Thunderbolts* Actor Supports Bucky’s Shocking Romance in MCU

Geraldine Viswanathan says fans are ‘shipping’ Bucky and Mel after Thunderbolts*
Geraldine Viswanathan recently sat down for an exclusive chat with ComingSoon in which she shared her thoughts on fans demanding a Mel and Bucky romance arc. Her character, Mel, is an assistant to Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the movie. In the comics, Mel is also known as the supervillain-turned-superhero Songbird.

She was asked about the scenes her character, Mel, had with Sebastian Stan’s Bucky and how they had a romantic feel to them. When ComingSoon’s Tyler Treese mentioned that fans are already shipping Mel and Bucky, Viswanathan stated the dynamic between Mel and the Winter Soldier was “cool.”

Viswanathan said, “People are shipping it. Yeah, it’s cool to get to see Mel in that in a dynamic where that’s not with her boss. I think those scenes were really fun to do because they do have this kind of back and forth. I mean, Sebastian is such a legendary actor and is such an incredible veteran of the MCU, so I really, yeah, relish getting to do those scenes with him, and I love that the fans have run off with that go forth because yeah, it’s a fun one.”

Bucky and Mel’s interactions in the movie became quite popular on the internet. These led to fans making edits of the two and also rooting for Marvel to bring the characters together in the MCU.

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itsbigms2025-10-23 00:15

I think he’s a little old for her

bookon2025-10-23 00:18

Depends. He only spent about 35 years as Bucky. So in that way, he’s not.

Chronologically he is too old for just about every woman.

Skizzor2025-10-23 00:22

Woosh.

bookon2025-10-23 00:32

Not a whoosh I get it was a joke. But I assure you people will be claim it’s gross if they do end up together because of his being 100.

gavinashun2025-10-23 00:41

No it wasnt lol

Majestic-Marcus2025-10-23 00:54

You can’t read. Can you?

morphballganon2025-10-23 00:59

Possibly not some Asgardians.

pape142025-10-23 01:39

Is the math here pre-WS Bucky + post WS Bucky? Honestly I wish he adopted a new name after he recovered lol

bookon2025-10-23 01:49

It’s an estimate. It’s likely less than 35 but that’s the biggest number I think it could be.

chobanithatiused2kno2025-10-23 02:35

I think the idea with that story wise is if he changed his name he's cutting himself off from that part of his life. He wants to and needs to remember who he is, accept what he has done and why, and learn to live and move past it. Not hide behind an identity that didn't do those things.

Clamsadness2025-10-23 03:40

Wow, was about to say he’d still be too old but apparently Mel’s actress is 30. I thought she was early 20s.

Boblaire2025-10-23 07:11

I think it doesn't help that only a few yrs ago she played a HS senior.

spidervenom6192025-10-23 04:32

Plus unlike say Steve who does see himself as a 100 something year old man, Bucky still sees him the same age he was went he was taken by Hydra due to him being waked up and put back to sleep.

For him personally it only has been a few years since 1945 ish lol.

Rman8232025-10-23 00:23

I mean if Thor and Jane can have a relationship

Ubergoober1662025-10-23 00:43

Right? Isn't Thor like 5000 years older than her? Lol

maxfridsvault2025-10-23 00:49

Thor was clapping ancient intergalactic cheeks centuries before she was born

i’ll see myself out for that one

morphballganon2025-10-23 00:58

1500. 5000 was Odin.

pape142025-10-23 01:33

I really don’t like that being their cannon ages lol. They should be at least 10x older. Just my opinion obviously, and I guess they aren’t supposed to be “gods” in the same sense we know them but that seems like a really short timespan for them.

icorrectpettydetails2025-10-23 02:16

Maybe a 'year' on Asgard is different to a 'year' on Midgard. Midgard's year is the time it takes to orbit the sun, and it's unlikely that all the Nine Realms have that time be exactly the same.

