fearlessinger:tjhcmmond:“That line was an interesting moment. At the time, the choice I was making i

fearlessinger:tjhcmmond:“That line was an interesting moment. At the time, the choice I was making is that [Bucky] had realized there was no way he was getting out of there, and someone was gonna die, whether it was gonna be him, Steve or Tony. When he says that line, to me, it was a turning point— he was, like, ‘Okay, I know what you want me to say, and I’m just gonna say it.’ When someone comes at you over and over again, and they can’t hear you, they can’t see you’re pleading with them, you’re trying to figure out how to get through to them and they just won’t accept it, at some point you just give in, and you go, ‘that’s right, that’s what you want.’ Of course [Bucky] didn’t remember them all.” — Sebastian Stan Wow. I hadhonestly taken this statement at face value but if this is true then Buckylying about the extent of what he remembers isn’t an isolated incident, it becomesa pattern, a strategy: Bucky intentionallyand deliberately using his memories, the only thing he truly owns at thispoint, as a bargaining chip throughout the entire course of the movie to steer theevents if not in his favor, then at the very least toward what he considers an acceptableoutcome, namely sparing everyone else, and especially Steve, the pain of havingto deal with his shit. We talk a lot about Bucky’s lack of agency, but this righthere? This is him seizing and wielding the only tool at his disposal to exertsome influence on the narrative, despite having been left with almost no options.InBucharest, he lies to make Steve go away. He wants Steve to distrust him, togive up on him, and the only way he can see of accomplishing that is to pretendthat there’s not a “Bucky” anymore. He tries to shut Steve out completely, triesto not even look (and fails, but he’s only human) as Steve is escorted away fromthe glass cage. When he’s alone with the alleged psychologist though, he has noreason to think Steve’s listening and no reason to lie, so he tells the truth,a truth that is very important to him, especially in the face of being onceagain trapped and examined by people who look at him and see only a weapon: “myname is Bucky”. Later, ashe wakes up with his arm trapped in the vice, he is hurt and disoriented and sorelieved when he sees Steve, that he can’t hide it. But it doesn’t matter,because he quickly realizes that there’s no point in pretending anymore: Steve hasjust done exactly what Bucky feared from the start: compromised himself forBucky in a way that he can’t take back. And Sam too. They made their choice, stupidly,impossibly: they’re here for him. They need Bucky’s honesty now, or it will beall for nothing. So Bucky gives it to them. He finally tells Steve that heknows him, that he remembers him (the fact that it makes him so desperatelyhappy to be able to recite every trivial little detail, every hard won scrap ofmemory that is a testament to how much Steve means to him, is made all the moreheartbreaking by the fact that he only does it because it’s become necessary). Hetells Steve and Sam about his encounter with Zemo, about the Siberian facility,about the making and training of the other Winter Soldiers. The three of themhave a common objective now, a mission, and Bucky needs them, wants them, totrust him. It’s clear thatBucky put a lot of effort into stitching together all the bits and pieces ofmemory he could dredge up. And he did a good job of it. Does he alreadyknow that there are still things he’s missing?  Or does he realize that only when he sees thebeginning of that video? Given how committed he is to record and preserve inwriting whatever comes back to him, does that realization make him feel like he’sfailed all over again those people he couldn’t even remember killing?Whatever theanswer, if we believe Sebastian’s words, in that moment up there Bucky is choosingto lie again. Telling Tony what Tony wants to hear. Giving Tony the excuse Tonyclearly is looking for to just go ahead and murder him. He has reached theconclusion that someone is going to die in that place, and he says what hehopes will ensure that that someone will be him. -- source link

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