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margotstuarts · 5 years ago
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𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝟎𝟎𝟓: i did this in class instead of paying attention
001. name / age / pronouns
meg / 21 / she/her
002. which character(s) do you play?
margot stuart / scout whitmore
003. nationality / ethnicity / timezone
american / chinese / est
004. tell us a bit about your  ( home / current ) country / city / etc. your pick
i grew up in okinawa, japan but i've lived in michigan since i started college a couple years ago. the only thing i really have to say about michigan is that it’s cold lmao but okinawa is the most beautiful lil island and i miss it all the time
005.  favourite color / fruit / season
blue / peaches / spring
006. favourite books + writer whose writing style you admire the most
my favorite book ever is all these wonders from the moth because i read it at a really big turning point in my life, but i also love the penelopiad by margaret atwood, on earth we’re briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong, and walk through walls by marina abramovic. favorite writer is ta-nehisi coates and i’d add his book between the world and me to my list of favorites because it’s just ,,, so good
007. what kinda music do you listen to + any fave bands / musicians
everything i put on margot’s playlist is stuff i listen to tbh. i also love the 1975, hozier, lorde, oh wonder, faye webster, florence + the machine, alabama shakes, catfish and the bottlemen, etc. i also really fuckin love musicals and theater in general -- company, waitress, oklahoma (the newest revival, obvs), and falsettos are some faves
008. what are you doing for a living / what are you studying?
i’m a political science (with concentrations in american/world politics) and history of art (with a concentration in 19th century european art) double major, and a minor in community action and social change. it’s a LOT
009. what’s your dream occupation?
npr correspondent
010. relationship status
single
011. coffee, tea or hot chocolate?
i drink an absurd amount of coffee
012. dream holiday destination?
new zealand!
013. the thing you’re most proud about yourself
i really love traveling and i think i work hard so that i can do it as much as possible, even if it means working from open to close at my shitty retail job on weekends. i took a solo trip to dublin and london last spring break and i’m going back to ireland in a couple weeks
014. tell us a bit about your family!
my three siblings and i are all adopted, but not in the order of our ages so it gets confusing. my mom’s a school nurse and i love her the most. she’s still in japan so our calls happen at awkward times but she always picks up even if it’s like 5 am over there
015. how long have you known your closest friend?
since sophomore year of high school, so about six years now i think??
016. superpower you’d like to have?
knowing every language, hands down
017. celebrity you’d like to meet?
john mulaney!!
018. guilty pleasures
baseball!!! most of my friends hate that i like it because they think it’s boring which it IS but i still love it idk why. and try guys videos tbh
019. pet peeves
people who move slowly through airports, multiple people who take up the entire sidewalk -- maybe just people being in the way
020. do you have any hobbies?
i play guitar and i like to sing when my roommate’s not in the apartment, i produce a podcast, and uhhhhh i’ve started toying around with adobe premiere bc i wanna make video essays like nerdwriter
021. where would you like to live in the future?
new york city
022. tell us a story about a thing that recently happened to you! it can be a funny, scary, sad story, your pick!
