steve rogers is literally the definition of “learning on the job” that idiot spent months touring around w a performance group selling bonds and then he’s like “i’m gonna sneak into a hydra base with ZErooooooOO Training lol”
bucky, later: man am i glad u found us, how’d u do it? they like train u for this? did u come up with a plan or something based off of a building blue print? steve, a man with No Plan: i’m strong and have a Fantastic sense of direction bucky, realizing that he and the rest of the 107th are alive purely bc of luck and steve’s stubborness:
y’all: peter was able to stop bucky’s fist in civil war bc bucky heard peter’s voice, realized he was a child, then weakened his punch bc he was so worried about hurting a child uwu
me, eating pistachios: y’all know peter can canonically lift up to 75 tons, right. y’all know bucky’s fist is easy as hell for peter to block, right. y’all know bucky didn’t know shit about peter being a child and was just shocked that someone was able to so easily block his punch, right. y’all know that, right.
naw fuck that bucky’s punches aren’t easy to block, it’s WAY funnier if peter blocked a full force punch from bucky, who only a few seconds later realizes he’s a kid as soon as peter opens his mouth
that’s the face of a man who went from “holy shit he blocked my punch?” to “holY SHiT a 12 YEARoLD BLOCKED mY PUNCH???” in 3 seconds flat.
People (me too) always forget peter can lift so much fucking weight
I’ve been wanting to make a post about this for a while, even though I might be the only person invested in this, but anyway, here we go.
I’ve seen mentioned several times, in posts about the movie and in fics that the Winter Soldier shot Nick Fury through the window of Steve’s apartment, and every time it makes me groan in frustration because no.
The Winter Soldier didn’t shoot Fury through a window, he shot him through a wall, and I don’t know about you, but it seems like a pretty big difference to me.
(bullet hole in the wall!!)
When I saw the scene the first time, I remember thinking holy shit??? that’s crazy, and for me that’s when the Winter Soldier really became a real, terrifyingly good assassin, that’s when his image as a serious threat solidified.
Read about the blogger getting carried away under the read more.
Ok, my interpretation of this scene was pretty close to yours.
1. Steve moves to the corner and spots Fury, who is sitting in the chair
2. Steve moves away from the corner; Winter Soldier can now see him through that one window
(Side note: Steve’s apartment has a lot of windows)
3. Fury stands up; the Winter Soldier watches Steve’s eyes go from looking slightly down to looking at something eye level
4. The Winter Soldier quickly moves so that he’s in line with Steve’s line of sight; he doesn’t know exactly where Fury is, but he knows he’s somewhere on that line
The Winter Soldier shoots along said line, hitting Fury, then runs back to his initial position to see how Steve reacts and possibly confirm the kill. Then Steve spots him through the window.
Based on this, Bucky must have really good spatial reasoning and very precise estimation of distances and angles. Also he can possibly do trig in his head.
I LOVE YOU. GUYS, LOOK. SOMEONE DREW A EXPLICATIVE CHART THINGIE AND IT IS AWESOME. I hadn’t considered the Soldier moving before making his shot, but there’s no way to know, given that we only see him when Steve does, so it’s possible. I also really like the idea of the Soldier being able to do trig in his head and having really good spatial reasoning and very precise estimation of distances and angles, because I like everything that means he is very very good at being an assassin.
His memorial says he was an excellent student, so he must be doing trig in his head. I love posts like this.
The first gif in this is my favorite because when he rolls up, he staggers – toward the arm. It’s heavy. His body isn’t in balance. It does tip him. He’s strong enough to catch himself, but that slab of metal and circuits is an anchor, and that’s properly shown to us here. good stuff!!!
y’all: peter was able to stop bucky’s fist in civil war bc bucky heard peter’s voice, realized he was a child, then weakened his punch bc he was so worried about hurting a child uwu
me, eating pistachios: y’all know peter can canonically lift up to 75 tons, right. y’all know bucky’s fist is easy as hell for peter to block, right. y’all know bucky didn’t know shit about peter being a child and was just shocked that someone was able to so easily block his punch, right. y’all know that, right.
naw fuck that bucky’s punches aren’t easy to block, it’s WAY funnier if peter blocked a full force punch from bucky, who only a few seconds later realizes he’s a kid as soon as peter opens his mouth
that’s the face of a man who went from “holy shit he blocked my punch?” to “holY SHiT a 12 YEARoLD BLOCKED mY PUNCH???” in 3 seconds flat.
He’s so freaking beautiful. I’ll never be over this. He looks so healthy
I was just thinking about how he wears the scarf thing here and one in the beginning of IW (I’m sure there’s a correct name for it, but I don’t know what it is, someone help me), and somehow my mind went to large soft band-aid for the missing arm and wow such a gentle gesture from whoever in Wakanda was in charge of supplying him with clothing: the contrast of Hydra replacing missing arm with harsh weapon for their use and benefit and Wakandan people giving him something protective and comfortable… *sigh* my heart.
“When Bucky Barnes, a.k.a. Winter Soldier, is in Bucharest, Romania, he is shown to be buying plums at a fruit market. Plums are actually beneficial in treating those with Alzheimer’s disease (a form of dementia characterized by memory loss), which therefore is suitable for Bucky, because he has been brainwashed, and is trying to remember his life before the Winter Soldier.” – Source
Bucky Barnes sees a fucking raccoon firing a machine gun while cackling like a maniac and instead of losing his shit he just shrugs, picks it up and spins it around Mary Poppins style
Listen Bucky “Type B 4 Life” “Too Chill Even Without Cryo” Barnes has been rolling with unreasonable shit his entire fucking life.
– Pre-serum Steve. I feel I don’t need to elaborate on this too much
– Steve rolling on up to the POW camp like the lovechild of Adonis and Hercules and all Bucky has to say about it is if it hurt or if it‘s permanent
– “I’m drinking alone and look like the human equivalent of a room that got “cleaned” by a kid shoving all their stuff under the bed; I clearly just suffered a massive physical and psychological trauma; my entire understanding of what was physically possible, as well as my place in the world and in the life of my Most Important Person, has just been flipped upside down, bent in half, and beaten to death with a crowbar. Naturally I am going to jump right back into a war zone with a crack squad led by a Greek God who I once watched throw up in a Coney Island trash can.”
– “oh this guy who watched me assassinate the director of SHIELD just threw his weapon at me, but I’m not ordered to kill him so I’ll just throw it back and fuck off while he’s distracted.”
– “I completely accept and won’t argue against being mindwiped, even though I am clearly terrified of it, simply for asking questions my handler doesn’t like.”
(ok this is getting depressing)
– just got arrested, triggered into going on a rampage, crashed a helicopter, and woke up in an abandoned…someplace with your arm in a vice? The only thing to do is immediately suit up and rush off to an airport in Germany so you can take a plane to Siberia to stop someone’s evil plan alongside people you mostly don’t know and Steve “so what are we” Rogers
Wide Spread Interests 