#bolshoiromanova

[khaotungthanawat]

so i recently hit 13.5k followers!? omg?? my goodness. thank you to every one of you for putting up with the highs, the lows, and all the hyperfixations. it really means a lot to me. 💕 

to thank you for following my silliness, i’m going to do a requesting event! :) here are the prompts:

🌌 + make me choose (between characters/movies/shows/pairings/music, etc.)

🌺 + colorful edit (send me a character/movie/show/pairing/music, etc. and color(s))

✍ + quote/poem/lyrics (send me a character/movie/show/pairing, etc. and a quote/poem/lyric)

💖 + my favorite (ask me my favorite character/movie/show/pairing/music, etc.)

it may take me some time to finish, but i will be sure to tag you in the set when it goes up!

thanks again for following my blog and supporting my content! 

tagging some mutuals who i love and admire and who make my dash a joy to behold:

a - f

@aarontveit // @afannishknitter // @afro-elf // @anakinskyiwalker // @andyhozierbyrne // @angela-bassetts // @annundriel // @anya-chalotra // @anyataylorjoy // @aoyamariku // @ashinlae // @bellaramsey // @b1uetrees // @bayleafpaprika // @bartbarthelme // @beckybons //   @belsmultifandommess // @bestoftomhiddles // @bladesrunner // @blakecholls //  @bolshoiromanova // @buckley-robin // @chaos-in-the-making // @chelseadollphin // @chinzillas // @cinemu // @citrinekay // @cloudravine // @cruzwalters // @cuddlybitch // @dawnofus  // @denvilleneuve  // @deokmis-main // @dickprints // @drlaingwillseeyounow // @easyrevenge // @fancykraken  // @fangrui  // @floencepugh // @friggassons // @frostelf

g - l

@ghostcat3000 // @godswallowing // @greensaplinggrace // @hanjuwonsupporter // @hanorganaas //  @heathyr // @heedoyurims // @highwarlockkareena // @hwanginyeop // @hymn2000 // @illwynd // @jingyismom // @jjimin // @justanothervariant // @juwonah // @juukai // @kangseojoon // @khathadome // @katierosefun //  @kimporchay // @kutyozh // @la-fourmi // @laowen // @leedongwook // @limsejun // @liyazaki // @lokifan // @loupsgarou // @l-tyrell

m - r 

@malledhrim // @marshallmatherss // @misspoetree // @mountaincats // @mrsmookie // @nebulasan // @negrowhat​ // @natahjikio // @neo-neos // @noartnowritingsorry // @nonkul // @nyx4 // @obiwan // @ourflagmeans // @paisky // @ptrbprkrs // @rcmclachlan // @rob-pattinson // @roserayne // @rynfinity

s - z

@saltydorkling // @seamayweed // @seawherethesunsets // @seokjinings // @sheisraging // @slamncram // @smingi // @something-poetic // @southernselkieprincess // @spacelabrathor // @spicyvampire // @stilessderek //  @stillqueerstillhere // @sugarbabywenkexing // @suuho // @tennant // @thanawins // @themthistles // @the-mjolnir-owner // @the-prince-of-tides // @thesaltofcarthage // @thisautistic // @thortiddy // @tiffanylamps // @tinngun // @tomshiddles // @tylerposey // @usermachikeita // @userseokkie // @venuseda // @villainelle// @wearehappiness // @weaverhawk // @wongkarawai // @yesdramas // @yilinglaozu // @yohankang //  @yohussy // @xiaolanhua // @xxindiglow // @zorokashi

[kato-neimoidia]

15 questions for 15 friends

Thanks @willameena and @somethingsteff for the tags!

1. Are you named after anyone?

No

2. When was the last time you cried?

About an hour ago! Just a little cry, my parents and brother have been visiting me over the weekend as it's my birthday soon and they'd just left so I'm back to being here on my own!

3. Do you have kids?

No, and I don't see that in my future, but am honorary auntie to my friends children

4. What sports do you play/ have you played?

Currently playing field hockey. I've been playing for 11 years now. I absolutely love it, playing in defense and in goal, and also coach and umpire (umpiring only when they reeeeally need me to though!).

Have played - would be easier to list what I haven't 😂 I've played football, cricket, basketball, netball, volleyball, to name a few.

