#murder strut

[dragon-jadefire]

Who does the Murder Strut™ better?

Bucky Barnes | The Winter Soldier

Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader

Voting ended onFeb 14, 2025

[crispychrissy]

Look at that murder strut... and with that button flick to open the jacket?

Orgasmic.

→ Tom Hiddleston as Loki            in Loki, S2E2: Breaking Brad

[spankerella]

It happened again.

I joined the gym near my apartment so I have a safe place to walk. I am trying to get back into my routine there. You guys know what my focused walk looks like. If not, think Terminator, think Winter Soldier, think Tony Manero but he chose violence, think someone who has been sent out into the world to murder or at the very least maim. You guys also know what my face does when I am not making an effort.

There's been a guy eyeballing me on the treadmill. As I finished my "walk" and stepped off, he motioned for me to remove my headphones. I already don't like this. I let my face say that.

He holds up a hand in surrender. "I just wanted to say that you walk like someone's going to catch your hands in the worst way possible."

"Not the first time I've heard that, and you know, Captain America doesn't just murder himself. You gotta have the strut of violence ready."

"Oh... oh my god. I didn't... that's exactly what it's like."

Then I smile my deranged smile and he realized maybe he doesn't want to be talking to murder strut girl after all. The exit was Looney Tunes level.

Thank you, Fort Worth. I'll be here all week.

[iriascend]

Two types of Intimidation Power Walk

I’m using my superpowers of pattern recognition for weird things but this is what occupies my brain so you’ll have to suffer through it with me. Anyway-

Intimidation Power Walk is a general name I use for when a person is purposefully walking in such a way that it scares other people. It’s most useful for characters in visual media, but I sometimes do it in real life too, and you can probably use it to your benefit in cosplay or just to strike fear into the hearts of your coworkers or something.

General

The most important thing there is to walking like you intend to kill someone is to keep your core, which is your belly and to a lesser extent your chest, tight. This alone exudes the feeling of control and that is what makes these actually intimidating. Humans fear people in control, because they seem unstoppable and because we hate feeling like we aren’t in control.

The core of any intimidating walk is to make the other person understand they’re fucked without saying anything of sorts, or even expressing any emotion towards them. The only thing that stands between them and pain is you. 

Type I: Dignified

AKA “Think murder and walk”

The quote is from an interview with Charlize Theron about her role in the “Snow White and the Huntsman” movie, where she played the evil Queen. You can see the original interview clip here and it summarizes everything there is to this version: “You have to come from your core, really tight; shoulders down, neck long, and then just think murder and walk.”

Add a stone cold bitch face, maybe with a little of disgust or contempt to it, and you’re set. If you look at someone, look from above, or straight ahead. The idea of this is to make others feel like worms. You’re way above them, and you will savour the suffering you inflict upon them. It’s a cold, slow kind of intimidation, perfect for suggesting indirect harm and/or for people not necessarily built strong enough to pull off intimidating with their strength. 

Type II: Violent

AKA “Walk like you’ve been sent to kill Captain America”

The original name for this, “Murder Strut”, is a fan-given name for the way Sebastian Stan walks as Bucky Barns in MCU movies (hence the quote). The man knows what he’s doing, really. 

To pull this off you should square your shoulders, lean a little to the front by hinging at your hips, and set your feet wide as you walk in deliberate, powerful steps. Once again, your core should be tight and straight. When you look at someone, it should be from below, without tilting your face up, just your eyes; it makes you look like you’re frowning without actually expressing the emotion and thus lessening the impact.

The idea behind this is still that you’re the one in control, but the control is not over the situation, but over your own unbridled rage. You want to look like you want to run at someone full-speed and deck them or crash them through a wall, but you’re not doing it only by sheer power of your own will. It will feel natural to add a sway of the shoulders to it, to walk like a gym bro trying to start a fight, but while that exaggerates the physical strength intimidation factor, too much of it takes away from the power exuded by the controlled stance.

[itsagentromanoff]

America's Next Top Murder Strut

[hungry-24-7]

Ok so, murder strut™.

Well to add to it, this other day, I was returning back home after school. And this dog who barks at each and every person is on my way back. He is a real bitch.

So I was returning and he happened to be by the House's gate, he started barking at me. And me, who had been browsing through Pinterest and saw this post recently, just thought that,,, why not try that murder strut on this dog???

Well I did, and believe or me not, the dog took one look at my face and my posture and shut it up. He shut up and walked back from the gate and sat down.

I felt powerful...

[navybrat817]

On his way to rescue his Sparrow

God, I miss them. 😭

I have so many things to catch up on, but I need to revisit our Soldat and Sparrow. They deserve to be free and I love that you still love them. 🥰

Love and thanks! ❤️

[pigeon-and-the-freezing-soldier]

Bucky may be a deadly assassin performing his patented murder strut, but he respects Covid safety guidelines and wears his mask.

Stay safe! ♥️