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sometimes i just think about actually how freaking knowledgeable bucky is combat wise like … even pre war he was a boxing champion, during the war he was “an expert marksman” and killer and good enough at it that he rose to the rank of sergeant in under two years … and as WS he had so much experience using weaponry like guns and knives THROUGHOUT the decades. his hand to hand combat skills are arguably on par if not better than steve’s (+ he has a serum and a vibranium arm) like … even post WS times this man is so deadly if he wanted to be

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TFATWS Stunts Previz: Bucky’s Nightmare Source: Dave Macomber (Fight & Stunt Coordinator)

Once upon a time, before earthquakes and natural disasters aborted production going to Puerto Rico, there was a version of Bucky’s Nightmare from episode 1 where The Winter Soldier was on his way to kill a target in a castle at the center of a coup attempt.

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andrea dworkin / @seravph​ / mary oliver /  heather havrilesky / mal blum

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Jennifer Willough, from “The Sun Is Still A Part Of Me”, Beautiful Zero: Poems

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heartborrow.

it  can’t  always  be  said  of  the  jobs  they  do,  even  with  the  wide  array  of  skills  they’ve  gathered,  but  this  one’s  gone  off  without  a  hitch.  everything  falling  into  place  exactly  where  it  was�� supposed  to,  rogers’  plans  sliding  into  place  like  he’d  forced  them  to  by  sheer  will.  it’s  bad  form  to  call  something  easy  before  it’s  done,  but  they’re  pulling  ahead,  running  before  the  clock  instead  of  behind  it.  they’ve  just  switched  the  comm  to  a  private  line  as  she  turns  a  corner,  tapping  code  into  the  device  that’s  eye  level.

❛   alarm  disabled.  you’ve  got  twenty  eight  seconds  to  get  to  me,  barnes,  don’t  get  lazy.   ❜     13  …  14  …  15  …       the  door  opens  behind  her,  just  enough  to  slip  through  and  be  met  with  teammate.  it’s  quiet  as  they  make  their  way  down  the  hall,  everyone  that  isn’t  bare  bones  occupied  somewhere  behind  them,  champagne  and  celebration  and  clueless  as  to  what’s  happening  right  under  their  noses.  that’s  where  rogers’ll  be,  schmoozing  and  hating  every  minute  of  it.  ❛   i  noticed  you  and  steve  seem  to  be  getting  close,   ❜   all  the  picture  of  casual  innocence.     ❛   something  going  on  there  ?   ❜

 following  the  disaster  that  was  their  last  few  jobs  —  an  arsenal  of  wrenches  thrown  into  their  plans    /    his  team  members  each  taking  turns  having  their  lives  flash  before  their  eyes  —  this  one  has  gone  suspiciously  smoothly  so  far.  not  that  he  has  any  reason  to  complain  about  it.  by  the  time  bucky’s  cleaned  the  building  of  all  of  its  security,  his  blood  is  singing  in  his  veins,  as  if  in  anticipation  of  more  foes  that  would  not  come.  after  relaying  his  status,  all  that  was  left  for  him  to  do  was  wait  for  nat’s  signal  before  following  the  maze  of  hallways  to  her  location;  this  he  can  say  is  easy,  the  act  of  putting  his  own  life  in  her  hands  —  it  wouldn’t  be  the  first  nor  last  time.

 his  strides  fall  in  sync  beside  hers,  and  momentarily  all  he  can  hear  is  the  sound  of  their  own  boots  against  the  shiny  laminate  flooring.  he’s  expecting  to  hear  more  footsteps  or  the  click  of  guns,  but  it’s  the  question  she  poses  that  truly  catches  him  off  guard  —  only  momentarily,  of  course,  before  his  expression  is  schooled  back  into  unreadability  [  if  there’s  one  person  in  the  world  who  could  decipher  even  the  minute  changes,  though,  it  would  be  her  ].  “i  have  no  idea  what  you’re  talking  about,”  and  that  statement  actually  rings  a  little  bit  true,  just  probably  not  in  the  way  she  meant  it;  him  and  steve  are  friends,  sure,  if  friends  kissed  each  other  a  few  times  and  had  no  clue  how  to  follow  up  on  any  of  that.  suddenly  he’s  very  glad  they’re  currently  on  a  private  line.  “shouldn’t  we  be  focusing  on  the  job,  ‘talia?”

