frickss75:

Am up late and can’t sleep so yeah 🙂

It is disappointing to me as a fan sometimes to see characters go through traumas that affect people in real life and have it be not only glossed over but sometimes ignored completely. Action shows and movies can be particularly guilty of this and it dosn’tt give due representation for these things.

I have however come across a couple of quotes from an actor that affected because it showed understanding and respect not only for their character but also for issues that do affect people in RL as well.

Starting with this one.

Sebastian is talking about playing Bucky Barnes im Captain America: The Winter Soldier. A superhero movie, which like a lot of action movies, could"ve half-asses this kind of stuff but didn’t.

Bucky has been tortured and brainwashed to the point where he dosen’t even remember who he is but at points in this movie he starts having flashes of memory that confuse and upset him and cause him to lash out at not only but towards Steve as well. And this is made worse by the abuse we see inflicted om him by his captors.. And the fact that people who suffer from this are abused sometimes hurts to think about.

The reason this affected me was because its happening in my family with a couple of relatives. One of whom is my Aunt and I brought up this quote and the scenes in the movies with my father over dinner and sparked a conversation over this subject with him about his sister, which is a difficult subject for him as you can understand. But it was because of this I was able to bring it up and frame it in a way we could talk about it. And that to me is wonderful.

I found what Sebastian said to be refreshing and insightful om a difficult subject. And the fact that this showed so much in his performance as Bucky, down to the journal keeping that Bucky did to collect his scattered memories (which wasn’t shown onscreen but was told to us by Seb) was just an amazing portrayal of the suffering some people go through. Even if the characters circumstances are different the dedication to detail is important.

And btw writing down memories as you remember is something that is encouraged for memory problems. Which he said Bucky did. Like I said, detail.

The other one was this answer to an IG question by a fan that asked ‘Does Bucky understand he is not responsible for his actions while under Hydras control?’

Classic guilt response. Even though you know that you are not responsible while not in your right mind you still FEEL responsible. People often blame themselves for things that are not their fault.

The nightmare for him is he did it and can remember doing it which only adds to the PTSD that he suffers from. He is affected not only by the trauma of what was done to him but what he was made to do as well. It’s to the point where he dosen’t even want to fight anymore and just wants a safe place to recover. And the sad thing is no amount of telling him he’s not responsible will make him believe it.

Seb is an actor who understands and respects the trauma his character has been though even if it is a superhero movie based on a comic book. These characters have issues that people suffer from in RL and its nice to see actors that respect this and try to do right by them. Because in many ways it is proper representation for these things and I applaud that. I’d like to see more of it.