MVBanter2025-10-23 03:37

Thor being 1500 sits perfectly fine with me, but Odin is definitely older than 5000, not even an opinion its a fact. Hela was trapped for 5000 years, if we assume Odin had Thor right after imprisoning Hela hes at least 6500, add however long he could’ve been alive before Hela to that and we have significantly older than 5000.

I prefer to think Odin was at minimum around 100 Thousand years old, more likely over a Million

Ubergoober1662025-10-23 01:42

You right. I think I was thinking of what Loki said to Odin in the first movie.

Epic_J23382025-10-23 01:47

No Loki said that in the 2nd movie

But in the 1st movie Odin did explain that they are worshipped as gods

Ubergoober1662025-10-23 01:57

Dammit, my memory of the Thor movies is full of all kinds of holes, lol. In fairness I haven't seen the first 2 Thor movies in quite some time.

elpajaroquemamais2025-10-23 01:14

1460 but yeah

M0BBER2025-10-23 01:40

But yet he and his brother are very immature compared to the adults back home.

PayneTrain1819992025-10-23 01:14

They mentioned this in Brave New World.

“He’s 110 years old…”

“I can work with that.”

jojopojo642025-10-23 09:27

Meanwhile Bucky's whole arm was taller than she was in heels lmao.

I'm exaggerating of course (I think Shira Haas is like 5'-ish?) but man, shorty crushing on 110 year old Bucky was just always a funny image to me.

PDXBishop2025-10-23 02:52

He'd be "too old" for Valentina, given that he's over a century old at this point. Should he just remain celibate from now on?

shanejayell2025-10-23 00:17

I mean, fans ship Bob/US Agent so.... I'm OK with it

El_Quetzal2025-10-23 00:29

I though the main one with Us agent was ghost

cheesums72025-10-23 01:03

Now, that I really like

mielove2025-10-23 02:35

Voidwalker is arguably the most popular ship in the Thunderbolts fandom, or perhaps second to Boblena.

But John is being shipped with everyone, he's the new Tony Stark in that regard being shipped with everyone on his team. With a notable exception of Yelena, seemingly a lot of people see them as having a sibling dynamic.

On Ao3 for example:

Robert "Bob" Reynolds/John Walker (1,057)
James "Bucky" Barnes/John Walker (303)
Ava Starr/John Walker (249)
Alexei Shostakov/John Walker (16)
Yelena Belova/John Walker (16)

Also I lol'd at:
Antonia Dreykov/John Walker (3)
John Walker/Reader (236)
John Walker/Sam Wilson (29)
Steve Rogers/John Walker (17)
John Walker/Original Female Character(s) (53)

But he is also shipped with many others (Lemar of course, Zemo, Olivia, etc...) The man gets around in the world of shipping and fanfiction.

soloon2025-10-23 03:02

three taskmaster/walker fics holding down the fort, that's hilarious.

spidervenom6192025-10-23 04:38

As long as they don't ship Yelena with Antonia, I don't cared who hold down the fort, I'm sorry but they are sisters like Nat/Yelena is and I will died on this hill.

soloon2025-10-23 05:01

Pretty sure Boblena and Voidwalker have the Thunderbolts ships locked down, but that WOULD be a ship too far for me too, I think.

SethNex2025-10-23 09:00

Why US Agent? Bob/Yelena makes more sense.

urgasmic2025-10-23 00:21

i remember thinking around falcon and the winter soldier that he was going to have a wakandan love interest for a sec.

but this could be good. i hope he gets a happy ending.

phenomenomnom2025-10-23 05:53

Are we just not doing phrasing anymore??

j--__2025-10-23 07:12

check the user's name. the innuendo was entirely intentional.

Slammogram2025-10-23 12:41

r/unexpectedarcher

Vegetable-Set86362025-10-23 10:01

He liked Falcons sister, but that went nowhere

EarlyXplorerStuds2092025-10-23 12:57

He gets a what?