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DAVID CORENSWET as “Jack Castello” in Hollywood (1x01)

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thinking about how bucky is a lot more careful nowadays with how he uses his body in a fight ❤️ as the soldier, as a weapon, there was never any thought to how he strained his body on a mission as long as he got the job done - and we see from civil war onwards he’s ( generally ) a lot more graceful with his movements and performs moves with less damage done to himself in the process ( eg. the way he lands onto the ground in the bucharest scene in cacw! ). that being said he still sucks at self preservation especially while a loved one is in danger, someone please patch him up and call him an idiot in a gentle tone of voice

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bucky’s single dad verse notes !

bucky & dot were college sweethearts that unfortunately didn’t last past college, they had split up before she realized she was pregnant. they decided to give it another shot & try to co-parent, platonically this time

their child’s name is rachel barnes, but often it’s just shortened to rach :)

work commitments & needing to take care of her aging parents two states away — what dot had been planning on doing after they split — often kept her at an arm’s length. when her brother suddenly passed away, she moved states to look after them full time in his stead, essentially ending their co-parenting situation

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Okay but “presumed dead” is SUCH a good trope. The angst of a character thinking someone they love is dead? The relief and other complicated emotions upon finding out they’re alive? The possibility of the “dead” character having been intentionally kept away and not knowing they were presumed dead (and thus not knowing why their loved one is so freaked out seeing them again)? It’s all so good. 

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@intohero:  sender  wakes  receiver  from  a  nightmare.

 there  are  some  things  he  cannot  hope  to  forget,  even  if  he  wanted  to.  once,  hands  were  made  to  be  gentler,  kinder;  but  now  they  are  stained  with  blood  that  can  never  be  scrubbed  off.  painted  on  the  backs  of  his  eyelids  is  a  picture  so  vivid  it  could  be  a  memory:  maybe  it  is,  his  movements  feel  too  familiar  &  fluid  even  years  later.  it’s  almost  always  the  soldier  that  pervades  these  dreams,  one  track  focus  as  he  moves  through  the  dead  of  night,  though  this  time  his  victim  is  not  the  same  as  who  he  remembers  it  to  be.  when  the  blade  of  his  knife  sinks  into  flesh,  what  he  sees  is  not  his  target    /    a  politician  decked  out  in  suit  and  tie,  pristine  white  button-down  dyed  dark  red,  but  blond  hair  and  familiar  blue  eyes  that  seem  to  stare  into  his  soul.

 it  all  comes  back  to  him  too  fast;  and  when  he  jolts  awake,  he  finds  those  same  eyes  staring  back  at  him  in  the  dark.  his  anchor,  his  home,  his  heart  —  “steve,”  voice  hoarse,  but  the  relief  is  evident  within.  “i  thought  —”  he  starts,  but  lets  the  thought  die  before  he  can  finish;  doesn’t  want  to  worry  lover  more  than  he  probably  already  has.  “are  you  okay?  did  i  hurt  you?”