idk i’m boring?? i did go to bar trivia last week with some friends and one of the categories was royalty so i was like ‘wow yeah i’m gonna nail this’ and i was so sure of my answer but i got it wrong and i’ve never been so ashamed of myself
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informedinterest · 3 years ago
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Mcsm| Toxic leaders, friendships, coworkers & peers
(The  ol         Or          der)
  1. Soren          Is shown to be a reasonable leader that cares about his crew a reasonable amount, helped by the fact that he shown to be about excessive age, unlike Jesse who’s age is ambiguous possibly committing tox to Soren from what could be a adventuring - young adult age to excess - see below,                                                                                              for how tha                                                                                          t affects the story,)
How      eve        r is hampered by a       unfortunate history of tox              That        left            it’s           mar              k            o             n            h            i           m,
- Jesse
  Soren does not remove Jesse from his property despite it causing seemingly distress to him
 - if Jesse acts kind (or if hearing anyone (particularly the order) responds kindly to him), Soren will react with disbelief, If tox, he will excuse it beyond any healthy measures ‘ha a joke…as what friends do,’
    Whe          n n           o jok            e             s             are                n’t               pain              f              u               l              ,
Then there’s this line,
     “I’ve found when you give people what they want they turn on you, they become resentful,” - Soren
    And              Scene,
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Soren cower         ing      from         his     team         mates
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Eligard & Magnus          Fake smiles          impl           ing there is something that’s         actually wrong  and we quickly find out           why
  (I’ll go over the particulars about why        Soren might not be excited to see         Eligard & Magnus on site in their sections        )
  Point being,
   It doesn’t take long before it goes       tox      at the      cave,
- Eligard (or whoever is left of the Eligard or/ Magnus pai        ring)  takes         a pot shot at          Soren                        ,          Gabriel, “is he always           like this, “
     Eligard/Magnus; you have            no idea,
    (When Soren goes out for a          break due to distress          & after          the death        of a      friend,)        ,
- Ivor immediately tries to take the reins        after makin         g the    main       problem        (And his main          fail         safe       back        fired)
   You can clearly see things going        tox       quic      k      ly
  (Then there’s the in famous Ivor scapegoat scene      showing that even back then       he was         tox,            )
   And the rest is just Ivor       bein        tox,
                                                                                 (Until Soren event gets away                                                                                                         good for him)
- Eligard
   - Largely           non-tox                    but is a victim and                an ena            bler of Magnus
        - Small pre- men             tion                ed bit of tox
 - Magnus
    - abs.            ball of                 tox
     - causes             argu            ments
     - never        contributes          any         thing positive to the            group
       - Small              bit                of                tox                 a                  s mentioned above
        - Explicit                abuse                   o                   f              Eligard,                  Implied               abuse                    of                 Soren
     - Gabriel-
      - Little              is known              abou                t               hi                 m,              That he seems pretty unaware of the toxic            dynamic,
       Apart from          Magnus‘s tendency to           insti           gate             And Eligard’s          ten          dency           to          ar           gue,
     - Ivor
      - with Magnus at least you could argue he could’ve originally intend to fill some role if you squint,      with some routes      But with Ivor you can’t               He was tox from the beginning,           Continued       to be tox,           Not a redeemable             quality                in             sight                  ,
                                                                      Overall the group is a                                                                         gosh darn mess
       New             Order               ~
- Jesse - Despite being a leader, Jesse seems resentful of his leadership and constantly makes up things - ideas on the spot that no leader would leave to the last minute and would’ve already planned in advance/have a general idea  of, showing how the game mechanic damages a actual good story
    - His first mission is a find the person mission, not unheard of for a supportive subordinate character. However as a leader, it can come off as unnecessarily authority assuming, if not handled correctly, which unfortunately it wasn’t 1) By having this occur after a ‘break up’ in which several members isolated, placing this around excessive age 2) most of the members are reluctant to get together
Resulting in Jesse coming up as nagging or irritatingly intrusive.
              As a leader,
              There are two main goals,
               (To be 
                considered 
                 a 
                good 
                 one)
                  1. Attention to 
                      th
                       e 
                       mis
                       s
                        ion,
                       - With the psychological benefits teammates receiving prop stimuli
                      Jesse constantly waffles, 
                resulting in reasonably irritated 
             re
          sponses
            fro
            m 
            hi
             s 
        team
        mates
                    2. Tending to your Team                        mates,                          Self-explanatory                                  
                                   Jesse                                               doesn’t                                            seem                                                to                                                   care                                            about his                                            team                                              mate                                               s                                             Until it reaches                                  the mandatory                                   spots, or (is believed) to go past critical (see Lukas “crying”                                                   and they                              refuse to move                                      until                                    he                             does,