While being able bodied myself, a friend of mine who works with local charities for disabilities organised some wheelchair basketball tournaments that I'd been invited to play in. Quite an experience! Don't think I embarrassed myself too much, but a bunch of us from my hockey team put a team together, and we had fun and a laugh with the other teams involved.

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Yes, to my detriment. I once sarcastically agreed to be a hockey team captain one year, the sarcasm wasn't picked up and a couple of months later I see a facebook post advertising me as one of the captains :| I followed through and did the year, but never again!

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Eyes, mouth, facial expression, gauging their interest in the current situation

7. What's your eye colour?

Blue and brown - brown around the pupils, kinda starbursting out into blue towards the edges (central heterochromia o.O)

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Scary movies usually, I'm a bit cynical and like it when there's a twist at the end where the bad guy wins!

9. Any talents?

Not especially, I'm reasonably good at as sports and crafty things. My 'weird' talent would be that my fingers are hypermobile, so my fingers bend a bit backwards at the knuckles, and I can bent the finger tip joints while keeping the rest of the finger straight

10. Where were you born?

Oxfordshire, UK. Moved to Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire area before I was 1 and have stayed here since

11. What are your hobbies?

Playing hockey, video games, reading, crafting and making little things, such as reconfiguring and painting funko pops, and recently made myself a Sabine Wren mando armour costume for halloween

12. Do you have any pets?

No

13. How tall are you?

5' 1.5"

14. Favourite subject in school?

I was quite partial to maths, biology, and PE

15. Dream job?

Not really sure.. I was always interested in computing and ended up with a job in the IT industry, but it's more in the 'business' side than computing. I've gone vegan and got an electric car over the last 2 years, and have been trying to be more 'green' in general. So it would be cool to be able to do something in that realm, making steps in that direction more accessible and financially viable for businesses and the general public. If money wasn't an object I used to want to work in Game or HMV so I could just play games all day and mess about with merch, while somehow not getting fired

No pressure tags (sorry if you've already been tagged, but enjoy another if so!) @briliantlymad, @isthisfree, @lesbianakins, @underacalicosky, @grapenehifics, @starwalkertales, @piecesofeden11, @trannakinskywalker, @sashkalive, @billowypantss, @mars-attacking, @bolshoiromanova, @vaderborn, @veloursdor, @tideswept

And anyone else who fancies doing this, open invite!

[fangeek-girl]

15 questions for 15 friends

thanks to my Tumblr bestie @burntblueberrywaffles for the tag

Are you named after anyone?

No, but fun fact about my name: my mom (who has a very popular French name, as do all her siblings) gave me an English name so I wouldn't end up like her with 3-4 people with the same name every time I walk into a room. Joke's on her, it's actually a pretty popular English name so I didn't escape anything lmao

2. When was the last time you cried?

Last night while watching Hunchback of Notre-Dame. And proper sobbing too. I cry a lot and very easily when it comes to fiction 😅

3. Do you have kids?

One, he's furry and 15 years old and a grumpy old... oh, you mean humans? NOPE!

4. What sports do you play/ have you played?

I used to be a dancer in college (like studied professional dance). And then I tore a muscle in my thigh.

5. Do you use sarcasm?

A lot, but I don't understand it well when others do 🙃

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Always something tiny. Like specific earrings or clothes patterns.

7. What's your eye colour?

Green

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Both? It depends on how I feel. But I am a sucker for a happy ending.

9. Any talents?

I think I'm a good writer, and a decent singer.

10. Where were you born?

Montreal, Qc (that's in Canada, for y'all Americans who always expect us to know what you mean when you name a city/state abbreviation 😛 )

11. What are your hobbies?

Writing, reading and playing Nintendo Switch (current hyperfixation is Dorf Romantik). I also knit a little.

12. Do you have any pets?

Aforementioned 15 year-old. He's a cat, he's called Chewbacca Meowalker and he's exactly like his Wookie namesake.

13. How tall are you?

5' 7" (I was born just as we were transitioning from the imperial to the metric system in Canada so I don't know my height and weight in metric because I learned them in imperial...)

14. Favourite subject in school?

History

15. Dream job?

Writer. But I do love my librarian job.

