riricitaa: hellohauntedturnstudent: CAN WE PLEASE TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT A ONE JAMES BUCHANAN
riricitaa: hellohauntedturnstudent: CAN WE PLEASE TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT A ONE JAMES BUCHANAN BARNES IN THIS SCENE PLEASE. (excuse the crap quality)Look at how he holds himself, arm straight at his side, body tense, head lowered, same as everyone else… but that left hand, the way that he flexes it while bowing his head, like he’s too late, like he wants to do more but can’t, kind of resigned like his strings are about to be cut, like he’s coming to terms with the fact that the killing will. just. never. stop.This is Bucky remembering clear as day how he killed both of Tony’s parents, how his actions as the Winter Soldier drove a wedge between Steve and Tony that they never fully recovered from, how he never got closure with Howard’s kid, never got to apologize or talk with him, how he wasn’t able to protect him, the same way he wasn’t able to protect Howard and Maria from Hydra. This is Bucky mourning for a friendship that he never had, for time lost. And then this last gif is when his strings are cut, when he realizes that this is where he loses Steve, that Tony’s death changes everything and nothing will ever be the same again. I’m fine, I’m handling this like a champ -- source link