                  The correct                        pro                         to                       co                        l,
                 Bein                          g                           constant               availability,                            to                        thei                         r                      lei                            sur                            e
                Care kept satisfactory                      and short                   without dragging the mission to a              stand                still
                     Despite, Jessie’s showing only the barest minimum of retention wit h  hi      s pe        t       pig, 
  How about he still has plenty of time micromanaging 
the          one          thing        you        don’t        want            to          do,
     An argument can’t break out without Jesse               interject
     Showing that he has no trust in his        team        mates to be able to resolve their own       conflict
   Then again it comes from the person who is the worst role model/sets the worst example
   Gettin            into a squibble             Wi         th           hi    s           subordinates/           (temporary)                co-leader               Lukas
        Fi                             gh                t                 in                g           over a           de             tect                 ion uni                t,
         Note               ,                        Well confrontations over a stolen role might get             phys             that             I am              not             den              y                 in                 g,
      (The above mentioned things leads it to                    (lean                      in                 Luk                 as‘                  s                favor
           Tha                      t Jesse is the one that stole the role   
              (Not helpful for the fact that Lukus acts like a                  spited leader                 Al                  l through                       out,                And has characterized              the he doesn’t stand up for himself
       (Even if wrong, Jesse is still reprimands a           sub      ordinate,                        ) - Lukas
     Likely the victim of Axle’s           Tox,
      Lukas falls into most of the pitfalls that           Soren does, not standing up for himself         and possibly leaving (even for a short time) when the tox gets too much - Olivia
     Pretty           non tox            Some implied self-esteem issues with her place in the group constantly asking questions to validify it             ,
- Axel
   - Openly scares his friends               and takes pleasure                 from distress
           - Humor doesn’t come from                      sad/                    Despair                     it comes from                            happi                 ness,
      - Almost literally cannot go five seconds without starting an argument or being tox            (Specifically towards             Lukas)                  ,
       Following the unfortunate theme of          green being tox     despite it being grow             t              h,
- Petra
    (Season 1)
     Tox
 - Expecting them to find her          despite not vibin’                              the loc                                  at                                    ion,
     demeaning
  - Threats of         violence
    “Not getting punched in the face              for saying that             right now,”                   - Petra
       Coercion
      General authority assumption
      Separation Jesse         from his friends,        friends          separating/or         hanging out with          other friends            on their own will is non-tox
      Authority assumption- entitlement to excess
       Promises             an          lies           are                  pret              ty         useless
    (Season 2)
- Petra
     - Tox
        - General Tox
            - demeaning
            - Guilt tripping
               - Friend ship
               - Adventures
               - Lack o.                   Adventures                - End goal - Jesse helps her find the llama and threaten/coerce Stella, who she also has a toxic manipulator/manipulated relation ship with (through likely      intimidation         as Petra knows that Stella          has a             thing           w/th         Jesse        and         two          on          one          num           er            ical,             ,
        After               all
                  - when it’s                   discovered that Petra is                         retiring to champion city
    - gas light               ed,             (-claiming things to happen that didn’t really happen,)
     - Petra’s guilt trip of the treehouse;
       “ we used to hang out in the treehouse                all the time,” - Petra
        Show it            or it didn’t happen
           - to our knowledge                    never happened,
              - Emotional                      Abuse/
                       - “Friends,”
  - Jack
       - Bit non-tox except for some                 snips               at Nurm
       - The general having to          ‘one Up’             everyone,
 - Nurm
  (Od.       d      take         on   senti    e    nce
nar     rat ive  
tox,
        Pretty clear except for                 (apparent)             put down on Jack’s naming                convention
- Romeo,  
   Pretty similar to            Petra,
General Tox
   General       Authority      Assumption
- Emotional            Abuse
     - Guilt tripping
- Logical      abuse
     - Gaslighting
- Physical       abuse
   - Acts of         violence
        - Destruction                of un          Account             able           pro.        per            ty,         (Dif      ferent         from      ac      countable)           ,
    All of above;
     demeaning
      coercion
   - Threats of           violence
    - Apparent            murde             r
    - Abuse              of           sub            ordin           ates      Should not be        redeemed
    Xara
      - Straight up kills            a person
          Radar-
          Refusal to             read              the             vibes                 aka               Several misdemeanors               worth of tox           for general obsessive behavior unbefitting, unhealthy              and unnatural                       of a                   sentient,
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fallencomrade-a · 7 years ago
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Do you truly believe cryostasis was the best answer after Siberia?
