![]() ![]() There aren't any sorceror supremes, titans, or infinity stone-enhanced individuals in this story. In this way, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier accomplished a tall task: bridging the MCU to its next era, while honoring the events of Endgame in a believable and entertaining manner. After all, how much grander could they make their villains after Thanosm the Mad Titan who sought to bring balance to the universe to prevent the overpopulation that led to his own planet's doom? Trying to one-up the Infinity Saga immediately after would be a recipe for disaster that the MCU craftily avoided. While global genocide isn't at risk, the Flag Smashers do present a very real threat while also displaying the traits necessary to make them sympathetic and understandable villains.Īfter the slow build-up that led to the epic crescendo that was Endgame, the MCU desperately needed a way to keep things interesting without continuing to escalate the stakes. And yet, Sam and Bucky are in an appropriate battle that requires the best out of both of them, individually and as a pair. The Flag Smashers are not an Avengers-level threat. None of these plot lines are as dire as Thanos, Ultron, or even Loki. Both have to work through these deeper issues while also dealing with the Flag Smashers, a group of radicals who believed the world was better off during the "Blip" - the five years in which the half of the population Thanos snapped away were nonexistent - that have secured a recreation of the super soldier serum that gave Rogers his powers and are using it to disrupt the world governments' attempts to reintegrate the people that the Avengers brought back. Meanwhile, Bucky works to rectify some of the sins he committed as a weaponized and hypnotized Hydra agent. ![]() Partly due to the attachment to the shield and name's former possessor, and also because of his worry that the United States would be unwelcoming to a Black Captain America, Sam declines the honor betrothed upon him, only for the government to anoint a less-than-ideal soldier with the mantle instead. ![]() First and foremost, Wilson jostles with the idea of taking over the mantle of Captain America, passed on to him by Steve Rogers himself after he decided to remain in the past after returning each of the Infinity Stones to their original timelines. The first season follows Sam Wilson, the Falcon, and Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, dealing with the fallout directly following the events of Endgame. ![]()
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