Stucky is the pairing of Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes. The pairing is a manifestation of shipping, a phenomenon in fandom. Stucky fan works grew substantially in popularity in the 2010s following their appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Critics and commentators have used the popularity of Stucky in fandom to remark on a range of topics.
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In fandom, Stucky is the pairing of Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes. The pairing is a manifestation of shipping, a phenomenon in fandom. Stucky fan works grew substantially in popularity in the 2010s following their appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Critics and commentators have used the popularity of Stucky in fandom to remark on a range of topics, including the lack of LGBT characters in superhero films and the nature of fandom on social media. In the comics, the relationship between Rogers and Barnes is strictly platonic, and is not depicted as sexual or romantic. These critics have hypothesized that their interactions were minimized to build popularity for Sam Wilson as he assumes the title of Captain America in the next two films, Infinity War and Endgame. In contrast, critics emphasize the canonical love story between Rogers and Peggy Carter, and emphasize the love between Rogers and Sharon Carter in the comics. In accordance with shipping naming conventions, Stucky is a portmanteau of \”Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes and is an example of slash, a genre of fan works that focus on same-sex characters. The relationship serves as the driving plot to The Winter Soldier, where Barnes’s memory of Rogers causes him to overcome his conditioning as a brainwashed assassin.
Barnes recalls his identity through Rogers’s declaration of \”I’m with you till the end of the line\”, a phrase repeated by Rogers andBarnes throughout the series as an expression of kinship. The films re-conceptualize their relationship, presenting them as same-age lifelong best friends, and establish their bond as a key plot element and mutual character motivation. In pre-social media shipping fandom of the early 2000s, Rogers was most commonly depicted with Tony Stark in a pairing typically abbreviated as \”Superhusbands\”. As a result, a shipping or \”ship\” fandom developed in reaction to a supposed homoerotic subtext to Rogers’s and Barnes’s relationship, wherein individuals create fan works that depict the characters in a romantic or sexual relationship. In Marvel canon, the relationship between Barnes and Rogers is depicted as having a deep and meaningful personal bond, some critics likening their relationship as wartime compatriots to Achilles and Patroclus. While Carter has an established as a canonical love interest for Rogers, the depiction of the kiss between Carter and Rogers in the film Infinity War exists primarily to “put the nail in the coffin of speculation around a homoerscore interpretation of Rogers’s relationship with Barnes”
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