i'm not inherently against the idea, like it's not the first time there's been implication that bucky could go into politics, hell, it's not the first time in the MCU he's been shown to do it
like, on one level I kinda like it, because Bucky's so fucking tired of violence and fighting, but he'd still want to do good things for the world, so it's a reasonable choice
I will grant the guy on Reddit who said "It's a little too realistic for them to put the 107 year old guy in Congress" that was fucking funny, you are a funny guy
but then again there's a reason whenever i start a new game with Bucky, I pull him from directly after the helicarriers go down in the Winter Soldier movie, because a lot of the fun is watching how he develops in whatever strange new world he's shown up in
like you'd think it's New York but then again he might have moved to Louisiana with Sam, but then he could have gone back home to Iowa, i think is the state he was born in
i mean in one of season 2's What If's they showed that Bucky not only went into politics but that he eventually wound up in the position Alexander Pierce had in the canon universe (except you know minus HYDRA)
and also a...slightly biting commentary that a man who literally caused like twenty international incidents a decade previous and low key the end of the world after that got voted into congress
but the other part that has my attention is that it kind of looks like Bucky doesn't get physical until late in the movie, and spends the first half or so as more of like, spying, gathering information, which does make me happy
Everything gets narrowed down to "ohh scary assassin bad man" but there's a dozen tie-in books and comics (which admittedly only the severe nerds like me read) showing missions where he got programmed to go and spy/report back/etc.
the hair symbolism is also kinda nice, it's not the "fuck it shave it all off" haircut from FATWS but it's also not the "i'm in recovery and don't care" long hair
See now I gotta sit here and go "Is this why Bucky's not with Sam anymore in Brave New World, is there going to be some kind of passing mention that Bucky's on the campaign trail because i cannot deal with that lol
I will grant the guy on Reddit who said "It's a little too realistic for them to put the 107 year old guy in Congress" that was fucking funny, you are a funny guyit's probably the best way to get the damned thing cleaned quickly.