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luna-rainbow

Bucharest details

Not sure if this had been pointed out previously, but during the apartment fight scene in Bucharest, there's a nice little detail hidden in the shadows.

Bucky knocks a man over the railing, who Steve Rogers catches just in time. What was really hard to see in the shadows is that Bucky actually realises this in the middle of his fight with another man and makes a motion to try and catch the guy.

Hard to get a good resolution picture of this, but his head whips around and his body moves away from his new enemy when he hears the guy scream. His metal arm reaches towards the falling guy and his fist opens (rather than closing if he was actually intending to elbow the guy he pushed onto the wall).

Because it's hard to see his head in that scene, it's clearer in the next cut that Bucky definitely turned around to face the stairwell.

Bucky was really trying to stick to his no-kill promise he gave Steve. He didn't even stop to take any of the discarded guns to defend himself (even though guns are his forte).

That said, he still didn't trust that Steve would be on his side, because in his mind while Steve blocked bullets for him, Steve also seemed to be protecting the police from him. He thought that when push came to shove, Steve was more likely to side with law enforcement than him.

He was completely taken by surprise when Steve knocked the shooter out for him. I wonder if it was the first moment he thought that maybe Steve was on his side.

(edit: sorry guys, had a mind spaz and confused Bucharest with Budapest. Need more sleep/caffeine)

Not sure why this is suddenly making the rounds but yes, every since this meta I’ve counted this as one of Bucky’s heroic moments. He said to Steve “I don’t do that anymore” with an added “I’m not gonna kill anyone” for emphasis and he tried so hard to keep to it during this fight even though the enemy was doing everything to try and kill him. They were shooting at his head and torso, and he could so easily take one of those automatics and take them out, but he didn’t. Maybe he wanted to prove himself different to the Winter Soldier, maybe he didn’t want to place Steve in a more difficult situation of having to defend someone who’s witnessed killing people (even if in self-defence) but I prefer to think of it as a mark of Bucky’s goodness. Even without having to prove himself or his consideration for Steve, he would still choose to be good because that’s who he is.

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buckyistired

Bucky meta? On my dash! In 2024?! Pls continue.

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