          ✗ ✗┆T E L L  T H E  T R U T H             ☛  𝒶 𝒸 𝒸 𝑒 𝓅 𝓉 𝒾 𝓃 𝑔  ( 1 of 5 )
             in the event that Hydra’s asset begins to display signs of DISCORDANCE, immediate efforts need to be carried forth in order to regulate the rate / severity of DEGENERATION. proper actions ( dependent upon the severity ) need to be taken to correct unwarranted conduct. the asset should be immediately placed in cryostasis, which will negate disruptive behavior…
MAINTAINING HYDRA’S ASSET. SUBSECTION : EMERGENCY PROCEDURESFILE : #05.42
  HERR DOKTOR ,      
      — these disruptions are becoming more and more frequent. it is disheartening considering the price we paid to fashion him. 
                                                                             YOU   ARE   A   SHADOW.                                                                                       never to be seen.   never to be heard.                                                                                      П о н и м а ю ?
         The Soldier is a work in progress, Commander.            Upkeep is CRITICAL. He must be maintained. 
               [  du wirst es lernen…                   entsprechen, schmutziger hund.  ]
                                                       еще раз.                                                        еще раз.
                                                                                 you’ll KILL him if you keep this up.                                                                                    he  will  learn  to  be  SILENT. 
                                                       еще раз.
      All  that  effort  &&  research…                    ( his screaming is very distracting, nein?                    shut him up or i’ll remove his vocal cords, mein Gott. )         He  is  far  from  perfect.  
          H E   I S   A N   A B O M I N A T I O N .                   what a fucking mess. get him out my sight.                  this is your doing  ;;  your FAULT.                  COMPLIANCEWILLBEREWARDED.                  FAILUREWILLBEREBUKED. 
                                          does it hurt?  describe it, sergeant.                                                                     the   PAIN.    tell   me … 
                 there is nothing worse than the heat of the WIPE. 
                                                                   … does it hurt? 
                                                    еще раз. 
                           more.  increase  the  VOLTAGE. 
                                                                  does it?   Y E S . Good.                                                    
        MISBEHAVIOR will not be tolerated, soldat.                         DISRUPTIONS are unacceptable.                            DISOBEDIENCE is an affliction.                   — or have you already FORGOTTEN? 
                 DEFECTIVE  ;;  FLAWED  ;;  DAMAGED                  a  disappointment  compared  to… 
                       ERSKINE’S ABERRANT SUCCESS                               (  a  poor,  pathetic  imitation .  ) 
                        ZOLA’S   GREAT   VISION                              ”  the   fist   of   hydra  ?  “                                  he’s NOTHING but a puppet. 
                        THE RED SKULL’S PASSION                            so empty, aren’t you mal’chik?                                 zola  turned  him  inside-out                                 && the russians bled him empty.               secretary pierce, how shall we handle him? 
                      THE  CAPTAIN’S  “ GLORY “                       your work has been a GIFT to mankind.                           hydra’s  DOG   ;;   zola’s  plaything.                     karpov’s good soldat ;; pierce’s PUPPET. 
                          A   S  O  L  D  I  E  R   
                         СТОП!  HÖR AUF!  STOP!                             N  O    M  O  R   E 
   say the words!  shut him down!    REPORT! is anyone still there!?   what the hell happened out there? 
     asset,   report!   answer!      don’t! he’s hydra’s PROPERTY, you idiot.      he just went crazy, sir. completely beyond control.      he’s  M A L F U N C T I O N I N G .        he’s a RISK and a DANGER to himself && hydra.                         
BRAIN-FRIED && more trouble than he’s worth.        should just put a bullet into your empty skull and be done with it.   keep your opinions to yourself, rumlow.           he isn’t your mutt to control. 
     he’s acting out. AGITATED. resisting.      what   should   we   do? 
                       PUT HIM ON ICE.
                              sir, he’s unstable  ;;  ERRATIC.                             i need you to do it one more time. 