![gif](giphy|Sl6QuXbLjxlRMHMimk|downsized)

ciderandcake2025-10-23 00:22

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AHMED_3OOOO2025-10-23 00:33

Because people are disgusting shipping people who're essentially brothers

thedelisnack2025-10-23 00:38

Who’s going to tell him about the Loki/Thor tag?

AHMED_3OOOO2025-10-23 00:39

Also disgusting.

cosmogyrals2025-10-23 00:44

Tell me your real thoughts on yaoi.

AHMED_3OOOO2025-10-23 00:50

Can range from peak to terrible

laughman202025-10-23 00:41

Which means IF they were gay, they’d have an established connection closely matching a romantic relationship, also the only people who know somewhat what each other have gone through being from the same time.

How’s it disgusting when there are countless romance and romantic comedies that have two people who grew up together (almost siblings and best friends through all their years) and finally as adults it clicks and they end up together, usually being the climactic ending. Now, I don’t want that for them personally, but why is it “disgusting?”

AHMED_3OOOO2025-10-23 00:45

Incest is disgusting

ciderandcake2025-10-23 00:47

Good thing they're not real and also not related! Thank God we dodged that moral pitfall.

davistobor2025-10-23 00:49

They were childhood friends, it’s not incest

AHMED_3OOOO2025-10-23 00:51

Essentially brothers

Unstable_Bear2025-10-23 00:57

You can literally say that about any fictional couple who were close friends. If they were a guy and a girl you’d have no problem with it.

Short_Swordfish_29052025-10-23 01:19

You keep saying that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means

laughman202025-10-23 00:50

Which, what we’re talking about wouldn’t be.

ciderandcake2025-10-23 00:41

Fellas, is it gross for fictional childhood friends to have fictional make out seshes when they reach their fictional adulthood?

It's certainly less problematic than Tony and Pepper. Where is HR?!

AHMED_3OOOO2025-10-23 00:43

You're that much into borderline incest?

>It's certainly less problematic than Tony and Pepper. Where is HR?!

No one even mentioned them??? What are you on about??

ciderandcake2025-10-23 00:48

Fellas, is it incest when there's no genetic or even adoptive relationship?

KFblade2025-10-23 00:50

How is it possibly incest?

AHMED_3OOOO2025-10-23 00:51

Two people who're essentially siblings dating is incest

KFblade2025-10-23 00:53

How are they essentially siblings?

sockjin2025-10-23 01:10

they’re not “essentially siblings”, they’re best friends who met as teenagers and were in no way raised together as brothers. i have a sneaking suspicion you wouldn’t make this argument if they were a man and a woman, though.

MillAUM25792025-10-23 00:45

If Bucky had been a woman, him and Steve’s story would’ve been written as the most dramatic romance in history. A love that traveled across time, survived wars and ice, and still persevered. Bucky was easily the most sought-after bachelor in Brooklyn, yet he was in his mid-twenties living alone with his male best friend, who he called punk (a queer-coded word for the 1930s), and he was known as a heartbreaker. Steve broke Bucky through his conditioning multiple times and Steve’s motives in all 3 of his films were Bucky-related. Bucky and Peggy would’ve been in a love triangle with Steve, and it would’ve been the MCU’s Team Jacob/Team Edward.

But no, they both have dicks so they’re just really close friends /s

I don’t mind that people only see them as friends, but to lie and say that people are pulling a potential relationship out of thin air is wild.

AHMED_3OOOO2025-10-23 00:49

I don't care what gender Bucky is, they're written as siblings/bff's and they *should not* be together - that's some incestuous CW type of shit.

ciderandcake2025-10-23 00:50

God, you're just making it sound hotter. Tell us more about how their old-school gay love is *forbidden.*

kyroko2025-10-23 01:03

My brother in Christ my first boyfriend was my childhood best friend. Calm down. People date in their non-gene pool circle. It happens.

