And he still did it He *fought* to get the chance to do it Because in a world with Hitler in it it's better to die as cannon fodder than to do nothing
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Replying to @arthur_affect @perdricof and
Anyway Walker kind of embodies the sickness in the American spirit and self-image that comes from being a hegemonic empire You're so spiritually impoverished you're incapable of understanding that "the good guys", "the winners", and "us" might not be universally synonymous
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Replying to @arthur_affect @perdricof and
"I *must* win, because I *am* right, because I'm *me*, by definition" Utterly incapable of confronting error or weakness -- the mere possibility simply does not compute
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Replying to @arthur_affect @perdricof and
Walker cannot imagine going down nobly for a cause, nor can he imagine willfully abandoning his cause Either one is just unacceptable (Which is why he is completely incapable of processing grief in anything close to a healthy manner, when he experiences it the first time)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @perdricof and
I mean its notable that his friend acted more like Steve their. This normal human dude without even a vibrainum shield threw himself into a fight (after already sustaining massive physical trauma) to save his friend because "keep John safe" was the mission.
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Replying to @jamari_oneal @arthur_affect and
yeah, nobody says it out loud, but also absolutely nobody thinks it's a coincidence that the "new" captain america is also a blond-haired blue-eyed white dude
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Replying to @perdricof @jamari_oneal and
Battlestar is Walker's conscience, and you get the idea that this was their dynamic in their platoon as well.
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Replying to @jmarquiso @perdricof and
Fun fact, in the original Super-Patriot arc in the comics, Lemar Hoskins/Battlestar started off as a member of John Walker's support team "the Buckies" (which Walker backronymed into the Bold Urban Commandos)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jmarquiso and
Dwayne McDuffie had to tell Hoskins' creator, Mark Gruenwald, that it was a Bad Look to have a Black character be "the new Bucky", because "buck" is still a very loaded word among Black communities in the South
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jmarquiso and
This subtext is just completely dropped for the most part in the show (Lemar is more "the new Sam" than "the new Bucky") but it was kind of funny for Bucky to hear the codename "Battlestar" and just immediately demand to leave the car
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(Does Bucky actually still go by Bucky in daily life in 2023? Is it never awkward? A lot of people call him "James" in this show)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jmarquiso and
Cap called him Buck, but when Walker called him that he got mad.
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Replying to @jamari_oneal @arthur_affect and
Unclear if it's because it felt like Walker trying to be Steve or somethings. Probably the former.
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