Tagging @greentealycheejelly, @ineffableobikin, @endeni, @bisexualobiwankenobi, @beautifulcheat, @bored-cat-child, @somethingsteff, @sky-kenobye, @that-gay-jedi, @bolshoiromanova, @palfriendpatine66, @underacalicosky, @happybean17, @foreverchangingfandomsao3, @ladynox

Feel free to ignore me, as always 💜

[kitsune024]

The Mandalorian fics

Cal Kestis fics

Crossovers

The Avengers

The Stranger by OctoRabbit I Chapters 6/? I Anakin Skywalker Doesn't Turn to the Dark Side, Padmé still dies, Anakin raises Luke and Leia

DC

When Sanity Runs Out by heretoday898 I Chapters 30/30 I Completed Roy & Jason, Bamf Jason, Canon Divergence, Fix it

Broken Promise by PhoenixFireBird I Chapters: 11/? I Ashoka dies, Jedi Council Bashing, Anakin leaves the Jedi Destiny & Redemption: The Rise of the Chosen One by Ranayana | Chapters 32/? | FFN Darth Vader Redemption, Vader Lives One with the Force by @shaleenstark  I Chapters: 18/? I Anakin reaches his full potential, Planet Mortis, Anakin Skywalker is the Chosen One, Bamf Anakin, Time Travel Fix-It New Light by @sonderwalker I Chapters: 36/45 I Time Travel fix it, anakin wakes up on post ROTJ and we go from there Second Chances by @ravenheartxvi I Chapters 3/? I Time Travel fix it, Anakin Skywalker is the Chosen One, Redemption, Bamf Anakin, Anakin Skywalker can't decide if he wants to hug Obi-Wan Kenobi or stab him

Completed Fics

The Exiled by DarthNickels I Chapters: 4/4 I Darth Vader Lives, child Ben Solo, Leia has an awkward family vacation with her estranged father, Vader is a wise hermit, Ben doesn't turn to the dark side The Trial of Darth Vader by The_Librarian I Chapters: 50/50 I Vader Lives, Trial and reconciliation, Possibility of forgiveness, Returning to the light Within Halls of Golden Rot by @primeemeraldheiress I Chapters 1/1 I Hurt No Comfort, Tatooine Slave Culture, Fake/Pretend Master/Slave, poor Anakin & Obiwan Darth Vader: Hero of Naboo by AkumaKami64 | Chapters 41/41 | FFN (has a sequel) Time Travel fix it, Adventure/Sci-Fi - Darth Vader, little Anakin , Qui-Gon J., Padmé Amidala To Give the Gift of the Desert by LizaGreen I I Chapters 1/1 I Tatooine Slave Culture, Culture Shock, culture clash, OC's, Obi-Wan Kenobi Being a Jerk Unintentionally, Repression, Cultural Repression, Anakin Skywalker is the Chosen One

Bookmark Series

Better Choices (Vader Lives AU) by @spyrothefox I Part 1 - 11 I Completed Darth Vader Redemption, Vader Lives In Which Series by Ariel_Sojourner I Part 1 - 2 I Luke and Vader go back in time to the clone wars, Jedi Council Smackdown, Luke & Vader, Time Travel fix it Force of Many Sights by DAsObiQuiet I Part 1 - 6 I Time Travel fix it, Anakin is a 45-year-old Sith Lord cramped in his 9 year old body, redemption..well he tries, jedi order changes, anakin finally gets therapy Along a Diferent Path by DragonflyonBreak I Part 1- 2 I Vader & Luke, Bamf Darth Vader, Survival Horror, monsters, divided loyalties, bamf Luke

Anakin || Vader Fics with Fanart

One Dream, One Vision by @severnlight I Chapters: 12/? I Vader & Luke, Skywalker Family Drama, Skywalker Family Feels, Force Bond Life Goes On by @aj-artjunkyard | Chapters 6/? | Anakin doesn't turn to the dark side, Padme still dies, Order 66 Happened Differently, Anakin raises Leia and Luke Well It Goes Like This by orphan_account I Chapters: 15/15 I Completed Anakin doesn't fall to the Dark Side, Anakin makes better choices, Anakin raises children - those children are not Leia or Luke, Order 66

Bookmark Series

This Life of Ours ‘Verse (Luke & Vader AU) by @bolshoiromanova I Part 1 - 3 I Luke & Vader, Vader Redemption, Luke teaching Vader morals, Sunshine Luke, gay Luke Double Agent Vader by @fialleril I Part 1 - 20 I Double Agent Vader, Leia & Anakin, Spies & Secret Agents, Tatooine Slave Culture

[skygirlstars]