MillAUM25792025-10-23 01:09

Bro, in The First Avenger, the scene where Steve and Peggy flirt in front of Bucky has a song in the background with lyrics like “he left me for a damsel dark” and “now my love who once was true to me, he takes that damsel on his knee.” Queer films seem tame with their subtext compared to that. And that’s not even mentioning the “you’re keeping the outfit, right?” said with a flirtatious glance.

adestructionofcats2025-10-23 01:28

Damn this is some compelling evidence. I'm now mad that we didn't get this ship.

carson630002025-10-23 02:01

Like the guy said, 70,507 fanfic works on this subject. Start reading!

Dezbats2025-10-23 01:55

They weren't even living together.

Alone or otherwise.

BarRegular26842025-10-23 02:13

Brooklyn was extremely queer in that era, too.

ReaperReader2025-10-23 01:35

Ah, the purity sinking sand has caught another victim.

SeekerVash2025-10-23 00:43

I'm now curious if it was 70k different authors, or one author with 70k fanfics.

Unstable_Bear2025-10-23 00:57

Steve/Bucky has been a wildly popular ship for over a decade, so I’m going to assume the former.

SeekerVash2025-10-23 00:58

Yeah, but having heard many stories about fanfic'ers, it definitely bears asking!

TheCakeWarrior122025-10-23 01:22

70k different stories, probably different authors for each one but I’m sure some authors have more than one story

Rogue_32025-10-23 01:42

1 author with 70 usernames submitting 1,000 fanfics under each name.

UsidoreTheLightBlue2025-10-23 01:51

The Chris Jericho/Stephanie McMahon author finally got tired of it and swapped to Bucky/Steve.

Caracallademise2025-10-23 01:00

Bucky was Steve's only compelling relationship. The MCU sucks at writing romance

Stevenwave2025-10-23 03:39

Steve and Nat's friendship was nice. Steve and Sam were cool together. Steve and Tony had a fun tension. Steve and Thor had cool mutual respect.

Clamsadness2025-10-23 03:45

The MCU has had VERY few romances that felt right. Star-Lord and Gamora and Steve and Peggy were the only two that stand out to me.

Puppetmaster8582025-10-23 04:01

I enjoyed Wanda and vision a lot too

Clamsadness2025-10-23 04:03

Oh good call. WandaVision really made them work.

Royal-walking-machin2025-10-23 04:05

In addition to Wanda and Vision mentioned by someone else, I’m also a fan of Peter and MJ

LoreMaster002025-10-23 04:30

Tony and Pepper was done right!

Clamsadness2025-10-23 16:47

I liked Tony and Pepper in the first Iron Man but I felt like they kind of lost focus

spidervenom6192025-10-23 04:33

Pepper and Tony/ MJ and Peter works well as well. I'll mostly like Maria Ram/Carol even though they can straight say that they are dating due to the dudebros complaning about it lol.

Apyan2025-10-23 04:59

I think it has the right amount. Not every movie or every character needs to have a romance plotline (I'm looking at you Nat and Bruce). Ironically, Nat also has some of the best interactions in Steve and Clint. True friendship between men and women is something refreshing to see on the big screen.

RedXerzk2025-10-23 01:09

There is a very long prevailing theory that Bucky is a closeted gay man who fell for his straight best friend, but can’t act on his feelings or even be open about his sexuality because he grew up in the 20s-30s.

HalfOfLancelot2025-10-23 04:56

To be fair and iirc, they might've used (at least some of) Steve's gay bestie's story from the comics for Bucky in the MCU, since 40s Bucky was like a child soldier in the comics.

That's what I hear, at the very least.

LexGonGiveItToYa2025-10-23 02:56

Considering how many pairing opportunities there are in the MCU, even 49 is a decent number.

Of course Mel still has nothing on America's ass.

whatintheeverloving2025-10-23 03:25

This made me look up how many Peggy/Steve fics (AKA Cap's big canon love story) fics there are on AO3 and I'm genuinely surprised it's as low as 6027 by comparison. I knew people went/go loco for Stucky, especially after TWS, but it beats out even Steve/Tony by about 20k.

