BuckLena Headcanon Questions and answers that I found on Pinterest.
Who is the most affectionate?
Surprisingly, Yelena.
Favourite (non-sexual) activity to do together?
Doing each other's hair. Yelena cutting and dying Bucky's hair. Bucky playing with Yelena's hair and braiding it.
Who drives and who rides shotgun?
Bucky drives, Yelena rides shotgun. Bucky doesn't trust Yelena.
Who is most likely to carry the other?
Bucky carries Yelena.
Nicknames
Bucky's nickname for Yelena:
Doll
Little Widow
Love
Darling
Yelena's nickname for Bucky
Bear
Soldier
Honey (rarely)
Idiot
Who proposes?
Bucky. He does it in Russian.
Who likes to playfully tease the other?
Yelena
Who has the weirdest taste in music?
According to Yelena? Bucky as he listens to 40s music.
Who is embarrassed to take off their clothes off in front of the other?
Bucky.
Who tops?
They switch
Who initiates kisses?
Yelena
Who reaches for the other's hand first?
Yelena
Who kisses hardest?
Bucky
Who brings an animal they found home?
BOTH.
Yelena with her guinea pig, Gummy (That's what I called it)
Bucky with Alpine.
But mostly, Yelena is the one to bring animals home.
Who asks the weirdest questions at random in the middle of the night?
Yelena. She knows Bucky will most likely to be awake to answer her.
Who hogs the blankets?
Bucky. His body temperature is naturally cold due to being frozen for decades.
Who wakes up first?
Bucky. He rarely sleeps.
Who wants to stay in bed a little longer?
Yelena.
Who always makes coffee for the other each other?
Bucky makes coffee for Yelena. He can't stand the taste of coffee.
Who says "I love you" the most?
They're both the type of people who shows their love through actions instead of words.
What do their friends and family think of the relationship?
Alexei: Adores it. Cannot wait for the wedding.
John: Disgusted but happy for them.
Ava: Doesn't really care.
Bob: He's very happy for them.
Sam: He teases Bucky A LOT.
Steve: He's very happy for Bucky
Katie: Annoying Yelena and teasing her relationship is a must
Who is more likely to ask the other to dance with them?
Bucky. This old tradition-ass man would HAPPILY ask Yelena to dance, especially on their anniversary.
Who cooks best?
Yelena. Bucky forgets to eat, so he cannot cook well.
Who wears the other's jacket?
Yelena. Yelena steals Bucky's clothes a lot. Plus Bucky won't be able to fit in Yelena's jacket.
Who would have to bail the other out of jail?
Bucky. Bucky would bail Yelena out. IF Alexei and the others haven't tried to break the law and break Yelena out.
Hi guys! It's been a while. Apologies, life got in the way as it tends to do. But we move forward. It's about 7 months to Doomsday, but more importantly about 2 months to BuckLena Day, which is July 27. And we do plan on hosting the 2nd annual BuckLena Week!
Please stay tuned for the weekend. We are so excited to share our prompts.
In the meantime, one of our admins @voidenoire hosted a BuckLena Love Bash during this past Valentine's Day. We'll be providing links to the collection and the poster for that.
AND please join our discord: HERE, if you'd like to connect with fellow bucklenas.
So, I've re-read Twelve Months now, and want to say why I think that Harry has a particular effect on Lara, and why I think the Winter Mantle has little to do with it.
So Spoilers for Twelve Months
One of the theories I see floated around for why Lara has become - for lack of a better word - addicted to feeding on Harry is that the Winter Mantle gives him a massive source of energy.
But I don't think this is the case.
One of the things that is highlighted in the books is that, while the Winter Mantle carries some Winter power and Harry can tap in to that, what it mostly seems to do is to effect his emotions and responses.
Harry constantly frames the Mantle as making him a predatory, horny, territorial, hostile person. He talks about the need to manage the Mantle by channeling those energies into specific and focused activity. He wears it out by taking it for a walk - or maybe a multi-mile non-stop run.
But Butters also posits an idea: The Mantle doesn't have a significant power all its own by default, but it instead allows Harry to ignore or otherwise push-past his natural limitations. In turn, because Harry is a Wizard, and Wizards are naturally imbued with and in tune with the power of creation, they can heal and regenerate in a non-mortal manner which contributes to lifespans almost an order of magnitude greater than their human peers.
In this reading, the Mantle is not primarily a source of power. Harry can summon forth ice with ease, he can tap in to some aspects of Winter. But the core of the Mantle is the ability to ignore his limitations. His ability to run flat-out for extended periods of time, his physical hardiness, his pain tolerance - all of it can be read not as stemming from Winter's power, but from his own power unshackled.
But we know some other things about Harry's power. We know, for example, that he already had a lot of power. On several occasions it is noted that he is one of the heavy weights in magical power in North America if not globally - but that his lack of finesse means he doesn't effectively exercise that power. That he wastes a lot of it, but also that he has a lot of it to waste.
And we also know that Harry has access to Soul Fire. By tapping into to his soul, Harry can directly channel the primordial powers of creation. He can make his spells more real. He can perform certain magics more purely than any other living wizard because he has access to his divine spark - an access given in balance for forsaking Hell Fire.
And I think that is what has bound Lara to feed from Harry. Because we now know the hunger is an Outsider, and Outsiders crave creation. They crave the very fundamental fabric of reality.
While I think the Winter Mantle plays a role - that it connects Harry for directly with his own power as much as it lends some of Winter's finesse to him - that what Lara has a taste for now is in fact unfiltered vital energy.
I also think it is really important that Lara does not need to feed on Harry. Her hunger's surcease might be specific to Harry, but she could - and could have done so without him ever knowing - just fed sufficiently from 'kine'. She could have just eaten people. But Lara chose not to.
I think also that Lara's feeding on Harry in White Night - during their kiss - can be read to either theory, as at that moment, Harry had no connection to Hell Fire, to Soul Fire, or to Winter. (And I wonder if the 'Love' Lara tasted and was burnt by was in fact Lash's, but that is another question entirely)
I dunno, I just don't buy that it's the Winter of it all. I think that's a little to pat. I think it's Harry specifically. I think it's his soul specifically. I don't think it's him being a Starborn because he's been that the entire time. But I do think it is his ability to channel his Soul fully. And I think, ironically, if my theory holds that Lara is unintentionally strength-training Harry's soul.
welp, I gave in........ I gave into my need to write for Bucky x Yelena and this was born, somehow (I've been unable to finish a WIP for like, 2 to 3 years).
anyway, here's the fic!
it's a mess of a moonlight (won't cha share it with me?)
hope all you lovely Bucklena fans like it as much as I loved writing it! any feedback is welcome, too!!
