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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
OUT OF CHARACTER
dropbox.here
permissions.here
pb.Sebastian Stan
gif credit.one | two
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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Feb. 28th, 2014 09:45 pm

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There are spoilers below.

CHARACTER NAME: James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes, aka The Winter Soldier
CHARACTER CANON: MCU

OOC


Slowtagging: Oh yes.
Canon-puncturing: He will eventually be aware that he was fictionalized in comic books during WWII for the purposes of propaganda, but apart from that, please do not canon puncture him. He's got enough to deal with right now.
Offensive subjects (elaborate): None, although if you think a subject is offensive to begin with, it's probably best to talk about it first just to be safe.

IC


Hugging this character: No
Kissing this character: No
Flirting with this character: You can try, but it probably won't have much effect.
Fighting with this character: Yes, but we'll need to talk, as he's pretty formidable.
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): Yes; again, let's talk.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Oh lawdy. This is okay, but I do ask that you not make ANY assumptions about ANYTHING, even based on previous gameplay. Bucky's poor mind is a quagmire, and his memory is vastly unreliable, both because he has been brainwashed, and because he's had it altered so many times. So what he fully remembered a week ago, he might have trouble with now.

General Warnings: Just going to C/P from the meme.

Bucky (who will not respond to that name at this time, for the record) is in an extremely precarious place when it comes to his personal development and identity. For the last 70 years, he's been in a loop of being cryogenically frozen, thawed, given forced amnesia, and then brainwashed into doing horrific things. Lather, rinse, repeat; over and over and over again. What memories he's had of his previous life have been fleeting, murky, and quickly dispatched by the people controlling him. As it stands, he has virtually no identity apart from the horrible things he's done, although he doesn't remember all of those, either. For a long time, he's been a machine—Nameless, unquestioning, efficient, obedient. Out from under Hydra's thumb, he's learned who he used to be, and while anger is perhaps the most present and familiar part of this revelation, he's struggling more with the other emotions it's prompted, as he's not accustomed to feeling sympathy, compassion, curiosity, or confusion. He has virtually no coping mechanisms. He's volatile, there's no doubt about it, but he's also largely adrift and looking for answers—Not just to who he used to be, but to who he can be now. He might not directly admit it, but he wants to know what it's like to be a real boy—To finally feel and think for himself, now that he knows he can. And a big part of that is going to be interacting with people. This will likely be a slow and painful process—He's got little experience with social interaction, and he's not good at it. But he has to learn how to be something other than a blunt instrument, and the only way he can do that is by being around other people, particularly those who won't judge him too harshly, ask too many questions, or try to manipulate him. (That last? NOT going to go over well.)

Godmodding


Right now, no one. We'll get there eventually, but it might take awhile.
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Feb. 28th, 2014 09:39 pm

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For OOC discussion, plotting, squee and etc.

Lay it on me, cutie. Everything's screened.
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