                               he’s  D E T E R I O R A T I N G .                       your entire existence is PROBLEMATIC.                       his continued use would be  I L L - A D V I S E D .                              he’s   all   we   have   right   now .                           WIPE    HIM    &&    START    OVER. 
     despite his grand ESCAPE from the binds hydra has used to control him, he is still not FREE. the tortured man turned WEAPON is a victim of deep-rooted conditioning. there is no way to bleed the poison completely from his body. their toxins will forever live inside of him, dormant ( on good days ), FESTERING ( on most days ), and FATAL ( at his worst ). overtime && allowed the chance ( the decency ) to grow, he may HEAL. he might even remember how to LIVE again, the idea of a normal, quiet life piquing the weathered man’s interest. — but this body of his, even with the bastardized serum, can only mend so much && time can only extend so far. the SCARS, physical, mental && emotional will eventually fade into less grotesque blemishes, but they will ALWAYS be a part of him. there is no escaping that truth. hydra lives, a PARASITE which breathes inside of him, a looming shadow which oftentimes ECLIPSES the man, awakening the machine. in everything he does ;; in everything he is - a PRODUCT OF DESIGN. implemented so that if their solider ever was to REBEL, he would unconsciously follow latent protocol ( instinct ) that would unwittingly leave him vulnerable and susceptible to RECAPTURE. 
                     he’s unstable ;; ERRATIC.                      he’s been out of cryofreeze for too long…                      PREP HIM.  WIPE HIM.  FREEZE HIM.                      PREP HIM.  WIPE HIM.  FREEZE HIM.                      xорошая работа, солдат.  AGAIN.                                    S T A R T  O V E R 
     noise.  movement.  choice  ;;  every action generates a ripple across the timeline. cause && effect. his presence lives in INFAMY ( your work has been a GIFT ). even without a NAME or an IDENTITY, his actions are felt throughout history. silent, except when ordered to create CHAOS. for seventy years, they used him to blow craters in the timeline, ripples surging into violent waves that nearly engulfed this world. his very PURPOSE as their asset was to incite chaos. hydra’s chaos had always been unique, however - SYSTEMATIC ;; every action, decision and hit serving a greater goal. he made noise, but only when they deemed it acceptable. unscheduled DISTURBANCES were not tolerated && had always been handled accordingly. 
                    W I P E   H I M .                     D E A C T I V A T E!                     s t e p  i n  s o l d i e r…                    A   G   O   N   Y                     ( ithurts.ithurts.ithurts )                     ORDER only comes with PAIN.                     ARE YOU READY FOR YOURS?                     
     a BRUTALIZED mind will eventually adapt ;; SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. it is against human instinct to welcome death. he had evolved in order to stay alive remain FUNCTIONAL. the wipes burned away memories, yes - but instinct survived and had been carried over. MUSCLE MEMORY ;; PROTOCOLS not to break or suffer. ( you know better, soldier. ) compliance will be rewarded. certain actions warranted CORRECTIVE IMPLEMENTATIONS. he learned if he was SILENT, if he complied, he need only experience the pain of activation. there is SAFETY in ambiguity. silence ( mostly ) went unnoticed && unpunished. — but DISOBEY, attract their attention and you FORCE their hand. disruptions were reprimanded with either the sting of a wipe or the vicious bite of cold sleep. the PRICE to pay for causing them such discourteous disturbances. these beliefs shaped him into the BEAST hydra demanded ;; conditioning that will follow ( HAUNT ) the poor man even after he shakes free from their shackles. hydra is a dying monolith, but their shadow still looms. their influence, their corruption - the results of their EXPLOITATION - continue to devastate. 
     his life ( what semblance he had managed to scrounge together ) in bucharest had been quiet ( SILENT ), mundane ( ACCEPTABLE ). another face in a crowd of many, invisible. some NAMELESS civilian, nothing more - without an IDENTITY, free to discover, to learn. he was neither the winter soldier nor was he james buchanan barnes. he is something different, someone in between. in the beginning he had struggled to stay alive ;; to stay afloat ;; to drift unnoticed, just another overlooked body. he had been LONELY ( is lonely ), tormented and confused, but he had been SAFE in his solitude, as were the people around him. there were no lingering impulses to kill ;; no BURNING demand for revenge. all the asset wanted, all he wants, is to feel SAFE. to watch, observe, learn && grow. he found his oppressed mind to be CURIOUS, a danger and risk he grew more comfortable admitting once he had a chance to stretch his wings. it was a SILENT confession. FOOLISHLY, he believed it might keep him safe. 
