On Tuesday, one of the top trending topics on Twitter was #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend as users expressed their desire for the Marvel superhero to be in a same-sex relationship in the next film.
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend is trending and I'm like pic.twitter.com/ZCsgbLqVPr
— Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) May 24, 2016
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend because this was the last time we saw him smile so brightly and so genuinely pic.twitter.com/X5ynCnKTe1
— summer (@stevebuckyVEVO) May 24, 2016
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend bc nobody wants to see someone kissing their dead girlfriends niece straight after her funeral
— madi (@teambucky) May 24, 2016
Many have suggested that Captain America's best friend, Bucky/Winter Soldier, would be a suitable boyfriend.
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend and by boyfriend i mean bucky
— breanna (@happiIeeds) May 24, 2016
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend because this is too important to be ignored pic.twitter.com/2n0VQLWz4Y
— kate (@dandelionanakin) May 24, 2016
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend because it looks like it's about to happen anyway: pic.twitter.com/YnSpOcPrWG
— Mike T (@majtague) May 24, 2016
#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend Let him date his Bucky?? pic.twitter.com/okgLo93njl
— HamletMachine (@Hamlet_Machine) May 24, 2016
A similar trend, asking Disney to give Queen Elsa a girlfriend, hit Twitter a few weeks ago.
While I personally don't care who Captain America wants to sleep with, I do find it upsetting that the concept of platonic love has been completely tossed aside in the minds of those shipping a Cap/Bucky romance. Love doesn't have to be sexual. A relationship can be completely fulfilling without progressing to the next level.