Honestly, more than anyone, I feel like Bucky has the highest chance of dying in Doomsday. I mean the guys had a pretty long and good run in the MCU, I wouldn’t be surprised if Doomsday was the conclusion to his story, what do y’all think?

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rubyschnees2025-12-12 21:49

definitely agree, and it could happen early enough to be a catalyst to the two avengers teams working together

silverBruise_322025-12-12 22:43

Given how little time Sebastian Stan spent on set, that seems entirely likely

FictionFantom2025-12-12 22:57

Being in the MCU since 2011 and then killed at the top of an Avengers movie fifteen years later "for stakes" is not a fitting or satisfying end to Bucky.

He's too big and popular to get the Heimdall treatment.

santa99912025-12-12 23:20

To be fair Heimdall’s death isn’t that bad

He scarifies himself to get Bruce to Earth. Without that Strange and Tony don’t meet, strange gets taken to Thanos alone, the guardians and nebula likely can’t do anything vs Thanos and Maw.

Thanos arrives on earth faster during the attack, and they get walked through even more so

bjwills72025-12-12 21:53

I wouldn't be surprised but I hope not.

NeoZ33D2025-12-12 23:41

Agreed. No reason for him to vanish. Nice to have him around. Be a guide.

Terrible_Muffin61232025-12-12 21:57

I really hope not, he is my favorite.

savessh2025-12-12 21:58

Not sure why people insist characters have to die. I don’t need that as long as it’s a good story. I don’t need ‘shock value’.

Gorguf622025-12-12 22:08

Because people have chosen to equate death with stakes.

borntolose12025-12-12 22:29

Stakes are long gone now that everyone has multiverse versions of themselves

Own_Giraffe_69282025-12-12 23:05

??? Gamora's death isn't any less impactful to the plot of either Infinity War/Endgame or Guardians 3 just because there's a multiversal Gamora. Tony's death isn't any less impactful just because there's now a character that's likely a Tony variant (Doom). If Tom Holland had died in No Way Home, would you have been like "eh who cares, we still have Tobey and Andrew as variants, there were no stakes in that movie"?

Vnthem2025-12-12 22:19

Its not shock value, it *does* add stakes, and I don’t know why that’s a bad thing. If nothing ever happens to the heroes, and they always win, why should we be worried about them?

savessh2025-12-12 22:20

You can have stakes without the heroes dying. That’s lazy writing.

BeeCJohnson2025-12-12 22:32

Of course you can, but the stakes also have to be commensurate with the drama.

If the drama is life-threatening, yeah, characters need to die occasionally. You can't sell to the audience how dangerous everything is if no one suffers the effects of danger.

Golden Girls doesn't need people dying, because those aren't the stakes of the drama. The stakes are stuff like "will a character be embarrassed or lose face." So yes, characters in Golden Girls should occasionally be embarrassed and lose face.

But you can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't try to put the audience on the edge of their seats if the thing you're threatening doesn't occasionally occur.

bardghost_Isu2025-12-12 23:16

And if they die, you can do it respectfully like Stark, not just "Hurr Durr Shock Value" but actually dying because that made sense to have his arc fulfilled and be willing to sacrifice himself for something greater, that he never would have when we first saw him.

Vnthem2025-12-14 00:42

What’s lazy about it? If it adds to the story it’s not lazy, and it’s not shock value. It can be *executed* poorly, but a character dying is not inherently lazy writing.

Like Game of Thrones. Can you think of any major character deaths that were purely for shock value and didn’t drive the story forward?

Own_Giraffe_69282025-12-12 23:04

I'm of the same mind. Ideally I don't want ANYONE to die except maybe for variants we know we'll never see again. I don't even want Doom to die!

The Russos said that Endgame was an ending, so it makes sense to 'end' the Infinity Saga with a few impactful deaths, especially of characters who have been around since the beginning (Tony and Nat). Doomsday/Secret Wars are a beginning, though. They're there to set up the MCU for the next 10 years of movies, a brand new status quo that has MORE heroes than we left off with (due to the X-Men and Fantastic Four now being main MCU).

This is, for the record, exactly what the Jonathan Hickman Secret Wars event did - I don't believe anyone permanently died in that book (Thanos got better lmao), but they gained characters due to a few survivors of the Ultimate Universe like Miles joining 616. I fully expect characters to die in Doomsday and Secret Wars (Sentry's a goner), but I HOPE we don't get any important casualties so that we can have as many characters as possible available for the "All New All Different" era of the MCU.

Ranos1312025-12-12 22:00

Why Bucky more than anyone?

