Redemption arcs should be about the issues and the fiddling with the issues. You know, I think, who my go-to are, but it's true in every case. No one should be "the champion of all things pure and good".
I really, REALLY dislike that dumbass gimmick marketing ploy Marvel went with with "Teams", it's the absolute opposite of what a movie called "Civil War" shoulda taught its audience. Disgusting. Fandom should be smarter than this - and a small amount of it is.
...I however disagree re Bucky, because I believe - not in most fic, admittedly, but in mcu - that mind control wasn't an easy excuse here. The fics should be dealing with the aftermath of torture and of the gaslighting combined with abuse, but it's not the same as "choice". Having said that, I tend to like Bucky/Tony, if written decently and ic, because they both have shit to deal with, with or without sharing Steve. They both have a dark history and a lot of scars to overcome. Although, funny, I never really consider them "enemies to lovers". I don't think they are quite enemies, despite it all. Their issues to work out are not those kind of issues, somehow.
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Date: 2018-07-25 09:37 pm (UTC)I really, REALLY dislike that dumbass gimmick marketing ploy Marvel went with with "Teams", it's the absolute opposite of what a movie called "Civil War" shoulda taught its audience. Disgusting. Fandom should be smarter than this - and a small amount of it is.
...I however disagree re Bucky, because I believe - not in most fic, admittedly, but in mcu - that mind control wasn't an easy excuse here. The fics should be dealing with the aftermath of torture and of the gaslighting combined with abuse, but it's not the same as "choice". Having said that, I tend to like Bucky/Tony, if written decently and ic, because they both have shit to deal with, with or without sharing Steve. They both have a dark history and a lot of scars to overcome. Although, funny, I never really consider them "enemies to lovers". I don't think they are quite enemies, despite it all. Their issues to work out are not those kind of issues, somehow.