I wish Bucky and Nat had been a thing in the MCU like they were in the comics, but even they only have 5481 fics. Sad. I somehow don't think Mel stands a chance.

HalfOfLancelot2025-10-23 05:00

It's funny because I think Steve/Tony and Steve/Sam have a stronger pairing identity in the comics than Steve/Bucky, but MCU Steve's relationships are more fleshed out with Bucky and Sam. I think you'll find a lot more Sam/Bucky than Sam/Steve, atm tho. Which I understand, as someone who ships them lmao.

(looked it up and Sam/Bucky have 13k to Sam/Steve's 3k 😭 and I'm like positive a lot of the Sam/Steve might be Sam/Steve/Bucky stuff)

whatintheeverloving2025-10-23 06:11

Sam and Bucky had a whole season together compared to Sam and Steve boiling down to, "On your left," in the movies, makes sense! I haven't read much in the way of Steve and Sam-related comics, though, so I can imagine it's frustrating to see their relationship play such a bigger part in the OG material only to get less attention in the MCU.

CaptHayfever2025-10-24 03:14

IIRC, canon pairings usually get fewer fanfics, likely because people who are satisfied with the canon pairing don't feel the need to write their own version.

harricislife2025-10-24 09:08

Peeta/Katniss is a canon pairing that has a satisfying ending, but it is still the biggest ship in the Hunger Games fandom. It truly depends, sometimes on how canon handles it, sometimes not even then, if Steve/Bucky were canon, I can assure you that they would still be a very popular ship.

cephalopodcat2025-10-24 09:42

TWS definitely rocketed the pair up, before that it was Steve/Tony by miles as the most popular ship. Steve/Bucky was still big, but considering the Winter Soldier storyline bringing him back as an adult only came out in... 2012? 2013? It's a MUCH smaller ship versus the decades of Steve and Tony.

And then Sebastian Stan happened. Stupid sexy Stan.

(I kid, but the MCU combining Bucky and Arnie Roth's stories in TFA/TWS didn't exactly hold back the floodwaters either.)

Sirius_Space2025-10-23 05:35

Well for one thing Bucky and Steve have been a thing since 2011, and Bucky and Mel have barely been introduced in 2025. Give it a few years with movies/interactions.

glimmerfox2025-10-23 20:37

There is probably more of Bucky/John Walker than there is of him and Mel

beekeeper_atlamont2025-10-23 00:31

I kinda still want to see him with Sarah Wilson.

celestialwreckage2025-10-23 00:47

I thought he and Sam made a cute bickering couple. DONT BE COWARDS, MCU, GIVE THEM A ROMANCE AND BUCKY SOME "SPECIAL ATTACHMENTS" FOR HIS ARM!!!

TwincessAhsokaAarmau2025-10-23 04:01

Yes, and the kids would love him as their dad.

prettyorganic2025-10-23 04:37

I’m a sambucky shipper mainly but I’ll accept Bucky joining the Wilson family in any way possible.

DCangst2025-10-23 00:35

Eh. I was not a fan of Mel or Val. Mel willingly helped Val do a bunch of illegal shit, including murder. Sure, she had a smidge more common sense than Val, but she only spilled the beans out of what amounted to self-preservation when she realized Val was about to unleash a mentally unstable superforce on the world.

IL-Corvo2025-10-23 01:20

They've all done bad things, but the journey for redemption, self-acceptance, doing and *being* better has to start somewhere. I mean, that's a big chunk of what THUNDERBOLTS was about, and if anyone can help Mel through that sort of journey, it's Bucky.

