilson. You very clearly selectively apply this boycott logic to this one project because it stars a black man. And that's where my issue is because I dont have a single issue with people boycotting this company. I fully support doing so.

But if you're saying a bunch of very clearly untrue and racist bullshit, it's going to bother me. And it makes me think you're insincere. It makes me think you're co-opting a very real and important cause for weird fandom clout reasons.

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This should have been obvious, but ross is a democrat.

He's surrounded by blue signs. He's preaching unity. He's a democrat.

There are other references in there; a Reagan one, noticeably with the lollipop (i.e. like the jelly bean thing) but they're aiming at: here is a centre right guy. A democrat who preaches unity and wants to be in conversation with the left but when push comes to shove, is a jingoistic war mongering arsehole just like the right.

Sam is not trying to reason with a fascist, or even a regular conservative. He's trying to reason with someone who is theoretically open to be reasoned with. And then beats his arse when he refuses.

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Let me get this straight -

You mean to tell me that everyone watched Sam do the direct opposite of what the government, and TPTB in general, wanted him to do from the moment he made his MCU debut in 2014, when he almost immediately went and took back his government issued wings and then helped dismantle and expose a Hydra infiltrated government, to 2025, when he spent the entirety of his movie going against the president’s wishes in one way or another, preventing a world war, and then making sure the president went to prison. You mean to tell me that everyone watched that, and all the stuff in between: Sam refusing to sign the Accords, fighting the people who did sign the Accords, putting his life and freedom in danger by making the sacrifice play, and ultimately going to prison for it, then essentially becoming a fugitive after his escape, and not to mention the events of TFATWS, particularly his speech at the end of the series. You guys watched all that and came to the conclusion that Sam Wilson is a fascist?

AntiBlack racism is a motherfucker ain’t it? Smh.

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1000 people appreciating sam’s ass i’ve prayed for times like these

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i think its so cool that this movie inspired so many of you guys to start calling sam wilson a fascist thats so awesom1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A

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Check my Patreon out if you’d like to support the comic, even a little bit helps. Or just to check out the reward tiers, there’s some neat bonus stuff and I tried to make them fun: https://www.patreon.com/waitingforthet

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"you don't get it, the usa is a fascist country full of government propaganda, and our rights as women and queer people are constantly attacked!! you have no idea what that's like!!" i'm hungarian 👍

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damn i rly wanted to reblog that picture but u wrote 7 paragraphs of stupid shit under it in the original post

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some of you have never had your notp be the most popular ship in the fandom and it shows

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I told you I would always come for you.

Westley & Buttercup in The Princess Bride (1987) dir. Rob Reiner

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“You know, the world won’t end if you just sit down for a minute.” “With my luck? It might.” Sam was joking, but it seemed that once again this was failing to work on Dennis. He dropped his phone on the desk, walked over to the couch and, begrudgingly, sat. ------------------------------------------------------------------- An afternoon in Sam's office, when everything's a little bit too much right now.

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Writing Sam Wilson

With the rampant racism going on in the Sam and Sambucky tags on a daily basis, I thought I’d put together a list of resources that people can tap into when writing Sam. Because idk if maybe y'all don't know any better but it's it getting so exhausting seeing your favorite character constantly mistreated or seeing hate crimes in his tag all day.

And listen as a white person myself, I HIGHLY recommend that you go through the stereotypes and tropes carefully and with a mindset of learning. I also highly recommend that if you get offended, defensive, or irritated about anything you read here, you inspect that. And if your first reaction is to double down and argue, inspect that too.

Addressing our biases is uncomfortable but not as uncomfortable as some of you have made people in this fandom with the way you treat Black characters and fans.

Do better.

Stereotypes & Tropes

The link in the heading above is a guide to quite a few harmful stereotypes and tropes to be mindful of when writing characters of color by writingwithcolor. I highly recommend you read through their content.

Below is a list of things we see most often in the Sam and Sambucky tags as well as links from sources talking about similar situations in other spaces:

Infantilization of white characters (At PoC’s expense): Bucky being framed as a helpless child who can't think for himself and that always being Sam's problem.

Black Man, Protecting his Traumatized White Wife: Sam always comforting and being concerned about Bucky when the comfort and care is never reciprocal, and when 'caretaker' Sam's only role/purpose in the story.

