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Weeding ring is going to be seem in Thunderbolts*. Or a shade of lighter skin where it was, before Bucky safely put it away around his neck with his soldier's dog tag. 🙂❤️💍

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i had fun making these ngl

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Winter Soldier Reprogramming (Definitive Version)

I thought I’d gather together all the discussion into one post so I can refer to this later. The words that the Russian Hydra Team use to make the Winter Soldier totally obedient to his handler are given below. They start with the English subtitled version, then, with the Russian equivalent, and the translation back into English if that differs from the Subtitles.

1. LONGING: желание - (wish/will, depending on the context)

2. RUSTED: ржaвый

Daniel Brühl struggled to pronounce “ржАвый”, it was more of a “ржавОй“ in his delivery, but when Vasily Karpov (Gene Farber) says it in the 1991 scene, it’s clearly “ржАвый”, “rusted“.

3. SEVENTEEN: семнадцать 

4. DAYBREAK: рассвет - (dawn)

5. FURNACE: печь - (oven)

6. NINE: девять 

7. BENIGN: добросердечный - (kind-hearted)

8. HOMECOMING: возвращение на родину - (See below)

Tumblr user trobador says:

As for “возвращение на родину“, I find the nuance interesting here, since it’s “return to the homeland“, literally, in the source language (Russian) but “return home“ in the target language (English subtitles translation, “homecoming“), which brings out two different conceptual references: actual codeword “возвращение на родину“ appealing to something ideologically patriotic in the subject’s mind, while the translated codeword “homecoming“ referencing something more personal and intimate, a home - with the associations ‘home is where the heart is‘, ‘home is not a place but a person/people‘ (some Steve-related subliminal message).

9. ONE: один

10. FREIGHT CAR: грузовой вагон 

Other trivia:

Sebastian Stan speaks Russian with a noticeable Romanian accent. 

All the Code Words seem to have something to do with Bucky. So ONE, NINE, SEVENTEEN is Bucky’s year of birth (1917). A lot of them are to do with Bucky’s search for his memories and his past history with Steve, and his commitment to not be a bad guy anymore - Benign, Longing, Homecoming, Daybreak (Dawn). Not sure about Furnace and Rusted. Perhaps Bucky’s past with Hydra, and how he feels old?

Also, if you want the translation of the handoff phrase (although Zemo noticably only says the Soldat part of this):

“Доброе утро, солдат.”

“Я готов отвечать.”

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Very interesting speculation!😃

I always imagine that Bucky is talking to Sam over the phone when he has the others tied up.

And if we think about it, Bucky had the ability to think outside the box in TFATWS. Everyone, including Sam and the new captain America, had hit a dead end on how to find the bad guys. Then Bucky got Zemo, who was the main reason, if not the only reason, they could all move forward. No one was even considering this as a possibility.

With Thunderbolts* might be the same.

"Hey, Sam! I got this team of screw up, crazy, highly dangerous, but kind hearted and deep down good intended people to start training a new generation of Avengers."

[shouting over the phone]

"Ok, Sam. I left dinner in the oven, should still be hot when you get our home. Yeah, I love you too!"

❤️😘🥰❤️

Ok, tinfoil hat time:

1. We know that Sam has been asked to rebuild the Avengers

2. We know that Thunderbolts isn’t the real name of the film

3. We know that Bucky and Sam are in close contact and Bucky turned up in BNW despite Sebastian Stan going uncredited (this I assume was in case the credits leaked)

The only possible conclusion we can draw from the above is we’re getting a scene in Thunderbolts* where Sam is doing Avengers stuff and Bucky turns up and says ‘I’ve got a team…kind of’ and Sam looks at the hot mess Bucky’s brought along with him and says ‘I guess it’s a start’

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Dog Tags

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Bucky’s WW2 Uniform

A comment mentioned Bucky’s pants thinking I’d talked about his uniform. I haven’t, but I know I’ve reblogged a Tumblr post about Bucky’s uniform. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on your opinion of time management skills??) I can expound on the information that’s already out there. I also cannot for the life of me FIND that Tumblr post to link it, but I’ll keep working on that. HA Fuck you, I found the post!

I’m not going to get into Army issue. That information is, frankly, kind of easy to find if you need it and Bucky spent none of his post-WTFSteve?? period wearing Army issue. I’m going to try to parse his Howling Commando uniform.

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Why Bucky Barnes is the best Sniper Ever to Ever

My coworker is gun obsessed and she was telling me about snipers and how exceedingly rare it is for someone to be a successful sniper. Of course my mind immediately applied these random tid bits to Bucky Barnes.