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it will be sundown soon here so happy purim to those who celebrate ❤️

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morning after starters

“  last night was nice.  ” “  lets do this again some time.  ” “  i’ll leave my number.  ” “  i gotta go, sorry.  ” “  can’t you at least stay for breakfast?  ” “  i’ll make coffee—don’t go anywhere.  ” “  next time, maybe i’ll buy you dinner first.  ” “  if we do this again you better buy me dinner first.  ” “  i don’t think my legs work again yet.  ” “  i don’t wanna get up.  ” “  no don’t move, it’s too cold outside the covers.  ” “  there’s no way i can hide these marks…  ” “  this was probably a mistake.  ” “  this can’t happen again.  ” “  you always say that, and yet we wind up right back here.  ” “  are you watching me sleep?  ” “  you look cute all frazzled like this.  ” “  why are you looking at me like that?  ” “  keep kissing me like that and we’re gonna end up back in bed.  ” “  something wrong? ” “  i’d stay if i could, i promise.  ” “  so if i put my number in your phone, you actually gonna text me? ” “  i made breakfast.  ” “  how do you take your coffee?  ” “  fuck! i’m late—  ” “  did you turn the alarm off?  ” “  if you don’t turn that alarm off i’m gonna throw it out the window.  ” “  i can’t find my shirt.  ” “  babe, we slept in.  ” “  i know you’re awake.  ” “  i’ll stay.  ” “  why don’t you stay?  ” “  i like waking up with you.  ” “  i like having you here at night.  ” “  you know, if you moved in we wouldn’t keep having to say goodbye like this.  ” “  so when are we gonna actually go on a real date?  ” “  do i smell bacon?  ” “  you made pancakes?  ” “  come on, come back to bed.  ” “  you weren’t there when i woke up.  ” “  i thought you left.  ” “  do you want me to go?  ” “  just let me sleep for five more minutes.  ” “  you’re really beautiful/handsome. even if you drool.  ” “  you talk in your sleep, ya know.  ”  

ACTIONS:  1. for one muse to surprise the other with breakfast in bed 2. for our muses to go another round in the morning 3. for your muse to join mine in the shower while getting ready for the day 4. for one muse to stop the other from trying to sneak away 5. for one muse to invite the other to spend the rest of the day with them  6. for one muse to convince the other to stay in bed the rest of the day 7. for our muses to have sex in the kitchen instead of finishing breakfast 8. for our muses to spoon 9. for one muse to wake up with morning wood  10. for one muse to wake the other up with oral  11. for lazy morning sex  12. for one muse to wake the other because they’re having a nightmare  13. for one muse to distract the other from getting ready by kissing/groping them 14. for one muse to kick the other out of their home  15. for our muses to wake with no recollection of the night before  

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TK Strand in 9-1-1: Lone Star (3.09) → “The Bird”

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—Li-Young Lee, from This Room and Everything In It

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@intohero:  what was it like for bucky after the fall having to realize that steve wasn’t going to come rescue him? was it even a realization or did he hold out hope as long as possible?

bucky is in a significantly different position being captured as a pow after the fall versus azzano; during the latter no one was really batting an eye if they died, either from the serum experimentation or overwork, and so he was fully expecting to die in there — but after the fall was when he realized he was intentionally being kept alive. and that changed a lot of things, for him: it meant hyd.ra had plans, and it also meant he had a chance of breaking out of there himself ... that was always sort of in the back of his mind in the beginning [ though how far he would have gotten: probably not very far considering he was still dealing with the loss of a limb ]. it would have been a shot in the dark for the team to go and try to look for the body [ and it wouldn’t have been a far fetched assumption to assume there would Only be a body for them to find ], and even if they did manage to pinpoint the exact place where he fell it would’ve likely been after hy.dra found him. so in a way he was never expecting to get rescued per se, but he had held out hope that steve and the rest of the howlies would have found wherever he was being held eventually, and take the base down just like all the other ones they’d destroyed before … and then they would be one step closer to the war ending for good. and if he had stayed alive until then, maybe they would have found him. except obviously, that day never came, and hy.dra continued to thrive — especially after steve’s death. while he very much refused to believe steve had been killed / thought it was faked to break his spirit, it still worked on him, and the brainwashing / torture methods became more effective. so after steve’s death, it wasn’t so much a slow realization that he would not come to rescue bucky as much as it was his hope fizzling out slowly & he began to forget steve more and more.

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