- Banner was introduced ~~six~~ three years before.
- Thor, Loki and Hawkeye were introduced ~~four years before~~ the same year.
- ~~Sam Wilson as introduced at the same time.~~ Other characters were introduced within the next few years.

There are multiple heroes who have been around his as long or longer

Edit because I was thinking of Bucky as only the Winter Soldier and forgetting he was in the Captain America First Avenger movie.

vincentdmartin2025-12-12 22:03

Are you forgetting that he was in the first Captain America movie?

Ranos1312025-12-12 22:40

Yes. Yes I was. I had him as the Winter Soldier in my mind and forgot he was just a regular guy in the first movie.

Gilded-Mongoose2025-12-12 22:00

I also think so. He needs one big epic moment, but / and beyond that he's sort of just been around, but hasn't really done very much. I don't know where all we want him to go from here.

ncopp2025-12-12 22:01

If anyone is going to die and they want a big impact, I could definitely see it being him. Might explain why he took more of a back seat on the Thunderbolts team

nazia9872025-12-12 22:01

Yeah definitely. He's one of the few who's been around since Phase 1 and his character is a tragic type. Makes sense.

HerRoyalRedness2025-12-12 22:04

I think that I have been hearing fan theories about Bucky dying since Civil War.

DuckyHornet2025-12-12 23:09

He's like 100 years old, dude's probably got a prostate the size of a grapefruit

InS_Deaths2025-12-12 22:08

Should've died a long time ago already.
And he even already did... but since the MCU is like Fast&Furious, nobody really dies.

Adorable-Bit68162025-12-12 22:09

It could be like Loki in Infinity War

thefrumpiest2025-12-12 22:09

I hope a lot of people die. Give us some more of that delicious risk!

al_ien50002025-12-12 22:09

Third time is a charm

Equal-Train-44592025-12-12 22:10

Thor

Hemsworth has been heavily hinting that he's ready to move on

Due-Elderberry-67982025-12-12 22:24

id prefer if thor retired somewhere peaceful instead of dying

VirulentGunk2025-12-12 22:56

Well that won't get him into Valhalla.

TheMurmuring2025-12-12 23:09

Then who's going to take care of Gorr's daughter?

Own_Giraffe_69282025-12-12 23:13

In the Hickman Secret Wars comic, after the MCU is restored, the Fantastic Four go on a journey with Molecule Man (the guy whose powers held Battleworld together) in order to restore the destroyed multiverse reality by reality. Given the fact that Loki is positioned to have the Molecule Man role in the movie (literally holding the multiverse together), why not have Thor take the Fantastic Four role, since the actual FF will likely go back to the MCU? That way you can write Thor and Loki both off very elegantly, with either a Thor variant (I'd pick [Unworthy Thor](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/c/c5/Unworthy_Thor_Vol_1_1_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160823165804)) or an aged-up Love acting as the Thor of the MCU - or both. Again, in the comics that's exactly what happened, we got Unworthy Thor with Stormbreaker and Lady Thor (Jane Foster) with Mjolnir after Secret Wars.

santa99912025-12-12 23:22

Hemsworth has been hinting he is done since like Thor2

Not saying he isn’t now but he’s said that multiple times before

UJ_Reddit2025-12-12 22:11

What does his next growth arc look like? If it's not interesting then he'll get benched or killed

silverBruise_322025-12-12 22:46

There isn't one. The show finished his arc, and there's nowhere else for him to go. So, I'm betting on killed, since that would add stakes to the story in the writers' eyes

duckplucka12025-12-12 22:12

If this really is the soft reboot everyone thinks it is, we may lose a lot of our current heroes.

Hi_Im_Ken_Adams2025-12-12 22:14

He along with the Hulk are the 2 most nerfed characters in the MCU.

RacerXX72025-12-12 22:14

Depends...what is Sebastian Stan's current Marvel salary?

PointOfFingers2025-12-12 23:01

About 10% of RDJ's salary.

colantor2025-12-12 23:09

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LochNessMansterLives2025-12-12 22:15

I don’t mind them killing off characters in the MCU as long as it’s done well and gives them a proper send off. What upsets me is when an actor leaves a project that they’ve become recognizable in, and then they just aren’t there and there’s no explanation. That’s what bugs me more than anything.

Ok-disaster20222025-12-12 22:15

I actually think they may just wipe everyone. Start over in a new universe

BlerghTheBlergh2025-12-12 22:17

I‘d like him to stick around for a Thunderbolts trilogy

Shigney2025-12-12 22:45

Well that's not happening

sm_8922025-12-12 23:36

That’s not happening cuz of box office flop

repooc212025-12-12 22:17

It would make me very sad.