9 people you'd like to know more

thank you for the tag @stellanslashgeode !!

last song I listened to: "Me and My Husband" by Mitski // Spotify (not my #1 Mitski song, but I had my Mitski playlist on shuffle while I was warming up for a ballet class)

currently reading: I’m between books at the moment, since I just finished Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston. I’m planning on starting Donna Tart’s The Secret History next, though. (I'm reading for college classes as well, but I don't think that counts.) as for fanfiction, I’m not reading any particular longfics at the moment, but I’m planning on finally getting back to “Dark Lights” by @spell-cleaver soon

currently watching: mainly Ahsoka and My Happy Marriage. in the middle of a Star Wars Rebels rewatch with my partner. occasionally I'm watching Komi Can't Communicate, but I'm making my way through it very slowly

next on my watchlist: I have quite a long watchlist, so I'm not really sure. Inside Job, Fruits Basket, The Way of the Househusband, and The West Wing are all pretty high on the list though. oh and I keep meaning to watch the 2003 Clone Wars microseries, so hopefully I'll do that soon

current obsessions: Star Wars. Hozier. ballet. cats. what else is new? in the last few months it was also Spiderverse and Person 5R. with the start of the semester I feel like I haven't had all that much time for obsessions haha

I don't think I have 9 active mutuals to tag so I'll just do a few lol (several of whom I haven't really talked to at all, so... hi guys!) no pressure though! @bolshoiromanova @jedimasterbailey @kaaragen @questioningespecialy @chubbyhedgehog @spectre83 @haplessmarten

[crypitdcanid]

Well after 10 months I finally finished my fanbind of @bolshoiromanova This Life of Ours. I was really excited to tackle this project since I have just started doing fanbinding. What is more appropriate than the fanfic got me interested in Star Wars (take that canon material). After a year and a half after first reading this fic and many many Star Wars fics since then, this one is still one of my all time favorites. I am very proud of how this turned out and I can now put it on my bookshelf.

[alonelyturtle]

15 Questions, 15 Tags

Thanks for the tag @kayedium-writes!

Tagging: @velvethopewrites; @frostedlemonwriter; @bolshoiromanova; @writingpotato07; @cheesybadgers; @late-to-the-fandom; @radiowrites; and anyone else who wants to do it because I couldn’t make it to 15.

1. Are you named after anyone? Yeah, a pretty amazing grandmother I never met.

2. When was the last time you cried? A few hours ago. But the last good cry? It’s been at least a month.

3. Do you have kids? Nope.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Me? Never. Absolutely not. I say what I mean and mean what I say, all the time at least half of the time.

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people? Physically: hair and eyes—don’t judge me. Personality-wise: kindness or lack thereof.

6. What’s your eye color? A light shade of brown.

7. Scary movies or happy endings? Scary movies with happy endings.

8. Any special talents? I play the piano very poorly and have a knack for annoying people to the point that I’m able to carry full conversations by myself after they stop showing interest.

9. Where were you born? The States.

10. What are your hobbies? Reading but I’ve fallen behind with that. Writing but I’m not all that great at it. Watching too much TV and movies and dissociating from life.

11. Have you any pets? Not any more, but I wish I did.

12. What sports do you/have you played? Baseball and softball. Used to have a pretty neat throw from the outfit, too bad I couldn’t hit the ball for crap.

13. How tall are you? 5’ 1.5” The half inch matters and is very real.

14. Favorite subject in school? Easy, history. I have a degree to prove it.

15. Dream job? Many and I technically have one of them. But I’d also totally love to work as an archivist/historian if money didn’t matter, especially in like a film studio.

[natashaaromanova]

I posted 818 times in 2022

That's 100 more posts than 2021!

43 posts created (5%)

775 posts reblogged (95%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@seegoldendaylight

@intomymelancholia

@bolshoiromanova

@maygrant

@newrcmantlcs

I tagged 773 of my posts in 2022

Only 6% of my posts had no tags

#taylor swift - 245 posts

#marvel - 238 posts

#mcu - 134 posts

#natasha romanoff - 133 posts

#black widow - 110 posts

#midnights - 75 posts

#tv - 53 posts

#otp - 47 posts

#lyrics - 39 posts

#buckynat - 36 posts

Longest Tag: 108 characters

#idk it's so endearing to me that so many of us from all over the world have such specific shared experiences

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

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#4

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#3

time turns flames to embers...

