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Started thinking more about how TWS fits into all this, and what the significance of the other winter soldiers. (I guess I'll still spoiler tag parts...)
There was some amazing meta on Tumblr (hey, Tumblr's good for something!) from TWS that discussed why Pierce was so easily able to control Bucky - young Alexander Pierce would look almost identical to Steve Rogers. That begs the question, when did Pierce come into the picture? I suspect Pierce got involved early, back in the 70s, when he'd look the most like Steve. Maybe as a US diplomat or in the military, which would explain his rise to Secretary of Defense.
Also, the fact that Bucky (and Steve) is so different from the other soldiers who took the serum basically embodies Team Cap's ideology - we can't trust institutions to make decisions that the individual should make.
Erskine made the decision to give Steve the serum because Steve was a good man, and would use his abilities for the right reasons. To fight for the little guy, to stop bullies. Not because he was a good soldier, which is what Colonel Phillips would have wanted, and Erskine ultimately won out on. Well, we saw what a good-soldier-turned-winter-soldier would have looked like, in CW. And it ain't pretty! Because the serum amplifies what the individual has inside, right? And the first thing we saw of Bucky's personality in TFA was protecting Steve. He does that in the Howling Commandos too. He's a sniper, his first job is to take out faraway threats before they take his teammates out. He doesn't go out looking to hurt people, he's not naturally aggressive. He will to protect others, but he doesn't do it because he likes it.
It also proves that the characteristics a person may have on paper, does not dictate the kind of person they ultimately are, or the kind of actions they'd take. Steve's view is that they should have the autonomy to choose, not be treated the same (as dehumanized weapons, even) simply because they all have similar physical characteristics, which is how institutions think.
There was some amazing meta on Tumblr (hey, Tumblr's good for something!) from TWS that discussed why Pierce was so easily able to control Bucky - young Alexander Pierce would look almost identical to Steve Rogers. That begs the question, when did Pierce come into the picture? I suspect Pierce got involved early, back in the 70s, when he'd look the most like Steve. Maybe as a US diplomat or in the military, which would explain his rise to Secretary of Defense.
But we wouldn't see him in CW because the Soviets still "owned" Bucky back then, and Pierce might have been able to "borrow" him when he needed to do political HYDRA work in the US. The USSR didn't dissolve IRL until about a week after the Stark assassinations, and Pierce might have negotiated for Bucky's permanent transfer to the US then.
It might also explain why Pierce didn't need to use trigger words on Bucky in TWS, if he was always able to control him more easily than others. He simply tells Bucky what he wants done, no muss, no fuss.
It might also explain why Pierce didn't need to use trigger words on Bucky in TWS, if he was always able to control him more easily than others. He simply tells Bucky what he wants done, no muss, no fuss.
Also, the fact that Bucky (and Steve) is so different from the other soldiers who took the serum basically embodies Team Cap's ideology - we can't trust institutions to make decisions that the individual should make.
Erskine made the decision to give Steve the serum because Steve was a good man, and would use his abilities for the right reasons. To fight for the little guy, to stop bullies. Not because he was a good soldier, which is what Colonel Phillips would have wanted, and Erskine ultimately won out on. Well, we saw what a good-soldier-turned-winter-soldier would have looked like, in CW. And it ain't pretty! Because the serum amplifies what the individual has inside, right? And the first thing we saw of Bucky's personality in TFA was protecting Steve. He does that in the Howling Commandos too. He's a sniper, his first job is to take out faraway threats before they take his teammates out. He doesn't go out looking to hurt people, he's not naturally aggressive. He will to protect others, but he doesn't do it because he likes it.
That's why he's ultimately the only winter soldier HYDRA could control reliably. The hyper-aggressive winter soldiers would have been like if they'd given Brock Rumlow the serum. -shudder- Their aggression would have been the most amplified quality, which results in that prison melee fight. Bucky is able to get the commander out of there because his most amplified quality isn't to fight, but to protect.
HYDRA's aim in making the winter soldiers was to make the most destructive and powerful soldiers ever, which was ultimately the wrong agenda to have. Decision by committee can be a b****.
HYDRA's aim in making the winter soldiers was to make the most destructive and powerful soldiers ever, which was ultimately the wrong agenda to have. Decision by committee can be a b****.
It also proves that the characteristics a person may have on paper, does not dictate the kind of person they ultimately are, or the kind of actions they'd take. Steve's view is that they should have the autonomy to choose, not be treated the same (as dehumanized weapons, even) simply because they all have similar physical characteristics, which is how institutions think.
The other winter soldiers have similar physical characteristics to Bucky and Steve, but are completely different because of the personality traits they have amplified. Any other winter soldier on the run among civilians would have been an utter disaster, but Bucky makes the decision to lay low and not hurt anyone.
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(MCU Natasha and I are the same age and I was in 1st grade in 1991.) And he wouldn't have been privy, because only the HYDRA faction of SHIELD would know about Bucky.
