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James Buchanan Barnes       The Winter Soldier     Pretty Hate Machine
BASICS name. Sgt. James Barnes nicknames. Bucky codename. The Winter Solider age. 97/27 date of birth. 10 MAR 1917 occupation. Assassin circa. 2014 hometown. Brooklyn, NY nexus room #. 107 height. 5'11" hair. Dark brown, cheek-length (see gif below) eyes. Blue-green defining characteristics. Mechanical left arm with red star on outer bicep TROPES → Back From the Dead → An Arm and a Leg → The Brute → Cold Sniper → The Dreaded → Human Popsicle → Older Than They Look compiled from tvtropes.org OUT OF CHARACTER dropbox. here permissions. here pb. Sebastian Stan gif credit. one | two grimvisaged at All Inclusive PLAYLIST ♪ More Human Than Human - White Zombie ♪ Breathe - The Prodigy ♪ Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine ♪ Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails NOTES ☭ He will not respond to "Bucky." Eventually he will respond to "James," but unless you're Steve Rogers, you're unlikely to be allowed to call him Bucky at any point.	Scratch off the broken skin, tear into my heart, make me do it again PERSONALITY Ironically, one of Bucky's defining characteristics at this time is his lack of defining characteristics. He has no concrete memory of his life prior to HYDRA, and for the past 70 years his identity has almost entirely been shaped by the horrific missions they assigned to him. (Although it should also be noted that Bucky remembers little of these, as well.) For a very long time, having been repeatedly brainwashed, he has been operating with the blind belief that his "work" for HYDRA is of greatest importance for the good of the world, despite not fully understanding why. HYDRA, however, made a critical error in assigning Bucky to a mission which might involve Steve Rogers, as the memories of their childhood friendship proved even more potent than a lifetime of repeatedly wiped memory and brainwashing. Bucky knew Steve, was certain of it, and now that he's out from under HYDRA's thumb, he's determined to find out who exactly James Buchanan Barnes was, and whether any part of him lives on within the Winter Soldier. As dangerous a foe as they come on Earth, Bucky is wicked savvy at virtually every aspect of espionage and combat, exempting those requiring honed interpersonal skills. His skill at what he does belies an often childlike view of the world; he is unused to complicated emotions and has virtually no coping mechanisms against them. In effect, he does not know how to deal with everything that has lately been revealed about his past, or the overwhelming emotion that has accompanied those revelations—For the first time, he's confused and afraid, and in ways that are entirely unexpected. As such, Bucky can be exceptionally volatile and unpredictable. Well-intentioned people probably won't be hurt on purpose, but it's possible if they get too close and something triggers him. He is in desperate need of patient, good-hearted people to help him through this difficult period, but it's going to be rough going, probably for quite some time. As far as he knows, he's never had a friend, and has to learn what that means. POWERS&SKILLS ★ Super strength, speed and agility (This wasn't overtly stated in the film, but it has been confirmed in the cast interviews that Bucky was given a super soldier serum similar to what was given to Steve.) ★ Massively powerful cybernetic left arm ★ Expert marksman ★ Expert at clandestine operations ★ Epic sad puppy eyes HISTORY Once upon a time, a bouncing baby boy was born in Shelbyville, Indiana. Not long after a family move to Brooklyn, New York, the boy found himself an orphan, but miraculously, not alone.1 Through his best friend, the boy found a new family, one which he would follow through a childhood filled with back alley brawls and big dreams, then into a world turned entirely on its head by Hitler and the Super Soldier program. Only death was capable of separating them. Fallen, his body made sturdier by experiments he could not recall, he was recovered by scientists who would replace what was left of his left arm with a mechanical substitute, empty his mind, and train him to become the world's most efficient assassin. Put on ice until needed, he would be repeatedly thawed, rebooted, and brainwashed into believing his missions were helping mankind. For seventy years this cycle went on, his legacy one of fear and disbelief, his identity fleeting, a ghost. Until the day he found himself faced with his forgotten childhood friend, and a single name threw his entire world into a tailspin. Bucky? And now the ghost is searching for the boy he was, and the man he ought to be. 1Choosing to ignore the details of the flashback scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as it directly conflicts with information given in the Captain America: The First Avenger tie-in comics which myself and MCU!Steve's player were using for background.
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