The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: White Wolf Explained

but the white wolf has arrested long enough is falcon and the winter soldier teasing bucky's return to a life of villainy well probably not exactly the second episode of the falcon in the winter soldier gave us a tease of bucky's healing time in wakanda where he became known as the white wolf little time in wakanda and you come out white panther it's actually white wolf interestingly enough the white wolf character in the comics is one of black panther's biggest villains so why would the mcu choose to give bucky that name today's a video is breaking down everything we know about white wolf from the comics and how the mcu can adapt that with bucky's current character arc let's get started right now where's the fight uh poor bucky the first episode of falcon and winter soldier really reaffirmed how hard bucky's life has been so far as he puts it he's been in a non-stop fight for over 80 years and that sort of thing can weigh on a person there's still so much about his winter soldier pass that we don't know but we have the basic gist he was put on ice and just unfrozen whenever there was someone to fight or kill and then he was put back in the freezer next to the month old fudsicles waiting for his next chance to thaw out and go to work it took an immense struggle from steve for bucky to begin to snap out of it of course steve wasn't the only factor like yeah steve's inspirational with his i'm with you to the end of the line speeches but sometimes you just need cold hard science to break brainwashing and no offense to steve but he's not exactly a scientist plus he needed a place where bucky could be safe because he was the world's biggest assassin for like 80 years there weren't a lot of places that would be willing to take bucky in to help him and that's what led bucky to wakanda where their advanced technological marvels and minds were the best chance to break the immense control bucky was under as well as having a leader that understood that bucky needed help rather than to be punished because bucky knows he needs to change he even volunteers to be frozen again until wakanda can figure out a solution so let's be real here how long do you think it took shuri to find an answer one maybe two days all right fine maybe it was harder than that so i'll say three days tops i'm sure you did your best i do wish we could have seen a bit more of that process though as it unfolds in the films we first see bucky being taken to wakanda then the next time we see bucky he's mostly better i want an in-between clip that shows shuri trying out a bunch of new techniques on bucky's brain is that too much to ask for but as we know ashuri was able to help bucky in the post-credits scene for black panther we see bucky recuperating in a wakandan hut sure he calls him sergeant barnes but he insists to call him bucky which is a way to show that he's mostly back to his old self he's even dressed in solid red and blue which is a subtle tease to his taking over the captain america mantle in the comics but then there's a bit of a swerve in infinity war thanos is coming knocking on earth's door looking for a fight and they need a bucky t'challa says that bucky may be tired of war but he's rested long enough they give him an awesome new vibranium arm that's probably decked out with some cool special features like a snack department and the ability to turn into a swiss army knife okay how much for the um not for sale fine i'm speculating but sure he likes to have fun so you know that arm has upgrades it's important in this scene to notice the color on bucky his former red and blue robe is now faded but now there's a white element to his clothing that completely shines this probably has something to do with his name black panther calls him the white wolf fans who know white wolf's comic origins probably got excited about this and the fact that in the second falcon and winter soldier they bring up the white wolf moniker again it could mean a lot of fascinating things for bucky's future in the mcu so was bucky ever the white wolf in the comics no he wasn't which makes the mcu giving bucky the moniker all the more interesting especially since white wolf is a villain in the comics but i think it will all make sense once you hear white wolf's comic story and why it matters for bucky in the comics long ago there was a plane crash near the wakandan border where the only survivor was a caucasian child wakanda's whole thing for a while was all about isolation and secrecy i mean if you had all that technology would you want to share it with the world no people are greedy we saw how fast the new gaming consoles sold out so people would lose their minds if they knew how advanced wakanda was the lines for tourism would be crazy anyways even though they liked their privacy king tachaka t'challa's father took a pity on the orphan child and took him in his name was hunter and t'chaka raised him as a son for a bit everything was going great until t'challa was born this caused immediate jealousy from hunter since it meant he was no longer in line for the throne this had an interesting effect on hunter although he was furious he decided to train his body and mind in order to prove he could be the perfect wakandan citizen eventually becoming a fierce warrior and the head of wakanda's secret police force adapting the name white wolf but when t'challa became king the animosity only continued to grow when black panther disbanded the secret police for being too violent which led to hunter and his group to be exiled from wakanda where they would become mercenaries for hire over the years the two assorted brothers would cross paths and fight it was very much a thor loki situation when you think about it yes that's right we could have had a thor loki 2.0 in the mcu yes hunter's methods were extreme and he disagreed with t'challa's way of ruling things but hunter was always loyal to wakanda and would protect it against outside threat when the situation called for it but it definitely looks like now we won't be getting hunter or the og white wolf in the mcu a lot of his backstory has so much in common with killmonger that they couldn't reintroduce the character without it feeling like a copycat and now the white wolf moniker has been given to bucky but you have to ask yourself why did they do this there has to be a reason right it's not like they were gonna turn bucky into a villain again that would just be cruel so why slap him with the white wolf name well it does make you think what the mcu's original plan for bucky was going to be remember sebastian stan signed that standard nine picture contract so he still has a lot of movies left as bucky barnes hell you buddy bucky what did you say and before the mcu was truly focusing on streaming shows i think they had something else in mind for bucky it seems like they were setting up a solid supporting role in black panther 2. think about it as i mentioned white wolf heads his own secret police while remaining super loyal to wakanda but tends to be too violent it's easy to see how they could easily translate that to bucky imagine a subplot in black panther 2 where bucky is struggling with his brainwashing and violent impulses but being fiercely loyal to wakanda for saving his life and trying to help him him and t'challa wouldn't necessarily have to have an antagonistic relationship but rather they'd have a complicated one because of bucky's issues and that would have tested what type of king t'challa was i'm sticking to the idea that that was the original plan before things maybe the mcu realized a falcon and winter soldier tv show would be better for the character overall and they shifted gears of course with the tragic passing of chadwick boseman and the statement that they are not recasting t'challa for the sequel does open up some exciting possibilities where we could still see bucky as white wolf right now bucky is looking for a life he's trying to make amends for his past decisions and escape the winter soldier shadow since he's not becoming captain america the door is open for him to take on a new mantle and that's where white wolf can come in maybe after the events of the falcon in the winter soldier tv show not only will sam upgrade to captain america but bucky will realize that he wants to help wakanda rather than the united states and build a new identity for himself there that means that he could still show up in black panther 2 and be a vital role in keeping the peace after t'challa's death bucky is quickly becoming one of the most complex characters thanks to falcon and winter soldier so the mcu shouldn't be done with this story after the show is over that's why we need the white wolf man they keep changing bucky's name around in the mcu here's hoping we'll follow some of his time as the man on the wall alias because that's just fun to say isn't it look out here comes the man on the wall man comics can be strange

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Keywords: Black Panther, Bucky Barnes, Bucky returns to Wakanda, CBR, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, John Walker, New Captain America, Sam Wilson, Shuri fixes Bucky, The Falcon, Wakanda, White Wolf, marvel, mcu, avengers, avenger

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Length: 8min 40sec (520 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 28 2021