#(I should say disabilities plural since brain-damage and C-PTSD should surely be included in his list of traits)

[amarriageoftrueminds]

#of course it is easier for Marvel to assimilate the idea that a woman is a victim #even when a woman is the perpetrator she is not seen and judged as the “bad guy” as much as a man would be #as in the case of Wanda whose crimes and abuses are excused on the basis of her pain and loneliness #again it is very easy to accept the idea of a woman being the “victim” of the situation #but what happens when it is a man who lost his agency and was subjected to the will of a third party? #this is an automatic “NO” #because a man can't not be in control of the situation #a man “always takes responsibility for his actions” #i think this… this is precisely the “problem” Marvel has with Bucky… #that as a man “he must be held accountable for his actions” #ACTIONS OVER WHICH HE DID NOT HAVE THE REMOTEST CONTROL BECAUSE HIS CONSCIENCE DID NOT EVEN EXIST! #but for marvel this is not important… #he should be held accountable for his actions because “that's what men do” right? #but wait… then what about Clint and Erik? they are men too… #it seems that literally everyone can be excused and recognized as a victim… #everyone but the only one who lost his identity. the only one who was enslaved and tortured for decades #the only one who suffers irreparable brain damage. the only one amputee. the only one disabled #thinking about it… is ableism the real problem? #or is it just the most vile and blatant case of dislike that a company holds for its own character that has ever been? #whatever the “reason”… absolutely nothing excuses the abominable injustice to which marvel has subjected Bucky literally since forever #the bastards even said they don't think Bucky deserves to be happy!! #i really have no words for this…. #literally the longest suffering victim ever #who has been most mistreated and scorned by the industry that created him… #i just… ahhhhhhhhh!!! #anti victim blaming #anti ableism

RE: the intersection of this with ableism:

Bucky and Antonia are both permanently disabled during the catalyst incident which begins their imprisonment and mind-control...

But only Bucky is blamed for what he did under said mind-control.

I have noticed that the creators starting to blame Thor for things too (ie. blaming Thor for not killing Thanos) happens to coincide with Thor becoming permanently disabled (losing his eye).

And Clint becoming deaf also coincides with him having to face consequences (not for something he did under mind-control, of course, but for the voluntary crimes he committed during the Snap.)

So maybe their unique disgust of Bucky is motivated both by disgust of a male character being a passive/non-agentic victim (further non-agentic in the sense of having his personality taken from him too; unlike Erik, Clint, etc.), and disgust at disability? 🤔

It's like they think they're doing him a favour by implying he was agentic and to blame -- they think they're making him more Manly and Therefore improved. 🤮

🤡 Markus and McFeely 🤡: “Yeah, Bucky’s just a POW who had his entire agency explicitly removed in not one but TWO ways but he’s for sure guilty because we don’t want him to have fruit salads with Steve”