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#2

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[missmorwen]

I posted 3,250 times in 2022

15 posts created (0%)

3,235 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@bolshoiromanova

@burninblood

@dailyteamcap

@elle-rosewater

@teaposing

I tagged 3,018 of my posts in 2022

Only 7% of my posts had no tags

#buckynat - 1,014 posts

#q - 686 posts

#bucky barnes - 601 posts

#natasha romanoff - 545 posts

#fanart - 538 posts

#catws - 164 posts

#bw - 158 posts

#tfatws - 148 posts

#yelena belova - 137 posts

#writing - 105 posts

Longest Tag: 125 characters

#and you can't have red room smut without at least mentioning that it's fucked up that one of the partners doesn't have a name

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

That feeling when your smutty one-shot grows angsty and sprouts a second chapter.

10 notes - Posted November 25, 2022

#4

Chapters: 7/7 Rating: Explicit Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Pining, still not over the damn pining, Idiots in Love, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Not Captain America: Civil War (Movie) Compliant, Angst with a Happy Ending, (sorry about the angst i didn't plan on it), Crack, or as close to it as I'll ever come, Shameless Smut, Cunnilingus, 'Cos we all know that Bucky's favorite meal is Natasha Summary:

“If soulmarks are so stupid, why are you always touching yours?” Steve said. Bucky only caught the flicker of something that looked a lot like fear on Natalia’s face. Then her features hardened, and she pulled her left sleeve up, revealing a scar that had faded since the last time he'd seen it. A line of silver that stretched from above her wrist to a few inches below the inside of her elbow. The skin around it was pale and unblemished, a far cry from the scratched-up mess it had been when—when they’d been more than just friends. “I don’t have a mark anymore. They removed it in the Red Room.” Her voice was like glass, clear, brittle, and sharp enough to draw blood.

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An exploration of the bond between soulmates. Or, you know, the soulmate trope used as an excuse for yet another pining fic. This one with extra pining.

11 notes - Posted June 19, 2022

#3

Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel 616 Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel) Additional Tags: Red Room (Marvel), Light Angst, Shameless Smut, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Fluff and Smut Summary:

Her eyes were wide and alert as she stared up at him. Fear warring with determination and hunger. Her lovely features shifted as each emotion fought for dominance. He should order her to leave. Tell her that she shouldn’t risk her future by coming here. He didn’t. He couldn’t get a word out when Natalia looked at him like that. His own bottomless hunger wouldn’t allow it. The Soldier took a step back. Not in retreat, as an invitation.

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Bucky and Natasha meet in the Red Room and again after when they are free of it. Or me working through my recurring writer's block by writing smut, angst, and fluff instead of plot.

20 notes - Posted November 28, 2022

#2

Wow, spellcheck. Way to try to kill the mood...

25 notes - Posted June 12, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

BuckyNat! Liho! Alpine!

I need to read this. Like now

31 notes - Posted March 5, 2022

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[opheliedulac]

I posted 2,341 times in 2022

That's 126 more posts than 2021!

34 posts created (1%)

2,307 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@queenofparrys

@agni-bi

@dingdongyouarewrong

@bolshoiromanova

@hacash

I tagged 317 of my posts in 2022

#andor - 65 posts

#aloto - 27 posts

#iwtv - 16 posts

#dracula daily - 4 posts

#goncharov - 4 posts

#yes - 3 posts

#lestat - 3 posts

#wednesday - 3 posts

#hotd - 3 posts

#my absolute bastard man i love him - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#it could be circumstantial but under this model it means that the company doesn't have to pay out the accrued unused vacation day liability

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

when will the big strong men arrive 

2 notes - Posted April 12, 2022

#4

Love waking up and finding out that my congressional district is making national headlines.

2 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

#3

I know no one here is following me for my fic, but if they were? They’d be in for something fun this weekend.

3 notes - Posted September 30, 2022

#2

Finally getting to dress like the emo kid I always wanted to be

4 notes - Posted September 21, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Finally, a TVTropes page for Goncharov!

11 notes - Posted November 21, 2022

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[allofthefeelings]

Hey! I saw your awesome meta about the Nat deleted scenes. One thing I've been thinking about lately is that line from the CW junior novel where Nat talks about getting dumped in the middle of siberia with her Red Room classmates. One impression that I think a lot of fans get of the mcu Red Room because of this and also a tweet from the Agent Carter set is that only one girl ends up surviving her Red Room "class". (Yelena most likely wouldn't count bc she's younger than Nat and part of a different class) But in BW we clearly see an entire team of widows that were trained together. Any thoughts?