As most of you may have already known there’s this thing called the coriolis effect. Basically, a long distance target, even if completely still, is technically a ‘moving target’ because the earth is rotating while the bullet is maintaining a relatively straight path. Thus, when shooting over 1000 yards (.56 miles) this needs to be factored in. (I’m not even going to go into spin drift: the rotating motion of the barrel of the gun).

Out to 1000 yards you could have nearly a full minute of correction because of coriolis effect depending on which direction you are shooting. Ie if you are shooting East your target is going to be dropping. If you are shooting towards the West your target is going to rotate up.

So, now-a-days we have automatic calculators for figuring out the coriolis effect quickly and accurately. Long distance shooters use daily updated data to build a drop chart or ballistic compensations. But, back when Bucky was a sniper they still used the mathematical formula for the coriolis effect to position their shots accurately. Bucky would have needed to know the relative motion of the object, the motion of the earth, and the latitude he was shooting from (as well as wind speeds etc) and then he would have had to compensate each shot almost to the tee in order to hit his targets.

Here’s the vector formula for the impact of the coriolis effect:

Bucky had to calculate this every time he positioned himself from his sniping position. In our fictitious MCU there is probably a tiny notebook floating around with Bucky’s scribbled equations. 

If this doesn’t prove Bucky’s a fucking brainiac I don’t know what does.

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Fic resources: Undressing Bucky Barnes

Here’s some information and resources you might like to have for when you’re writing about male WWII-era characters undressing each other and engaging in sweet, sweet, pornographic activities:

US military field uniforms in WWII didn’t have zipper flies. Modern ones don’t either, actually, though there were eras (like Vietnam) when they did use zippers. I’m not actually sure why they originally did button flies or why they went back to them… I imagine it’s just because a lost or broken button is easier to repair in the field than a broken or jammed zipper? But that’s just a guess. The point is, embrace the button fly.

US Army characters like Bucky would have several uniforms issued, and would have mostly worn a primarily wool field service uniform while on the front. He seems to be wearing the tattered remains of that uniform when Steve rescues him in Azzano. The uniform Bucky’s wearing at the beginning of The First Avenger, before he ships out, is the Class A dress uniform or garrison uniform. This is also the uniform that would be worn while in the garrison, as the name implies, so it’s normal for soldiers to wear when they aren’t in the field, which is why we see Bucky wearing it in New York, and both Steve and Bucky wearing their respective dress uniforms while in London or otherwise in the office, so to speak.

You can see a list here of everything he’d have been issued upon induction, which idek I just found really interesting. Mmm, sexy Army underwear! Yeah, get it! They could also buy additional gear to supplement what they’ve been given, and they’d buy that stuff from the base PX (that’s the Post Exchange, essentially the base general store). That may have also included items like these leather photo wallets and other stuff to help them remember the folks back home, but more commonly they’d be buying stuff there like soap, candy, gum, and beer. Did you know there’s a whole freaking book about the PX system in WWII? I fucking love history nerds, group hug, get in here.

So Bucky’s got his standard issue gear when he’s out with the 107th in the deleted scene from TFA. Obviously by the time they become the Howling Commandos, Bucky is sick of Army issue and they become customized as shit. (Most of the other Howlies are still wearing fairly recognizable kit from their respective countries.) They’re probably also not regular Army anymore at all and are totally under the umbrella of the SSR, considering they also wear SSR insignia, so maybe it was the SSR (or Howard, he’s got some style) who hooked Bucky up with his sweet new duds.

Here’s Bucky in his Howlies uniform, which just personally speaking is my favorite uniform for Bucky because he looks hot as helllllll. I can’t find a single piece of standard issue in this (maybe his underwear, only Steve would know for sure).

He’s gotten himself some trousers with additional pockets and they don’t really look like the standard wool to me, either. Maybe they’ve got some slightly futuristic Stark-style waterproofing, I don’t even know. (Regular field trousers would only have side and back pockets, plus a watch pocket; I know there are trousers from the period that do have cargo pockets, but they were for paratroopers and possibly tankers had them too, not infantry.) Just bear in mind that he’s probably still got a button fly. And I’m not at all reminding you of that because I have yet to read a single WWII-era story that describes Steve slowly unbuttoning Bucky’s fly (maybe with his teeth? go wild!), and I’m dying with the lack of it. It’s not that REALLY I PROMISE.