Sebastian Stan is awesome. Bucky is awesome, but you're right. He signed a 9 picture deal way back when, he's been around.. if they close him out, it better be with Stan's blessing

silverBruise_322025-12-12 22:44

Think about how they've written Bucky so far. Does it seem to you that they'd ask Stan for his blessing?

Own_Giraffe_69282025-12-12 22:58

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silverBruise_322025-12-12 23:02

They've shoved him into the background at every turn. He was an afterthought in a show with his name on it.

In his older interviews, he talks about things he wanted to do with the character. Things they told him he would likely do to get him to take the part. His newer interviews have none of that. He openly critized some of the scenes for Thunderbolts. He doesn't strike me as especially happy, and Marvel doesn't really care

Own_Giraffe_69282025-12-12 23:15

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silverBruise_322025-12-13 05:43

Just look up any promos. The arm scene should be brought up

Own_Giraffe_69282025-12-13 11:16

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silverBruise_322025-12-13 11:16

It definitely is. You not thinking it's good enough is your problem

Own_Giraffe_69282025-12-13 11:18

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silverBruise_322025-12-13 11:19

There haven't been any. Not recently, at any rate. He mentions having fun and praises his coworkers in general terms. Not the same thing

RookieDuckMan2025-12-12 22:20

I feel like he’s entered a new era and is only just beginning

SpeK_722025-12-12 22:21

Yeah I think Bucky and Ant-Man are cooked

That-Guava-94042025-12-12 22:22

Especially if Steve Rogers comes back. Gives him extra motivation to fight.

EcksFountain1322025-12-12 22:24

He will: and it will be the ultimate case of wasted potential.

Dude has the least screentime of any major MCU character, never got a solo project, and has been sidelined since 2016.

GreasyStool882025-12-12 22:35

What solo project does he need? He has his name in the title of one of the top MCU films, was a central plot point in another (CW), and helped carry tv series. Whats his solo project supposed to be, running for congress? Falling in love? Hanging in Wakanda?

EcksFountain1322025-12-13 13:18

None of those are solo projects. So much of his story has been squeezed into one minute clips when we could have had a detailed exploration.

mattmagoo232025-12-12 22:26

At the start didn't he have like. 10 movie contract? We gotta be getting close to that now

the_bashful2025-12-12 22:29

There’s no reason he has to *stay* dead anyway, so what’re the stakes?

igby12025-12-12 22:29

Bucky deserves a selective memory wipe that purges his memory of all his bad deeds.

Yelena would probably like that too.

ckal092025-12-12 22:37

He should’ve been captain America instead of the eternal side character

lern2swim2025-12-12 22:37

I think I'm tired of character deaths just being used as either "it was time for their story to end" or "we need to heighten the drama"

ScoobyDeezy2025-12-12 22:42

If any duo can make it, I’d put my money on Hulk (Maestro) and Bucky. Mostly because they both probably *want* to die, so they’d just be two bitter old fucks.

InformalJello93222025-12-12 22:42

Low key, buck has been living on borrowed time since 1943…

Colonelspanker19622025-12-12 22:43

I'm worried (with good reason) that it's Thors time to die. And it's likely that all the Fox X Men will perish so that they can be recast with new actors.

BradyPhoenix2025-12-12 22:51

Maybe, but that will make it the third time we’ve watched him die on screen which is boring now lol

silverBruise_322025-12-12 22:54

I wouldn't be surprised, either. The actor's contract must be up by now, or close to it. Plus, his arc is finished, and there's nowhere for him to go.

What future would he even have if he lives? Reassuring other characters they're amazing? Joking about his past? Being a quippy background strongman? None of those seem like good enough reasons to keep him around. In contrast, if he dies, the story has "stakes" (or they can pretend it does, at least, since none of the characters they like will actually be in danger), and it gives other characters something to angst about for a second.

His story has been told. Badly, but there's no fixing that now. I think he's done.

adventurehasaname812025-12-12 22:56

Remarkably foolish if they did kill him off because he's one of the few characters left with star power. The only way it might kinda, sorta make sense is if Disney were giving him a Luke Skywalker-in-his-prime trilogy to work on instead.

mdnphy2025-12-12 23:20

Hope he does

Rimailkall2025-12-12 23:37

I think a lot of the OG's will die simply because I think a lot of them want to move on to other work, or retire (Hemsworth).

shawnsblog2025-12-12 23:42

100% agree, I mean if Strange is going to have to fight against Doom and make it interesting, what could Bucky do?

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