So I have spent WAY too long thinking about this, and based on what we know from various interview snippets from the past two years I think there’s a way to fanwank it all together. If I’m remembering things correctly. Which, to be fair, I may not be.

This gets long. (CW for brainwashing, indoctrination, and abuse- the usual Red Room and Bucky mixture.)

Didn’t they start the movie discussion with talk about the Red Room being re-created to make the current Widows? That could mean new policies, and honestly, “training 32 girls but only keeping one of them” seems like a much less efficient policy than “train all the girls and use them til they die of their own accord.”

(I mean, the metaphor of only one girl surviving is great, and the girls having to kill each other to survive is a perfect way to use brutality to train away their emotions and attachments, but from an Effective Evil Organization standpoint, it’s an unforced expenditure of resources.)

This would allow both the technically-canon we have to stand (because I’m pretty sure both the novelizations and Agent Carter can be seen as TECHNICALLY not the MCU if they’re directly contradicted; only the movies are 100% canon, and as we know even that can be flexible) and create an army of Widows for Nat and Yelena to fight.

There’s also the possibility that killing the girls off IS a slow lifelong thing, like all the Red Room alums are being useful as long as they can but only the one in each class who survives the longest gets the title of Widow. And I know Black Widow is for the deadly spider but that would also play well into the idea of a widow being the one who outlived her companion(s). So then the scenes like in Agent Carter where preteen girls fought to the death wouldn’t be unheard of but also wouldn’t be the norm; the girls would know it COULD happen at any moment but it would be rare.

I can fanwank that a lot better than I can fully square Agent Carter with what we’ve seen from the trailers of Nat and Yelena. I mean, it makes sense that if they need to go undercover as a family they would take children they already had in the murder factory, but it didn’t seem like Dottie and her cohort were going on missions; they were just training and being indoctrinated 24/7. I think there’s so much that could be so interesting if Nat was subjected to similar- did she have to watch Beauty and the Beast the way Dottie watched Snow White? (someone write that Bruce/Nat right now)- but we can’t ignore that she and Yelena had three years OFF from indoctrination. Working with Melina and Alexei would obviously be considered an honor, but would it set them behind in their murderstudies? “Is it better to be taken out of the Red Room and returned or just left there permanently” is more than just a “is it better to know freedom and lose it or never have it”; did Nat and Yelena always have to play catch-up? How does that impact who they are today?

And how much does Bucky-was-taken-by-Hydra apply now? Like, he still has the red star on his arm and Alexei’s costume is damn similar; can we assume Department X was somewhat involved in Bucky’s training as well as the Red Room’s? Because that would mean that in the decade or so after Dottie’s class was indoctrinated they developed actual brainwashing abilities, and would that have been used on the Widows, or was that considered more expensive and less efficient than the indoctrination, especially if the girls didn’t know any different? Bucky had memories of another world that needed to be wiped away, but we saw Dottie didn’t.

Did Yelena and Natasha getting exposed to three years as normal kids change whether the Red Room thought they needed brainwashing versus indoctrination versus both?

And what is the organizational structure of the Red Room by the time Nat and Yelena are there? In Age of Ultron we had Madame B but here we have Dreykov; do we know if Madame B is even in this? Given how many of the visions in Age of Ultron were symbolic rather than literal memories, are we sure that Madame B was ever real, or was she a construct meant to represent all of the authority figures of the Red Room in Natasha’s psyche? If the heads of the Red Room are men- and we know that Dreykov is a Red Room authority figure and that Melina has been through the Red Room several times herself- why was that symbol a woman? (I mean, yes, I know, it’s Joss, but how do we square this in-universe?)

To be clear all of these are terrible options, every last one of them, but I am so excited at all the different flavors of terrible we will get to explore.

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bolshoiromanova replied to your post: And I mean, sure. That rumor was debunked within...

Was it really debunked??