He’s also wearing leather leggings/gaiters, which is interesting because by this point the US Army has abandoned the leggings used in WWI/early WWII and have switched over to a double-buckle combat boot, which was probably what Bucky was wearing in Azzano. These gaiters have buckles instead of the bajillionty hooks of canvas leggings, though, so they’re probably not too laborious to take off. Just if you’re having Steve undress him don’t forget that he’ll need to remove the leggings as part of that process, is all. (God please somebody write me like at least 5K of beautiful hurt/comfort with Steve tenderly undressing Bucky post-mission PLEASE SOMEBODY PLEASE.)

This video is from a reenactor, but it’s helpful because it shows you close-ups of some stuff like the fastenings on the field jacket (zipper and buttons) and the lining inside and whatnot. It’s these little details that really help when you’re writing me that fic I requested above oh god please somebody anybody. It also shows some cool stuff like shaving kit and some toiletry items. Look at the tiny handy roll of toilet paper! The tiny box of cigarettes and the match case! It shows some cool paperwork and books and things a soldier might carry, too. This reenactor video also shows the person opening the pants and you can see how the button fly looks, though the uniform shown is airborne, not regular Army.

Anyway I can’t believe I just wrote this long a post when really my point is please write less zippers and more button flies, kthxbai.

(Disclaimer: I am not in the Army and am not from the 40s. Hopefully most of this is correct anyway.)

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This is the photo behind Peggy's photo. Everyone knows that 2 men couldn't be open about their real feelings in the 40's. And inside MCU. Because it's run by retrograde stupid homophobic people. 🤔

steve rogers would own this watch and no one can tell me otherwise

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honestly props to Bucky for being such a whore that everyone falls in love with him even though he has definitely tried to kill all of them at some point

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Illustrating some personal metal arm meta/headcanons I have for a bit of fun.

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These metas and headcanons came about from multiple discussions with Ranee/ @wundermacher​ and numerous pokings around various Bucky/TWS posts/tumblrs. Please note that these are only personal headcanons/metas and aren’t set in stone, nor have to be believed, and are probably filled with plotholes and inconsistencies. Also I haven’t gotten around to reading the comics yet oops.

Synthetic Muscle I like to play with the idea that he’s got a pile of synthetic muscle attatched to his metal arm somehow possibly with hydramagic**. While the serum he was given most definately boosted his strength, stamina and a whole lot of other things, his body could possibly handle the metal arm, but I think that he might have been given synthetic muscle because the metal arm is that powerful, it’s used a hell of a lot and said synthetic muscle is probably a lot more durable compared to serum enhanced muscle. Not to mention it probably can’t be “pulled” or strained when used in excess.

Although arguably once I looked into all the muscles that control the arm (which is an absolute ton), if that was the case he’d probably end up with more extensive scarring compared to what’s seen in the movie. BUT the doctors were dealing with a giant gaping wound to work with once the remainder of his arm was removed, so I dunno?

Also I only drew the major muscles that control the arm/shoulder because there’s so many tiny ones that surround the shoulder blade and collar bone.

Metal Arm Bones Nothing too special, mainly used as an anchor, support, and to help structure the arm akin to a regular arm and it’s bones. All the intricate mechanical and technological stuff that make the arm work would be attatched to the bones.

Each bone is hollow to help lighten the arm, however each one is also made of the same/similar metal as the outer casing giving it strength.

No synthetic muscle is inside the arm.

Via some fancy mechanical movement/minor transformation his arm can dislocate and be removed for whatever purpose.

Scarring Left from a botched, early, crude method of cauterisation in attempt to seal the wound. Attempted multiple times due to cauterisation being a poor method of sealing wounds (especially way back then), hence the gnarled appearance.

The way the scarring forks and spreads out along his pec also makes me wonder if the metal even reaches under the skin. Hydramagic causes it to bond together.

Misc I also read somewhere about brain implants being used to help aid with the control in prosthetics. TWS/Bucky having an implant in his brain so he can have full control over and connection to his arm. Also Hydra doing this so his arm can be used with 100% effectiveness.

Metal arm is riddled with pressure sensors to create a sense of touch and some degree of sensetivity, however it would not be as highly tuned as skin. (Since he’s able to feel for the small grenades kept behind him on his back. ) Obviously the metal arm can’t feel pain or distinguish hot and cold and so on, or he wouldn’t be doing this:

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It looks like underneath the metal casing/plating is some kind of “sleeve” or second layer. As seen here.

The actual arm seems to be separate from his torso, just judging by the way it moves:

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Also leads me to believe the arm can be deattatched (I know it can do this in the comic-verse but it’s unknown in the MCU). It also looks like the plates/sections near his collar bone can move or are hinged in some way? (Otherwise I don’t think he’d be able to raise his arm upwards or at all.)