                     i   know   you’re   scared…                     &&   you   have   every   right   to   be.                         WINTER SOLDIER CAUTAT PENTRU                        BOMBARDMENTUL DIN VIENNA                      i   wasn’t   in   vienna.                      I DON’T DO THAT ANYMORE. 
     someone had used his face to kill a lot of people. ( as if he doesn’t have enough blood on his hands already. ) he had no explanation to offer steve - THE CAPTAIN - when he arrived at his doorstep, suited up as if anticipating a fight. ( that’s good. good strategy ). it wasn’t him though. he wasn’t in vienna. ( it wasn’t me. it wasn’t me. it CAN’T be me. ) but his voice had sounded weak ( DEFEATED ) even in his own ears. because he knew the TRUTH, and steve did too. IT DOESN’T MATTER. he was NAIVE to believe he could be anything else. his fate had already been sealed ;; the decision made - and suddenly he was thrown back into the world, the HEARTLESS terrorist capable of so much BRUTALITY. it was a LIE though. ( IS IT? ) 
                             i   didn’t   kill   your   father.                            THEN WHY DID YOU RUN? 
     the entire world was looking for him. hell, he had even managed to attract the attention of the avengers. suddenly every decision he made spiraled a chain of events he had no control over. his choices had been limited, each one COSTLY && not a single one promising and in that moment, standing across from a SOLEMN captain america in a breached, rundown apartment complex, freedom suddenly felt oppressive, like a CAGE. 
                    buck, stop! you’re gonna kill somebody!                           i’m  not  going  to  kill  anybody. 
     he didn’t RESIST when cruel hands pushed him down onto the gravel. he didn’t fight when they pressed their knees hard against his back, secured their magnetized metal cuffs around his wrists or pointed their deadly weapons at his chest ;; when they secured him in their CELL. it wouldn’t be long now… capturing him was the most DANGEROUS thing they could have done. hydra was still hunting him && his arrest had been broadcast. it would only be a matter of time before they would come to collect their property. they were everywhere and they wouldn’t leave him in a cage to RUST. his old friend was trying to help, james soon realized, vouching for him ( the MEMORY of him ) despite the damning evidence. what about a lawyer? steve had missed the soldier’s cynical, disbelieving frown, too busy staring down his CIA captor. surely, the captain wasn’t naive enough to actually believe — and like a light bulb flickering on, buck realized he recognized that tone. biting sarcasm. rogers hadn’t been asking a question. no, the mouthy punk had been making a STATEMENT. —some things never change. SENTIMENT had flooded his hollow chest. a single parting glance and james knew steve would do everything in his power to help his old friend.  ( — startling - this sudden swell of CONCERN. )
                          — but he is not JAMES BARNES.                       steve was only setting himself up to be                      D  I  S  A  P  P  O  I  N  T  E  D
     the INESCAPABLE TRUTH lies dormant, just beneath the surface, waiting to be released, UNLEASHED. this face is nothing but a MASK, pulled tightly over the decay && old bones hiding underneath. the face of a GHOST, whose memory he TARNISHES by simply existing. he saw the memorial in washington, the plaque made in HONOR of james barnes, with his face && history etched in the glass. he also watched as that memorial was vandalized after hydra’s files became public. people used what they could - cracking, scuffing and denting the memorial. TERRORIST spray painted across his name. the last time he visited the smithsonian, there had been yellow tape blocking his section, a sign which read UNDER RENOVATION convincing him it was time to disappear. steve wants to help him because he has the same face as a man he once knew, but he is not james buchanan barnes…  
               why don’t we discuss your home? - - - not romania. certainly not BROOKLYN, no.                  Y O U R   R E A L   H O M E .    HAIL HYDRA.  
                                      к т о   т ы ?
                                         you  are  NOTHING.                                          you are a WEAPON.                                           you  are  a  GHOST.                                              you   are  ——                          WHATEVER WE TELL YOU TO BE.   
                              Я ГОТОВ К ОТВЕТУ.
               — && helmut zemo PROVES this cruel TRUTH.                 in  the  worst  way  imaginable. 
