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1. A headcanon you’re not sure of yet. Generally I’m pretty unsure about the specifics of Bucky’s internal conflict re: HYDRA. There have been a couple quotes from Sebstan about how despite what HYDRA did to him, Bucky is in some ways indebted or even maybe grateful because they’re the reason he’s alive, etc. And in some ways, I vehemently disagree with that with regards to abuse victims never having to feel indebted to their abusers so like... on a moral level, I sort of want to tell Bucky (the character) that HYDRA doesn’t deserve that. But looking at it from his point of view, I can see parts of how that could come through, and I’m not sure that it’s gratitude or indebtedness or what have you, but I think even though he hates HYDRA he recognizes that if they hadn’t found him (if Zola hadn’t experimented on him) he would be dead, and he’s glad he’s not dead. So that headcanon gives me trouble because I don’t really... know how to write it in a way that is sensitive to how Bucky might feel conflicted and also sensitive to the fact that abuse victims owe their abusers absolutely nothing.
On a more lowkey level, I’m conflicted about his sexuality! Because this blog’s Bucky is definitely bisexual, but in my personal fic I write Bucky as gay, and it resonates weirdly with me because I sometimes trip myself up on wondering whether I’m imposing my own projections or compulsory heterosexuality on Bucky here, but I also can’t seem to write him in fic any differently.
2. A question you’re surprised nobody has asked. Why I think that not only did Bucky not kill JFK but also why I loathe that this headcanon has become fanon. (Is it canon, even? Either way, I hate it.)
3. A favourite picture of your muse. (And explain why.)One of my absolute favourite pictures of Bucky is that little black and white photo of him in uniform at the corner of the file Steve gets on him at the end of Cap 2. It’s an absolutely heartbreaking shot, when juxtaposed with the photo of him, unconscious and in cryo and under HYDRA’s control (which, also: who had the polaroid goin on the hydra base). But his expression is so full of hope, and he looks so bright and carefree that it cemented itself in my heart as one of my favourite images of him.