DCangst2025-10-23 01:43

Yes, they have, but they were actively in the process of changing. Mel never really did. As soon as she "killed" Sentry, she went right back to working for Val. I didn't find her all that sympathetic given how involved she was with Val's misdeads and the cover-up. She did it willingly, eyes wide open, etc. She had tons of options, and she chose to work for Val and continue working for Val, helping her kill people and cover up massive crimes.

santa99912025-10-23 01:54

She did reveal her location to Bucky, so that he could come and help. They never really go into what part exactly she wanted him to help with, but she seems to know that sentry is going to be bad news.

I agree though, they start her turn and then have her stay right next to Val, asking for a raise.

My guess is that they needed a reason for Sentry to be “killed” so he could turn, but not have the thunderbolts be able to help.

So he threatens Val, but they needed someone to hit the button. Who else could they have even gone with?

Dezbats2025-10-23 02:25

They could have just written it differently and had Val succeed in using the switch herself.

I think the real (Doylist) reason Mel went back with Val is just to keep her from being a loose end when the rest of the team decides to go along with being The New Avengers.

There needs to be a reason she stays around (I assume at some point she will become Songbird) and why she doesn't testify against Val.

RLFDidNothingWrong2025-10-23 02:04

You're also comparing a character at the start of her journey to characters who are in some cases like Bucky, much much further along in their journeys.

IL-Corvo2025-10-23 03:39

Bingo.

SlashOfLife52962025-10-23 00:46

I was very surprised when Bucky took off his metal arm and lubed it up before lighting a few candles and closing the door, but it shows the MCU is committed to pushing boundaries

elpajaroquemamais2025-10-23 01:14

I’m sorry what

NowWeGetSerious2025-10-23 01:21

Didn't you watch the movie😂

sokuyari992025-10-23 01:33

Can’t skip those mid credits scenes

The_Abjectator2025-10-23 02:58

It was in the Thunderbolts Assembled doc.

RockRage--2025-10-23 05:20

It turns into the fister 5000

Strict-Date-18842025-10-23 05:23

💀💀💀 stop

Mr_DeskPop2025-10-23 05:30

I am fisto please assume the position 😂

EvilTwinCities2025-10-23 05:55

Well, he was best friends with Steve Rogers, and we’ve established that America’s ass didn’t die a virgin. Considering he had a girlfriend whose nickname was Peggy, I think we can draw some conclusions.

Reidpointwalrus2025-10-23 06:31

50 shades of fist

jlandejr2025-10-23 07:43

Fisty shades of Grey was right there

Reidpointwalrus2025-10-23 08:07

Goddammit. I had like 3 half asses ideas and thats exactly what I was reaching for. Well done. I need to put the joint down haha

MrDoom4e52025-10-23 19:16

Fucky Barnes.

Mr_DeskPop2025-10-23 05:30

Take a number!!

NK13372025-10-23 01:51

It’s def a step up form DC and their refusals to allow their heroes to give consensual oral sex

carson630002025-10-23 01:58

Would have been OK for Bucky in his villainous Winter Soldier days, though.

ConflictResolutioner2025-10-23 11:59

Uhh what?

NK13372025-10-23 12:59

In the Harley Quinn show there were going to have a scene with Batman going down on Catwoman, but DC editorial nixed it stating that “heroes don’t do that,” so it’s become a running joke

Kappei2025-10-23 17:11

Do "that" what? Sex? Or just oral sex? I doubt it's the former, since Bruce and Selina have even shared an on-page scene in the comics, and about the latter I'm quite sure that a detective as thorough as Batman wouldn't skip any "investigation".

NK13372025-10-23 17:12

Oral sex specially which is a hilariously weird line to draw

twentyitalians2025-10-23 01:51

![gif](giphy|ghuvaCOI6GOoTX0RmH)

NYCajun2025-10-23 02:22

So is Mel apparently

AdFlaky99832025-10-23 02:31

Stop stop, my penis can only get so erect!