                           желание                                  живой                                         –no.                     семнадцать                          рассвет                                     –stop                                печь                                 девять                                      – STOP!                        добросердечный                  возвращение на родину                                         please.                                о д и н                        грузовой вагон
                          freedom is a LIE.                 he will always be SHACKLED                  to the BEAST hydra birthed               from james barnes’ TORMENT. 
                     which bucky am i talking to?                        WHO ( WHAT ) ARE YOU?        SOLIDER. WEAPON. VICTIM. HUMAN. MACHINE.       SOLIDER. WEAPON. VICTIM. HUMAN. MACHINE.              — the left over SCRAPS of              too many SHATTERED souls.              — the nuclear SHADOW of a              life BURNED away.              — the gutted, hollowed out SHELL             of a man turned MACHINE.                  A  T R A V E S T Y                   A  T R A G E D Y            DANGEROUS ;; DEADLY.            oh god. i knew this would happen.           everything hydra put inside me is still there. 
     he thought … he could have ( choose ) a NAME ( my name is bucky ), a face, his own voice, his own life — away from the violence && constant, endless fighting. he thought if he tried, he could be something different. his own self, even if he had no idea who that person was. if he could only separate himself from all of it - but the winter soldier lives inside of him, fused && entwined, tangled together with the shredded remains of his TATTERED soul. there is no escaping it ;; he is UNDESERVING of such MERCY. not when he denied it to so many others… 
                                                  what did i do?                                                   E N O U G H.                           your old war buddy killed innocent people.                          people are DEAD.  i need you to do better…
     it was in that filthy auto-shop, rubbing the blood off his hands that he made the decision. he recognized the tremors of war, could sense it in the rigidity of steve’s shoulders ;; the hardened look on wilson’s fixed stare. hushed whispers and weary glances. his presence here had created a RIFT between friends && teammates, strained even heavier by the politics trying to police them. he sat there in silence, wondering if steve REGRETTED his choice, but still too much of a COWARD to ask. i’m not sure i’m WORTH all this… zemo had to be stopped. he focused instead on trying to RIGHT that wrong, minimizing the DAMAGE in the only way he knew how. more people would die if they didn’t stop him from activating those soldiers. 
                                                                             they all turn out like you?                                                                                     —  W O R S E 
     the scathing comment was not lost on him. wilson didn’t trust him && he couldn’t blame him for it. he didn’t trust himself either. i can’t trust my own mind. two years, a silent shadow and now he had a TARGET on his back. && it wasn’t just ross who had him in his sights. vienna, bucharest, berlin, his entire existence was screaming, BLARING - his movements tracked. he could feel the heat of their eyes, BURNING blisters into his skin ;; their HATRED and HORROR and DISGUST condemning him. ( it wasn’t me. it wasn’t me. i’m trying to make this RIGHT. ) he need not say a word. his actions had created enough NOISE. steve seemed to be his only ally, but his DEVOTION to the sergeant created tension between his new comrades. animosity that soon bled into all out HOSTILITY. 
                         you’re gonna turn barnes over                         && you’re gonna come with us                         NOW because it’s US. 
     US. sam was busy locating the quinjet, but buck was listening. there was a TIMEWORN connection he shared with the captain. undeniable no matter how hard he tried to BURY it. ( you’re steve. i read about you in a museum. YOU’RE LYING. ) james barnes found himself CURIOUS. he had learned that steve spent the better part of the last seventy years encased in ice, not so different from the soldier’s grim fate but unlike james, steve had developed relationships with these people. connections ;; alliances ;; friendships. a new TEAM. a FAMILY, one he was not a part of. the AVENGERS. bonds forged. bonds that were being tested. bonds that would eventually SHATTER ( thanks in part to him ). if only they had known that all of it was just some elaborate plan for the avengers own SELF-DESTRUCTION, maybe some of those bonds could have been saved. he, the WEAPON used to foster this FISSURE, used to irritate ;; used to rip open old wounds… 
                 i don’t know if i’m worth all this, steve.            it wasn’t your fault. you didn’t have a choice.                    i know.    — but i still did it. 
                            MISSION REPORT.  
                                         December 16th, 1991.                                            — please.  no.  i’m sorry.  
                                            HOWARD STARK.                                              male target. level four.                                              MARIA  STARK.                                    female target. civilian. non-combative.
                                                Sergeant Barnes? 
