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Tuesday Tropes: Virginity
Virginity is a popular theme in fanfiction, often going hand-in-hand with the First Time trope. Steve/Bucky fics are no exception. In fact, there's an ongoing debate within the fandom and even among the cast and creators of the films about whether Steve Rogers is a virgin or not. For example, Chris Evans has stated that he thinks Steve is a virgin, and Hayley Atwell has stated that she thinks he isn't. As a result, there's lots of room for interpretation, and fans have taken advantage both to give Steve a memorable first time with a more experienced Bucky and to flip the trope on its head and make Steve the sexually experienced one and Bucky the virgin.
What do you like or dislike about the Virginity trope? Do you prefer it played straight or flipped? What are some of your favorite Steve/Bucky fanworks dealing with virginity? Which character do you prefer to be a virgin?




I think canonically Steve probably is a virgin - I agree with Chris in that I don't see when it would have happened. I honestly don't think Bucky is very sexually experienced in canon either - I doubt he's a virgin, but most of his dates probably involved mostly dancing and kissing, not sex. Obviously in my headcanon, they're doing it together, though.
I enjoy a nice First Time fic as much as the next romantic, but the fics where virginity is a major theme that I enjoy the most tend to be the ones where it's flipped on its head in some way. For example, Practical Mathematics.
Personally I resolved Chris and Hayley's conflicting accounts like this. :D
don't care as long as it's in character~
I can read either type of fic, but most of the ones I come across usually depict Steve as being a virgin. And even if he isn't, I definitely see Bucky as having more experience.