Financial-Glass-3222025-10-23 04:44

yeah right, that scene definitely had some unexpected vibes, kinda wild for a superhero movie lol

UpsetConversation5892025-10-23 05:50

gyeah that was wild, definitely a bold move for the mcu tbh

Financial-Glass-3222025-10-23 05:52

yeah that scene definitely raised some eyebrows, guess theyre trying to keep things interesting for sure

mofa902772025-10-23 08:26

Thank you and everyone else for this entire block of comments.

0ttoChriek2025-10-23 00:46

Well they never did Bucky's comic book romance with Natasha, which is one of the best comic book relationships I've read, so I don't mind what they do with Mel.

I doubt it goes anywhere, though. Marvel seem to have adopted a very puritanical attitude to romance in their movies.

sdjungelskogh2025-10-23 02:23

Genuine question cause i dont know much about bucky/nat in the comics but didnt Bucky like help train the black widows some time during his winter soldier days? Or is that just a headcanon I've seen? Bc the thought of Nat meeting Bucky as a kid sorta icks me off the ship

spidervenom6192025-10-23 04:36

Comic Bucky was around Nat and the other Widows but the thing is that the OG Natasha (and only the OG Nat and not the CloneNat) was actually older then both Bucky and Steve combined now lol.

Dezbats2025-10-23 05:01

Bucky did help train Nat in the comics, but comics Nat is much older than MCU Nat.

And by "much older," I mean she was having adventures with Steve and Logan as a girl during WWII.

Comics Bucky wasn't Steve's childhood friend, he was Steve's teen sidekick and 16 at the start of the war.

So Comics Bucky is only about three years older than Comics Nat chronologically. They were young adults when they met.

In terms of lived experience, Nat is significantly older than both Bucky and Steve as they spent most of the years since WWII on ice while she was busy doing spy things.

daydreamersrest2025-10-23 07:26

Does she age slower in the comics? If yea, why?

Dezbats2025-10-23 08:22

Yeah.

She ages slower.

Soviet knock off serum.

She's not a super soldier exactly, but she's enhanced.

MillAUM25792025-10-23 00:47

I would hate nothing more than this

thevokplusminus2025-10-23 01:29

then you should consider medication

MillAUM25792025-10-23 01:31

I forgot Redditors don’t understand hyperbole, my bad

Goldman2502025-10-23 00:48

What’s so Shocking about Bucky and Mel?

tricktricky2025-10-23 00:49

Vision is like 3years old and Scarlet Witch is like 30, anything is possible

HeroXeroV2025-10-23 00:50

I thought Bucky could have had a romance with the Wakandan lady who helped break his mind control. I think she is second in command of the guard or something.

sockjin2025-10-23 02:04

Ayo? You mean one of the few Marvel characters who was shown on screen to be in a committed same-sex relationship? That Ayo?

Majestic-Marcus2025-10-23 00:54

No.

Unstable_Bear2025-10-23 00:56

…..they’re ok with shipping Bucky with the girl who’s way WAY too young for him over shipping him with Steve rogers?

Yeah, ok man. Sure.

FUCK1NGFABULOUS2025-10-23 00:58

I was going to ship Sabra and Bucky but that ship sunk.

CaleBoi252025-10-23 01:06

I'd rather see him with a Wakandan girl, or maybe Sarah Wilson. Heck, I'd even put him and Ruth Bat-Serat together over a Mel/Bucky ship.

iwannalynch2025-10-23 02:00

Bucky and Sarah Wilson was hella cute, and I support Bucky having a normal life.

brendamn2025-10-23 01:17

We just want to see Bucky happy

GodFlintstone2025-10-23 01:31

Sadly, I don't think Bucky will survive the next two Avengers movies so it's probably a moot point.

GrayGuard972025-10-23 01:34

Um, where? I haven’t seen any shipping art

MessyMop2025-10-23 01:35

My mom swore that random lady he had a date with in the first episode of Falcon and Winter Soldier was going to come back

toastjam2025-10-23 07:57

That was actually who I thought of first after reading just the title. Barely remember Mel and definitely none of her interactions with Bucky.