Writing a Comedic Black Character: Sam being over-the-top funny and saying things that are wildly out of character. Those incorrect quotes that frame him as joking but he's really mean and hateful, sometimes even violent, toward Bucky? Yeah.

Sam being sexually aggressive: why do people insist that Sam is the top in the relationship? That he's a dom, that he's rough in bed. There's absolutely nothing wrong with top!sam, but insisting that he's no-doubt aggressive and dominant in bed? Nah. Same goes for hyper sexualization.

Size Difference: Describing or drawing Sam as bigger or taller than his white partner when canon clearly depicts otherwise.

Villainizing Black Characters/Actors: Sam is always wrong, Sam is unfair, Sam is a bully, Sam is violent. Mackie is a misogynist. Mackie is homophobic etc.

Writingwithcolor also has this search engine that finds anything on their blog.

Resources for writing Sam as a well rounded character:

A lot of the time Sam is written without any depth or nuance. In many fics, he only exists to prop the white dude up. Very rarely is he written as the caring, badass, heartthrob that he really is. Be mindful of Sam's role in your story, is he always chasing Bucky's affection, are you using Sam as a reader insert to lust after Bucky? Do you diminish/ignore Sam's skills and knowledge to make the white dude look good/smart? Do you consider his trauma and mental struggles as well when you write about Bucky's and how Bucky leans on him for support? Remember Sam's POV does not equal a Sam-centric story.

Below are a bunch of links on how cool Sam really is to help you shape his character in your stories:

From the 2019 samwilsonbirthdaybang:

MCU Wiki (link updated by me since Sam is now Cap) Marvel Wiki A folder full of Sam meta Complete Badass (reblog) NCO (non-commissioned officer) and why

Sam Wilson Meta: A Timeline

Sam Wilson's USAF Rank

Sam Wilson is a US Special Forces Pararescueman, and a PTSD counselor. 

Sam's role at the VA was a peer counselor, not a therapist. here's the difference.

A compilation of Sam Wilson’s personality traits

Sam's PTSD

Sam's age & Riley's death

More badass Sam Wilson

Resources for drawing/coloring Sam:

Here's a hint: he's not beige or grey. Too often do we see art of someone who is supposed to be Sam but he's one shade darker than the white dude. These posts go into detail with some great advise:

Creating Black Characters

Whitewashing & Colorism

Coloring gifs of poc

Y'all can't draw or color Black ppl to save your lives.

Color picking

Color theory & darker skin

Some examples of whitewashing skin tone: this, this, this, this and this. Loads more examples on whyaretheywhite!

Here's a visual:

see where this dude's skin tone is on the color picker:

compared to Mackie's skin tone?:

Look at the difference between those two shades! Remember whitewashing doesn't only refer to the lightening of skin, it also includes drawing Black characters with European facial features, and not incorporating the appropriate hair texture etc.

Additional resources & reading:

How to write fic for Black characters: a guide for non-Black fans

Colourblindness

White Authors and Topics to Avoid/Tread Carefully

Physical Descriptions:

Dark skin reactions to cold weather Skin color changes due to health Describing skin tone Skin tone & food comparisons: it's weird. stop it.

Dehumanizinig Sam

Antiblackness in it's many forms

It's not preference, it's racism.

Antiblackness: Even more examples

It's not shipwars, surprise, it's also racism.

More Stereotypes

Interracial Relationships

For now that's it. I might add useful articles I come across to this post as time goes on. Please also add your own resources but fuckery will be blocked.

These resources are by no means exhaustive, they are just what i have used as references throughout the years. You will do yourself (and a multitude of Sam fans) a massive favor by being introspective about your role in this fandom and how it affects Black fans and other fans of Sam Wilson. Go and read the rest of the articles/posts on these blogs and apply the context to the Sam and Sambucky fandoms, the similarities are stark.

xoxo, a tired Sam fan who just wants to see him loved and respected.

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"you can use ai to improve spelling and grammar"

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gathers mutuals like Jesus did for the last supper : one of you will block me

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Megan Thee Stallion & Shô Kasamatsu in MAMUSHI (2024) MV

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Show Kasamatsu 笠松将 as KEISUKE GOTO GANNIBAL ガンニバル 2.02 - "War"