Twitter wants Marvel to give Captain America a boyfriend
All's fair in love and Civil War.
First, it was an online petition to give Princess Elsa from Frozen a girlfriend. Now, the Internet wants to give another Disney character a same-sex significant other — Captain America.
The hashtag #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend began trending on Twitter Tuesday morning, as Marvel fans laid out all the reasons why they think Steve Rogers, played by Sudbury native Chris Evans, could benefit from an onscreen boyfriend.
Many said it would be beneficial to provide an on-screen role model for LGBTQ youth.
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend because it’s important to show kids that being queer doesn’t mean you can’t be a superhero
—  (@ravenclvws) May 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/hannibaltrash/status/735063098499989504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Others noted Captain America having a boyfriend makes more sense than many existing Marvel relationships.
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend bc it makes more sense than having him kiss his former girlfriends niece
— tj (@hisbowlegs) May 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/PAULROVlAS/status/735003331945500672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Most of all, fans insisted that Captain America already has a boyfriend — Bucky Barnes, aka the Winter Soldier.
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend. I mean he already has one so all you have to do is, you know, acknowledge it. pic.twitter.com/ebYBloC488
— Britta Lundin (@brittashipsit) May 24, 2016
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend b/c he and Bucky are each other’s concept of home. Always have been, always will be. pic.twitter.com/nc3w32kH84
— cass | the ones who live! (@dxnnypascal) May 24, 2016
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend because you don’t oppose 117 nations just for “a childhood friend”
— alcie (@romasjuliet) May 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/winterbarnes/status/734959853060259840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The desire of a small subset of Marvel fans for Captain America and Bucky Barnes to have a romantic relationship is not a new phenomenon. Captain America co-director Joe Russo was asked about the possibility of the duo being more than friends during a promotional trip to China back in December.
“People have interpreted that relationship all kinds of ways, and it’s great to see people argue about it what that relationship means to them,” Russo said. “We will never define it as filmmakers, explicitly, but however people want to interpret it.”
Evans has been asked about the possibility of a sexual relationship between Roger and Barnes before as well, and while he doesn’t have a problem with it, he said that was not how he played Steve Rogers.
“That wouldn’t be so bad,” Evans told Flickering Myth. “It’s just never been part of my approach to the character. My subtext didn’t involve that dynamic. […] Maybe I was just gazing at Sebastian [Stan] too much.”
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