In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the friendship between Steve and Bucky took center stage.

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The climax of the new Captain America finds the two characters, who fought in World War II together, battling one another after the latter was programmed to kill his old friend.

Unsurprisingly, Tumblr read deeply into the relationship between Steve and Bucky and turned it into something more romantic. Whether it’s true or not (it’s probably not), their work is worth sharing.

We found some of the best pieces of work on Tumblr proving that the social network is convinced that Steve and Bucky, affectionately referred to as “Stucky,” is a real ‘ship.

It began with this line in ‘The Winter Soldier.’

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Some Tumblr users played it safe…

There are image sets that don’t necessarily push the envelope.

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But when you remember scenes like this in ‘The First Avenger’…

Source It was hard for Tumblr to not dive right in to create things like this… Source And this… Source One user is suggesting slight thrusts depict the two characters pleasuring each other. Source One user thinks this 2-second shot is unequivocal evidence of their romance. Source According to Tumblr, Stucky’s smiles in this scene mean they are each other’s better halves. Source One person is straight up rewriting the film to make Stucky blunt. Source Others are just making lots of art. Source There are songs that Tumblr thinks are associated with Stucky. Source Source Source Someone else made a soundtrack to their romance. Source Stucky: Real or Not Real?

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