The original was posted months ago and was debunked within three hours. The person who wrote it admitted they made it up, if I remember correctly. They had a bunch of other predictions that were disproven rather quickly. I think this rumor resurfaced because there's a new reddit post, but that post doesn't mention Sharon at all, so I think that they tacked on a bunch of other rumors, including the debunked Sharon and Bucky one. Although, given that Sebastian Stan himself has said he wants Bucky to actually go on dates again, I'm not sure why anyone's acting the world is ending over him going on a date. Just because he might go on a date with a girl. Just... ugh. Overreaction.

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🎃 number 6 for the prompt! Buckynat of course!!

Oh, I love it. Thank you!!

🎃 Prompt: 

“That costume really is convincing. You might terrify a few too many children.”

Bucky whipped around, already knowing who had broken into his room. “Ha ha. Hilarious. You’re one to talk.”

Natasha was reclined against his bed, looking like she owned the place in her skin-tight red dress and come-hither smile.

“Jessica Rabbit isn’t scary,” Natasha corrected, standing up and crossing the room to where Bucky still stood halfway outside the door. “Now, the Winter Soldier? An original idea, I’ll give you that, but combined with the blood I think it may be a bit much. You’ll scare Peter.”

Bucky scoffed, but allowed her to lick her thumb and scrub pointedly at the blood he knew was still splattered on his cheek. “I just came back from a mission, Doll. Give me some time to breath. And besides, that kid isn’t afraid of anything. I could show up half-dead and he’d just ask me how the new upgrades on my arm are working.”

Natasha smirked, unbuckling the straps that ran across his chest before throwing weapons holster onto his bed. “He’s a good kid, but kind of an oddball. So I think it’s still a better idea for you to change into your costume before we head up. And make it fast—the party started a half an hour ago. People have been asking where you are.”

Bucky shook his head, stepping forward and closing the door as he took over for Natasha. “I’m not going, Nat. I already told you that.”

“No, you didn’t,” Natasha protested, leaning against the door and watching him take off his clothes with hungry eyes. “You took a last-minute mission on your own, hoping that it would keep you away long enough to miss the party. But it didn’t, so move your ass and get in that costume.”

Bucky shrugged. “Same thing. Still not going.”

Natasha sighed heavily, coming around to face him with a firm hand on his chest and a stern look. The one that always meant she was about to get what she wanted and that resistance was futile. Bucky gulped.

“You have to show your face eventually, Barnes. You may not think it, but those people up there are your friends. Hiding behind the Winter Soldier isn’t going to help you. That’s not who you are anymore—everyone else knows that. Why don’t you?”

“I… I don’t deserve it, Nat. Steve’s happiness, Peter’s weird questions, Tony’s forgiveness, your… you. I don’t deserve any of it.” He let his head fall, resting his forehead against hers as he gripped her hand tightly. He didn’t deserve any of it but he deserved Natasha’s love least of all. It was a hard truth, but it was one he had come to accept.

“Maybe not,” Natasha allowed, placing a hand on his cheek. “But they think you do. And isn’t that enough for now?”

Bucky hesitated, thinking that maybe she was right. Maybe it was time that he let the Winter Soldier go and focus on healing with the family that he didn’t deserve. Natasha had a tendency to be right, after all.

“That depends,” he finally said, leaning his head back and giving her a small smile that made her red lips quirk up into a smirk. “What costume did you pick out for me?”

“Oh, you’ll love it,” she purred, heading into his closet. “It’s a couple’s costume!”

“No,” Bucky immediately protested, backing away. “No way. I am not going as a giant rabbit. Find something else.”

“It’s too late,” Natasha sang, coming towards him with the gaudiest rabbit suit he’d ever seen. He backed away, hands raised. “You should have listened to me when I was trying to plan our costumes. Consider this your punishment.”

She had him backed against the door now, with nowhere to go considering he was mostly naked and there was a party going on only a few doors down. He dropped his head back and sighed in defeat, holding his hand out for the costume.

“You hate me,” he grumbled, taking the suit from her hands and shuffling off to the bathroom to put it on.

“No,” she called after him as he shut the door. “I love you, Bucky, but sometimes you just need to lighten the fuck up, you know?”

Bucky laughed, trying to hold onto that thought as he pulled on the monstrosity. Natasha was probably right, he did need to lighten up a little.

At least, that’s what he tried to tell himself when they entered the party to Sam’s hysterical laughter and the spider-kid asking him when he became a furry. Natasha’s bright smile and delighted laugh made it all worth it if nothing else. And the promise of kicking Sam’s ass in training the next day, of course.

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