Captain-Wilco2025-10-23 01:47

If I was starring alongside Bucky Barnes, I would also ship me and him

Beardown15842025-10-23 01:53

I don’t see what the problem is. If it can make for fun storytelling I’m ok with it

ZealousidealGur48602025-10-23 01:54

This might be my bias but if she is Songbird (which I hope she isn’t.) I hope she has a romance with her actual love interest from the comics. Again this might be bias since Mach-X is one of my favorite characters but the dynamic Songbird had with him in the original comics was great and they’re my otp.

Pseudocaesar2025-10-23 02:00

Not sure about the age comments. How old is her character in the movie? The actress herself is over 30 so it's not as shocking as some would make it out to be.

DJfunkyPuddle2025-10-23 02:07

How predictably pathetic. "Oh two named characters had a handful of scenes together? They should bang even though there wasn't a hint of romance!"

Subject-Ad50712025-10-23 02:17

Nani the fuck. Of course gotta ship everyone.

Adorable_Ad_34782025-10-23 02:26

Bucky and Sam are the one true couple. None of them have any romantic interests in the films/shows so why not pair them up?

Poku1152025-10-23 02:29

I honestly forgot about her sans the bathroom call scene.

But ive seen worse ships with worse chemistry.

Spirited-Aspect-15512025-10-23 02:30

I would really like a Sharon-Bucky romance. I liked their interactions in Falcon and Winter Soldier. Her being the Shadow Broker is a loose thread and I'm hoping it has to do with some kind of brainwashing, like when she shot Steve in the comics. Second choice is Bucky-Yelena.

hannibalpalace2025-10-23 02:59

People ship them? Oh I didn’t see it at all. I thought Bucky and John had more chemistry (even their tension in F&TWS)

Usual-Caregiver55892025-10-23 03:02

I cant imagine anyone comfortable with their selves saying "pass" if people started cheering for Sebastian Stan to be their romantic interest. Fictional or otherwise.

TheNocturnalAngel2025-10-23 03:25

They spoke for like 30 seconds?

gabrielleraul2025-10-23 06:24

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NaiadoftheSea2025-10-23 03:46

I’m a firm shipper of [Bucky and Sarah](https://www.facebook.com/share/15L1mSBXW7g/?mibextid=wwXIfr).

wintermute_132025-10-23 03:54

Shocking???

No_Imagination_24902025-10-23 10:38

Yeah, I don't get why it would be particularly shocking. Sebastian Stan is so charismatic he has chemistry with everyone he shares a scene with, so it wouldn't be surprising to see him hook up with anyone really.

mgusedom2025-10-23 04:39

I’m all for anything that gets more work for Geraldine Viswanathan, I’ve loved her since Miracle Workers

ChickenInASuit2025-10-23 05:14

> **Geraldine Viswanathan** says fans are ‘shipping’ Bucky and Mel after Thunderbolts **Geraldine Viswanathan** recently sat down for an exclusive chat with ComingSoon in which she shared her thoughts on fans demanding a **Mel** and Bucky romance arc. **Her character, Mel**, is an assistant to Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the movie. In the comics, Mel is also known as the supervillain-turned-superhero Songbird.

So this is clearly written by AI.

Harlequin_Heart2025-10-23 05:37

I did not get romance vibes. The one and only time I'll bring up the age difference cuz he literally tells her he was in his 100s when she was a teen(??)

IBJON2025-10-23 05:58

Breaking news!: Actress who wants future work is supportive of tieing her character to a major character that's going to be around for a while.

Also, people need to get a grip. Just because tow characters of the opposite sex interact in a movie doesn't mean they have to get together

Wild-Project74062025-10-23 07:00

Nobody cares about her character. Lol

Expensive-Trip-18582025-10-23 11:17

Are the shippers in the room with us? Lol I’ve seen more people into Bucky and Ava than anything related to Mel.

nameless_stories2025-10-23 15:58

They'd be cute