                                             — did you know?                                        don’t bullshit me rogers.                                            DID YOU KNOW?       
                                                                                                                        YES. 
     SIBERIA… god, what a mess. siberia had been a DISASTER. prepared for one fight only to get caught in another. every last one of them had played into zemo’s ruse, like rats clamoring through a maze. a turning point that would go down in the history books. any laughable thoughts of REDEMPTION ( heroism doesn’t suit you, barnes ) were quickly shattered, blasted into dust. ( did you honestly believe you could be anything else than what you are? ) 
                        DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER THEM?                                 monster. murderer. abomination. terrorist.                                 monstrosity. savage. villain. beast. pariah.                                                —  it  wasn’t  your  fault.                                                           i  still  did  it.
     the situation had HEMORRHAGED, spiraling quickly into violent CHAOS. stark wasn’t stopping and no matter what steve tried to do or say, nothing was getting through to him. the BETRAYAL that twisted his features bled into RAGE, and he ignited like a BOMB, determined to disperse the same SORROW && ANGUISH killing him onto everyone else. Go! Get out of here! …something OLD bristled inside of him. the weak voice of a dying man echoed inside the pulse of his heartbeat, making him pause and hesitate. not without you. — but he is not james barnes and surely steve rogers has realized this by now. 
     stark had attempted to separate them and buck likes to think it was because tony didn’t want the captain interfering and getting caught up in the blast. he was indeed angry with steve, but barnes was the TARGET, the catalyst, the PROBLEM. if he could just REMOVE himself from the equation ;; if he could d i s a p p e a r , fade away like black smoke against a dark sky, maybe this CATASTROPHE could still be salvaged. maybe things, bonds && friendships, could still be FIXED.  r  u  n  … why did you run? he didn’t blame stark, nor fault him for his RAGE, but when the man backhanded steve, something burst, like a dam breaking inside of him. james barnes ROARED to life with a vengeance. zemo had proven that despite his separation from hydra, the winter soldier still lived inside of him. steve rogers however revealed that pieces of james buchanan barnes SURVIVED as well. 
     it doesn’t matter though. it isn’t enough. he is a chemical compound of unstable minds - volatile, erratic, COMBUSTIBLE. he knows he is dangerous. unless they figure out a way to PURGE these triggers from his mind, he will always be a THREAT. — && honestly, after everything… all the violence, death and NOISE… would it not be better? would it not be easier? 
     stark had lost half his team, friends ;; his parents. these were CRIMES james could never fix, but if he was to disappear, never to be heard of again… maybe they could pretend… the avengers, steve’s team ( a FAMILY ) had fragmented, and despite steve’s attempts to conceal the hole this battle had blasted through him, the pain of it was clear in those sad eyes. his part in all this - it had provoked such devastating DISTURBANCES. he had breached into steve’s new life like a speeding bullet, destroying so many different pieces of the life the other man had created in his absence. ripping his team apart, turning him CRIMINAL, abandoning the shield. he’d been forced to leave his home. his friend’s were captured && detained. steve had lied to stark in an attempt to save him. he is a WANTED man, everything he stood for lost.  
           — && all barnes can hear in his head are their voices… 
                         your  entire  existence  is                          P R O B L E  M A T I C.                            PUT HIM ON ICE.               DISRUPTIONS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.                     PUT HIM ON ICE.  
                         he’s unstable, volatile.                         a RISK  ;;  a DANGER                     PUT HIM ON ICE.   
                       B R A I N F R I E D ,                        && more trouble than you’re WORTH.                    PUT HIM ON ICE.   
              he’s been out of cryofreeze for too long…                            F  I  X   H  I  M                      W  I  P  E  H  I  M                            еще раз.                           еще раз.                     PUT HIM ON ICE.   
                   he’s acting out.               what a fucking mess.                R E M O V E  h i m .                what should we do?                 it’s better this way…            how shall we handle him?                    …for everyone. 
            (   do you honestly believe cryostasis was the best option?   ) 
                              P U T  H I M  O N  I C E .  
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                                         ❛  —— yes.  ❜                                    what other CHOICE did he have? 
        ——HERR DOKTOR?          i believe we are finally getting somewhere…
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