wintergaydar:This gif set is such a good illustration of the cinematic parallels between Steve and B
wintergaydar:This gif set is such a good illustration of the cinematic parallels between Steve and Bucky — hats off to OP. Both of them endure painful, experimental science that radically alters them and shifts their identity. Both of them are transformed for the purpose of furthering an agenda.The difference lies in consent and intention. Steve consents to undergoing the procedure. When Peggy tries to stop it because he’s in pain, he explicitly asks to continue. Bucky, of course, doesn’t have any free will on account of all the brainwashing and torture, and no one at HYDRA gives one, solitary fuck about his suffering. Erskine chooses Steve because of his character. It’s because Steve is Steve Rogers that he can be Captain America. Bucky is chosen because he’s a POW who survives Zola’s initial round of human experimentation — who Bucky is isn’t part of the equation. He’s a (highly skilled) body.Anyways, the Winter Soldier is Captain America’s dark mirror and I get really excited about it. -- source link
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