FATWS ep 5

[potofsoup]

okay fine I finally shelled out money for a month of Disney Plus, since my school's Marvel club isn't meeting today.


AAAAHHHHH ISAIAH BRADLEY!!! I love the Sam focus of this entire episode, and just ... Sam getting to grapple with what it would mean to pick up the Shield, and having that conversation with Isaiah -- both respecting your elders and the centuries of pain, and acknowledging what has driven and guided Sam in his own actions. I loved the bit where Sam said that standing up again is what's important, because after all that weighty conversation, you really *feel* that for Sam, it's not just Steve's individual standing up again, but something more nuanced. I'm really glad that they gave Sam the whole episode to really think about it -- he didn't state his case while with Isaiah, or while with Bucky, but really got a chance to process.

Bucky apologized to Sam!! yay!

Loved Sam marking the distinction between avenging and making amends -- that it should be about making the victimized party feel a sense of closure, not about Bucky hoping to feel better -- I know that's setting up for Bucky actually telling the old Japanese guy about what happened to his son, but also it's a much appreciated nod to reparations. (Will Isaiah get closure?)

Auuugh I want to see Sam's new wings so much!!!!

Kinda meh about the show shipping of Bucky and Sarah. It just feels a bit forced? Like, they established that Bucky is bad about flirting in ep 1, and sure, Sarah knows what Bucky does so he doesn't have to hide that aspect, but also, just flirting point blank from the first interaction? (Maybe it's just that I'm such a Sam/Steve/Bucky shipper lol)

Also, smh at Marvel just pretending that Steve is dead. oops, I mean, "gone". ffs Marvel. If you were gonna kill him, then give him a proper sending off.

Comments

[oracne]

Yesssssssssss Sam and Isaiah and all that.

Re: the flirting, I think Bucky was flirting without real intent, possibly because he was trying out that part of himself again; while IMO Sarah was just mildly flattered, plus she knew it would annoy her brother.

I wonder what the Wakanda criminal justice system is like? I suspect we are never going to find out. I mean, The Raft? Is there some sort of international agreement or something?

[potofsoup]

oh yeah, that Raft bit was pretty WTF. I was like "Wakanda, why not just secure Zemo yourself?" Unless the politics in Wakanda would have just voted to kill Zemo.

[przed]

I think this was my favourite episode yet! Sam and Bucky having a real discussion about race and the shield, and also fixing the boat together is everything I needed. And Sam's talk with Isaiah was perfect.

I am weirdly okay with the Sarah flirting, but I think that's mostly because I see it as an indication that Bucky is getting comfortable with being a person again, and not a programmed killing machine. It's not going to stop me from being a Sam/Steve/Bucky shipper, though. :D That long hand clench between them before Bucky goes off didn't hurt either.

And speaking of Steve, I am beyond irritated that they're still playing coy with him being "gone." If any character deserves a proper send off, it's him. And if they don't reveal his fate in this show, I'm going to be really really miffed.

[potofsoup]

yeah, if they don't give me Steve resolution, I'm going to be pretty frustrated. Can't decide whether I'd want to do something that gives Steve a proper send off, or saltily write something that inserts Steve into all the off-screen moments of FATWS

[przed]

Or both! Both is good!