Partly related but after scouring so many metal arm gifs it looks like they changed the design of his fingers at some point while filming:

Also thinking about the metal arm realistically ruins it a bit and just doesnt seem plausible, so I’m just “EH it works just cos. also hydramagic”

(**Hydramagic is an inside joke, it’s basically the equivalent of the “a wizard did it” trope)

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manifest it with me now:

🕯️bucky barnes will survive thunderbolts*🕯️

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SEBASTIAN STAN as THE WINTER SOLDIER/BUCKY BARNES CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)

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Thoughts about this quote from AM about how Sam doesn't trust Bucky and will probably never completely forgive him for being the Winter Soldier?

Here's the link to the tweet I saw (I don't know how to include screenshots sorry 😭😭):

https://twitter.com/DianneR_99/status/1785867853238833641?t=NUhkilfwG2guZQx31-b82g&s=19

It's apparently from the official Marvel Studios' collector special TFATWS book.

Why is it so hard for people at Marvel to acknowledge that Bucky is a victim not some reformed villain?

(Also please feel free to ignore this ask, I know people have been dogpiled in the past for being slightly critical of AM and the last thing I want is for you to get hate because of me.)

It’s okay I think I’ve blocked most of them, or they’ve gotten tired of dogpiling me and blocked me. If I’ve missed anyone feel free to announce yourselves to get a block 😌

Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

I’ve said in other asks about AM’s comments on Bucky, I never blame an actor for not understanding the nuances of another character. That’s not his job. Understanding Bucky is the job of Sebastian Stan and the writers.

However, I know it’s tempting to compare him to CEvans, who had always spoken so affectionately of Bucky. Remember that Bucky’s story in the movies was complementary to Steve’s, meaning that CEvans had to understand Bucky's tragedy in order to understand Steve’s pain and guilt. To CEvans/Steve, it was important that Bucky was a wronged hero, because it rationalises why Steve would go such lengths to help him. For the entire trilogy, Bucky, and particularly Bucky's suffering, was very much impetus for Steve’s personal journey and growth. I've talked about the narrative motifs in other meta and I want to emphasise I don't mean this from a shipping lens - I mean that thematically, events that happen to Bucky have always been a major driver for Steve to make important narrative choices, and it is true even if you see their relationship as platonic.

Which…I guess brings us to the crux of the disk horse that brought about this tweet. No, Bucky is in no way important personally or narratively to Sam. Sam doesn’t grow or change because he cares about Bucky, although fortunately at least Bucky’s TFATWS arc involves him growing because he cares about Sam. We know Bucky is not personally or narratively important to Sam because of what AM has just said — Sam will always see Bucky as the guy who tore off his wings and kicked him off a helicarrier. Not a WW2 war hero, not a prisoner of war tortured into blank amnesia, not a survivor who had to rebuild most of his identity ground up, not a veteran living with PTSD without any social supports. These same views are echoed by his fans, who will scoff at everything I’ve said above and say we’re trying to “woobify a white fave” without knowing what woobify means. Sam does not care about what Bucky has been through, we know because the writing of the story has told AM that it is not important to understand who Bucky is or what Bucky has been through. All AM needs to do is to banter with this guy like he’s still annoyed at him over an incident 10 years ago when he had amnesia.

Again, I don't blame AM for this, because he can only work with what the writers have told him about the intended relationship between Sam and Bucky. And to be fair, he plays it like it is. At no point does it feel like Sam values or trusts Bucky beyond "annoying guy I put up with for work". I know some fans like to point to the Louisiana scene as proof that Sam trusts Bucky and has him as part of the family -- which would be great fanon if 1) AM didn't just contradict that and b) Sam spends most of the deleted scenes calling Bucky "the Winter Soldier" like the guy had any say in the moniker. And no, Bucky confessing his deeds to Yori is not Bucky reclaiming his identity as the Winter Soldier.

This is not an indictment on the ship, by the way, because you can wrangle canon to make it work, and shipping has been built on far less. I've got nearly 50k words on AO3 proving I've tried. But TFATWS canon is full of things happening off camera and the truth is...we never saw mutual trust and affection on camera between the two men. We saw two guys perpetually annoyed at and annoying to each other, and AM just gave the reason why.

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Happy 100th Birthday Bucky Barnes!

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James Buchanan Barnes (Hebrew Name: Ya'akov) Son of George and Winnifred Barnes Born March 10th, 1917/Adar 16, 5677

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) || Thunderbolts* (2025)